Chapter Two
The doorbell rang.

Pim heard the door opening right after the ring of the doorbell. She smiled. Ah, so it was Keely, after all. She never usually waited for someone to get the door opened for her since she was a frequent visitor.

"Hey!!" Keely called cheerfully as she entered the living room.

Phil turned around, his eyes wide. "Keely?"

CRASH!

Phil snapped his head around again. "Drat, lost a life," he muttered, furiously punching the buttons again.

Shaking her head, Keely looked at Pim. "Why'd you call?"

"You called?" Phil seemed unable to believe it. He was still facing the television set, however, so Pim could not be sure.

"Yeah, I got four tickets for this horror movie because I thought it would be great to see it, but Mom has horror-movie "issues" and Dad won't go because Mom won't go, so it'll only be Phil and me, and I'm calling a friend, so Phil could call a friend, too, and I thought it was obvious that he would call you, because you're his best friend and all, and - " Pim was going breathless. She had to say her excuse for inviting Keely over quickly before she forgot it all.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay, I got it," Keely said with a giggle. "Where's this friend of yours?"

Pim blinked. She bought it? Not believing her luck, she stammered slightly as she replied, "She'll - ah, she'll meet us there." And that part was true. Phoebe, a new friend from school, said that she'd meet all three of them at the theatre for the movie.

"All right, shall we go, then?" Keely said, clapping her hands together.

"Hang on," Phil said. A few beeps later, the words 'game saved' appeared on the screen. He turned around. "Yeah, let's go."

Keely went first, closely followed by Phil. But he paused at the door and waited for Pim to catch up. He frowned at her. "I know you're up to something, but I don't know what it is yet. Some thing tells me I'm not gonna like it - so I'm keeping my eye on you..." he warned.

Before his sister had time to react, however, he jogged to the front and caught up with Keely. Pim couldn't help a wide grin as she watched his arm take its usual place on her shoulder. Just a few seconds later, Keely laughed loudly, and Phil, in return, bore a wide grin on his face.

"Bro, trust me when I say that you'll definitely like this," she whispered to herself in voice filled with glee.

"Like what?" her mother questioned from behind her.

Pim stiffened. "Uh, nothing, mom - nothing," she replied quickly, breaking out into brisk, wide steps. "See you later!" she called, walking even faster to catch up with the other two.

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