Chapter 2

"Hey T." Phil said walking out of his bedroom. "Why are you all dressed up?"

"Gotta get to work." Tommy said.

"Oh. I've been thinking, maybe I should get a job." Phil said.

"Yeah, I think you shoul. See ya." Tommy said and left.

"Hey Lil." Phil knocked on his sister's door.

"Hey, whats up?" she answered it.

"I was wondering if you could help me get a job." he said.

"Sure, bro." she replied. "kimi! I'm going now!"

Phil and Lil walked down the street towards the Diner. "So, what kind of job do you want?" Lil asked.

"I don't know. Anything will do, as long as it has a good pay." Phil said.

"Look Phil." Lil pointed to a sign in the window of Doug's Diner. "Help wanted."

"I don't know."

"Come on. Since Doug knows ya, he'll probaly give you a good pay." Lil said. Phil nodded and they walked in. "Phil wants a job, Doug." Lil said.

"Okay, Phil. You work here at the counter." Doug said.

"What are you doing?" Phil asked.

"I'm outta here. See ya tomorrow." Doug said and ran out the door.

"This is just great." Phil mumbled.

.....

"It'll be okay, Chuckie." Kimi said.

"I'm sorry, its just I miss her so much. I'll never get oner her." Chuckie said.

"Come on Chuckie, I'll make you some lunch." Kimi said.

"Just make me a sandwich, I need to go to work." Chuckie said. Kimi began making him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "Thanks Kimi." Chuckie said as she gave him the sandwich.

"I need to go to, come to think of it." Kimi said and left. Chuckie dug into his sandwich and picked up the phone.

"Hello, Nancy. I will not be coming into work today. Nah, I-okay bye." Chuckie said. He put the phone down as Tommy came in. "Hey T."

"I can not believe this!" Tommy said and grabbed a beer out of the fridge.

"What?"

"My show. Unless the season finale is a hit, the show is taken off the air."

"So, what are you going to do?" Chuckie asked.

"Well, I've been thinking about a new character, and some romance."

"Good idea."Chuckie said. Just then Phil burst in.

"I quit!" Phil yelled. Tommy and Chuckie looked confused. "I started working at Doug's and he has a hard life."

"So who's running it now?" Chuckie asked.

"Well, Doug took the day of, so no one." Phil said.

"Oh, thats too bad. Hey Phil, ever think about being an actor?" Tommy asked.

"Not really. Unless you're offering the job." Phil said.

"No, I'm offering to make you a sandwich, of course I'm offering you the job!"

"Sure, I'll take it."

"Good. Now listen. You're going to be in the season finale, then next season you'll be a regular character."

"Cool. Sure I'll do it."

.....

"Okay Phil, go ahead." Tommy said. Tommy and some other people, the producer and writer, were watching him audition.

"No Jessica, don't go. I'll change, you know I will." Phil read from the script.

Tommy and the others went in the back to discuss it. "He's absoloutly horrible!" the producer wined.

"I know, but we're desperate!" Tommy said.

"So, does that mean-" the writer asked.

"We'll see how he does, and if it fails, well, we've failed."

.....

"Get ready Phil." Tommy said.

"Okay." he replied. Suddenly a beautiful woman walked in.

"I'm ready, Tom." she said.

"Okay, good. This is Phil." he said.

"Hi.' Phil smiled.

"Hello. I'm May." she shook his hand.

"Tommy!" he ran over to him. "Who is she in the show?"

"Well, she's Jessica." Tommy said.

"What!?"

"Yep. I can see you like her, dont ya." Tommy chuckled.

"Don't be serious." Phil said and walked back onto the stage.

"Get ready Phil." Tommy said. Soon, the show was under way.

Phil, who was playing Mike, ran through the door. "Baby." he smiled.

"Jessica, who is this man?" Jasper asked.

"Jasper, I'm sorry, but-" jessica tried to reason with him.

"No, you don't have to explain." Jasper said and walked through the door. Suddenly he screamed, "You Son of a-" and tackled Mike. Mike punched him and-

"CUT!"

"That was wonderful, Phil!" Tommy shouted. "This is hopeless." he said under his breath. "We'll work more tomorrow." he said. Tommy began getting ready to go.

"May." Phil walked over to her.

"Hi Phil." she said.

"Would you like to get some coffee?" he asked.

"Sure."

.....

"He wont stop starring at her." Lil said. Phil and May were at a table across the room at Doug's Diner talking while drinking coffee. Lil, Kimi, and Dil were observing.

"He's crazy." Dil said.

"Why do you say that?" Kimi asked.

"He has a girlfriend." Dil said.

"Actually, they broke up." Tommy walked in. "I tell you what, guys. Phil is the worst actor in the universe! But I cant let him go. He's my friend, plus he's in love with the star of the show."

"Well, unless you want the show taken off the air, you gotta fire him." Lil said.

"How did you know abou that?"

"Its all in the papers." Kimi said.

"I just don't know what to do." Tommy said.

.....

