Chapter 28

Kimi opened her eyes and yawned. She raised her head and noticed she was on Phil's couch. Phil was on the floor still asleep and beer bottles were spread around the room. She got up and looked at a clock on the wall. Ten o'clock in the morning. She left Phil's apartment and walked across the hall quietly opening the door of Tommy's apartment.

She walked in. Tommy was asleep on the couch with his arm wrapped around Lil, also asleep, who was also still dressed in lingerie. She quietly went into her room and closed the door.

She opened her dresser and pulled out a picture of her and Phil. It was when they was in high school after they had been swimming together. "Why can't we make up?" Kimi asked herself.

Later that day, Tommy walked into Doug's Diner. "Hey Doug." Tommy said to him. "Get me a coffee to go."

"Sure you don't wanna beer?" Doug asked.

"No, no." Tommy shook his head. "Coffee's fine."

"Okay." Doug sighed handing Tommy a plastic cup with coffee in it. Tommy took a drink of it as Doug said, "So, how does Lil look in lingerie?"

Tommy immediately spit his coffee out, landing all over Doug. "What did you say?" Tommy asked choking.

"Well," Doug replied cleaning the coffee off his shirt. "Word on the street is, and when I say street, I mean Phil and Kimi, they said you two got it on after Lil ran a stripper out."

"Sons of bitches." Tommy growled crushing his cup of coffee, but the cup still being full, it splashed out all over Tommy. "Crap." he groaned looking at his stained clothes.

Lil was in her office looking at clothes on a rack that some guy was showing her.

"Now Mrs. Pickles," he said, "This one would look real nice on a Hooter's waitress."

"Yes." Lil nodded. "Say, do we have any lingerie?"

"Uh..." the guy looked at her odd. "Perhaps."

"And I'm not talking about the sleep in lingerie. I'm talking about sleep with someone lingerie. That sexy stuff. You know what I'm talking about?" Lil grinned. The man looked at her odd then walked out as a familiar face walked in.

"Hello!" he smiled.

"Daniel?" Lil turned to him. "Hello, Daniel."

"Lillian," he said, "I just came to see how the old girl was holding up." Lil looked at him odd and Daniel then sighed and said, "The building. The company, Pickles! Work with me!"

"Sorry, sir!" Lil stood up straight and apologized.

"I'm not sir anymore, Lillian." Daniel chuckled. "Anyhow, the main thing I came here for was, well, I've been hearing that...well...this is kinda awkward but I can't resist from asking...I'd like to see some lingerie. Silky. Sexy. Sexual lingerie."

"What?" Lil shouted.

"Tell me, what kind was your's last night?" Daniel asked crossing his arms, looking very interested.

"Silky, yes. Very sexy and tight. Nice silk bra and-" she then looked at him odd. "How did you know that?"

"Where'd you get it?" Daniel asked.

"Inventory from here." she shrugged. "I actually stole it a long time ago when you were still the boss but I never did use it. Heh heh." she then glared at him. "How did you know that?"

"Well, I heard it." Daniel shrugged. "Some retard in the Cheezy Chuck's. Some freak with red hair. I overheard him talking to some guy who looked very similar to you."

"That damn dirty ape." Lil glared to no one imparticular.

Phil and Kimi were on his couch watching TV until the door swung open and Tommy and Lil walked in agrily.

"Hey guys." Phil and Kimi turned to them.

"We need to talk." Tommy glared at them. "What makes you think you can spy on us and tell people what we do!"

"And wear!" Lil added.

"Um..." Kimi groaned. "It was Phil!" she pointed to him.

"Liar!" Phil stood up pointing back at her. "You told Doug!"

"You told Chuckie!" Kimi jumped up.

"Chuckie already knew!" Phil chuckled. "So, ha!"

"Chuckie didn't know about the lingerie!" Kimi smiled. "So, ha ha!" Kimi and Phil then both turned to Tommy and Lil who were glaring at them intensely. "Um, sorry?"

"Can you two do anything better than spy on us?" Lil asked. "Remember last time?"

"Oh yeah." Phil shivered.

"Now that was nasty." Kimi sighed.

"Not for us." Tommy smiled. He smiled at Lil but she turned and glared at him so he turned back to Phil and Kimi, glaring again.

"It wasn't just us!" Phil yelled. "Everyone else joined in!"

"Guys," Tommy rubbed his eyes. "Lil and I, well, we don't need this."

"Uh oh." Lil's eyes widended.

"We're married." Tommy shook his head at Phil and Kimi.

"Oh dear." Lil said again.

"We need some time." Tommy said.

"That baby sitter's gonna be pissed." Lil chuckled.

"Maybe Lil and I-"

"Don't move!" Kimi yelled.

"Yeah, please don't move!" Phil got on his knees. "We'll never spy again!"

"I was just gonna say go away for a week." Tommy looked at them odd.

