Lil walked in with Kimi, Phil and Eddy, and was almost breathless. Kimi didn't exaggerate at all when she mentioned the decorations. It was a huge hall, and everything was decorated as a winter wonderland. It looked like they were outdoors with the pretty trees, and faux snow, but it was all in the comforts and warmth of indoors. The lights, the music, the decorations, it was definitely a light at the end of the tunnel for those each year as they study for exams.

Lil was wearing a long strapless white gown, with her hair in a messy bun, while Kimi had gone for a contrast, and was wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress, that fell in soft waves below her waist. The guys were in black tux's, with shirts matching their respective dates dresses. Lil couldn't help but notice how cute Phil and Kimi looked in matching attire. It was something she never brought up with Phil, but had always just known about his feelings, without either of them acknowledging it. I guess it was a twin thing, because no one else seemed to catch on to these feelings that seemed so obvious to Lil. She noticed the way he looked at her, the way he took care of her, the way he was around her.

She was really happy for Phil, because she knew that even though Phil was living out his college experience, seeing girls, random hook ups, he always had a soft spot for Kimi... and taking her to the formal must feel really special.

She felt Eddy's hand on her back and look up at his grinning face, and she sighed… poor chap. He had been trying so hard the whole ride over to impress her, whether it be with his football accomplishments, or his career goals, and Lil kind of felt bad. She wasn't interested in a relationship, and she already had her hook up partner, so she really had nothing for Eddy. He was merely her ticket in the door and being able to chill with Phil and Kimi all night. She wished one of them would've made it clear to Eddy that this wasn't anything more and nor was Lil interested.

I'll see you at the formal. Lil remembered Tommy's whisper, and scanned the hall once again for him. She didn't see him anywhere. They had barely spoken in the last two days since their little stand-off, which has been the longest they've gone without hooking up since the whole hooking up thing started. She had to admit that she missed him, his body against hers. The way his eyes would pierce into hers, his touch, and his lips.

They were by the bar when she finally saw him; he walked in wearing a dark grey tux, his facial hair neatly cleaned, and his broad chest and muscled arms evident even in the suit. And that painfully gorgeous grin that made hearts swoon around the room. Lil understood why girls obsessed over Tommy, he was a well known name all across campus, and girls embarrassed themselves trying to catch his eye. But Lil understood it. He was irresistibly hot.

The intensity of his eyes, those light dimples when he smiled, his perfectly sculpted body... his confidence. Yet he wasn't arrogant, and that was probably the most attractive part about him.

Lil remembered the way he would carry Kimi back to her room when she would get too drunk, how he would tuck her into bed, the way he had sat with Lil for hours that night when he thought he had frightened her. Lil smiled at the memory, probably one of her best nights since she's moved here. She remembered the way his eyes had shied away from her scantily clad body.

Now his eyes found hers across the room, and he gave her a hint of a wink. And that's when Lil noticed the figure beside him, arm in arm… Tara.

Lil felt her smile quickly turn to a scowl.

Really? He chose to deal with his issues with her going with Eddy by sticking Tara in her face?

Lil rolled her eyes at him and turned to put her hand against Eddy's arm as they made their way to a table. She threw Tommy a smirk when she saw his eyes narrow.

Two can play this game.

"So Lil what do you think of this place?" Eddy asked, "I know it's your first time at a winter formal here,"

Lil smiled, "I think it's beautiful."

"Told ya so!" Kimi grinned proudly, as Phil passed her a drink, "Why thank you Mr. Deville,"

He laughed, "At your service madam,"

Eddy looked up when he noticed Tommy approach, "Hey dude, you made it! I thought you weren't gonna come." He said as they bumped fists.

Tommy glanced at Lil, "Changed my mind, couldn't miss the fun."

"Hey guys!" Tara greeted with a little too much enthusiasm. She must just love having Tommy as her date.

Kimi and Lil internally rolled their eyes, and she could see that Kimi was still slightly uncomfortable in Tommy's company.

"Hey Kim," He greeted politely.

Kimi smiled, "Hey." She whispered meekly.

Lil noticed Phil's grin falter slightly, and she knew that it bugged him that Tommy still had an effect on Kimi.

"Lil," He nodded at her, his eyes meeting hers again, a slight smirk on his lips.

She didn't smile, "Tommy." She acknowledged with a raised brow.

"Damn, it's a little chilly here," He noted, keeping his eyes on hers, "Tara and I will visit the bar ourselves before dinner is served." He said, before excusing themselves.

