Hi. I realize some of you (AC… TJ…) are dying to know Keely's secret. Well, hopefully, this will please you. Oh, by the way, the songs aren't really meant to fit, so don't get confused. I didn't intend for the songs to be one with the story. That's kind of the joke about it.

CiTyGrL0912- Of course you're the first reviewer! You really like those cookies, don't you? Thanks for the support!

"Hello there, my dearest love/ Today I write to you about our sons/ The boys start school today/ They're the spitting image of you in every way," Keely sang, breathing as if she'd been doing it her whole life. Phil just watched on, a bitter expression on his face.

Tia looked over at Phil as Ashley took over the vocals: "Hey son, it's Dad/ I hope this letter finds you well out of harm's way/ We saw the news today, it frightened your mom/ Now all she does is pray."

"What's wrong?" Tia asked him, as both girls sang the chorus ("If I lead, will you follow? Will you follow if I lead?").

"Nothing," Phil lied.

"It's not nothing. Tell the truth."

"Later," Phil said, still looking at Keely onstage with disdain. ("Hey, Melissa, it's me, don't be afraid/ I'm in good hands, I'm gonna be home soon/ It's time to watch the children grow up/ I wanna be more than a voice on the phone.")

"No! Tell me now!" Tia shouted over Ashley's verse ("Thanks Mom, I got your package today/ I love 'The Fields of Athenry'/ I swear I want 'em to play that song on the pipes at my funeral/ When I die.")

Phil sighed. Tia had strange ways of getting things out of people. "I'll tell you when the song ends!" he shouted, as Ashley continued ("I stand alone in the distance/ And the foreground slowly moves.")

"Are you still mad at her for what she didn't tell you?" Tia asked.

Phil looked at her slowly ("We regret to inform you that Sgt. Andrew Farrar died while serving his country in the Al-Anbar province of Iraq. Words cannot convey our sorrow."). "Yeah… I can't believe she didn't tell me…" ("When there's nothing on the horizon/ You've got nothing left to prove/ If I lead, will you follow?")

"Wow…" Tia said, as the song ended, "you're really taking it hard… I guess I don't blame you."

Phil headed out, to go backstage, as Keely had requested of him when she finished her first song. He reached her room, and entered.

"Phil," Keely said, "I've been thinking… You owe me an apology."

"What?" Phil shouted incredulously. "Why? For you telling Tia I'm from the future?"

"Phil--"

"Don't deny it! I saw you in the hallway!"

"Phil, I--"

"I had the invisible spray and everything! You can't fool me, Keely!

"PHIL!"

"What?" Phil asked, a little afraid, as Keely had never raised her voice that high before.

"I didn't tell her you're from the future… I wouldn't do that to you."

"I… you didn't?"

"No!"

"Then what did you tell her?"

"I told her… that I'm leaving."

This news struck Phil like a sack of bricks in the face. "You're… you're leaving?" he asked. She nodded. He didn't think anything could've been more surprising. He was the one with the time machine, and she was the one leaving. It was a little ironic… not funny, but ironic. "Are you serious?" he asked. "Why?"

"We're going to live with my dad for a while… in England. By the time I get back, I expect you'll probably be gone."

Phil just stared at her like a deer in headlights. "No! You told Tia I was from the future!" Now, instead of Phil being mad at her for that, he desperately wanted that to be true. "She said she knew we'd be separated!"

"Because I'm moving."

"But… you said you had to tell her…"

"That I'm leaving… I'm sorry, Phil. I should've told you before. I guess I didn't want to tell you the truth."

"But… No! This can't be…" Phil searched for a loophole. "Hey, you said everybody lies! You're lying aren't you? You said it yourself, that 'everybody lies'!"

"Phil… I was lying."

He sighed. Keely was using her own logic. She must have been telling the truth. No, this wasn't good at all. "But… you can't leave!"

"I wish, Phil. I really wish that were true… You've been a great friend…"

"When are you leaving?" he asked, finally realizing that she was leaving.

"Saturday."

That left Phil about four days. "Well," he said, and took a drink, "I have something to…" he started coughing. It's very difficult and foolish to talk and swallow at the same time.

"You're on next, Keely," a stagehand reminded her, poking her head in the room.

Phil kept coughing, as Keely told him, "Listen, I need to go, but I'll meet you here afterwards, okay?"

Phil finally got the water out of his throat, and finished his sentence, despite the fact nobody was there. "…tell you… that I love you."

Sighing, he walked back out to the auditorium. He collapsed in his seat next to Tia. "You okay?" Tia asked him.

"My best friend is moving away… how do you think I feel?"

Tia nodded.

"A little change of schedule," Ashley said, from the stage. "Okay, this is 'In A Second.' One… two… … … … … … …three!"

"Don't know where you are/ Wish I just could be near you/ I would sail oceans/ To get a glimpse of how you feel…"

Phil slid down in his chair. This was certainly not what he had in mind when he thought of what his future held in store for him.

"You're all the things I'm looking for/ Everything and so much more…"

But the fate thingy came back again. If Keely was moving, then maybe they never were meant to be together.

"What I think, you are just perfect/ Could it be that I am worth it/ Is this thing an open door/ Walk right through to something more/ You and me/ My life would change in a second… In a second…"

But there was also the 'follow your heart' deal. If something feels right to you, then go for it, his mother had always encouraged him. Being with Keely certainly felt right to him.

"Don't know how you feel/ Seem to keep it to yourself/ Would you climb mountains/ To show me this is something real?"

Don't give up on yourself, Phil thought. You heard the voices inside. He was so close to telling her how he felt, but every time he was about to spill his guts, she always had to suddenly leave. One of these times, he'd tell her how he felt. She couldn't avoid him forever.

"You're all the things I'm looking for/ Everything and so much more/ What I think, you are just perfect/ Could it be that I am worth it/ Is this thing an open door/ Walk right through to something more/ You and me/ My life would change in a second… In a second…"

I picked "Last Letter Home," (which I don't own)because it's a great song, and it's got an interesting story behind it. The band who wrote it (Dropkick Murphys) had written it based on general letters sent to and from the soldiers in Iraq, and then they got a letter from the family of Sgt. Andrew Farrar, who had died recently while serving there. The letter said he was a big supporter of the band, and also included a letter that he had sent to his mother, thanking her for one of their CD's, and said that if anything happened in Iraq to him, he wanted one of their songs played at the funeral. He also left behind his wife Melissa, and two boys, Tyler and Liam. His duty in Iraq was nearly over, and was due to come home and renew his vows with Melissa, but died on his thirty-first birthday. The band was present at his funeral to grant his wish and played "Fields of Athenry" as the casket entered the church. The song was rewritten to include excerpts from his letter. If you're wondering how I know this, it's in the disk jacket, so it's official and everything. I just thought that was an interesting story, and I thought that Keely and Ashley would want to do a song honoring those who were sacrificing themselves overseas. Anyway, I've begun to ramble. Sorry this chapter wasn't great…

Read and review! I know you want to… I know the feeling. Oh, and I'm aware that I cut part of "In A Second," (Which I don't own. Aly & AJ own that, along with my soul- interpret that however you want). There are more chapters. I'm notmean enough to leave the story here. Read and review!