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Hello world and my wonderful readers! How is everybody doing?
So glad that Gleggie is reunited! I fangirl screamed for almost ten minutes when I found out Andrew Lincoln is going to be on TALKING DEAD NEXT SUNDAY FOR THE FINALE! I GOTTA COME UP WITH A GREAT QUESTION!
This chapter is long, but the second half was emotionally hard to write. I hope you enjoy it, I've had this planned for a VERY long time!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH THE WALKING DEAD FRANCHISE, JELLY BELLY, OR BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER. ALL PROPERTIES OWNED BY FRANK DARABONT AND AMC (TELEVISION SERIES), ROBERT KIRKMAN AND TONY MOORE (COMIC BOOK SERIES), DAVID KLEIN AND THE JELLY BELLY COMPANY, AND SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, RESPECTIVELY. I ONLY OWN MY OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS AND CHARACTERS.
WARNING: VIOLENCE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE
Chapter Twenty: Homecoming
Daryl looked over at the girls, watching them laughing as they started doing air guitar and air drums. For the first time all day, despite what she said, he thought that this was the real, genuine, Delilah, letting loose and having fun instead of putting up a pretty front.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
"Welcome to Jellbany, Tara."
Delilah watched Tara's awestruck face as Daryl pulled into the parking lot, she got such a kick out of first time reactions.
"Wow, it's so cool! And you're in charge of all this?"
She smiled "Pretty much. I'm so glad to be back." Delilah sighed, a part of her honestly thought she was going to die, but she had made it. Her stomach was in knots at the thought of seeing Rick, and she didn't think she could deal with the rejection right now. It had only been three hours since they left and returned, had he really come up with a decision? Delilah was brought out of her thoughts by Daryl repeatedly honking the horn, making her roll her eyes and groan.
"This is a semi truck from California, NOT The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard!"
"I thought you wanted to make an entrance, beauty queen! Just trying to help ya out!" Delilah hopped out of the car and opened the back, he had been a major pain in the ass for the past four hours, she wanted to get as far away from that ill-mannered bigheaded jerk as she could.
Everybody had been inside Leisure Zone doing their own thing when they heard the horn honking. Instinctively, they filled with hope and worry as they nervously walked outside, not knowing what to expect. When they saw the familiar truck in the parking lot with Delilah opening the back, their faces burst into huge smiles.
"DELILAH!"
She turned around to see the others almost running towards her, but she didn't see Rick or Carl, making her heart sink. Daryl and Tara got out of the front to see everybody making their way over, completely overjoyed. It made Tara smile, but also nervous. What if they didn't like her after all and wanted her to leave? She had to keep reminding herself that Delilah wouldn't let that happen, but it didn't mean she still wasn't a bit doubtful.
"Dad! They're back, come on! Let's go!"
Rick had been in his room, staring off into space, when Carl burst in with Judith and told him the news. He smiled, relieved that she was ok, but also nervous. They had to discuss what she said before leaving, he was ready to tell her.
"Lila Loo!" Madison ran up like a mad woman and jumped in Delilah's arms, who just barely caught her.
"Madison! I can't carry you!" Delilah groaned as she put her down, making the cow girl laugh.
"Get used to it, short stack, you've got plenty of gut squeezing hugs in store!" Delilah raised an eyebrow, confused, until Javier came from behind Madison, followed by Michonne, Maggie, and Glenn. Glenn practically lifted Delilah off her feet and spun her around, making her laugh. Everybody was laughing or crying tears of happiness. Like Delilah, they thought she was a goner, but knew that she'd come back to them, where she belonged.
The whole scene made Daryl uncomfortable, they acted like she was The President, but it made him think of his earlier thoughts, how they had all grown close to one another, perhaps it was expected or in the norm now.
"It's great to be back. Ok, everybody! I'd like to introduce somebody. Tara, come here." She walked over timidly, watching the other's curious gazes, as Delilah wrapped a comforting arm around her. "This is Tara, we found her at the prison. She was one of The One Eyed Freak's victims, he lied to her about the prison group, and she lost her sister and niece because of him. The past is the past, we're giving her a clean slate and a fresh start with us, I want you to treat her like an equal. Tara is a bad ass, not only was she a cop in training before the outbreak, she took out a buttload of nombies with the back of a rifle at the prison. In my eyes, she's proved herself. If it weren't for her, we might not have come back."
Tara watched their eyes widen at the mention of The Governor, and after a little hesitation, they decided to take Delilah's word for it. One by one, they all moved forward to introduce themselves. She looked over at Delilah with tears in her eyes. "Thank you so much."
