Disclaimer: In no way, shape, or form, do I own Phil of the Future, or "Aléjate." Oy, these legal disclaimers. If we owned this stuff, we wouldn't be writing this on am I right?
Author's Note: OK, thanks for reading my first fan fiction! Wow, I sound like a pathetic loser. We may not be able to die with dignity, but I can at least try to have some while I do my Author note. Let me try again. This is my first fic (And probably my longest author's note)… hopefully not my last story. A few things I should go over before liftoff. First, this is my first fic (Have I mentioned that?), so if it's not great, don't hate me. Second, yes, I am aware that "Aléjate" is a Spanish song, and I am also aware that most Americans don't speak Spanish. That's why I supplied translations next to the Spanish (the original lyrics). If you think I'm an idiot because I put the original lyrics, I guess it's so you know what you're getting if you decide to download the song (Yeah, right. Like you're going to download this.). Besides, there are legal obligations to the song, anyway. Sorry if this author's note is at all confusing. Anyway, I guess at the very least, the "Grobanites" will actually learn what the lyrics mean if they don't know already. Feel free to point out mistakes, bilinguals! Enough rambling. On with the story!
Jamás sentí en el alma tanto amor (I never felt so much love in my soul)
Y nadie mas que tú, mi amó (And no one loved me more than you did)
Por ti reí y lloré, renací también (For you I laughed and cried, and was reborn)
Lo que tuve dí, por tenerte aquí (I gave all I have to keep you here)
Phil knew that day was going to be a little different. His parents were going out to celebrate their anniversary, and Keely's parents were doing the same. By some astonishing coincidence, their anniversaries were on the same day. Pim would be at Debbie's house, because Debbie invited her over for a sleepover, which Pim reluctantly agreed to. He would have the house to himself. He would be living, dare I say it, the sweet life... at least for a few hours, anyway.
He and Keely had agreed to hang out later in the day, as she was going somewhere with her friends earlier in the day.
While he was waiting for her, he decided to watch "Saw." He probably wouldn't have if he knew that the power would go out right after he finished it.
"Game over," 'Jigsaw' said, and slammed the door. That was then when the power went out, leaving him in total darkness.
"Oh, jeez," Phil muttered. "This isn't happening."
The rain was coming down fairly hard, and Phil sat nervously on the couch, jumping at the slightest noise. A branch kept tapping on the window, and it seemed to be getting louder. Much louder and more deliberate… He was ready to cut it down, when the doorbell rang. Gasping, Phil got a baseball bat, and cautiously went to the door.
He opened it, preparing to strike. On the other side stood a familiar blond figure."…Oh, hey Keely."
"Hey, Phil," she said, cautiously. "I knocked, like, infinity times! Why did it take you so long?"
"Sorry, I just watched 'Saw'… Scared the scraps out of me. I thought you were that Jigsaw guy. Why didn't you tell me that movies in your time were so scary?"
"I really don't know, Phil," Keely said, rolling her eyes. "Can I come in? It's a little freezing out here…"
"Oh, sure." Phil let her in, and he caught a sniff of her hair as she brushed against him. "You smell nice," he blurted. He mentally reminded himself to punch himself in the face later.
"Thanks. New shampoo," she explained.
"It's good. Smells good. Almost as good as mine," he added, trying to cover up his previous statement.
"How Narcissistic of you."
"That's me. Full of myself."
"I've noticed… So, what is there to do?" Keely asked.
Phil and Keely pondered this for a while. Phil got sidetracked, and gazed at Keely for a while. He started thinking of the song Midnight Confession, and then he abruptly brought himself back to thinking of what to do, when she looked over at him.
"Well, you could sing Karaoke," Phil suggested. "Since I'm no good at singing."
"I could? Phil, the power's out."
"Oh… right."
"Get with the program,"Keely muttered.
"What about 'Truth or Dare'? Do you have that game in this century?"
"Yeah… that's still around in 2121?"
"It sure is… You go first."
"Alright… Truth."
"OK, yes or no, you have a crush on somebody right now."
"Yes. Thanks for not making me humiliate myself by saying who," Keely said, sighing.
"Actually, that was going to be my follow up question…"
"Too late. No follow-ups. You can't ask who. Okay, you choose."
"Dare."
"I dare you to… throw a rock at Tanner's window. And I'm not talking a little one, I'm talking, like, this big," she said, her hands about eight inches apart from each other. "I want this window to be completely destroyed.
