Chapter One

"Tommy that was so good" Rachel said throwing her arm around a sweaty Tommy Pickles. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close "Yeah, I feel the same." he kissed her forehead, got up, and started putting his clothes back on "I do have to go. Practice and then filming, you know how it goes." she smiled up at him and got up wrapped in the sheet. She stood in front of him and gave him a kiss "Do you really have to go so soon?" she pouted and threw her arms around his neck, only their bodies holding the sheet up. He smiled down at her "You'll see me later tonight"

"But you live so far away!" he shrugged "You should transfer schools" just then a door shut downstairs and Rachel was rushing him. "Dad's home! You have to leave!" he winked at her holding his shirt in his hand and leaving through the window "See you later, baby." he parked around the corner just in case her parents did come home. He ran to his car, jumped in and left. He looked in his rear view mirror at one point and noticed that he had some of Rachel's lip gloss around his mouth. He smirked and wiped it off putting his shirt back on at the stoplight. He did have practice, but he wasn't going to go. He was going to go see Kimi.

"Hey! I wasn't expecting you today" she smiled pulling him into a hug and giving him a kiss. "You look worn out, where were you?" he jumped onto her couch and looked at her "Practice. Where's Chuck?" she walked in front of him and looked down "The Java Lava. Along with our parents. My shift is getting ready to start." Tommy grabbed her by her waist and pulled her down next to him. He put his face right by hers "So we're alone?" he gave her a kiss and she pulled away "Yes, but drive me to the Java Lava." she kissed him and stood up grabbing his hand pulling him up. "I heard you are getting new neighbors." Tommy looked down at her "Really? Nice." they got in his car and he headed towards the Java Lava to drop Kimi off. "Pick me up after my shift?" she kissed him "If I'm awake. Call me when it's done." she smiled and got out waving. He sighed, he still didn't want to go to practice so he decided to just go home.

He pulled into the driveway and looked next door to see a kid about his age carrying a box inside. He got out of his car and walked in the house "Tommy? Is that you?" he walked into the kitchen to see his mom sitting with two people he had never seen before. "Tommy, this is Betty and Howard. They just moved in next door." he gave him his famous Tommy Pickles smile and shook their hands "You're about sixteen right?" Tommy nodded "We have twins. They are your age."

"Oh Tommy! You should go introduce yourself. Maybe one of them will be willing to star in your next movie" Didi said "Movie, eh?" Betty asked "I want to be a director. But I also play football."

"Doing it all!" he smiled at her again and started backing away "I'm going to go meet the twins now." he walked out of the house and next door. He didn't know whether he should knock or not so he went with his instinct and knocked, he didn't want to creep them out. The boy Tommy saw earlier opened the door. He was about Tommy's height with wavy brown hair. "Hey." was all the boy said. Tommy held his hand out "Hi, I'm Tommy. I live next door. Your parents are over and said I should come meet the twins." the boy took his hand and shook it "I'm Phil. The other twin is upstairs." Phil stepped back letting Tommy come in and led him upstairs to the other twins room. He knocked on the door and then opened it "What do you want, Phillip?" Tommy smiled at her reaction to him opening the door.

"We have a visitor, Lillian." she looked passed Phil and saw Tommy. She jumped up and walked over to him "I'm so sorry for that. I'm Lillian, but please call me Lil." she shook his hand. Her and Phil were identical twins. Except Lil was a girl and had longer brown wavy hair with her bangs colored yellow. "Where did you guys move from?"

"New York." Phil said. Tommy smiled again "My grandpa lives there. Is it nice?" they both nodded "Lil was more upset about us moving across the world." Lil hit him hard in the arm "Phillip!" Tommy looked at the time and then back at them. He stared at Lil. She was cute. "How about you two come with me, and I take you to the local Java Lava so you can meet my best friend, possibly my brother, and his sister?" they agreed and got up following him over to his house. They walked inside and Tommy walked to the kitchen where he left his keys "Where are you going?"

"The Java Lava. Don't worry. The twins are coming with me." Betty and Howard smiled "I'm glad you three are hitting it off, they were scared no one was going to like them" Tommy laughed "They seem pretty cool. I don't see why not" he grabbed his keys and walked back outside. "Let's go." they got in his car, they both sat in the back. Tommy took the guess that they were inseparable and smiled to himself. They talked the whole ride to the Java Lava and when they got there, they got nervous about meeting new people "They aren't that bad of people. Us Californians are nice." they laughed nervously and followed him into the place "Hey Chuck!" Chuckie looked up to see Tommy, his best friend since diapers walking in with two people he has never seen before "Hey Tommy, and..."

"Chuckie, meet Phil and Lil. Phil and Lil, meet Chuckie. Is Dil here?" Chuckie waved at them "Nice to meet you, and haven't seen him yet. Do you want something to drink though?" Phil and Lil looked at each other and then the menu. Tommy leaned over to them and said "The Finster-Finster shake is the best" Tommy ordered one and Chuckie yelled out getting Kimi's attention. They watched as the two made the drink and gave it to Tommy. Kimi came from behind the counter and walked up to Phil and Lil "You must be Tommy's new neighbors. I'm Kimi. Chuckie's sister."

