Graduation

Phil and Lil were standing in their living room in their cap and gowns, while their mom was getting the camera ready for pictures. The day was finally here, graduation. The day that they have looked forward to since their freshman year. Lil was both excited and not for this. She wasn't excited, because Tommy happened to be the salutatorian and she had to listen to him.

Phil put his hands on Lil's shoulders and smiled "Are you ready for one of the biggest days of our lives?"

Lil smiled and nodded "So ready! Is Kimi coming over before?"

Phil shrugged and took his cap off before falling onto the couch "No idea, but I'm sure she's coming over afterwards."

Lil groaned and sat next to Phil "I'm kind of nervous."

"Why?"

"It's our graduation. Our high school graduation. The next step in our life is college, our own places, real jobs" she sighed and started messing with her tassel.

"But we'll finally be done with school. And who said I was going to college?"

Lil raised her eyebrow "I thought you got accepted into some... Art college or whatever?"

Phil nodded and looked over at his sister. The college he had gotten accepted into was on the other side of California. He had two main reasons for not wanting to go, Lil and Kimi. Lil, because he's never been away from his sister before and he didn't want to start now. He felt like nothing would be the same if he wasn't always around Lil. And then there's Kimi. His favorite person besides Lil. They almost broke up over her finding out her cheated, but a long distance relationship would break them up. "I did. But I don't want to go."

"Why not?"

Phil shrugged "I have my reasons."

"If it's because of Kimi," Lil said turning to face him "she loves you. She'd be willing to do anything to stay with you."

"It's not just Kimi." Phil said with a laugh "I know she'd be willing to, but I don't want that."

"You're so good for her, Phillip" Lil said shaking her head.

That was the one thing she wanted, what Phil and Kimi had. They could fight and then a few minutes later act like nothing happened. They would kiss and make up no matter what was going on. She leaned back into the couch and crossed her arms, she thought that's what she had with Tommy but once he actually hurt her she realized that she wouldn't be able to put up with it. She didn't understand how Kimi could do it, and they all know Phil can be an idiot sometimes.

"Are you pups ready?" Betty asked walking into the living room.

"Yes!" Phil said getting off the couch and pulling Lil up with him.

Betty made them get together for some pictures before she took them to the school. She walked away to sit in the bleachers with the Finster's while Phil and Lil walked into the gym to get ready with everyone. Phil was talking to Lil about how ready he was about finally getting to graduate. Lil laughed at what he said and looked past his shoulder at someone, someone who she was missing when she knew she shouldn't be, Tommy. He was talking to one of his friends and he looked over at her, making eye contact. Lil quickly looked back at Phil and nodded at what he said, but she wasn't listening.

While Phil was rambling on and on, Kimi walked into the gym and looked around until she found Phil and Lil. She walked over to them, without Phil knowing, and threw her arms around his neck "Are you ready to graduate?"

"I am" Phil said turning around to face her "Are you?"

"Yes!" she put one of her arms around Phil's waist and looked at Lil "What about you Lil, are you ready?"

Lil nodded and put a smile on her face. She was happy that they were finally graduating, but she was also upset. They would soon be going their separate ways and she was actually going to miss some of these people.

The principal made an announcement to get into their spots and Phil was about to walk away but Kimi grabbed his arm "Oh, by the way, Chuckie's here and he isn't too happy with you."

"What, why?"

"Because he knows you cheated" Kimi gave him a small smile and a wave before going to her spot.

Phil and Lil walked together and Lil dragged her feet. "I don't want to graduate anymore. What if I fall?"

Phil laughed and started pushing Lil to her spot "You'll be fine, Lillian."

They were sitting in their seats, waiting for graduation to start. People were up there talking and Lil wasn't paying attention. Phil was sitting next to her, making jokes about everything, trying to keep Lil calm. She took a deep breath before sighing when Tommy went up to make his speech.

She watched as he scanned the crowd and his eyes landed on her "First, I would like to thank all of you, from teachers, to friends and family for being here tonight. I know this speech is supposed to be about how good high school was or how I'm going to miss some of you, or reminisce about high school, but that's not happening. Since our freshman year I've dated plenty of girls, most that were pretty bad for me. I got a reputation. A player, a jerk or even just a jock. I've had rumors spread about me by some of those girls, because I broke up with them. Since all that started happening, I wanted a change. A change in the type of girls I dated, or just one that would change me. Make me feel loyal to someone, care for them and love them." Phil looked over at Lil and reached over, grabbing her hand. He could tell by her face that this was killing her "A few months ago, I met that girl. She was having a bad day and I met her when she slipped and sprained her ankle."

Phil looked at Lil again. She now had tears in her eyes and they were glued to him while he talked "Her brother and best friend both hated me, but she didn't listen to either of them. I became her friend, and took her on a date. The best date of my life." Phil looked over to where Kimi was sitting and saw that she was already looking over at them. He could hear most the girls whispering, trying to figure out who this mystery girl is that managed to make Tommy Pickles fall in love "The same night I took her on a date, I asked her to be my girlfriend. While dating her, I managed to make things right with both her brother and best friend to the point where I could actually call them my friends. Prom is when it went downhill from there, I messed the relationship up and lost the girl. The best girlfriend I ever had."

Lil squeezed Phil's hand. The tears were running down her face at this point and she wanted nothing more than his speech to end "I never got the chance to tell her how much she actually meant to me, which is the purpose of this whole speech. So," he stopped talking and his eyes were on Lil again "Lillian DeVille," all the girls that were around them turned to look at Lil and started whispering about her "I love you."

After the ceremony was done Lil stood up, hands shaking. She knew she had to talk to him now and she was nervous about it. Phil looked at her as they walked out of their row "Are you okay?"

Lil shook her head as someone grabbed her arm, turning her around "Lil, are you okay?"

She sighed and pushed Kimi's hands off of her "I'm not. I have to talk to him"

Kimi nodded and looked around before pointing towards the stage where Tommy was standing. Lil handed her stuff to Phil and started walking over to Tommy.

He was talking to one of the other students when he looked up and saw her walking towards him. He said goodbye to the kid he was talking to and walked over to Lil. "I'm sorry I never let you explain what happened" she said looking down at her hands "I should have let you. And I've missed you, a lot. After that speech, I don't care what happened anymore" she took a step closer to him and put her arms around his neck "I love you too, Tommy."

He smiled and put his arms around her waist, pulling her to him and placing a kiss on her lips. "I'm glad to hear that."

Phil and Kimi watched from where they were standing and he put an arm around her shoulders "At least she'll be happy again."

Kimi smiled and nodded "I'm happy to see them back together." Phil nodded in agreement.

Lil smiled at Tommy. She wasn't expecting her graduation to end up turning out perfectly. She didn't think she'd up back with Tommy. She was happy that she was and she could tell he was. She was also happy knowing that she was the girl who managed to make Tommy Pickles fall in love.

A/N: That's it! I really loved writing this story, mainly this last chapter. It took a while for me to figure out what I wanted Tommy to say in his 'speech' but I think it turned out pretty good. I hope you all enjoyed it, and I thank all of you who reviewed, followed, and favored it :)

As one of the guest said, it was rushed, I won't deny that. I do have another "story" in mind, but it's basically just going to be what happens in between some of the chapters. Chuckie and Angelica will be in it, there will be a chapter showing that Tommy is more serious about Lil than others, and there will be a chapter dedicated to Phil and Tommy's new friendship, and more that was left out. I had ideas but I couldn't figure out how to fit it into the story. So keep your eyes open for the "The Little Moments"!