Tommy sat in his living room watching TV, he had finally paid his electric bill and had power, for who know's how long.

"Daddy," Elizabeth said walking in, "can I invite a friend over tomorrow?"

"Who is it?" Tommy asked.

"His name is Jasper."

Tommy thought about it, "alright, but he's not staying over."

"Thank you daddy!" she said excitedly, running back into her room.

Tommy smiled little and went back to watching TV, she's never mentioned this Jasper kid before… he thought, wonder who he is.

A knock on the door made tommy stand up and walk over to the door, he looked out and saw the kids from Choir, he opened the door, "you guy's came." He said, 'I'm a little surprised."

"Hey man, you said you were going to help us rock, so we goin' to see what's up."

Tommy nodded, "any of you bring instruments?" Tommy asked

A few nodded, the smoking one took the cigarette out of his mouth, "I couldn't bring my drums." He said.

"I'll set some pots and pans up for you." Tommy said, "Come on in."

They walked in and looked around his small house, "this place is small." The girl with black hair and piercings in her mouth, nose and ears said, looking around.

"I make less then minimum wage." Tommy said, "it's not like I'm going to be able to buy a mansion."

"True, true…"

Tommy sat down on his couch, "now, what's your names?"

"I'm Emma," the punk girl said, "I play base guitar."

"Jessie, I play Guitar."

The smoker looked at Tommy, "Andre, I play drums."

One of them looked at him shakily, "I'm…I'm…I'm…."

"He's Greg, but we call him Twitch."

"I can see why." tommy muttered.

"He can play guitar." Twitch nodded, looking away.

"I'm Diane!" the red haired girl said happily, "I play violin."

"George." The last one said, "I can work a sound board, and a keyboard."

"Well looks like you guy's could make a good band." He said, 'I'm Tommy pickles, Lead Guitarist of birdsong."

"No way!" Emma said astonished.

"Your with Birdsong? Man I doubt that!" Andre said.

"You-you-you d-d-d-don't s-s-s-s-seem l-l-like a guitarist." Twitch stuttered.

"Well I am," Tommy said, "Now, I have to ask before we start, are you serious about starting up a band?"

"Wait…your going to help us start a band?" Emma asked.

"I'll try."

"Fuck yes!" Emma shouted.

"Hey!" tommy hissed, "keep your voice down!"

"Why?"

"Daddy," Elizabeth said walking out of her room.

"Hey Baby." Tommy said, "are you hungry?'

'No, I just heard someone swear."

"Uh…that was me." Emma said, looking down at the little girl stunned.

"Oh." Elizabeth said, then walked into the kitchen, she rummaged through a cabinet and pulled out a jar full of cash, she walked over to her, "you need to put a dollar in the swear jar."

Emma pulled out a dollar and put it in.

Elizabeth smiled and put the jar back, "don't cuss again!" she said and ran back to her room.

Tommy smiled, "she got fifty dollars out of me last super bowl."

"She's so cute!" Diane exclaimed.

"And she's good at swindling people, a dollar for a swear word, when I was little it was a quarter for a Fu…freaking cuss word." Emma said, catching herself at the last second.

Tommy nodded, 'she got the swindling from me."

Emma sighed and sat down, "aiight, what's the first thing we need to do to become a band?"

"We gotta get a gig," Andre said.

"Yeah! And we got to have matching outfits, and fireworks."

"Don't forget we gotta get some bitches!" George said, earning him a slap from both Emma and Diane.

"Who else cussed?" Elizabeth asked walking out.

"No one baby, it was the TV."

"Oh okay."

"Now," Tommy said, "your all wrong, first thing you need to do is actually get a band name, start practicing songs, maybe even write a few yourself, start promoting yourself, do talent shows, football games, that kind of stuff."

"But that's boring!"

"Everything has boring parts in it." Tommy said, "Just gotta get through it."

They nodded, ""but…we don't have any good band names, I mean we can probably make one up later, but it's going to be even harder to promote ourselves!" Andre shouted.

"Actually a talent show is coming up in two weeks." Emma said, 'we could be ready for that.'

"Yeah!" Diane said, "We could all go and rock! And wear matching outfits"

"You are way to peppy." Emma muttered.