Phil took her hand, practically drooling. Lil elbowed him "I'm Lil. This is Phil" Tommy laughed at Phil's reaction to Kimi and Chuckie glared. He always hated when people hit on Kimi. It took him a while to get use to the fact that her and Tommy were together. "Nice to meet you" he finally blurted out. Kimi blushed at the way Phil was looking at her and when she glanced over at Tommy, she could tell he didn't really care. She shrugged it off and went back behind the counter. Tommy looked back over at Lil and started thinking of ways that he could get to her. He took a sip of his Finster-Finster shake and then looked away. He pulled his phone out when it started buzzing and had a text from Rachel. He sighed but didn't read it. He only kept her around because Kimi wouldn't give him any. "So are you two going to order something? Or did he just bring you here to show you around?"

"I don't drink smoothies. So I won't have anything. But Phil might" Lil smiled and went and sat next to Tommy. Kimi watched as Lil started talking to him, and in that second Kimi knew Lil found him attractive. But what girl wouldn't? Kimi found herself lucky to be with him. She watched as Tommy smiled at Lil, the same smile he gave her everyday. She immediately felt jealous. She looked at Phil and gave him a fake smile "Will you be ordering anything?" he shook his head and she came out from behind the counter and walked over to Tommy. She motioned with her finger for him to move towards her. When he did, she put her hands on both sides of his face and gave him a kiss. "Oh, you two are dating him?" Lil asked raising an eyebrow at them. Tommy nodded "Yes. We have been for months" Kimi added on putting her arm around his neck. He just smiled and took another sip of his smoothie. Phil looked at his watch "Hey Lil, I think we need to get back." Lil nodded in agreement.

"I'll drive you guys back, I have stuff to do anyways." Tommy kissed Kimi on the cheek and got up. "Don't you have a movie project due soon?" Kimi asked before he walked out "Oh. Yeah, I forgot. Thanks for reminding me." he gave her a smile and walked out, Phil and Lil right behind him. "What did she mean by movie project?" Tommy put the key in the ignition and then turned to look at Lil "I'm planning on being a director." Phil leaned forward from the back seat "That's badass" Tommy laughed "I guess, I've been filming since I was in diapers" he backed out of the parking spot and started driving towards his house.

Kimi watched through the window and then turned to Chuckie "I don't like Lil."

"Why? She seems nice." Kimi gave Chuckie a death glare "Did you see the way she was looking at Tommy? I don't like it." Chuckie laughed and started wiping the counter. "You should get to know her. You two might be able to be good friends." Kimi snorted "Yeah, right." Kimi sat down and leaned on her hand "I don't want to sound like a psycho girlfriend, but I don't want him around her."

"Kimi, you know how Tommy is. He's going to be her friend no matter what." Chuckie shrugged and walked into the back room leaving Kimi mad.

Tommy, Phil, and Lil walked into the house to the kitchen. "There's the twins!" Betty said "Didi, meet my twins, Phil and Lil." they waved to her "How nice to meet you two! You'll love it here, and I see you're getting to know Tommy." Phil nodded "Yeah, he's pretty cool." Lil nodded in agreement and bent down to pet Spiffy who had run over to see who was here. Dil came walking down the stairs and backed into the kitchen "Greetings!" Phil, Lil, and Betty watched Dil with a little concern. "Hey T, the aliens are coming tonight! They finally made contact." Tommy reached over and picked up an apple and rinsed it "Whatever you say, Dil" he took a bite and then pointed to Dil "That's my little brother, Dil." he started backing out of the kitchen "Dil, meet Phil and Lil." Dil waved "Pleasure. But I've got to go get ready for the aliens!" he started backwards walking up the stairs. "Is he always like this?"

"Yes." Tommy answered faster than they expected. "Pickles!" Angelica slammed the front door and started walking towards the kitchen "Oh, hi Aunt Didi. Can I borrow Tommy?" Didi nodded "But before you do, meet our new neighbors. Betty, and her twins, Phil and Lil." Angelica waved "I'm Angelica. Remember the name, I'll be famous." Angelica grabbed Tommy's arm and pulled him into the living room "What do you want Angelica?"

"I hear you're making a new movie." Tommy sighed "And you want to be the lead, right?" Angelica crossed her arms and nodded "Exactly!" Tommy shrugged "We'll see." he walked back into the kitchen and listened for the door to close. He checked the time and then grabbed his keys again "I've got to go to practice. I'll see you later." Tommy walked out the door, got in his car, and left. But instead of going to practice, he went to Rachel's. "Hey!" she threw her arms around his neck pulling him into a hug "I missed you" she kissed him before finally letting him go "I missed you too" he said it without meaning it, but Rachel wouldn't know. He was actually debating on breaking things off with her. "Listen, I just came here to tell you something."