Things Change

Chapter: 6 Prelude to the Past

By Orion 101

Disclaimer: I have no ownership over the characters in this story they are the property of Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo.

A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I've updated this story as you can probably tell, I have been trying my luck with stories about other shows. However since this was my first story I have returned to it enjoy.

acosta pérez josé ramiro: Thanks for the review and good analysis of the girls exactly what I was going for

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alisha marie: Comments appreciated I'm not sure if their will be a sequal

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Lil at the moment was completely ecstatic, she couldn't believe that it was this easy, Chuckie was now hers. Well technically not yet in order to win the bet she still had to have one successful date with him, but that wouldn't be a problem. She knew Chuckie liked her he wouldn't have asked her out if he didn't so the date was just a formality. She began to wonder what she would do once she finally had an official boyfriend, maybe they would get matching shirts and couple photos, the possibilities were endless. She was so busy with her fantasizing that she didn't notice her twin in the hallway.

"Hey sis what's the matter, did you finally get that purse you were looking for at the mall," Phil joked to his sibling? Lil on the other hand just gave him a cross look and snubbed her nose at him.

"I will ignore that Philip as I am in such a good mood that not even you can ruin it," Lil sad as she looked for some clothes to wear. Phil gave her a curious look as he stepped into her room.

"Something really good must have happened if you passed up a chance to take a shot at me, you win the lottery or something," Phil asked.

"In a matter of speaking yes, Chuckie asked me out," Lil admitted. Phil looked at her disbelieving at first but then when he could see she was serious had a look of worry on his face.

"He did really," Phil asked?

"Uh huh, he asked me to go with him to the Sulky Boy's concert," Lil explained to her brother.

"Well I got to get going Lil, I have some um homework to do, yeah that's it," said Phil as he bolted downstairs. Now Phil was never known for being the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he had seen Tommy's crush on his sister coming and he knew once Tommy got wind of this that it would have repercussions serious ones. He had to make sure Tommy fund out from him before he found out at school or in public and had a major blowout. He reached the phone and dialed Tommy's number hoping he was home at the moment, he listened to it ring and someone picked up.

"Hello Pickles residence who is this," asked Tommy from on the other line.

"Hey this is Phil," he answered from his house.

"Oh hey what's up," Tommy answered back.

"Not much except, do you still have a thing for my sister," Phil asked.

"What are you talking about Phil I never had a thing for your sister," Tommy lied nervously.

"Yeah sure whatever, well I just thought you should here it from me Chuckie just asked her out," Phil explained from his house. At that moment Tommy almost dropped the phone.

"Phil are you sure about this," Tommy asked in disbelief.

"Yeah Tommy I am she just told me about a few minutes ago, he asked her to the Sulky Boys concert," Phil told him.

"Thanks for telling me Phil, I'll se you at school tomorrow," Tommy said as hung up the phone. He couldn't believe this had happened, Chuckie knew how he felt about Lil, how could he betray him like this.

"No wonder he wanted tickets to that Sulky Boys concert," Tommy stated bitterly. He then exited his room to go down the stairs and get something to drink. After this depressing bit of news he really needed a root beer to calm himself down. He was surprised to find his cousin Angelica was in the kitchen as well helping herself to a slice of pie. She noticed his bitter face as oppose to his usual chipper demeanor and was curious.

"Hey Pickles what's got you down," she asked.

"Nothing just that my former best friend just asked Lil out behind my back," Tommy stated. At this Angelica almost choked on the pie she was eating.

"What when did this happen," Angelica asked in shock.

"Earlier today he asked her to the Sulky Boy's concert," Tommy said.

"Darn how did that little brat get to him before me, if I don't do something she's going to win the bet," Angelica said not realizing she said it out loud.

"What did you say," Tommy asked just barely paying attention to her tirade.

"Nothing important, anyway what are you going to do about it," Angelica said looking at Tommy.

"About what," Tommy asked.

"About Chuckie and Lil duh, are you are you not going to follow them," Angelica implied.

"What," Tommy asked in disbelief.

"Listen, cousin I know you want Deville so I am going to be the kind cousin and assist you in following the two of them and making sure their date does not go as planned. That's simply the caring person I am," she said as she smiled sweetly.

"You just want Chuckie to yourself," Tommy said.

