roxy-sweetie93- Yes, I'm afraid it's true. Our belovedJuliet Holland-Rose is 13... And, er… I wasn't exactly referring to the 'laughing jackass' kookaburra (pretty sure PheelyPhan got the reference :)...)… do you have Aly & AJ's CD? Because if you do, read the thank-you's and you'll understand… Hm… I do remember that being on The Simpsons, actually… but it was more just my honest opinion than anything.

Oh, and I don't own the one line I put in of "Lose Yourself."

Phil set his backpack in his room, and descended the stairs. He walked to the kitchen before he realized something.

"Pim…"

"Yeah?" Pim asked, looking up.

"Is there a reason…" he trailed off, gesturing to Candida, hoping she'd get the message.

"Jeez, Phil… you're so rude! I'm working with her…"

"Get stuck with her on a science project?" Phil asked, still unsure why Candida was in his house.

"No… we're working together… to try and get people like you out of our way."

"People like me?"

"Yes. Infidels…" Pim continued. "Anyway, you must want something from me, and I'm assuming it's that you have a problem. So what is it?"

Indeed, Phil did have a problem… though Pim wasn't quite the person he had wanted to ask for advice. "Alright… it's just… I dunno. Keely's been… it's like she's getting…"

"Bored?" Pim suggested.

"Kind of. It's like… we don't go out as much as we used to…"

"Great Romance of the twenty-first century going down the drain?" Pim asked.

"Shut up…"

"Have you even asked her to do anything… out of the ordinary lately?" Candida piped up, looking up from her blueprint of the school.

Phil directed his attention solely on the shining leader to his left. "What do you mean?"

"Okay, Phil," she continued, "let me… have you taken her out anywhere… romantic… fancy… anything like that?"

"Not… really extravagant, no."

"There you go. Just… ask her out somewhere lavish."

"But… what would I…"

"Okay," Candida said, exasperated. "Let's just… let's do some acting, okay? I'll be Keely, and you… you just meet her in the… wherever you hang out."

"Alright," Phil muttered, and Candida sat down, facing away from him. "Keely," he said, in his most seductive voice he could come up with.

Candida turned around, and, in a voice with an eerie Keely-like quality, said, "Phil… you look handsome today."

Phil slowly walked to Candida. "And you look… as beautiful as ever," he said. Caught in the moment, he grabbed her by the shoulders, and they locked in a passionate kiss.

Snap back to reality…

Candida and Phil pulled away from each other, spluttering and coughing,trying to clear their minds of what had just happened, as Pim screamed in horror. "Okay," Candida said, a mix between disgusted and shocked, "let's just start this over!"

Phil exited the room, and came back in, saying, "Keely," in the same seductive voice as before.

"Phil," she returned, in the same Keely-like voice. "I can't kiss you today, because… I have the flu…"

"I too, have fallen ill," Phil said. "Anyway… I was thinking that you deserve something really nice. You've been putting up with me for a while, so I was thinking maybe we could maybe go somewhere on the SkyAk and…" Phil trailed off, realizing his mistake and hoping Candida didn't hear it. Pim was looking at Phil, horrified.

But alas, Candida asked, "SkyAk? What the…?"

"Did I say SkyAk?" Phil asked. Candida nodded. "Well, I meant… I meant to say…" The phone started to ring in the other room. "Yes! The phone!" he shouted, delightedly, and ran off to answer it.

"Your brother is weird," Candida observed, turning back to her blueprints.

Must plan this alone, Phil noted mentally as he answered the phone. Plan this alone…

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