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Forever Rising Phoenix	By : ImagineLayla131 Category: S through Z > The Walking Dead Views: 7147 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Hello world and my wonderful readers! Two days in a row of posting, I'm going for a Triple tomorrow! Everything is about to get even more heated and intense! I split this chapter into two parts, with this first part having a really heartfelt flashback. I am a hopeless romantic! I made Billy and Delilah one of those lovey dovey crazy about each other young couples, because it alludes to a lot of facts and makes the current reality set in all that much more. I think there's also a huge contrast in how they were then as to how they are now, but I was cracking up when she called him "Honey Boo Boo"! Hehehe ;P
In honor of Walking Dead Wednesday, I have posted a compiled picture of all my original characters on Instagram, along with Delilah and Billy's rings, the former of which I designed, so now you can perfectly envision them! The links are on my profile. Let me know what you think in the reviews and follow me on Instagram! =)
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH THE WALKING DEAD FRANCHISE, TRULY MADLY DEEPLY OR THE IMMORTAL BELOVED. ALL PROPERTIES OWNED BY FRANK DARABONT AND AMC (TELEVISION SERIES), ROBERT KIRKMAN AND TONY MOORE (COMIC BOOK SERIES), SAVAGE GARDEN, AND LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, RESPECTIVELY. I ONLY OWN MY OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS AND CHARACTERS.
WARNING: VIOLENCE AND INTENSITY!
Chapter Forty Two: Snapped Open, Part One
"Actually, there is one thing."
Delilah and Rick turned around. "Yes, Christine. What is it?"
Christine folded her arms across her chest and glared at Delilah. She knew her demand was going to send her baby sister into a tailspin, but she didn't care because she would stop at nothing to get this desired object.
"I want your engagement ring."
Everybody's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets when they heard Christine's demand. Billy stepped in front of her, irritated and appalled as all hell.
Delilah's eyes widened. She pushed the picture cube at Rick and stepped forward, feeling her blood boil all over again. "Are you serious? After all that, you still wanna give me shit and bite the hand that fed you?! I don't think you got enough back in the factory. Let's go for round two, but I can't guarantee you'll be walking right afterwards."
"Delilah, please ignore her. I don't think she means it." Billy tried to diffuse the situation, but Christine wouldn't let up.
"I do mean it! I don't care, Delilah. I want your ring, you no longer have any use for it anyways. You know I'm right, so fork it over, spoiled brat."
"Christine, you're the one that sounds like a spoiled brat and a jackass. Knock it off, now." Billy grumbled, making her a little on edge, but not enough for her to stop.
"It's mine. He technically broke off the engagement by leaving with you, and according to the law, I get to keep the ring."
"She's right and it's not yours to take back." Billy turned to Delilah. "Don't listen to her. I'm the one who bought it, I'm saying you can keep it. That ring was made specifically for you and nobody else, you earned it."
"First off, that was in Texas, we're now in Georgia, not California where that law applies. Second of all, the laws don't apply anymore. Don't act like you didn't raid every high end store from Dallas to Atlanta, I know all about your massive stockpiles of Vuitton and Louboutins. I'm Billy's wife now and the mother of his children, so I deserve the ring. It always should have been mine."
"Not exactly, there's nothing set in stone or in writing."
Christine glared at Billy. "Excuse me?"
He shrugged. "Oh, I'm sorry. Is it only ok for you to say that?" Billy was glad he had been able to throw Christine's earlier spoken words right back in her face.
Before she could answer, Delilah snapped. "You want it? Fine!" She hated giving in to anybody, but it was either that or hear more bullshit, and Delilah was already pissed off to the max. Everybody watched her practically stomp out of there and fling the stairwell door open, dashing up the steps.
"Delilah, wait." Rick ran after her as everybody glared at Christine.
"What the hell is your problem? Haven't you done enough to that girl?" Tyreese asked.
"You must be really stupid to mess with her." Maggie added in.
"Why did you do that, Christine? You never cease to amaze me with how low you can go, you're just devious." Billy darkened his eyes at her.
