A/n: hey guys, me again... I know I should be finishing Jen of the Future but I need a quick break… so here's a short one…just two to three chapters.… and you can be sure as hell it's Pheely… haha… hope you guys like it... and I will update on Jen of the future soon. Anyway, this will be written from Phil's POV. Enjoy... cheLsea
Disclaimer: I do not own Phil of The Future or any of it's characters… all I own is this plot.
It Doesn't Get Better Than This: Chapter One
"It's such a beautiful fall day today, don't you think?" She said as we were walking home. I look down and saw her hand in mine…
"Well, It doesn't get any better than this, Keel!" I said in my usual, laid back tone. It really doesn't get any better. A Friday…walking home while holding her hand… we seem to hold each other's hand a lot lately. I don't know how or why this started, but I'd be a liar to say I didn't like it. I really do, actually. I don't know why but I feel really comfortable around Keely. Maybe it's because she knows I'm from the future and I don't have to watch what I say around her… or maybe it's because she gets me. Even when I talk about things from the future, she always seems to understand I don't know how, I've stopped figuring girls from both here and the future a long time ago, but she just does. Weird… but I like it… I like that we understand each other without really talking about stuff. We just get each other…
When we got to her house, we sat down on her back porch. She rested her head on my shoulder. I couldn't help but notice how nice her hair smelled. It smelled like fruits and vanilla or something…. She let out a sigh…
That bothered me. Is she okay? Was something wrong? "What's wrong, keel?"
She raised her head and looked at me. Then, she looked all around and smiled. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This day, no… this whole week has just been so… Perfect! You're right. It really doesn't get any better than this" She said in a very ditzy kind of way as she looked at me again.
I raised my gaze to meet hers. "Yeah, I know…" I said cockily. I was trying to lighten the mood since everything felt so… for the lack of a better term… tense…?
She playfully punched me on the arm and started laughing. "Jeez, Phil, you're so…something…"
"Owwwwww!" I said pretending to be hurt. Then I noticed how the expression on her eyes changed from being happy to being worried in just a split second.
"Oh my gosh Phil I am so sorry!" She said as she pulled the sleeve up from my shirt to see if I got hurt.
I laughed at her reaction
"Gotcha!"
She started laughing and punching me again. "Keel,
ow, what're you doing that for, ow!"
She continued hitting me "Well, you didn't get hurt the first time so I'm deciding to try how many punches would actually hurt you!"
She stopped punching me. I rubbed my arm it grew numb from all the hitting. "Keely, keely, keely!"
She punched me again "What did I tell you about triple Keely-ing me?"
"Owww! Sorry" I said and stood up… Ihave to go… Pim'll probably be home in half an hour and I really don't like to see her trashing my room so I should probably get there before her.
"Oh okay… bye Phil!" She stood up, gave me a peck on the cheek, and went inside. I felt a heat rise up from my toes to where she kissed me. I walked out and started home constantly touching my cheek. She always kisses me right before we go home and all but that felt… weird… but in a good way…
I opened my door to find my mom watching T.V. "Hey mom…" I headed to my room…
"Hey Phil… oh honey are you okay?" She runs to me and feels my forehead.
I try to avoid her hands "Mom, MOM! Calm down, I'm fine…"
She finally gives up and stops feeling my forehead to check if I'm okay "Are you sure? Is it hot out? You're so… red!"
"I'm fine mom… I really wanna get a head start on my homework so I don't have to do anything tomorrow... but I'm fine, okay mom?" I reassured her and started walking up to my room again
"Okay, honey but be careful okay? I don't want you to catch a 21st century bug or something…" She yelled as I entered my room
"Sure, mom!" I yelled back and closed the door. I looked at the mirror and saw that my cheeks were so… red. I realized that I was blushing.
"What's wrong with me?" I touch my cheek again. "I don't blush. Especially not after Keely kisses me" Something in me tells me that I might… like her… or maybe… "Shut up, Diffy, you can't possibly be falling for Keely… She's Keely… I mean… you can't… or can you…? No you can't. You're relationship is purely platonic. We're just friends, nothing more." It just feels so weird… I mean…. Keely and I have been best friends for a little over a year now and no one can deny the chemistry, but I really never have felt like this.
I fell asleep that night thinking about Keely, our friendship and the way I reacted to that… kiss. When I went to her house to meet her the next day to for our usual Saturday hang-out, I just felt so awkward. There were these… "Moments" of silence I just couldn't understand. But the fact that she felt comfortable with that put my mind at ease… for a while.
"Phil, are you okay?" I focused my gaze in front of me to see her eyes, streaked with hints of worry looking at mine.
"Wha! Oh, yeah I'm fine… I just… spaced out… sorry…" That was all I could say… Because i honestly had no idea what was happening to me. Normally, when things like these happened, not that they did… I think so, I'd go and talk to Keely because she always seemed to know what was up with me. But I don't think that I should tell her that I'm on the brink of deciding whether I lo… like her or not. I mean I like her but…
I was brought back to reality by Keely's hand. She was waving right in front of my face. "Phil! PHIL! What's wrong with you! That's like the 20 gazzilionth time you've 'spaced out'" She 'signed' quotation marks in the air.
