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Hi everybody! So stoked for the Season 4 premiere of Once Upon A Time tonight and Elsa! #OnceisFrozen! NOT TO MENTION THE WALKING DEAD COMES BACK IN EXACTLY TWO WEEKS! Speaking of which, Christine and Delilah are a lot like Zelena and Regina on OUAT, except Delilah was never evil. WOO-HOO! So a lot happens this chapter...
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATIONS WITH THE WALKING DEAD FRANCHISE OR PATRON TEQUILA. ALL PROPERTIES OWNED BY FRANK DARABONT AND AMC (TELEVISION SERIES), ROBERT KIRKMAN AND TONY MOORE (COMIC BOOK SERIES), AND THE PARADISO GIRLS, RESPECTIVELY. I ONLY OWN MY OWN ORIGINAL IDEAS AND CHARACTERS.
Chapter Fifty-Seven: Switching Flips
Rick looked at her and felt almost bad, for he could see that she was actually trying to change. Regardless, while he didn't entirely trust her, perhaps confiding in the most unlikely person would be a needed change of pace. With a heavy sigh, he stepped aside. "Alright, fine." Rick closed the door once Christine walked in.
TWO HOURS LATER
Billy held Delilah in his arms, inhaling the scent of her hair and feeling the softness of her skin, side by side after they had simultaneously climaxed from their powerful love making session, "Here (In Your Arms)" by Hellogoodbye softly playing on the BOSE. Neither one of them said anything; they were too relaxed in the ambiance, although things still felt a bit too surreal, as if one of them was simply waiting for the other shoe to drop or for the alarm clock to ring. Things may have progressed a little quickly than normal, but it had been building up for some time now, and they had gone into this with both feet in. Neither one of them would ever admit it, but it ranked up there with some of the best sex they ever had.
"Chickpea?"
Delilah was staring out at the wall. "Yes, Billy?"
"You ok? You've been awfully quiet." He started to stroke her arm as she nodded.
"I'm fine, although, I could say the same thing about you, sweetheart." Delilah grabbed his big hand in her tiny one and gave it a kiss as he smiled.
"I'm just enjoying the serenity, babe. With the world we live in now, moments like this are a rarity, ya know?" Indeed they were, nothing was guaranteed, but Jellbany was the closest to a safe haven as one could get. Billy was grateful that he had found a way back to his Delilah, despite the circumstances.
"Tell me about it."
"Hey, I couldn't help but notice when I said I wanted to make love to you that you didn't burst into laughter or make a weird face."
Delilah chuckled and shook her head. "Well, I said that I'd probably get used to it when I got older, and I have. Plus, what we did pretty much constitutes as making love, it wasn't "screwing, banging, and fucking." It was everything you promised it would be. Sweet, intimate, tender, passionate. That's what making love is all about."
It was in her statement when Billy realized that she was right. She was no longer the chubby little girl that hid whenever he'd come over or the flirtatious teenager that would dance around to "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles on his roof as the sun would rise and greet the day, she was now a woman. She had founded Jellbany and created a community within, providing shelter and security to all its residents while also being open to new faces. Delilah had grown and matured, it was a shame that it had been more or less not only because of the outbreak, but more from being abandoned.
"Doesn't this feel weird?" She pulled Billy from his thoughts as she turned around in his hold and laid on her back, looking up at him.
"How so?" He propped his elbow up and rested his head in his hand to gaze down on her.
Delilah snickered. "It does! We aren't the same love crazed teenagers who had sex until we fell asleep in each other's arms, so much has changed in a year and a half! You're somebody's father now, two somebody's, actually, that happen to be my niece and nephew, not to mention my heart is torn between you and another man."
"Oh, that." Billy lightly chuckled, albeit sarcastically. "Wow, you're right, Tiger Lily. It does feel weird." There was a silence, the two just stared at one another, until he decided to ask her something that had plagued his thoughts for the past week. "Do you think in some crazy way this was supposed to happen, like absence makes the heart grow fonder to bring us back together and really cherish the love we have?"
She pointed up at him. "Hey, we aren't back together yet."
