The Reunion of Tommy and Silvia

Summary: The story of how Tommy and Silvia reunite when in college, and starting a relationship.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original Rugrats characters, they're the property of their original creaters. Zack and Silvia are OC's created by me, while Peter was created by TCKing12, and Jesse was created by Jesse J. Barrow.

Chapter 1, The Interview

Summary: This is chapter 1 of The Reunion of Tommy and Silvia. In this chapter, Silvia interviews Tommy for her assignment in Jane Augustine's Writing and Reporting the News I class at MCLA.

It was April of 2034. Tommy had been attending Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts for five years, and only had one more year to go before graduating. He was studying English/Communications with a concentration in Journalism, but he continued adventuring and filming on the side as a hobby, whenever he could get someone sighted to help him with the filming part, as he lost his site in a skateboarding accident back in the tenth grade. Over the five years Tommy had been in attendance at MCLA, a lot has happened with his friends as well. His cousin Angelica was now married to Brody, and they lived in Pittsfield, Angelica worked in copyright patents and trademark law at Momentive, while Brody was an electrician. Susie was a graduate in music from Simon's Rock, and teaching chorus at Pleasant Valley High School, and was married to Shaun, who worked at the same school as a band director. Chuckie got lonely at Penbrook, so transferred to MCLA in the fall of 2032, and became Tommy's roommate in the town houses. He was still dating Nicole, who was still attending Yale, almost complete with her degree in Early Childhood Education, while Chuckie continued to study Psychology, and the spring of 2034 semester would be Chuckie's final semester before he graduated. The same went for Nicole at Yale. Zack and Kimi were finished with school, and had recently moved to Pittsfield, where Zack worked at Deminunion Solutions, helping to program their database program, while Kimi worked as a nurse in the opsomology department at The Medical Arts Center. And as for their good friends and Tommy's brother down in Sara Sota, Florida, Lil finally opened her own hair salon business in the spring of 2031, called Glamorous Glories, and was happily married to Jesse, who was working for Nickelodeon, making nicktoons. Phil finally married Dil, and he was now the manager of Munchies, while Dil worked there part-time as a waiter, but continued to work at Radioshack, and became salesmen of the year in 2033, selling more cell phones than any other Radioshack in the entire country! As for everybody's parents, they all still lived in Yucaipa, California, working their way towards the day they could retire, and all move into condos in Florida, where for Betty and Howard, Laura and Dana, and Stu and Didi, they'd be closer to their children, and for Stu and Didi, they'd be closer to their youngest son, and on the same side of the United States as their oldest. And as for Peter and Violet, they were king and queen of the Confederacy, now married, and Violet was pregnant with her first child as of the spring of 2034, and would be expecting in December, right around Christmas.

Tommy POV

It was April 4, 2034. I was getting ready to head to my first class and see to meeting with my editor, Gordon Carvell at the Beacon news room, which was still Room 109 in Mark Hopkins, and has been for as long as anybody on campus could remember. I was a staff writer for the Beacon this semester, and had recently completed my latest assignment, an article about terrorests plan to attack the MCLA campus, and destroying it. It was so inspiring, that I thought it would make a great movie for me, Chuckie, and as of late, our newest friend to the bunch, but not so new actually, as we met twelve years ago when he started middle school with us, and yes, I'm talking about double major in Computer Science and Mathamatics, Trevor. At least he grew out of being my cloan, which he proceeded to do way back when when we originally met, but unfortunately, Chuckie had plans to go to Yale over the weekend to visit Nicole, so looks like our getting to spend some quality time together and start shooting my next film would have to be put on hold. It wasn't fair. Everyone else had girlfriends, or was happily married, and here I was, a big joke. I went from being on top in middle school, to being the slimy gunk at the bottom of a swamp come the dog days of my high school career, and here I was, only 2 and a half semesters away from graduating from MCLA with my Bachelor Arts degree in English/Communications, and still no woman to call my own. Even Trevor had a girlfriend, Ashley, and the three of us would hang out on weekends, but I was tired of being the odd man out, and only hoped that something would come along.

