Chapter Eight

Lil walked out of her bedroom the next morning, dressed for work, and ready for her first day back. She was standing in the kitchen and looked up, just realizing that Phil was asleep on the couch. She smiled and walked over to the couch, pushing his feet down so she could sit. He yawned and glared at her "What was that for, Lillian?"

"So little brother,"

"Two minutes, Lillian"

"Still, you're my little brother. Anyways, Tommy told me that you're wanting to propose to Kimi" she gave him a smile.

Phil sat up all the way and turned so he was looking at her "Yes. I want to."

"Then why don't you?"

"Because I don't know how." Lil raised an eyebrow and Phil sighed, continuing "Like how Tommy did, in front of all our friends and family. Romantic. I could never do that."

Lil nodded and set her coffee on the table "You love Kimi. She loves you. No matter how you do it, she'll be happy that it happened."

Phil threw his head back and groaned "You're going to make me say it, aren't you?" he looked over at her "I want it to be romantic."

Lil smiled and stood up "You'll figure something out, promise, Phillip."

She started walking towards the door but Phil called to her "But I need your help, Lillian!"

Tommy came walking out a few seconds later and looked over at Phil "Why do you have to yell?"

"Because Lil was leaving while I was talking to her." Phil said laying back down.

Tommy walked into the kitchen to make himself some coffee when he looked back over at Phil "You have a bedroom for a reason."

Phil mumbled something before sitting back up and making room for Tommy. "Lillian doesn't want to help me."

Tommy chuckled and took a sip of his coffee before turning the TV on. Phil stood up and walked over to the kitchen to make himself some food when Chelsea came running down the hall and over to Tommy and started talking, too fast for either of them to understand. Tommy nodded and stood up before walking into the kitchen and then telling Chelsea to follow so he could make her breakfast.

Phil was sitting on one of the bar stools watching Tommy and Chelsea. Tommy handed Chelsea a plate with a waffle on it before pouring her a little cup of juice and handing it to her and then turning to get into the fridge. Chelsea started running towards the living room "Be careful, Chels." Tommy called over his shoulder.

Phil and Tommy both turned around when they heard Chelsea fall, assuming she just fell. Tommy slammed the fridge shut and ran over to Chelsea, Phil right behind him. "Lil's going to kill me" Tommy said picking Chelsea, who was now crying, up and making a face at the blood that was there.

"Yeah she is."

Tommy shot Phil a look and carried Chelsea into the kitchen "Shut it, Phil. She got stitches last time she was under your watch." he set her on the counter and wet a rag before putting it on her head.

"Hey, Lil and Kimi were there too!" Phil said sitting down again before pointing at Tommy "So technically, Lil can't get mad at you. But you probably should take her to the hospital."

Tommy rolled his eyes and picked Chelsea up again and took her out to the car. Phil climbed in the back so he'd be able to hold the rag to her head. Phil picked Chelsea up once they got to the hospital and took her inside while Tommy tried to get a hold of Lil.

After two hours of being in the hospital, they walked out with Chelsea, who was done crying, and now asleep. Tommy still wasn't able to get in contact with Lil, so he figured she could just find out when she got home. Tommy walked through the house and set Chelsea on the couch before turning to Phil "Will you get her a band-aid?"

Phil nodded "Yeah, sure." Phil walked out a few minutes later with the box of band-aids and put one on where her stitches are.

Kimi walked into their apartment and was about to say something to Phil but stopped when she saw him and Chelsea covered in band-aids. "Phil.. What happened?"

"Well," Phil started and leaned back into the couch "Chelsea got hurt, so I put a band-aid on it, and then she wanted to put one on me, and it just continued from there."

Kimi rolled her eyes and pointed down at the floor "What happened there?"

Phil looked down and noticed the juice stain "Oh, that. Chelsea fell while carrying her juice."

Tommy walked out of his room and raised an eyebrow at Phil and Chelsea but shaking his head "Does anyone know when Lil gets home?"

"A few minutes." Kimi said as she walked over to the couch.

Tommy nodded and walked into the kitchen and started pouring two cups of coffee, one for him, and one for Lil when she gets home. He was leaning on the counter staring over at Chelsea "She'll never know until she starts taking those off"

"What happened?" Kimi asked.

"Another accident involving Chelsea getting stitches." Phil said with a sigh and Tommy nodded.

Kimi was about to answer when the front door opened and a frustrated Lil walked in "I forgot how much I hated work." she said throwing her bag down, still not noticing Chelsea and Phil covered in band-aids. She walked over to where Tommy was holding out a cup of coffee and took it before turning around and finally looking over at them. "Why?"

"Chelsea wanted to play in the band-aids. That's not usual for kids. We did it too, Lillian."

Lil raised an eyebrow and walked over to Chelsea and reached down, pulling off one of the band-aids, and the one she chose just happened to be where the stitches were. "What happened to her?!"

Tommy glared at her "What are the chances that you'd chose that one?" Lil crossed her arms, glaring right back at him and he sighed "She fell and hit her head on the table this morning. I tried calling you to tell you"

Lil walked over and sat down on one of the chairs before turning back around to face them "Why are they both covered in band-aids though?"

Tommy shrugged "Phil is still a child at heart, why does it surprise you?"

Lil shook her head "It actually really doesn't."