"Alright." Phil got up, got a coat, and tossed Keely one. They went outside, and walked over to Tanner's place, which was a few blocks away. When they arrived, Phil picked up a large rock, and threw it as hard as he could at the bay window on the first floor. Glass shattered, the sound resonated up and down the street, and Phil heard some words that don't need to be mentioned in a civilized story.
"RUN!" Phil shouted, and they dove behind a few bushes, laughing until they could hardly breathe.
"I can't believe you did that!" Keely laughed.
"Keely, Keely, Keely… after what he did to you, he deserves a lot more than that… I wish you told me to--"
"Thanks, Phil," she said, before Phil got sidetracked. He still hadn't forgiven Tanner, and Keely was afraid of what he might do. One can only go so far until it's considered manslaughter.
"You know--" Phil stopped when the rock he threw at the window landed just an inch from him.
"Look!" Keely exclaimed. "Call a geo... rock guy!"
"A geologist? Why?"
"A flying rock!"
Phil chuckled. "That's about the stupidest thing I've heard all day. He threw it at me."
"Oh..."
A few hours later, they were both completely soaked from the rain, and they were still playing that childish game.
Phil looked at Keely again, and soon he could not tear his eyes away. He stared at her eyes, those eyes, green like the sea. She never failed to captivate him with her beauty... even now, when her makeup was running down the sides of her face in light greens and blues, and her hair was sopping wet, hanging down in front of her eyes. There was something so... inimitable about her. He'd never met anyone like her, present or future. He had the feeling he never would again.
What is happening? Why do I feel funny? I can't be… can I? Phil thought
Well, bravo to Captain Obvious! You've been in love with her for a while now! his subconscious answered him. I was beginning to worry about you, kid. You call yourself smart, and yet...
But she's my best friend!
You had to see this one coming! There's only one thing to do…
Tell her…
Well, that, or hide your feelings forever…I hear that some of the worst things can come from bottled emotions. I hear that John Wilkes Booth was pretty mad, but he never let it out...
"Dare," Keely said, eagerly awaiting her sentencing.
How do I tell her? Phil thought.
He pondered over his options, Keely waiting patiently. He looked at her, and their eyes locked, causing him to think he was drowning. Something spilled out of his mouth, something he never would've been able to say consciously.
"I dare you to kiss me."
Keely stared at him, agape.
Did I just say that? The words had just come out, like a dam that had finally burst.
"Sorry," Phil explained hurriedly, "I just… I just wanted to see if you felt for me the way I feel for--"
Phil's mouth was sealed off by Keely's. This action caught him off guard, causing him to fall to the ground, Keely falling on top of him. They kissed in the rain, lying on the ground until their bodies cried for sweet, sweet, oxygen.
"I thought you'd never ask," Keely breathed, and they resumed kissing.
Ya sé que despedirnos es mejor (I know that saying goodbye is best)
Sufriendo pagaré mi error (Suffering, I will pay for my mistake)
Ya nada será igual, lo tengo que aceptar (And nothing will be the same. I have to accept it)
Y hallar la fuerza en mí para este adios (And find the strength in me for this goodbye)
Yes, it had been a year since Phil had dared her to kiss him, but he remembered it as if it was happening presently.
And the memory was burning ever brighter as Keely said that it was over.
He had made a mistake, and he admitted it, but knew no words could heal it. Yes, he had been caught kissing another girl (Being kissed, Phil reminded himself. She kissed me), and he knew it was not his fault. But he didn't even try to convince her. He figured she wouldn't believe him. Or forgive him. She'd been hurt so many times before... he was willing to wager she never saw Phil hurting her, though.
All he could do was somehow say goodbye to the woman he loved for so long. He couldn't do anything else. He had to live with what it was.
He sat on the cold park bench, looking at his hands, his shoes, the trees. He just could not bring himself to look at Keely's face. Something inside stopped him.
Phil wanted a way to make himself invisible, but unfortunately didn't have his invisible spray with him. What he wouldn't have given for the earth to open him up and swallow him whole at that moment... He felt weak. He knew the feeling from long ago, and he hoped he would never have to visit it again. It was the feeling he had when he was in the future. Sure, he was happy in the future, but he also felt strangely empty. It was the feeling he had gotten whenever he had seen Keely walk away with her latest boyfriend.
And now, it had come back. It had come back forever.
