Chapter 2

"This is a pretty bad storm." Phil said looking out the window. The wind was blowing hard. Lightning was striking, the rain was pouring so hard, it almost hurt.

"This is a real bad storm." Susie said entering Tommy and Lil's apartment.

"I hope Tommy, Lil and Angelica are okay." Chuckie said.

"Hey guys." Dil walked in. "Geeze, that storm is horrible. My truck almost got blown away."

"Yeah, I know." Phil replied.

.....

"I wonder if that storm hit the guys?" Lil asked.

"Probaly, it was headed west." Angelica replied. "Damn."

"What?" Tommy asked. Angelica then stopped the car. A huge tree was in the road. Some road workers were trying to move it. One worker came over to the car.

"Hi." Angelica said.

"Hi. Um, do you all need to get through?" the worker asked.

"Hi." Angelica said again to the handsome man. "I'm Angelica."

"I'm Roy." he said. "Um, anyway, you'll have to take the detour. Right up the mountain."

"Hi." Angelica said.

"Okay, lets go."Tommy said. Angelica got out of her trance and turned around to go up the mountain road. "Geeze this path is bumpy." Tommy said.

"Yeah." Lil agreed. "Ooh. I don't feel so good."

"Hold on, Lil. There's a gas station. I'll stop there." Angelica said and stopped the car to fill up with gas. "Want a snack, T?" Angelica asked as her and Lil went inside.

"No." he replied. He stood there waiting for the car to fill up.

"Tommy?" he heard a voice. "Tommy?"

He turned around. "Laura." he frowned.

"Hi Tommy." she said.

"Just so you know, Laura, I'm married again." Tommy said.

"Oh I know. I'm engaged." she said.

"Oh really? Whats his name?"

"Tom."

"Tom. Thats incredibly simliar to my name." Tommy said.

"Hey look at that. Anyway, gotta go!" she said and got in her car and left. Angelica and Lil then came out .

"Ooh, I hate that bitch." Angelica said reffering to laura.

"What did she want?" Lil asked.

"Not sure. All she really said is that she was engaged." Tommy said.

"Sounds like a plan to get you jealous." Angelica said.

"Yeah right. I'm married now. I wouldn't care one bit if Laura got dumped." Tommy said putting his arm around Lil.

.....

"Well, at least the storm stopped." Kimi said.

"Hey guys." Tommy, Angelica, and Lil came in.

"Its about time you got here!" Phil yelled.

"So, how was the trip?" Kimi asked.

"It was awesome!" Lil shouted.

"That cool, now I meant to tell you, I've been living here." Chuckie said. "Hope you don't mind."

"Not at all. You've not been sleeping in our bed have you?" Lil asked.

"Oh my God! That would be so gross!" Phil laughed.

"No! I've been sleeping on the couch.

....

"Hey Doug!" Tommy rushed in.

"Hey Tommy, how was your honeymoon?" Doug asked pouring Tommy some coffee.

"Awesome. So, Doug, have you ever had love?" Tommy asked as Doug gave him the coffee.

"I went out with Lil for a month." Doug said.

"I'm sorry, what?"

.....

"Lil!" Tommy ran into her office.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"Um, you never told me you went out with Doug." he said.

"What? We have to tell each other everything?" Lil asked.

"Yeah!" Tommy yelled.

"Oay then, you start."

"What? Now?"

"Yeah. Now."

"Okay, um. I've had four girls in my whole life."

"Only four girls. I've had like, fifty boys."

"We're still on me, here. Ashley Robinson, Logan Yitz, Laura, and you."

"Thats it? Ive had Brett, Jack Davin, Lyle Talor, Nick Stephens..."

....

"Miss Finster." one of Kimi's students asked.

"What?" she asked.

"We were all wondering, why don't you have someone?" She looked and all her students were staring.

"Um, because I'm the picky kind of person and have loved few men and probaly wont get the right man."

"Why?"

"Beacuse, I'm a chicken."

"Is there someone that you've been waiting to ask?" another kid asked.

Kimi stared at the kid for a minute the thought. "Yes. Yes there is."

"Why don't you ask him." another kid asked.

"She said she was a chicken." the first kid said.

"Well, that and I don't think he feels the same way." Kimi said. "Anyway, back to work."

.....

"So, Mr. DeVille, what experience do you have with police work?" the chief asked.

"Oh, I used to be a cop in Nevada. Yeah, thats it! Nevada. And I fought in Vietnam." Phil replied.

"Veitnam? How old are you?"

"Um, uh-"

"Sorry, we're not what you're looking for." the chief said.

"Oh. Okay, thanks." he said. He walked out of the station and down the street. He saw Kimi outside watching her students on the playground. "Hey." he walked up behind her.

"Huh? Oh, hey." she said. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to find a job." Phil replied.

"Oh. Found anything yet?" Kim asked.

"No, but I think the fire department almost said yes." Phil chuckled.

"You didn't tell them you fought in Vietnam, did you?"

"How did you know? Actually, I used that three times, but how did you know?"

"I figured you would. When you first met my dad, you told him that, and when you met Tommy's great aunt, and when you-"

"Okay! I get it." he said. He watched her kids for a minute. "So, is being a teacher, cool?"

"Yeah. I've never had kids, so this is a chance to sort of see what its like."

"Yeah. Anyway, I need to go."

"See ya."

"bye." he said and walked off.

"Miss Finster, was that him?" a little girl came up and asked.

"Huh? Um, no. No, no. Now go play." Kimi said. The little girl shrugged and returned to her friends. Kimi then turned and watched Phil walk off.

.....

