Figured I might as well update this story rather than neglect it now that I've finished All's Fair In Love & Hate.

In the latter part of this chapter, there are people who I own (from Angelica's work). So, there is a Disclaimer change! Wow! Shock! Horror!

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Chapter 8: Uncomfortable Situations

Dil sat on the couch and read the note that Tommy had written again. He head been reading it again and again for the past hour and a half. He still didn't know how he felt about this. His own brother and cousin in a relationship. He had known for quite a while that Tommy possessed a strangely high level of care for Angelica but up to yesterday he thought that it might be because they had actually started to get along since the beginning of High School and Tommy became a little over protective of his "favourite cousin" as he had once described Angelica.

"Hey Dil." Stu greeted his youngest son.

"Huh? Oh, hi dad." Dil replied distractedly.

"What's that you got there?" Stu asked as he moved closer to read the note.

"It's a note from Tommy. He and Angelica have gone back to New York." Dil told his father.

Stu was appalled that Tommy would even consider being in a relationship with Angelica, but he knew that to have a go at him for it would only drive them apart and make Tommy more determined to hang on to Angelica . He had to accept it, there was no other choice. Hopefully, by accepting them being together they might end up splitting up, something which he did hope would happen...at the moment at any rate.

"Oh. I guess I better tell Didi that he's gone or she'll have a right go at us for not telling her." Stu moaned as he went back upstairs.

Dil sighed. He does want Tommy and Angelica to be happy but when they are together, it just doesn't seem right. But in the end, it's up to them how they run their lives and if their lives are destined to coincide with each others then there is nothing that can be done except to accept it, not matter how hard it is to, and move on.

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The De Ville household was strangely quiet during breakfast. Normally when Phil and Lil were there, there was no end of petty fights and arguments but this time there was Phil who sat quietly and Lil who kept giving him angry glances and in a completely aggravated mood. Betty and Howard watched their son and daughter in shock.

"Is something wrong with the pair of ya?" Betty asked, breaking the uneasy silence.

"What do you mean?" Phil asked.

"Well normally we have trouble keeping you two apart but today there is something wrong with you. You aren't fighting or arguing." Howard explained.

Despite being adults, Phil and Lil still fought each other like little kids, something which would never die...not until they are too old to remember who each other is at any rate.

"Well, I think it has a lot to do with yesterday's turn of events." Phil replied.

"Oh...the whole damned cousin relationship thing." Betty sneered.

"C'mon ma! That's unfair! Why does it matter to you that Tommy and Angelica are together?" Phil asked.

"Because, Phil, its plain wrong! There's a reason why they are cousins and it's not to have a relationship!" Betty snapped.

"Jeez, calm down ma! You're almost as bad as Lil. Can't you just have an open mind about this? If fate decided to bring them into a relationship then we, as human beings, should respect and understand that they care about each other and they want to be together." Phil explained to them.

"Wow Phil. Where did you learn this kind of understanding?" Howard asked. He was impressed with Phil's view on this.

"I pick things up. I'm not as dumb and slow as I may look or you may think." Phil replied proudly.

At that moment Lil slammed her hands down on the table and got up. She growled angrily and stormed off to her room.

The other three looked at each other in astonishment at Lil's actions and aggressive nature. Lil had been deeply affected by yesterday's events and it might leave a permanent emotional scar. Hopefully that wouldn't happen but for the moment, she is just a vessel of anger and hatred...a harbinger of wrath and revenge and she knows who to exactly get revenge on and where she can get help to achieve this as well.

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The final day of the reunion was pretty subdued. In fact, there is more activity in a graveyard at the dead of night than there was at the reunion. Very few people spoke as everyone just seemed to be left to their thoughts about Tommy and Angelica's relationship and their decision to leave. Only Chuckie and Susie were anywhere near active but even they felt disappointed that the two had left.

"How was Kimi this morning?" Susie asked in a low voice.

"She's taking it very bad. She had a row with me and nearly had a row with mum as well." Chuckie told her.

"Lil was just as bad." A voice came from behind them.

They both turned to see Phil standing there.

"Lil got drunk last night. Believe me, it wasn't a pretty sight seeing her with a massive hangover and a drunken rage." Phil sighed. "Her and mum are completely against T and Angie, but I'm not. If they want to be together, then that's fine with me." Phil told them.

Chuckie and Susie both smiled. "Glad to see someone else isn't against them, but they should know that you are in total support of them." Susie explained to Phil.