"I know, I know, you know what I meant. Reunited. There, better choice of words." He tried to backpedal due to the hint of annoyance in her voice. "Trust me, it's not ideal. In fact, it would be deemed as impossible by many, but it all just makes you wonder about the ways of the world and if fate is real." It certainly did bring that question to mind, if fate was real and if everything happened for a reason. Billy lost Delilah because he couldn't open up to her about his addiction and allowed himself to be overtaken by Christine's greater evil. If it hadn't have been for Scott's suggestion to go to Georgia, they never would have come across Carol or met Daryl who brought them to Jellbany where Billy was reunited with Delilah. While he wanted more than anything to get her back as his girl again, there was so much in the way. Even if Rick wasn't in the picture, there was still the fact that she was abandoned and how could she ever fully trust Billy again, not to mention he fathered her sister's children? He might as well have cheated on her, it was just as bad if not worse. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened with Rick?"
Delilah heavily sighed. "Actually, he guessed that I still had feelings for you and I had to confess. I told Rick I needed a week to figure everything out, to spend time with both of you, but he was so upset he told me to just spend it all with you. To answer your question though, honestly… I don't know. I mean, I'd rather have learned the lessons than be abandoned."
"I know, and I hope you believe me when I say that I would do anything at all to go back and prevent this. I never want to lose you go again. If given the chance and even not, I will spend the rest of our lives proving myself. Letting you go was the biggest mistake I ever made in my entire twenty-eight years. The fact that we're even together now is a start, and a beautiful one at that. I love you." Although he didn't want to pressure her, Billy was hoping that he would be victorious over Rick in the quest for Delilah's heart, but if he wasn't, he still wanted to redeem himself further.
"For the longest time, I was so angry. Angry is too small of a word. I was infuriated. Infuriated at myself, at the world, you and my sister. I didn't know who to be angrier at, you or her, you both equally betrayed me. In a sick way, Christine's insanity kind of worked in your favor. She was so obsessed with ruining my life and taking you from me that she went past limits one would never think of, and even though she doesn't realize it, she hurt herself in the process. Christine got what she wanted, she took you by force, but she didn't have your heart and it drove her further over the brink." Delilah gazed up at Billy, clutching the sheets to her body while trying so hard to suppress the threatening tears from falling as she poured her heart out. "I wanted to hate you, I wanted to hate you more than anything, and I did for the longest time, but when I heard your side, so much made sense. It won't ever excuse what happened, except it made things start adding up. If I would've opened my eyes to what was really going on and tried harder to help you get off the pills or just work on myself, this wouldn't have happened. We may be here now, but we can't erase the past regardless how much we want. After what we just did, things will definitely be changed." She heard her voice cracking, knowing it would only be a matter of time before she fully broke. "When I saw you after all this time, I wanted to kill you. I wanted to make you feel the most unimaginable pain at my hands, worse than what you did to me. Except I couldn't, I couldn't because my heart is stronger than my vengeance. That might make me pure or it might make me naïve, all I know is that I never fully got over you and I don't know if I ever will. You were my first everything, and you'll always be a part of me no matter what attempts I make to remove you entirely. I love you, Billy Steverson. I love you." Delilah started sobbing as she grabbed his face and pressed her lips to his, tears of being reunited with him again, but also tears of confusion, wishing things were different despite knowing they couldn't be.
Billy watched her crying and it brought him back to that night, except now their problems weren't as easily solved by an hour in bed, they were much worse and much deeper. He gathered her in his arms, rubbing her back in soothing circles as he wiped her tears away and kissed her face. "Aww, Delilah. It's ok, please don't cry anymore than you have, I've caused enough tears. Whatever is meant to happen will happen, but I once heard a long time ago that true love can't be unwritten." Billy hoped that was accurate, for his sake, and the fact that he didn't know if he'd ever find a love like theirs again if Delilah went back to Rick.
"Billy, what are we going to do? What am I going to do?" She looked up at him with big teary eyes while he smoothed her hair out of her face and cupped her cheek.
"I told you. We're going to take the night for ourselves and figure it out tomorrow. Just let me satisfy and take care of you, baby." Billy looked intently at Delilah, noticing something was off about her and placed the back of his hand on her other cheek and her forehead. "Delilah, are you alright? Your face is warm, are you coming down with something?"
She shrugged. "I'm not sure, I've been really stressed lately, that may be it."
