Chapter Three

"Do you girls remember Sean Butler?" Nicole asked after dinner was finished.

The adults were sitting in the living room while the kids had gone upstairs. Dil had already left, saying he wanted to spend some time with his parents and Kaitlyn on Thanksgiving.

Kimi and Lil nodded. Lil smiled "He was so-" she stopped talking when Tommy gave her a look "Nice. He was so nice."

"Yeah, I'm sure that's what you really wanted to say" he said looking away from her. She grabbed his arm and kissed his cheek before whispering something in his ear.

"Well, I heard that he's coming to town." Nicole said. Chuckie just ignored the fact that his wife was talking about her ex coming back, he wasn't really bothered by it. "And he's bringing Z"

Kimi looked up at the mention of Z's name "Z Melton?"

Nicole nodded. Phil looked at Kimi and immediately got worried "Lillian, can I talk to you?"

Lil nodded and followed him to the kitchen "What's going on?"

"Z's coming back." he said as he started pacing.

"Yes, I know. I heard. What about it?"

"Z. Kimi's ex. Is coming back. Lil! Do you know what this means?!" Phil grabbed her shoulders.

"No, Phillip, I don't." she pushed his hands off her.

"Imagine if... Rachel was coming back!"

"Oh!" Lil put a hand on Phil's shoulder.

"I don't know if I should be worried or not"

"You shouldn't be. Kimi loves you. I mean, she married you and not him." She gave him a reassuring smile.

The two walked back into the living room. Lil sat back down next to Tommy and put herself into the conversation that was going on.

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"We are some lucky kids" Madison said jumping onto her bed.

"Why do you say that?" Megan asked.

Ethan looked at her like she was crazy and then opened the door and pulled her out, pointing to their parents in the living room. "Our parents are all so in love still. I mean, Uncle T and Aunt Lil have been together since before high school. And my mom and dad have been together since they were sophomores."

"What about Uncle Chuck and Aunt Nicole?" Noah asked.

Madison and Ethan shrugged. No one was really sure how long those two had been together. They had heard stories, but they don't remember if anyone actually said when they got together. "I'm not sure" Ethan shrugged.

"But speaking of relationships, Megs, how are you and Kyle?" Noah asked his sister.

Kyle happened to be one of Noah's friends, which is how him and Megan met. She hesitated and avoided eye contact with him before answering "I'd rather not talk about my love life with my brother." she got off the floor and walked down the stairs and to the kitchen to get something to drink.

Phil had walked in to get him and the others some of the beer they had in the fridge and smiled at Megan when he saw her "Hey Megs" he said as she walked over to the cabinet.

"Hi Uncle Phil" she smiled at him. Phil was probably her favorite uncle. He was fun to be around and easy going. Nothing like her mom. The two may be twins but she thought they were completely different people.

"Are you going to talk your mom into coming to see me more often?"

"Of course!" she smiled at him and gave him a hug before she walked out.

As much as we'd like to stay, we have to get going." Nicole said giving everyone a hug before walking out.

"I hope to be seeing more of you, Chuck" Kimi said giving her brother a hug.

"You will, Kim. Don't worry" he smiled and waved a goodbye to everyone.

Phil turned to look at his sister "You don't have to go so soon, do you Lil?" he put on his best fake frown and gave her the puppy dog eyes.

Lil laughed and shook her head "We're both off from work for a few days and the kids don't start school for another week."

"Some good ol sibling bonding time!" he put an arm around his sister and she laughed.

"How about... Instead of you guys going home, you stay over tonight and have some drinks with us?" Kimi asked and Phil nodded in agreement.

Lil turned to Tommy and smiled "Can we?"

He nodded but then looked over at Phil and Kimi "But maybe no drinking for me" he laughed and put an arm around Lil.

"Why not, T? You're fun to be around when drunk!"

"Do you remember our wedding reception? He got so drunk, tried to hit on me, his wife, and pretty much cried when I told him to sit down and stop drinking. Then he-"

"Okay Lillian, I think they remember."

Phil and Kimi were laughing uncontrollably now. Tommy rolled his eyes "Yeah, yeah, laugh it out. We have some good and embarrassing stories of you too, Phil."

Phil stopped laughing "Don't go there, T"

Megan, Noah, Madison and Ethan came walking down the stairs and into the living room. Megan sat on the other side of Tommy "Did I just hear that my dad was a drunk?"

"And that our dad has some embarrassing stories?" Madison asked.

"I wasn't technically a drunk." Tommy shrugged.

Lil laughed and looked over at Noah "Don't start drinking like your dad did." Tommy mocked her and then turned to Phil.

"My stories aren't embarrassing." he said looking over at Kimi.

"They are stories I don't want my children knowing." she said with a laugh.

"But they would probably be good, mom!" Ethan said

"Yes, but they aren't for the ears of you guys"

"Uncle Phil! Convince her!" Noah said.

"What can I say? Alcohol does things." he said as innocently as possible "But take it from me and your father, don't drink."

The kids nodded and Kimi looked over at Madison "You're having Megan staying in your room tonight" she turned to Ethan "And you're having Noah."

The kids smiled and ran back up the stairs. Lil watched them go and then turned back to Phil and Kimi "We have some pretty good kids."