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Summary: Ever since Phil left the century, Keely had become a nobody, a loner. Dying her hair dark brown and writing up sad songs. Everyone is worried sick. The only person that could possibly help is a million years away. Can he somehow come back and save her before she goes over the edge?
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You've got a long time coming.
Chapter 1 - You can do much better than me.
Created by: AndreaShea
She tried hard to forget him. She really did. But that didn't mean it worked. Every thought that crossed her mind was... ... ... Phil.
Phil Diffy.
Her best friend. The guy she hung out with and watched movies with. The guy she had confided with for two years. The guy she had fallen deeply and madly in love with.
Was now gone.
No, he didn't die. He moved. But it wasn't just any move. It was a move that would take him a century after her. To the year 2121.
She hated thinking about him, because all he brought was pain and anguish. Something she really didn't need right then.
Keely Teslow had changed. She had changed from the girly happy-go-lucky girl that she had been. When Phil left, so did her happiness. It had left with him.
She had been ignoring Via and Owen. And she didn't even remember when she had said more than two words to her mother.
She dyed her hair dark brown, she found it as her new way of showing that their wasn't a drop of golden sunshine left.
That all of her happiness and giddiness had vanished.
She had even started writing poetry, and listening to songs of pain and suffering. Something that the old Keely would never even think about listening to.
She turned on the radio, and the perfect song for her mood came on.
"Better than me - Hinder"
I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
I told myself I wouldn't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
While looking through your old box of notes
I found those pictures I took
That you were looking for
If there's one memory I don't want to lose
That time at the mall
You and me in the dressing room
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
And I can't pretend that I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)
Yeah. He did deserve better than her.
He had probably forgotten all about her by now. But that was the complete opposite for her.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Phil sat in his room, staring up at the ceiling. He missed her. So much.
He didn't remember the last time he looked at a girl the same way. Besides his mother and Pim.
Any girl he saw in 2121, only made him miss Keely more. She was his first love, and pretty much his only one now. But he had no way of getting back to her.
Or did he?
No, there was no way he could possibly get back. His parents would never go for it. They would never let him go back. Especially his dad.
Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by his mom screaming, "DINNER'S READY!"
He shouted back the same words he had said to her for the past two weeks. "NOT HUNGRY!"
Starving himself wasn't exactly the smartest thing he'd ever done but it wasn't the stupidest. The stupidest was leaving Keely.
He should have just let his parents destroy the time machine with the hammers. He should have just pretended that the "coconut" excuse was true.
Even though he knew it definetly wasn't.
--Barb's Point of View--
Why won't he eat! I mean I know that he misses Keely, but still. It's been two weeks. He's gonna starve himself to death.
Maybe he really does love her. Maybe, he belongs with her. As much as I'd hate for my son to leave me, he may just belong in 2006.
--Regular Point of View--
Barb began walking towards her son's room.
As she opened the door she saw a boy crying. Her son was crying, over a girl, a girl he loved.
That was it. She couldn't see her son in anymore pain.
"Phil?" She said, as her 17 year old son looked up.
"I've decided on something, and no matter what you're father says this is my decision." She exclaimed.
Phil gave her a look, he didn't know if he should be worried or happy.
"I have decided that you are going back to 2006. Back to Keely." His mother closed her eyes when she said "Keely".
Phil's eyes light up like a little kid on Christmas. He didn't know what to say, or do for that matter.
He looked up at his mother whowas silently crying.
"Mom, are you sure about this?" He asked, standing up looking at her with those eyes. haha. Those eyes. I feel like a loser for writing that.
"Honey, I can see how much you love her. You are absolutely head-over-heels in love with her. I can't just stand here and watch my son mope around and cry about someone he cares about so much and not do something about it." She preached.
"So tommorrow, we are taking the time machine and I am taking you back to Keely, okay?"
He nodded his head, and grinned that "famous" grin before saying, "Okay."
"Goodnight sweetie." Barb blew a kiss to him before shutting the bedroom door.
Phil plopped back onto his bed. He couldn't stop grinning, and the butterflies in his stomach were making him anxious.
He knew he wasn't going to be able to sleep a wink that night. But he didn't care.
0o0
The sunlight screamed through Keely's window.
She quickly pulled the covers over her head. It was blinding her.
Then her alarm clock went off.
"Shittttt..."
0o0
"Are you ready?" Barb asked.
Phil nodded slowly, his smirk overcoming his face again.
"Where the heck are you going?" Pim asked, appearing in her periwinkle robe.
"No where. Go back to bed honey." Barb said hoping for once her daughter would listen. hah. Like that'll happen.
"Nope, there's something going on, and I want in on the charade." She said, smiling.
"Well if you must know Pim, I'm taking Phil back to 2006. He misses Keely. Dearly."
"Oh poor Phil, he misses Blondie, wahh wahh wahh." She said mimicking the crying of a baby.
Phil rolled his eyes at her not even caring what the hell Pim had to say.
"So are you ready now?"
"Mom, I've been waiting for this for two weeks."
0o0
Keely walked through H.G. Wells High school slowly, not even looking at anyone else.
As Via noticed Keely, she said hi but Keely didn't even speak back. Not a single "hi" or "hello". Just silence.