Well on this particular morning, I had a few extra minutes before I needed to head off to my first class, as I did everything I could to get out of Chuckie's way in the bathroom, so he could finish getting packed to head up to Yale after his last class, so I pulled out my phone, because it was the only thing accessible to use with that stupid Office 365 email client, that the school insisted on using since the fall of 2014, nearly twenty years ago, and checked my email to see that I had a message. It was from a girl named Silvia Weller, and she was looking to interview me about the work I did on the Beacon to write an article for her Writing and Reporting the News class with Jane Augustine. Now you should all know that I took Writing and Reporting the News I with Jane back in the fall of 2033 semester, and thought she was an incredible professor! Now I was taking Writing and Reporting the News II with Gene Norbert, which was also a good course, but what really peaked my interest was getting interviewed by this Silvia person. Finally, a girl wanted my attention, and not just to tell me where the bathroom was, or to congratulate me on my latest newspaper article, or film, or singing karaoke in the laundry room with my friends, but rather, wanted to interview me for her class assignment, and asked if we could meet up one day the following week. I wrote back and said that I was free on Thursday, April 10, so to pick a time, and I'd meet her wherever she wanted to meet up.

End of Tommy POV

Silvia POV

It was Tuesday, April 8, 2034. I was doing my show at WJJW, 91.1 FM, and finishing up my hours of the radio practicum for that day, when I got a surprise visitor.

"Silvia? Is that you?" Tommy asked.

I turned in my chair to see a tall boy wearing blue jeans, a white top, with purple hair, and two blue glass eyes in the doorway, as while I only had some useable vision out of my right eye, I used it very well.

"Tommy?" I asked.

"Uh, yeah, I'm here for the interview." Tommy replied.

"But I thought our interview was on Thursday, after my shift before my 2:00 class." I replied.

"Oh, oops? I'm so sorry, I got the times mixed up." Said Tommy apologetically.

"Oh, it's ok, so, think you could come back on Thursday? I asked, as I checked to see where I was in my playlist in Station Playlist Studio on my netbook, in hopes that my next voice break wasn't coming up just yet.

"Well, I seem to have double booked myself. I'm meeting with the president on Thursday to talk about the building of the newest building to MCLA, Hongkong Hall." Replied Tommy.

"Oh dear." I said with a sigh.

"When is the article due?" Tommy asked.

"Next Tuesday." I replied.

"Are you free Friday night? We could go to my favorite bar that's down the street, get a couple of drinks, and do the interview then." Said Tommy with a smile.

"Now Tommy, I learned in my Writing and Reporting the News class that interviews at restaurants aren't exactly ethical." I replied, as I added another song into my playlist, so as to not have us get caught when it came time for a voice break.

"Tell you what, we'll each pay our own way, that way, it won't look like either one of us is shelling out more money than we shouldn't." Said Tommy.

"Well, I do commute to North Adams from Pittsfield, but I guess I can take Paratransit up to campus on Friday afternoon and we'll go do this after you get out of your last class." I said.

"My last class finishes at 3:50 on Friday afternoon. So, it's settled then. We'll meet outside of Murdock at 4 on Friday." Said Tommy, before he turned to leave the radio station.

"Sounds good to me, I'll see you then." I said, before turning my attention back to my netbook.

Tommy left, and as I went back to finishing up my radio show, I couldn't help but think that there was something vaguely familiar about that boy, like we had met before. When Katie Sutton at Disability Services had told me about Tommy, I knew he might be an interesting person to interview, but little did I know that I may have known him better than I thought. I recall taking a cruise in Neverland a few years ago post graduating from high school, and dancing with a guy named Tommy on the last night of the cruise. Could he be the same one? Well, hopefully my interview with him would answer this question.

End of Silvia POV

Tommy POV

I couldn't believe I was so stupid! I had so much going on for me, between five classes, my weekly Beacon article assignments, and just, life in general, that it was hard to keep things straight. It was easy to get disorganized, and show up on the wrong dates for the wrong interviews. Luckily, Silvia and I worked it out, but while talking to her, something seemed vaguely familiar about her. It was as if, we've met before. Her voice, there was something about her voice, that I just, couldn't put my finger on, but it sounded familiar! I remember dancing with a Silvia on a cruise I took at my sixteenth birthday. Was it the same one? Well, I was determined to find out during the interview, if it was her or not.

