"Hey, Kimi, so glad you could make it," Tommy said, greeting her with a smile.

"Yeah…I am too," she said feebly.

"I have a present for you," he said, handing her a white box with a silver bow.

She opened it, and grimaced at the bracelet, "Uh…thanks. Any special occasion?"

"No, just want to show you how much I care."

"Sure," she grumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing!"

"Yeah, sure it's just nothing! You don't like my gift!"

"Well…"

"We're fighting all the time now, and I thought I'd do something nice, to make it all up to you, to say sorry for everything, and what do you do? You don't think it means anything!"

"I need much more than a bracelet. I need us not to fight anymore, and it doesn't look like we're getting any better at this."

His lip quivered, "No Kimi, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to…"

"Save it, Tommy. I want to break up," she said quickly.

"What?" he said, couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"You know what I said."

"Why?"

"Why? How could you say that! There are a lot of reasons why I want to break up with you, and I think you know why. The point is, I'm just really unhappy whenever I'm with you. I dread seeing you, because I know somehow, we'll find a way to get into an argument. Nothing feels right between us."

"We can fix this! I'll try harder, I'll do anything to be with you. We've been together for almost a year now, and how can you just throw that away?" he said, placing his hands on her shoulders, but she shrugged them off.

"It's no use, Tommy. Please, let's stay friends, but can we move on?"

"I still love you though…"

"Be reasonable. This is getting unhealthy," she said coldly, "Well, I guess I should leave," she said, walking away.

"Wait!" she turned her head, "I'm sorry…really sorry."

"I am too," she said, but for some reason, he could tell she didn't even mean it.

--

"Hey," Lil said, sitting down in the sandbox next to a depressed Tommy after dinner, "Are you okay? Why isn't Kimi here?"

"No, I'm not okay. Kimi was here before you came. She hated my gift…and we broke up."

Even though Lil felt happy that she might actually have a chance with Tommy, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty that she didn't like his gift, "Tommy, it's all my fault. I told you that she would like the bracelet."

"It's not your fault at all. You were the one being a good friend. I should have known…"

"No," she took him hand, "don't put all the blame on yourself. You were trying to make her happy, and show her that you care, and she broke up with you."

"Lil," he said smiling at her, "you've never let me down, have you?"

She giggled, "Aw, probably once or twice."

"No, you've never let me down. You've always been my best friend through everything" he said.

And they sat there for two hours straight, outside in the sandbox reminiscing about their baby days.

There was an awkward silence for a few moments, and then at last, he finally said, "I don't know why I ever realized this before," he said slowly, cupping her face into his hands, and kissed her softly.

"Well, I guess I have a confession to make. I've liked you for a long time."

"How long is a long time?"

"For as long as I can remember."

"That long?" he stared at her in disbelief.

"Yeah, that long."

--

Meanwhile, Angelica was hidden in the bushes, recording the whole thing with her expensive LG. She cackled quietly to herself, thinking about what she should do with this information. This was only the first of many pieces to undo the puzzle.

Well, Kimi was Tommy's ex, and of course she would get jealous of this. And it was obvious that Chuckie liked Lil, and this would definitely get him jealous too. So, of course, she sent the video to both Chuckie and Kimi.

So far, her plan was unfolding very nicely. Nicely, indeed.