Chuckie had his hand pressed against his car horn.

"C'mon, c'mon." He muttered, glancing at his watch. "We're running out of time."

"What are you so anxious for, Chuck?" Tommy asked, sitting beside him in the passenger seat.

Kimi leaned in between the two boys from her position in the back seat.

"Senior picture day. He wants to make sure he makes a good impression."

Tommy looked at her in confusion.

"You know, on time, looking good, etc."

Chuckie shook his head, giving Kimi a quick glare. "I have to find Samantha. I have to talk to her."

Chuckie was just about ready to pull out of the driveway when two figures emerged from the house.

The two teenagers ran over to the car, the boy opening the door behind Chuckie and the girl sitting behind Tommy.

"Glad you two finally decided to join us." Chuckie commented sternly, focusing on backing out of the driveway.

"Sorry, Chuck, but Lillian decided to take an eternity in the shower." With that Phil shot an irritated glance at his sister.

"Sorry, Chuckie." Lil apologized, a slight blush forming on her clear face. "I just wanted to make sure I looked okay for today. You know, it is picture day. I for one would rather spend more time on how I look than not enough." She returned Phil's glare and added a cough for emphasis.

Kimi giggled. "You too are something else."

Lil shook her head, changing the topic. "Kimi! You look absolutely adorable! Perfect for picture day. And I love your hair!"

Kimi smiled. She wore a denim mini skirt with a matching vest over a plain black, silk material shirt. Not her usual 'Kimi style' but she was a junior in high school and it was picture day...she wanted to make a good impression.

Kimi's hair was pulled back into a simple bun, with ethnic sticks protruding from either side.

"Thanks Lil. You'll really have the boys leeching on to you, yourself."

Tommy couldn't help but look out his side view mirror. Lil really did look hot.

Tommy noticed she was wearing a pair of tight, black jeans, adorned with jewels on the side and sparkles. She wore a silky, green halter top with a beaded choker necklace completing the look.

Lil had crimped her golden- chestnut, shoulder length hair.

Kimi tended to go for the more unique style while Lil, without a doubt, went for the more 'revealing' style.

Tommy couldn't help but whistle.

"You two ladies are looking mighty fine, if I do say so myself." He commented, turning around in his seat to look at them.

Kimi and Lil giggled.

Chuckie met Phil's eye through his rearview mirror.

Tommy noticed this.

"Hey! They're not my sisters." He protested.

"Be thankful for that." Phil muttered.

Lil leaned over Kimi and smacked him playfully on the arm.

"You can say that again." Chuckie added.

As Kimi was about to raise her hand, Chuckie stopped her.

"I suggest that if you guys want to get to school in one piece, you don't let Kimi touch me. I'd prefer not to veer off the road and hit another telephone pole again, thank you Kimi."

Kimi stifled a laugh as she remembered the time when she had playfully punched Chuckie in the arm while he was driving. Unfortunately, Chuckie happened to be holding a hot cup of coffee at the time and he happened to spill it all over himself. He lost control of the car as he unsuccessfully tried desperately to stop the hot coffee from soaking through his pants. As it turned out, it was their lucky day because there just so happened to be a telephone pole at the side of the road and the car happened to hit it.

"Aww...Don't be so hard on her, Chuck." Tommy said, reminded of the incident as well. "It was an honest mistake."

"Uh huh." Chuckie replied as he pulled into the school parking lot. "An honest mistake that could've cost us all our lives."

"It's alright, Kimi." Phil said, placing a reassuring arm around her shoulders. "Now that it's behind us and you didn't get any of us killed, we all think it's funny." Kimi smiled.

As Chuckie parked the car he threw up his arms.

"Sure! Take her side. She is the one who almost killed us."

Lil shook her head and patted his shoulder. "That's old news, Chuck."

The gang got out of the car and headed towards the building.

"I'll catch you guys later. I have to go find Sam." Chuckie ran off, leaving the four of them to walk together.

As the rest of the gang continued their slow walk to the school, Lil decided to be the next to speak.

"So, Tommy, where's Dil? Is he sick?"

Tommy shook his head. "Naw. He decided to walk to school with a friend. Don't know who he is, but as long as he's not hanging out with the kids he hung out with last year, I'm cool."

Lil nodded. "That's good."

As they were about to go through the doors leading into the school, a group of boys walked out, one of which was spinning a basketball.

"Hey man, what's up?" One of them asked Tommy as he slapped him a high five.

"Nothin'"

"Comin' to practice this afternoon?"

"You know it."

As the group of guys continued on their way one of them took the opportunity to look Lil over.

"Lookin' good today Lil. Lookin' very good." With one last look at Lil and a lick of his lips, the boy continued with his group, but not before Tommy and Phil got a word in.

"Hey! You better watch it Russell!" Tommy shouted.

"That's my sister!"

Tommy shook his head in astonishment as he held the door open for the two ladies.

"Men today!" He joked with Phil. "What pigs!"

"Ha! I wouldn't be talking there, Tommy. You do the same exact thing!" Kimi protested.

Tommy grinned and slapped Phil a high five.

"Alright, so, what to do. We go to our homerooms and meet at the auditorium for pictures, right?" Kimi asked her friends.

It seemed as though Lil was the only one listening because when Kimi looked over to the boys she could easily tell they were studying all the girls in the hall.

"You pigs!" Kimi exclaimed as she slapped them both on the shoulder. "Don't you ever get tired of scoping out the same girls everyday?"

The two boys looked at each other sheepishly.

"Sorry Kim." Phil apologized. "What were you saying?"

Kimi rolled her eyes. "We go to our homerooms and then we're gonna meet in the auditorium so we can have our pictures taken next to each other. Got it?"

The boys and Lil nodded.

"Okay. Phil, Lil. Let's go." Kimi said, dragging Phil along by his shirt and expecting Lil to follow.

As Lil was about to go after them, Tommy stopped her by touching her shoulder.

"Lil?"

Lil turned around and made direct eye contact with him.

"Lil...um...if anybody bothers you, you know you can just tell me, right? You know I'd take care of it?"

Lil couldn't help but smile. Tommy is so sweet. She knew he was referring to Russell.

"Yeah. I know. Thanks."

Tommy nodded. "No problem. See you next period in the auditorium."

Tommy headed in the opposite direction, and as Lil watched him, she noticed how many girls were practically drooling over him and fainting when he smiled and managed a 'hello'.

Lil laughed. 'If only they could see him eat.'

Lil turned around and walked off to her homeroom.