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Chapter Seven- NO (Lil's POV)

You can save me,

You can blame me,

While I'm waiting here to take the fall,

Everything's my fault

--Unwritten Law, Save me

I stood crying in front of Tommy and Phil. Sure; I can remember all of the fights mom and dad used to have at home, but I never knew that divorce was the answer. I had almost gotten the best moment of my life when the worst moment of my life interfered. I just don't understand…I thought life could only get easier when I got older, but it's only getting harder.

I started to run. I just wanted to get home to the only place I felt safe and secure.

"Lil, wait!" I heard Tommy call from behind me.

I could tell Phil stopped him, because I didn't hear any more heavy breathing or footsteps on the street. I kept running, all the way to my house, all the way through my front door, all the way until I finally reached my room. I cried for, like, five minutes, and then I called up Kimi.

"Kimi!" I wail when she picks up

"Lil! What's wrong?"

"I was walking home with Tommy, and…Phil came running to me…and…Kimi, my-parents-are-getting-a-divorce." I said all at once.

"Oh, Lil."

"What am I gonna do? What if Phil and I have to move? I wouldn't be able to come over to your house or Tommy's…wait…that would mean Tommy and I could never go out…"

"Lil, don't think like that! You don't even know if anyone is gonna move."

"I can tell! In every divorce, a parent moves out with or without the kids. How can you be so calm, I mean, Phil might have to move, too. You might never get a chance with him now…" As fast as I said those words, I wanted to take them back.

Kimi didn't say anything. Including Phil being gone had to be heart wrenching for her, because she's had her eyes on him since we were eight. I've only started liking Tommy when I was ten.

I slapped my head and groaned. "Kimi, I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean to say that."

More silence.

"Kim, I am so, so sorry. It was totally uncalled for."

"It's ok."

"I won't mention it ever again. I promise."

"Ok. I'll change the subject then. When are you and Tommy going to go out?"

"What!" I spat out, disbelieving what I heard

"Well, you like him and I bet he likes you back."

"Ha. And I see a pig flying outside of my window right now. Come on, Kimi. I'll never have a chance with him. Never ever."

"Don't say that. Never doubt yourself. I know that this was in your wildest dreams."

"I never thought…I mean mom and dad are like perfect. They always are. I barely remember a time when they fought. It's not fair. Not fair to me and Phil."

I swear I could practically hear Kimi nodding on the other line.

"I know, Lil. It isn't fair. As a matter of fact, my life isn't fair either. I'll tell you what, lets go down to the 'Dairy Prince' and get some ice cream."

"No, Kimi…remember? You can't."

I could hear her muttering swear words under her breath.

"Its ok. I'll just go later." I said, thinking of going with Tommy.

"Lil. I have a funny feeling. Like sooner or later, you will be bombarded with good news. Trust me. Anyway, I go to go, dads gonna be home any second, and if he catches me on the phone…there goes the rest of my month."

"Ok. Bye."

I run my fingers through my knotty hair. This can't happen. It's impossible. Divorce and my parents don't mix. Never. It's just not…possible at all!

There's a knock at my door.

"Lil? Can I come in?" Phil's hoarse voice practically whispers

"Umm-hmm." I answer

He comes and sits on my bed next to me.

I look at him carefully, and he looks like a wreck, too.

"Lil, I have to say, this is the most un-fair thing we'll probably ever have to deal with." Phil says cautiously.

I nod. "Thank you so much. For telling me. I can at least be ready for when they tell me."

He deeply breathes in and out. "Lil, swear to me that you will act shocked when they tell you. Don't act all depressed when they come home. I wasn't supposed to tell you. Please, don't say anything!" Phil pleads.

Again, I nod, "I promise I won't."

He makes a small attempt to smile. "So…to change the subject, when are you gonna make your move on Tommy?"

I blush, and say, "Honestly, Phil, I have no clue." I casually say, "So, who do you like?"

His eyes look worried when I ask, and he doesn't answer.

"Ok. Lets just find out then."

I walked out of my room and headed to his room.

I hear him calling from behind me. "Lil…where are you going?"

"To your room, of course."

I reach for his doorknob, but I stop. Phil catches up to me and hears it, too.

Doors on a car slamming.

They're home.

I yell to Phil, "Hurry up, get into your room and blast some angry music. I'll go to the kitchen and act like I'm doing homework."

I run down the hall and set up my books and folders in the kitchen. I can hear Phil blasting 'System of a Down' A/N: System of a Down rocks!

I start to falsely read a couple of math problems and my dad walks in.

"Oh my, what is that noise?" He asks grouchily.

"It's Phil. I have no clue why he's in such a bad mood. He hasn't came out of his room since I came home," I play along, "And I can't get any homework done. It's literally giving me a headache."

Then my mom walks in. "Oh, god…PHIL! TURN DOWN THAT MUSIC!" She screams, resulting in a lower volume of the blaring stereo.

"What's his problem anyway?" I say to both of my parents.

They look at each other, like, 'do we tell her now?' but the phone interrupts them.

My mom answers and hands it to me. For privacy, I walk out of the room.

"Hello? Oh, hi Tommy. What's up?"

"Nothing…just thinking. Do you want to go to the 'Dairy Prince' for Ice Cream?"

