Chapter 32

High school. The third year of it. 11th grade. Tommy was in good shape. Popular, cool, and girls all over him yet he would go out with none of them.

Phil was also cool, maily because he hung out with Tommy. Phil had become a stud too. Chuckie was better looking now. His hair still flew everywhere but his braces were gone and face looked better. He was of course a senior.

Lil was going out with Chuckie. She was the hottest girl in school, even the seniors agreed. Kimi was Lil's best friend and very hot and beautiful as well. Angelica and Susie were in college and Dil a sophmore.

Phil walked down the halls headed to the final period of the day. He walked in and sat in his usual seat next to Tommy. Behind them were Lil and Kimi.

"So," Tommy turned around to Lil and Kimi. "Kimi. I heard that Brendon asked you out?"

"Yeah." Kimi replied. "Chuckie already had his 'talk' with him though."

Tommy chuckled turning back around as the teacher walked in. "Hello class." he said. "I am now going to write pointless science related material on the board. Enjoy my back." he turned around ot reveal a paper taped to him that said, "Cockbite."

"So, Phil." Tommy whispered to Phil. "How's it been hanging?"

"What's going on?" Phil looked at him odd.

"Nothing." Tommy shrugged. "Just trying to make some friendly conversation." he rolled his eyes. "But seriously, it's friday so you wanna go to the movies tonight?"

"I guess." Phil sighed.

Tommy and Phil walked into the movie theater. Phil sighed looking around. Friday night was when everyone in school came to the movies. You could almost spot out anyone you knew.

"What do you want to see?" Tommy asked.

Phil then saw Kimi with her new boyfriend, Brendon. "Who is this Brendon guy, anyway?"

"Brendon?" Tommy turned to Phil. "You know. He's the guy that kicked the principal in the shin and ran off for three days then came back and served detention for the rest of the year. I don't understand why the girls throw themselves at him. He's poor, he's dirty, he's-"

"Oh quit it." Phil rolled his eyes. "You don't always have to go on about poor people since you got rich all of a sudden."

"Come on." Tommy nudged him. "We don't like Brendon."

"Oh okay." Phil smiled.

"Anyway," Tommy said. "He's poor, dirty, and a trouble maker." Tommy said. "But me? I'm rich, ever since my dad sold his greatest invention."

"Who would've known that a colgne that smells like the ocean would make money." Phil said.

"Said he got the idea from an episode of Seinfeld." Tommy said as they walked over to the ticket booth, but the line was very long. "I wouldn't even count it as a real invention."

"Seems kind of feminine." Phil remarked.

The got two tickets for a movie(I don't know what movie, you decide) and went into the theater and sat waiting for the movie to start.

"Phil," Tommy whispered while eating popcorn. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Phil replied.

"Something's bugging you." Tommy said. "I know it." Tommy then looked up and his eyes widened. "Just a sec." he jumped up and ran out of the theater. Phil sighed waiting for him to return.

"Hi Phil." Phil looked up to see Kimi and Brendon.

"H-Hi." Phil replied.

"This is Brendon." Kimi smiled. "This is my friend, Phil."

"What's up?" Brendon shook Phil's hand as Tommy return with a red mark on his cheek. "Hey. You're Tommy right?"

"Uh, yeah." Tommy groaned sitting back down rubbing his cheek.

"I saw that last movie you made." Brendon said. "Revenge of the Morks. Good one dude. Blood looked real."

"I-It was." Tommy mumbled to himself.

"Nice to meet you." Brendon said as he and Kimi walked off.

"Bye Phil." Kimi said as the disappeared into the darkness of the theater.

Phil looked over to the red mark on Tommy's face. "Jordan Banks?"

"Oh yeah." Tommy rubbed his cheek. "The one girl in school that don't want me." he sighed. "Do you think her boobs are real?"

"Banks?" Phil chuckled. "Doubtful." he then shrugged. "Well, I dunno. They could be. They look awfully real but I just don't think a girl can progress through puberty in one weekend...and in her junior year."

"Phil." Tommy said. "When Brendon and Kimi were over here, what was wrong with you?"

"Brendon." Phil replied.

"Brendon?" Tommy asked. "He ain't so bad. He liked my last movie. Thought the blood looked real."

"It was real, T." Phil said. "Cow blood. And I swear, I'm never being in one of your movies again."

"Was it salty?" Tommy asked.