Andre sighed, 'look guy's, I'm sure we could do this, but lets be realistic, ain't no one going to want to hear the outcasts, singing' some stupid song that they hate."

Tommy looked at them all, they really were the outcasts, Jessie and Emma were about the same, long shaggy hair, baggy and dark clothes, and piercings, Andre looked like the typical wanna be gang member, white muscle shirt, doo-rag, ripped up jeans, boots and a cigarette in his mouth, Twitch would've looked like an ordinary kid if he wasn't twitching and stuttering, George just looked like he didn't even care, and Diane was really bubbly and exited, when Andre had pointed out that they were outcasts, they all looked down.

"You talkin' down on outcasts?" Tommy asked, "me and my band were outcasts, the people in the back ground that no one really paid attention to, the group that were labeled failures because we weren't like anyone else, but when we got together, we made something amazing."

Emma lifted her head up, "he's right!" she said, "when have we ever given a fuck about what people think about us? We've done shit before, and this will help us get to the motha fuckin' top! I say lets do it! Who else is with me?"

Everyone jumped up and cheered, except for Andre who just looked out the window.

"Then lets do this shit!" Emma shouted, she felt a tug on her shirt and she turned around, Elizabeth was behind her with the swear jar.

"You owe four dollars." Elizabeth said, Emma grumbled and pulled out a five, 'if I put the five in can I get my other dollar back?" she asked.

Elizabeth took the five-dollar bill and put it in the jar, "nope." She said, walking away.

"That's my girl." Tommy said with a smirk.

Lil knocked on Tommy's door; she straightened out her V-neck shirt nervously, looking around as she did it.

"Lil!" Elizabeth shouted gleefully opening the door, "you look real pretty."

"Thanks." Lil said with a small smile.

"Daddy's in the shower right now, but you can come in and sit down." Elizabeth said, walking inside, Lil followed and looked around, the place was a little messy, a few papers were strewn around with words written all over them, most were crossed out, there was a list pinned up on the wall that said 'possible gigs' and had different events written on them, one was the talent show. "Hmm…" Lil said, she looked around again and her eyes landed on a little boy sitting on the couch, "oh hello." She said.

"Sup." He said.

"Who are you?"

"Jasper.'

'He's my friend from school!" Elizabeth said happily, 'I invited him to the cook out."

"Nice to meet you jasper." Lil said with a smile.

"Elizabeth! Are you almost ready?" tommy shouted into the living room, he walked past the trio holding a towel around his waist, he walked into the kitchen and looked into the fridge, he pulled out a trey covered in foil and put it on the table, he turned and saw Lil and Jasper looking at him, "Holy hell!" Tommy shouted jumping back, "um…Elizabeth, when did they get here?"

"Just a little while ago."

Lil looked at Tommy's partially naked form, looking at his muscles, "wow…' she murmured.

"Um…Lil…could you please stop staring?"

"Huh? Oh! I wasn't staring!" she lied, looking away and blushing.

Jasper stood up, "yeah you were!" he said, "I saw you."

"Man you just got ratted out." Tommy said.

"Why don't you go put on some clothes!" Lil said.

"Oh yeah right!" Tommy said, quickly running into his room and closing the door, he came out a little while later, a clean shirt and pants on, putting on a leather jacket. "So, why did you barge into my house?"

"I didn't barge in, your daughter let me in."

"What about you?" he asked Jasper.

"I showed up a few minutes before her." Jasper said.

Tommy nodded, "well then lets go!"

They al walked out and started walking down the street. "So Tommy," Lil said, "what's this Barbeque for?"

"Eh, my brother called me a few days ago and told me that we were going to have a cook out today, I don't know what for, but it's Important."

Lil nodded, "how was it with those kids?"

"Pretty good, they're planning on doing the talent show as a band."

"That's great!" Lil said. "Do they have what it takes?"

"Yep," Tommy said, 'I know they do, they just need a good band name."

"How about Fairy Tail!" Elizabeth said excitedly.

"Maybe," Tommy said, "where'd you hear that name?"

'On a TV show aunt Kimi was watching."

Tommy sighed, I'm gonna have to talk to Kimi about that…

Lil smiled a little, "so where's the cook out?'

