1 month later
Tommy mopped the floors in the cafeteria; he had his Sweater tied around his waist as he mopped, wiping his forehead of sweat, "damn it's hot!" he muttered. Walking out of the cafeteria, as he walked many of the high school girls were eyeing him coyly, looking at his muscles, Tommy kept walking, going to the janitors closet, he started putting the stuff up while looking at his watch, "a couple more hours…" he muttered, "Then I can go pick up Elizabeth."
"Knock knock," someone said, making Tommy turned around, a teacher stood in front of him, he had a shaved head, and wore a white shirt that clung to his muscular frame, and a pare of basketball shorts, "haven't seen you in a while dead-beat."
"Do I know you?" tommy asked.
"Yeah, I'm Sean Butler, that name ring any bells?"
Tommy went back to his high school days, to the jocks that always bullied him, "you…" he growled.
"Yeah me, and I've come with a message," he said, "stay away from Lil Deville, she's mine."
"I doubt that," tommy grumbled.
"I see you with her again I'm going to pound your face in!"
Tommy pushed him out of the janitors' closet, making him stumble and fall into the empty hall, "you threaten me again then I'll kill you." Tommy said, "I'm not the scrawny little kid that you can push around like in high school." Tommy turned and closed the door; locking it, "see ya round jackass." He said, walking down the hall towards the choir room, he saw Lil by herself hanging up Halloween decorations, he walked up behind her, "BOO!" he shouted, making Lil jump an fall off the Latter, he caught her before she hit the floor.
"Jerk," she said, playfully swatting his arm.
Tommy laughed, "I do this at the same time every day, and yet you haven't caught on.' He said, setting her on her feet, but kept his arms around her.
'I don't pay attention to the time!" she said, 'I'm usually off in some other world."
"That's apparent."
Lil swatted him again and started to walk to the latter, only to be stopped by Tommy's arms, "I'm not falling anymore Tats," she said, "you can let go now."
"I know," he said, "but why should I let a girl like you go?"
Lil blushed, "T-the kids will be here soon." She muttered.
"Your really pulling that card?" he asked, "alright then," he let go of her, "you need any help with the decorations?"
"Y-yeah…" Lil muttered, going back up on the latter.
Tommy helped Lil put the rest of the Decorations up, teasing and messing with her when he could.
"Sheesh, you weren't this bad a month ago tats." Lil said.
"Why do you call me tats? Where did that come from?"
"It's short for Tattoo's, cause you have so many of them, Ms. Ramone came up with it."
"Well it's kind of annoying."
"Oh and messing with me like you do isn't?"
"That's different."
'Oh don't feed me that bull."
"It is!"
"No it's annoying, and confusing! And it makes me flustered!"
They went on like this for another fifteen minutes, going back and forth, as they went the distance between them got closer and closer.
"I don't understand why I have to be called Tats!"
"I don't understand why you have to act the way you do!"
'How do I act?"
"Immature, uncivilized, and annoying!"
'Oh really!"
"Yeah!"
"Well…you…well…" tommy stumbled over the words, turning a little red, "You're…you…you…'
Lil watched him, suddenly realizing how close they were.
Tommy looked down at her, "you're…you're cute…and it really distracts me from being mature…"
Lil looked up into his face, "Tommy…" she started.
"And…I can't really control my actions when your around…and…"
"Shut up," Lil said, leaning forward and kissing him.
Tommy looked surprised for a second but deepened the Kiss, closing his eyes.
The ringing bell made them break the kiss and look around, "Um…the kids will be here soon…" Lil said, stepping away from tommy.
"Yeah…"
"So…I'll see you after?"
"Y-yeah…"
the students started walking in, "Yo Mr.P!" Andre shouted, "what we doin' today!"
"Huh? Oh right, we're gonna run through the songs you guy's want to sing for the talent show."
Lil watched tommy for a little while, a small smile on her face.
Tommy watched his six students leave, "man," he said when they were out of sight, 'they kinda suck,"
"What?" Lil asked walking over.
"I mean, they want to sing the new songs, the ones by that one gay kid and the whore."
"Justin Beiber and Miley Cyrus?"
"Yeah, they think it's gonna make people like them, but I don't think that's going to help."
"Yeah," lil said, "how about you have them sing some songs that you and your band sang? I know you guy's played things like the Motley Crue, Iron maiden."
"Doubt they'd do it." He said.
Lil shrugged, "You never know…"
Tommy nodded and the two looked at each other, both standing in an awkward silence.'
"So, I'll see you tomorrow.' Lil said quickly, picking up her bags and leaving.
"Uh…yeah! See ya tomorrow," Tommy said, going out a different door, Emma was there waiting for him with a smug grin, "what?" Tommy asked.
