Chapter Two.

Lil picked Chelsea up and Tommy moved closer. "Chelsea what?" Lil looked down at her "Chelsea Megan DeVille." Tommy couldn't take his eyes off her. He has a daughter. "And how old is she again?"

"Just three months." Tommy shook his head and sat on Lil's bed. "What's wrong?" she put Chelsea back in her crib and sat next to him. "I'm sorry, Lil." she looked at him "For what?" he didn't answer her question, he just looked at her and shook his head "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You had a perfect life, I didn't want to mess anything up for you" she said it nervously and Tommy ran his hand through his hair looking her in the eyes "I didn't have a perfect life, Lil. You should have told me." Lil shook her head and stood up "Even if I did you wouldn't have been there for me!" she was practically shouting and Tommy looked up at her "Did you honestly think that?" he got up and stood in front of her "Yes, I really did"

"I loved you. More than anything, and one day you just decided that you're going to up and leave without giving me any reason at all? If you had told me, I would have been there for you through it all." Lil looked away from him, the tears were starting to form "Will you at least be there for her?" she asked wiping a tear away. "Of course." they were silent for a few minutes before he decided he needed to go. When he reached her door her turned and looked at her "Will you be coming back to school?" she nodded and walked over to Chelsea's crib. He gave her a little smile and walked out.

"I really hope you are going to support Chelsea." Phil said as he walked by. "I wouldn't leave Lil alone to take care of a child alone." Phil was shaking his head when he looked down "She's been alone taking care of her for three months"

"I didn't know, she didn't tell me she was pregnant. You of all people should know that I would have been there for her" Phil shrugged "She didn't want to burden you with a child." Tommy looked at Phil "Did she tell you that?" Phil nodded and sat on the couch "Why'd you guys come back then?" Phil turned and looked at him "She wanted Chelsea to have a father in her life." Tommy sighed and walked out of the house going to walk back home.

"Pickles!" he turned to see his cousin, Angelica walking up to him. "What do you want?" she caught up to him and started walking next to him "Whose house were you at?" she said looking over her shoulder at the house. He looked at it and then back at Angelica "Oh.. The DeVille's are back." Angelica stopped in her tracks and turned towards the house again "Meaning Phil and Lil?" Tommy didn't stop walking but he nodded and Angelica ran to catch up with him "Didn't she hurt you?" Tommy sighed and looked at her "Yes, Angelica. Why do you care?"

"It's just that you haven't been the same since she left and now you're hanging out with her again. Why?" Tommy finally stopped walking and turned to her, not knowing if she should tell her or not "I can't stay. You'll find soon though." he started walking again and Angelica followed "I was going to your house anyways." they didn't say anything the rest of the walk.

The next day Tommy woke up earlier than usual. He didn't know when Lil was going to start back at school, but he was sure that Phil would be there today. He also knew that Phil was pretty mad at him. He forced himself out of bed to go shower getting ready for the day ahead of him.

"Morning T" Dil said sitting across from him at the kitchen table. "Morning" Tommy didn't look up from his breakfast. "What's wrong?" Tommy shook his head "Nothing." Dil tried to get Tommy to look up "I heard the DeVille's were back." Tommy picked his plate up and set it on the floor for Spike and Spiffy to eat. "I know."

"What's with the short answers, T?" Dil turned to look at him and Tommy just shrugged "I'm just concerned for today." Dil raised his eyebrows "It's a Friday. You have a game, you're never nervous." Tommy sighed "It's not the game."

"Then what is it?" Tommy shot Dil a look "Can we just not talk about it?" he went to the living room and picked his bag up walking out. He knew it was too early to be leaving and he didn't know where he was going to go.

He ended up at Chuckie's. He didn't know how he ended up there, he was just walking. He walked up to the door and knocked. Kimi answered and he could tell she was surprised "What are you doing here? It's really early." he nodded "I know, but I need to talk to Chuckie." Kimi put her hand that wasn't on the door on her hip and squinted her eyes at him "You haven't talked to him in months, and you show up now wanting to talk to him?"

"Yes. Please Kimi, just let me in" Kimi could see in his eyes that he really needed to talk to him so she sighed and stepped to the side "He's in his room." Tommy walked in "Thanks" and he ran up the stairs to Chuckie's room knocking on the door "Kimi, what do you want it's early?" he opened the door and looked to see Tommy. "I'm not Kimi, but I do need to talk to you" Chuckie stepped back, he could never say no to Tommy. "Look, I know I haven't been a good friend to you lately -"

"And by lately, you mean months" Chuckie interrupted "Yes. And I'm sorry. But I need someone that's not Savannah, or the rest of the football team" Chuckie sat at his computer chair and spun it so he was facing Tommy. "What's going on?" Tommy looked down at his hands but didn't say anything "Tommy? Are you okay?" Tommy put his head in his hands and groaned "My life is over, Chuck" Chuckie looked at him and shook his head "What do you mean? You've got it all."

