A/N: XxXCocoaPuffXxX I'm glad you still love the story. Sorry this took so long and may not be an especially good chapter. I've had a busy week. But, I'm loving writing this story.

Chapter 8

Kimi was bored with sitting at home being grounded with nothing to do. She'd tried reading for a while after Chuckie had left for Marina's party, which Kimi knew nothing about what Chuckie was doing over at the party. Kimi finally had decided that since her parents were not in that she could do whatever she wanted. So, she turned her computer on and immediately connected to the internet. She was overly impatient as it connected to the browser.

She turned on her messenger, and waited to hear the mechanical ding to show she had no new messages. But before she could be disappointed, an instant message popped up. It was Phil.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: Hey chick! Whatcha up to?

KIMTASTICDORKGIRL says: Still grounded, but no one's home. I'm sooo bored, Phil.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: Why don't I come over there?

KIMTASTICDORKGIRL says: I wouldn't want you to get in trouble.

Kimi thought it was really sweet for Phil to suggest coming over, but she didn't want in any more trouble. Also, she didn't want Phil in trouble for coming to see her. So, she turned down his offer.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: Well, all right then. How about I come get you and bring you here?

Kimi really wanted to go over to Phil's house and spend time with him. She would have been extremely happy just to talk with him over there.

KIMTASTICDORKGIRL says: I would if my parent's wouldn't call to check on me.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: Then, I will come over and see you.

KIMTASTICDORKGIRL says: NO! I don't want you grounded for being here while I'm grounded.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: I'm not afraid of my parents who are never home anymore. They can't make Lil or me mind while not being here. So, I'll grab my guitar and head over there.

KIMTASTICDORKGIRL says: Sigh All right. But if you get in trouble, it wasn't my fault.

SuperStarS8RBoy says: I'd never think of blaming you, Kimi. Well, I'll see you real soon.

Kimi watched Phil log off, and she leaned back in her chair. She sighed and realized that she felt very jumpy about Phil coming over. She really wanted to see him, and she knew that it would be hard to not tell him how she felt about him. Remembering that she had the picture printed off of Phil, Kimi ran over to her bed and hid the photo under her pillow. "It'll be safe there," she said to herself. "He won't see it."

Phil arrived at the Finster house soon after he spoke with Kimi. When he got there, Kimi was standing at the door waiting for him. He opened his truck door, grabbed his backpack and guitar, and got out of his truck. Then, he shut the door. He winked at Kimi and watched her shake her head.

"Hey chick," he greeted her.

"Hey Phil." Kimi replied entering her house and waiting for Phil to follow.

Phil came inside carrying his guitar and handed his CDs over to Kimi. She immediately started filing through them and looking at them. There was the two Avril CDs, and many more various artists. He had a cornucopia of music styles, and Kimi found that could be quite useful. But, she realized that was why he had such good music clips on his website.

Phil saw Kimi looking at the Cds and asked, "Want to listen to one?"

Kimi glance at the cds in her hand and chose the newest Avril Cd, Under My Skin. She headed for her room, and glanced behind her to see Phil following obediently. She set the Cds down on her bed and opened the Avril CD case. She took out the shiny disc and went to her stereo. She pressed the on button and opened the CD holding slots. She replaced an empty slot with the CD and shut the CD changer.

Kimi and Phil listened to the entire CD, then Phil started playing his acoustic guitar. He played Avril's "How Does It Feel," and Kimi started singing to it. Even having heard it once, she had picked up on most of the words. Her singing wowed Phil, and he just stared at Kimi while playing. He'd never expected she knew how to sing so well, and he liked her voice. It had a sweet sound to it, and he tried to keep the song going.

Kimi caught on, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I want you to sing more. Your voice is amazing. Why didn't you ever say you could sing that well?"

Kimi blushed and brushed back a lock of jet black hair. "I was embarrassed," she replied.

"With a set of pipes like that, there's no reason to be." Phil told her, still unable to wipe the surprised but happy looked off of his face.

"Let's sing it together. I've been to your website and heard you sing." Kimi told him.

Phil grinned. "That was a summer project."

Kimi smiled more than sweetly. "It was better than a 'summer project,' Phil. And last night, you sang very well. Are you in a band?"

"Yes, but they don't meet very often. I usually set up the meetings."

"That's a shame." Kimi told him.

"Let's sing this song together." Phil suggested.

Kimi nodded. "All right."

The time that Phil was singing with Kimi, his heart was pounding, and his mind wasn't concentrating. All he wanted to do was kiss Kimi hard and hold her in his arms. Soon, the ending of the song drew near. Phil felt his mouth go dry on the last chord, and he stopped playing while feeling a bit nervous.

Kimi looked over at him, and he smiled. She was almost egging him on to kiss her, or Phil believed she was. In fact, she really was wanting to kiss him but didn't know he felt the same way. So, she sat there fighting over the right thing to do.

So, Phil took matters into his own hands and leaned over to give Kimi the kiss he'd wanted to give her for years.