Delilah smiled. "You're welcome." She was glad that even when the world was in hell, she could still do good deeds and help others, like bringing Tara back and getting the picture for Carl. Delilah looked over and saw Rick and Carl, making her smile broaden. "Ok, we brought everything back from the prison, so I want whomever was there to go through and take what's theirs. Happy digging!" She grabbed Carl's duffle bag, took the picture out, and looked over at Maggie. "Hey, Maggs. I found the cutest picture of you sleeping!" Delilah watched Maggie blush and Glenn smirk.
"I thought I told you to burn that!"
Glenn shrugged. "Sorry, it's just too damn adorable."
Delilah laughed. "I second that." Maggie giggled, taking Glenn by the hand while Delilah made her way over to Rick and Carl.
Carl ran ahead of Rick, he was actually happy to see her, especially when she was holding something in her hand. Rick's heart stopped in his chest, it was almost surreal seeing her again.
"Delilah!" Carl ran up, making Delilah smile.
"I believe this is yours, buddy." She handed him the picture and watched him smile. "I also brought back all your other stuff in here." She handed him the duffle bag and noticed he had tears in his eyes.
"You could have left the other stuff there, you brought back the only thing that matters. Thank you so much, Delilah."
"I kept my promise, I wouldn't let you down." Some of the earlier tension had definitely been suppressed, Carl even hugged her briefly before going over to the truck. Once he was gone, Delilah saw Rick standing there, it made her heart beat increase and her stomach tie up even further. How were things going to be approached?
You won't know if you stand here with your thumb up your ass, Delilah. Pull yourself together and go to him.
She took a deep breath and walked over to him, trying to relax herself by attempting to stay positive. Even though she wanted to jump in his arms and kiss his face all over, she had to be mature.
Rick just stood there as Delilah walked over to him, he felt frozen. All he wanted to do was hold her and never let go, it's where she belonged, with him, but he was also scared. Scared of falling in love, of losing her like he lost Lori. He knew he shouldn't be thinking like that, but the plaguing thoughts were inevitable.
Remember Lori's words, happiness is waiting for you, and you got it because of Delilah. Tell her how you feel.
"Hey." She brought him away from his thoughts.
"Hey."
There was definitely a discombobulated strain in the air, one that both of them wanted to quickly get rid of.
"I'm alive and back, just like I told you I would be."
He smiled sheepishly. "You have no idea how glad I am that you're here again."
"I didn't do it alone. You were right, that place is terrifying, but I made Carl a promise, and he's better off that I went through with it."
They both kind of looked away, Delilah started swinging her foot back and forth. It was obvious what wasn't being discussed here.
"Delilah, regarding what you said before you left-"
"About that…"
"What I wanted to say was-"
"It's only been three hours, you couldn't have possibly come up with an answer by now."
Rick looked at her quizzically. He was trying to tell her he was in love with her, and she was doubting him? "But I-"
"I want you to take the rest of the day to think about it. Whether it's a do or don't, I want you to really think it through and not just say it on impulse. Take as long as you need, but if you do come up with a decision, meet me in my room at midnight."
To some, her words might have seemed like a contradiction, but to him, he understood. Maybe she knew what his answer was going to be, but simply needed some time to prepare herself or think things through. Whatever it was, he was going to give her space. "I understand."
She nodded, giving him a small smile. "I'll see you then." Delilah walked off, leaving Rick by himself, watching her.
LATER THAT NIGHT, 8:45 PM
Delilah had been in her room since returning to Jellbany six and a half hours before, deciding that after all the stress before leaving and hard work at the prison that she deserved to take the rest of the day off to relax and unwind. She literally fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, completely exhausted. When she awoke three hours later, she figured she'd give herself the ultimate pampering. A long, hot shower, blow drying and straightening her hair, lotioning up all over, painting her fingernails and toenails, applying a subtle smoky look with soft pink lipstick and a shiny clear gloss overcoat, both making her lips and eyes pop. For as long as Delilah could remember, whenever she was down, she'd get all dolled up and do a photoshoot, by herself. Sometimes, Christine would help out, but it was mostly Delilah, and it would always lift her spirits.
I don't understand why I'm getting so dolled up. For all I know, Rick could be coming to dump me. At least he'll have something pretty to look at.
Delilah rummaged through her closet for something to wear until deciding on grey shorts and a light white three quarter length sleeved shirt, very Laguna Beach. She was just putting the top on when there was a knock at the door. Is it Rick already? Somebody's anxious. "Come in." She smoothed her hair out.