"Tasted more sweet than salty." Phil answered forgetting his anger. "But, uh, anyway. Brendon. I don't trust him."

"I don't trust him either." Tommy sighed. "He's crazy. Literally, I think. But, accept that Kimi likes him, dude. It's not like you like her or anything."

"I don't." Phil glared at him.

"I know." Tommy smirked. "Exactly as I just said. Moron." he rolled his eyes.

The next day, Saturday...

Tommy and Lil were playing one on one in soccer in teh DeVille's backyard.

"So I says to the guy," Tommy said as he kicked the soccer ball. "Buddy. Let go of my taco."

"Interesting dream, T." Lil said blocking the ball from her goal. She then kicked it right past Tommy into the net.

"Nice shot." Tommy smiled at her. She had her now longer hair up in a ponytail and was wearing a pink tank top and shorts.

"Thanks." she smiled back. "I can't believe you quit the team." she said retrieving the ball from the net.

"Well," he said, "I was just getting tired of the team effort." He then chuckled, "What's the point of being on the team when you're on it?"

"Shut up." she smiled playfully punching him in the arm. "I'm not that good." she said throwing the ball over her shoulder, sending it straight into the goal. She then smiled and said, "I am pretty good, ain't I?"

Tommy laughed and nodded as Phil walked into the backyard. "Hey Phil." Tommy turned to him. "What's up?"

"Nothing much." Phil said. "Say T, Lil, you guys want to go check out that old shack that got destroyed in the storm about a month ago?"

"Why?" Lil asked.

"Just to see it." Phil said. "I've heard it's haunted." he grinned.

"Jesus, Phil." Tommy rolled his eyes. "We're juniors."

Tommy, Phil, and Lil were walking down a small dirt road. "Where is this place, Phil?" Lil asked angrily. "I'm getting tired. Plus I have a date with Chuckie in an hour."

"Make Tommy carry you." Phil sighed.

"More like carry me." Tommy rolled his eyes. "We've been walking for at least 45 minutes."

"Well, we're here." Phil said looking at an old house run down and destroyed. "Who's car is that?" he pointed to a red Mustang sitting in front of the house.

"That's Brendon's car." Lil looked at it odd.

The three snuck over to the house and looked in the window. "See anything?" Tommy asked.

"You have eyes." Lil smirked. "Look around."

"I am." he sighed. "But I see nothing." his eyes then widened. "Wait. What's that?"

They all saw Brendon and Kimi walk through a door and begin making out. Phil and Tommy grinned mischeivously as Lil rolled her eyes and turned away from the window.

"I can't believe you two." she growled.

Tommy rolled his eyes and grabbed her head turning it back to the window. "Watch, Lillian."

"Okay." she shrugged watching. "Oh my God."

Brendon grabbed Kimi's butt and she slapped him but Brendon didn't stop. He began being very agressive, kissing her hard. He then tried to take her shirt off but she kneed him in the crotch. She ran to the door but Brendon grabbed the back of her shirt and slung her towards him. She fell onto the floor and Brendon climbed on top of her and began kissing her again. Kimi slapped him then punched him in the face and threw him off. She ran for the door.

Tommy, Phil, and Lil then looked around the corner of the building to see Kimi run out the door and jump into Brendon's Mustang. She started it and drove off quickly, disappearing down the path. Brendon then ran out running down the path to chase his car and girlfriend.

Tommy, Phil, and Lil all sat down outside the building next to the wall leaning up against it. "Oh my God." Lil said looking at the bright sun. "In broad day light? Who does that?"

"Lil." Phil glared at her. "Kimi just got sexually harrassed."

"What should we do?" Tommy asked covering his mouth with his hand. "I mean, we're in high school for God's sakes! We can't just-"

"What?" Lil asked. "Call the police? Tell the parents?"

"We have to tell someone." Phil said.

"No." Tommy said. "Kimi may want this to be a secret."

"No, Tommy." Phil glared at him. "This is important. Brendon has to go to jail. He'll do this again. To Kimi and other girls. Imagine if he did it to...uh...Lil!"

"Me?" Lil turned to him. "Excuse me, but I know how to defend myself. I've trained for it. In fact, I wish someone would sexually harrass me just so I'd have the chance to use my techniques."

"Don't say that." Tommy told her. "Phil's right. But so am I."

"Sure think alot of yourself, eh Tommy?" Phil sighed.