End of Tommy POV

A few days later, Silvia met Tommy outside of Murdock after his last class, and the two of them hopped into Tommy's driverless red sports car, and headed down the street to Deniko's Bar. When they got there, they were greeted by a friendly bar tender, a tall, friendly fellow with wavy black hair on his head, wearing a dark blue shirt and white apron.

"Yo TomTom, how are things shaking?" Asked the bar tender.

"They're going great Kurt." Tommy replied with a smile as he and Silvia approached the counter.

"Hey, where's Chuckeroo and T-Man?" The bar tender asked.

"Awe, they're not with me today, they had other plans." Said Tommy.

Just then, the bar tender caught a glimps of Silvia.

"Ah, a lady? TomTom got a date?" The bar tender asked teasingly.

Tommy blushed.

"Oh, no, this is Silvia, we're here to do an interview for one of her classes." Replied Tommy.

"So, I take it you're gonna want the usual?" The bar tender asked.

"Yep, the usual, a screwdriver please?" Said Tommy.

"And can I interest the lady in anything special?" The bar tender asked.

"Oh I don't know, what's a screwdriver like?" Silvia asked.

"It's made with Vodca and orange juice. Chuckie got me one on my twenty-first birthday and I've loved them ever since." Said Tommy.

"Uh, I think I'll stick with a mud slide." Said Silvia, as she fetched her ID out of her purse. Tommy fetched his ID out of his wallet, and they showed them to the bar tender.

"Wow really? Mud slides are Phil and Lil's favorite drinks too!" Said Tommy with a smile, as the bar tender went and made up their drinks.

"Phil and Lil? Don't think I know them." Said Silvia.

"They don't live around here. They live in Florida. Phil is my brother-in-law, and is the manager of Munchies, while his twin sister Lil, owns a hair salon in the same town, though when we were kids, they were my next door neighbors for practically forever." Said Tommy.

"And I'm guessing Chuckeroo is Chuckie? And who's this T-Man person?" Silvia asked.

"Oh, Chuckie is my roommate, and he's been my friend since infanthood. And T-Man isn't my room mate, but lives in the next town house over, his real name is Trevor." Said Tommy.

"And what are their favorite drinks?" Silvia asked.

"Chuckie likes hurricanes, the one kind he's not scared of, and Trevor likes squirts, which are a lot like screwdrivers only you mix Sprite with vodka rather than orange juice." Said Tommy, as the bar tender handed Tommy and Silvia their drinks.

"Here are your drinks, and, enjoy." Said the bar tender with a smile.

"Oh we sure will." Said Silvia.

"Thank you Kurt." Said Tommy.

"Anytime TomTom, anytime." Said the bar tender with a smile, as Tommy and Silvia went and found a seat.

"Have you ever had a pink squirrel?" Silvia asked.

"No, but my roommate's girlfriend Nicole absolutely loves them!" Said Tommy, as the two of them took a seat at a table across from one another.

"Anyway, enough about your friends, we're here to interview you, so let's get started." Said Silvia, as she took a sip of her mud slide, and got her netbook out of her backpack so she could take notes.

The two of them took a few sips of their drinks, while they sat in silence, listening to Stareway to Heaven by Led Zeplin play in the background. After the song concluded, the interview began.

"So, what is your full name?" Silvia asked.

"Tommy Pickles." Said Tommy.

"How old are you?" Silvia asked.

"I'm twenty-two, and will be twenty-three in August." Replied Tommy, as he took another sip of his screwdriver.

"So your birthday is in August then?" Silvia asked.

"Yep, August 11, 2011 was when I was born." Said Tommy.

"So, what is your major?" Silvia asked.

"I'm a Junior at MCLA, majoring in English/Communications, with a concentration in Journalism." Said Tommy.

"Why did you choose the path of journalism?" Silvia asked.

"I like writing and talking to people, and would love to have a job, where I can do both." Tommy replied.

"I hear you're also working for the Beacon. What exactly do you do there?" Silvia asked.