"Hey." She turned around and was surprised that it wasn't Rick. "Oh, hi, Tyler. What's going on?"
Tyler walked in, his eyes never leaving her body, and closed the door, not realizing it hadn't been closed all the way. "Wow, you look incredible. Like magazine cover worthy. You look like you should be on a billboard in Time Square."
Delilah knew he was trying to be genuine, but ever since that day where he kissed her in front of Rick and Carl, she had kept her distance, he made her uncomfortable. "Thank you. What's up, why are you here?" Her voice was low and she sat on the bed, looking away.
"I just came in to see how you were, you looked a little down."
"Thanks, I'm fine." It was nice of him to check on her, but she was hoping he'd leave already.
"Listen, Delilah." Tyler made his way over to the bed and sat down next to her, to which she immediately scooted away. "You're a real sparkler of a girl, a powerhouse. That's exactly what I look for in a woman, and I think we've got something really special."
Delilah hadn't noticed that he took his shoes and socks off, but his words made her further tense up. "Tyler, we don't have anything special. It was a two-time thing, that was it. You told me you understood."
He chuckled. "I do understand, but I don't think you do. I'm sitting here, confessing my love, and you're acting all shy and nervous. It's pretty cute, Lila Loo, just makes me love you more." Tyler wrapped his arm around Delilah, which she shrugged off and immediately stood up.
"I'm sorry, I know it takes a lot to admit your feelings to somebody, and I'll try to be as gentle as I can with this. Again, I'm sorry, but I don't have those same feelings for you. I'm in love with somebody else." She watched his goofy smile fade away and a look of rage appear on his face.
"GOD FUCKING DAMNIT!" Tyler threw his shoes at the wall. "You must be fucking blind and dumb! Jesus Christ, I love you! Rick isn't the right guy for you, you two rushed into things too fast."
Delilah jumped at him throwing the shoes, but his next statement snapped her mind fully awake from whatever discomfort it was in. "Rushed into things too fast?" What does he mean by that? "Tyler, what are you talking about?"
He looked away, with a smirk on his face. "I've known about you two since him and his little shit son got here."
MIDNIGHT, DELILAH AND RICK'S SECRET MEETING
Tyler opened the door of his room to go see Delilah. As he was about to walk out, he hurriedly jumped back in when he heard two doors opening. He watched Rick walk out into the hallway as the same time Delilah walked out of her room.
They stopped and looked at each other for a moment. She was no longer in the outfit she was wearing all day and now wearing a black camisole tank top that rode up a little and black satin shorts. Rick gulped as he took in every single curvature of her body that was bathed in blue moonlight. Delilah was a bombshell, every single part of her was toned from her hyperextension legs to her breasts, she was the kind of girl men overseas would fight to come home to if there were ever a war. He watched as she sauntered over to Rick and didn't say anything, their eyes did the talking. Delilah held out her hand to him. Rick hesitated, but placed his hand in hers, Tyler could sense there was some kind of spark there. She lead him down the hall and inside her bedroom, closing the door. Tyler snuck into the spare bedroom next to Delilah's pressing his ear against the door to hear everything.
"I heard your whole conversation that night, I must have been hiding out for three hours. Broke my heart to hear about your past, Delilah, I wish you let me lick your tears away." He got up, standing directly across from her. "That's not all I heard, I was fortunate enough to be woken up the next morning by Rick knocking at your door."
THE NEXT MORNING
Tyler woke up to the sound of knocking on a door, followed by a door opening. "Madison, I swear if you tell me you lost your vibrator again I'm gonna-" was the next thing he heard before Delilah's voice got cut off. Tyler sprinted from his bed and opened the door, seeing Rick kissing Delilah in her door way. He couldn't see her, but he could hear her voice. "Wow. If I knew that's how you greeted somebody first thing in the morning, I would have made sure to have found you a hell of a lot sooner."
Rick laughed, making Tyler roll his eyes at the asshole trying to take his girl. "Still want to take things slow? I've heard that you don't like to take baby steps."
SAY NO! YOU'RE WITH ME!
"I don't, but like I said, I will for you."
SON OF A BITCH! I'VE GOTTA STOP THIS!
"That was when I knew I had lost you to him, but I wasn't going to stop to get you back."
"Tyler, you can't lose something you never had. So, that's it? That's all you saw?" She was hoping that was it, but she knew it wasn't.