"I don't have it all. Even if I did, it's all over now." Chuckie shook his head "Why?" Tommy looked up at him, and Chuckie swears he could see tears starting to form in his eyes. "I... I have a daughter." Chuckie's eyes went wide and he looked at Tommy again to make sure he wasn't lying "Why are you just now telling me?"

"I just found out yesterday.." he looked up at Chuckie and could tell that he wasn't sure whether to believe it or not. "Who's the mom?" Tommy looked back down again and waited a few minutes before answering. He took a deep breath looking up and looking Chuckie in the eyes before saying "Lil." Chuckie jumped up "Is that why she left?" Tommy nodded "I guess so. She never told me anything" he looked at his watch and got up sighing "I've got to go. Thanks for being here, Chuck." he gave Chuckie a weak smile and walked out.

Kimi walked into his room after Tommy had left and leaned on the side of the door "What did he want?" Chuckie looked around and Kimi automatically knew that he was keeping something. "What is it? What did Tommy do?" Chuckie looked down and sighed "Tommy has a daughter." Kimi ran into his room all the way "No! You're lying!" Chuckie shook his head "Nope. I thought he was lying but he was really shaken up over it." Kimi walked out of his room shaking her head "I don't believe it"

Tommy showed up at the DeVille's house that same morning and knocked. "Hey Tommy boy! What are you doing here so early?" Betty pulled him into a hug "I just came to see Lil" he put his hand on his neck awkwardly and Betty smiled "She's downstairs. I don't know if she's awake or not" Tommy nodded and smiled and walked downstairs to her room and knocked on the door. It took a few minutes, but she opened it. "Why are you here?" he didn't wait for her to invite him in her room he just walked past her. "I just wanted to know if you'd be coming to school today?" she walked over to the mirror and Tommy sat down. "Yes, I'm going. Mom is watching Chelsea. Will you do me a favor?" Tommy nodded and walked over to be next to her while she was putting her makeup on. "Will you take Chelsea up to mom?" he hadn't noticed but Chelsea was in the floor playing with a set of plastic keys like he had as a baby. He looked down at her, his and Lil's daughter, and smiled. He walked over and sat in the floor with her. Chelsea looked up at him and smiled holding the keys in her hand. Lil looked over at them and smiled, she had to admit that it was cute seeing them together. She turned back to the mirror and finished getting ready. Tommy picked Chelsea up for the first time. He hasn't known Chelsea long, but he loved her. And he realized the minute he held her. He also knew that he didn't want to miss anything in her life.

He looked over at Lil who was fixing her makeup and realized that he still loved her. She turned and looked at him again and smiled "Take her upstairs to mom. We can walk to school together?" he smiled at her "Yeah, we can." he walked out and took her upstairs to Betty. "Isn't she just the cutest?"

"She really is." he smiled big and turned around walking back downstairs to meet up with Lil. "Where's Phil at?" he asked opening the door. She grabbed her bag and walked out grabbing his arm so he'd follow. "Upstairs." the both of them went upstairs to Phil's room. She started knocking and he finally opened the door "What?" he looked at Tommy behind her and walked out. He forgot they were going to school but once her saw her it clicked in his head. "Let's go." they followed him downstairs and outside.

"DeVille's!" they turned around to see Angelica walking over to them, she was more shocked that Tommy was with them than anything. He looked away when his phone started vibrating and answered it "Vannah?" they turned to him when he said it and Lil looked at Angelica "Who's he talking to?" Angelica laughed "His girlfriend." Lil's smile faded and she hoped no one noticed "Wait, Savannah who?" Angelica turned to Phil "Savannah Shane."

"He got that popular?" Lil asked raising her eyebrow and Angelica laughed again "Pretty much. He's star quarterback, dating Savannah, still the most popular girl in school. You were gone for a while." Lil sighed and looked down "That's true." Angelica looked at her "Why did you move?" Tommy had gotten off the phone and started listening to their conversation. Him and Lil explained looked at each other before she said "You'll find out soon enough." Phil just shrugged and kept walking. "It's going to be weird back at school." Lil finally said after a few minutes of silence. They all nodded but kept walking in silence.

None of them know but Tommy was trying to think of a way to end things with Savannah so that he could spend more of his time with Chelsea and Lil. But mainly, he wanted to get Lil back. And he would do anything to get her.