Chapter 37

Phil walked into Tommy and Lil's apartment. But, rather than walking, he opened the door and helped himself in while sitting in a wheelchair.

"Need any help?" Tommy asked helping him close the door.

"Nah, I'm fine." Phil shrugged standing up out of the chair and walking over to the fridge. "I mean, it wasn't that bad. I'm fine."

"Phil, you were shot." Tommy sighed.

Phil shrugged again opening the fridge. He grabbed a beer but rather then open and drink it, he looked at it oddly and set it back in the fridge.

"What are you doing?" Tommy asked.

"I don't want one." Phil sighed. "Knowing that you and I will never again share a beer."

Tommy smiled and said, "Sure we will, Phil." then he added, "In fact, I promise you one last beer before I leave."

"Okay." Phil nodded.

Lil holding Mikey walked in. She rolled her eyes saying, "Phil, why won't you get some freakin' rest?"

"Yeah." Kimi walked in. "For dinner tonight at least." she smiled as Phil kissed her on the lips.

Tommy and Lil stared at them blankly then at each other. They began mouthing things to eachother such as "Huh?", "What the?", and "Did I miss something?"

Tommy then giggled, "Hello, what's this now?"

"Did we not tell you?" Phil asked breaking their kiss. "Oops, sorry bout that."

"I think I told ya." Kimi nodded.

"Hey guys." Chuckie walked in. "Kimi, Phil." he nodded in their direction.

"Does everyone know but us?" Tommy asked.

"Yes." Kimi nodded. "I'm positive that I told Susie and Angelica."

"I told Dil and Chuck." Phil shrugged. "Of all people, I can't believe we didn't tell you two."

"Me too." Tommy squinted his eyes glaring at them. "But, uh, anyway, I can't believe that we only have four more days with you guys."

"Me too." Phil nodded. "Man, those last three days sure went by fast."

"Shut up, Phil." Kimi glared at him. "I just can't believe it's all over."

"All over?" Chuckie asked. "It's not gonna all be over. We'll still see Tommy and Lil." he then sighed. "But as long as we're . . . well, uh, telling stuff." he thought about his words for a second then said. "I'm also moving."

"Come again." they all turned to him.

"Where to?" Kimi asked.

"Why?" Phil asked.

"When?" Lil asked.

Tommy sighed and said, "Are you following us?"

"I'm moving to San Francisco." he said. "Sam and Cody are moving and the only way I can see Frederick is if I go too. I have to stay with my son."

"True." Tommy shrugged. "I'd do the same." he looked at Mikey.

"Why?" Kimi shouted. "Why is this happening?"

"Things change my compadre." Dil walked in.

Phil stared at him for a moment and simply stated, "You're a dork, Dil."

Dil glared at him sitting down in a kitchen chair. "Who did it with a girl while her brother was in the next room on a shipwrecked battleship."

Phil just returned the glare as Tommy sighed, "I don't know why this is happening. But, as Dil, my spontaneous annoying dipstick of a brother said, things do change."

"Thanks bro." Dil said sarcastically to Tommy.

"No prob." Tommy nodded to his brother.

"I don't want to go." Lil turned to Tommy. "Let's not." she smiled.

Tommy stared at her for a second and sighed, "Lillian, you were so set on moving, you had most our stuff sent to our new house."

Lil sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine."

"Well, I guess I'll go cry." Kimi said standing up.

"Hey guys." Tommy walked over to Phil and Kimi. "I want you . . . I want you two to have our apartment." Tommy held out the key.

"Really?" Phil smiled. "Thanks, T." Phil reached for the key but Tommy jerked it away.

"Not til I move out, dumb ass." Tommy glared at him.

Tommy was at his kitchen table resting his head on it. The phone rang and he rolled his eyes picking it up. "Hello?" he replied. "Huh? Uh . . . what!"

"Hey." Chuckie walked in. "What's up?"

Tommy hung the phone up and said. "That was Kimi. Phil was having pains so she took him to the hospitals. His blood is infected."

Tommy and Chuckie walked into the hospital waiting room where Kimi, Lil, and Dil were sitting. "Hey." Tommy greeted them. "What's the story?"

Lil stared at him blankly for a moment then said, "Are you with the newspaper or something?"

Tommy glared at her and Chuckie sat down and asked, "How is he?"

"The doctors say it's just a blood infection." Kimi said. "Yeah, they said just. I'm like, aren't blood infections always bad?"

"Hmm." Dil pondered.

Angelica and Susie then walked in. "What's going on?" Susie asked.

"Phil has a blood infection from where that bastard shot him." Kimi growled.

"Ya know." Dil said. "What if it turns out that the dude that shot Phil ended up being someone we know . . . or one of us! That would be sooo cool."

Everyone else just stared at Dil as he smiled and got lost in his fantasy. "DIL!" Tommy yelled at him. "One more word out of you and you have to leave!"

"Sor-ry!" Dil threw his hands up and rolled his eyes.

"I'm sure he'll be fine." Angelica said.

"Any news on the guy that shot him?" Susie asked sitting down.

"No." Kimi shook her head. "We couldn't identify him."

"Lil," Tommy stood up looking at his watch. "I have to meet my agent but I'll be back later."

"Agent?" Chuckie asked.

"Cha." Tommy nodded. "I have an agent? Is that not too cool." he smiled. "Later guys." he said leaving the hospital.

"It'll be okay." Lil put her arm around Kimi.

"Excuse me." a doctor walked up to them. "You're with Phillip DeVille, correct?" he asked the gang.

"Yeah." Kimi nodded teary eyed.

"Phil's blood is highly infected and he has serious chance at . . . death." the doctor covered his mouth with his hand. "But I do have some good news."

"W-What?" Kimi asked.

"I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico." the doctor burst out laughing as a bunch of doctors and nurses behind him joined in the laughter.

"You jackass." Lil clenched a fist.

"Seriously though." the doctor wipeda tear away from laughing so hard. "Phil's blood is infected but nothing a simple operation cant fix."

Lil stood up and punched the doctor in the stomach. She then kneed his crotch and he fell onto the ground. "You're an ass." she growled at him. She then said to Kimi, "I think we need Wallace."

"Tommy," Doug sighed shaking his head as Tommy sat at the bar in Doug's Diner. "Can't believe you're moving."

"Sometimes I wonder, Doug." Tommy said taking a drink of coffee. "Why do you speak to me?"

"Not sure." Doug shrugged. "So how much longer ya got?"

"Few days." Tommy sighed. "Can't believe I'm leaving it all. My parents. My old home. My friends. The diner."

"Moving's tough." Doug nodded. "How's Lil taking it all?"

Tommy stared at him for a moment then said, "Pretty well. Better than me."

"How's your relationship going with her?" Doug asked. "I mean really, how long's it been since you two had sex."

Tommy stared at Doug with almost an evil glare.

"Oh sorry, are you mad at me for asking?" Doug asked.

"No, I'm just trying to remember." Tommy said.