Chapter 2: The Problem

As Tommy thinks about his latest predicament, Gaz, happy to be engaged to the boy she fallen for, decides to call someone hoping that she will trust that person to keep a secret until she and Tommy reveal it to their Tommy's parents and her father. And she knows just the person to call.

"Hello Kimi?" Gaz called.

"Hey Gaz. Good to see you. Did you and Tommy have a great anniversary yesterday?" asked Kimi on the other end.

"It was better. And guess what? Tommy proposed to me." Gaz said happily.

"Really? What did you say?" asked Kimi, excited as well.

"Duh. What do you think I said? I said yes!"

"Well, congratulations. I got to admit it's kinda ironic he proposed to you a day after he fell for you. The same day he cheated...but I won't go into that. Say, I got an idea. I just met a guy who just moved into town. He and I could visit to congratulate you both in person." Kimi said.

"Who is it?" asked Gaz.

"It's a great guy by the name of Timmy Turner. He mistakes me for some girl named Trixie but maybe that's because he used to have a crush on her. So how about it? Shall we make a surprise visit?" Kimi asked.

"Why not? I won't tell Tommy you're coming." Gaz said with a smile.

After saying their goodbyes, Gaz hangs up and sighs. She wonders where and how to have the wedding.

Elsewhere

In an attempt to figure out how to fix his problem, Tommy decides to call someone he could trust. He knew he couldn't tell his parents what happened because they either get too excited once he tells them he proposed or anger once he tells them what's really happened. He's not sure anymore. Besides, he's already calling up just the person to trust his problem to.

"Hello, Kimi?" Tommy called.

"Hi Tommy. Did Gaz tell you? I knew I couldn't trust her with my surprise." said Kimi, seemingly to be groaning.

"What?" asked Tommy confused?

Kimi quickly realized that Tommy is confused, so that means Gaz didn't tell him

"Never mind. I heard from Gaz. Congratulations on your proposal."

"Yeah, I was going to tell you about that. Promise me you won't get mad if I tell you though you did get mad when I didn't tell you about Gaz and me. But..."

Kimi interrupts Tommy. "Don't worry, Tommy. I got over it. I'm seeing a new guy now!" She gasps. "D'oh! There's goes the surprise! Oh wait, I supposed you could meet him once he and I come over to visit. Anyway, what's your problem?"

"Well, you see, I proposed to Gaz in the first place because I feared that I may have slept with her and have got her pregnant." Tommy explains.

"I see." Kimi said in understanding. While she would be mad if she was still with Tommy, she isn't.

"But I found out from our landlord that nothing happened! We just collapsed right after a game of strip poker! Now I am caught in something I didn't want to do yet!" yelled Tommy.

"So you don't want to marry Gaz?"

"No! Well, yes, but not yet. How can I tell her that I don't want to marry her without making her think I'm breaking up with her? I don't want a repeat of what happened last year." Tommy said about to break out in sweat.

"Calm down, Tommy. Now, what I suggested is that you tell her the truth, but say in an intelligent matter. You should tell her that it was bad time to propose to her now. Or better yet, since my new boyfriend and I are coming over, he and I could help you from there." Kimi suggested.

"Well, I guess." Tommy said.

"Good. Oh, and you better not wasted time in the truth-telling thing. You remember what happened." Kimi reminds him.

"I don't need to be reminded." Tommy said with a sigh.

After saying his goodbye, he hangs up.

'Now what am I going to do?' Tommy thought. He loves Gaz but he doesn't want to marry her yet. So how could he make it that he tells her the truth, say what he's means to say without making her he's breaking up with her?

Later

Tommy is pacing back and forth in the main lobby, waiting for Kimi and her new friend to show up.

"Man, oh man, where can they be?" Tommy wondered.

"Don't tell me you're at such a lost you've been waiting for us to show up." A voice asked. Tommy turned to see Kimi show up with a brown haired kid who was rather short compared to the rest of them.

"KIMI!" Tommy smiled. Then he saw Timmy. "So you must be Timmy huh?"

"Yep." Timmy smiled.

"Since you're SO excited to see us, I take it you haven't told Gaz the truth huh?" Kimi asked disappointedly. Tommy shook his head. "ARGH! Tommy! This will EXACTLY end up like last time you know." Kimi sighed. "I'll tell you what, I'll talk to her, bring up the situation as a hypothetical one, and see what she'll think ok?"

"Sounds good to me." Tommy sighed.

