All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Keely looked around Phil's empty room. "It feels so… weird…"
"I know… like an empty vessel. Almost haunting, really," Phil said.
"Come on, Phil," his dad called solemnly from downstairs. "We gotta go."
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
It was approximately five minutes from 2008 as Phil walked down the stairs for the final time in his house on Caulfield Lane. He walked outside into the brisk winter air, and heaved a heavy sigh. "I guess this is good-… I guess this is it," he said, unable to bring himself to say goodbye to her.
"Yeah," Keely said, fighting back tears.
Phil hugged her, and she rested her head on his shoulder, still blinking back any tears that threatened to come. "I'll think of you every day," he promised her. "I love you."
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
That did it. She couldn't help but let the tears flow. "I love you, too, Phil," she whispered. He pulled out of the hug and handed her a small box.
"Open it when you get back," Phil whispered into her ear, leaning over, then giving her one last kiss.
"Oh, Phil," she whispered sadly, as he climbed into the time machine. She gave a feeble smile and waved as he put his hand on the handle of the door. She cleared her throat out and called, "Good-… Goodnight, Phil…" She just couldn't manage to say goodbye.
"Goodnight, Keely," he whispered, hoping against all odds that maybe this wasn't goodbye forever.
He shut the door, and amidst a flash of orange light…
…he was gone.
Hide my face I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
Keely went into her room, and threw herself onto her stomach, on her bed. She looked at the small box Phil had given to her, and wondered dimly what could be inside. Deciding she had no clue what it could possibly be, she opened it.
"Oh… Phil," she said, smiling, looking at what lay inside the box. "Of course you would think of that…"
She smiled serenely, and put the gift next to her bed. While admiring it, she drifted off to sleep.
"You taught me a lot, Keely…" Phil explained to her. "I've learned a lot by time traveling… like that you have to treasure every moment you have, because you never know when a wonderful girl like you will end up turning your world completely upside-down."
Keely smiled at Phil. She then noticed that he was dressed in a tuxedo. She smiled as she realized she was in a very spacious ballroom, and observed that she herself was dressed in an elegant red dress.
"Would you care to dance, Keely?" he asked, extending his arm to her.
"I'd love to," she responded, taking his hand. "But there's no music…"
"There's music," Phil responded. "She just hasn't started playing yet."
Keely looked around the room, and saw a lone violinist standing in the distance. A soft, peaceful melody began to play, and although Keely couldn't see her face, she knew it was Bonnie playing.
She and Phil began to dance.
Keely pulled the blankets tighter around herself, as a small smile creeped onto her face.
While Phil was saying goodbye to Keely, up in her room, Bonnie was curled on her bed in the fetal position. Her heater had broken, and she was having difficulties getting to sleep, even bundled in all the blankets.
However, when a flash of orange light came from outside, she was surprised to find herself feeling relaxed by it. She didn't know what it was, but it seemed to clear her mind.
She actually felt a little bit better.
She wondered why that was, but barely had time to think about it, as she fell asleep soon after seeing it.
She dreamed of a distant, lazy summer's day…
"Why would you want to travel to Jakarta?" Ashley laughed. "You don't speak Indonesian."
"Well, really, I'd like to travel anywhere in the Pacific," Bonnie replied, lying in the shade of a large tree.
"Okay, I gotcha. You just wanna meet some hot hunk on the beach," Ashley snickered.
"Well now you're just mocking me, and that hurts," Bonnie joked.
"Would you two shut your traps for half a minute?" Keely asked, smiling. "I'm trying to fall asleep here…"
"Why are you trying to sleep?" Ashley asked, full of energy. "The day is young! The possibilities are endless! Summer days like this are made for girls like you, Keely! Don't waste it by sleeping it away! Come on!" Ashley jumped up. "Buy postcards of places you've never been to, go waterskiing, anything! Carpe diem!"
Bonnie shifted slightly in her sleep, and smiled.
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had...
"Mad World" - R. Orzabal
Well, it's been quite a ride. But that's all for this one... (throws sulfur into the fire) I may return again... someday. Until then... (disappears dramatically in a puff of smoke)
(laughs as I run out the back door)