"Hey! Listen, y'all! That skinny little bitch didn't ruin her vagina by pushing two human bodies out of it! I carried his children for nine months, I deserve that ring!" Christine arrogantly laughed.
"You don't deserve anything except permanent exile." Billy glared, which made Christine finally get it and left her terrified. She had seen him beat up guys for messing with Delilah and kill nombies, she had no idea what else he could be capable of.
Madison could sense that things were about to get chaotic and turned to Beth, Carl and Tara. "Beth, Carl, Tara. I don't think Delilah would want the kids to be here when she returns, I doubt it'll be pretty. I can feel a storm a brewing. Can you please take the babies to Leisure Zone and feed them?"
The three of them nodded. "No problem." Carl said.
"You got it." Tara added.
"Is that alright, Billy?" Beth softly asked.
"Yes, it's fine, and probably for the best. Thank you very much." They smiled politely at each other as she and Carl secured the twins in their stroller seats and took the three babies out of Home Base.

Delilah burst through the door in her room and went straight for the safety deposit box in her closet. Rick gently set Jennifer's picture cube urn down on the dresser and walked over. "Delilah, honey. Listen to me."
"No, I don't want to hear anything! That bitch is right. She ruined my life and got my guy, taken everything I've cared about, why not add the cherry on top with my ring?!" She pulled out a ring box and her mind traveled elsewhere as she started digging for something else.
MALIBU, JUNE 16TH, 2009, 11:00 PM
"Billy, where are you taking me?" Delilah giggled as she tried to walk barefoot in the sand with Billy covering her eyes with his hands as he lead the way from behind. The sky was painted in dark midnight blue with the combined brightness of the scattered stars and the moon reflecting off of the ocean and it's waves softly crashing against the shore. She was lovely in a gorgeous metallic white satin strapless Herve Leger bandage dress which looked smashing against her skin tone, along with her signature multicolored gold Phoenix necklace underneath a string of large light pink Rose Quartz beads, carrying a pair of sparkly pink and purple pumps in her hand and a purple clutch. Her thick chestnut brown and sun kissed blonde highlighted hair was half up, straightened with lots of volume, and her makeup was to perfection with coral colored lips, light pink and blue eye shadow with some white swirled in, and voluminous lashes.
Billy was behind her, wearing a black Versace suit with a white button up shirt, a pink and blue striped tie that Delilah got him for his birthday, and black shoes, clean shaven and his hair was in the same style it always was.
They had just finished having an incredible dinner at Moonshadows, their favorite place in Malibu and where Billy had taken Delilah on their first date after they decided to become official, and were now walking on the beach not too far from the Steverson's Malibu estate, where the young couple was spending the weekend. Luckily, the beach was private, so nobody would be interrupting them.
"It's a surprise, Delilah."
"This whole weekend has been a surprise. Now I feel bad that all I got you was the NASCAR experience and my dad's Patek Philippe watch."
"Are you kidding me? I loved your presents, I love anything you give me because you always know exactly what I want and it comes from the heart." He leaned in, tenderly kissing her neck and right below her jaw line, smiling as it made her burst into a fit of laughter and stumble a little.
"Billy, you know how ticklish I am!"
"I know, I know. Keep walking, we're almost there."
"I hope so, but I still think we should have had dessert at the restaurant. You know I have a killer sweet tooth."
He chuckled. "Trust me babe, when you see what I have in store for you, the restaurant will be the last thing on your mind and your sweet tooth will be beyond satisfied."
"If you say so."
"You tell me." They stopped walking, as Billy leaned into her ear. "Open your eyes, sweetheart." He pulled his hands back, putting them on her shoulders and smiled. "Surprise!"
