Chapter 3

"Morning Phil." Tommy said as Phil walked out of his bedroom.

"Tommy? Um, be right back." he said and darted back into his room. Tommy heard mumbling then went over to Lil's.

"Hey Tommy." she greeted him. Kimi and Angelica were also there.

"I can't do it. I just can't fire him." Tommy said and sat down at the table.

"Why?" Kimi asked.

"Well, I think he had sex with May, and I don't want to ruin his relationship or anything." Tommy said.

"Screw his relationship. Your show is at stake!" Angelica said.

"Yeah Tommy. You just gotta be brave and do it." Lil said.

"Hey, I hear something." Tommy said. All four rushed to Lil's peep hole.

"What do you see?" Kimi asked.

"May's out there. She's definatly happy. So is Phil. They're hugging, they're kissing...they're making out...they've stopped...they're talking...they're coming towards the door!" Tommy said. Kimi and Angelica rushed back to the table, and Tommy and Lil acted like they were talking about something.

"Guys, this is May." Phil said opening the door.

"Hi."

"How ya doing?"

"Whats up?"

"Hey May." Tommy said.

"May, you already know Tommy. This is Lil, my sister, Kimi, and Angelica." Phil introduced.

"Nice to meet you all." May said. Lil nudged Tommy with her elbow. He frowned at her and walked towards Phil.

"Phil, can I talk to you?" he asked.

"Sure T." Phil answered. Tommy and Phil walke over to the window.

"Phil, I'm so sorry. But, um."

"You're not going to let me be on the show, are you?"

"No, thats not-"

"I mean its okay. I hate that job. I was gonna quit today, but you made my job easier."

"So, what are you going to do know?"

"I'm just not the guy that has a job I guess." Phil said and walked back over to May. "See ya guys!" he yelled as they walked out the door. Once it was closed, all four of them rushed back to the peep hole.

"What do you see?" Kimi asked.

"They're kissing...they're walking towards the door!" Tommy said. Again, Kimi and Angelica rushed back to the table, and Tommy and Lil acted like they were talking.

"Forgot my wallet." Phil said poking his head through the door.

"Why the hell do you keep leaving your wallet on the table?"Angelica asked.

.....

"Chuckie." Samantha asked walking into a room.

"Huh? Oh hi." Chuckie said yanking out a kid's tooth.

"AHHH!" he screamed.

"Oops. Sorry."

"Chuckie, can I talk to you?" Sam asked.

"Sure Sam." he replied.

"Um, breaking up with you was a huge mistake, and I was wondering if we could go back out?" she asked.

"Huh? Uh, um. I don't know, you said you were seeing other people."

"He broke up with me, though."

"Oh, thats it, ay? Just because you got dumped, you come crawling back to me?"

"Um, yeah."

"So you expect me to go back out with you?"

"Uh, yeah. Will ya?"

"Yeah, sure. Why not?"

......

"Thats the stupidest decision you've ever made!" Tommy said.

"Yeah, really Chuckie." Kimi said. "I mean, she cheated on you! Aint nothing worse! I mean, not many people get to feel that pain!" Tommy stared at her and cleared his throat. "Oops. Sorry, Tommy."

"Listen guys, I love her! And she loves me! Face it! We're meant for each other!" Chuckie said and stormed out with Kimi behind him, right as Lil stormed in.

"I cannot belive this! Its so unfair! My life is unfair!" Lil shouted sitting down next to Tommy on the couch.

"What happened?" he asked.

"That asshole, Tony broke up with me just because I have so many friends." she said. "My life is so unfair." she got up and headed towards her room.

"Hold it." Tommy got up and stopped her. "Your life is not unfair. You have a good life." he said and hugged her.

"I know. Its just, I've never been in a relationship thats lasted more than a month." she said still holding onto Tommy.

"Sure you have, what about...um..."

"You see." she started to softly cry. "They're always either something wrong with me, or him. Either its because he doesn't like to sleep with people with brown hair, or girls give him hives, or I have so many freakin friends!" she yelled, still hugging Tommy.

"It'll be okay." he said and let her go.

"No no no." she grabbed back onto him. "No it will not be okay. My next boyfriend won't speak english and wont know what sex is."
.....

"Phil, what time is it?" May asked with her arm around him.

"I don't know baby." he smiled at her.

"No really, I need to be at work at two." she said.

"Oh. Sorry." He turned over, in the bed, and looked at the clock. "1:57" he said.

"WHAT!? I have three minutes to put my clothes on and walk to work!?" she yelled.

"You could always take a cab." Phil said as the phone rung. "I'll get it." he rolled out of the bed and answred it. "Hello?"

"Phil, its Tommy. Is May there?"

"Yeah."

"Tell her to take the day off."

"Alright, cool." Phil said and hung up.

"That was Tommy, he said you could take the day off." Phil told May.

......

Tommy and Lil were sitting at the table. "Lil, do you want a pizza?" he asked. Lil nodded wiping tears away from her face. Tommy dialed the number and ordered it.

"Tommy. How long did you and Laura go out before you proposed?" Lil asked.

"About a year or two, why?"

"Just wondering."

"Wanna watch TV?"

"Sure." she answered and they sat down on the couch. They turned on America's Funniest Videos. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Tommy got up and answered it. It was the pizza guy. He took the pizza and went back to sit down. Both him and Lil got a slice.

