Chapter 7

"So, ready to go?" Lil asked.

"Where? Its seven A.M." Tommy said.

"To Chuckie's house." Lil said then saw something on the table. Tommy looked over at the table to see he hhad left the present for Lil there. He panicked and snatched it before Lil did. "Whats that?" she asked.

"Nothing." he said nervously and put it behind his back.

"Thats my present isn't it?" she smiled.

"No. Of course not." Tommy said.

"Yes it is. Anyway. You don't have to go, but I am." she said.Tommy stared at her for a minute then thought of something.

"Are you going to make me feel guilty later because I didn't go with you?" he asked.

"Of course not...okay, yeah. Probaly. Now get dressed." Lil said pointing to their room.

"Yes ma'am."

......

"What to get Phil?" Kimi kept asking herself walking down the store ailes.

"Hi Kimi." Angelica said.

"Angelica? Hey! What are you doing here?" Kimi asked.

"Looking for a present for Chuckie."

"Oh. Um, did you know, Chuckie's also getting a present for you?" Kimi asked.

"No. He is?"

"Yep. And, I know what he got you."

"Tell me."

"No. Anyway. What do you think Phil would like?"

"Well, he's changed alot over the years, so. I have no idea."

"Hmm. Hey! I know what you could get Chuckie!" Kimi smiled.

"You do?"

"Wait, never mind. I think I'll get that for Phil." Kimi smiled picking up a very nice watch. Angelica glared at her friend.

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"Hey Phil." Kimi said coming into the apartment. She quickly ran into her room and locked it. Phil stared at the door then shrugged and went back to his lunch. "Come on Phil." Kimi said coming out of her room.

"Where we going?"

"Chuckie's. We need to finish decorating, and you and T need to go get some more stuff." Kimi said grabbing Phil's plate and throwing it in the sink.

"I'm done." he said and grabbed his jacket.

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"Okay. You and Phil go get some tree ornaments." Lil said to Tommy.

"Alright. Come on, Phil." Tommy said. They got a ride from Dil again and all three wentr searching for the ornaments. "Okay. Get some of those, and some of those, and some of-"

"Hold on T. I don't think we need that much." Dil said.

"Lil said we need to fill that tree. If we don't get enough ornaments, I'll never hear the end of it." Tommy said.

"Okay, fine. But its your money."

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Chuckie's phone rang and Kimi answered it. "Kimi. Thankgoodness. Please help me find a gift for Chuckie." Angelica pleaded.

"Alright, fine. Get him, oh I don't know. Get him tickets to a game or something. He likes baseball." Kimi said.

"Thats actualy not a bad idea." Angelica said and hung up.

Angelica went to get the tickets. She got two, and headed for Chuckie's house. "Angelica? Hey." Lil answered the door.

"Um, I've come to help." she smiled.

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Soon, it was Christmas. Kimi and Phil were already at the house. The door bell rang and Phil answered it. It was Dil. "Hey guys." he said walking in.

"Come on Tommy!" Lil yelled.

"I'm coming!" he yelled back to her. He ran out with the present in hand.

"Is that my present?" she smiled.

"no."

They were soon at Chuckie's. And Angelica arrived soon after. "Okay, everyone, I figured we could go out to dinner!" Lil shouted to everyone.

"Didn't anyone cook?" Phil asked.

"Nope. Someone forgot." Lil said looking at Kimi. Kimi smiled and shrugged. They all went out to the only restaraunt open on Christmas, Rich Man's Paradise.

"I'll have Prime Rib." Tommy said.

"I'll have a T-Bone." Kimi said. Everyone their ordered their food. "this was good. Now, back to Chuckie's for the presents." Kimi smiled.

"Okay. Lets go." Dil said and they all hopped in his truck. They drove back to Chuckie's house to see it all black and fire bursting out of the windows.

"What happened?" Chuckie asked a fireman.

"The fireplace wasn't put out and the house caught fire." the fireman said.

"Who forgot to put the fireplace out?" Kimi asked.