She decided she had to figure out what was wrong. She knew it was Phil but she didn't think that she would take it this hard.
Or change this much.
"Keely! KEELY!" Via called. Keely stopped at the sound of her name. But she didn't turn around.
"Keely, what's wrong? Do you need to talk about it?" Via asked, more concerned than ever.
Yeah she needed to talk...but she wasn't going to. Having to deal with the fact that he was gone was hard enough without having to explain it to Via.
"No, I just need to be alone. I can't take it Via, he's gone and he's never coming back. I'm trying my best to cope with it."
"Keely, you make it sound like he died. He just moved away. Surely you can contact him somehow."
"VIA! You don't understand! Nobody fucking understands except for me!" She screamed, which made Via take a step back.
"Keely... I'm sorry."
"Yeah I know... everyone is lately." Keely whispered looking away from her. She turned on her heel and walked away. Tears falling slowly.
Yeah he pretty much was dead to her. Actually she was techinically dead to him but whatever. Same thing...either way she didn't see him anymore.
She quickly walked into the vacant bathroom.
She looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't look the same.
"Fuck this."
0o0
Phil stepped out of the time machine.
2006.
God how he missed it.
Now all he had to do was find her. Keely.
"What are you just standing her for? Go find her sweetie." Barb said before hugging her son, who smirked and ran off to his old high school.
0o0
He arrived in front of H.G. Wells High school.
His old highschool.
Her highschool.
Now, where was she at? He kept his eyes out for a skinny blonde in any bright color. who is the exact opposite of what he thinks. ahha.
But who he spotted was...Via.
He ran towards her.
"Phil?...PHIL!" She shouted as she hugged him tightly.
"Yeah missed you too, but umm...where's Keely!"
"Omgsh Phil, you have to help her. She's gone emo on me."
"She's gone what!" "What the hell is Emo?" He asked, with one eyebrow up.
"You know, emo is emotional. She is a wreck. She doesn't even talk to me and Owen anymore. The most she's said to me was "You fucking don't understand anything!"
"Are you sure we're talking about the same Keely? Keely Teslow? You know, the blonde, she's about this tall-"
"Umm. Was blonde." Via said, interrupted him completely.
Phil's eyes went wide. She wasn't blonde anymore!
"Say what?" He said, thinking he heard wrong.
"I said, 'was blonde'. Meaning she's not blonde anymore-"
"I got what you mean, but what DO you mean?"
"She dyed her hair brown. And she doesn't wear those cute bright colored outfits anymore. She's all dark now. Which really brings out her eyes but still." Via said
rambling on.
"Okay, so you're saying in the past two weeks, she has dyed her hair brown, changed her whole look, AND cusses."
"Oh and she writes morbid poetry and sings. Oh and hangs with the gothic people." Via added.
"What the fuck..." Phil said bluntly.
"Yeah. I'm thinking right now if they're was an award for 'most likely to kill themselves'. She would win it."
"Well whatever, what does she have right now?"
Via thought back. Umm...let's seeeeeeee. 3rd period... ... ... ... ... ... Mr. Messerschmidt.
"Mr. Messerschmidt."
"Oh Shit." Phil whispered.
0o0
Lloyd walked through the door.
Barb was sitting reading a hologram catalogue.
"Have you seen Phil?" Barb's eyes went wide. She had forgotten about telling her husband...
"Umm...about him honey...he's in 2006."
"WHAT!"
"Yeah, umm you see honey, I thought that it would be better if he was with the woman he loves. You know?"
"No I don't know!"
"Honey! We cannot just go back and get him!"
"Oh yes we can!"
"Honey, dammit! Our son is with the woman he loves, now leave him be! If he doesn't want to be in this time then why should we make him!" Barb screamed.
Lloyd looked at his wife.
"Okay fine, I understand, but Barb, he's only 17. How's he gonna live over there?"
Barb layed her head on her husband's shoulder. "I'm not sure, but he's a smart kid, I'm sure he'll figure it out himself."
'I guess you're right." He said as he kissed her on the forehead.
0o0
Phil made his way to Mr. Messerschimdt's classroom.
The door was open, so he looked through. And there she was.
She didn't look as bad as he had imagined. She was still as beautiful as ever just with a few changes. It was the same Keely. At least he hoped it was the same Keely.
What he didn't know was how he was going to approach her.
Maybe I can just walk in there...No way you'd look like an idiot.
Maybe I can send someone to say that she needs to be checked out ... Oh come on Phil! You can come up wtih something better than that.
He decided on just waiting until the class was over.
What could possibly go wrong with him doing that.
-52 minutes later-
The bell rang awakening Phil Diffy from his sleep.
His eyes shot open. Watching the door looking for her. But she wasn't there. Where'd she go!
He looked around like he had lost something. Which is kind of did but that wasn't the point.
"P-...Phil?" A voice whispered from behind him. A very familar voice.
0o0
Yep. This is my first Phil of the Future fanfic. And I'm really happy about it! hehe
Usually I write Inuyasha ones but I'm sooo over that. haha.
Welp, tell what you thought.
Love you guys!
Andrea Shea