"I am a staff writer. I get one article each week and have from Sunday to Sunday to get it completed." Tommy replied.

"What is your biggest challenge in terms of working for the Beacon?" Silvia asked, as she took another sip of her mud slide.

"I find it difficult to stay organized." Replied Tommy.

"What do you like the most about working for the Beacon?" Silvia asked.

"I love the fact that I get to write and talk to people, and I get to learn about things that I never thought I'd learn about. To me, writing for the Beacon is like a new adventure!" Said Tommy excitedly.

"What are some recent Articles you have Written?" Silvia asked.

"Last week, I covered an event on the cricist that's happening in Japan, and how complex the relationship between Tyland and the Chinese is." Tommy replied. "I also talked to some people in the technology department about the new email system that will be replacing the current Office 365 system, and what its similarities and differences are between the two email clients." Tommy continued.

"I hear you have a disability. What is it?" Silvia asked.

"I'm blind as a result of an accident I was involved in back in tenth grade in high school. My eyes had to be removed as a result of the damage, and I have no vision, just, two blue eyes made out of glass." Said Tommy.

"Do you use anything to help make it easier to function in this world with your blindness?" Silvia asked.

"I have an iPhone, an iPad, and a computer, all with screen readers on them, so I can write my articles, and communicate with the world through means of technology, and thanks to echo location powers, I have no trouble getting around without a cane in most places." Replied Tommy.

It was then that Silvia realized who she was talking to.

"You weren't, on some cruise in Neverland back in the summer of 2027 were you?" Silvia asked.

"Yes, I was! My good friend Peter Watanabe Albany of the Confederacy took me on the cruise for my sixteenth birthday!" Replied Tommy.

"Oh my gosh? Tommy, I'm Silvia. I believe we danced together on the final night of the cruise. We all attended a huge dinner, and you were going to star in Martin Costomiris' latest flick, The Mystery Boy. By the way, I never saw the film. What happehned?" Silvia asked.

Several minutes of silence passed before Tommy spoke up. His smile faded to a frown as he recalled the traumatic events that went down during his time in high school. Tommy wasn't up for giving the long version of the story, so he replied with the short version.

"Well, later that year, I got sick with Mono, causing production to have to be stopped on the film, and because we weren't able to meet the deadline, the film got canned." Replied Tommy with a frown.

"And you gave up being a movie director?" Silvia asked.

"Well yeah. I mean, how was I going to do that if I were blind? And besides, it's a long story but I saw a side of Martin when all of that went down that turned me off from wanting to have anything to do with him anymore. But while I discovered I had a nack for writing during my Junior and Senior years of high school, once I got into college and reconnected with Trevor, or as the friendly bar tender calls him, T-Man, I got back into filming as a hobby, seeking assistance from my sighted pals." Replied Tommy with a smile.

"Because of your blindness, have you found this to be an obstical in terms of your work with the Beacon?" Silvia asked.

""No, thanks to adaptive technology like Voice Over, Job Access with Speech, or JAWS for short, and Microsoft Wordd, I am able to write my articles for the Beacon, and, thanks to interviews, I have no trouble getting the information that I need to write my articles for the paper." Replied Tommy.

"So, what other pieces of technology to you use?" Silvia asked.

"Well, my driverless red sports car that my parents got me as a high school graduation present, helps me to get around." Replied Tommy.

"So, is it true that you had perfect vision up until your accident?" Silvia asked.

"Yes." Tommy replied.

"What was it like for you post the accident? I mean, did you have a difficult time getting use to being blind?" Silvia asked.

"At first, yes. I wanted to go over the wall, and nearly did, but thanks to meeting Lil's husband Jesse's cousin, the famous Eric Weihenmayer, and discovering how much we had in common, I realized that I could do anything I wanted to if I put my mind to it." Tommy replied.

"You don't mean, Eric Weihenmayer, the first blind guy to climb Mount Everest, do you?" Silvia asked.

"Yes, I do! And like him, we both have a love for adventure. I still have yet to climb Mount Everest, but every summer and winter in between college semesters, I take an expedition to explore a new part of the world. I've climbed Mount Greylock, scaled the Andes, and kiacked the Grand Canyon, and I hope to have many more adventures and travel a lot of other places as I continue to face adulthood." Replied Tommy eagerly.

