Certainties
an All Grown Up fan fiction story
by Lord Akiyama
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All Grown Up and its characters copyright © Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon and Viacom. This story has been produced for sheer fun and enjoyment. Please don't sue.
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Chapter Eight
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"This is beyond strange," Kimi sighed. Her eyes stared down at the untouched lunch in front of her for a moment before bringing them back up to him. "I mean, what are the chances we had these dreams on the same night."
"Similar kind of dreams, no less," Tommy sighed. He slumped in his chair, unsure what to really make of their predicament. "So... any idea of what to do about this? I'm kinda lost."
"I was kinda hoping you would have one," Kimi replied.
For several moments their table was the only one quiet amongst the many within the mall food court. Everything seemed to be going fine in their relationship since it began seven months before. Although they're still wondering how they ended up with these dreams they had. It seemed to have come out of left field. And they always hated left field.
"Think we should wait another night and see what happens?" Tommy finally suggested.
She gave a sigh once she was in deep thought. "Maybe," Kimi replied. "Although I don't think discarding them is gonna be any easy. I swear, Tommy, it felt too real for me. I'm scared to go some place without you now."
"Same feeling here," Tommy said, taking a deep breath. "Though I doubt both our parents would be open to the idea of us sleeping in the same room unless its some big sleepover with some of the others."
"I can probably talk Chuckie into tagging along tonight," Kimi slightly giggled at the thought. The attempt at cheering up didn't last. And she didn't like returning to this previous feeling one bit. "We really do need to think of something. I dunno why, but I really wanna get through this thing as fast as possible."
"I think you're right," Tommy sighed with a nod. "If we don't address this, our emotions are gonna get extremely wired."
"As if they haven't already," Kimi added. "Still lost on any ideas?"
"At the moment," Tommy replied. "Sorry if you were hoping for one soon."
"That's okay," Kimi said. "I actually think I might have something in mind."
"You do?" Tommy asked.
"Maybe," Kimi replied. "But I wanna hear your input. I think we should first try sleeping it off tonight. If neither of us have these dreams again, we keep it going for another week and then we'll know that it was just a dumb dream. But if it does return, we should talk to the twins immediately after."
"Both of them?" Tommy asked curiously.
"At the same time and in the same place," Kimi said with a nod and then a sigh. "Probably at The Java Lava."
He studied her for a moment and noticed something. "You dunno if you wanna tell the others just yet," Tommy said.
She took a deep breath and nodded. "We shouldn't keep secrets, no matter how small, from them," Kimi responded. "But then I don't wanna think about how Chuckie might react."
"You think he'll ever stop worrying about you?" Tommy asked.
"I think pigs will be able to fly in flocks if he does," Kimi replied with a light giggle. It only lightened the mood for just that moment and no longer. Silence overcame them and it was a long while before they actually started to eat their lunch.
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"You guys alright?" Lil asked curiously. She raised a brow as she watched the couple each gulp down glasses of water in one sitting. "Seemed really nervous talking to us on the phone."
"Something going on, dude?" Phil asked Tommy directly. "You look as though a waterfall is gonna come outta you."
In unison, the couple sighed and looked up at the twins. "We kinda wanted to talk to the both of you about something," Kimi was the first to say. "And, um... we honestly dunno how to go about it."
The twins gave each other confused glances before turning back to the couple. "Can you be a little more specific?" Lil asked curiously. "I mean, we're still pretty dark on why you wanna talk to us."
"You guys... aren't breaking up, right?" Phil asked almost reluctantly.
"Philip!" Lil hissed, slapping his arm pretty hard. "They wouldn't be talking to us like this if they were breaking up. Besides, they'd tell everyone at the same time as opposed to individually. Do you see Chuckie around? No. Do you see Dil around? No. Angelica? No. Susie? No. So they obviously have something else in mind."
"Alright, alright," Phil said. "Geez, you're pretty uptight about their relationship all of a sudden." The twins didn't pay attention to the couple's increase in nervousness. "So they're not breaking up. Okay. Sorry if I'm a little impatient about wanting to know what they wanna talk to us for." When the twins turned their attention back to the couple, they noticed their glasses of water were empty too. "Dude... you drink my water?"
"Um... yeah..." Tommy replied with a nervous chuckle. "I kinda did..."
The male twin raised a curious and dumbfounded brow. "Okay..." Phil said. "Whatcha do that for?"
"Okay, this is gonna sound really weird, but hear us out, okay," Kimi quickly said. "For the past couple nights, Tommy and I haven't really been sleeping well. We've been having dreams that have been freaking us out to the point of waking up all sweaty and stuff. And we're worried they're gonna start affecting us emotionally, if they haven't already."