Delilah opened her eyes and gasped, bringing her hands to her mouth as a huge smile spread across her face. There was a large beach blanket with a fantastic spread of desserts laid out. A sterling silver tub of heated milk chocolate fondue with fondue forks and a tray of strawberries, bananas, Cuties orange slices, marshmallows, little bite sized squares of cheesecake, red velvet cake, Funfetti cake, and vanilla pound cake, pretzels, Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Nutter Butters, and huge cupcakes in a rainbow array of colors, as well as a chilled bottle of Dom Perigon in an elegant sterling silver ice bucket and a large oversized martini glass filled with all her favorite Jelly Belly flavors. Behind the blanket was a four poster King sized inflatable Paraluxe cabana with silver satin sheets and light lavender taffeta drapes tied onto the posts. A portable iHome stereo was in the corner, blue lighted lanterns were surrounding it all.
"Oh, my gosh! Billy, this is unbelievable!" Delilah squealed and clapped her hands excitedly.
"Happy Anniversary, Delilah."
She turned around, her beaming face was almost as bright as the moon orbiting above them. "This is fantastic!" Delilah put her hands on his face, giving Billy a deep kiss as he wrapped his arm around her waist and was laughing when she pulled away.
"I guess that means you like it?"
"Like it? I love it! This all looks so good!" She sauntered over to the spread as Billy followed, watching her sample the desserts and thinking of how cute she looked. "You got all my favorites, too. Don't tell Angelo I was pigging out. Ever since I lost Miss Teen USA, he's become worried that I've been stress eating again."
Billy rolled his eyes and smirked as he stood across from her. "Ha. I think you've been a good sport about it and accepted losing gracefully, but you should have won. You were robbed. I told you we should have just done "You're The One That I Want" again, it's what won you Miss Teen California."
"It was a great number, but Angelo and I really thought the Green Day ballroom-salsa mashup was a sure thing. You can't win them all, but losing has it's perks, I guess. I still can't believe I got contacted to host events for Avalon and Winston's! Those are the best clubs in L.A.! I'm so excited but a little nervous."
"Don't be nervous. You're going to do a fantastic job and think of all the people you'll meet. Besides, I don't think Angelo would mind. You know he's madly in love with you, right?"
Delilah looked up from the desserts, giving him a strange look. "What? Don't be ridiculous. He's been with Jennifer for a while now."
"That guy wants you and wants you bad. I'm serious, Chickpea. I've seen the way he looks at you when you rehearse."
She finished chewing a strawberry. "We're performing when we dance! I'm sorry, Babeadee, but you're mistaken. I'll believe it when I hear it, but even then, it would never happen." Delilah stood up and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around Billy's neck as he instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist. She stared into his beautiful green-blue eyes and smiled lovingly at him. "You're the Tuxedo Mask to my Sailor Moon, the Danny to my Sandy, and the Fred to my Ginger."
He laughing smiled at her. "Yeah? Well, you're the Lois Lane to my Superman, the Kobe to my Lakers, and the Jimmy Page to my Led Zeppelin."
She rolled her eyes at him. "Ha, you had to put such a dude spin on that."
They both laughed. "A "dude spin", huh?" He asked.
Delilah nodded, still giggling. "Schyeah, almost killed the romance."
"Not even close, I'll show you how I could never kill the romance. Come here, you." Billy pulled her in closer to him as his lips landed on hers in a fiery kiss, his tongue immediately wrapping around hers. Delilah pressed up against him, lightly moaning as he ran his hands along her sides and back. She combed her fingers through the back of his hair as her knee started trailing up and down his leg, feeling his pants tighten as she let a squeal turned moan escape into his mouth, something she always did whenever they kissed like that. With his hands on her hips, Billy groaned and moved them to her toned butt, giving it a squeeze before leaning into her ear as Delilah kissed his neck. "Delilah, baby doll, you're making it hard." He nipped at her earlobe and smirked when she softly gasped.
Delilah pulled away from his neck and resumed eye contact with him, an enticing smile on her face. "Wasn't that the point of this inflatable cabana?" She winked and pressed her forehead to his as he smirked.
"Yeah, but I didn't think you'd be so up to it."
She shrugged and stepped back, still in his hold. "What can I say? You didn't kill the romance after all."
"Told you so." Billy pushed some locks of her hair back and just stared at her, mesmerized. God damn, she's beautiful. "Have I told you how incredibly stunning you look tonight?"