The three all went up to Tommy and Gaz's apartment.

"Hey Gaz, guess who I ran into downstairs." Tommy said.

Gaz came out of the bathroom, in her usual outfit drying her hair with a towel. "What? Who is it? OH!" She was surprised to see them. "You guys sure got here fast."

Kimi smiled. "Hey, Gaz, can I talk to you for a moment?"

Gaz was a bit confused. "Sure I guess."

Kimi led Gaz to the kitchen area.

"Listen, Gaz, what brought all this up any way? Why did Tommy, suddenly, propose to you? I mean it's only been a year since your first date and all?" Kimi asked, wanting to hear it from Gaz so it didn't sound like Tommy told her.

"Well, you see, Tommy and I, well, we kind of got wasted last night and, well, we found ourselves awake this morning in the same bed...naked." Gaz sighed.

"And you guys think you did...some rough housing?" Kimi asked.

"Well...yeah." Gaz answered. "And, if I'm pregnant, we're bound to get married soon anyway."

Kimi sighed. "But Gaz, what if you're not pregnant? What then?"

"Well, it wouldn't matter. We...well...lost ourselves to each other already. It would make sense for us to get married." Gaz told Kimi.

"But, Gaz, what if, in the off chance, nothing went on last night?" Kimi asked.

"What do you mean? What else could have happened?" Gaz asked.

"Well...um...what if it was just a game of Strip Poker that ended on the bed?" Kimi asked.

"Kimi, you know as well as I do that the odds of that are...well...pretty big that's for sure." Gaz said very firmly.

'This is going to be tougher than I thought.' Kimi thought. "Ok, just wondering." She said as they left the kitchen. She walked up to Tommy. "Hey Tommy, can I talk to YOU for a second?"

"Well...I...uh..." Tommy stuttered. Kimi grabbed him and took him to his room.

"We've got a problem." She whispered to him.

Timmy and Gaz watched them leave. Timmy was facing away from Gaz. Gaz looked at him. "So you're Kimi's new boyfriend huh?"

Timmy closed his eyes and turned towards her. "Well, not exactly boyfriend/girlfriend yet but..." He opened his eyes and noticed he was looking right at Gaz's chest. He was rather jaw dropped.

Gaz sighed very irritably as she grabbed his head and tilted it upward. "My eyes are up here!"

Once inside Tommy's room, Kimi begins to speak.

"I think we may have a problem in telling Gaz the truth." Kimi said concerned.

"She still going to think I break up with her if I tell her?" asked Tommy crushed.

"That's what I suspected, yes." Kimi said nodding.

Tommy groans.

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

"Just tell her the truth. If you take too long, Gaz is going to get ticked off and may end the relationship you build up in a year to make." Kimi told him.

"Maybe you're right. I can't waste time like last time. Okay, what's your suggestion?" Tommy asked hopefully.

"Well, I figured you, Timmy, I, and Gaz can go out on a double date tonight, a place where even the excitement wears off. Then when's the time is right, which I hope so, you tell her. No drinks, no music videos, just a good place to tell her once and for all. And I figured that once the excitement of your proposal will wear off, she will probably realize once you tell her the truth and will hold off getting married until the real right time. What do you say?" Kimi asked.

"I say, we'd go for it." Tommy said.

As soon as they're done, Tommy and Kimi leave to Timmy and Gaz waiting for them.

"Kimi, you may want to tell your boyfriend to stay close to you. He is looking at my chest like Tommy did when he and you used to go out." Gaz said in annoyed tone.

"Timmy." Kimi said, giving Timmy a stern look.

"Sorry. I got distracted. Won't happen again. Tommy, she's still yours." Timmy said sheepishly.

"I hope so or I'd hound you down day and night." said Tommy in annoyed tone.
Kimi giggled a bit and hugs Timmy.

"That's okay, he won't really." Kimi told Timmy.

"Will to!"

"Okay, enough." Kimi said with a laugh. "Now then, I think that since Gaz and Tommy are getting "married", we should go out to celebrate."

"Okay, but no places with alcohol. That sort of gave Tommy the reason for the proposal in the first place. Not that I hated the reason though." Gaz said.

"It will be a double date, right?" asked Timmy hopefully.

"Right. Oh, and try not to call me Trixie. I understand you used to loved her but I hated being mistaken for her, okay?" asked Kimi.

"Heh. You got my number, babe." said Timmy with a smirk.