I don't own bill and ted… if I did, do you think I'd be writing things for no profit?

This chapter has been revised because it was brought to my attention that it was fairly confusing. Hope I fixed it all.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Travel through the circuits of time was never a quiet affair. Bill and Ted took full advantage of this every opporitunity they could. This time, they were coming home after some research into futuristic music.

The booth landed with a slight bump and the boys got out. They were, as usual, parked in front of bill's dad's garage. As they walked toward the front door, they heard Mr. Preston calling. "Bill, I need to talk to you alone." Bill glanced back at Ted before silently disappearing inside his house. Ted flopped down on the porch to wait out whatever it was that Bill's dad had to say to him. When Bill came back out about ten minutes later, he didn't look Ted in the eyes.

"I'll see ya later, kay?" Bill said quietly. Ted nodded, slightly confused, but turned down the drive toward his house.

Later that evening, there was a strange noise at his window. Ted looked up and saw Bill's curly blonde hair peeking over the sill. He opened it, allowing Bill to squeeze through the crack. Bill didn't say anything, just sat on Ted's bed and stared intently at his shoelaces.

"Bill, you can tell me what's wrong, you know that." Bill just shrugged. "I know your shoe lace aren't that interesting!" Ted insisted. Bill again just shrugged. Ted then went and sat next to his best friend. Bill turned his head onto Ted's shoulder and started bawling. Didn't say anything, just cried into his friend's shoulder.

The next morning, the boys were woken up by a loud pounding on Ted's bedroom door. "Get up Ted, you're going to be late for class!" Captain Logan bellowed.

"Alright dad! I'm going!" Ted yelled back. He nudged Bill awake, "Class time, dude." Bill got up, went over to the window and left without a word. Ted stared after him worriedly. He'd never seen Bill like this, ever. Not the three times his dad had remarried, not after they died, not after they thought the princesses would leave and go live with their grandmother. Never. And it scared him.

Two hours later, after Ted came back from his English class at the local college, he wasn't surprised to see Bill sitting in front of his garage, guitar in hand, "Wanna jam?" Bill asked hesitantly.

"Ya! Just let me get my guitar," Five minutes later they were lost in the symphony of rock. Their reprieve didn't last long before they were interrupted by a familiar sound from outside. The garage door rose to reveal Rufus, a smile on his face, "What's up, dude?" Ted greeted him.

"I have a surprise for you!"

Sorry it's a little short, I promise the next chap will be longer. I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed my other story "A Hero?"-agtchill13 and mlinyaia. your positive comments encouraged me to write this one.