"Have you eaten anything today?" She was about to speak, but he cut her off. "Not counting your secret stash of Jelly Bellys."
Delilah smirked, he really did know her all too well. "No, I didn't eat today, or much yesterday. I've been pretty stressed the past few days."
"Delilah, no matter what's going on, you have to remember to take care of yourself." He looked at his watch. "It's 10:30, everybody's in for the night. Let's get dressed, we'll go downstairs and I'll make you something to eat. What do you say? Will you have dinner with me, Delilah?" Billy kissed her hand, bringing her back to so many memories shared between them.
She burst into a fit of giggles, the light that had been missing from her eyes for the past week had finally returned. "Are you asking me out on a date?"
He chuckled, feeling himself blush a bit. "Uh, kind of?"
"Isn't this supposed to be the other way around, date first and then sex?"
"Well, if you'd like, we can do what we just did again after we're done eating if that would make you feel better."
Delilah scoffed and hit him with a pillow, both of them laughing. In the midst of it all, it felt so good to laugh again. "You're such a cheeky bastard. Alright, fine, give me a minute to find something to wear." She smiled at him as she threw on her kimono and walked over to her dresser.

"Nothing like a Chardonnay to ease away the pain." Christine poured some more of the smooth burgundy liquid into her glass and finishing the bottle as she topped Rick off. He must have been a lightweight, because he seemed fairly buzzed. Christine could tell that he was naturally apprehensive of her presence, but he had been a total gentleman with her and it was the first time in ages that she was actually able to relax with a member of the opposite sex.
"I'm not much of a drinker, but this has helped a bit in calming my nerves. " It had also made him a chatty Kathy, telling Christine about everything that happened over the past year, including Lori and Shane's infidelity. Perhaps she had changed, but he still kept his guard up and on high alert.
Christine sloshed the liquid around in her drink like she was a high-class socialite attending the opening of an art gallery on the Upper Eastside. "It's a very robust Red." She gazed down at the bottle. "Chianti 1991. Great year!" We definitely have chemistry, he can't even look at me he's so shy! It's adorable! I'll have to thank Delilah for her perfect timing in dumping him. She has Billy, I get Rick, everybody's happy! "I'm really happy that you're letting me hang here, it's been so long since I've had a nice, relaxing time with a normal man. Billy, he is anything but normal. He's such an evil mastermind! I mean, to come up with a plan to kill the so-called love of his life? When he first told me the plan, I pleaded with him, on my knees, hands clasped, in tears, begging at his feet for the life of my baby sister. He was so mad that he slammed me against the wall, put a gun in my mouth and a knife to my stomach, said that if I didn't go through with this, he'd pull a Charles Manson and cut the baby out then shoot me in the head! Billy Levi Steverson is a psychopath, killing that innocent deer and putting it in front of the door? What kind of a human being does such a thing?!" Christine put a hand over her heart. "My heart breaks for the offspring she left behind! Poor wittle Bambi! That's not the only thing. Once I got over him, that's when he was interested in me. I told him he had to work things out with Delilah, but he spiked my drink and held me against my will in a dark room, fucking me merciless as I screamed for him to stop. It's the reason why I can't even tend to my own children, they're the product of rape! I just hope they don't grow up to be as nefarious as their father. Billy is a disgusting excuse of a man; he's nothing more than pure evil. " Her hand left her heart and rest on top of his as she flipped her hair back, revealing ample cleavage. "I'm just so glad to have a real live man in blue protecting me from him at all times. "
She smiled and winked as Rick pulled his hand away gently. While he listened to her talk, it was clearly obvious that she had a screw loose, so he decided to take advantage of this alone time and get to the bottom of why she was such a mess. Being a former officer of the law, he couldn't help himself trying to get inside the mind of a criminal. "May I ask you something?"
"Yes!" Christine set the bottle and her glass down on the desk, then sat up straight with her hands pressed on her thighs and a curious smile on her face. "Go ahead, ask me anything your little Southern heart desires."
Rick almost wanted to laugh, not only because she was so ridiculous, but also because it reminded him a bit of Delilah. Oh, Delilah. I'm sorry I was so harsh. I was angry, but I went too far. Will she ever forgive me? He cleared his throat before turning his body to face her. "I'm going to be honest with you, can you handle it?"