Tyler laughed. "No, Delilah. Maybe you weren't listening earlier. Like I told you, I. KNOW.EVERYTHING. I had to keep it up, so every night I'd park myself either in that spare room or outside the door, listening in and planning when I'd unravel it all. It took a while, but I figured the only way to disturb you and Rick would be to get to his kids."
Delilah's eyes widened, gulping in fear at what he meant. "His kids? Tyler, what are you saying? Did you do something to them?!" She felt all the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, and anger mixing in with the fear, staring at his stupid face.
"Remember the night before the two of you left to look for Foxy Brown? How do you think Judith woke up?"
SEPTEMBER 19TH, 11:50 PM
Tyler stood outside the door, pressed against it, feeling himself harden at the sounds of Rick and Delilah messing around. Soon enough, it would be him. His thoughts of being with her ended when he heard the action stop.
"I don't have any condoms on me, Rick. I kept meaning to grab some but I haven't been on a run lately, that and I didn't want to be presumptuous because I didn't know when you'd be ready to go that far. I can't ask one of the other couples, especially now, they'll get suspicious."
"I know, you're right. I'm glad we both realized it at the same time before we made a mistake. For the record, I am both ready and excited to go further with you in that way, Delilah. Your patience and understanding is much appreciated, but we can't go forward tonight. On our run tomorrow, we'll stop somewhere and grab the jimmies, ok?"
Tyler pumped his fists in the air, cheering over how the plan was foiled. There was no way in hell Rick would fuck her without a condom. He was about to go back to his room when he heard Delilah start talking again.
"Ok, sounds perfect. We'll go at it like jack rabbits when we get back, but that doesn't mean I can't find another way to take care of Officer Friendly in the mean time."
"Whatever your little heart desires, baby girl."
Tyler's face turned up in a frustrated and furious look, annoyed that the stupid sheriff would still be getting some from his girl.
I GOTTA STOP THIS, AND I KNOW JUST HOW, TOO.
He walked down the hall until he got to Judith's room, opening the door and watched the baby peacefully sleeping.
YOU WON'T BE PEACEFULLY SLEEPING WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH YOU.
An evil smile spread across his face as he leaned into the crib. "Wakey, wakey, Judith." The baby didn't even stir, which made him angrier. "I said wake up, you stupid fucking baby!" He leaned in, pinching Judith's arm really hard while he yanked a few hairs out of her head. She immediately awoke, her face all turned up, and she started whimpering.
"WAAAAAA!"
Tyler smirked as she wailed. "Good girl, sweetheart. Make it loud to interrupt Daddy and Delilah." He gently closed the door and tip toed back to his room, silently laughing as he watched Delilah go into Judith's room.
YOU'RE GONNA BE BLUE BALLED TONIGHT, SHERIFF.
"Better than taking candy from a baby, literally." Tyler started evilly laughing, not noticing Delilah's mouth agape.
She was shocked and furious. How could he do that?! "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HER, SHE'S AN INFANT, YOU SICK FUCK!" Delilah was terrified, if he hurt Judith, he was going to hurt her next. She watched Tyler laugh.
"I had to do what I had to do, the man was messing with my woman! Sadly, not even that stopped you two from fucking. I took the GPS you gave Glenn and followed you all the way out to Lumpkin. Boy, did I get off on what he was doing to you."
SEPTEMBER 20TH, 8:30 PM, LUMPKIN
Tyler ducked out from behind the truck and moved closer to hear Rick and Delilah. He unzipped his pants and started stroking himself at the sounds of them having sex.
"Ahhh, Rick, please, go faster. I can handle it, I want this so badly, I want all of you so badly…"
Oh, don't worry, I'll go rocket speed fast for you.
"That sure was fun, but the final nail in the coffin came this morning. How do you think Carl found out about the two of you?"
11:40 AM, THAT MORNING
Tyler was about to make his way down to Leisure Zone when he overheard Rick and Delilah talking in her room. Curiously, he made his way over, listening to them. It got boring until he heard Delilah say "I was thinking you deserve a victory lap dance." which caught his attention. Now was the time for Sheriff Jr to find out about Daddy fucking their dream girl. He smirked to himself and dashed out of there, it was just his luck that he ran into Carl as he walked into Leisure Zone.
"Hey, Carl. I just ran into your dad, he wanted me to come and get you, says he's got a big surprise for you." He watched Carl give him a quizzical look but shrug.
"Ok, if you say so. Thanks."