"Have you always had a love for adventure?" Silvia asked.

"Yes, I have. I've done everything from going into the next yard to get my ball back, to traveling through the streets of Paris in a Reptar robot, and under covering the curse of Camp Everwood, and those all happened before my accident, but like Eric, I don't wish to completely lose sight of my life in the sighted world, and if you just sit around and pick dandelions, you'll get nowhere." Said Tommy.

"So, getting back to the topic of your work at the Beacon, Who do you work closest with at the Beacon?" Silvia asked.

"My editor's name is Gordon Carvell." Tommy replied.

"What got you interested in working for the Beacon?" Silvia asked.

"I had a general interest in working for the paper, to get some experience, and, it was suggested to me by Jane Augustine, my professor for Writing and Reporting the News I to work for the Beacon." Tommy replied.

"When did you start at MCLA?" Silvia asked.

"I started attending MCLA in the fall of 2029, after graduating from Yucaipa High in my home town and stomping grounds of Yucaipa, California the previous spring." Replied Tommy.

"So what made you venture out to Massachusetts, and attend this little liberal arts school in North Adams?" Silvia asked.

"Well, I wanted to see the world, not to mention, the eastern part of the United States, and since my brother was moving to Florida at the same time, I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to head back out to the Eastern part of the U.S. as I've only been this way twice during my childhood. My family took a trip to Washington D.C. when I was going through my terrible two's, and later, took a cross country trip by RV to New York City, but otherwise, I hadn't really seen the New England states as an adult, so figured college would be as good of a time as any, to check it out." Said Tommy.

"Wait a second, you have a brother, and a brother-in-law? Recall when we were getting our drinks, and you mentioned how Phil and Lil liked mud slides, you said Phil was your brother-in-law." Silvia said.

"Yes, Phil is married to my younger brother Dil. They're, homosexual." Tommy replied.

"Oh, I see." Silvia said.

"That doesn't, bother you, does it?" Tommy said.

"No, I'm personally, not homosexual, but I'm not against gay marriage in the least." Replied Silvia, as she finished up her mud slide.

"Are you?" Silvia asked.

"I personally am not for gay marriage, but my brother has always been a bit strange, and if being gay makes him happy, then who am I to stop him." Replied Tommy.

"When do you hope to graduate from MCLA?" Silvia asked, getting back to the topic of her article.

"I should be able to graduate in the spring of 2035, provided all of my course work is completed." Tommy replied.

"Who is one of your close friends on campus?" Silvia asked.

"I'd have to say my closest friends at MCLA are Trevor Mozique and his girlfriend, Ashley Nickles. The bar tender, Kurt Flabjack is another friend of mine, and my roommate is Chuck Finster, who is my closest friend of them all, and best friend since infanthood.." Replied Tommy.

"So, my last question for you to conclude this interview, what is some advice you'd give to future Beacon writers?" Silvia asked.

"When quoting something that was stated in an email message, make sure to state it such, otherwise if you say "Quote," He/She said, it implies you were talking to them in person." "Never ever ever give a copy of your rough draft to your source. And, don't be afraid to ask questions. And if you can't find all of the answers by means of asking questions, don't be afraid to investigate further, via other means of research, whether it be at the library or out in the wild, you want to have all of your facts straight before starting to write." Explained Tommy.

As they finished up their drinks, Tommy went on to tell Silvia again of the adventure he took where he discovered his echo location powers, to provide an opening story for Silvia to use in the first paragraph of her article, and concluded telling of the story, as they walked out of the bar and got back into Tommy's driverless red sports car to head back to the MCLA campus.

"So, I recall you telling me you commuted here from Pittsfield. Do you have a way to get home?" Tommy asked.

It was then that Silvia realized, while she scheduled a ride with Paratransit to get to campus, she forgot to schedule a ride to get back home.

"Oh no." Silvia muttered.

"What's wrong?" Tommy asked.

"I forgot to schedule a return ride with Paratransit, the ride service that I use." Replied Silvia.

"No worries, I can take you home." Said Tommy.