"At my mother's house." Tommy said, "It's like a meeting place for our family."

Lil nodded, 'oh hey, this is the street my mother lives on."

"Really?" Tommy asked, "I never knew you used to live so close."

"I know, it's weird we never met."

Tommy nodded, then walked up to his old home and opened the door, 'Ma! I'm home!"

"Tommy! It's about time!" someone shouted, jumping onto him, "thought you'd never get here!"

"Dil get off!" Tommy shouted, pushing him off, making him slam into the couch.

"Damn, harsh bro." Dil said, jumping up,

Lil looked at Dil, the young man was completely different than his brother, his long orange hair was straight and well kept, his white shirt was tucked in and his leather vest was unbuttoned, his jeans looked almost brand new and his converse sneakers were barely even worn, "hey Tommy, who's the hot chick in the sexy purple V-neck?"

Lil turned red, "I-I'm Lil Deville." She said.

"T…is she your Girlfriend?"

It was Tommy's turn to turn red, "well uh…she's…uh…a friend"

"Yeah, I'm a friend, nothing else!"

"I can tell your both lying." Dil said.

"Dilly!" a guy said, his deep voice booming through the house. "Are you tormenting your big brother again?"

"No Tristan!"

Another guy walked in, this ones hair was short and he had a scratchy beard on his face, he wore a muscle shirt and a pair of shorts, "honestly, you need to stop messing with people." Tristan said, walking over to Dil.

"Sorry Babe." Dil said, scratching his head.

Tristan smirked, "he's so cute, isn't he?" he asked, kissing Dil on the forehead.

"Um…" Lil muttered, shifting a little.

"Didn't I tell you that my brother was gay?" Tommy asked.

"No you never said that."

"Well…he's gay."

"I prefer eccentric.' Dil said with a grin.

Tristan gave a booming laugh, "oh Tommy, everyone's in the back."

Thanks Tristan." He said, walking to the back, Lil followed.

"Hey Uncle Dil!" Elizabeth said, 'can I play with your air gun?"

"Sure sweetie!"

Tommy walked into the back yard and looked around, Kimi, Z, and Didi were sitting at a table, talking and laughing, Angelica was talking to someone at the grill, "hey guy's, Hey Chuckie, long time no see."

The guy at the grill looked up, his hair was the same orange as Dil's only his was slicked back, and he had freckles splashed across his face, "Hey Tommy," he said, "how's work?"

"Eh, it's alright, not as bad as everyone says." Tommy said, "Oh, this is my friend Lil Deville."

Lil waved at them, "hi, it's nice to meet all of you."

"Hey!" Kimi said waving, "I'm Kimi, this is Z, and Didi, Angelica and Chuckie."

"It's good to meet you all."

"Lil Deville." Z said, lighting a cigarette, "I remember Tommy talkin' about you, gotta admit, you're pretty hot."

Lil blushed, "uh…thanks?"

Z smirked, 'if you want, we could meet up stairs and…" he stopped as Kimi slapped him, sending him falling off the porch, "Damn!" Z muttered standing up, "couldn't take a joke? Come on Lil, you knew it was a joke right?" he groaned as Lil walked over to him.

"Yeah, nothing but a joke." Lil said, then punched him in the stomach.

"I like her already." Angelica said.

Lil laughed beside Tommy, they were all having a good time, eating, telling jokes, and listening to stories Tommy and Z told about their college experience.

"Aiight," Z said, "so me and Tommy were at this bar one night, and there's a military brat there, I mean this guy was in his Cammies just bein' a douche, even his buddies were telling him to shut the hell up, but he didn't listen, he came over to me and Tommy and said, 'look at these two punks! Lookin' like they can't even finish a two mile run!' well I took offense to that, so I turned to him and said, "listen, I may not be able to run that far, but at least I'm not gettin' my ass pounded by the Drill Instructor every night."

"What did he do?" Lil asked.

"Well he didn't take too kindly to that, he stood up and said, 'I ain't no queer! I got a wife!' and he showed me a picture of her, I told him 'I'd rather have the Drill Instructor."

They busted out laughing, "The dumbass got punched after that." Tommy said, "started a bar fight."

"I was there!" Kimi said, "You A-holes got me arrested that night."

