Disclaimer: I do not own Rugrats/All Grown Up
Chapter One: The Beginning
Tommy was on the beach towards the end of his summer, playing catch with his little brother, Dil Pickles. Tommy had just graduated High School and was getting ready to start college. The college he was going to was near the beach, so he knew where he was going to be spending most of his time to pick up the girls.
"Go long, T!" Dil shouted as he brought his arm back to throw the football to Tommy.
Tommy had gotten into college with a football scholarship. His family and friends couldn't be any more proud of him. He had been the quarterback all throughout High School, and he was hoping to be the quarterback in college. Tommy started running further away as Dil threw the ball. Tommy wasn't watching where he was going, tripping over a girl who was laying out on the beach, and falling.
The girl turned over and looked at him with a glare "You know, you could watch where you were running"
Tommy sat up and glared right back at her "You don't have to be laying right where everyone would be walking. Or in my case, running." he stood up, dusting the sand off his swim trunks.
The girl rolled her eyes and stood up, gathering her stuff together. Tommy didn't take his eyes off of her. She had wavy brown hair. One strand of it was dyed a blue. He smiled to himself and held his hand out "I'm Tommy."
The girl looked at his hand and then up at his face before taking his hand "Lil."
He pulled his hand back and picked up the football and giving her a smile "You could work on your people skills." he started walking away.
Lil looked after him "And you could work on watching a ball and watching where you're running at the same time."
Tommy smiled to himself before turning around to look at her again "I'll be seeing you around, Lil." She rolled her eyes and started walking to a different spot to lay out.
Dil ran over to Tommy "T, are you okay?!"
Tommy laughed and tossed the ball to Dil "Yeah, I'm fine. Hey, how about we go get some food?"
Dil nodded "I could use some food right now." Tommy smiled and patted his little brother on the back as they started walking towards Tommy's car.
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Lil walked up a little ways and found her brother hitting on some girl. She set her stuff down and sat down waiting for him to walk back over to his stuff. "And where have you been, Lillian?"
"Well, Phillip, I was laying out by the beach but some guy tripped over me. So I moved up here" she reached into her bag and pulled her sunglasses out and put them on before laying back.
Phil couldn't stop himself from laughing. He looked over at Lil "How does someone trip over another person?"
Lil shot Phil a look. "He was playing ball with someone and he wasn't watching where he was running and literally tripped over me. His name was Tommy."
Phil looked at his watch and then stood up "Be more careful." he laughed and started getting his stuff together "We should get back to the hotel before mom goes crazy"
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On the way back to Tommy's dorm room, he wasn't able to get Lil out of his head. He was able to get any girl he waned, but his mind was on this one girl he barely knew. He pulled into a parking spot and got out, Dil following him.
"So T, who was that girl you tripped over?"
Tommy looked over at his brother as he put his key into the lock of his dorm room "Her name is Lil. That's all I know about her." he shrugged and opened his door. Lucky for him, his roommate wasn't there yet. He threw his keys onto the desk next to his computer. "What do you want to eat?"
"Anything. I love food!" Dil jumped onto Tommy's bed and laid back as Tommy walked over to his computer desk chair. "Chinese food?"
Tommy nodded and threw Dil a menu "You can order." he walked over to the other bed and got on to it, thanking God that he didn't have a roommate yet. His mind wandered back to Lil. He wanted to get to know her better, and he hoped he'd see her on the beach or at least at school.
Lil woke up the next morning and stretched. Her and Phil had a few days left before they were starting school and heading back to New York. They had come to California to check out the school and see how they felt about it. Lil loved it, and Phil wasn't sure how he felt. He was in it for the beach being a block away. Betty said she would talk to Howard about them transferring and coming to school in California.
She got out of bed and opened the curtains, looking out at the beach. She turned to Phil and smiled "Let's eat, get changed, and then go out."
Phil got up and walked over to the kitchen and looked through the fridge for something he could make them for breakfast. After they ate, Lil walked in the bathroom and changed into her bathing suit. She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body as she walked out. She grabbed her beach bag off the table and made her way out the door with Phil.
Lil didn't know what it was, but she wanted to see that Tommy guy again. She wasn't sure if he was going to be here again but she could hope. "Planning on laying out again?" Phil asked her as they walked onto the beach.
She nodded and smiled "Planning on hitting on every girl again?"
Phil smiled "You know it."
They chose a spot and Lil put her towel down, and sat down on it. Phil sat next to her and started looking around for someone. The two were a little surprised to see how many people came to the beach in the morning. Phil looked straight ahead at a girl with black hair. She looked Japanese, but she was cute. He nudged Lil and pointed towards her "I'm going after her today"
Lil rolled her eyes and laid back "Good luck, Phil."
Tommy and Dil woke up that same morning and decided it would be a good idea to call Chuckie and Kimi and see if they wanted to come hang out. Kimi was going to the same school as Tommy and was in her dorm just on the other side of campus, but Chuckie was at a different college. He was helping Kimi move in before he had to go, and Tommy wanted to spend some time with his two best friends before Chuckie and Dil left.
They met up with Chuckie and Kimi at the beach and Kimi pulled Tommy into a hug "It feels like it's been forever since I last saw you!"
Tommy returned her hug and smiled "Yeah. But it's only been a few weeks"
"I want to go in the water, so come on!" She said grabbing his and Chuckie's arms and pulling them towards the water, Dil following right behind them.
Tommy stood on the shore with his feet in the water and watched Kimi, Chuckie and Dil swimming around. He crossed his arms and looked down, the flashback of when he was little and almost drowning running through his head.
"Tommy, right?"
Tommy turned around when he heard his name and then smiled when he saw Lil walking up to him. "Yeah. And you're Lil, right?"
She nodded and stood next to him. She looked over at the people he was watching and recognized the girl with black hair that Phil wanted to go after "Do you know her?" she asked him, pointing over to Kimi.
"Yeah, she's one of my best friends, Kimi. Why?"
Lil just shrugged. She got the girl's name, that's one way to help Phil out "My brother was watching her earlier."
Tommy turned to look at her "You have a brother?"
"Twin, actually."
Tommy smiled and looked back over at the water "I have a little brother. He's the one with that sherpa hat on." he turned his attention back to Lil, wanting to find out more about her "Are you going to school here?"
Lil shook her head "Phil and I want to, but the school we're going to is in New York, where we're from. And our mom said she was going to talk to our dad to see if they can transfer us here. I like California better."
"You should come here. I've lived in California my whole life, this is my dream school." Tommy said with a smile.
"What are you wanting to be when you get out of college?"
"A director." Lil smiled at him.A part of her wanted to spend more time with Tommy and get to know him better. But another part of her knew she shouldn't. "Are you going to be here in three days?"
"Yeah, why?"
Tommy smiled at her. He was going to enjoy getting to know her better. She seems like a cool girl to get to know. "You'll see."