Bring Tara to the formal to make Lil jealous just because he was jealous… so high school. And she was NOT jealous, Lil convinced herself, as she watched him put his hand against Tara's back and lead her to the bar.

She felt resentment rise up inside her, why was she reacting like this. She herself was the one to be declaring to Tommy that they had no rights over each other and whatnot. And they didn't, this wasn't a relationship, it was just exclusive hooking up.

The night carried on, and Phil and Kimi were tearing up the dance floor. Lil absolutely loved to watch them dance, whether it is a club, a formal, or in their family room, she felt like their relationship developed through their dancing. They were so carefree, they looked so good, and in their eyes you could see the fun and mischief. They only had eyes for each other when they were on the floor, their bodies fit perfectly next to each other, and Lil wasn't the only one in awe as they danced in the middle of the floor.

It was fun loving mixed with humour and also an underlying passion. Everyone probably noticed it except for Kimi.

She had also been glancing over at Tommy and Tara throughout the night as well, as much as Lil hated to admit it. But it did bug her to see Tara hanging over Tommy, displaying him proudly as her date.

Eddy finally convinced her to go on the dance floor and they made their way toward Phil and Kimi and joined them. Lil always loved dancing with them; they just radiated the fun and laughter. Eddy twirled her, and she smiled at him as he pulled her close for the slow song. He's been a decent date; he hasn't been overly persistent or bothered by her lack of enthusiasm, and fits right in with Phil and Kimi's shenanigans.

Being in his arms felt weird though, she didn't really feel comfortable with having a guy's arm around her except Phil's… and Tommy's

She absentmindedly searched for him again and found him slow dancing with Tara a few feet away. He was smiling down at something Tara was saying, and his smile alone made her knees weaken.

Damn you, Tommy Pickles.

He had pretty much ignored her all night after the initial greeting, and even though she didn't want to talk to him either, especially after this stunt he pulled -which was intentionally to get to her, while her decision to come to the formal with Eddy was innocent and unintentional. But the fact that he wasn't even acknowledging her and just giving all his attention to Tara was eating at her.

So when the dance was over, Tommy looked up at her for the first time, and she noticed the slightest nod of his head toward the hallway. She thought to ignore him, but as he parted from Tara and excused himself toward the hallway alone, she found herself telling Eddy she needed to use the lady's room.

She will give him a piece of her mind.

She followed in his direction, and when she got to the hallway she found him leaning against a door. He smirked at her, scanned the hallway quickly before twisting the handle and letting it fall open and disappearing into the coat closet. She frowned before looking around hesitantly, ah who was she kidding, she stepped through the doorway and Tommy was standing beside the door and pushed the door to close it behind her.

She glared at him, "Really Tommy, very mature way to deal with your shit. Bringing Tara here? Of all people, you know I can't stand her. it's pathetic how you purposely brought her to flaunt her in my face, not that I give a shit but it's annoying as hell that you would do all of this intently, and now why the hell are we in this closet when our dates are-…" But before she could finish, Tommy had pushed his lips against hers and pressed her against the door.

She felt herself weaken at the feeling of his dominating lips against hers, his arms wrapping possessively around her waist, but she managed to push him off of her and away from her lips, "Tommy!"

"It was a good way to shut you up," He grinned.

She glared at him, "You've been ignoring me for the last two days."

"Ignoring would only qualify if you were making any effort to talk to me,"

She stared past him to the rows and rows of coats hung in the closet, definitely big enough for all the people at the party. Any of these people could come in looking for their coats.

"Tommy, we should get out of here," She insisted.

He shook his head, tightening the hold around her waist as he looked down at her, "You look beautiful,"

Lil felt a shiver run down her spine, as a slight blush spread across her cheeks.

"Lil Deville, don't play modest with me, you know you look absolutely amazing tonight, and that's why that grubby Eddy can't keep his eyes off you anymore than I can," he whispered, before letting his hands lower to the small of her back and tugging her closer.

"More like no one seems to be able to take their eyes off you tonight Mr. Pickles. I see the way the girls drool over you," She whispered, running her hands under his blazer and against his chest.

"Yeah," He whispered against her ear, "And I only care about the eyes of one of them."

Lil remembered saying that exact same line to him that day at the beach. Oh how things have changed since then. It reminded her of how all of this started a few months ago… he was dating her best friend and she was the decoy.

She heard footsteps approach the room and Tommy quickly pulled her in between one of the rows of coats, as the door opened. A drunken girl stumbled in, clearly unable to stable herself with a mix of her alcohol level and her high heels, she walked past their row and Lil held her breath, cannot start a rumour of finding her with Tommy in a closet at the formal.

