Summary- Lil finds out a secret about her son's girlfriend and wants to tell someone, but she made a promise, and she's never been one to break a promise. When something bad happens to her she starts feeling guilty because she could have helped stopped it.

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Meeting The Girlfriend

Tommy and Lil were sitting in the living room with their son, Elliot. He was finally going to let them meet his girlfriend that he's been dating for a month. He told them that he hadn't let them meet her yet because he wasn't sure if they were even going to last. But now he was positive that they were, and he wanted his family to meet her. They only person that did know her was Phil, because he was their teacher. His sister, Samantha, wasn't home so he didn't have to worry about her doing anything embarrassing. The one thing he did have to worry about was Phil coming over unannounced like he always does.

There was a knock at the door and Lil smiled at Elliot as he got up to answer it. She turned to Tommy "Do you ever think our parents were happy when we first got together?"

Tommy smiled at her and shrugged "I think so. I think they were just happy that we all married within the group."

Lil looked away from Tommy when Elliot walked in with room with his girlfriend. Elliot gave them a smile and motioned towards them "Chloe, these are my parents."

Chloe gave them a smile and walked towards them, holding her hand out "It's so good to finally meet you two"

Lil took her hand "It's good to meet you too"

Tommy nodded in agreement and took her hand. Chloe and Elliot sat on the other couch and started talking. Tommy and Lil got off the couch and walked into the kitchen. Lil leaned against the counter and looked into the living room "She's so cute!"

Tommy laughed and reached past Lil to get a cup so he could get a drink. They heard the front door open and they had to choices, Samantha was home or Phil was here.

"Lillian, can I-" Phil stopped talking when he saw Elliot and Chloe. He gave them a smile "Oh, hey Chloe. I didn't know you'd finally be meeting Lil and Tommy." he then walked into the kitchen and looked at Lil "How long has Chloe been here?"

"Only a few minutes." Lil said with a shrug "Is Kimi here?"

Phil shook his head and sat at the table "She's coming later."

Tommy sat across from Phil with his cup in his hands "Is there a reason for you being here?"

Phil looked over at Tommy and rolled his eyes "Someone's in a bad mood."

Lil walked up behind Tommy and put her hands on his shoulders "He's stressing out over this job. But really, you were going to ask me something."

Phil thought about it for a second before shrugging "I don't remember. I think I wanted to borrow something."

Lil sighed and shook her head "How can you be a teacher when you forget everything?"

Phil leaned back in his chair and laughed "That's a good question, Lillian."

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Chloe turned to Elliot when Phil walked out of the room "Why is Mr. DeVille here?"

"He's only Mr. DeVille in school. He's Phil outside of school. He's my uncle."

"Mr. DeVille - I mean Phil - is your uncle?"

Elliot nodded and motioned towards the kitchen where his parents were "Him and my mom are twins. And you know Jordan, his daughter, she's my cousin."

"Huh" Chloe leaned back into the couch and crossed her arms "Why didn't you tell me?"

"That's not something I usually bring up in conversation." Elliot said with a shrug "He can be pretty weird outside of school."

Chloe laughed "Well, he's a pretty cool teacher. So I'm assuming he's a pretty cool uncle, right?"

Elliot nodded "He's easy going. Fun to be around. Him and my Uncle Dil are always competing for who the better uncle is. It's pretty great." he reached forward for the TV remote, turning the TV on.

The front door opened again and Elliot didn't even have to look to see who it was "Hey aunt Kimi"

Kimi was about to walk into the kitchen without even looking at him. She didn't even notice he was there "Hi Elliot," she then turned her attention to Chloe and held her hand "I don't think we've met, I'm Kimi. His aunt."

Chloe smiled and took Kimi's hand "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Chloe, his girlfriend."

Kimi smiled and took a step back looking at her "So you're the mysterious girlfriend, it's good to meet you." she walked towards the kitchen and gave them a wave before walking in the kitchen and sitting next to Phil "Elliot's girlfriend is so adorable!"

Lil smiled and nodded "Right? That's what I said!"

Tommy sighed and leaned back, letting Lil put her arms completely around his neck now. Kimi looked over at him "Is something bothering you, T?"

"This job." he said putting his hands on Lil's arms "It's what I've always want to do and all, but it's stressing me out."

"Then why not quit?" Kimi asked.

Tommy shrugged "I need a job. Lil can't be the only one working"

"Why not?" Phil asked before smiling "I'm the only one working."

Kimi elbowed Phil in the ribs "I'm going to get a job, just not now."

Lil moved her arms off of Tommy and sat next to him "You could always come get a job at the hospital."

"Because that's any better than having to work with irritating 'stars'"

Lil laughed and started rubbing his arm "That's what you get for wanting to be a director." she looked at the time and stood up "I have to get to work though. Don't let him stress out too bad." she said to Kimi and Phil before giving him a quick kiss and walking out.

"Mom?"

Lil was about to walk out the door when Elliot called to her "Yeah?"

Him and Chloe came walking around the corner and he was pulling a jacket on "I'm going to walk Chloe home."

Lil nodded and opened the door walking out "Okay. You should let your father know, I'm going to work." she gave them a wave before getting in the car and driving off.

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Hours went by and she was standing at the nurses station reading one of the patients charts. "Lillian, we have a patient we want you to talk to." one of the Doctors said to her.

Lil set down the current chart she was holding and took the one the doctor, Dr. Ross, was holding out to her "What's wrong with her?" she asked while looking through the girls chart.

"Broken leg and some bruising." Dr. Ross said and pointed towards the room she was in.

Lil walked around the counter and towards the girls room. She looked at the chart again Chloe Butler. She put on a smile and walked into the room where another doctor, Dr. Anderson, was talking to her. "Hi Chloe, I'm nurse-" she stopped talking when she that it was Elliot's girlfriend, Chloe.

"Nurse Pickles, what's wrong?" Dr. Anderson asked when he walked by.

"That's my son's girlfriend." she walked completely into the room and put the chart away "Chloe, what happened?" Lil could see that she had fresh tears in her eyes. She was bruised up pretty bad and it was her job to find out what had happened.

Chloe took a deep breath before talking "It was nothing serious. Elliot took me home and after he left I slipped when walking down the stairs."

Lil crossed her arms. She knew that Chloe was lying. Only because there were bruises and you could clearly tell they were hand prints. Not only on her arms, but around her neck "Chloe, be honest with me."

Chloe hesitated "If I tell you, you have to promise me you won't tell anyone. None of your co-workers, Elliot, Mr. Pickles. Promise me."

Lil thought it over. The only way she was going to get the truth out of her is if she did this "I promise."

"Will you shut the door?"

Lil nodded and shut the door before walking back over to the bed and sitting on the edge of it.

Chloe took another deep breath as tears started to form again "This is what happened..."