It took the twins a while to decipher everything she had just told them after overcoming the initial shock of hearing her speak at a pretty rapid-fire speed. At one point, the male twin got up to get another glass of water. "So, um..." Lil began to say. "What does this have to do with us?"
"Well, um..." Tommy began to say, nervously watching the male twin begin to drink his water. "These dreams... it's about us sleeping with you guys."
Cue spit take.
"You guys dreamt about what?" Lil nearly cried.
"Yeah, it's not a pleasant thought," Kimi replied nervously. "It's like this. I had these dreams of having slept with Phil and Tommy and I get into a fight. Tommy had these dreams of having slept with you and have the same fight. And it's scary because they were so real."
"God, dude," Phil said, once he recovered from spilling everything in his mouth onto the floor. "I almost thought you were talking about like this big four-way and we're all kissing each other." He was on the receiving end of some hard glares. "I said 'almost', didn't I? I'm not that perverted."
"Learn when to keep your mouth shut and other people won't have to think so," Lil groaned, rolling her eyes and shaking her head. She took a deep breath and turned back to the couple. "Okay, so you guys thought about sleeping with us. Kimi with Phil, Tommy with me. And it always ended with you guys getting into a fight."
"The strange part is that we didn't dream them separately," Tommy noted. "We dreamt them on the same nights."
"Now that is creepy," Lil said. "So, worried that if you didn't do something about it and end up becoming a pair of emotional wrecks, you told us. Well, one thing's for sure is I'm probably not gonna sleep well tonight either."
"What, you're gonna end up having a dream where you sleep with Tommy and suddenly Kimi's beating the snot outta you?" Phil asked curiously. The hard glares returned. "What?"
"I dunno why I dreamt about sleeping with you," Kimi groaned. Her boyfriend rubbed her shoulder in hope of reassurance. This caused the female twin to slap her brother on the arm even harder.
"So... now you know why we wanted to talk to you," Tommy said.
"Yeah, I can see that being a big problem for you guys," Lil said before giving a sigh. "Well, hopefully the fact that Phil and I don't harbor such thoughts will some ease to the both of you. And that you don't take that the wrong way."
"You sound so confident," Kimi noted with a curious brow raised.
"Of course she should be confident," Phil said, almost defensively and with a laugh. "She about to go out with..." This time, it was a punch to the arm. "Ow! You didn't have to hit that hard."
"It was supposed to be like they did, Philip!" Lil hissed. "We were supposed to tell them when we were sure."
"Oh, come on, Lillian," Phil responded in a more relaxed tone. "You guys were pretty much ready to go. All you needed to do was make it official and plan the first date. Besides, I should've told the others about my getting a girlfriend the other day instead of waiting until you two had your say."
"Whoa, wait a minute," Tommy said. "You guys already have dates?"
The female twin glared at her brother for a moment before sighing and facing the couple. "In Philip's case, yes," Lil replied. "In my case, we just need to make it official. Which I hope is either tonight or within the next few days."
"Oh wow," Kimi responded with a bit of excitement. "That's great. So who's the babe, Phil?"
"This girl I've had my eye on since sophomore year," Phil chuckled. "Pretty hot, but very down to Earth. Funny how we came about to be a couple. We ended up in the same CD store and were both gonna make a grab at the new Audio slave CD, but they only had one copy left. I thought about letting her get the CD, but she wanted to play rock paper scissors for it. So I added the stipulation that if I won we'd go out to dinner."
"I take it you won," Tommy commented.
"Actually, I lost," Phil chuckled. "But we went out to dinner any way, over at Carl's Jr. We hooked up, then next thing you know we're making out in front of her house."
"Who would've thought losing a game would be so rewarding," Kimi giggled. "Well, congratulations Phil. You're gonna have to have meet the rest of us soon."
"Of course I will," Phil said proudly. "She's already met Lillian, and is very eager to meet the rest of you guys."
"Way to go, Phil," Tommy said. The two boys gave one another a high five. "Did kinda wonder when you'd finally get yourself a girlfriend. So what's this about doing something similar to what Kimi and I did, Lil?"
"Okay, okay, I guess I could tell," Lil sighed, somewhat reluctant to answer. "We actually didn't wait a week, like you guys. For us, it's a month. But we've been talking about it a lot and we're really sure about making it official soon."
"So who's the stud?" Kimi asked with anticipation.
"It's, um... well..." Lil began sheepishly. She took a deep breath. "Boy, as if he wasn't already nervous enough. Just promise not to mention anything until Chuckie and I tell everyone, okay?"
The couple dropped their jaws with a bit of shock.
"Chuckie?" Kimi managed to say. "My brother, Chuckie?"
"Yeah..." Lil replied with a light giggle. "Your brother, Chuckie."