She nodded, smile still in tact. "Of course."
"Alright. In my sixteen years on the force, I've seen a lot of crazy shit and met a lot sick fucks. Pedophiles, necrophilia's, I remember one standoff where a man cut himself open and was throwing his innards at us. But you, you take the cake. Hell, you could open up a bakery chain with all the craziness you have. I'm calling bullshit on you. The sad thing is, I don't even think you realize the things you say or how your behavior and actions affect others, but I got to know something that's been racking my brain for some time now. What started all this hatred over Delilah and what did she ever do to deserve it?"
Christine's smile had faded once Rick started getting real, but she pulled herself together. "You're entitled to your opinion. It's like nobody knows the real me, I don't even think I know who I really am anymore. I understand why Delilah was always the center of attention, her presence commands it. She's like a super nova, the moon and the sun, the morning and the evening star. I'm not a bad person, Rick. I've been told before that I'm actually pretty amazing. I just made a terrible decision, but like I told you, I did go back to get her. She's my little baby sister, except Billy wouldn't let me. He's the biggest two-faced asshole I've ever met in my life, I can't believe I was so madly in love with him. Aphrodite herself could cast her strongest spell, and even then he couldn't be swayed from Delilah. You've got yourself some stiff competition, dude."
Now Rick understood how Delilah could Segway a conversation so well, it was a trait both sisters had inherited. "I'm not for playing games, Christine. You kind of skirted around the question."
"I'm misunderstood, Rick. My mother left and my dad died. Rachelle and Delilah wanted nothing more than to love me and I shut them out, which is one of my biggest regrets. Then I thought I was in love with Billy, but like everything she ever wanted and everything I ever wanted, Delilah got him. If it's any consolation, I personally think Delilah would be certifiably insane to ever let you go. The fact that she suggested this "break" or whatever already proves that she's half a bubble off." Christine sipped the last of her wine and set the glass down as she started stroking the back of Rick's neck, causing him to almost immediately tense up. "You seem like such a dream boat, Rick. You're strong, courageous, passionate, the way you told me off the first day we met, that took guts."
He shrugged, trying to move away. "That's what you do when you love someone, you defend them."
"Either way, it was sexy. Maybe we're a lot more alike than you think we are. We've both been lied to and disregarded by the people we loved more than anything in the world. Lori, Shane, Delilah. Rob, Delilah, Billy." Rick finally looked over at her and she smiled. "I never noticed how very handsome you are. How cerulean blue your eyes are, how your nose is a little too long for your face, that tight jawline or the way those shirts magnify that lean, cut upper body." She started gliding her fingers up and down his arm.
"Thank you, that's very kind." Rick was worried that this was about to get out of hand if he didn't intervene. "Christine, I-" Before he could finish his sentence, Christine had grabbed his face and smashed her lips against his, hopping onto his lap and straddling him as she pushed him back on the bed, perfectly aligning her crotch with his. Rick's eyes widened and he gasped in her mouth, trying to push him off of her. "Christine, wait!" Except she wouldn't let him speak, she just kept kissing his face all over.
"Rick, ever since we met, I've wanted you to fuck me so bad and in every way possible! No man has ever gotten my panties as wet as you, they're soaking. Just fuck me! FUCK ME, FUCK ME, FUCK ME!" She flung her shirt off and ripped his open, revealing his hard chest, as she started grinding herself into him and bit his neck.
"Ok, I think you've had too much to drink and you should leave." Christine literally had a death grip on his hips with her legs, Rick couldn't get her off of him, until finally mustering up his entire strength and shoving Christine, causing her to fall on the floor with a "THUD". "That's enough! Get out of here, now."
Christine sat up, a seductive look still in her eyes and she put her hand on his knee. "Oh, come on, let me suck your cock. I can tell I was right; you are "Big Dick Rick". I've got a mouth like a Hoover vacuum cleaner, deep suction all the way. I know how to work it, baby, I can get your rocks off, unlike Little Delilah."
Rick rolled his eyes and stood up. "Delilah's wonderful and knows exactly what she's doing with everything she does." That was most likely the Chianti talking, but true emotions come out when one is intoxicated, and that was genuinely how he felt.