"Okay whatever, the point is do you want Lil or not," Angelica asked? Tommy thought about it for awhile finally he answered.

"Okay I'm in," he agreed.

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The next day came and soon it was the afternoon, the time of the Sulky Boy's concert and the night that Lil would finally lay claim to her little carrot top. Everything was going to be so perfect, the two of them would end the night with a kiss and become solidified as a couple. Lil came downstairs in her jeans and halter top as she prepared for Chuckie to pick her up, she noticed her mom downstairs waiting for her.

"Hey their Lil look like you got yourself fixed up pretty nice their, anyone special," Betty asked.

"Phil told you about my date with Chuckie didn't he," Lil asked.

"Yeah he did, now Lil just make sure that whatever happens that it doesn't ruin what you already," Betty told her daughter.

"It won't Mom don't worry tonight is going to be great," Lil assured her. At that moment the doorbell rang and Lil quickly answered it to find much to her delight Chuckie on the other side of the door.

"Chuckie I'm glad you're here," Lil said.

"Thanks Lil you look nice," said Chuckie politely. Lil replied with a smile and walked out the door to go with him she was however stopped by her mother.

"Hold on their Lil, Chuckster let me just take a picture of the two of you," Betty said taking out the camera.

"Okay Betty if you say so," answered Chuckie a little confused as to why she wanted a picture. Betty took a picture of the two kids and they soon were on their way to the concert much to Lil's delight. In about an hour the two of them were at the Sulky Boy's concert and at their seats in about the third row. The two friends settled into their seats and were soon listening to the boy band sing their trademark song.

"I'm really having a good time tonight Chuckie," said Lil as she looked up at her friend with dreamy eyes.

"Yeah I'm having a good time too," said Chuckie who was busy paying attention to the concert. Neither of them noticed two rows behind them were Angelica and Tommy watching the two with jealousy in their eyes.

"What are we going to do while were here Angelica I don't see any way to mess up their date," Tommy told his cousin.

"Just be patient cousin and I'll show you what we'll do," Angelica said as she took out a pee shooter and put a small pellet inside. The blonde then aimed her weapon and fired upon the unsuspecting redhead with the desired results.

"Chuckie is their something wrong," asked Lil as she noticed him scratching.

"Something is causing me to itch in the back of my neck, I'm going to the restroom to see if I can find it," he said as he got up and made his way to the facilities. While he got up and left Lil looked around suspiciously also the two Pickles looked on as their quarry made his way to the bathroom.

"Okay Tommy now that your pal is out of the way we can concentrate on Deville," Angelica said only to turn and find her cousin no longer behind her.

"Hey Tommy where did you go," she called out looking for him.

"I thought I'd find you here Angelica," Lil said as she caught the blond unaware.

"Hey Lil how's it going," Angelica said trying to feign innocence?

"Don't play dumb with me I can see the pee shooter in your hand you were trying to ruin our date, well it won't work by the end of tonight I'll be with him," Lil said angrily as she went off in search of her date. Angelica was following in anger. While all of this was going on our favorite carrot top had come out of the bathroom only to be confronted by his friend Tommy.

"Hey Tommy what are you doing here," he asked curiously remembering Tommy hadn't wanted to come.

"Oh nothing much Chuck just came to see a back stabber in action," Tommy stated his fists clenched. Chuckie was confused as to what was going on.

"Tommy what in Jiminy Cricket's name are you talking about," Chuckie asked his friend.

"I'm talking about you asking Lil out on a date tonight that's what, how could you betray your best friend like this Chuck," Tommy said on the verge of screaming.

"Date what do you mean I'm not on a date with Lil," Chuckie explained to his friend.

"Well what do you call it when you take a girl to a concert," Tommy yelled.

"Tommy the reason I asked Lil to come with me is because neither you nor Phil wanted to come plus Kimi was to upset to come either after Z dumped her," Chuckie explained.

"What," Tommy said almost not believing what he was hearing.

"Yes that's right I just asked a friend to come to the concert with me why in the world would you even think we were on a date in the first place," Chuckie asked? Tommy just put his hand behind his head and looked down at the ground sheepishly until he noticed something behind his best friend. Or more accurately two something's his cousin Angelica and their friend Lil who at the moment had her mouth agape and had tears streaming her eyes. Chuckie also turns to see Lil and is surprised by her reaction.