Aléjate, no puedo más (Just walk away, I've had enough)
Ya no hay manera de volver el tiempo atrás (There's no way to go back in time)
Olvídate de mí (Forget me)
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad (And let me go on alone with my solitude)
Aléjate, ya dime adios (Just walk away, tell me goodbye)
Y me resignará a seguir sin tu calor(And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth)
Y jamás entederé que fue lo que pasó (And I will never understand what happened)
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate (If there's nothing I can do, just walk away)
"I thought that we meant more to each other," Keely said to him. "I didn't know that you would ever ignore my feelings like you did. I can't go on like this. I can't live, knowing my... knowing that you betrayed me like that...
Phil sighed, and said nothing. He knew that he couldn't change what had happened. He just wanted her to leave his life now. He wanted her to tell him goodbye. He wanted these things because he knew that she'd never forgive him. He didn't want to go on without her, but knew he had to. Life was cruel.
He wanted to turn back time, to take it all away. But as the philosopher Jagger once said, "You can't always get what you want."
He only just resisted the temptation to apologize. He knew apologies would not heal the scars he had opened. Nothing ever would. He had marked her, been marked himself.
And the scars he had made would never disappear.
No voy a arrepentirme del ayer (I'm not going to repent for yesterday)
Amándote te hice mujer (I loved you, woman)
Por el amor aquel, por serte siempre fiel (For that love, for always being faithful)
Hoy tengo que ser fuerte y aprender (Today I have to be strong and learn)
Phil knew that he would have to find somebody like Keely again eventually, no matter how impossible it seemed. He didn't think he'd ever find anybody like her again... Scratch that. He knew he would never find someone who would understand him as she did. No one understood him in the future. She was the only one who did, and she was long dead when he was born. He didn't need the Giggle to tell him that.
And the one person he ever felt at home with was saying goodbye to him.
He knew that it wasn't just some force that tied them together. It had been pure chance, pure luck that the time machine broke down in 2005. At first, he thought it was destiny. He thought he and Keely were meant to be. Now he knew better. There was no such thing as fate. People are never fated to do something, fated to die at a certain time. Emotions run haywire, bodies shut down. It was science.
He didn't want her to be angry. He wanted to be with her, but he knew she could not forgive him for what she thought he did. He knew he had to pay. He should have pulled away, but instead he simply let it happen. A girl kissed him. Even Pim was disgusted with Phil, but she had a perfectly legitimate reason. Candida had kissed him. She wanted to be with him, and was willing to do anything to get that opportunity. She accomplished part of that mission- Pheely was terminated.
He loved Keely. Her, his only companion. The one who knew his darkest secret. But he couldn't stay. He wanted to... He couldn't...
He decided it was best. He had had enough close encounters with seriously altering the future.
He and Keely failed Mr. Messerschmitt's test, and Keely's future nearly steered her to being known as "The Cat Lady."
His family had taken Curtis out of his own time.
When he met Ricky Singh during the CPT's, Ricky only decided at the last minute not to take the test. He would later invent the WIZRD.
Developing a serious relationship with Keely would only mess things up more. If they were to tie the knot in the future... Phil didn't even want to think of what could happen. It was too risky.
But he couldn't just leave her...
Aléjate, no puedo más (Just walk away, I've had enough)
Ya no hay manera de volver el tiempo atrás (There's no way to go back in time)
Olvídate de mí (Forget me)
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad (And let me go on alone with my solitude)
Aléjate, ya dime adios (Just walk away, tell me goodbye)
Y me resignará a seguir sin tu calor (And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth)
Y jamás entederé que fue lo que pasó (And I will never understand what happened)
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate (If there's nothing I can do, just walk away)
"I can't do anything, Keely," he said. "I screwed up. I'm going to have to live without you. I just... wish you would leave. I can't bear to see you like this. I've become the very thing I've hated for so long. So just… tell me goodbye." Those last three words were the hardest things Phil ever had to say in his life.
He knew he would hate himself for it, but there was nothing he could do. He just had to let it happen. History has a way of happening the way it wants to.
Aléjate, no puedo más (Just walk away, I've had enough)
Ya no hay manera de volver el tiempo atrás (There's no way to go back in time)
Olvídate de mí (Forget me)
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad (And let me go on alone with my solitude)
Aléjate, ya dime adios (Just walk away, tell me goodbye)
Y me resignará a seguir sin tu calor(And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth)
Y jamás entederé que fue lo que pasó (And I will never understand what happened)
"Goodbye, Phil," Keely said, and walked to the park gates. She was careful not to look back, because she knew if she did, she would never be able to leave him.
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate (If there's nothing I can do, just walk away)
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