Christine's smile morphed into a nasty grimace. "Damnit! You all think Delilah's so fucking perfect?! Well, here's the truth that she's not!" She threw her shirt on and wiped an iPhone out of her pocket, cuing it up while Rick got another shirt on. "I always carry this little baby on me at all times, in case I ever need to prove that she's not Little Miss Goody Two Shoes that she claims to be. " Christine shoved the phone into his hands. "Here, this is Delilah at Undercar in Toronto, Canada, a couple months after she and Billy got in engaged back in 2009. One of the rare times she was drunk."
He looked down to see a video of Delilah wearing a purple bustier and too short of a black pleated leather micro mini skirt and purple stilettos, her hair half up. She was dancing on top of the nightclub bar, a blonde with huge implants on one side of her and a redhead on the other, both of them were grinding on Delilah as they were singing along to a upbeat pop song, crowded by other club goers.
"I'm on Patron tequila I'm drunk on margarita That Patron tequila, me and my mamacita
Hey girl, where's your drink? We goin' all get real drunk tonight Hey girl, I got bud, we can all get fucked up tonight And by the end of the night I'mma have you drunk and throwin' up And by the end of the night I'mma have you so fucked up!"
Delilah was laughing and shaking her moneymaker, all the girls were flipping the birds at the part about getting fucked up. She seemed more into dancing and wasn't paying any attention to the girls at all, who seemed more preoccupied with each other
"That's my girl up there! Work it, baby!" The camera turned around to show Billy and a few guys, all of them drunk, pumping their arms in circles and cheering them on before going back to the girls.
"Babe-a-dee! Let's get this party started right!" Delilah giggled as Billy walked over, helping Delilah down from the bar before lifting her over his shoulder while she laughed wildly, trying to get him to put her down! "Bil-ly! Put me down, my panties are showing!"
"Sorry, gorgeous." He set her down as Delilah threw her arms around his neck. They were both inebriated and they kept smirking as Delilah looked over into the camera, a huge smile on her face.
"Chri-sseee! My big sister, I love you soooo much! Is that camera on?"
Christine chuckled. "Oh, yes. What's on your mind?"
"Good. Billy, Bil-baby! Stop looking at my boobs and look into the camera!" Delilah shook him by the shoulders, his eyes never leaving her breasts.
"But they're so outstanding!" He turned around to the other patrons and began shouting over the music. "My fiancé has the most perfect titties in the world! Shots for everybody!" Everybody started cheering as Delilah smacked Billy playfully.
"Omg, you're such a moron! Look into the camera!"
Billy groaned. "Ugh, alright, fine!" He wrapped his arms around her from behind as Delilah started speaking.
"Christine, I want to thank you, because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met my Prince Charming, who I love more than life itself!" Delilah gave Billy a big kiss on the cheek as he laughed.
Rick looked up at Christine after a few more videos of Delilah screaming and crying, begging Christine to please stop taping her. "What is this proving?"
"She's nuts! Keep watching. It gets better."
The next video was of Billy and Delilah screaming at each other leaving a party, Delilah was louder of the two.
"Billy Steverson, you are the biggest piece of work on the planet! I hate you, I wish I never let you take my virginity! Two faced prick!"
"Delilah, you're acting like a madwoman! Chill the fuck out, you're driving me insane! NOTHING HAPPENED!" He turned around at Christine. "Turn that off, now!" Billy ran after Delilah.
"Then you know what? Just stay away from me, Billy! Go with somebody who's normal and forget about me, I'm always going to be a fucked up mess!" Delilah pushed Billy away, for he had tried to grab her, and sat in her car, buckling up. "I love you, but I love you enough to let you go so you can be happy. For tonight, just go back and fuck one of those whores throwing themselves at you."
Billy groaned and crouched down, preventing her from closing the door. "Are you blind, chick?! I don't want those skanks back at the party! I want you! I love you, you idiot!"
Delilah slapped him across the face. "Don't call me an idiot!" They stared at each other for a moment before Delilah flew from the seat and into his lap, giving him a heated kiss before she started crying. "Oh, Billy! I'm so sorry!"
He stroked the back of her hair. "It's ok, Delilah. Don't cry, I forgive you. Let's go home, ok?"
"Ok."
