First Fight

Lil and Tommy had been spending a lot of time together when she wasn't with Chuckie, which wasn't often. Chuckie was starting to get worried; he knew how they felt about each other. He didn't know how far they had gone but he had an idea. He had to intervene before it was too late and remind her why they were together. He called her.

"Lil"

"Hey Chuckie" she said sounding a little uninterested.

"I haven't seen you in a while" he said sighing.

"I know, I've been busy, I just have a lot going on right now"

"Surely you can make a little time to hang with you boyfriend, can't you?" he said light heartedly.

"Yea…" she said sounding very distant

"I wanna spend some time with you and talk, are you free right now" he asked.

"Sort of" she said sounding panicked

"Cool I'll come over," he said hanging up before she could respond.

She hung up the phone and looked over to Tommy whom was sleeping on her right. She nudged him a bit, but he didn't move. She tried again and he started to stir.

"Morning beautiful" he said opening his eyes.

"It's 7 o'clock in the evening Tommy, and you have to go.

"Why I just got here," he said jokingly. He'd been there since last night, the two of them made love again and he stayed at her house all day. She was lucky no one came in her room or knocked on her door. She wondered why his parents hadn't tried to contact him either.

"Stop playing, Chuckie's on his way over, you have to go," she said getting up and putting on some clothes, throwing his at him while he sat up in the bed.

"Lil would you chill out, look I'll just go down the hall to Phil's room until he leaves ok" he said not wanting to leave yet. Lil nodded.

"Fine but could you hurry" she said as he got up and put on his jeans, shoes and shirt.

"I'm going…. I'm going," he said kissing her on the forehead. Once he went to Phil's room she made her bed and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

Chuckie pulled up to her house 15 minutes later and knocked on the door, she came down and answered it and ushered him up to her room, then closed the door. He sat down at her desk and she sat on her bed.

"I miss you," he said quickly. She forced a smile at him.

"I feel like you've been distant and I don't want that Lil, I love you ok, I just want us to go back to the way we were earlier this summer" he said coming to sit down beside her on the bed he grabbed her hands in his.

"Chuckie I…" he didn't let her finish.

"Look I know you have feelings for Tommy it'll pass Lil, just like it did this summer, remember" he asked. She looked away from him.

"I don't…"

"Look Lil, do you love me?" he asked. Lil looked shocked that he came out and said that she knew how she felt but she couldn't hurt him like this. She was stuck for words.

Over in Phil's room Tommy and Phil were listening to music, when Phil spoke up.

"I know you've been with my sister man"

"What?" asked Tommy?

"Look dude I'm not stupid ok, I know you had feelings for her, but this is really fucked up man"

"I don't expect you to understand it Phil," he said looking him in the eye.

"Tommy, Chuckie's your best friend, she's still with him, do you really think she's going to leave him now?" he asked

"Yes I do," he said honestly.

"Well I don't he was there for her when you weren't"

"What the fuck are you talking about"

"It doesn't matter Tommy, you need to end this, I told her the same thing but obviously she hasn't listened to me,"

"Because she doesn't want to and neither do I, I won't" he said with finality.

"Put yourself in Chuckie's shoes man, he's gonna be really hurt when he finds out and he will find out"

"Oh yeah how's he gonna find out, I'm not gonna tell him" challenged Tommy.

"Look man, all I know is if my sister gets hurt I'm kicking your ass"

"Respect Dude" said Tommy as he went back to listening to the music.

Back in the room Lil still hadn't answered Chuckie and he was getting frustrated.

"Are you really gonna leave me for him Lil," he asked and she looked unsure. He hated lying but he had to lay in on thick in order to keep her.

"He didn't want you, I was there for you all summer, I let you cry on my shoulder, watch stupid romantic comedies and talk about him as often as you wanted." He said angrily starting to pace around the room

Lil was close to tears now everything he was saying was true as far as she knew.

"All of sudden he comes back with a change of heart and you just fuckin go with it Lil, I thought I meant more to you than that, I was there while he was probably hooking up with some chick at the cheerleading camp across the lake, Lil I was there"

Lil was now crying as the tears fell freely. "You know what you need to make a decision, me the person you can count on who's never let you down, or Tommy the guy that all of a sudden changed his mind and could just as easily do it again." Said Chuckie before leaving out of her room out of the house and getting into his car and driving off. He really hoped that that would convince her because he was running out of things to say.

When Tommy heard Chuckie pull off he told Phil goodbye and went back into Lil's room to find her crying. From the way Chuckie slammed her door, he figured she'd finally broken it off.

"Are you ok?" he asked. She mumbled something that he couldn't hear. "What'd you say Lil?" he asked

"I said I think you should leave," she said more clearly without looking at him.

"What's the matter," she remained silent as she walked to her bedroom door and opened it.

"Tommy just go please"

"Lil talk to me what's going on?" he asked starting to get really worried.

"I can't do this anymore,"

"Can't do what?" he asked coming to stand in front of her forcing her to look at him for a second but she just averted her eyes again.

"You and me, this has to end, I'm with Chuckie, I can't keep sleeping with you and staying with him" she said through her cries.

"Then fucking break up with him Lil, you and I both know that you don't want to be with him"

"I can't ok, I just can't," she said crying harder

"Can't or won't" he asked, she remained silent. "Fine I'm outta here," said Tommy with out another word. Lil closed the door after him turned off all the lights and cried herself to sleep.

About a week had gone by and Lil and Tommy weren't speaking to each other. Things had gone back to what was normal for Chuckie and Lil, and though she would never admit it, she was miserable. Her door bell rang and she went to open it. Kimi was standing on the other side after inviting her in she said

"Phil's I'll go get him"

"I'm not here to see Phil" said Kimi before Lil could move

"Wassup" she asked.

"I think you need to sit down" said Kimi seriously. Lil nodded and led Kimi into the living room, her parents were out shopping for the day and Phil was upstairs taking a nap in his room.

"What's going on?" she asked. Kimi pulled a letter out of her pocket with Lil's name on it and handed it too her. Lil took it and looked at it.

"This is Tommy's hand writing," she said knowingly. Kimi nodded.

"Just read it," she said