"Not our fault, you were probably drunk."

"True, but the cops didn't show up until you started that damn fight!"

They all laughed again, Tommy stood up and walked towards the house, 'I'm going to get a drink,' Tommy said,

"Could you grab me one!" Lil asked.

"No prob!" he responded, walking into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, getting two Coors lights, before he went out he peeked inside the living room and saw Elizabeth and Jasper asleep, both were cuddled up against each other, a half finished coloring page in front of them, Tommy smirked a little and walked outside, "hey guy's, after this drink I gotta go, Elizabeth is past out in there."

"You can spend the night Tommy," Didi said, "I don't mind."

"Well she has school tomorrow and I got work, so I'd rather us be at home, sorry ma."

"Well if you're about to Leave Tommy." Tristan said getting out of his chair, 'me and Dil might as well reveal our announcement."

"What is it?" Z asked.

"Me and Tristan are getting hitched." Dil said with a smile.

Tommy's eyes widened, 'that's…awesome!" he said.

"Congratulations!" Z shouted, "shots all around!"

"No shots," Kimi muttered, 'But it is good that you two are getting married, I mean you've known each other since high school."

"Congratulations sweetie." Didi said, "I hope you two are very happy."

"Isn't Gay marriage Illegal here?" Angelica asked.

"Angelica!" Chuckie exclaimed, "don't be so insensitive."

"It is legal here." Dil said, 'I checked.

"Well congratulations," Angelica said, "I'm very happy for you two."

Chuckie looked down a little, he had wanted to propose to Angelica, but he could never gather up the courage, this was like a slap in the face to him.

"Well I better get going." Tommy said, throwing his beer bottle away and walked inside.

"I better go too." Lil said, "It was nice meeting you all."

As they went inside, Z turned to Kimi and whispered, "do you think they're gonna do it?"

"Oh yeah." Kimi whispered back.

Tommy walked down the street, Elizabeth's sleeping form was in his arms, his jacket was slung over his shoulder, Lil was walking beside him, and Jasper had walked home, "so, tonight was fun." Lil said.

"Oh yeah, sorry my brother sorta caught you off guard when we got there."

"Yeah, that was a pretty big surprise." Lil said, "and to think, he thought me and you were going out."

Tommy chuckled a little, 'it does seem kinda far fetched." He said, "I mean we just met."

'And we're completely different."

'completely." Tommy said.

Lil looked tommy and smiled a little, when he turned her way she looked down, a blush creeping up on her.

"Lil Deville, are you blushing?" Tommy asked.

"No I'm not," she said, turning even redder, "It's just cold out here!" she rubbed her arms, it really was cold and she forgot a jacket.

Tommy took his off his shoulder, 'here," he said putting it around her, 'Is that better?"

"Y-yeah…" Lil said, blushing a little more.

"Daddy…" Elizabeth muttered sleepily.

"Yeah baby?"

"Tomorrow morning can we have pancakes?"

Tommy smiled a little, "yeah baby,"

"With chocolate chips?"

"You ate all the chocolate chips last time," Tommy said, poking her in the stomach, "Fatty."

Elizabeth giggled, then looked at Lil, 'are you going to stay the night?"

Both Lil and Tommy looked surprised, "um…no, I have to get to work early tomorrow." Lil said hesitantly.

"Oh, because I thought it would be fun, me and you could have stayed up all night and played games." Elizabeth said.

"You can't play all-night, you have school tomorrow." Tommy said.

"That's true." Elizabeth said, making Lil laugh a little. Soon they got to Tommy's house, they walked in, Tommy went to Elizabeth's room and laid Elizabeth in her bed, Elizabeth quickly went to sleep.

"She really is beautiful." Lil said, "so carefree and happy."

"Yeah," tommy said with a smile, "she brightens up everyone's day."

Lil nodded, "well I better go, got school tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow Lil." He said, walking her to the door, "you know," he said as she walked out, "that sleepover invitation is open."

Lil smiled a little, "sorry, I gotta get going, maybe another time."

Tommy smirked, 'invitations always open Lil," he said, 'goodnight."

Lil walked to her car and waved at him, then got into her car and drove away.

Tommy smirked and walked into his house, locking the door behind him, "Today was a good day.' He said.