Rick looked at Christine. "This doesn't prove anything other than you'll never be anything more than consumed with jealousy and hate. Delilah wanted to believe that there was good somewhere in you, but I think you were born without a soul. Shane was my best friend since we were two years old, but I considered him my brother. Sure, he may have been cocky at times, but unlike you, he was a good person until this damn outbreak. It pushed him over the edge, but here's where you two have somethin' in common: Just like how you tried to kill Delilah because you were so obsessed with Billy, Shane tried to kill me because he was so obsessed with my wife. I had no choice but to kill him, stabbed him in cold blood. Again, he left me no choice, but I still wish it didn't come to that, that it didn't have to happen. With that and the fact that you've both had children with the third party's significant other, you two have a lot in common. The only difference is that I believe Shane truly lost himself, but you will always be just plain evil." He watched Christine's grimace fade and her face crumble in misery.
"All I want is somebody to love me! That's all I've ever wanted, it's why I fucked every guy that was young and willing! I thought if I tried hard enough that Billy would fall in love with me, but he didn't. Why do you both believe in her so much?! The world is dead and she's still on top. To this day, Delilah doesn't fully realize what she had right in front of her, nor did she appreciate it. She got everything I ever wanted and she didn't even deserve it! Now she has more! I tried to take it from her and it still didn't work."
"What's going on with Delilah right now is a rough patch, but I love and her. It's not going to be easy, but I do believe that she'll come back to me. She gave me a gift, a second chance when I was at my lowest. You want someone to love you? You have to put it out to get it back, and you can't get love when you're heartless." Although he wasn't happy, Rick did believe Delilah would come back to him. He had to be honest with Christine, and he felt that he struck a nerve, because the next thing that happened was she burst into tears and fell to the floor.
"I don't know how! I don't know how to love or be kind, all I've known is fury and wrath! I pushed all the love away and just shut myself out! I'm a despicable monster, and have done such horrible things! I drugged the only man I ever loved and forced him to have sex with me, I tried to kill my sister, my own children are afraid of me! I'm manipulative and selfish, my heart is black stone! How could I have let things get this far?" She started wailing, letting out gut wrenching sobs. Rick was hesitant in believing her, but she was far more emotional now than she was during her "apology" to Delilah. It must finally be hitting her. He heavily sighed, grabbing some tissues and bending down, handing them to her. She looked up at him.
"If you really want to, you can change and start over, but it's up to you. Nobody thinks you're capable of it, it might just be a trick, but you seem too distraught to be faking. Do you realize the error of your ways and why they're wrong? If you want love and redemption, it won't come overnight. You have to prove yourself, are you ready to do that and be genuine with it?" He didn't know why he had gone out of his way to tell her this, but maybe there was hope for her after all.
Rick's words were the slap in the face that Christine needed. Things could have been better all along, she had nobody to blame but herself, for she could as easily stepped back and not destroyed her sister's life. Up until that day in Texas, Delilah had always been there for Christine with open arms and all the love in the world, she was her biggest fan, and all Christine did was push her away out of jealousy and delusions. It was time to make a permanent change, this life was a lonely one. Christine dabbed her tears and nodded at Rick.
"Yes."

"You ready?" Billy asked as he put his button up shirt on.
"Yes, yes I am." Delilah turned off the light in her bathroom and stood in front of Billy with her hands on her hips as she watched him tie his shoes.
"Alright then, let's…" His voice trailed off the moment he looked up at Delilah. Her outfit was simple, a light blue and white flannel silver lined shirt with a black scoop neck tank top underneath, topped off with a pair of Rock n Republic skinny jeans tucked into tall baby blue UGGS, and the only makeup she had on was pink lip gloss, but Delilah looked absolutely gorgeous.
"Something wrong?"
Billy shook his head. "No, not at all." He stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist, leaning into her ear. "You're just so beautiful it leaves me speechless."
His compliment gave Delilah the chills, it brought her back to how she always got butterflies the first month they were dating. "Thank you." She could feel her cheeks heating up as she made her way to the door, only for Billy to beat her to it.
"Here, let me get that." He opened the door for her. She could sense that he was also brought back to the good times, because he seemed a little nervous, too.