......

They all went back to Lil and Tommy's apartment for Christmas. "Everything is gone." Chuckie mumbled.

"The presents." Phil said.

"The tree." Kimi added.

"Everything." Tommy said.

"Shut up guys. This is your fault." Chuckie said to everyone else.

"How is this our fault!?" Kimi yelled.

"You guys forced me to throw the Christmas get together at mu house!" Chuckie yelled.

"Quiet!" Dil yelled. "Everyone quiet! Listen, the presents doesn't matter, Chuckies house doesn't matter..." Chuckie glared at him, "...what matters is we're together." Dil smiled.

"And snowed in." Tommy pointed to the window. Everyone went and looked down to see the door to the building blocked with snow.

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"Got any threes?" Tommy asked.

"Go fish." Phil answered. "Okay. I'm bored of that. Can we at least tell each other what we got for them?"

"Fine. Tommy, I got you a camera with nightvision, a clock, tells the tempature, and plays music." Lil said.

"I got you diamond earrings." Tommy said.

"I got Kimi a necklace." Phil said.

"Got you a watch." Kimi replied. Everyone stared at Angelica and Chuckie.

"Um, I got you a ring." Chuckie said.

"I got you two tickets to a baseball game." Angelica said. Everyone smiled at each other. Dil, on the other hand, was eating a sandwich and chewing very loudly. Everyone turned and looked at him.

"What?" he asked.

.....

The next day, day after Christmas, the snow had melted and everyone returned home, except Chuckie. "Do you think I did something wrong?" Chuckie asked his sister.

"No way. It was just someone who forgot to put the fire out." Kimi said.

"Are you kidding? On Christmas?" Phil asked.

"Huh?" Chuckie was confused.

"It was Christmas. Surely thats a sign or something." Phil said.

"Ohhhh." Chuckie moaned.

"Chuckie, you can stay with us until you can get a new place to live." Kimi said.

"Whoa whoa! My apartment, my rules, my calls." Phil said. "But, sure, you can stay." Phil said after Kimi kicked him.

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"Worst Christmas ever." Tommy said.

"Nuh uh. That was kind of fun."Lil said.

"Yeah, fun. Whatever. I don't know what you think fun is, but that wasn't it." Tommy said.

"You know you enjoyed it. Anyway, help me take the tree down." Lil said.

"Okay. At least our's is artificial." Tommy said grabbing a soda.

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"Hey guys." Angelica said to Chuckie and Phil as she entered Doug's Diner.

"Hey. Um, Angelica. Thanks." Chuckie said.

Angelica smiled at him and said, "Ah, it was nothing. Ya know, you're alright." she said and punched him in the arm.

"Oww." he moaned.

"You guys!" Dil ran in.

"What?" they all asked.

"You'll never believe what happened. I found a $100 bill." he said flashing his money.

"Where the crap did you get it?" Phil asked.

"You know that money balloon?" Dil asked. They all nodded. "It blew up. California is being rained on by money." he said and ran back outside where money was falling and people were trying their best to catch it. Dil, Phil, Kimi, Angelica, and Chuckie instanly began catching the money.

Phil grabbed a dollar, but so had someone else. "Oh sorry, you take-" he said until he realized who it was. "May." he stared ar her and she smiled at him. "AHHHHH!" he screamed and ran off.

"What do I have to do to tell him I'm sorry?" May asked herself.

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"Hey Tommy, go see if we have any mail." Lil said. He nodded and headed to the mail room. He got their mail and found Phil openeing the door to his apartment.

"Hey Phil." he said.

"Hey T. Well, I gotta go. May is chasing me again. Oh and by the way, um, Kimi found one of your magazines, and I think she wants you to take it back." Phil said.

"Okay." he replied and walked into Phil's. They gasped at what was sitting on the couch.

"Tommy!" she yelled.

"Laura?"

"Tommy! Darling!" she ran over and passionatly kissed him. He tried to jerk her off. When he finally did, he turned her around and then quickly let go of her. Lil was standing in the door way, staying quiet.