"Oh." Phil stood back up. "Alright then."

"Yep." Lil nodded. "That baby sitter is mad."

"What are you talking about?" Tommy turned to Lil as his eyes widened. "Oh crap!"

"You two are the absoloute worst parents." Kimi shook her head.

"Quiet you!" Lil pointed at Kimi. "We're still mad."

Tommy and Lil, and Mikey, were in their apartment. Lil was playing with Mikey and Tommy was at the kitchen table with a laptop.

"What are you looking at?" Lil asked putting Mikey in the playpen and walking over to Tommy.

"Hm?" he looked up. "Oh, I'm looking for hotel rooms in Vegas."

"Vegas?" Lil smiled. "We're going to Vegas?"

"Did we not talk about this?" Tommy looked at her odd.

"No." Lil said still smiling.

"Hm." Tommy said. "I thought we did. Anyway, yeah, you wanna go?"

"Hell yeah!" Lil shouted with joy.

"Lil, it's not like you've never been." Tommy chuckled.

"But now I can gamble!" Lil cheered. "Wait, we'll have to keep this quiet. If we mention this to anyone of our lame friends, they'll insist on going."

"Right." Tommy nodded.

Phil, Kimi, and Chuckie were at the bar of Doug's Diner watching Tommy and Lil talk to eachother at a table.

"What are they talking about?" Kimi asked.

"Who? Them?" Phil chuckled. "Sex crazy loon and kiss-ass? Untelling."

"Seriously." Kimi said, not being able to help giggling at Phil's remark.

"Which one is sex crazy loon?" Chuckie asked. Phil and Kimi just stared at him for moment. "Seriously." he said again. "Which is which?"

"Lil is the sex crazy loon, Chuckie." Kimi rolled her eyes. "Anyway, Phil, why don't you go do a little eavesdropping and-"

"No way, Kimi." Phil shook his head. "If you remember, they're mad at us. And our eavesdropping is what got them mad at us."

"Your eavesdropping maybe." Chuckie rolled his eyes.

Meanwhile, Tommy and Lil were talking...

"How many nights did you put us down for at Ceasar's Palace?" Lil asked smiling.

"One week exactly." Tommy nodded. "Sunday to Saturday night. Of course we'll have to be out of the hotel by Saturday afternoon, but you know what I mean."

"So we're leaving when?" Lil asked.

"Two days." Tommy smiled. "We'll give Mikey to my parents and we'll be off."

"Excellent." Lil nodded.

"Now, I know that the others are gonna find out somehow before we actually leave." Tommy sighed. "So we need to be on the lookout for spies trying to figure out our plans."

Back to Kimi, Phil, and Chuckie...

"I'm going to find out what they're planning." Kimi said standing up.

"No wait." Phil grabbed her arm. "You'll just get us in more trouble."

"Don't worry." Kimi winked at Phil walked towards the bathroom. Lucklily for her, Tommy and Lil were on the way to the bathroom.

As she passed them, they quit talking and watched her go by. They then went back to talking. After a minute, Kimi poked her head out and walked back to her seat but Tommy and Lil didn't see her.

"This trip to Vegas will be so cool." Lil said.

Kimi's eyes widened and she walked very quickly back to her seat.

"Well?" Phil asked.

"They're going to Vegas." Kimi smiled.

"Guys," Chuckie said. "They're married now. We can't keep butting in on their stuff."

"Screw you Chuck." Phil glared at his friend. "I'm going back to Vegas."

They all three then noticed Tommy and Lil were gone. They all then turned around to see Tommy and Lil in their faces glaring.

"Which one of you spied on us?" Tommy asked.

"Kimi." Phil and Chuckie said in unison. Kimi glared at them.

"You guys cannot come." Tommy glared again. "This is a trip for me and Lil. Just as Chuckie said, you can't keep butting in on our stuff."

"Fine." Phil rolled his eyes. "We won't come."

Tommy walked into the airline office and waited in line. He smiled out of joy waiting for his turn. Finally, he got up to the counter.

"Yes?" the woman said. "Where would you like to go?"

"Two tickets to Las Vegas." Tommy smiled. "We'd like to leave Sunday and if not then, as soon as possible."

"Las Vegas, okay." the woman said typing into her computer. "You're in luck, sir. You've got the last two tickets for a month. They are coach though."

"Um, no, no." Tommy shook his head. "I'd like first class."

"Coach is all we have, sir." the woman shrugged.

"Fine." Tommy sighed.

A few moments later...

Tommy walked out and bumped into a woman. "Huh? Sorry."

"Tommy?"

"Laura." Tommy sighed. "Great, just great."

"How are you Tommy?" Laura asked. "How's Lil? How's Mickey?"

"Mikey."

"How's Mikey?"

"We're all good." Tommy nodded. "I infact just bought a couple tickets for a little trip. Just me and Lil actually."

