"Phil," Tia said, walking up to him, "I have to thank you for…" Tia trailed off, as Keely was looking at her suspiciously. "For what you gave me over the weekend."
Phil raised his eyebrow, but then realized what she was talking about. "Oh, why?"
Tia wasn't about to answer, but then Via came up to Keely and distracted her. "Because I told Garrett that you kissed me, and he got all flustered, and asked me out!"
"Really?" Phil asked, an eyebrow raised. Tia nodded eagerly.
"I just told him, and I guess that he thought you were making a move on me. He obviously didn't know that you were going out with Keely… good thing, too…"
Tia thanked him once more, and walked down the hall. Phil was wondering why she never asked what the kiss was all about.
Perhaps she was too caught up with getting a boyfriend to notice.
As for Via's behavior the previous day, he had no explanation for that. Why had she told him about something that he hadn't…
Oh… that would explain it.
Pim.
And that ridiculous clone.
Oh well. After all, Via said it had never happened. Unfortunately, Phil knew exactly what hadn't happened, now. But that was alright, he supposed. He would forget about it eventually.
"Phil," Via said, snapping her fingers, along with him back to reality. "If you see Owen, tell him that I'll wait for him outside the school after final hour, okay?"
"Oh, sure…" Phil muttered.
"Jeez, Phil," Keely said playfully, walking up to him. "You were just spacing out on her… If I didn't know any better, I might have started to get jealous…"
"No need for jealousy," Phil laughed nervously. "No need for that at all."
"Phil? Is something wrong?"
"No!" Phil said, a little too excitedly. "No," he repeated, in a much calmer demeanor.
"If you say so…" she muttered, eyeing him.
"Don't worry, Keely… there's nothing you have to worry about."
"Well, I guess that's a good thing…"
"Yes. You're the only place for me…"
Keely smiled. "And you're my little Mr. Fuzzy Bear."
"I wish you wouldn't call me Mr. Fuzzy Bear…"
"Okay, Philly-Willy."
"I wish you'd call me Mr. Fuzzy Bear…"
Keely smiled. "See? You're my Mr. Fuzzy Bear… I always used to cuddle with my little fuzzy bear when I was little."
Now Phil smiled. "I like the way this is going…"
"You make it impossible not to love you, Phil," Keely said.
Phil replied, "That's just part of my irresistible charm."
The two walked down the hall in silence for a little while, until Keely interrupted it.
"Oh, and Ashley and Bonnie think you're a cross-dresser, now."
(Nostalgic sigh) Well… I guess I kinda liked this story. I wasn't crazy about it, but I think I did it some justice. Now all I have to do is start my next story!