"Oh my God!" Kimi squealed quietly with excitement. "You got my brother to like you! That is so cool. I figured I'd have to set him up on blind dates in order for him to meet girls. Glad you caught his attention first."
"Thanks," Lil said, relaxing a little more. "It kinda happened when we hung out in here one night and I kinda looked at him in a different light. Guess you can say that I saw the handsome Chuckie and wanted to get to know him better."
"Do I really wanna hear this part?" Phil asked. This resulted in a slap on the arm from his sister and the laughter from the others. "Okay, okay, so you found him to be handsome. I was just kidding."
"What did he think of you?" Kimi asked anxiously, wanting to know more about how her brother and her friend got together. "Did he find you attractive that same day or later on?"
"Yes, he did," Lil replied with a giggle. "In fact, he kissed me on the cheek just before I had to leave."
"He kissed you on the cheek?" Kimi repeated with excitement. "Oh man, I would've loved to have seen that! Just to see how crimson he was from willingly giving you a kiss on any sort."
"He was pink all over his body," Lil giggled in remembrance. "He was extremely shy about the whole thing. Talked about how you having a boyfriend made him think about building the courage to date someone. And that he always came back to me and how he noticed how many photos of him and me he had compared to any other."
"Wow," Kimi sighed in a dream-like tone. "That is so cute. My brother had a crush on you."
"Stop," Lil giggled. "Course, you can see how his being shy is why it's taking us longer to make it official."
"As long as it'll be official, that's what counts," Tommy chuckled. "Can't wait for you guys to make the announcement so I can finally give the guy a heavily deserved pat on the back."
"I'm sure he'll appreciate the support very much," Lil said. She then sighed as she looked at the couple before her. "Well, I think maybe we put some of your fears to rest."
"Oh, I've never been so happy to get those out of the way," Kimi sighed with relief. "But I'm really happy to hear about you about to go out with my brother. That's the best thing I could possibly have heard all week."
"Definitely made out day," Tommy chuckled. "And we're happy for you too, Phil."
"Oh good," Phil chuckled. "I was worried my getting a girlfriend was going to be overshadowed by her dating Chuckie. As if it wasn't the minute I found out about it."
"Stop being jealous, Phil," Lil giggled. "The important thing is that you have something to be happy about."
"I guess you're right," Phil shrugged. "Besides, I'll probably sleep with her long before either you and Chuckie or Tommy and Kimi do." He received the hardest punch to the arm possible.
And it hurt badly.
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"You been sleeping like the angel you are?" Tommy asked gently, smiling as he held tightly on the couch.
"You're such a romantic, Don Juan," Kimi giggled softly. "I haven't slept so wonderfully in weeks."
"Happy to hear," Tommy chuckled before placing a kiss on the side of her head.
"You guys do this every time yer watching a movie or something?" They couple turned, retaining their smile, as they looked upon the younger Pickle, who was faking the annoyance with half a grin. He sat in a separate chair.
"Just about," Kimi replied, resting her head comfortably against her boyfriend's shoulder. She brought the blanket over her own shoulders and let some drape just underneath his chest. "When two people like each other like we do, they'll do just about anything to show it."
"But then how are you supposed to watch the movie?" Dil asked curiously. The couple laughed gently.
"You know as well as I do that we've watched The Princess Bride over a million times, Dil," Tommy said. "We know the film practically insight and out. It's not like we're missing anything. It's one of our favorites, after all."
"He reminds me of someone in the film," Kimi noted. "Oh, I got it. He's like the Fred Savage character."
"Ha ha, very funny," Dil said, shaking his head. "And I suppose you guys are Westley and Buttercup, right?"
"Maybe," Tommy chuckled lightly. Barely moving his body, he slowly positioned himself and Kimi so that they were looking into each other's eyes. "Can you move at all?"
"Move?" Kimi acted with quiet, gentle sweetness. "You're alive. If you want, I can fly." They shared light laughter before bringing their lips together for a kiss.
"Oh, no. No, please," Dil acted in a fake moan, playing along with them. "They're kissing again. Do we have to hear the kissing part?" Though his attention was back to the movie, he added his own chuckle to their quiet laughter.
"Someday you may not mind so much," Tommy acted, though it sounded rather quiet like a whisper. Yet, his brother's attention was still retained to the television set.
For a while, the only sound being made was coming from the television. The younger Pickle watched with a knowing smile as he watched Inigo and Fezzik take Westley to Miracle Max. That scene was always his favorite.
"Dude, this is such the funniest scene," Dil laughed. "I remember not believing you when you said that that was Billy Crystal in make up when I first saw this. Remember?" He turned to find the couple fast asleep. He thought about waking them up, especially since she wasn't expecting to sleep over. But he just smiled and turned back to the movie.
Besides... they looked really cute sleeping together like that.
As if it was meant to be.
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October 17, 2005