"I see." Laura smiled. "Where to?"

"Vegas." Tommy nodded again.

"Really?" Laura asked. "That's great. I'm actually getting a ticket to go visit my parents in Wisconsin."

"That's good." Tommy said. "Well, tell your mom I said hi."

"Okay." Laura smiled walking into the building as Lil walked over to Tommy.

"Tell your mom I said hi?" she asked. "What the hell was that?"

"What?" Tommy asked as he and Lil began walking down the sidewalk. "And where did you come from?"

"That's not the point." Lil said. "Why was you talking to her?"

"Just a friendly conversation, Lil." Tommy smiled at her. "You don't have to get so worked up over this."

"I'm sorry." Lil smiled back. "Just as long as you don't do that again."

"Do what?"

"Associate with Laura."

"Okay." Tommy looked at her odd. "But it's not like you can just forbid me from ever talking to her again."

"Oh, I believe I just did." Lil grinned.

"You may be my wife but you can't tell me who I can see and can't see." Tommy glared at her.

"See? Are you dating her now?"

"No! The word 'see' can be used in a different context than dating."

"Tommy, I'm just asking that you never talk to her again."

"And I'm just saying, I will if I want to."

"Tommy, do you think I'm going to argue with you about this?"

"Well, apperantly you are."

"Well, I guess I am!" she yelled running into Doug's Diner. Tommy glared at her heading towards the apartment building.

Lil stormed into Doug's Diner and took a seat next to Kimi.

"What's wrong Lil?" Kimi asked putting her hand on her back.

"Wrong?" Lil asked. "Nothing's wrong! Why would something be wrong?" Lil yelled storming out.

Phil then walked out of the bathroom and sat down next to Kimi. "What's her deal?"

"I don't know." Kimi sighed. "Probably Tommy again."

"I'll go talk to them." Phil sighed.

Tommy walked into their apartment and sat down on the couch sighing.

"Hey." Chuckie walked in holding Mikey. "Lil dropped Mikey off earlier and said to bring him back by later."

"Okay." Tommy nodded. "Could you just put him in the playpen?"

"Yeah, sure." Chuckie looked at him odd putting Mikey in the playpen. "Something wrong, T?"

"No." Tommy shook his head.

"Come on, buddy." Chuckie sat down next to his friend. "You can tell me. We're best friends."

"It's just, Lil and I, oh nothing." Tommy sighed.

"Tell me." Chuckie smiled.

Tommy looked at him odd and said, "You're acting a little bit gay, Chuckie."

"Sorry." Chuckie said scooting away from Tommy. "But, um," Chuckie now used a deep voice, "Tell me now, Pickles!"

"That was really lame, Chuckie." Tommy glared at him. "But Lil and I had another fight."

"Can't you go one week without pissing her off?" Chuckie asked.

"That's what she said." Tommy sighed. "I mean, I was just talking to Laura."

"Laura?" Chuckie asked. "You jerk. How could you-"

"I was only talking to her!" Tommy shouted. "And Lil thinks she can just order me to never see her again."

"See?" Chuckie asked. "Are we using the word 'see' in the dating context or literally seeing, as in sight."

"As in sight." Tommy said. "Can you believe that?"

"Yes." Chuckie nodded.

"Huh?"

"Thomas, Thomas, Thomas." Chuckie scooted closer to Tommy.

"Chuckie."

"Sorry." Chuckie scooted back farther from him. "She's a woman. They are evil, mean, people who are always right. Never go against them. I've learned that in my day."

"But-but-"

"No buts, my friend." Chuckie said. "You apologize to her."

"Chuckie you don't understand." Tommy said. "Lil jumped all over me about even looking at her again. I honestly think you should take my side in this, Chuckie."

"I know I usually do, Tommy." Chuckie said. "But Lil seems to-"

"Lil's the one who told your mom about your playboys in high school." Tommy grinned.

"That bitch." Chuckie growled as Lil walked in.

Tommy and Chuckie stood up and glared at her.

"Tommy," she said. "I-"

"Listen Lillian." Tommy walked over to her. "I don't care if you don't want me to see her again. If I want, I might call her and have lunch. You can't tell me what to do! I'm the man, I make the rules!"

"Yeah." Chuckie nodded. "And show my playboys to mom. Oh, you bitch."

Lil turned to Chuckie and just looked at him odd. "That was Kimi."

Chuckie turned to Tommy who was grinning. "Gotcha." Tommy smiled. Chuckie glared at him then sighed and walked out.

"So, Lil, do you get what I'm saying?" Tommy shouted.

Lil looked at him in the eyes and said, "I was coming here to apologize." she said and walked out.

Tommy's eyes were wide as he watched Lil leave. He turned to Mikey who gave him a raspberry and turned away from him. Tommy walked over to the door and opened it. He looked around but she was already gone. He closed it and leaned up against the door and groaned, "Ah, crap."