Tommy tightened his hold around her as the girl walked to the row behind them finding her coat.

Her eyes found his and they stayed frozen like that. What was she doing? Hiding in a god damn closet while her date, her brother, and her best friend waited on the dance floor.

When the girl finally left, Lil pulled back from Tommy, "Tommy, what are you doing here with Tara?"

He wrapped his arms around her, "To make you jealous,"

"Why?"

"So you know how I feel about you being here with Eddy." He shrugged honestly.

"But you don't even dislike Eddy?" she whispered, surprised at his vulnerability.

He sighed in exasperation, "The only reason you don't like Tara is because she's interested in me, and throws herself at me. I don't dislike Eddy, I just dislike that he's interested in you." Tommy explained frustrated, "How do you not get it Lil, it's not Eddy, I wouldn't want to see you with anybody," He exclaimed, "Just like you don't like to see me with anyone else."

Lil felt her eyes trail down to his lips, "Why are we so possessive with each other?"

"I don't know Lil," He whispered, looking deep into her eyes before leaning down and capturing her lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he lifted her against his body passionately.

He was absolutely irresistible.

He carried her to the seat at the back wall of the room before sitting back and placing her on his laps, and brushing the loose strands of hair from her face.

"A seat in a closet?" Lil asked out loud.

He laughed, "This is more of a room then a closet, just filled with rows of coats."

"We have to get back," She said, her arm around his neck. The last thing she wanted to do was leave though.

"I want you all to myself." He stated, his lips nibbling at her shoulder, causing an involuntary moan to leave her lips.

"They'll be looking for us," She whispered, trying hard to be the voice of reason in this pool of temptation.

He pulled back, "Do you really want to go, Lil?"

She groaned in desire, before grabbing his tie and pulling her toward him, covering his eager lips with her own, as they locked in a passionate kiss. Sometimes she could swear she could feel fireworks inside her when he kissed her like that. There was so much passion and dominance in his kiss that her whole body would turn powerless to him. His hand caressed the side of her thigh, and she was slowly getting to the point where she could let him rip her gown off right then and there. She unbuttoned his shirt in desire, and let her hands run along his hard chest longingly. He growled against her lips.

He pulled back and let his lips fall to her ears, "We have two options to stop me from devouring you right here right now, we could go back to our dates –which I don't think either of us really wants, and would waste a whole night waiting for it to be over, or we can ditch this formal and head back to our empty apartments and spend the night making up for the last two days," He whispered, the last part inciting a moan of desire from Lil.

"I think we both know which one it'll be." She smirked at his lust filled eyes.

He helped lift her to her feat as the two of them quickly grabbed their coats from their rows, and he opened the door, quietly scanning the hall before looking back at her, "Clear."

He let her past him, and she led him toward the parking lot and they jumped into the first taxi they saw.

His lips were immediately on hers again at the back of the taxi, and she managed to pull away momentarily as she fished her cell phone out of her purse as Tommy's lips fell to her neck;

Sorry, had a headache! Decided to call it a night early couldn't stand the loud music! Have fun! Let Eddy know!

She quickly sent the text to Kimi, and couldn't wait for the reply because Tommy had pulled the phone of her hands and threw it back in her purse before clasping her hand in his.

By the time they got to the apartment, they realized it was completely dead; everyone was at the formal tonight!

They barely made it to Lil's apartment before Tommy locked the door behind them and lifted Lil off her feet and seated her on the kitchen counter, "Nice to have the apartment to ourselves," He whispered, pulling her into a bruising kiss as he unzipped the back of her dress.

The dress fell in a pool around her waist and she leaned her head back as his mouth made his way toward her cleavage and she wrapped her arms around his neck longingly.

"Tommy," She moaned in desire. He looked so irresistible standing in front of her all dressed up in a suit and tie, her hand enclosed around his tie again, possessively pulling his face close to hers, "I can't seem to resist you. I can't believe we just ditched our dates at the formal."

"Dates we shouldn't of had in the first place," He groaned, putting an arm beneath her knees and the other steadying her back as he carried her toward her bedroom, "This is how I wanted to spend our night," He declared, as he kicked the door closed behind him, placing her on the bed and eyeing her, "I guess the a positive from this is how good you look in that dress, and how much pleasure ill have taking you out of it," he whispered into her ear.

He slipped the rest of the dress off her body, before taking off the blazer and unbuttoning his shirt, "You are absolutely breathtaking."

God damn irresistible