by: alotlikelove
disclaimer: I don't own PotF because if I did it would be canceled.
mood music: I'll Try- Jesse McCartney
Chapter 2 "What You Think"Phil sat on his bed read the Time Machine guide over for the thosanth time. His eyes slowly feel and his head started falling forward. He was almost asleep until he realized he had to pass the test. His head shot back up and he looked at the book again. He closed it and sighed uneasily. He walked over to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale and his hair was a mess. He looked next to the mirror 2:30. 2:30? He'd been studying for fourteen hours! Phil shook his head and shut off the lights crawling into his bed and staring up at the stainless steel ceiling. He sighed and rolled over onto his left side.
Keely rolled over onto her right side. It was 2:35. She'd been up late trying to study for her mid terms, but it took her twice as long. Thoughts of Phil clouded her mind, stopping her from concentrating on the textbooks she had in front of her. She closed her eyes wishing she could get some sleep. She only had four and a half hours until school. She sighed and opened her eyes. She was looking at the blank wall, searching it for any sort of encouragement for her body to sleep. She tensed every muscle in her body and slowly let them relax. Like always, it worked and sent her to sleep. In her dream she was standing in the middle of the H.G Wells Jr./ Sr. High School. She looked around until she heard her name being called. It sounded so familiar… but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Keely!" the person yelled again. Taking a deep breath Keely turned around and came face to face with the person who had been shouting her name.
"Phil!" Keely screamed. She couldn't believe it. She pulled him into a hug and wrapped her arms tightly around him. She felt his strong hand wrap around her waist. He hadn't changed at all. He was still perfect for her. Their bodies fit perfectly together. Keely broke away but pulled him closer than before and gave him a breath-taking kiss. He pulled away and looked at her.
"Keely I-" He was cut off by the incessant beeping of Keely's alarm clock. Keely's eyes shot open and sighed with grief. She flung the blankets off of her legs and stomped over to the bathroom to get ready.
Phil's hologram went off.
"Phil time to get up… Phil? Phil? Dude! Where are you?" the hologram shouted Phil walked in from his bathroom and shut it off. He rolled his eyes and returned to getting dressed. He shuffled through the outfits and picked out the black jumpsuit from the day he and Keely went virtugoggling at the mall. The only diffrence was this one was real and Keely wasn't there to tell him he looked good in it. He missed the ever-growing challenge of trying to look good for Keely without looking like he had spent hours and hours on it. He missed being able to relax in a pair of jeans instead of the same damn jumpsuit every day. Phil sauntered down the stair into the kitchen grabbing spray toast and his school goggles before his mother could nag him about it. Lloyd walked in as Phil sat down on the square red couch.
"Phil, have you seen the skyak orb? I must have misplaced… oh. Right, well bye then I'm of to work." Lloyd said as Phil pointed to the orange glowing orb in his hand. Phil rolled his eyes and put on the goggles. The sooner they were on the sooner he could finish studying for the Time Machine exam. Two weeks and six days left Phil thought to himself. He watched the teacher explain physics of the time travel portal for another two hours skipping through the commercials. After the lesson was over he looked at the clock. It was noon. Keely, Via and Owen were probably sitting by the tree eating their lunch, laughing about Mr. Hackett, or one of the band nerds getting their finger stuck in their spit valve again. HE sighed and went back up to his room and grabbed his giggle, not sure what he was going to do yet. He just need time to think, time to breathe.
"Keely, eat something!" Via commanded. Keely had been moving her salad from one side of the paper dish to the other. Keely looked at Via and stuck a fork-full of salad into her mouth.
"Happy?" Keely said while she was still chewing.
"Nope, More." Via said. Clapping her hands.
"Fine." Keely said. She finished her salad and turned to look at Via.
"Do think he still loves me?" Keely said abruptly.
"Phil? I dunno… you two made out on your announcement show and said that when you look at that saltshaker you know you are supposed to be together… I think he still loves you." Via replied half serious and half sarcastically. Keely looked at her a bit confused.
"But if he does love me why hasn't he come back yet?" Keely said on the verge of tears.
"He's not eighteen for another few weeks right? Maybe his parents wont let him go until then." Via said as she ate a bite of her own salad.
"Maybe you're right Vi." Keely said standing up and taking her tray back into the cafeteria. Via waited a moment and followed her.
"I am right Keely." Via said grabbing both Keely's shoulders and looking her in straight in the eye.
"There is no one on this planet… no in the universe who could ever love you more than Phil." Via said sincerely. "Don't you ever forget that Keely. He loves you and you love him. No matter how far apart you two are." Keely looked at Via with a teary half smile. She pulled her friend into a hug and they both went their separate ways to get their books from their lockers.
"Phil. Put the book down and walk away from the practice exam!" Pim said. Phil's head shot up and he stared at his sister who had a bullhorn.
"Were did you… never mind, what do you want?" Phil said.
"Lemme see your test." Pim said sticking out her hand. Phil handed it to her cautiously and watched her as she scanned it.
"You scored a perfect 100! Why are you still studying?" Pim demanded.
"Because if I don't pass this test I can go back to Keely! Which means I can't take her to prom, go to college with her, or kiss her!" Phil said throwing his arms out for a dramatic effect.
"You were doing so well until that last one." Pim said shoving the papers back into Phil's hands.
"Thanks. Anything else?" Phil said.
"Yea. You need a break. Take a ride, clear your mind before you look anything up." Pim said throwing Phil the skyak orb.
"Did you look at me through the walls with your Wzard or are you physic?" Phil said backing away from his sister.
"Both. Now go." Pim said pushing him out of his room and outside his house. Phil dropped the orb. Once the skyak appeared her jumped on and flew away looking over the bustling city. He knew exactly were to go.
"Ms. Teslow! Can I please have your attention?" Mrs. Steenrod said tapping a long fake red nail on her desk.
"Right… sorry." Keely said snapping out of another Phil daydream.
"Thank you." Mrs. Steenrod said as she went back to explaining adverbs. Does this woman not know that we all learned this in the seventh grade? Keely thought. She carelessly wrote down notes and stuffed them in her binder after the bell rang. Keely was about a foot away from the door when the teacher beckoned.
"Keely, would you mind staying after for a bit?" Mrs. Steenrod said not looking up from what she was writing at the bottom of the board.
"Sure." Keely replied.
"What's been going on with you the past couple of day?" Mrs. Steenrod asked sounding a bit concerned.
"Nothing, It's just my best friend left a year ago and I haven't seen haven't seen him since." Keely said deciding to leave out any personally details.
"Well Ms. Teslow, I suggest you get back on track or your grade will suffer.
"Right. Thanks." Keely said disappointedly. She's been hoping he teacher could come up with hopeful words that could lift her spirit. But in stead she got a warning about her grade.s Perfect… just perfect.