"You sure this isn't any trouble?" Silvia asked.

"Not at all, we'll have an adventure." Tommy said with a smurk, as he prepared to change the destination in the GPS system for the car.

Silvia gave Tommy her address and they continued down the highway, making their way towards Pittsfield. As they continued towards Silvia's apartment, it was now Tommy's turn to interview Silvia.

"So, if you're the same Silvia I met a few years back, at the time you were on that cruise, weren't you heading off to community college to get a degree in teaching?" Tommy asked.

"Yes, but just like the tables turned on you from being a movie director to being a journalist, well, they turned on me too." Replied Silvia with a shrug.

"What happened?" Tommy asked.

"Well, it's a long story, but here it goes. I gave community college a try during the 2027 and 2028 school year, and did the Early Childhood practicum during the fall semester of 2028, and discovered that it just, wasn't working out for me, as while I am visually impaired, and can see fairly well out of my right eye, with no vision in my left eye, trying to keep tabs on over twenty children, was just, a bit much. So I set my sights on becoming a radio broadcaster, transferring from Berkshire Community College to attend U Mass Amherst in the spring of 2029, only to get horribly treated by the people in the dorms, and in the fall of 2029, I ran away to live with a couple in Newcastle, PA named Tannis and Sherry who I had been talking to online. Tannis was skinny, hardly ever wore a shirt, and had a crew cut, while Sherry was obese, with a shaven head, and their home smelled of dead people and vomit, and was poorly maintained. It was while I was away at this home that I realized that I belonged in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, near my family, which consist of my father Stuart, my mother Monica, and my older brother, Mathew, who got married to my sister-in-law Carole in the summer of 2031. I took some time off from going to school, to move into my own place and decide what I wanted to do with my life. Then, after my brother's wedding, my family and I attended my sister-in-law's family reunion in Wheeling, West Virginia, only to have him yell at me for not going back to school. So in the fall of 2031, I got up my courage, to go back to school, and pursue a career in radio broadcasting, studying English/Communications, with a concentration in Broadcast Media." Explained Silvia.

"Oh wow, that's rough." Replied Tommy.

"Yeah, I've had my share of drama, I even use to have my own Internet radio station, but I quit it about a month ago because the drama, stress, and pressure of being a station manager got to be too tough to handle. I prefer working at the college station, where everybody acts professional, and in my spare time, I prefer to write Dummi Bears and Reptar fan fiction." Said Silvia.

"Well, if you ever want to turn your fan fiction stories into published pieces of work, I know the head writer of the Dummi Bears personally. He's the father of the chorus director at Pleasant Valley High School, Susie Carmichael, another person I've known since early childhood. She was my neighbor across the street from me back in my stomping grounds." Replied Tommy.

"I'll think about it and get back to you on that." Replied Silvia.

"And, interesting that your sister-in-law has family in Wheeling, West Virginia. My roommate's brother-in-law Zack, has family there too." Said Tommy.

"Oh wow, this surely is, a small world after all." Said Silvia with a smile, glancing in Tommy's direction, as the driverless sports car turned on to her street.

"Destination, Silvia's Tiny Mantion on the right in one quarter of a mile." Said the GPS robotic voice in the driverless sports car.

"Oh my gosh, we're there already?" Silvia asked.

"Yep, but why is it called, Silvia's Tiny Mansion?" Tommy asked.

"Well, it must recognize Foursquare locations, and that's what I named my home on Foursquare." Silvia replied.

"Hey, feel free to hook up with me on Foursquare, username is the same as my Youtube channel, ReptarLover2012." Said Tommy.

"Ah, so you're the one who stole my mayorship from MCLA. I was wondering who ReptarLover2012 was." Replied Silvia.

"Yep, that's me, and I'm not giving up that mayorship all that easily." Said Tommy.

"Oh we'll just see about that." Said Silvia.

"Go ahead and try." Said Tommy.

"Well, I just wanted to say, thank you for taking the time to let me interview you. Katie Sutton at disabilities was right, you are an easy going, great person to talk to, and, feel free to email me on Office 365 or give me a call at one of the numbers I provided in my initial email a call anytime you'd ever like to hang out." Said Silvia, as she got out of the car in front of her apartment building.