"Yes, but you know I love hearing it, and you look very handsome as well, hotness." She tousled his hair the special way he liked it. Front, to the left, and all around the back until getting to the front again, it always made him smile. "Thank you so much, this has all been perfect, I'm so grateful and blessed to have you as my guy. I love you, Piano Rebel."
"Of course, gorgeous. You're my girl, I'll always give you the best of everything life has to offer. I love you, Candy Girl." That was his nickname for her because she loved the song "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies, a song that everybody that wasn't around in the 1950's hated. Billy leaned forward and gave Delilah a chaste kiss. He had been a little nervous all evening for what he was about to do next, but now everything felt so right and he was ready. Billy stepped back and smiled. "Dance with me?" He shot her a wink and held his hand out, to which Delilah gave him a confused smile in return.
"Right here? Now?"
"Yeah, right here. I wanna show you how well I've been doing with the lessons." He took her hand and twirled her in a single spin as he spoke. "How can I be the Fred to your Ginger if I can't dance?" Billy dipped Delilah down, making her smile.
"Hmm, you're right."
"Exactly." He lifted her up and spun her back to the previous position she was in and walked towards the iHome, which was on the other side of the cabana, and put in his iPhone, cueing it up as Delilah looked out at the ocean. "Maybe if I get good enough, I can be your partner instead."
"Ha! Not even, Angelo and I are indestructible. Today the showcases, tomorrow the world!" The sounds of an electric keyboard and drum beats bridge filled the air. Delilah listened carefully before recognizing it was "Truly, Madly, Deeply" by Savage Garden. "Hey, I know this song!" She said as she turned around with a smile on her face. "It's in-" Delilah's smile disappeared and her jaw hit the floor in a silent gasp as she looked down to see Billy on one knee in front of her, with a smile on his face and a black leather Harry Winston ring box in his hands while the first verse of the song played.
"I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy."
" "Music From Another Room". Billy…" Her stomach started doing flip flops as her hands went to her mouth for the second time that evening.
"Let's make a plan. On this night, ten years from now, we'll sit our children down and tell them the story of how I proposed to you on the beach in the moonlight."
Delilah was speechless, but he kept talking.
"Delilah, I can't believe we've been together for three years. We've had our ups and downs, but even the most beautiful pictures have the tiniest flaws, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. There is so much more to you than meets the eye besides your dazzling beauty. You're multi-faceted with your many talents and interests, charismatic, intelligent, funny, driven, sexy, compassionate, generous, a total sweetheart that has the patience of a saint when it comes to my Extreme Couponing escapades and rants about a zombie apocalypse actually happening."
They both let out a short laugh as Delilah's eyes began watering.
"What I'm trying to say is that there's never a dull moment. You are an angel with a pure heart of gold and are the epitome of what any man would ever want in a woman. Before we met, I was still in a carefree, party frat boy mode. I thought it was two ships passing by in the night when I saw you at the rock show, but when Christine brought you to the basketball court a couple months later, I knew it was fate. The more time we spent together, the more I realized that you're the type of girl I want to stand the test of time with, and I want to do ABSOLUTELY everything with you. Success, a family, a future. It doesn't matter what, as long as you are there with me. I am truly, madly, deeply in love with you. I would do anything for you, Delilah, because that's what love is all about. You are my dream, my wish, my fantasy, my hope, and lastly, my love. I love you more with every breath I take." Billy didn't care that he was directly quoting the song, it personified how he felt. "I hope you'll do me the honor of saying "yes" to the question I'm about to ask." He opened the box up sideways, customary of all Harry Winston ring boxes, as the chorus of the song played.
"I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me."
Billy smiled up at Delilah. "Delilah Scarlett Daltrey, the woman that I want as my wife and the mother of our future children, will you marry me?"
Delilah was so overwhelmed in happiness and love that she almost forgot to say "Yes.", so she started nodding and blinked, letting the tears fall. This was all so magical and she wanted to hold onto this moment forever. The man she loved had just made his claim on her for the rest of their lives, and nothing would change that. "YES! Yes, Billy, of course I'll marry you!"
