Chapter 20

Kimi had finally got done unpacking her stuff back into her old bedroom. She walked out of the room and over to the fridge. Tommy was on the couch as Threes Company came on. Kim started humming to the theme song.

"All done?" Tommy asked.

"Yep." she nodded.

"I would've helped but,um,I was busy with my play." Tommy said. "Ah hell, you aint gonna believe that. I'm a sorryass."

"I know." Kimi grinned. "Anyway, I'm sure Phil can't handle much more of the class by himself. I'd better be off." she said and walked out the door.

"I'm alone." Tommy sighed. "Finally." he then turned it to QVC.

At Kimi's class, she opened the door. Her smile turned toa frown. Phil was introducing Summer to the class. She sighed and walked in. "Hello DeVille." Kimi sighed.

"Hi Kimi." Phil said. "Something wrong?"

"Nope." Kimi said. "Um, sorry, but Summer can't be in here."

"Huh?" Summer asked. "Why?"

"Because, you can't be in a classroom unless you're a teacher, or, um, well a teacher." Kimi said.

"Oh, alright." Summer said. She gave a quick kiss to Phil and left.

"Hey, uh, Finster." Pangborn poked his head in.

"Hm?"

"Uh, yeah, you're fired. DeVille too." Pangborn grinned and walked away.

Both Kimi and Phil stood with their mouths wide opened staring at the door. The kids too. Kimi and Phil ran out and caught up to Pangborn. "Did you say fired?" Phil asked.

"Yep." Pangborn said. "Sorry, but, Phil's a horrible teacher, and Kimi left for several months without notice. Took two days before we even noticed we needed a substitute."

"Fine." Phil grunted.

"Yeah, we don't need you." Kimi said.

"We need him pretty bad." Phil said. Him and Kimi were at his apartment laying their heads on the counter.

"No luck?"

"Nope. You?"

"No." Kimi groaned. "Maybe we shouldn't have stormed out like that."

"Or kick him in the shin." Phil said. "And maybe we should've gotten our stuff from the room."

"Hey guys." Tommy came in. "Got any beer?"

"You haven't drunk a beer in two weeks." Phil said.

"I know but I'm watching Smokey and The Bandit and there's a good chase going on." Tommy smiled.

"Yeah, I think there's some." Phil sat back.

"Thanks." Tommy opened the fridge and grabbed one. "See ya." he said and walked out.

"Do ya think Tommy would know where we could get a job?" Kimi asked.

"Doubt it." Phil said. "He's got a pretty dead end job right now."

"Hey, what's Dil doing now?" Kimi asked.

"Still contruction." Phil said.

"Well, I'm unemployed." Dil walked in.

"What? What happened?" Phil asked. "Fired? Quit?"

"Nope." Dil said. "A crane exploded after dropping a wrecking ball on, well, let me start over. This guy, Dennis or Derrel or something, he has a shotgun."

"A shotgun?" Kimi asked.

"He is very secure person." Dil said. "Anyway, he lays his shotgun on the ground to go to a portapotty. The crane drops its wrecking ball on the shotgun. The shotgun explodes and shoots a shot at some gasoline barrels. They explode causing a chain reaction with more barrels and the crane. The crane falls over on a portapotty."

"The one Dennis, or Derrel, or whoever was in?" Phil asked.

"Nope." Dil said and took a deep breath. "My boss."

"Oh my God." Kimi said. "Did it-"

"Unfortunately, no wait, fortunately, yes." Dil said. "I hated him." he shrugged. "Anyway, so the crane falls on my boss while he's taking a crap and crushes several other portapotties. Derrek is hurt but he's alive."

"Was anyone in the crane?" Phil asked.

"Yeah, he wasn't hurt though. Actually, he was asleep and didn't even realize what happened until he was thrown out of the crane as it fell over. I guess he fell over on the button." Dil shrugged.

"It was you, wasn't it?" Phil calmly asked.

"Of course."

Chuckie was at his post at work bored to death. His nap was broken with a tap on the shoulder. "Whoa! Yeah? Huh?" he woke up. Nicole was standing there.

"Chuckie." she said. "I want to talk to you."

"Okay." Chuckie said. "Hey, I'm taking my break!" he yelled to his boss who was at a table and just waved to him.

"Chuckie," she sat down at a table. Chuckie sat down next to her. "Chuckie, about what happened back in college-"

"Oh, I was hoping that wouldn't come up." he chuckled.

"Heh heh. Yeah, but, I've decided to finally let you explain." Nicole said.

"Oh, okay." Chuckie said. "Well, I was drunk, young, crazy, you know. I was sad. Sad that I may never be with you."

"You was always with me, Chuckie." Nicole said and kissed him.

"I'll be there for you," Lil hummed the song as she went through papers in her filing cabinet.

"Hi sweetie." Tommy came in.

"Huh? What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well, Kimi wanted me to ask you if you think you can get her a job here." he said.

"Did she quit?"

"Nope." Tommy said. "Got fired. Phil too. Dil too. Well, actually, Dil's company kinda, well, blew up."

"Huh?"

"Dil kinda, well, killed his boss."

"WHAT!?"

"It was an accident."Tommy said. "But, enough about that. Can Kimi have a job?"

"I don't know, I'll have to check with my boss." Lil said. "Now, how did Dil kill his boss!?"

"Well, he really didn't, but-let Dil tell ya later." Tommy said. "Hey where's Mikey?"

"Child care center." Lil said. "The company finally put one in. Lots of kids there."

"Really?"

"No, just Mikey and two other kids."

Chuckie locked the door to his apartment and smiled at Nicole. He walked over and kissed her. "Chuckie." she said.

"Yes?" he asked and kissed her again.

"I have to pee."

"Oh!" Chuckie let her go. "Sorry."

Nicole smiled and walked into his bathroom. Chuckie took a deep breath. There was a knock on the door. He sighed and opened it. "Oh my God." he said.

Samantha was standing there with a kid about 1 or two years old in her arms. "He's your's." she said.

Chuckie stood with his eyes and mouth wide open. He turned around and saw Nicole also staring. Chuckie looked back at Sam, then at Nicole. He laughed casually. "This probaly isn't gonna increase my chances with you." he grinned nervously at Nicole.