A/N: Here's the next chapter… sorry it took so long you guys… have fun!
It Doesn't Get Better Than This: Chapter two
I picked Keely up the next night. I wanted to take her to a really fancy place for dinner because I know how much she wants to dress up but decided against it. It was, after all, just a first date…Maybe I'll save that for our anniversary… hopefully we'll have one…
I rang the doorbell. My heart was practically jumping out of my chest. This wasn't the first time I was gonna pick her up I mean, Since I got here, aside from the time we set that bull lose on the dance, we went to every dance together…as friends, of course… and I always pick her up. But tonight was different… this was an actual date. And that's what's making me so nervous.
"Hey, Phil!" She popped her head out of the door.
"Evenin', Keel..." I try to enter but she won't let me.
"Listen… I'm not yet finished so I cant let you see me… yet… so count up to ten Mississippi and go sit on the couch and I'm gonna finish up in my room… mkay?" I tried to push the door to get her to move but she pushed it back.
I look around. The sky was a deep indigo with hints of orange. I wanted to see how she looked like and what she was wearing but I figured I'd go along with her plan… I wouldn't mind being surprised… "Okay… one Mississippi… two Mississippi…." After I finished counting up to ten... loudly through the partially-open door so she could hear me… I went inside and sat down. I didn't want to screw anything up so I did just what she said…
I heard her bedroom door open. "Phil, are you there?" She called out in a meek, sort of nervous voice as she began to walk down the stairs.
"I'm here" I called back. The moment I saw her feet going down the stairs I stood up… like any gentleman would… I normally do that… but now it seems like my heart jumped out of my chest and made me stand up…
"ready?" She nervously asked me as she checked herself.
She was wearing normal, casual clothes but I think she never looked more beautiful… There was nothing I can say to describe how good she looked- and that made me even more nervous. "Uhh…ye…yeah… wow keel… y…you look…choke wow…"
Her cheeks blushed a light pink. "You don't look so bad yourself, Philly-Willy!" she said 'Philly-Willy' in a very teasing voice.
"Keel! C'mon! I told you not to call me that… anyway… thanks…" I looked at myself… I just looked… okay… I guess… "Shall we?" I motioned to the door in jokingly gentleman way… she laughed…"Here you go… there!" I put her coat on her. I usually do that… but that's because she acts so ditsy she cant find the armhole… but tonight was a special occasion… it was a date…our date…
We walked out of the door and I watched as her eyes grew wide of happiness and excitement. "Wow, Phil… you brought your car!" I can't believe your dad let you!"
We bought a Mustang after staying in this century for about eight months and I've been wanting to drive it, without my dad or my mom or Pim riding in it, the moment I got my license. Keely loved it the first time she saw it. She said it looked like the one from 'The Princess Diaries'. We drove around in it before, but not alone because my dad said I still needed 'adult supervision'.
I ran over to the passenger side to open the door for her. "Well, my dad didn't want to take it first…but when I said I was going o… on a… a date with…with you…" I keep stuttering every time I say that I'm going on a…date with her… nerves… I guess… "He said 'Phil, why didn't you tell me! Here you go!'" I copied my dad's voice; that made her laugh.
The radio was on; it was playing one of the cd's I burned for her. I burnt a copy of it to be sure she'd like what was gonna be playing while we were in the car. "Where are we going, Phil?" She asked.
I pulled up in front of a restaurant. "How'd you feel about Italian?"
"Italian… hmm… well…" She made a face that said 'I'm not sure if I'm gonna like it…' and looked at me… she saw a confused yet slightly disappointed look in my face…I thought she'd like Italian. She laughed, put her hand on my shoulder and began to speak in a very reassuring voice. "Italian sounds great, Phil"
We started eating… We talked about stuff from school… who was with who-Keely knew a lot about that because of Tia. We talked about homework… how we had lots of it. And we talked about the future. Futuristic gadgets, clothes, food… It was actually… great… until I tried to hold her hand that is…
We've held hands before… and it didn't seem to bother her. While waiting for dessert, we continued talking… her hand was on top of a table… I was so scared but I did it anyway- I reached for it.
"Keely I…" She looked at our hands uncomfortably and then looked at me… so I let go of her hand. I wanted to tell her… Well, I don't know exactly… I just figured I'd just make something up and hold her hand through the rest of dinner but obviously, that didn't work… It was a good thing that things returned to normal… well, for her… after that because honestly, I don't know what I would've done if they hadn't.
I pulled up on the parking lot beside the cinema. I opened the door for her and we started walking towards the cinema. "So… what do you wanna watch…?" I asked her. I actually wanted to ask her if she wanted to watch the new horror movie- house of the dead- but I was pretty sure that was inappropriate for a first date so I let her pick.
She studied the posters outside. "Well…" She looked at me, smiled and looked at the posters again. "How about..." She looked at me again. It was so weird… she must be having fun looking at me… all confused and nervous and stuff… "…13 going on 30!"
I lined up and got the tickets while she watched me… I felt her eyes on me the whole time… I look back and see her smiling at me…I smiled back…
"Popcorn?" I asked as we were walking to the movie…
"Butter, please" I laughed. "What?"
