Ashley and Bonnie were talking to each other as they sat on the couch. "But what's up with Phil?" Ashley was saying. "I mean, one day, I saw him walking away from our house, and I said hey, and then five seconds later, he was sitting in Keely's room. There's no way he could've gotten in there that quick unless there were two of him…"
"Come to think of it… whenever I ask him about his past, he just avoids the topic," Bonnie added. "And… he and Keely always seem to be trying to cover stuff up or something… remember when Keely got put in AP math? There's no way she's that smart…"
"You're right… He's always… acting strangely…"
"And about a week ago… Keely was hiding something behind her back… she wouldn't show me what it was…"
Keely entered the room as they were talking. "Whatcha talking about?" she asked.
"Phil… we think there's something strange going on with him…" Ashley responded.
"What do you mean?" Keely asked nervously. Bonnie looked at her suspiciously.
"You're nervous. Why?"
"Okay… we're at a point in our friendship where we can tell each other secrets, right?" Keely asked, taking a step back.
"You've been keeping secrets from us?"
"No, this isn't just any secret, this is a big secret…"
"You've been keeping big secrets from us?" Ashley asked, advancing a step.
Keely swallowed as Bonnie got up from the couch and looked her in the eye. "This isn't just a big secret, it's a really… really… secret secret. It's dangerous…"
"Oh, I see. You don't trust us with your secret. Fine. Be that way."
"No, that's not it all, it's just-- Fine… I'll tell." Ashley and Bonnie turned around, an eyebrow raised.
Then, at that moment, Phil stepped in. Pim had played a prank on him, however.
She had succeeded in using the future technology in getting Phil into a long, red wig, earrings, a black shirt and matching skirt.
"Well this is just great!" he shouted, walking in. "Pim tricked me!"
The three sisters watched Phil rush upstairs, and Keely began to speak again. "Listen, about Phil, it's--"
"Don't speak, Keely," Bonnie said in a soothing voice. "Don't speak." She and Ashley hugged Keely, as Keely breathed a sigh of relief.
Sorry about any mental images you got from that chapter, but… I thought it was pretty funny when I was writing it.
Review… review… I need motivation to write this final fifth of the epilogue...