"Yeah. That's exactly what I need. I'll meet you there at six. Bye." It was already 5:45.

I walk back into the kitchen and my parents were looking drastically at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Honey, we need to talk." A voice I knew came from my mom.

I took a deep breath. Here it comes. I sat down at the table.

"Lil…you know that we love you. We never ever want to hurt you. But your mother and I have been disagreeing a lot. And we have come up with an answer. Lillian, we're getting a divorce."

I didn't think it would hurt this bad…I thought I was prepared.

"No." I choked out

They just nodded their heads.

"NO! You cant-what about Phil and I? Don't you care about us? You can't do this to us! It's not fair!" I yelped, angry now.

"Lil-" Mom started to say.

"No. Don't say anything. I'm meeting Tommy at the 'Dairy Prince'." And with that, I storm out of the house and slam the door.

I ran and ran…until I got to the ice cream joint. Tommy was outside waiting.

"Lil! Hey! Wait…what's wrong?" Tommy asks softly.

I sit down next to him.

"My parents told me." I say, and then I start to cry.

Tommy lets me lean onto him and he strokes my hair while I cry.

"I hate them! I hate my life! I see why Kimi cuts now…" I say brokenly

"No. Lilly, please, listen. You need to just vent right now. Breathe. You don't need to think of things like this. You just have to deal with problems like this. Everyone has problems, but a main problem like this will be something you will learn from in a long run. Something good always comes from the bad."

I half-heartedly smile. "I really need ice cream right now."

Tommy smiles back.

We go inside to the 'DP' and order. I get a 'brownie ballistic'; Tommy gets a 'chocolate cram'.

When the window lady totals our order, I smack my head. "Oh no. I left so quick I forgot to get my money."

"Don't worry about it." He says and hands the lady a payment for both.

We sit, eating our ice cream, and talking about everything except my parents.

"So," I ask, "How do you know if someone truly likes you?"

"Well, I guess fate takes shape. Life is unpredictable."

"That's practically what I say!" I hear a beep, and Tommy's watch goes off. It's 7:00.

"Oh no. I can't go home…not to what's waiting for me." I say, actually scared.

"It's ok. You can come back to my house. We'll work things out from there."

"Thanks." I say in a voice that is barely above a whisper.

Tommy calls his mother on his cell, and I wait. Emotions are going crazy inside of me. I am so confused.

About five minutes later, Mrs. Pickles arrives. We get into the car, and she drives us back to their house. We walk up to his room to decide a plan.

"Maybe you could just go home and ignore them." Tommy suggests.

"No. It wouldn't work. I can't do those. My parents pretty much watch and question my every move." We think some more

"How about if I was to set up a tent in the back yard?"

"Do you have the stuff to put in the tent? The stuff to put it up with?"

I shook my head, no.

Then, Dil strides into the room.

"Hey, T, can I borrow-"He starts, and then cuts off when he sees me. "Oh, hey, Lil. What are you doing here?"

"Well, I…umm…don't want to go home. You see…things aren't so good right now and I really need to get away. We're trying to figure out an answer to it."

"Easy. It's Friday. Sleep over. Have Phil bring over your stuff if he's home."

Why didn't I think of that?

Tommy nods like he thinks it's the best answer. "Um, I'll have to talk to my mom about this…but it's probably ok."

Tommy walks out of the room leaving Dil and me to talk.

"Lil? What's wrong? Why don't you want to go home?" Dil sensitively asks

I take a deep breath. Should I tell him?

"Umm…well…my parents…they…umm…are getting a divorce. They just told me…" I say numbly

"No Way! Sorry Lil." Dil said softly. I don't reply. I just feel weird. Divorce with my parents. It just doesn't sound right.

Dil carefully leaves. Tommy re-enters. "My mom seemed a little skeptical, but I convinced her to let you stay. Do you want to call Phil or should I?"

"Umm…I guess I can…I'll let you call if I get one of my parents."

I dial the digits and luckily, Phil answers.

"Hey, Phil. could you do me a favor? Can you tell mom and dad that I'm spending the night at Tommy's house? And ask them if you can take my stuff over. They'll let you, I swear. Thanks, Bye."

20 minutes later, Tommy is trying so hard to keep my mind off of my problems.

We play video games, eat Popsicles, and plan to stay up all night and morning. (I don't even think that I could fall asleep even if I tried.)

Then Phil brought over my stuff. He looks freakishly happy, and he said to me, "She's not my first choice, but, I got a girlfriend. Like five minutes ago."

"Who?" I ask, curious, because Phil's last girlfriend lasted only a week

"You'll have to wait to find out. No time like the Present." And he leaves.

I come out with about 14 likely girls. My first thought was Kimi.

"So, what will it be? 'School of Rock' or 'Hide and Go Seek'?" Tommy asks, questioning about what movie we should watch.

We watch Hide and Go Seek. At one point, I got scared and I jumped and grabbed Tommy's hand…and I didn't let go for the rest of the movie. Neither did he. What does that mean?

Hmm… a little bit of Tommy and Lil togetherness. For my next chapter…I seriously need some help. I already have a few suggestions… it'll be in Chuckie's POV…but until then…

XoXo-Ihearu