Kimi and Lil came home that evening with Chuckie sitting on their couch with a bag of potato chips in one hand, and a beer in the other. He was watching Its Your Feelings. "No! Don't trust her! She hurt you!" Chuckie yelled at the TV.

"Chuckie, are you alright?" Kimi asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm-dammit! He should not have forgiven her." Chuckie said reffering to the show.

"Chuckie, how long has it been since you've gone to work?" Lil asked.

"About two days." Chuckie answered.

"You look like you need some rest, Chuck." Kimi said.

"I'm okay. But I am going home. Bye." he said and left.

"See ya." Lil said. "I guess Samantha really hurt him."

"Yeah. Chuckie needs someone." Kimi said smiling at Lil.

"Me? No way. So I went out with him in high school,big deal, I've got a new boyfriend." Lil said.

"Ooh. Whats his name?" Kimi asked.

"Tony. He's so cute!" Lil jumped up and down.

"So, when can we meet him?"

"Um, about that. I really don't think you should. He gets real nervous around crowds." Lil said.

"Oh. Well, can I meet him?"

"Sure."

......

"Morining Lil." Chuckie said as Lil walked out of her room. Phil, Tommy, and Angelica were also there.

"Huh? What are you guys doing here?" Lil asked.

"Hey guys." Kimi said walking out of her room.

"Kimi, can I talk to you?" Lil asked and dragged Kimi over to the window. "Why is everyone here? Tony is coming over for breakfast. He doesn't do well in crowds!"

"Oh crap! I forgot!" Kimi said as there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it." Tommy said.

"NOOO!" Lil jumped on him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Tommy asked angerily.

"Stay quiet! Tommy, Phil, and Angelica! Hide!" Lil whispered. There was another knock on the door. "Just a second!" Lil shouted. "Kimi! Hide them!" Kimi quickly jerked Tommy, Phil, and Angelica into the bathroom and closed the door. Lil opened the door to see a pizza guystanding there. "Oh, its just the pizza guy." Lil said and Tommy, Phil, and Angelica came out of the bathroom.

"Goody, my pizza's here." Phil smiled and grabbed it. He paid for it and when the pizza guy stepped away, Tony was behind.

"Hi Tony." Lil said nervously.

"Hi, Lil. Who are they?" Tony asked.

"This is Tommy, Phil, Kimi, and Angelica." Lil said.

"Hi." Tony said.

"Um, Tony, do you want to go out for breakfast?" Lil asked.

"No, Lil. Let us meet him." Phil smiled. Kimi hit him with her elbow. "Ow."

"Come Tony, lets go." Lil said and led him away. Once they were gone, Kimi shut the door.

"Guys, Lil doesn't want us to meet him because, he doesn't do so well in crowds." Kimi said.

"Well, she should have told us instead of dragging us into the bathroom." Angelica said.

"Seriously. Anyway, come on Tommy. Lets go." Phil said.

"Oh, yeah. Great, um, you go on ahead, I'll catch up." Tommy said.

"Alright. See ya in a few minutes."

"Bye." Tommy said. Once the door was shut, Tommy burst out, "What am I going to do!? He's gonna ruin me!"

"You just have to tell him." Kimi said.

"Yeah. Unless you want your show to be a disaster, fire him!" Angelica said.

"Just tell Phil that he is the-" Kimi said but Phil ran back in, "-the best actor in the world!"

"Aw, thanks guys! Anyway, forgot my script. See ya." Phil said and left again.

"The worst actor in the world!"Angelica said.

"Who is?" Phil asked coming back in.

"Me." she said.

"Don't talk about yourself so bad, anyway, you're probaly right." Phil said.

"What'd you forget this time?" Kimi asked.

"My pizza." he said and grabbed it. Then he left again.

"Geeze! What am I going to do?" Tommy asked.

"About what?" Phil asked coming back in.

"About that zit on my nose." he said.

"There isn't a zit on your nose." Phil said.

"Ha! Look at that! Problem solved!" Tommy fake laughed. "Come on Phil." Tommy said as they walked out the door.

"Wait, I forgot my wallet." Phil said and grabbed it off the table. "See ya guys!"

As they left, Tommy turned around to the girls and made his fingers look like a gun. He put it to his head and acted like he pulled the trigger and made a sound like a gun shot. Angelica and Kimi giggled as he left.

.....

"Hey May. Do you want to go have another drink after work today?" Phil asked.

"Um, yeah. Sure." May replied.

"Places people!" Tommy yelled.

The show was on, "I'm sorry, Jessica, I can't, achooo" Phil sneezed, "Oh, excuse me, I just cant-"

Tommy started crying. "I'm ruined." he said to himelf.

"Look at that May, we're so good, he's crying." Phil whispered to May.

.....

"So, Phil. How do you like beig an actor?" May asked as they walked down the street.

"Its good. Its really not what I thought of becoming. I mean, I'm not professional asctor like yourself." Phil said.

"Nah. I'm not that good."

"Thats a load of crap. You're the best actress I've ever met."

"How many have you met?"

"One. You." he chuckled.

"You're funny." May smiled.

"You wanna come to my place?" Phil asked. May smiled and nodded to him.