"No, he is right." Lil said. "So are you Phil. Kimi may not want anyone to know. If we told, she'd find out we did it and think we were spying."

"Yeah." Phil nodded. "I don't know what we should do."

"Let's promise not to tell anyone." Lil said.

"Okay." Tommy sighed.

"Give me your hands." she said to the two picking up a piece of sharp metal lying next to the house.

"Heh heh." Tommy looked at her odd. "Whatcha doin' there, Lil?"

"Going to make a blood promise. A blood promise." she said. "Now both of you! Stick out your hands!"

"We're not ten anymore, Lil." Phil said. "That's the kind of things you-"

"Stick'em out!" she shouted.

Tommy then began to giggles and whispered something in Phil's ear. Phil glared at him and punched him in the arm. "Pervert." he rolled his eyes. "Lil, we're not letting you cut us. Especially with a piece of metal!"

"Fine." Lil threw the jagged metal over her shoulder. "Look." she pointed to a hole in the side of the cabin. "Let's check it out."

"I think Lil doesn't want to grow up." Tommy sighed following her over to the hole. Phil sighed following them. Lil crawled through but Tommy and Phil stayed put.

"Awesome!" they heard her yell. "Guys come in here!"

Tommy and Phil looked at eachother, shrugged, and crawled through.They were in a big room. No doors or windows. As far as they could tell, that hole was the only way in and out.

"Neat." Tommy smiled at the place. "Like a secret hiding place."

"This place is cool." Phil nodded in agreement.

"We should make this a memory." Lil smiled at both of them.

"Lil." Phil said. "Are you afraid that when we grow up, we won't be friends? Is that why you want to go on all these adventures and have fun and-"

"Sure, Phil." Lil crossed her arms. "I'm afraid of growing up. That's why I keep a shrine of a stuffed rabbit in my closet."

"Lillian!" Phil shouted. "You promised." he said pitifully.

"You have a shrine of a rabbit in your closet?" Tommy chuckled to Phil. Phil glared at him and rolled his eyes.

"Okay Lil." he said. "How should this dirty, nasty, unholy place be a childhood memory?"

"I have an idea." she smiled. She reached through the hole and grabbed the piece of metal then walked over to a wall. She began to carve into the wood, L.D.

"What's that stand for?" Tommy asked. Phil and Lil turned to and stared at him like he was an idiot. "Ohhh." he nodded. "Initials. I see."

She handed the metal to Phil who carved his initials, P.D. Phil handed it to Tommy who carved T.P. "Well?" Phil said to Lil. "Happy?"

"Guys." Lil said. "I'm just afraid that...we'll never be friends again."

"What?" Tommy asked.

"That after high school, we'll go our seperate ways and never see eachother again." she sighed. "I just want some memories of my friends."

"Well, I'm your brother." Phil said. "We'll see each other plenty."

"Fine." Lil rolled her eyes. "Friend! Tommy, you're apperantly my only friend."

"Okay." Tommy grinned putting his arm around her. She laughed and took his arm off and crawled out of the building. Tommy sighed as Phil walked up to him.

"Keep trying, dude." Phil chuckled.

"Seriously?" Tommy grinned.

"Hell no." Phil swung around with an angry expression. His face turned to a smile and they both climbed out the hole.

Monday...

Tommy and Kimi were sitting next to eachother in math. They were the only two of the group that had math that period. Tommy noticed Kimi hadn't talked all day or any part of the day Sunday. He knew not to say anything but noticed her arm was bruised.

"Kimi?" he whispered as the teacher lectured. "Are you okay?" he asked. Kimi nodded with out glancing at him. "You sure?" She nodded again. "Sure?" she nodded again, looking at him this time. "Really?"

"Yes!" she whispered angrily. "I'm freakin' fine, Tommy."

Later that day, it was lunch time...

Tommy got his tray of food and sat down across from Lil and Chuckie. "What's up, guys?" he made small talk sitting down. He rolled his eyes as Chuckie and Lil mumbling to eachother. "Please, guys." Tommy chuckled.

Chuckie stopped flirting with her and turned to Tommy and smiled. "Hey T." he then frowned. "Do either of you know what's wrong with Kimi?"

Tommy and Lil looked at eachother nervously and shook their heads. Chuckie looked at them odd as Phil sat down next to Tommy. "Guys." he smiled. "Check this out." he put a pea in his nose. He closed his other up and said, "Wanna bet I can hit Diane?"

"Sure." Lil grinned.