"Lil!" he shouted. She started crying and ran back into her apartment. Tommy ran into the hall and tried to open the door. "Phil, gimme your key." Tommy ordered.

"You guys took it from me. But, Kimi's got a key!" Phil said. "Oh, and I'm rich now." he smiled.

Tommy stared at him then shrugged. He then saw Kimi coming down the hall. He ran over to her. "Give me the key to my apartment." he said. She nodded and handed it to him.

"Whats going on?" she whispered to Phil. She then saw Laura. "Laura. Oh. Hi." Laura waved to Kimi. Tommy finally unlocked the door. Once he opened it, a wine bottle shattered next to him. Lil threw another and it missed too.

"Get away from me!" she yelled.

"Please listen!"

"No!" she yelled and punched him in the stomach. She then hit him over the head with a chair knocking Tommy out.

"Did you kill him?" Phil asked his sister.

.....

"Where am I?" Tommy asked waking up.

"Our apartment." Phil answered.

"Yeah, we sent Laura packing." Kimi said.

Tommy sat up and looked around. "Where's Lil?"

"Still crying." Kimi answered. "She hit you with a chair."

Tommy layed his head back and sighed.

.....

Tommy walked into Doug's Diner with Kimi and Lil at the bar. Lil saw Tommy and headed out the door. "Did you tell her what happened?" Tommy asked Kimi.

"She wouldn't believe me. She said that she believes what she saw."Kimi frowned.

.....

Tommy continued to try and apologize to Lil. She was shopping and Tommy purposly bumped his cart into her's. "Sorry." he said.

"For hitting me with your cart, or for going back to your ex-wife?" Lil asked and walked off.

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Lil went outside and saw a piece of paper on the ground. It read: 4 Giv Me. She crumbled it up and threw it in the street where a street sweeper sucked it up.

She walked away as Phil and Tommy stepped out of the building. "Phil, will she listen to you?" Tommy asked.

"Nope. Not me or Kimi, or Chuckie, Angelica, Dil, and Susie tried to over the phone." Phil said.

.....

"Lil, listen. He didn't mean to. It was Laura. SHe ran up and kissed him. He tried to stop her." Phil said.

"Shut up Phil, I'm not in the mood for you or any boy right now. I have a total unfair life. I didn't think I did when Tommy said I didn't but I guess that was just a lie too." Lil said and ran into her apartment.

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Tommy was on the couch sleeping in Phil's apartment, with Chuckie on his side. "This is embarasing." Chuckie said.

"Really." Tommy replied.

"So, what ever happened with Zack?" Chuckie asked.

"He thought I was gay. He's not." Tommy replied. "Plus, I quit my job."

"What?"

"I don't even feel like living right now. My show. Lil loved it and it reminds me too much of her."

"I'm so sorry, Tommy. I guess this is worse than when you and Laura broke up?"

"Yeah. I'm going for a walk." he said and stepped out in the hall and outside.

He walked down the street and to the bridge. He sat on the side staring at the stary sky. He looked at his watch. It was 11:00.

Lil was at her window, staring at the stary sky at the same time as Tommy. "Tommy." she whispered.

"Lil." Tommy whispered. He looked down at the water then thought about suicide. "Nah." he said and looked back to the sky. He saw a truck slowing down at the bridge. Dil got out and waved to his brother.

"You okay T?" he asked walking up to his brother.

"Yeah. I guess so." he replied. "I can't ever forgive myself."

"It'll be okay. Some day, we'll look back to this and laugh." Dil smiled.

"Dil, I haven't smiled in three days." Tommy snapped. Dil frowned and sat down next to his brother.

.....

"Hi guys." Tommy said as Chuckie, Phil, and Dil came into Doug's Diner.

"Tommy, we have bad news. Extremely bad news." Chuckie frowned.

"What?"

"Lil. She's moving to New York. She got a job offering." Dil said.

"What?"

Things are happening fast, and bad. What will happen next?