"Tyler Jackson, Mat Wilson, Frank Kidd..." Lil was still naming the boys she had gone out with not even realizing that Tommy had fallen alseep. "...Doug, Tony, and you." Lil said but then saw Tommy snoozing away. "I'm not naming all those again." she said.

.....

The next day, Kimi was at her desk thinking about what the kids had said yesterday. Her watch started beeping. 'Where is that substitute? I have to go.' she thought. Her phone then rang. "Miss Finster's room." she answered it. "Oh. Okay." she said and hung up. "Where am I going to find another sub on such short notice?" she asked herself. Just then, someone knocked at her door. She walked over to it and answered it. "Phil?"

'Yea, can I borrow-"

Kimi went into the hall and shut the door. "Phil! Can you help?" she asked.

"Okay. What?"

"Can you watch my class for a few hours while I'm at the dentist?"

"The dentist?" a shiver then went down Phil's spine. "I feel for you , Kimi." he said and then hugged her.

"O-kay." she broke the hug. "Anyway, the other sub got sick and I'll never find one on such short notice. Please!"

"Sure, anything." he said.

"Thanks Phil. Anyway, what did you want to ask me?"

"Oh I -" he paused for a moment, "Crap! I cant remember." he groaned as Kimi pushed him into the class.

"I'll tell Pangborn, okay?" Kimi asked.

"Okay, but what do I-"

"Great! Thanks! Bye!" she ran down the hall.

Phil shut the door and all the students were staring at him. "Hi." he waved. The students remained quiet. "Um, I'm, Phil."

"We're suppose to call you by your last name." one kid said.

"No, you call me Phil. Just Phil. Okay?" Phil asked. "So, is Pangborn still principle?" Some kids nodded. "He was vice principle when I was a kid. I can believe the geezer's still alive." Phil chuckled. Some other kids chuckled along with him.

....

"I'm sorry Miss Finster, but if has no experience, then no." Pangborn said.

"Oh please! It'll just be for a few hours. Just until I get back. Phil is a very-"

"Did you say Phil? Phil DeVille? Then no! Definatly no!"

"Yes, but its not DeVille. Ha! I hardly remember that guy. Its Phil Hoskins. He's from North Dakota." Kimi said. "And he is a huge friend to me and I really trust him."

'Pangborn sighed and said, "Alright. Fine. We'll see how he works out."

.....

"Um, Phil," one kid came up to the desk. Phil was reading a magazine.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Um, aren't you suppose to be teaching us stuff?"

"What? No! This isn't a-" he paused. "Oh wait, oh yeah. Uh, okay." he got up and walked in front of the class. "Lets see. Um, so."

"Are you Miss Finster's friend?" a kid asked.

"Yeah. By the way, I'd like to know names." Phil said. All the kids told Phil their names. "Okay then." he said.

"Do you love Miss Finster?" Jeffrey asked.

"What? No!" Phil replied.

"Are you sure. Yesterday, you seemed to blush when you talked to her." Jessie said.

"I thought I was suppose to teach you stuff."

"Are you seeing anyone?" Mary asked.

"Uh, no."

"Why not ask Finster?" Vinny asked.

"Ask Finster what?"

"On a date, duh." Willie said.

"Yeah, you're both alone." Fran said.

"What, does Kimi tell you freakin kids everything?"

"Yeah, pretty much." Joan said.

"Its just, I don't know. I've never found the right person. What if Finster, I mean Kimi doesn't like me." Phil looked down. All the kids looked at each other. "Okay." he said. "Um, Jake, two plus two?"

"Four, so you gonna ask her?" Jake asked.

"No! Now, time to learn."

"Come on." Mike said.

"No no no no no!"

"Yes yes yes yes!" all the kids chanted.

"Fine! If you kids will shut the hell up!" he yelled.

"Okay, well shut the hell up." Vinny said.

"Good. Now, Joan, three plus two?"

....

"Thanks Phil." Kimi said as the bell rang.

"No problem. Bye everyone." Phil waved to the kids. They all cleared their throats."What?" he asked. They cleared their throats again. "Really, what?" he asked again.

"Ask her." Jeffrey pretended to cough.

"Excuse you." Phil said. "Anyway, bye!" he said and left.

.....

"Chuckie, how many girls have you been with?" Tommy asked as he sipped his coffee.

"Um, seven." he replied.

"Seven?"

"Yeah, Samantha, Lil, Nicole, Terra Yownst, Reg Libertie, Susie, and Hanna Brown."

"Susie? When have you gone out with Susie?"

"Um, in middle school. We kind of kept it a secret."

"Oh."

.....

"Phil!" Kimi shook him the next morning. "Wake up!"

"Go away!" he yelled.

"Wake up!"

"Fine! Wait, what time is it?"

"4:00 A.M. Anyway, will you watch my class again today?"

"Why?"

"Well, I kind of want to take the day off."

"Okay, fine."

....

"Hey Phil, you subbing again?" Vinny asked as Phil entered.

"Why didn't you ask her?" Mary asked.

"Asked who what?" Phil asked.

"Are you really that dumb?" Willia asked.

"Huh?"

"Dumb ass, you were suppose to ask her out." Vinny said.

"What grade is this?" Phil asked.

"Third." Vinny said.

"You're cussing in third grade?" Phil asked Vinny. Vinny shrugged.

"Why didn't you ask Miss Finster out?" Joan asked.

"Oh! That! I forgot. I don't have a real good memory, sometimes. I cant remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. Oh, because I didn't have breakfast yesterday."

"You are stupid." Jeffrey said.

"Jeffrey! Detention! Now are we here to learn, or here to dicuss my life and why I'm the only one in it?"

Thats chapter two. Kimi and Phil seem to have feelings for each other but neither will admit it and is Tommy the only one thats not been in more than five relationships.