Chapter One

"He said, she said"

Outside of the Pickle's house, there was a woman's loud scream heard. Tommy was sitting on the floor talking on the phone as he was watching a horror movie on television.

He sighed as he cut a picture in half with a pair of scissors. Ever since Rachel really broke up with him, he hated the feeling he had watching the movie he saw with her two days ago.

Tommy Pickles would be your average ten year old. He didn't mind his brother Dil or his parents. He loved his family. Tommy felt like he had everything he wanted except….he didn't have Rachel in his life anymore.

The words "I never want to see you again" kept repeating in his head. He regrets faking missing Rachel so badly in front of his friends.

Tommy's only ten years old and he couldn't believe he was obsessing with a girl. He remembered him saying "I'm young! I need to be free!".

"Yeah right", Tommy said under his breath forgetting he was talking on the phone.

"What'd you say?", A voice on the other line replied.

"Nothing Phil", Tommy answered with a low tone. "I miss Rachel so much it hurts!".

"You really mean it this time?", Phil asked as he sat on his bedroom chair. "You really tricked me and Chuckie when you acted like you were dying of Rachelness".

Tommy regretted doing that too. He just wanted people to leave him alone. "Sorry about that…again…".

"You want me and Lil to come over and sit in the sandbox with you?", Phil asked. "I could tell you guys bug stories again".

Tommy made a face after he heard his friend's comment. "I'll pass for today. I just miss her sooo much my heart feels like it's throbbing in ache!".

Phil rolled his eyes as he heard Tommy crying on the other line. He began to listen as Tommy explained how he missed Rachel's smell, voice, kisses, and the way he helped her in Hebrew school.

"You're acting like you were married or something", Phil said as he opened his English grammar book.

"It felt like it was", Tommy said as he sniffed watching the TV. "She was the only girl I ever liked- liked".

"All guys say that Pickles", Phil replied. "Heck when I fell in love with uh…uh….what's her name? See? I'm over her already I can't even remember her name".

Tommy was confused for a moment. He knew Phil had some crushes here and there. A girlfriend?

"I wish I had that faith like you", Tommy said. "I'll never eat..sleep..breathe..".

"If you can't breathe, how are you talking now?", Phil asked. "Calm down Tommy, it's going to be okay".

"NO IT WON'T!", Tommy said as he cried into the phone. "You were NEVER in a love triangle like I was! RAAACHHEELLL!".

Phil sighed as he listened to Tommy cry. "I think I liked him better when he was in diapers".

"What?".

"Uh…nothing Tommy…I gotta go. Mom's calling me to dinner!", Phil said quickly so he could hang up.

"Wait! Wait! Don't hang up!". Phil's twin sister Lil walked in the room with Kimi.

"Whose on the phone?", Lil asked as Kimi opened the closet door. Phil motioned to her that it was Tommy. "Oh..".

"Don't hang up! Put Lil on!", Tommy exclaimed. Kimi shook her head with her eyes closed as Lil took the phone.

"Tommy? It's Lil". Suddenly, Lil took the phone away from her ear as Tommy cried more on the other line.

Kimi watched as Lil stared blankly at the phone. "The kid's hopeless now".

"Is that Kimi in the background?". The three stared at each other before Phil gave Lil a gum wrapper.

Lil put the phone against her ear again and rubbed the wrapper against the speaker. "What's that Tommy? Can't hear you! Line's all fuzzy!".

She hung up the phone and Phil sighed in relief. "I can finally hear myself speak".

"Before this, you were hugging on him like he has cancer", Kimi said as she looked at a shirt.

"Well we tried everything", Lil said as she put her hair up. "We gave him free discounts, tied his shoes, did his house chores…heck we even brought Rachel here!".

"The kid still didn't thank us for that", Phil said as he watched Kimi jump on his bed. "I was going to spend that allowance money for the next Emica tour".

"Emica?", Lil and Kimi asked at the same time. They froze at what they were doing and stood right in front of him.

"Uh….did I say Emica?", Phil asked trying to get away from the blockade. "I meant Christina Aguleria".

"So when's the show Phillip?", Lil asked putting a hand on her hip. Phil opened his mouth to answer her question, but lost the words.

"I…uh….well…".

"Well?".

"Maybe we should save more money first. Then we discuss our concert resume".

At Tommy's house, Chuckie knocked on the door. He didn't really get an answer, but he noticed the door was opened.

When he walked inside the house, he saw Dil watching the movie instead. "Dil?".

Dil turned around and saw Chuckie stand against the wall. "Oh hey. Tommy's up in his room".

"Is he alright?", Chuckie asked.

"Not really. He claims he's having his last breaths", Dil replied turning his attention back to the movie.

"What?", Chuckie asked as he ran upstairs. Dil noticed he was gone and went to the edge of the stairs.

"Wait! You forgot the donation to Dil Pickles!".

Chuckie opened Tommy's door a little before walking in. He expected to see candles lit around with sad music.

He expected to see tissues lay around all over the room. All Chuckie saw was Tommy looking out the window.

"Hey Tommy", Chuckie greeted walking slowly inside. "You alright?".

Tommy didn't really notice he was there. He turned to his left and saw his best friend standing there. "Oh…hi……yeah….I'm okay".

"So uh…where's your break up supplies?". Tommy sat on his bed and Chuckie sat on Dil's bed across from him.

"I'm trying to move on", Tommy said with a sigh. "I called up Phil earlier and I think I went overboard".

"You should of called me first", Chuckie said watching Tommy put his head down. "I can take it".

"How did you deal with your breakup with Nicole?", Tommy asked. Chuckie then remembered who it was talking about.

Chuckie met Nicole at school and had the biggest crush on her. He didn't think she noticed him at first, but she did.

"Our breakup was our decision", Chuckie replied. "Your breakup with Rachel had to happen".

"Long distance relationships suck", Tommy said laying his body on his bed. "I miss Rachel".

"I know", Chuckie said nodding his head. "I miss Nicole sometimes. But you said you're young and it's true".

"The first one's the big step". Chuckie nodded in agreement. "I'm not dating until I'm forty".

"Forty?", Chuckie said with a shreak. "You're dad's been married to your mom before he was forty!".

"Or maybeI'll wait til Dilstarts dating", Tommy said sitting his body up on the bed.

"You got a long wait for that", Chuckie said before scratching his head. "Or maybe never".

"I can either", Tommy said laying on his stomach hugging his pillow. "I can spend the rest of my life alone".

"Ooookay..now you're talking like Angelica", Chuckie said as he stood up. "Things can't get any worse than they are now. Things could get better".

Tommy rolled his eyes as Dil walked in. "Hey bro, school just called".

Soon as Tommy heard this, he stood up from the bed. "Who? What?".

"Don't worry, I'm taking the blame for the George Washington statue", Dil replied holding his hands up in defense. "But they just explained about a science fair project".

"Again?", Tommy and Chuckie asked. The science fair project goes up to eighth grade in their school district. Ever since third grade, it was their least favorite part of the school year.

Dil never got to do one though. Didi wrote a note saying she was concerned for his safety. He promised in fifth grade to do one though. Also, he did chores for Grandpa for community service hours.

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