"Thanks." Delilah walked out with Billy following behind her. Once the door was closed, they went in opposite directions and bumped into each other with their hands grazing one another's. "Whoops."
"Sorry." They awkwardly laughed and looked down to see where their hands were. Delilah knew she should probably pull away, but she didn't. Billy hesitated, but he took her hand in his and lead the way downstairs. A part of Delilah was a bit scared at how quickly she was able to fall back into old habits with the physical touches and the pet nicknames, the other part of her found that it was also comforting. She laughed to herself, deciding to just take the night for her and for Billy.

"I can't even spit it out!" Delilah was laughing and had to take a deep breath to calm down. "Full-on rapist!"
Billy laughed right along with her. "That one is pretty good, can't forget "Kitten Mittons" though." To ease some of the tension while they were walking down the stairs, Billy had brought up that Eugene admitted he liked milksteak, therefore reminding him of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which had always been a favorite of Billy and Delilah's, and they had been going back and forth on what the funniest moments in the show were.
"That one was good. Charlie is pretty funny, but you can't leave out Frank! "I dropped my monster condom for my magnum dong!" Ha ha, he's hilarious!"
"My favorite might have been your line-"
"MY BOOBS CAN PREDICT THE POWER BALL!"
They both started laughing and falling all over each other as they were halfway to Inventory Range. Delilah had been active in acting, dance, and modeling since the end of her figure skating career, she was well on her way to becoming a star, but her status got a giant boost after Miss Teen USA. Right before the pageant, Delilah had landed a three episode guest spot on It's Always Sunny, playing Katie, the baby sister of The Waitress, who had a fling with the show's lothario, Dennis.
"You were really funny, Delilah, and I remember how they all just thought you were the cutest thing, but you kept thinking you did poorly. You were always going above and beyond to do the best with whatever you set out to do, but no matter what, you kept psyching yourself out. "
She nodded. "I know, I've always been like that, doubting myself. Not so much now though." Delilah looked up at him. "I'm not the same girl you left, Billy. Not entirely, at least.
"I know."
They stopped when they saw Carol and Mac on guard duty in front of Leisure Zone. Over the past week, the two had become rather cozy with one another, love was definitely in the air. Billy watched them talking, feeling his heart sink. His mind immediately thought back on how angry Carol had been when she found out about the lie, not just angry, but also disheartened. They had once been so close, now they barely spoke, and Billy didn't know if they ever would again. He was interrupted from his dejection with a nudge from Delilah, causing him to look down on her.
"Go to her."
He hesitated, still unsure and guilty. "I can't. I-"
She gave him a hopeful smile. "Yes, you can. I've heard that you two had a really special relationship, and I can tell how downtrodden you are over it. You lied, but you're remorseful, unlike Christine. If you were able to get me to listen to what you had to say, then I know that she'll give you the same chance, too. All in all, she seems like a gentle soul. Go to her, Billy." Delilah leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "There, a kiss for good luck."
He chuckled and gave her hand a squeeze. "Alright, fine."
"I'll be here waiting for you." She smiled her infectious smile before he walked off.
Billy decided to be sincere and from the heart, it had worked with Delilah, and he was hoping it would with Carol as well. Next to Delilah, she was the second most deserving of an explanation.

"I told him that there's no way I'm break dancing in my kilt, not a chance!"
Carol laughed. "That's too funny. If you don't mind me asking, what do you wear under there?" Carol was a little surprised with her own boldness, but Mac just brought out the fun side of her that had been forced away by Ed long ago.
Mac smirked. "Well-"
"Hey, guys."
The duo looked over to see Billy walking toward them. Carol's smile disappeared. She looked at him and felt betrayed, Billy had been the son she never had, and now it was as if she didn't even know him. Would things between them ever be patched up?
Mac nodded his head politely at him. "Billy."
"Hi, Mac." He turned to Carol. "Carol, may I have a moment alone with you? There's some things I need to clarify and you deserve an honest explanation."
OH MY GGGGOOOOOODDDDD! CHRISTINE IS NUTS! IS SHE GENUINE OR IS SHE JUST PLAYING RICK? POOR DELILAH, TOO! WILL CAROL AGREE TO TALK TO BILLY? CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT WILL BE COMING SOON! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW AND SPREAD THE WORD! NO FLAMES!
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