"Yeah, I'll phone them this afternoon. Anyway, I'm gonna indulge myself in the snacks for a while." Phil said as he left.

"Well, that's three for support and three against."

"Mum and dad have a neutral view on the situation so that's not too bad." Chuckie noted.

"Yep, my parent's are the same. So they aren't as hated as they think they are but the people who really count are Dil, Stu, Didi, Drew and Charlotte." Susie said despondently.

"Yeah. I'm not sure how they feel. I guess Tommy and Angelica will find out eventually."

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Tommy sighed as he lay on Angelica's bed. She lay next to him as both of them looked up at the ceiling. Both of them were thinking but not saying anything to each other possibly because they did not know what to say. Despite being tired, neither of them had had a successful sleep as they were too stressed about what they had seen when they had told everyone about them.

Tommy sighed again.

"Quit it." Angelica said quietly.

"Quit what?" Tommy asked as a smile grew on his face.

"Quit sighing. I'm just as unhappy as you are sweetheart, but you sighing constantly is gonna drive me nuts." Angelica explained.

"You are nuts." Tommy joked.

Angelica cuffed him playfully with a small grin on her face. "To be with you I must be!"

Tommy grabbed a pillow and smacked her with it. Angelica then grabbed him by his T-shirt and yanked him close. "Don't do that. This is MY room!" She said in a mock threatening voice.

"What you gonna do? Kiss me into submission?" Tommy asked. He would enjoy that fate.

"I could make you suffer Tommy. Believe me, I am a very desirable woman. I wasn't one of the sexiest girls in High School for nothing you know!"

"I remember. I thought I'd lose you to someone and I'd never get my chance to tell you how I really felt about you. When you started dating one of the football players I snapped and told Chuckie how it was driving me crazy and driving me into a depression. He was rather shocked about the whole thing I can tell you that." Tommy told her.

"That explains why Chuckie wasn't hanging around with you for a few weeks."

"But I'm glad you spent time with me then. I think I would have become insane if I didn't have someone by my side to help me."

"Hey you were, and still are, my favourite cousin. I couldn't let you be depressed and not care." Angelica said sympathetically as she put an arm around him and pulled him close to her.

"During that time I was so close to just spilling the beans. We spent some quality time together and I, well, wanted to tell you so badly but I was far too scared to. I was scared that you would reject me and make my life a living hell."

"Truth, I probably would have turned you away. I was very fond of you but I didn't have an obsession about you. You were my favourite cousin and I knew that we would be no more. During those weeks it did cross my mind that we could have been more than close family but the sense of it being wrong turned me away from making a move on you." She explained.

"So when did you start to feel a little differently about me?" Tommy asked.

"Well, I guess when we first started to live together. I could feel myself change. I started to think about you a little more and I did start to get a little jealous when you went out on dates. I guess that's why none of my dates worked into relationships as I had an interest in you. But I fell in love with you only a short while ago. Shortly before we kind of...had sex...for the first time. That was when I told Susie how I felt about you and she told me that loads of girls had had a crush on you, even her. I don't think that anyone made a move on you because they all thought that you were going out with someone else. Heh, that's kind of funny."

"What? The fact that everyone seemed to want me but they thought I was already dating?" Tommy asked.

Angelica nodded. "That and I ended up being the girl you get."

Tommy was about to reply when the phone rang. He looked at Angelica and then moved over and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Tommy? It's Phil."

"Oh, hi Phil." Tommy replied unenthusiastically.

"Well don't sound so pleased to hear from me will ya? I just called to say that people here are not as against you as you two lovebirds might think. I'm fine with yours and Angelica's relationship while Susie's parents, Chuckie and Kimi's parents and dad are all neutral. They don't hate you T. Ma isn't so happy though...neither are Kimi and Lil. Well, we wish you were here as it's boring. Gotta go. Speak to you soon. Bye"

Before Tommy could say anything, Phil had put the phone down.

"What did Phil want?" Angelica asked.

Tommy put the phone back on its holder and looked at her straight in the eye. "It seems that we are not as hated as we thought we might be. Phil is fine with us being together."

Angelica smiled. "I'm glad to hear that he is okay with us. It's nice to know that someone else doesn't hate us."

Tommy nodded.

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The next day Angelica sat at her desk. She was tired of this dead end job. She wanted to be her own boss instead of an Administrator to a compete fool. She could run this company better as she knew far more than her boss did.

