The Wrong Guy

Tommy was about to walk up the stairs when there was a knock on the door. He hesitated between answering it, knowing Elliot wasn't going to, and going upstairs to talk to Lil. He heard a door upstairs open and he figured it was Lil so he turned away from the stairs and headed to the front door. He pulled it open and raised an eye at the two cops who were standing there "May I help you?"

"Mr. Pickles?" Tommy nodded as Lil walked up behind him "Is your son Elliot home?"

Tommy nodded again and motioned for Lil to get him from the kitchen "What did he do?"

The cop didn't say anything. He waited until Lil and Elliot walked out of the kitchen. Elliot hesitated before walking over to the door and gave his parents both a look of fear "Elliot Pickles?" Elliot nodded and the cop motioned him out the door before turning him around "You're under arrest for assaulting your girlfriend, Chloe Butler." he put the handcuffs on him "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you

"What?!" Lil, Tommy and Elliot all yelled.

The cop turned to look at Tommy and Lil "We got a call from her father saying he witnessed the whole thing and wanted him under arrest. Unless there's proof otherwise, we have to take him in."

Samantha came walking down the stairs and stood behind her mom "What's going on?" she whispered to her mom.

Lil shook her head and watched as they took Elliot to the car. Tommy shut the door and turned to look at Lil who was still shaking her head "Mom, dad, why did Elliot just get arrested?" Samantha was starting to worry. She could tell by the looks on her parents faces that they were worried, and from what she knew, her dad was never one to be worried about anything.

"Just a... Misunderstanding." Lil said before walking past her and back up the stairs.

Tommy sighed and looked at Samantha "I'm going to go talk to her."

Samantha sighed and sat on the couch, crossing her arms. She thought her brother was a good person. What could he have possibly done to get arrested? She started trying to think of reasons why but nothing seemed logical enough. The front door opened and she turned around to see Phil "Hey Uncle Phil"

"Why do you sound so... Down?" Phil asked sitting down next to her "And why was there just a cop leaving your house?"

"I don't know. Mom and dad know, but they won't tell me anything. Mom said it was a misunderstanding and then walked upstairs but all dad said was that he was going to talk to her and went after her."

"Wait, what do you know?" Phil asked raising an eyebrow.

"Elliot got arrested." Samantha said looking over at Phil whose eyes were now wide in shock.

Tommy opened the bedroom door and walked in to see Lil sitting on the bed. Her back was against the headboard and her knees were pulled to her chest. "Lil, what's wrong?" Lil looked over at him and shook her head. He sat next to her, putting an arm around her and pulling her to him "It's this secret you're keeping, isn't it?"

Lil nodded "I really just want to tell someone, and now that Elliot's been arrested it's just getting to me even worse."

"Doe sit have to do with Elliot and why he got arrested?"

"No." then she thought about it and shrugged "I guess it could be. But I know he didn't assault Chloe." she looked up at Tommy and chuckled "If he's anything like you he won't hurt anyone."

Tommy smiled and looked down at her "This secret is going to drive you insane."

She pulled away from him and sighed "Going to? It already has."

There was a knock on the door and they both looked up as Phil walked in "What happened with Elliot?"

Tommy sighed "He got arrested for assaulting Chloe, but Lil is convinced it wasn't him."

"Well duh it wasn't him. He takes after you." Phil said rolling his eyes and walking over to the bed and sitting in front of Lil "Secrets always have been able to drive you insane."

Lil nodded in agreement "I really feel like I just need to tell someone, but I don't know who or when or what they'll think of me for keeping a secret like this."

"Well Lillian, if you can't talk to me or Tommy about it, you always have your best friend to turn to." Phil said with a smile.

Tommy nodded "He's right. You've gone to Kimi for almost everything, I'm sure there are things you've told her that I still don't know."

Lil laughed "That's true. You two can go bail Elliot out, and I'll go talk to Kimi." she said getting up and leaving before either of them could protest.

"Lillian really is something." Phil said shaking his head "She doesn't even want to bail her own child out of jail for the first time"

Tommy laughed and started walking towards the door "Even if she wasn't stressing out over this secret, I'm sure she wouldn't want to come bail him out." They walked down the stairs and told Samantha where they were going and she asked to go with them.

Lil walked into Phil and Kimi's apartment and saw her niece Jordan sitting on the couch in the living room "Hey Aunt Lil! I didn't know you were coming over"

"It was kind of a last minute decision. Is your mom home?"

Jordan nodded and pointed towards the bedroom and Lil walked to it, knocking before opening the door "Kim?"

Kimi turned away from the computer and looked over at her "Lil! What are you doing here?"

Lil shut the door and walked over to the bed, sitting down "I just needed to talk to someone about something, and I know I couldn't tell Tommy or Phil because they wouldn't understand but-"

Jordan came running through the door "Is it true that Elliot got arrested?! Aunt Lil, why didn't you tell me?!"

Kimi's eyes widened "What?!"

Lil nodded "The cops got a call from Chloe's father saying he witnessed Elliot assaulting her, but it's not true. Trust me."

Jordan sighed in relief "So he's getting out?" Lil nodded "All Sam told me was that he was arrested."

Kimi turned to Jordan "I think Lil needs to talk to me alone." Lil nodded and Jordan gave them a smile before walking out.

After Jordan was out of the room Lil turned back to Kimi "Okay, what I'm about to tell you can not leave this room." Kimi nodded and listened as Lil told her what had been bothering her.