Chapter Four: Alicia Meets The Gang

Tommy walked down the stairs as reality hit him. He just cheated on his fiancé with one of his long time best friends. He ran a hand through his hair as he turned into the living room and forced a smile when he saw Alicia "Tommy! I'm so happy to see you" she said throwing her arms around his neck.

He put his arms around her waist before pulling away "I'm happy to see you, too." he turned towards the stairs as a hungover Phil and Lil and came down.

Lil was staring down at her feet as she walked, trying her best to keep the light out of her face. Phil had a hand up to his face and stopped walking when he saw someone in the living room. Tommy turned to Alicia "Alicia, these are the twins, Phil and Lil."

Lil didn't look away from the ground but she threw her hand up and gave her a wave "Nice to meet you" she said softly.

Phil looked over and smiled. He hadn't met Alicia before and he hadn't really heard anything about her before, he didn't know she was going to be so.. Pretty. "It's good to finally meet the girl who made T here fall in love." he said patting Tommy on the shoulder.

Alicia watched Phil and Lil walk into the kitchen before turning her attention back to Tommy, who was now sitting on the couch "How much drinking went on here last night?" she asked with a laugh sitting down next to him.

Tommy shrugged and gave her a smile "For Kimi and me, not a lot. Phil and Lil drank their feelings. Chuckie didn't drink at all." Tommy thought about it before looking away from her "Actually, I don't think Chuckie is still here."

Kimi came walking down the stairs and sat in one of the chairs near the couch "Chuckie left this morning."

"And whose Chuckie again?" Alicia asked.

"My step-brother" Kimi said turning the TV on.

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Phil and Lil were standing in the kitchen. Lil was looking around for Advil and Phil was leaning on the counter. He knew something went down with him and Kimi the night before, but he couldn't figure out what. He also had a feeling that something went on with Tommy and Lil. "Lillian, I have a question."

Lil opened one of the cabinets and then turned to look at Phil "Yeah?"

"Did something happen between you and Tommy last night?"

Lil shut the cabinet and turned completely around so she was now facing him. She leaned on the counter and crossed her arms "We may have... Slept together."

Phil glared at her "Are you going to tell Sean?"

Lil gave Phil a small smile and walked over to him "I actually have a secret." Phil raised an eyebrow. He was a little scared for whatever this secret of hers is "Sean and I broke up."

Phil tried to fight back the smile. Sean wasn't good for Lil and this just put him in a good mood "When?"

"Before the funeral. I wasn't happy with him so I left him." she shrugged like it wasn't a big deal.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Phil asked, pretending to be upset with her and crossing his arms.

"Because our mom died, I didn't want that interfering with anything. Besides, I know you hated him so it's okay. You can be happy that the relationship is over, and I can be happy because I didn't cheat."

Phil sighed and dropped his arms "You may not have cheated, but Tommy did. He's engaged, remember?"

Lil just met Alicia, and she had completely forgotten that she was Tommy's fiancé. Lil shook her head and put her face in her hands "I possibly just ruined his relationship!"

"Yeah you did." Kimi said walking into the kitchen "He's out there having the hardest time keeping it a secret from her."

Phil laughed and pushed himself away from the counter "I remember how bad he use to be at lying. Is it still funny?"

Kimi nodded and watched as Phil ran out to the living room. She then turned to Lil "So, you broke up with Sean?"

Lil shook her head "Sean broke up with me, but I wasn't going to tell Phil that." she shrugged again.

Kimi sighed. She loved Lil like she was her own sister, but sometimes she just wanted to slap some sense into her. Her and Tommy had a "thing" back in high school. Kimi and Phil weren't stupid, they knew the two were sleeping together back in high school. They always thought that they were going to end up together, but when Tommy went off to LA, leaving everyone, they started thinking differently. "You still have feelings for him, don't you?"

"For Sean? No." Lil said raising her eyebrows.

Kimi hit her in the arm "No, not for Sean! For Tommy."

"Oh" Lil looked away from Kimi and at the ground "I thought I was over him. But the minute I saw him and talked to him again, all these feelings came back."

"I know the feeling" Kimi said sighing and leaned on the counter.

"Phil?"

Kimi nodded again and Lil walked over to her, putting a hand on her shoulder "It'll be okay. Phil liked you in high school, and I'm pretty sure he still does."

"That's the thing, I didn't tell you what happened. Last night, while you were ruining a relationship, Phil kept telling me that he was in love with me through high school and that he still means it."

Lil smiled big and pushed Kimi towards the living room "Go get him! Love him!"

Alicia looked up as they walked into the living room. Kimi sat next to Phil and the only other open seat in the room was on the other side of Tommy. Lil walked over and sat next to him, and she could tell that he was just as uncomfortable as she was.

"You okay, Tommy?" Alicia asked putting her hands on his arm.

Tommy looked over at her "Yeah, I'm fine." he could hear Phil trying to hold back his laughing. He glanced over at Lil "Everything's just fine."

Phil looked over at Kimi and then back at Tommy "How does she not know when he's lying? They're engaged!" he whispered to her.

Kimi just shrugged "It beats me." she then sighed "This is going to be a long night."