"No problem, I'm always happy to help out a friend in need, but isn't it wrong for reporters to become close friends with the people they interview?" Tommy asked.

"Well, it was during the interview that we discovered that we already knew one another before we ever set foot on the MCLA campus. I promise to leave that out of the article, and, I'll be sure to keep in touch." Said Silvia.

"Well, see ya later." Said Tommy.

"See ya." Said Silvia with a smile, as she shut the door on Tommy's car, and headed inside her building.

Tommy sat there for several minutes, before heading back to campus in North Adams. Before he got going, he got out his iPhone and sent Chuckie and Trevor a text.

""Heading back to campus, had a great time with Silvia. And, I think I like her." Tommy typed in the iMessage box before sending it off to his college buddies, and headed for the campus.

So, would this indeed, be the start of a relationship for Tommy and Silvia? We'll find out, later, as this ends chapter 1.

Author's Notes: I have several things to point out, so make yourselves comfortable. First of all, that interview was a parody of a real interview I did for my Writing and Reporting the News Class back during the spring of 2014 semester, for my Writing and Reporting the News class, where I interviewed a visually impaired student at my college named Alex, and obviously, in the parodied interview, Silvia played the role of me, while Tommy took on the role of Alex, and, I copied much of that interview from the actual one I did with Alex, modifying the questions and answers obviously to fit the story. Also, in reality, Alex and I never went to a bar to have our interview, he did get the time wrong for our interview, but when we rescheduled it, it took place at the radio station. I only did the bar scene because I kept thinking about what alcoholic beverages the Rugrats might like when they got to legal drinking age, and, I thought it would be cute for Tommy, who always carried a screwdriver around as an infant, to enjoy the drink with the same name twenty years later, obviously, since Phil and Lil loved mud as babies, their favorite drink would be mud slides, and, while there was never a hurricane on Rugrats, oh wait, there was, hurricane Alice or something? I seem to recall that being an episode title, well wouldn't it be ironic for the scaredy cat to like the drink hurricanes as a young college student, in his early twenties. And I came up with the pink squirrel idea because it's one of my mom's favorite drinks, so figured I'd just make it Nicole's, just, to be random. However, I forget what's in a hurricane and a pink squirrel, so don't ask me what's in them, I just know they're names of drinks. Oh and, those of you who know me very personally know that much of Silvia's educational background, and things she did during college, were taken from happenings in my real life. The only difference between me and Silvia is, Silvia never lost her sight, while I sadly, lost the rest of mine post a retinal detachment in June of 2010. But otherwise, everything is true, only I changed the names of people in the interview and in the story that Silvia told Tommy, to not only, protect the identities of the real people, but chances are by the year 2034, a lot of the people at MCLA will have changed. However, the lady, Katie Sutton in Disability Services, she is real, and started working at MCLA in the Disabilities Department in the fall of 2013, and, she's quite young, as her family goes to my church and I've known her since she was a little girl, thus, I could actually still see her working at MCLA in twenty years from now. Also, at the present moment, the newsroom for producing the Beacon is actually in the location specified in the story, the buildings that exist in the story do exist for real as of 2014, with the exception of the HongKong Building, that one I made up, and, the name of the college radio station is also accurate. I should also point out, that it was over the summer that school email switched over to Office 365 from First Class, and when I interviewed Alex, he had spoken with the technology department about that email transition from First Class to Office 365. Also, when Tommy mentioned his trips he took to the Eastern U.S. during childhood, the RV one to New York was an actual AGU episode, though I've never actually seen the episode, I've only heard of it, and the trip he took to Washington D.C. during his terrible two's, that adventure will eventually, be making its appearance, in babysmurfrock's story, Tommy Pickles: The Terrible Two's. And finally, the saga between Tommy and Silvia is going to be picked back up in chapter 3, as chapter 2 is going to be a copy of the article that Silvia writes on Tommy, and just as the interview parodied the real interview I did on Alex, the article that Silvia writes on Tommy, is going to parody the real article I wrote on Alex. Hope you enjoyed this first chapter, and, I'll have the second chapter up shortly.