Phil then slowly opened the door, and slowly walked in smiling. He slammed the door shut and skipped over to the couch. "Hello." he smiled.

"Hey." Tommy said. "Um, is something wrong because you're freaking me out."

"Well, here's the story. You call and tell May that she doesn't have to come into work today. She telled me, 'not that work, my other job'. Tommy, do you know waht that other job is?" Phil asked.

"No." he answered.

"She's a friggin hooker!"

"Oh my God!" Lil shouted.

"What the hell did you do?" Tommy asked.

"So I scream! Kick her out of the apartment. Then she knocks on the door and says I owe her $200. So I wait and she finally leaves. Then I come over here and I'm talking to you." he said.

"Holy crap. I'm sorry Phil. I didn't know." Tommy said.

"Ooh, pizza." Phil said and grabbed a slice. "What are we watching?" Just then, the phone rang.

"Hello?" Lil answered."Oh. Um, yeah he is. Phil, its for you." Lil said and handed Phil the phone.

"May?" he asked.

"Listen, Phil. That was a joke. I was just playing with you. Can you forgive me?" May asked.

"Uh, yeah. I guess so. Just come back to my apartment." he said, "Okay bye." "Well, see ya guys. Turns out it was just a prank she was pulling." he said and wnt back to his apartment.

"Ooh. Why can't I ever get someone like Chuckie, Phil, or you,Tommy?"Lil asked.

"Um, because, we're three of a kind?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"OH MY GOD!" they heard Phil yelled. He quickly ran back into Lil's apartment and locked the door.

"I was kidding again.!" May yelled.

"Not only is she a hooker, but, she's gay."

......

"Phil, I think we should do something to help your sister get a decent man. Yesterday, she told me that she wishes she could get a guy like us." Tommy said as he and Phil were walkng down the street.

"So, you do it, then. It'll save us alot of time." Phil said.

"No! I've got a date tonight anyway!"

"What about Chuckie?"

"He's back with Sam."

"You're kidding. After he felt the misery and pain of being cheated on!?" Phil said. Tommy stared at him and cleared his throat. "Huh? Oh, sorry, T."

"No one seems to care that I was cheated on." Tommy said and walked into the diner.

"Damn, Tommy. There's May." Phil whispered to Tommy. "She won't leave me alone." Phil then ran out the door.

"Tommy? When you see Phil, could you tell him I was just joking?" May came over to him and asked.

"Joking about what?" Tommy asked sarcasticlly.

"Um, he'll probaly tell you."

"Okay, but I haven't seen him since yesterday." Tommy lied.

"Oh dear." May said and left the diner.

.....

"So, Thomas dear," said Tommy's date for the evening, "What will you have?" she asked.

"Um, I don't know, what ever you're having, Loni." Tommy replied. At that time, Lil and her supposing boyfriend came into the restaraunt. "Lil!" Tommy shouted.

"Huh? Oh hey Tommy. This is Rick. Rick, this is Tommy." she said.

"Want to sit with us?" Tommy asked.

"Sure, why not." Rick said until he noticed Loni. "On second thought..."

"Of course." Lil said and forced him to sit down.

"Um, Rick, Lil, this is..."

"Loni. I know, we've met." Rick said.

"Yes, hello." Loni manged a fake smiled.

"How do you two know each other?" Tommy asked.

"She's my ex-wife." Rick said.

"Oh."Lil said.

"You know what, I can't do this!" Loni said and ran off.

"Me neither. I'll see you later, Lil. I don't feel like dining, tonight." Rick stormed off.

"Well, I guess its just us two." Lil said.

"Might as well have this dinner we paid for." Tommy said.

"Plus, I have Rick's credit card." Lil smiled waving it in front of Tommy's face.

"Hey hey!" he laughed. He snapped his fingers at the waiter, "My good man!" he said. He turned around to reveal that he was a she. "Um, my good woman! Two bottles of very expensive wine, please."

Two hours past, and Tommy and Lil were still talking. "So I walk into my hotel room, and there she is. Having sex with the stinkin coast guard." Tommy said. "Plus, his name is Shniz. I mean what kind of name is Shniz?"

"A very stupid name." Lil said.

"You know, when we were young, I always imagined thats it would be our group who got together, and got married and stuff." Tommy said taking a drink of his wine.

"Yeah, actually, I did too. Phil always said that we would all just stay friends, and none of us would go out together." Lil said. "He was wrong when I went out with Chuckie. Although it was just for a little while."

"Something else, when you started going out with Chuckie, I thought that was it. I thought you two would be together, forever. Guess I was wrong." Tommy said.

"Yeah. I never figured it'd be me and Chuckie. I did always think that you and Kimi would make a good couple." Lil said.

"You did? I always thought it would be Phil and Kimi." Tommy said.

"Yeah. They are kind of a cute couple." Lil said.

"You know, in middle and high school, I kind of had a crush on you. When you started going out with Chuckie, I wanted to peel the flesh off his bones."

"You did?"

"Yeah. Just a little thing though, nothing big."

"But I thought you wanted to peel the flesh off Chuckie's bones."

"A figure of speech, Lil." Tommy said. Lil leaned closer to him, and so did he. Without either one of them hardly knowing it, they were in a deep passionate kiss.

Looks like there's some T/L stuff starting to happen and Chuckie is back with Sam. Plus, Phil's starting to have some problems with May.