We all stood in the church, Angelina and Lil looking angry with each other. Chuckie and Dil didn't look too happy either. I was really scared. I didn't want out friendship to end it was the last thing any of us wanted... but were we going to let it happen?
"Ya know, Angelica? There is only one type of person who does what you did. Especially to someone who has been a lifelong friend, and basically a sister. Only one type of person who would backstabbing like that... and face the consequences like this: a whore." Lil said to Angelica. Angelica's eyes widened at the statement.
"Excuse me? I MADE A MISTAKE? You've never made a mistake? You're just perfection aren't you? Bitch!" Angelica shouted.
Lil lost it. "How... how freaking... dare... you... you horny... brother-killing..."
In the meantime, Chuckie and Dil were also having issues.
"To be so moronic. She is carrying my child. Not yours. She doesn't love you. She loves me. Or, at least she will soon. And you better stay away from the mother of my child. You horny bastard." Chuckie angrily said to Dil.
"Dude, you had better calm your ass down. Whyn't we let her decide? Who's to say that she'll love either of us? Don't get ahead of yourself, you ginger-headed prick." Dil replied. Chuckie's fist balled up, and he went in for a punch... before a loud noise has stopped him.
WHACK.
We turned around, and saw Lil with a metal chair that had been leaning on the wall in her hand, and Angelica on the floor, without movement. Lil was breathing heavily and she threw the chair aside.
"LIL! WHAT THE HELL?!" Tommy screamed. We all ran over to Angelica. Chuckie bent over and checked her pulse. "Guys... she's out." He said.
Lil took her by the collar. "That'll teach the bitch."
"Lil! For the love of God! This is NOT you!" I said.
Angelica began to cough up blood as she woke up.
"...ugh...ugh...Lil... I'll... I can..." When she was finished talking, Angelica, by surprise, reared back and punched Lil with full-force right in the side of the head. After tumbling around for a minute, she fell to the ground. "That'll... teach... the bitch..." Angelica said before the went back out.
We had two angry pregnant women, out -cold. Possibly dead. Dil looked up at Chuckie, with tears in his eyes, lip quivering.
He began to speak with break in his voice. "You son of a bitch... if you had left Lil alone... and kept your dick in your pants... She could have done what she could. Being pregnant opened a new realm of problems. She had to worry about her health... and then have Angelica come asking for forgiveness... think it would fix everything... but making it worse. You doubled the wrong... of everything... when you impregnated this... drug-affiliated, innocent..." He got up, and ran after Chuckie, tackling him. He drove into the pastors stand, knocking it over. He then sat on Chuckie and started to violently punch him in the face. "DIL! STOP!" Tommy screamed. "NOT UNTIL HIS EYES ROLL BACK!" Dil screamed. Tommy ran over to him and tried to pull Dil off, but ended up getting an elbow to the face. Pissed off at his injury, he ran over and tackled Dil. He then threw Dil into the floor from the altar. Chuckie got up and ran after Dil. Thing was, he was delusional from the many punched he had just recieved from Dil. He gave Dil a swift uppercut in the chin. He then fell over, out-cold. I was crying so hard at this point. I couldn't handle what was happening. Three people, knocks out in anger from one another. Once a group that could never be split... but since Phil was gone... we were... bondess...
Dil, after a second of stumbling around and spitting up some blood, fell over as well. Tommy and I were now the only ones standing.
"...why...?" I said, sniffling.
Tommy looked at me, tears in his eyes.
"I... don't... know... where is Phil? We... need him..."
We sat on the ground, surrounded by our passed-out friends. We held each other. And cried. For about 15 minutes. We just cried. We were nothing anymore. Our group had fallen apart without Phil.
Angelica started to squirm around. Tommy and I wiped wiped our tears. She began to speak.
"I... can't... help the... consequences... why... are we all paying... for something... I did... its madness... it should just be me... not Lil... Dil... Chuckie... you guys..." She pulled a bottle of drugs out of her pocket "I alone... must suffer..." I tried to get up and stop her as she opened the bottle, intended to swallow them all. But my assisstance wasn't needed, as Lil was already on her way.
She smacked the bottle out of her hand.
"Phil's gone... don't let my best friend... and his child go, too..." She said.
"We all make mistakes. Sometimes horrible mistakes. Albeit attempted suicide, premarital sex that gets us pregnant... or getting drunk and being irresponsible... we do it. Killing ourselves isn't the answer. If it was, we'd all be dead. We can't always fix what we do wrong. But we can make the best of our mistakes. Such as... welcoming our children into the world with warm, loving arms... it's gonna take awhile for me to be over the fact that you are somewhat responsible for my brothers death... but after seeing you with that intention just now... I have to change my attitude. I have to do what's best, which is forgive you. And forget this past. I have to make amends with these boys and decide what's right... for my heart and for my child. Just please, Angelica... don't kill yourself... that would seriously be the worst possible thing that could happen in these days..."