"I saw you and Ms. Deville," she said in a singsong voice.
"What? I have no idea what you're talking about…"
"I saw you and her before the school bell rang." She said, "From the little shouting match you two had to that little kiss."
Tommy turned red.
Emma laughed, "Oh man I knew something was going on between you two!"
"N-nothing's going on between us!"
"Yes there is! Why else would you kiss her!"
"That…that was from the heat of the moment…I…I didn't know…"
"I doubt that," Emma said, walking away, "oh forgot to ask, how'd it feel to kiss her?'
"It was ama…shut up!"
Emma laughed and ran out the door.
Tommy and Elizabeth walked back to their house, "how was your day?" Tommy asked.
"It was good," Elizabeth said, "Ms. Ramone said we could wear our Halloween costumes tomorrow."
"And what are you going as?" Tommy asked.
"It's a secret," she said with a giggle, "Aunt Kimi is coming to help me with it."
"And you won't tell me?"
"Nope!"
Tommy sighed, "fine," he said, "I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning."
"Are we going to go trick or treating tomorrow?" she asked excitedly.
Tommy smiled, "well I don't know…I got a lot to do tomorrow…"
Elizabeth looked down.
"Of course we're going!" Tommy said laughing, "it's my time to get candy too you know!"
"Yay!" Elizabeth shouted gleefully, running up the steps to the house.
Tommy smiled and walked inside, "you hungry?"
"Yeah.'
"What do you want?"
"Mac and Cheese!"
"Anything else?"
"Um…chicken strips!"
Tommy smiled and started getting everything out, he heard the door open and close, he stopped what he was doing and slowly edged his way to the entrance t the kitchen, he jumped out and grabbed whoever had walked in and brought them down to the floor.
"Hey!" Lil shouted, glaring at Tommy.
"Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone breaking in."
"Why'd you think that?"
'The door opened and closed and no one announced themselves, so naturally I thought someone was breaking in."
'Don't have to break in when you leave the door unlocked." Lil muttered, "Now can you get off me?"
"Oh, yeah right." Tommy said, getting off Lil and helping her stand, "so what are you doing here?"
"We need to talk about that kiss."
"Uh…what?"
"Don't mess around Tommy," she said, "you know what I'm talking about."
"Yeah I know…but I didn't think that you wanted to talk about it."
"Yes I want to talk about it, I mean…what does this mean now?"
"I don't know…"
"Are we still friends? Are we more than friends… god I'm so confused right now!"
"How do you think I feel?"
Lil sighed and sat down, "I just…I mean we've only known each other for a month, and…god it's so confusing."
Tommy nodded and sat down next to her, "it's not like we did it or anything." Tommy said, "it was just a kiss, right?"
"Yeah…it was just a kiss…"
"Yeah, so lets just forget it for now, alright?"
"I guess…"
"Great, so you wanna stay for dinner?"
"You know what? Sure."
Tommy stood up and started making the food; with Lil's help they got it done quickly.
Elizabeth walked out of her room, "Lil!" she shouted Gleefully, running over to her.
"Hey Elizabeth!" she said, hugging the little girl, 'long time no see."
"We saw each other yesterday!"
Lil smiled, 'that's right, I guess I forgot."
"Are you going to stay the night?"
"Oh no, I got work tomorrow."
"Oh, okay." Elizabeth said.
"Go ahead and sit down Liz," Tommy said, "I'll bring you your food.
"Okay!"
They all sat at the table and ate the food, talking and laughing, afterwards they all sat down and watched TV.
Tommy looked over at his daughter and realized she had fallen asleep, "Lil," he said softly, "she's sleeping." He walked over to his daughter and picked her up softly, 'I'm going to go put her down."
"I'll come with you," Lil whispered, the two walked into Elizabeth's room, tommy laid her daughter down and pulled the covers over her, "goodnight baby." He whispered softly, kissing her forehead.
Lil smiled at him, "you really are a good father," she whispered to him.
"thanks." He said, walking out the room, Lil got out and Tommy closed the door.
"So now what?" Lil asked.
"you wanna watch a movie?"
"Not really." She said.
"Hmm…" Tommy muttered, then looked at Lil, he had the sudden urge to kiss her, don't do it, a small voice in the back of his head said, it's going to bite you in the ass later.
Go ahead, do it, a voice in his chest said, come on! You know you wanna, I know she wants ta, just do it.
It's a bad idea, the voice in his head said, but it was being drowned out by the other voice.
To hell with it, Tommy thought, leaning in quickly and kissing Lil.
Lil's eyes widened a little, then slowly closed, leaning into his kiss, Tommy put his arms around her as he kissed her, they slowly started backing up into Tommy's room, falling onto his bed.
This was a great Idea! The heart Roared.
This will comeback to haunt you… his brain said.