We lined up at the concession stand "Keel, remember 'The Puddinator'?"
She looked at me, confused."Yeah…?"
"nothing… It was just like…" I was interrupted by the guy running the concession stand and ordered the snacks "oh… we'll have the largest bucket of butter popcorn and… two sodas… thank you" I paid for the food… "the way you said 'popcorn please' sounded a lot like the 'pudding please' we recorded for The Puddinator…" We sat down at the theatre… the movie hasn't started yet…
She laughed at me…"What?" I handed her her popcorn.
"nothing…" she laughed again "It's just that… wow… you remembered that…?"
I laughed too… "I don't know where that came from… it just… did…" The movie began to play… we didn't talk much after that.
The movie was great… except for the fact when I tried to hold her hand… again… she looked at our hands uncomfortably… I had no choice but to let go… It was so confusing… maybe… maybe she doesn't like me… maybe… she just… I don't know…
By the end of the movie, things had again returned back to normal…
"That movie reminded me of the time I used your Insta-Morph" She was laughing as we walked out of the theatre.
"Yeah… we could've made a movie about you, too… but instead of '13 going on 30'… the title would be '15 going on 25'"…
"and yours will be… '15 going on 75'" She started laughing…
"Very funny Keel…" I started laughing too…
We laughed all the way to her house… talking about the things we would put in the movie…
"…The part when they were taking lots of pictures… and…Ooh, Phil! What about the part when they were on the swings…?" she said sitting up straight in the passenger seat.
"Yeah… that part would be great…" I couldn't have thought of a greater part to put in our movie… That was the part where they kiss and she realizes, more or less, that she was in love with her best friend…
She plopped back down… "Or not… What about the part when they dance 'Thriller' at the party! That'd be cool!" She started dancing the steps to the song.
I was disappointed but I laughed anyway… "Yeah… Uhh… Keel, I don't think you should be dancing…"
She gave me a dirty look and then laughed… I pulled up at the front of her house and walked her to the door.
"Good driving Phil… no scratch here" She playfully inspected herself
"I had a great time, Keel…" I stepped closer to her.
She looked at me "Me too… the movie… the dinner… everything was such fun… this is still the best week ever…"
I took another step… "Well… goodnight…" I inch closer as I lean forward to kiss her…
She takes a step back… "Uhhmm… ahem… yeah…" She looked away from me… "Goodnight, Phil" She opens the door and steps in… I walk back to the car, feeling her eyes on my back…
"Uhh... Keel?" I turned back to look at her… just before I enetered the car
She opened the door wider "Yeah…?"
"I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable… I didn't mean to… I… sorry" I felt so stupid for trying to hold her hand… I know I shouldn't have tried to kiss her…
"It's fine, Phil… I had a great time…" She smiled reassuringly… "Bye…" She closed the door behind her…
I stepped into the car and banged my head on the steering wheel… which of course sounded the horn… "Ow!" Keely peeked out again…
"Uhh… sorry… I just hit the horn by accident… uhmm… bye!" I smiled sheepishly. She laughed and closed the door… I watched as the light in her living room was turned off and the one at her bedroom was turned on… then I drove home…
"Hey, Phil! How was the date!" My dad greeted me cheerily as I walked in…
I didn't know what to tell him… I snapped… "Why did I do that! I never shouldve tried to hold her hand… I mean I did it once and she didn't like it… but I had to do it again… and then I tried to kiss her… I'm so stupid! Arrrrghhh!"
My dad just looked at me… confused…
"Oh, here" I tossed him the keys "Thanks for letting me use the car… that was probably the first and last time I'm gonna use it alone since I think that was my first… and last date with Keely"
He caught the keys and just looked at me again…
"I'm sorry for exploding at you… I don't want to talk about it…" I began to walk to the stairs…
He looked at me… "Son, I think you just did…"
"Well… I'm sorry… I… I just… I don't want to talk about it, okay? I'm going to bed… goodnight." I started up the stairs…
Before I reached my room I heard my mom talk to my dad…
"Honey, what was that about?" she asked him…
I could tell my dad just looked at her… "He tried to… uhhmm… I don't know… I guess I don't want to talk about it either…" good night honey… I heard her kiss him "I'm going to bed…"
the last thing I heard before I went inside my room was my mom saying "oookay… and they say we're hard to understand…" and walking away…
When I entered my room I fell back on my bed… I couldn't believe how stupid I was… "You sure screwed this up, Diffy!"
"Shut up and get to bed Phil! Or at least let other people do… Jeez…. What's t gonna take to get people to keep quiet in this house!" Pim yelled at me from her room
I sighed. "Sorry…"
What's gonna at school tomorrow? Is she still gonna hang out will me? Will she still want to?
I put the headphones of my mp3 player in my ear and fell asleep.
A/N:
Hope you liked it! Please Review! the final chapter's gonna be up soon!
Emma Barrows: thanks a lot for reviewing… and helping me pick a movie! I will forever be grateful! Lma0o…