Tyler smiled. "No problem. Oh, and enjoy the surprise." He waited until Carl was gone and started laughing. "He's in for one hell of a surprise, all right!"
Delilah was stunned at everything Tyler confessed. What he had done to Judith, and it was his fault that Carl found out about her and Rick prematurely. It was his fault that Carl lashed out at them, and it was Tyler's fault that things were now strained for everybody. Anger was too gentle of a word to describe how she was feeling, she was infuriated and beyond pissed off. She glared at him, enraged.
"DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU DEMENTED BASTARD?! YOU MAY HAVE COST ME THE BEST GUY THAT EVER WALKED INTO MY LIFE! MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON! I WENT TO HELL GETTING THAT PICTURE BACK BECAUSE I HAD TO REDEEM MYSELF IN CARL'S EYES, ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!"
"It's what was meant to happen, I did what I had to do for love."
Delilah glared him down, she could feel the fury bubbling up. "You don't know love! Love is what I have with Rick. I love him. I am in love with him, not you. I love Carl and Judith, too. They're family to me, that's how much I love and care about them." She hadn't meant to say that to him, or aloud, but it slipped out. Tyler backed her up against the wall.
"You're living in a fantasy. He's never gonna love you back, he's still hung up on his rotting corpse of a wife. Why not go after somebody like me, who has no baggage and can love you with everything they've got? I'll prove it, now." He pressed against Delilah and tried to kiss her, pinning her to the wall.
"Tyler, get off of me, NOW!" She tried to push him off, but he only pressed her harder against the wall.
"No, I'm going to give you what I've wanted to since the day we met." He smirked as he started dry humping her, his movements made it easy for Delilah to knee him in the groin, making him fall to the ground and start screaming in pain.
"YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR! YOU ARE DONE HERE AND ARE BANISHED FROM JELLBANY! I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU, YOU JACKASS!" Delilah kicked his leg and turned around, walking out. As her hand landed on the door knob, a blunt object made contact with her head, making her lose consciousness and fall to the ground…
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
Delilah woke up to find herself flat on the ground along with her hands and feet tied together, she was also in her bra and panties. Her vision was a little blurry and she felt groggy, which was when a throbbing pain pulsed in the back of her head.
What happened?
Tyler walked over to her, with that smirk, which made her start wiggling her hands and legs to unbind them, but the duct tape was too strong. "I had to stop you, Delilah. No way are you going to throw me out, and I'm about to make you wish you never threatened me." He started to take his belt off, Delilah's eyes widened, knowing she was going to be raped and she started crying.
"HHHHEEEE-LLLLPPPP! SOMEBODY, PLEASE!"
Her screaming made Tyler laugh. "Ain't nobody going to hear you, Delilah." His words didn't discourage her. When she was younger and had outbursts, she was capable of letting out blood curtling screams. Not considered a talent at all, but it could help her now.
"PLEASE! MADISON! GLENN! MAGGIE! MICHONNE! TYREESE! CARL! RRRRRIIIII-CCCCKKK! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME, HE'S GONNA RAPE ME!"
Delilah called out every name she could think of, but nobody came, which made her cry harder. Tyler walked over to her. "SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOUR SHERIFF ISN'T GOING TO SAVE YOU, NOBODY IS!" He kicked her in the mouth and again in the head, making her lip bleed and her vision blurred once again. Tyler rolled his socks in a ball and stuffed them in her mouth before putting duct tape over her lips. She screamed, muffled, against the socks and the tape, her eyes watering from being gagged and having to breath through her nose. Tyler walked back over to the stereo. "Nobody will really hear you now."
He put a CD in, skipping some songs, and turned it up full blast as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel began to play. "I remember how much you love these two. What awesome seduction music." Delilah kept screaming against the tape and furiously wiggling her body, trying to escape, but it was of no use. Tyler got on his knees and looped his fingers into her panties. "You'll never forget about me when I'm through with you, Delilah, I'm making sure of that."
Her vision was blurrier than ever now, and Delilah thought she was hallucinating when the last thing she saw before everything went to black was a familiar head of brown hair storming into the room and grabbing Tyler by the back of the neck.
OMG OMG OMG OMG! TYLER IS A SICK MONSTER! HOW COULD HE DO ALL THAT STUFF?! WHO IS THE FAMILIAR BRUNETTE THAT RESCUES HER?! RICK? CARL? COULD IT EVEN BE MAGGIE OR DARYL? FIND OUT EVERYTHING AND MORE IN CHAPTER TWENTY ONE, COMING SOON!
BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE STORY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!
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