Ok, this marks the beginning of what I would like to call the "songfic era." Lol. You will be seeing a lot of songs in almost every chapter if not every single one. So just sit back and enjoy. I would also like to give notice to Ryan Cabrera's "With You Gone," which is the song I'll be using in this chapter.

Memories. Various images of all his memories running through his head, being cleaned out one by one.

Pickford. Mr. Hackett. Mr. Messerschmitt. Tanner. Myron. Alice. Seth. Tia. Owen. Via. Curtis. K—

A large time portal appeared out of nowhere and out popped Lloyd and Phil. They were finally home.

"Ha-ha! We're finally home!" exclaimed Lloyd in excitement. "But wait a second… why do I still remem—

--eely… Wait, WHAT? KEELY… Phil thought about her for awhile. How do I still remember her clearly? WHY do I still remember her? What happened? I thought I was supposed to forget everything…

"Uh… dad, do you happen to re—

"--member anything? Yes, but I just don't know why. It doesn't make any sense…" Lloyd paced out of the room, trying to figure out what went wrong.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Phil heard a loud scream come from the other room.

Well, at least I know Pim made it safely.

He walked towards Pim's room and tried to get in, but he forgot that they were in the 22nd century again. Pim had the nose scanner installed into her door.

"Pim, why on earth are you screaming?" Phil asked through the door.

Pim opened the door. "I REFUSE to remember Debbie… OR the Fashion Zombies! Why is this happening to me? Why?" she said with a lot of rage. "I will knock these memories right outta my head if it's the last thing I do!" Her eyes widened as she reached for a hammer. "This will do!" She started gazing at Phil from head to toe. "Now if you excuse me, I have some construction work to do." She slammed the door shut. A horrible racket was heard from her room.

Hmm… I could tell she's gonna have a hard time getting over this.

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"I got it!" Lloyd ran into the room. "Now I know why we remember all these things."

Phil stared at him questioningly.

"Well due to the length of our peregrination in the time warp between the 21st and

22nd century, it seems that we traveled way too fast in order for our brains to fully clean out our memories. So what this means is, we'll still remember our memories for the time being, but they will all fade away eventually."

"So how long exactly will it take for our memories to disappear?" Phil asked.

"Well see, I calculated the precise duration of our trip in the time warp and multiplied it by the velocity of our movement, dividing by the capacity of our brains, but that didn't work. So I'm just taking a rough guess when I say by tomorrow morning, they will all be erased."

"So by the time we wake up tomorrow, our memories will actually be gone."

"Exactly." Lloyd ran off, looking to catch up with some of his old pals.

Great… It was bad enough having to say goodbye to her. Now I have to live with all of this depression for the rest of the day. Why can't I just forget about her? Phil knew that that's not what he truly wanted, however. Deep down he knew that he never wanted to forget her. He wanted to be with her more than anything in the world. It's just a matter of time. Just a matter of time before I finally forget…

Phil had no idea what to do for the time being. He knew that he was back home, and he was happy about it, but he was so adjusted to the 21st century ways. Besides, he felt like anything he did would be wrong if he wasn't doing it with Keely.

He decided to turn on his AudioSlave 5000 and tuned into PAKF. He never thought that he would ever want to turn to this station before, but his time in the 21st century showed him that their music was actually pretty enjoyable to listen to.

"Hey, this is DJ Otto. Yes, Mr. Rob Otto himself. Welcome to PAKF, music from the 21st century. This week will be a special week. Everyday we will be playing musical hits from the popular 21st century artist Ryan Cabrera. Yes, the very man who married the woman that single-handedly destroyed woman's music, Ashlee Simpson. But don't worry. We will not be playing her music ever again. Even if we wanted to, all of her records were destroyed in the rally of 2038, where millions of people all over the world rallied through the streets destroying each and every Ashlee Simpson CD they could find, which eventually led to the murder of Ashlee herself. The number one suspect you ask? Ryan Cabrera himself. Since then he was praised by millions around the world. So anyway, here's our first song from his sophomore album entitled "With You Gone."

How fitting. Phil thought to himself.

Looking back if we had one more night to spend
I would steal every second I would never let it end
Like the taste of your lips what I'd give to drink you in

I will always remember and I know that it goes with me
I will never leave this part of you behind

Phil wished that he could just be there with her again. Even if it was only for one second, it didn't matter to him. He just wanted to be able to hold her close one more time.

With you gone it plays on it's so hard to move on
I want to but I wanted you
Now you stay in my head
I'm not over you yet
I try to but I wanted you

Some part of him wanted to remember her forever, but the other part of him kept telling him that it would be the best for his well-being if he just forgets about her.

What I miss overall is a smile I can't replace
'Cause it starts in your eyes and
It filled up all the space in my heart
I know I will always remember and
I know that it goes with me
I will never leave this part of you behind

He could just picture her perfect, heartwarming smile in his head. It was true. She really was perfect. She was the perfect girl for him and he knew it. A deep feeling of regret absorbed his soul.

With you gone it plays on it's so hard to move on
I want to but I wanted you
Now you stay in my head
I'm not over you yet
I try to but I wanted you

Make no mistake I'm here in this place
And I'm waiting around for you
And I can't help it I'm still searching
For some way to get through

Phil thought that maybe it was possible to contact her again, but he knew that he was just getting his hopes up. It was over. By tomorrow morning, he wouldn't even remember her. Everything will be gone.


I will always remember

With you gone it plays on it's so hard to move on
I want to but I wanted you
Now you stay in my head
I'm not over you yet
I try to but I wanted you
I wanted you
I will always remember
I will always remember

He realized how much that song fit his depressing situation. A small little teardrop started to form in his eye, ready to drop down. He wiped it away before it had the chance to fall. He tried to resist the tears, but he couldn't control himself. He started crying and he couldn't stop.

He decided to go to bed early, wanting the morning to come as quickly as it possibly can. He simply couldn't take the pain anymore. He actually wanted everything to just disappear. He couldn't possibly live with the depression any longer. He wanted his memories to be gone.

So how'd you like it? Next chapter will probably be up soon. Oh yeah, just wondering, did anybody catch the whole PAKF thing? Probably not, but I bet you'll think about it now. What do you think it stands for? Lol, you should be ashamed of yourself if you don't get it.