"What are you smiling at?" Phil asked again.

"Nothing," Bonnie said, laughing.

The two had an unannounced staring contest, until Phil broke the silence. "I hit Candida in the face with applesauce the day your… illness… showed itself."

"You hit Candida in the face with applesauce?" Keely asked, smiling broadly.

"Yeah, it was great. I hit the spoon on the table, and the applesauce launched right into her. It was hilarious. Everybody was laughing."

"You know, Phil," Via piped up, "Arthur Schopenhauer once said, 'Neid zu fühlen ist menschlich, Schadenfreude zu genießen teuflisch.'"

Phil looked at Via, confused. "I think you were speaking German."

"Yes, German. Arthur Schopenhauer was German, he spoke German."

The room remained silent.

Via rolled her eyes. "I guess I have to elaborate… 'To feel envy is human- to feel Schadenfreude is devilish.'"

"But… she deserved it!" Phil stopped, thinking of all the torture Candida had caused Pim, and said, "Actually… she didn't… That was really uncalled for, what I did…"

"Jeez, Phil… calm down…" Keely muttered.

"So Bonnie… Keely said that you were through worse than she was?" Phil asked. "Care to elaborate?"

Bonnie sighed. "Well… since I know you won't let it go if I don't… it was a little while ago, when I used to play soccer… well, one minute, somebody kicks the ball away from the other team, and the next minute, somebody's diving for the ball. Instead, they miss, and land on my lower leg, and the bone broke right in the middle between the foot and knee at a forty-five degree angle. Then… all I remember is pain…"

"Wow…" Phil muttered.

"It always brings back great memories whenever I see it on tape…"

"That's horrible…" Via muttered. She leaned against Phil, muttering that she felt a little sick.

Bonnie buried her face in her hands to hide her laughter.

"I think I'm going to get some water," Phil said, and got up. The others began to talk avidly to Keely.

Phil stopped dead when he saw mistletoe hanging from the doorframe. "I can't believe they're letting weeds grow in their house!" he exclaimed, and threw it in the trash.

It wasn't until later that day that Phil had the strangest experience of his life.

He heard a knock at the door, and went to answer it. When he opened the door, he found that he was face to face with himself.

This other Phil walked inside, and Phil asked, "Who are you?"

The other responded, "I'm you one month from now."

"You're gorgeous," Phil muttered.

"You're not so bad-looking yourself… Listen, I have to tell you something."

"Alright, go ahead."

"There's something you need to do… something in 2121."

"2121?" Phil asked.

"I can't tell you exactly what to do… I wasn't told what to do, so I don't think it would be good if I told you… but you must do something in 2121... Or all of this will never happen."

Phil was confused.

"You'll figure out what I mean eventually," the Phil of the future assured him. "But you must do something in 2121... Or you'll find that this reality won't exist… and once you do what you're supposed to, then go back a month, and tell the Phil living in that time…"

"What?"

"And make sure you do it before December twentieth…" the future Phil muttered, putting extra emphasis on the last two words. "I'm afraid that's all I can tell you… I need to get the time machine back anyway… well, good luck."

The future Phil left, and Phil sat down, his head swimming. What had just happened? What was all of this rubbish about doing something in 2121? Why did he have to do it before December 20?

Well… he had to tell somebody about this, so he picked up the phone, and called up Keely. She promised to be at his house soon.

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