His smile broadened. "Delilah, you've just made me the happiest man in the world." He took the ring out of the box and placed it on her finger, watching her marvel as he stood up.
"Oh, my gosh! It's so beautiful!" Delilah looked down at the ring. It was in the shape of a lotus flower with a cushion cut diamond in the center and accented all around with dark red garnets and bright London blue topaz gems on 18k white gold and a platinum band. Billy smiled down at the ring.
"Now, it's not Great Grandma Ethel's ring. Robert got that first since he's the oldest, but I wanted you to have a ring tailored to fit exactly who you are."
"It's spectacular, I love it!"
"I knew you would. I had both of our birth stones put in, so we'll always be as one. It's Harry Winston, eight carats, including the garnet and topaz gemstones, Ideal Cut, Colorless, Clarity FL, 18k white gold for the lotus and platinum on the band. Our moms helped."
She looked over at him. "Both of our moms helped you out?"
He nodded. "Yep. Your mom, my mom, Kayla, and Jennifer. We tried to get Christine to come, but she was busy. They were with me when I met with the jeweler and helped with the design process. They've known about this whole surprise for at least two months."
Delilah laughed. "I knew they were hiding something, especially my mom and Jennifer, but not this. It's better than anything I could have ever dreamed of, and this is the best surprise I've ever received in my whole life. Thank you so much." Delilah put her hand on his face and leaned forward, they began to kiss passionately as Billy dipped her slightly. She opened her eyes when she felt something wet on her face and broke the kiss. "Are you crying, stud muffin?"
He blushed, embarrassed. "A little, I'm just ecstatic, Tiger Lily."
"Awww, Honey Boo Boo. You're just the cutest sweetest thing ever." Delilah wiped his tear away as he gazed down at her.
"I thought we agreed you wouldn't call me that again. It sounds like a nickname you'd give one of the girls in Sadie Belle and Anna's pageant group." They couldn't help but start laughing over that.
"Ok, fine. I promise I won't do it again, Cuddle Bunny."
"I'll let it slide for tonight, sugar plum. I love you, Delilah. I promise to always take care of you and never let you go."
"I love you, too, Billy, and I promise the same."
Their lips rejoined once again as he lifted her off the ground and carried her over to the inflatable cabana…

"Delilah, I don't think Billy feels the same way Christine does, I even told her that myself."
She found what she was looking for, a second ring box, and closed the safe before standing up. "If he didn't, he would have either left a long time ago or killed her. She'll get the ring, I'll throttle her with it!" Delilah dashed out of her room as Rick followed, knowing something bad was about to happen.
Delilah stormed in with a furious glare on her face and took the ring out of the box as she marched over to Christine. "You want my engagement ring? Well, open up!" She violently grabbed Christine's jaw and pried her mouth open as she tried to shove the engagement ring inside while Christine screamed and tried to push Delilah off of her. Rick walked out just in time and became horrified at the sight in front of him.
"Jesus Christ, Delilah!" He ran over and grabbed her arm, not noticing that Billy had grabbed her other arm.
"I'll shove it down your throat, you disgusting bitch!" Christine actually bit Delilah's hand, which caused Delilah to then claw her across the face, making her sister scream and hold on to her cheek. Both of them were biting at each other while Billy and Rick pulled Delilah away, they looked like rabid dogs. Delilah flung Billy's arm off of her and shoved him back over to Christine. "Get the fuck off of me!" She stared her sister down as she put the ring in the box and held it up. "You think you deserve this?"
Christine folded her arms across her chest and nodded, sticking her nose up in the air. "Yes, I do."
"You don't deserve anything, not even the ground you walk on!" Delilah shouted and threw the ring box at Christine, making her sister jump as she caught it like the scullery mouse with the smallest crumb on the floor, before turning her attention over to Billy and glowering at him. "I can not believe you did this to me, you son of a bitch! Thank your lucky stars that you have those twins, or else I'd be sending you out there with the rest of the dead if not killing you myself! I look at you and I just wanna… AHHHHH!" Delilah closed her eyes and let out a strident scream that was so loud everybody practically jumped and had to cover their ears. Delilah's scream was so loud that it actually broke the glass in one of the upper windows. Luckily, the shards didn't fall off from the windowsill and nobody was injured. When she stopped, she was heavily panting, her face flushed, and everybody was a little frightened and left wondering why she had allowed them to stay when she was clearly troubled by this all.
