Chapter 26 - Sea of Dreams
As the clouds rolled by, Phil got lost in thought. Keely's head was on his shoulder and she was sleeping like a contented baby, while Phil was questioning himself every other second. 'Is it safe back home? What if someone else tries to hurt Keely? What will all of my friends think about us finally being together? Oh, there are too many questions!' thought Phil. Just then Keely woke up and kissed Phil on the cheek.
"Hi, Phil... are we there yet?"
"No, 'fraid not. But almost. Maybe another thirty minutes at the most."
"Oh, darn. I wanna go home. I miss my mom and my bed."
"I miss my bed and my family, too. I wish we were home now"
"Yeah." Then Phil thought of something that he kept wanting to ask Keely.
"Keel? Why did you decide to pick me to go with you on this interesting trip?" Keely blushed. "Well?" he asked, awaiting his answer.
"I picked you because... well, for one thing, you're my best friend. And the other thing..." she dragged out, "Was I was hoping for my first kiss."
"With me?" he asked surprisingly.
"No," she said sarcastically. "Michael Jackson." She rolled her eyes. "Of course you!" she said and bit Phil's ear.
"Oh, really? I never would have guessed."
"I didn't think so. That's why I never told you," she said, poking fun at Phil. He smiled and kissed her.
They just sat there talking, and before they knew it they were heading down to the airport landing area. They were finally home.
"Phil! We're home! I'm so happy!" she yelled, throwing her arms around him joyfully.
"Yeah, me too!" Phil said, hugging her back.
Since they were on a private jet, they had carried their luggage in the jet with them and didn't have to go get their luggage out of the main lobby of the airport. They grabbed their bags and rushed out of the jet to find their families waiting for them with open arms.
"My baby!" Mandy Teslow yelled. "How are you feeling, Honeycake?"
"I'm fine, mom. Good as new. I feel no pain." Keely then hugged her mom and they talked for a minute while Phil greeted his parents and Pim.
"Hi, Phil! Did you have a good time?" his mother asked excitedly.
"Oh yeah. It was awesome, especially with Keely there with me. Without her it would've been boring as heck." He then gave each of his parents a hug and looked at Pim.
"Hey, Bro," she said. He smiled and gave her a quick hug and grabbed her and gave her a loving noogie, messing her hair up.
"Aww, why Phil, why? I go to all this trouble to look nice and you have to mess my hair up"
"YOU tried to look nice?"
"Yeah. Mom made me." She smiled and gave him a huge bear hug. Then Keely and her mother walked over, arms around each other.
"Hey, Pim. Miss me?" she asked her, walking over to her, acting her bouncy, usual self.
"Yeah, a LOT," she said sarcastically. Keely looked somewhat hurt and Pim noticed this. "I was just kidding. Yeah, I did. Really." Keely smiled at this and grabbed her for a quick hug and gave her a soft noogie also.
"Do you people ENJOY messing my hair up?" Pim asked angrily. She then sat down on the bench beside her mom with her arms crossed, rather annoyed.
"So, Keely, did you have fun with Phil?" asked Barb, grabbing Keely for a hug.
"Yeah, I had a blast! He's a lot of fun," she said as she gave Lloyd a hug also.
"That's good to hear," said Lloyd.
"And," said Phil, putting his arm around Keely's waste, "We have some news."
"And what is that?" asked Mandy.
"Keely and I are together now."
"Oh, honey!" Barb said, "That's wonderful!" She hugged the both of them as they were still connected to each other.
Then Pim piped up. "Oh my gosh, you are? Really?" Keely nodded. "FINALLY!" she yelled, dancing around the bench. Phil and Keely looked at each other and kissed. As the wind blew through their hair, it brought love along with it. It blew into Keely and Phil's lives like a tropical breeze,bringing back their vacation experience. Everytime they looked at the ocean, they would remember where they first fell in love... on a paradise island overlooking the beautiful sea of dreams.