Alright, my friends. This is what I like to call a short chapter, also known as a transition chapter. I'm listening to Prince right now, just so you know. Anyway, that aside, you may think that there is no real point to this chapter. To be honest, there is a point. Now whether it's a relevant point is a different story. You'll hopefully realize the point of this chapter later.
Phil grimaced as he looked at the wide strip of metal exposed beneath the paint of Tia's new car. "Yikes," was all he could manage to say.
" 'Yikes'?" Keely shouted. "Tia is going to eviscerate me when she figures out what happened! This is more than 'yikes'! This is 'Oh no, I'm going to get my brains blown against the ceiling!'" Keely was clearly stressed by the situation at hand.
"Maybe we could--"
"Cover it up!" Keely shouted. She rummaged through her purse, and found a dark blue makeup product in her bag that was nearly an exact match to the color of the car. "There," she said, when she finished.
"Impressive," Phil said. You couldn't even tell there was any scratch, unless you bent really close to it. "The cops haven't shown up… I guess we could get going."
Keely sighed as she jumped into the car. This was definitely the last time she was going to borrow somebody's car.
The two arrived at Keely's house, and agreed to hang out the next day, or possibly later that day. Phil walked over to his house, and Lloyd, as usual, was covered in ash from an explosion. "Sorry I'm late, Dad," Phil muttered. "I almost forgot."
"It's alright. We'll start again tomorrow morning. I think we'll be done about noon, so you'll be free to hang out with your friends…"
"Friends?" Pim asked, and was reminded of the effects of excessive fighting when Barbara held up the WIZRD.
"Alright, Dad," Phil said, and waited in his room, as he watched the Teslows leave their house. There really wasn't a whole lot to do around his place. At least with his friends he could have a good laugh. Eventually, he fell asleep, as he stayed up late the previous night.
He woke up about an hour later, and, having nothing better to do, moseyed on next door, smiling as he remembered a joke from school (Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog.).
He knocked on the door, and the girl he had been hiding his feelings from since the first time they met opened the door. "Hey, Phil," she said, smiling.
Cliffy? Maybe, baby. I guess it depends on what you're thinking. I don't think anybody will really think this is a cliffhanger. I wouldn't think so either. But maybe I'm just playing mind games with you. As for Via, Tia, and Owen, you'll just have to be patient to learn their fate.