Phil blew the pea out of his nose and it landed on Diane's head, without her even noticing. They all began laughing. "Excellent." Phil grinned.

"Phil," Chuckie said. "Any idea what's wrong with Kimi?"

"No." Phil said not looking at him. Kimi then walked over to them and Phil scooted over for Kimi to sit down. She sat down next to him and slowly began eating her food. "Kimi?" he tapped her on the shoudler. "You okay?"

"Uh huh." she replied without looking up.

"Kimi." Chuckie said. "Are you sure you're okay? You've been acting funny."

"I'm fine." she looked up at Chuckie. "Really." Kimi then got up, put her tray away and walked out the door.

"I'll talk to her." Lil said standing up following Kimi.

"Guys," Chuckie said. "I know you know that there's something wrong with Kimi."

"We know nothing." Phil sighed. "Really."

Chuckie looked him in the eye and sighed. "Okay." he sighed. "Okay."

Phil was walking home the day. One his way home, he walked by the Finster house. He glanced over at it as he walked by. It was Monday. Chaz and Kira both worked at the Java Lava on Monday and Chuckie usaully helped. He then noticed a red Mustang parked in the driveway.

"That's odd." Phil said to himself. "I figured she would have given it back by now." He then saw the front door was open and Kimi's backpack lying in the door way. "Kimi?" he ran to the door, dropping his backpack and books. "Kimi?" he called out through the house.

Phil turned a corner of the living room to see Brendon grabbing at Kimi. She was screaming trying to get away from him.

Phil snuck around into the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife from a rack. He stared at it and looked into the living room. He couldn't see them, but he heard them. Brendon and Kimi still didn't know he was there. Phil walked into the living room holding the butch knife. Kimi then threw Brendon off her. He fell onto the floor, with his arm spread out. Phil then jabbed the knife down through Brendon's hand.

"Son of a bitch!" Brendon screamed seeing the knife in him. He couldn't move his hand. The butcher knife had gone right through his hand and was stuck in the floorboard.

Kimi ran over to Phil and hugged him tight, tears running down her face. She dug her face into him, still crying. Phil watched Brendon struggle and moan then realized what was going on and put his arms around her, hugging her back.

Phil broke the hug and walked over to Brendon. He jerked the knife out and stuck it to Brendon's neck. "Never come around here again." he whispered to Brendon.

Brendon nervously got up and ran out the door.

"Phil!" Kimi ran and hugged him again. "Please don't tell anyone! Don't tell Chuckie! My parents! Tommy or Lil! Or even Dil or your parents!"

"I won't tell anyone." Phil said. "If that's what you want."

"Please." Kimi whispered still crying. "Don't tell anyone."

"Ah crap." Phil sighed. "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone."

"But I already knew." Tommy said taking the last drink of his beer and opening another. "I never told anyone. Did you?"

"No." Phil replied. "Not a soul. Lil didn't either."

"But I'll never forget that." Tommy sighed. "Kimi Finster almost got raped."

"Yep." Phil replied opening a new beer. He looked down at the deer to see it sleeping.

"Your story put it to sleep." Tommy chuckled.

"Let's go." Phil said.

"Wait." Tommy stopped him. "That's how you fell in love with her?"

"I was always protective over her." Phil said. "But, saving her life and her trusting me and hugging me. I never felt the same about her again. I fell in love with her."

"You never mentioned how Lil and Chuckie broke up in your story." Tommy said.

"Do you not know?" Phil asked chuckling. "Lil got tired of him so told him she was a slut." Phil and Tommy both began laughing and sighed. "You're right about one thing, T."

"Wassat?"

"We do have some good friends." Phil nodded. "We do indeed."

Later that night...

Tommy, Phil, Dil, and Chuckie walked into Tommy's apartment. All the girls were in there with pillows over their faces but they all jumped up when the guys walked in.

"Thank God!" Lil yelled running and hugging Tommy. "Eww. You smell like poo."

"Look what we shot." Chuckie grinned holding up the deer meat that they had bought from the store.

"Who shot it?" Kimi asked.

"Dil." Tommy smiled at his brother.

"Well," Dil said. "I deserve a reward, yes. But, I'm so freakin' tired. Come on Chuckie." the two walked out the door.

"I'm going to go to bed." Kimi sighed walking into her room. "Night, guys."