"The bloody sink has blocked up." One of the other employees, Jan, called. "We'll have to get a plumber in to sort it ASAP."

"Hey, I can sort that." Angelica said, not looking up from her work.

"How come?" Mike, the marketing manager asked.

"My cousin is a plumber. He'll get out here and do it for us, not to mention he'll give us a discount because I work here." Angelica replied putting a lot of emphasis on the word "I".

"Thinking you might be a bit too important for your role Angelica? That you might be far too important for me to replace?" Richard, Angelica's boss, said.

"No..." Angelica replied quietly.

"Good. I'd hate to lose someone as...hard working as you to you thinking you are bigger than me." He said proudly. "Hire your wretched cousin to fix the ladies' bathroom."

"He's not wretched. He's wonderful." She mumbled angrily, but quietly so no-one would hear her.

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Tommy had finished servicing a client's boiler and was about to head back home as his boss had told him he wouldn't be needed again today when his mobile rang. He picked it up and answered the call.

"Tommy Pickles speaking, how may I help?" He asked.

"Hey T. Gotta job for you." Angelica's soft voice said.

"Hey Angie. What's wrong? That boss of yours finally blown a gasket and you want me to patch him up?" He joked.

"I wish!" She laughed. "No, more important. The sink in the ladies has been completely blocked up and I want you to unblock it for me." She said sweetly.

"Yeah why not? I'll be there in about thirty minutes pending traffic problems." Tommy replied.

"Okay, see ya later. Bye." Angelica said before hanging up.

Tommy switched his mobile off and sighed. He'd never actually been into Angelica's office before so it might be nice to see how she copes with her work and her boss.

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Tommy walked into the building where Angelica worked. He approached the receptionist's desk. The receptionist looked at him.

"You must be Angelica's cousin...the plumber." She said with a tone of disgust.

"Y-yeah." Tommy replied, shocked at the receptionist's tone.

"On the second floor third room to the right is where you will find your cousin. I'm sure she will tell you exactly where to go."

Tommy headed off. 'Wow, what a complete bitch. No wonder Angelica is in a bad mood sometimes after finishing work.' He thought.

Tommy reached the office and entered the room. He looked around and saw Angelica and walked over to her.

"What are you mumbling about?" He asked.

Angelica turned to look at him. "Hey T. Glad you are here. Come on, I'll show you what needs doing." She said. Immediately, she felt a little uncomfortable with her comment as she knew Tommy would be thinking of her. She looked at him and sure enough, that mischievous grin was on his face. She smiled nervously at him before turning around and walking out of the office with Tommy following her.

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Tommy put his tools down and turned to face Angelica. She had the hint of a blush across her face as they were alone...in the bathroom...with no chance of being interrupted. It felt too perfect.

"I...er...I guess I better get...started." He said a little nervously.

"Uh...yeah..." Angelica trailed off.

They were ALONE...

"Um...I er..." Angelica stumbled.

"You wanna? You know...erm...make out? Get it over and done with?" Tommy asked. Normally it wouldn't be a problem to make out with her, but they were at her place of work and it felt too risky.

She moved forwards and put her arms around him. She wasn't too sure what to do.

Tommy, on the other hand, wrapped her up in his arms and planted a soft kiss on her lips, to which she immediately pulled away.

"Tommy...I'm sorry...we can't...someone might catch us." She tired to reason but her body was screaming for love.

"I...I'm sorry." Tommy apologised as he started to remove his arms from her.

"N-no. Don't be...please. I...oh to hell with it! I want you now! I...I can't resist the urges for love! Feed my sexual hunger Tommy! I'm starving for love...feed me...please." Angelica blurted. She grabbed Tommy's arms and pushed him against the wall closest to them.

Tommy could feel her tremble as she thrust her lips onto his. He kissed back as she removed her blazer and let it fall to the floor. He wanted her so much and he ran his hands up her sides. With his left hand, he moved it up her back to hold the back of her head as they kissed while his right hand moved up her chest where he began to caress her breasts. Angelica moaned softly as he caressed her, felt her, touched her and began to pleasure her very soul.

Both of them never wanted these moments to end, but the fear of being caught would be their minds while they "expressed" themselves.

To Be Continued...

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I think the ending here might actually warrant that "R" rating I gave this story. Additionally, I think this must be one of the longest chapters I have written so hopefully I will be able to keep the length up and possibly make the rest of them longer still.

For a future note I am going to do an epilogue to "All's Fair In Love & Hate" so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that!

Please R&R!