'Wow…she's so smart and beautiful' Philby thought to himself as she admired from a far down the school hallway. This girl made her way closer to Philby, not noticing of course at the way he'd been looking at her. Just as she passed by him, he sighed.
There she goes again
The girl I'm in love with
It's cool we're just friends
Philby froze at the same time the girl did at the sound of his sigh. She turned around and walked over to him. The beauty that Philby had been thinking about smiled sweetly and said, "Hey you."
"Hey Willa" he said, blushing.
"How you been? I mean, we haven't hung out much lately." Philby thought he saw a hint of disappointment in her face but decided he was hallucinating.
"I know. We Keepers haven't done much of anything in awhile."
"Yeah" Willa looked into his eyes, "I miss us." Philby blushed furiously as Willa realized what she said. "I mean, not us," she pointed to him than to herself, "But us Keepers, as in…all of us."
Philby chuckled as Willa tried to recover her mistake. "It's ok Willa" he put his hands on her shoulders.
She giggled, "Walk me to class?" Willa asked. Philby nodded as the butterflies in his stomach tripled.
We walk the halls at school
We know it's casual
Its cool we're just…
"So, how's life treating you?" Willa asked.
"Fine, just weird without the Keepers and our random missions" he shrugged and smiled, "It's weird not seeing you every night." Philby noticed a slight blush come to her cheeks.
I don't want to lead you on
But the truth is I've grown fond, yeah
"Well, here we are" Philby said as Willa paused at her classroom door.
"Yeah" Willa whispered.
"So…do you think we could, hang out or something sometime?" Philby asked before she walked in.
"Yeah, lets do that" Willa smiled.
"Great. How's this afternoon? I can walk you home if you'd like" Philby anxiously asked.
"Sounds like a date" Willa said, "I mean, no not a date, an arranged meeting or just hanging out…right?" Philby took mental note that it didn't take much for Willa to blush.
"Right, just hanging out. I'll see you after school" he smiled as he walked away, shaking his head.
"Wow is all I can say…" Amanda sighed as she watched this episode with Charlene.
"I know…this is pathetic, why aren't they dating?"
"I don't know" Amanda chuckled.
"We may never know" Charlene sighed as the to girls followed in Willa's footsteps to their class.
Everyone knows it's meant to be
Falling in love just you and me
"What happened to you?" Finn asked Philby at lunch an hour later.
"Love Whitman, love" Philby sighed as he sat down across from Finn and Maybeck, who almost lost his lunch.
"What?" Maybeck choked, trying to recover.
"Love" Philby repeated.
"We go that much but with who?" Finn asked, but before Philby had time to answer, the light bulb went off in his head as he grinned. "It's Willa isn't it?"
The guys had never seen such a shade of red on Philby cheeks before as they burst out laughing.
"Hey now, be nice" Philby said, desperate to shut the laughing hyenas up.
"Have you asked her out yet?" Finn asked, trying to compose himself.
"What do you think? I'm a nervous wreck; I don't even think she knows I like her. Do you think she likes me? Oh how could she I made a totally idiot of myself this afternoon. But we're meeting after school to hang out so that should be ni-"
"Dude shut up" Maybeck chuckled.
"You're are a wreck," Finn said, "Look, if it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure she likes you too."
"Really?" Philby and Maybeck said. Philby glared at him.
"Sorry" Maybeck put his head down, "Well, you're both nerds so I can see how that would work."
Philby sighed and put his head on the table. "I can't stop thinking about her."
Till the end of time
Till I'm on her mind
It'll happen
"To be honest, I've noticed the way you act around her and Amanda told me about earlier" Finn smirked, waiting for a reaction from Philby.
"Oh no, my life is over" Philby started a rhythm of banging his head on the table.
"Wait, hold on, there's something I don't understand…" Maybeck said, "You were talking to Amanda?" he laughed.
Finn blushed furiously, "So what if I was talking to Amanda."
"Well, aren't you guys kinda…sorta…an item?" Maybeck asked.
Finn blushed even more but grinned, "You think we are huh?"
"I mean, if you're not…nevermind," Maybeck said.
"No it's fine" Finn said, "You're smarter than you look Maydork."
"What?" the other two said simultaneously.
"I asked her out last week and she said yes" Finn answered.
"Wow, it's about time" Maybeck chuckled.
"So…it is possible," Philby whispered.
"What is?" Finn asked.
"Even if you're just friends, there's still a chance you can be something more" Philby replied.
Finn nodded, "Is that enough proof for you?"
"Yeah, thanks guys" Philby said as he took off.
"You and Amanda" Maybeck chuckled, "Bout time."
"I'm surprised Philby and Willa didn't happen before us" Finn said.
"Looks like Philby might just do something about that" Maybeck smirked.
Hey guys! This is going to be another short story like with the Charbeck one I just wrote. Based on the Jonas Brothers song "Just Friends" soooo be looking for an update soon and the possible completion of Graduation being done soon! :) -Amanda