(I should probably be updating Time Travel Exchange, but I'm not totally sure where to go with it. So I thought I'd add a new story that I have more of a plan for. Hope you like it!)
D/C: I don't own anything
BRRRIIINNNGGG! The final bell of the final day of school pierced the air.
"NO MORE SCHOOL! NO MORE SCHOOL! NO MORE SCHOOL"! everyone was yelling. Phil and Keely went to their lockers, got their stuff, and walked out the school.
"So, anything big going on this summer"? Phil asked her.
"Well, my dad and sister are flying in from New York tonight," Keely said. "Don't know if I'm looking forward to seeing them or not."
"I haven't heard you talk much about them," Phil said. "What are they like"?
"Well, my dad is the kind of person who calls once a year and sends a card congratulating me on turning 14 when I was really turning 15," Keely said. "And my sister is just, well, out there on planet X."
"So have you seen them in a while"? Phil asked.
"Not since I was 12," Keely replied. "They finally decided that they should pay a visit to see me. I know my mom and dad will probably be fighting the whole summer, but they're going to try to work the visit."
They arrived at Phil's house where Barb was looking at Phil and Pim's report cards that had just come in the mail.
"Phil, looks like you passed everything with a 97 overall average," Barb said.
"That's great," Keely said to Phil. "Wish I could get those kind of grades."
"Oh, no, not the report cards," Pim said, entering the kitchen, then turning back around to leave.
"Come back here," Barb said. "I'm seeming to notice that you failed science."
"By two points"! Pim said. "Big deal."
"I don't care if it's by two points or twenty," Barb said. "You're going to summer school."
"Summer school"! Pim asked. "You mean like school in the summer"?
"Yes, that being the term 'summer school'," Barb said.
"Why the heck do I got to go to summer school"? Pim asked.
"Maybe cause you flunked fall, winter, and spring school," Phil said and Pim gave him a Look. Lloyd came in just then.
"Guess who's here"? he asked.
"Not those stupid fashion zombies again," Pim said with a groan.
"No, it's the swimming pool guy," Lloyd said. "He's here to set up our new in-ground pool! We're going to be cool this summer."
"We're really getting a swimming pool"? Phil asked. "Took me forever to talk you into getting some AC in here."
"Great, now everyone'll be swimming and I'll be stuck in summer school for all of July," Pim said. The doorbell rang just then.
"Stop complaining and get the door," Barb said. Pim walked to the door and saw a man and a girl with suitcases.
"Is this the Teslow residence"? the man asked.
"No, this is 182 Maple Drive," Pim said. "They live at 184 Maple Drive. Get your numbers right for God's sake"! She slammed the door and walked back into the kitchen.
"What was that all about"? Phil asked.
"Stupid foreigners got the wrong house," Pim said.
"Well, what were they looking for"? Keely asked.
"Your house," Pim said.
"My house"? Keely asked. "Great, must be my dad and sister. Better go see what they've been up to the last three years of my life."
"See you later,
then," Phil said. "Come over tomorrow to swim if you want."
"Oh
I will for sure," Keely said. "Cause I know I'll get tired of
my mom and dad's fighting. See ya later." Keely left and Barb
came into the kitchen and started setting the table for dinner.
"So, Keely's dad and sister are visiting"? Barb asked Phil.
"Yeah, from New
York," Phil said. " I just don't understand why she's not
happier to see them."
"Well, problems like that are common
with children of divorce," Barb said.
"Mom, have you been reading one of those 21st century parenting books again"? Pim asked.
"Hey, those can be very useful," Barb said.
Keely arrived home to find her mom, dad, and sister Rebecca in the kitchen.
"Hi, Keely, good to
see you again," her dad said. "Where've ya been"?
"Friend's
house," Keely said. "So, how've ya been"?
"Great," said Rebecca. "I mean, come on, we live in New York City."
"Keely, Rebecca will be staying in your room, so why don't you remind her where it is," Keely's mom said and Keely and Rebecca went upstairs.
"I never knew you had so many pictures in here," Rebecca said. Keely's walls were covered with pictures of her and Phil on different occasions.
"Yeah, I frame a lot of them," Keely said.
"Hey, that's the girl who yelled at us next door," Rebecca said pointing to Pim in one of the pictures. "Is that your boyfriend in all those pictures"? she asked referring to Phil.
"Well, no," Keely said. "Not yet at least."
"Not yet"? Rebecca asked. "What's that supposed to mean"?
"Oh, nothing," Keely said quickly.
(A/N: It's short, but my first chapters are always a short introduction to the story. Stay tuned in the next chapter for more summer adventures by the Pickford gang.)
