Chapter 5.5
Between chapters five and six

Tommy's Serious

"How do I know?" Lil asked with her knees to her chest, leaning against the wall.

"What do you mean?" Kimi asked, raising an eyebrow at her best friend.

"How do I know if Tommy is more serious about me than his other girlfriends."

Kimi thought it over. She knew Lil was worrying about it, and she could tell it was making her more nervous than she's ever seen her. "Well, think of it like this... He's taken you on a date, I don't recall him ever taking any of his other girlfriends on a date. What else is there?" she asked tapping her index finger on her chin "You've met his family. And you said that his mom said she's never met any of his girlfriends."

Lil stretched her legs out and smiled "Those are good things, aren't they?"

Kimi nodded "Aren't you going to his house tonight?"

Lil nodded again and looked down at her hands "That's part of the reason I wanted to know how I would know if he's more serious about me."

"Why?"

"Well, its just going to be us. Him and me. Alone."

Kimi smiled "No parents?"

"Do not tell Phil! He would kill me" Lil said, pleading her best friend with her eyes.

Kimi laughed "I won't, promise. But why does that make you nervous?"

Lil sighed and looked back down at her hands "Because I know how he is. What if he tries something?"

Kimi let out a laugh before standing up "He's not going to."

"How do you know?"

"Because we can tell that he's more serious about you. I don't think he's going to try anything."

Lil sighed and smiled a little "Okay, I'll believe you. But that doesn't mean I'm not nervous about it!"

Phil knocked on her door before opening it "I know you're having your best friend time, but I need to steal Kimi for our date."

Kimi gave Phil a smile and then looked over at Kimi "Things will be fine."

"What's going on?" Phil asked, leaning on the door jamb.

Kimi moved away from Lil and shook her head "Nothing, let's get going."

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Lil sat on her bed for a few more minutes. She wasn't going to bother lying to herself that she wasn't nervous. She looked down at her shaking hands. She sighed and got up to look out her window over at Tommy's house. She then looked at her watch and started walking towards the door.

She made her way over to Tommy's and knocked on the door. She waited for someone to answer, hopefully Tommy, and gave him a smile when he did. He reached his hand out for hers, and she took it before he pulled her into the house.

He raised an eyebrow at her as they walked into the living room "You're shaking."

Lil pulled her hand away and sat on the couch "Yeah, I guess I'm just a little nervous."

He chuckled and then walked into the kitchen before walking back into the living room with a glass of water "Here." he then walked towards the TV and put a movie on, hopefully one that Lil would enjoy, before siting back down next to her and laughing "Chill out. Why are you so nervous anyways?"

Lil shrugged and set her water on the table "I don't know honestly." that was a lie. She knew why, but she didn't want to tell him that. That would just make her feel awkward. Sure, he was a player, he had never had a relationship last this long, and he usually slept with them by now, which actually surprised Lil that he hadn't tried anything. She guessed that was another sign that he was more serious about her.

Tommy stretched out on the couch and motioned for her to lay down next to him "There's nothing you should be nervous about."

Lil smiled and laid down next to him and turned towards the TV "You're right, I guess." she felt him moving to get himself more comfortable, and then she felt his arm wrap around her waist.

She tried to remember a time when she had last cuddled with someone but nothing was coming to mind. She stared at the TV, trying to keep herself calm, and try to figure out what movie Tommy had put on. She wasn't sure what it was, but she was getting into it. It was twenty minutes into the movie and she felt Tommy's hand start running up and down her side. At first it freaked her out, thinking it was going to lead to something. Then, she realized that it was more relaxing than anything sexual.

She turned to say something to him when he stopped rubbing her side, and that's when she realized that he had fallen asleep. She sighed and then turned back towards the TV. She reached for her purse that was laying next to the couch, doing her best not to wake Tommy up, and pulled her phone out, texting Kimi 'KIMI, what do I do? He fell asleep while we were watching a movie!'

She set her phone down next to her and stared at the TV again, she felt a little awkward with him having fallen asleep. She felt her phone vibrate and she looked at it 'Wake him up! He's not supposed to be sleeping, Lil.'

Lil rolled her eyes. Some of the things that Kimi said were so obvious and never really helpful, but that's pretty much what your best friend does 'We weren't even talking though. Just laying on the couch with the movie going IT WAS SO AWKWARD. What if he was bored?!'

Lil could just imagine Kimi laughing at that text now. She tried to move and make herself more comfortable without waking him up, but in the process of moving, she almost fell off the couch, causing her to grab at the back of the couch and when she did that, she accidentally elbowed him in the stomach. She looked over at him "I am so sorry" she said when he started to move again.

Tommy gave her a smile and shrugged "It was your moving around that woke me, not you elbowing me."

Lil sat up and rolled her eyes "You were just going to let me fall off the couch?"

He laughed and shook his head, stretching "Of course not." he sat up and walked into the kitchen again "I have something for you"

Lil raised an eyebrow and crossed her legs on the couch "What is it?"

Tommy came walking back into the living room with flowers in one hand and his other hand behind his back "In honor of our being together for four months, I got you something."

Lil smiled and took the flowers from him and tried to look around his back at what he was hiding "You remembered?"

"Well, if you want me to be completely honest, no, no I did not. Kimi reminded me."

Lil laughed and made a mental note to thank Kimi later for reminding him. She stared at the flowers, they weren't just roses like someone would normally get, but a mixture of her three favorite flowers; White Roses, Lilies, and Tulips. She smiled at him before setting them on the table "What do you have behind your back?"

Tommy sat down, still keeping the present behind his back "Well, I wasn't really sure what you would like so I asked Kimi to help me. She said it was something you really wanted." he pulled his hand from behind his back and held out a rectangular box.

Lil happily took it and opened it. She gasped, it was a Return to Tiffany's bracelet, and she knew they were expensive. She looked up at him "Tommy, its beautiful. But how-"

"Not as much as you'd thing. Angie works there and she managed to get me a discount."

Lil closed the box and set it on the table before turning to him "I didn't get you anything."

"That's fine." he gave her a smile.

This was the moment she was one hundred percent sure that he was more serious about her than he was with anyone else. Lil moved closer to him, all nerves she had for the night were gone. She put her hands on either side of his face and kissed him. She couldn't name a time when she had been happier, and she was glad that she was the one that had Tommy instead of someone else.