They both began to cry as they held each other, hugging, apologizig and sobbing. Tommy and I walked over and joined them.
We sat in the church crying for a good 30 minutes... at that point, I had done more crying in those paat few weeks than in my whole life. And I think that went for all of us.
*2 Weeks Later. 911 was called after a minute because Chuckie and Dil were both knocked out for awhile. The both had concussions and were in the hospital or about a week. Angelica and Lil, with Lil still angry over her brothers death, pushed bygones aside and made amends with Angelica.*
We were really scared when Dil and Chuckie weren't waking up. Luckily we had our cell phones, and we callled out, they both had some over-minor concussions. But, within a week, they were fine. Things still seemed off, even with Lil and Angelica made up to one another... there was still some tension. But what could relieve it? What could we do... to rid of it?
Tommy and I invited everyone back over to his parent's house, to end all of the tension.
Once everyone was there, I started to talk.
"We have delayed our comings to home for far, FAR too long. We all have work to go to. But we aren't anywhere until-" I was cut off.
"I love Dil." Lil said, interrupting. I saw the rage in Chuckie's face.
"It's true... after some thought... he really is the one I love. I thought I loved neither of them. But... it's Dil."
More tension had rissen. The problems certainly weren't fixed.
"...but you are carrying my child." Chuckie said. "By mistake, Chuckie... and my heart belongs with Dil... but.. there is someone in here that loves you... that needs a father to her child... perhaps with promising career as a professor... that sounds financially stable... and she loves you... and Chuckie, who knows? You may love her..."
Chuckie looked over at Angelica. He placed her hand in his.
"I don't need you to think of yourself as a... second option. You need a father for your child... the real one is gone... butI am here. And... I know you love me... I have been terrible to you for awhile now... really, just awfull... but listening to Lil... and thinking about God... maybe... we should try." Chuckie said.
I smiled and grabbed Tommy's hand.
Angelica smiled, blushed, and started to cry.
"Yeah... yeah, we should try..." She said, grabbing Chuckie's hand.
Chuckie turned to Lil.
"Lil... I want to be close. I want to be a father to my own child, too... no matter which way this works out."
"Of course, Chuckie. I want that too." Lil said, with a smile.
"Hold on... not everybody is happy yet. There are still two people in here that need to solve their issues." I said.
When I said that, Chuckie and Dil got up, shook hands, and pulled each other in for a hug.
"Let's forget it, man. I'm never going to hurt her again... just treat her right, ok?"
"You better do the same for my cousin... I love ya, bro."
We all cried extremely happy tears. We gathered together in a group and hugged one another, and cried in happiness. I opened my eyes. I never told anybody... but I know that I saw Phil standing with us, hugging. I smiled, and he winked at me, before fading away.
At that moment, I recieved a text message. And so did everyone else... we all got the same text. The number was 'P' and the message was "That's what needed to happen. Losing me made you stronger. Now I can watch and protect you, guide you. Be with each other as you raise the children... bring the group back. For me."
We could hardly believe what we were reading... but Tommy spoke up. "Sure thing, Phil... for you."
We all looked up and began to pray, thanking God for having Phil watch us.
*The Next Day*
We were all packing our bags. We had discussed with each other that once Tommy finished his movie and Chuckie got through 2 semesters more, we were all going to try to move back home. Tommy and I made plans to get an apartment together. Everybody else's plans, I don't know. What I do know, is that the thought of all of us back at home... made me smile.
We finished packing our bags, and we met each other at Tommy's parent's house. All of the parents were there.
"We expect you all back here within 2 years. I am so glad you guys are coming back... just don't delay it, ok?" Stu said. "I love you all! No more drama, and promise me you'll be careful!" Didi said.
Charlotte, Dru, Betty and Howard all said their goodbyes and hugs and kisses, before we all kissed our loved ones goodbye.
"...So... just a few months... and I'll be out there, ok?" I told Tommy. "Ok, baby... but I feel selfish... leaving you to deal with pregnancy sickness and whatnot... if you need me, call me? I'll drive as far as you need me... I love you."
I hugged him really tight... and told him I loved him too.
Before getting in my car, I turned around and saw everyone hugging their significant others. We all got together, including parents, for a giant hug at the end. We cried,, hugged, gave goodbyes, and got in our cars... and drove away...
With my pregnancy, Lil's and Angelica's pregnancy, Tommy's movie, Dil's possible discovery of a planet, and more... what was to come of us? I had good feelings... but still a void in my heart. I missed Phil... but I knew he would all be eith us. I couldn't wait to see what was to become of us, because that was quite a trial.