Hello! back again! Thanks SOOOO much for all who reviewed...and to 'Tamagochies are awesome', believe it or not but im basing it on real life. The divorce thing actually did happen with my friends unsuspecting parents...

Anyway, here you all go! Chapter six!

Chapter six- Sick of it (Tommy's POV)

I'm tired of rumors starting,

I'm sick of being followed,

I'm tired of people lying,

Saying what they want about me.

--Lindsay Lohan, Rumors

I walk into the lunchroom uneasily. Lil and Chuckie aren't here, so that must mean they are still in the office. I buy my lunch (Pizza, thank god) and take another look around.

"Tommy!" I hear Lil yell behind me. I breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey, Lil. What happened?"

"Suspended. Both of them. It's for three days and Pangborn has decided for it not to go on their permanent records. They're barely punished."
"Barely? I thought Kimi's parents would go berserk!"
"Me too. Phil actually stuck up for Kimi. They are both getting grounded for a week, having to work. Man, if I did something like that, I'd probably get grounded for a month, at least! It was sort of funny because Chuckie and I walked in on their 'moment'. They should just go out already."

I smiled at this. Chuckie comes and starts to talk really fast. I put my hand up and say,

"Stop. Lilly already told me everything."

"Oh." He says, and then heads up to the lunch line.

"So, Lil, where are we sitting today?" I ask pleasantly.

"Oh, with your cousin." She says; my smile fades.

"You mean the popular a.k.a. straightener kids?"

"Yep. C'mon."

"Um, ok."

I have never really hung out with the jocks and everyone, but my guess is that we will be asked millions of questions about Kimi.

"Hey, Lil, Tommy." Angelica says, actually smiling. I sit down and right before I take a bite of my pizza, questions surround me.

"Did Kimi really get into a fight?"

"Is it true she is a cutter?"

"Did she get suspended?"

"Why did she get in a fight with Phil?"

Lil takes a handful of questions and Chuckie comes and sits.

"Why are we sitting here, Tommy?" he whispers

"Angelica offered and Lil agreed." I answer back.

"Hey! Aren't you the brother of Kimi?" a girl asks Chuckie.

This goes on for pretty much the rest of lunch. I have to think of what Kimi and Phil are doing. It sounds really strange, them being out of school and the rest of us here.

Chuckie and Lil both look stressed, Lil more.

As I walked toward my next period class, I could hear rumors circling around about Kimi and/or Phil. They varied from truthful to crazy.

By the end of the day, I just wanted to throw my hands up and scream the truth to the school.

When I headed to my locker, Lil looked a lot worse than she did earlier.

Her hair was up in a messy bun, and by the looks of it, she's had so much caffeine to keep herself in focus.

"It's not fair, Tommy."

I put on a puzzled look. "What's not fair?"

"Them. Practically everyone in the school except a select few is talking about Phil and Kimi."

"Lil, nothing ever happens. Whenever they hear something like this, it becomes big news to talk about. Just try to ignore them."

She shoots me an icy glare. "They don't need to talk about it! I mean, what's going to happen? Kimi comes back to school hear these rumors and cuts herself. Phil becomes a social outcast. Those things mean a lot to me. What if something really bad happens? What if they attempt something that could put them inside the hospital, or worse? I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"I'm sorry Li-" I start to say, but she runs straight into the restroom, crying.

"What have I done?" I moan.

"Yeah, what have you done? I'd say nothing." A calming voice tells me.

"Oh come on, Susie. I just made Lil cry." I say.

"It's not your fault. She's just under a lot of pressure. I mean, managing grades, having to put up with her brother and her best friend fighting, and wondering what would happen next. That's making her crazy. Trying to focus on anything else is crazy. Don't you agree?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Don't worry. Things should be back to normal in a couple of weeks."

"I don't think so, Susie. That much stress can take a person to the edge."

" Especially what she found out about Kimi. If you just found out your best friend was keeping something very violent from you, wouldn't you go ballistic?"
I consider this. What if Chuckie would do something like that? I cringe at the thought.

"What should I do?"

"Wade it out a bit. If she wants to talk about this, let her. You shouldn't bring up the topic, though."

"Thanks."
"Oh, yeah, when you two go out on your first date-"
"WHAT?"I yelp

Susie stands there laughing.

"Tommy, I was just kidding."
"Oh." I say. I can feel my face burning up.

"Relax. I really don't think she knows you like her. Yet. Just make sure this won't get around to Angelica."

"Yeah. You're right."

"Umm, and by the way, Tommy, you might want to talk to Phil later. He has a horrible secret.

I thank her and head off.

Chuckie meets me in social studies.

"I heard that Lil was crying. What happened?"
I sigh and tell him what happened.

"Man, you are so lucky you don't have a sister. I have to go through that a lot. Women. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em."

"In a way, I do have sisters. Two. Lil and Kimi."

"True. Very true."

"I'm a bit afraid she'll be mad at me, though. I didn't mean to pressure her like that."

"Don't worry, Tommy. Things will lighten up. I promise."

I sigh and do the rest of the work. I feel really guilty, so as soon as school lets out, I go straight to the route Lil takes on her way walking home from school.

"Lil. I'm really sorry."

I expected her to scream at me, but instead she smiles.

"Tommy, please. I blew up at you and you're apologizing? It's me that should be apologizing. Sorry, T. Things have just been way too messed up these past days. I freaking failed a science test today! I haven't even gotten close to a 'C' on a test in any subject all year!"

I put my arm around her as she starts to cry. Freaky. When she looks up at me with tears streaming down her face.

"Lil. Lilly. It'll be ok. I swear. Shhh. Don't cry."

"It's all m-my f-f-fault!" She wailed

"Shhh. Lilly. No it's not."

She half-smiles through her tears, and says,

"You're the only one who calls me Lilly."

"Is-Is that a bad thing?" I stutter, hoping she wasn't offended.

"No. I like it."

Our faces are so close together that we could…

"LIL!" Phil screams, running toward us

"Umm, aren't you grounded?" Lil asks, as I remove my arm from her shoulder.

I can feel my cheeks flaming red.

"Technically I am, but there is something you really ought to know."

"Umm, maybe I should go…" I start to say as I get up.

"No. You should know this, too."

"Phil, you're scaring me!" Lil quivered

"They are gonna tell you later, so it's better for you to know now. Lil…Mom and Dad…they are gonna get a divorce." Phil said

That shocked me. I can't even imagine all of the horrible times lying ahead.

"NO. They can't do this to us. It's not true. It's not true." And then she started sobbing all over again.

I looked up at Phil. I could see that he was crying, too.

I had so many questions that needed so many answers, but I stayed silent as the tears fell down the twins' faces.

I wanted to do something, but I just couldn't.

I just stayed there, watching Lil and Phil cry for what is to come.

Divorce.

So? Whad'ya think? Tommy and Lil almost kissed! this story takes so many twists and turns...you can help me with the next chapter (lil's pov), along with the rest of the story! What do you want to happen? Let me know! R&R!

Ihearu