"JE-SUS CHRIST, WOMAN! Ya ever think about joining the opera?" Daryl asked as he wiggled a finger in his ear to un-pop it.
Billy held his hand out calmly. "Keep going, Delilah. Say whatever you have to say, please, let it all out."
"I just wanna claw your eyes out and rip your skin off! All the times we broke up, I never once slept with any other guy I went out with, and the opportunity presented itself numerous times. Jonah Hill and countless others would have killed for a night in bed with my sexy ass! Was I tempted? Yes. Did I act upon it? No! What did you do?! You had to sleep with and knock up the biggest whore alive, also known as "Heidi Fleiss Junior"! What was she like, Bill? You probably had to strap on a 4x4 just to fuck her so your dick wouldn't fall out! For your sake, I really hope you didn't catch something from this constant case of "The Clap"! I wouldn't be surprised if she's cheated on you already."
Fortunately, Billy had been tested immediately following their one night stand, and everything had turned out clean. He knew that he had dodged a huge bullet getting away unscathed, but he also hadn't slept with Christine again. Not after their first time at Harry's Christmas party, not after leaving Delilah at Steverson Ranch, not even after the twins were born. It had been almost two very long years.
"Was it worth it in the end? Here, why don't you do us all a favor and marry the bitch so she can shut the fuck up!" Delilah flung the second ring box at him, to which he barely caught.
"Are you ok, Delilah?" Rick asked, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder.
She shamefully nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, I think. Sorry, everybody." Delilah walked into Rick's arms and hugged him tightly, not noticing that Billy had opened up the red leather and gold embossed Cartier ring box.
Inside was a platinum wedding band with a metallic dome all around the center in varying shades of blue, it looked very similar to the discus used in the TRON movies, which had always been a favorite of his. The faint light inside the building from the broken window reflected off of the ring, which made Billy look closer at what appeared to be an engraving inside as he softly read it aloud.
"Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours Love, Delilah"
He looked up at her. "When do you-"
"The day the four of us took my mom to the airport and three days before we were supposed to leave for Texas with Jennifer. I told you I was late because I was cashing out my savings bonds, but I was really picking this up. I had it designed and engraved as an early birthday present since our wedding was respited, but there was so much going on I forgot all about it. You were so upset and all over the place, I wanted to surprise you when we got to the ranch."
It was a quote from a love letter written by Ludwig van Beethoven to his wife called The Immortal Beloved, but it had become even more popular after Mr. Big said it to Carrie in the movie version of Sex and The City. Billy remembered taking Delilah to see it, despite not wanting to go, but he knew she loved the series and took her on one of their date nights. Of course, she acted like a typical girl, shedding tears and swooning and begging him for a closet just like the one in the penthouse, but it was so adorable Billy didn't care. The quote had stood out to Delilah, because she would always repeat it, especially right before she drifted off to sleep in his arms late at night. It meant "Forever yours, forever mine, forever ours", and how the love they shared would only be for each other. As he reflected on the past, Billy's eyes filled with tears again. Delilah was an extraordinary, one of a kind girl, and he had royally screwed it up. She was right here in front of him, and he felt frustrated that he would never be able to get her back again.
Christine triumphantly smiled as she forcefully slid Delilah's ring on her finger before holding up her hand to admire it. "Finally, after ten years of lusting and plotting and twins, this is all mine!" She squealed and started jumping up and down as she laughed while everybody else just looked disgusted. Glenn shook his head and Delilah rolled her eyes at what a gigantic ass her sister was making of herself. Billy's rage had officially hit the ultimate breaking point.
"No, it's not."
She stopped jumping around and looked over at him. "What did you say, honey?"
"I said "NO IT'S NOT"!"
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