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element90- I miss Tia, too… Poor Brenda Song… she just had to agree to do "Suite Life" didn't she? I do not like that show.

be234therz- Obviously, if you think you're rambling, you have never known what I'm like when I ramble. Boy, I can get annoying when I ramble. Uh, anyway, thanks for the review.Rest assured, it will have an ending. I'm not going to tell you what kind of ending, because I don't want to say. But it will have an ending, so that's good, right?

I'm having major withdrawal problems with this chapter… I wasn't sure if I wanted to put it, but I'll let you guys be the judge, okay? Makes sense to me. Anyway, now, for chapter twelve!


Phil and Keely both separately got up at four o'clock the next day. Keely had to make sure she had everything packed, and Phil wanted to make sure that he got to say goodbye to Keely.

He sat outside her porch, waiting for her to come out. He smiled when he saw that, when she exited the house, the book he'd given her was still in her hands.

She placed it on a table and ran to Phil and locked him in a tight hug. The familiar smell of Garnier Fructis hung about her, Phil noticed. "I'm gonna miss you," Keely whispered in his ear.

"You have no idea…" Phil whispered back.

The two pulled apart and looked into each other's eyes. When the door opened, they looked over, and saw that Ashley and Bonnie were carrying suitcases to the car. When the two noticed Phil and Keely looking at each other with the expressions they had, they began to talk quietly. "How do you want to handle this?" Ashley asked.

"I'll take Keely, you take Phil," Bonnie replied, agreeing that something must be done. She went up to the two, and asked Phil, "Can I borrow Keely for a quick second?"

"Sure," Phil said. "Go right ahead."


Bonnie led Keely inside, and they sat down. "Keely, why are you doing this to yourself?"

"What are you talking about?" Keely asked.

"Come on, girl. I see the way you look at Phil. I've also seen the way he looks at you. So why, why are you both avoiding what you both need to do?"

"I don't follow you," Keely said.

"How much clearer can I make this? …You really like him. I mean really like him. He obviously really likes you. But you two… you just dance around it. You're not helping either of you by just avoiding the matter at hand, you know."

"I just don't want our last time together to be awkward."

"Trust me, it'd be more awkward without this."


"So," Ashley said to Phil, "…I can't believe we're not going to see you for such a long time."

"Yeah," Phil said passively.

"It's going to be weird, not hearing Keely say she's going somewhere with you… you two spent a lot of time together."

"I know…"

"Tell me something… you love her, right?"

Phil sighed, and nodded, eventually.

"But you've never done anything?" Ashley asked.

"Not really, no."

"Why not?"

Phil looked up into Ashley's eyes, frowning. "Why are you asking me this?"

"Weren't you ever taught that it's rude to answer a question with another question?"

"…You just did, though."

"Why haven't you done anything about it?" she asked again.

He frowned again. At first, he wasn't even sure that Keely liked him in return. Now, there were a few options. He didn't want their last days together to be awkward, he didn't want to ruin their friendship, he wasn't sure if it was just a passing phase, but there was a better reason.

"I guess I was too much of a coward… Now she's moving…"

"It's not too late, yet," Ashley reminded him, and walked back inside, brushed past Keely, and winked at Bonnie.

"Phil," Keely said, coming up to him, "…I don't want to lose you… Please come back for me… when you're gone…"

"I'd never hurt you," Phil said, "I promise."

This magic moment

He hesitated half a second,

While your lips are close to mine

then thought of what Ashley had said, and kissed her.

Keely put her arms around Phil's neck as the strength drained from her legs. Her heart was pounding harder than ever, and her mind was racing, a mile a minute.

Kissing Keely was the most amazing thing Phil had ever done in his entire life. He felt as if a tremendous burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

And when they pulled apart, reality struck them both like a brick in the face.

Will last forever

Still, the two couldn't help but feel as if something had fallen into place.

"Too bad nobody took a picture," Phil joked. "You could've put it in the book."

"I don't need a picture to remember this," she said, winking at him.

Forever 'till the end of time...


Oh, and "This Magic Moment," by Jay and the Americans? Not mine. Somebody's but it's not mine.

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