"Lil why are you," he began to ask but before he could finish Lil ran off into the night. As they watched her run off the three looked at each other in confusion and awkwardness for a good while.

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"That was without a doubt the most confusing night of my life," Chuckie said as he came through the door. He found his parents talking to each other on the couch sweetly as he came in apparently they had made up after their previous argument.

"Why home so soon son the concert shouldn't have ended for another hour," Chas asked.

"It's a long story Dad, can I ask you a question, have you ever been involved with a friend. Chaz looked a little bit uncomfortable as he started to scratch the back of his neck.

"Well son it depends on what you mean by involved," Chaz said.

"I mean have you ever had this girl who was friend that you ended up dating," Chuckie asked his father.

"Oh well yes I have son, why do you ask," he asked his son.

"I may have accidentally done the same thing," Chuckie admitted. Kira and her husband looked confusedly at each other.

"Chuckie how could you accidentally go out with a friend," his mother asked him.

"It's confusing you see I had tickets to the Sulky Boy's concert but none of the guys wanted to go. I didn't want to go alone so I asked one of the girls if they wanted to go with me, only they mistook what I was asking them and thought it was a date. Then to make a long story short it sort of all blew up in my face," Chuckie explained to his parents.

"Well son that is a problem, tell me does she still think it was a date," Chaz asked.

"No dad not anymore, the thing is she sort of overheard me telling another friend it wasn't a real date and now she's upset," the went on.

"Chuckie you need to make this right and ensure that she understands you didn't mean to hurt her," his mother told him.

"Listen to your mother son the last thing you want to do is let this bad feelings stay you don't want to ruin a friendship," Chaz said. Chuckie listened to him and nodded in agreement.

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While this was going on Lil herself had just gotten home and was looking pretty miserable. She had just walked through the door when she noticed Betty waiting for her in the living room with a smile.

"Hey their Lil how did the date with Chuckster go," Betty asked? Lil just cast her head down and looked like she had just been crushed; Betty noticed this and started looking more sympathetically at her daughter.

"Hey what's wrong did the date not go okay," Betty asked her daughter as she put her hand on Lil's shoulder?

"It wasn't a date," Lil said sullenly.

"What was that Lil," asked Betty.

"I said it wasn't a date, I heard him talking to Tommy it turns out he just asked me to the concert to hang out, he didn't know I thought it was a date," Lil explained to her mother as she began to grow more upset. Her mother seeing this went over and gave her daughter a reassuring hug.

"Oh that's okay Lillian it was an honest mistake, I'm sure you'll find a guy who really likes you," Betty said as she comforted her daughter. Lil however just backed away and began shaking her head.

"No I'm not going to go out with anyone ever again not after I was made a fool of tonight," Lil said as she ran upstairs to her room. As she ran up the steps Betty say Phil standing at the top watching as his sister ran by upset, he looked at his mother as she too watched Lil and they both silently agreed to let her be.

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Angelica meanwhile had just arrived home herself and was met by her mother.

"Well sweetie how was the concert," Charlotte asked her daughter.

"Oh yeah the concert it was all right," Angelica said as she began to walk past her mother.

"How were Chuckie and Lil," Charlotte suddenly said as Angelica stopped in her tracks?

"Why would you bring them up," Angelica started to mutter nervously.

"You were talking with Samantha on the phone about it just before you left," Charlotte said. Angelica then had a look of anger on her face as she heard her mother's explanation for her knowledge.

"You were spying on me," Angelica accused.

"Who needed to spy you were ranting so loud that I could hear it from across the hallway," her mother replied.

"It doesn't matter anyway the whole thing was one big mistake on Lil's part, it turns out Chuckie didn't consider it a date he just asked her to the concert as a friend. The good news for me is that the bet's still on," she said just realizing her mistake and covering her mouth.

"Bet what bet young lady," Charlotte asked in an accusatory tone.

"Oh just a bet me and the other girls had about Chuckie," Angelica admitted nervously. Her mother put her hand on her head and began to sit down.

"Sweetie you really shouldn't do stuff like this you'll just end up hurting people, I think it's time I tell you about what happened to me in college," she said as she began her story.

End of Chapter 7

Well that was unexpected what secrets will Charlotte reveal and what does it have to do with what is happening now. Tune in next chapter for the answers in College Cruelties.