"Good night." Phil mumbled sighing as Angelica and Susie also left. Phil looked over to Mikey in his playpen and smiled. "Ya know something, T."

"Wassat?"

"Quit saying that." Phil glared at him. "But, um, I really do want a family."

"I'm glad." Tommy grinned.

"You guys didn't shoot that deer, did you?" Lil grinned sitting down at the kitchen table.

"Lord no." Tommy smiled sitting down next to her and Phil sat down across from them.

"What do you think we are?" Phil chuckled. "Men?"

"Yes." Lil nodded. Tommy and Phil burst out laughing.

"Hey Lil." Phil said then started whispering. "Did you ever tell anyone?"

"About what?" she asked.

"Kimi." Tommy whispered. "When we saw her get harrassed."

"I never told anyone." Lil said. "But I never forgot about it. And I wanted to."

"Me too." Phil nodded.

"You guys wanna go do something?" Tommy asked.

"It's ten o'clock at night." Lil sighed.

"I know." Tommy shrugged. "But I have an idea of what you all would like to do."

Tommy, Phil, and Lil walked up to the old run down shack, Tommy holding a flashlight. "Can we fit?" Tommy asked shining the flashlight on the hole.

"I can." Lil smirked. "I'm not a fat drunk." she mumbled crawling through.

"I'm not fat." Tommy glared at her then crawled through followed by Phil. "Wow." he smiled at the three sets of initials. "They're still there."

"I can't believe it." Lil smiled touching them. "Lillian DeVille. Phillip DeVille. Tommy Pickles."

Tommy sighed smiling. "Well," he said. "I'm done."

"Me too." Phil blew hard. "I just followed you guys here."

"I've been ready to leave." Lil said.

They all turned back to the hole but sitting in it was a racoon. It growled at them and hissed as Tommy shined the light on it. "Uh." he looked at it odd. "There's a racoon in the way." he sighed. "Crud."

"What do we do?" Lil asked.

"We could wait it out." Phil shrugged. "It'll leave eventually."

The next morning...

The racoon was asleep but Tommy, Phil, and Lil were wide awake with their eyes reds and dry. They snuck by the racoon and crawled out.

"That was fun." Phil sighed. They began walking away from the cabin.

"Hit it!"

"What was that?" Tommy asked. Suddenly, the building exploded in a fiery explosion sending the three flying forward into the dirt. "What the hell was that?"

"Are you three okay?" a construction worker walked over to them.

Tommy, Phil, and Lil got up and began breathing very hard. Phil spoke, "What in God's name happened?"

"This place has been marked with demolition for weeks." the man shrugged. "You guys got out just in time." he then chuckled. "Had no idea you were in there. We could've blown you up."

They all three turned around to the building-no-more and sighed. "There goes some memories." Lil sighed right as a piece of wood landed in front of them. Lil picked it up and smiled. It was the small section of wall that had the initials.

"Aww." Tommy hugged her from behind. "You get to keep the memories."

Right then, a racoon's tail landed on Lil's head. "AHHHH!" she screamed throwing it off and began beating her hair with her hand.

"It's okay, Lil." Phil said picking up the tail. "It's dead...probably."

"Let's just go home." Lil said shaking. "I've had enough excitement for one day."

As they walked down the dirt path, now infested with construction workers and bulldozers, Phil said. "I wonder if Kimi ever told anyone."

"I doubt it." Lil said smiling at the wood in her hands. "I'm going to keep this safe."

"Along with my screwdriver, that you took from Mikey?" Tommy asked. "And that old reptar, the bubble gum that you choked on in fourth grade, your first sweet little pink bow, Dil's passifier, Phil's robosnail, Chuckie's first pair of glasses, Kimi's diary that she 'lost' in sixth grade, Angelica's Cynthia doll that she as well 'lost' in eigth grade, Susie's sucker, and that picture of the whole gang at the pool that one day that conviently led us to couples?"

"Yes." Lil glared at him.

"You stole all that stuff?" Phil asked.

"Yes." Lil replied. "I wanted memories." she rolled her eyes.

"And what picture that led to couples?" Phil asked.

"When we was ten." Lil said. "At the pool. Tommy was holding me in his arms, Kimi was on your shoulders, Angelica was dunking Chuckie, and Dil was drowning with Susie laughing for some reason."

"Why was she laughing?" Phil asked.

"I actually think she was laughing at Angelica and Chuckie." Tommy said. "If not, well, heh heh, she's going to hell for sure."

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