"I'm sorry…I just… I don't know… hey is that clock right? I gotta get home!" I looked at the clock. 8:30 pm. I stood up to leave. I didn't notice I've been there for at least 5 hours already. That's another thing I like about Keely. I could spend hour after hour with her and not notice time pass. Time really does fly when you're having fun!
Keely let out a heavy sigh. "Phil. Yes it's right. But it's just 8:30. you're already 16. You're curfew's not until 1… remember?"
She pushed back down on my seat "Oh yeah… Listen, Keel… I've just been so preoccupied for the past… day…sorry"
"It's fine. If something's bothering you, you can tell me… you know that right?" She looked right at me and put her hand over mine.
I looked at our hands. "Uhhh… yeah" She probably noticed what I was looking at because she quickly pulled her hand away.
"Well, so do you want to talk about it now or…?" She said. She always knew when something was up.
I couldn't take anymore. I need to talk to someone. And… well She's the only one I can talk to… And I didn't exactly know how to tell her so I… broadened the topic… "Keel, how do you know if you like something...?"
She looked confused… "Something like…?"
It wasn't as easy as I thought… She was asking for specifics… And I had to think of some… "Well it's kind of hard to explain since it's not gonna happen yet" Being from the future does have it's advantages. I can tell her how complicated things are to explain and she'll understand. "Let's just say… You like… the new kid… what's his name?"
"Mark. And I do like him." She said smiling giddily. All the girls like that new guy. He's a typical football-playing cheerleader-dating jock. For some reason unbeknownst to me, girls like jocks.
"Anyway, what if the two of you are friends… and you think you might like him as… more than a friend but you're too scared of asking him out?" I shifted my weight. I know I wasn't talking about me, directly, but it just felt kind of… I don't know… something, I guess. I just hope I know what all these 'something's' I've been uhh... feeling lately are…
She thought about it for a minute. "Why would I be scared to ask him out? You said it yourself… we're friends and worst case scenario is, he says no. I sort of have nothing to lose then…"
I had to argue with her on that one. "Well Keel, if I-you ask him out and he says no, there's a chance that you might not be friends after that, you know?"
She sat up straight "Well Phil, I have to learn how to take risks. If I like someone, I should tell him, don't you think? It's better to know what's gonna happen that to spend the rest of my life wondering… And there still may be a chance that Mark's gonna say yes… It's all about having a leap of faith, you know…"
"Wow, Keel that's deep! Thanks!" How could I not agree with that? The only question is, what am I gonna do about how I feel?
The rest of the night went by; we were watching one scary movie after the other. But since we've all seen them, it was more like comedy. At around 11:30, we sat down on her back porch again and looked at the stars. We just sat there, her head on my shoulder for about half an hour. Around 12, I stood up to leave. She walked me to the door…
She kissed me on the cheek again. "Bye Phil…"
"Bye, Keely…" I felt the warmth rush up to my cheeks again so I turned around before she could see it. I looked around, it was dark and no one was in sight. I started walking down the middle of the road… Her voice keeps echoing in my mind… It's better to know what's gonna happen than to spend the rest of your life wondering… It's all about having a leap of faith. I turned around to see Keely, sitting on her front porch, watching me walk home. So right then and there, I decided to have a leap of Faith.
I yelled out to her " Hey Keely, ummm… I was wondering…"
"Yeah, Phil?" She stood up
I didn't know how to say it so I just blurted it all out. "Do you wanna go out tomorrow… like…on…on a… date?" I felt so stupid after saying that but I was glad to finally have done it.
She smiled. It was too far, but I could have sworn I saw her eyes sparkle. "I'd like that, Phil"
I couldn't believe what I just heard… I was tempted to ask her to repeat what she just said but I decided against it. I was afraid that if I asked her again she'd changed her mind. So I just stood there, dumbstruck.
She leaned forward to try to see if I was okay… "Phil?… Phil?"
"Yeah, that's great, Keel! I'll pick you up at… 7?" I said, My mind was running again. Fast. I was thinking of where to take her and what to do and if she'll like it…
She smiled again… "7 sounds great… I'll see you then. Good night Phil!"
"Good night Keely..." I said as I turned around. I threw my fists in the air "YES!" Then suddenly I remembered that she was still watching me,. I turned around to see her laughing. "Yeah.. I should probably go… "I ran home as fast as I could. I can't believe it. I finally asked her out… at midnight... in the middle of the streets… okay... that wasn't probably her dream place and time… and way to get asked out but the important thing is… I asked her out… and she said yes! I can't believe I'm going on a date with Keely tomorrow!
A/n: I'm halfway done writing the second chapter and I'll probably posting it tomorrow… along with a new chapter of JOTF… And the last chapter of this story I can post probably the day after that. Anyway… hope you guys liked it. Please review.
