Via sighed as Phil finished telling her his story. "That's… confusing," she said.
"You're telling me…"
"Unless… no, it's a stupid idea."
"Go on…"
"Well… I mean, it's probably not it, but I was thinking maybe you would go back to the future and sabotage your time machine just enough so it crashes here… but I'm sure that's not the case."
"That's just crazy enough to work," Phil muttered. "Via, what would I be without you?"
"Single," Via muttered, rubbing the back of her neck. Phil smirked, and said, "Well… I suppose I'd better get on that now, eh?"
"I suppose if that's what you think," Via replied, smiling at him.
So Philprepared to go right the future, to ensure his past.
Keely sighed as she popped a pill into her mouth. The normal feeling of euphoria came back minutes later, and the dull pain threatening to rise subsided. Heaven. Heaven in an impossibly small capsule.
Yes, it was indeed something she felt she needed, but that was only because whenever she went too long without the medicine, the familiar stabbing pain would come back. She came dangerously close to knocking Ashley out, while she swung her cane back at the same moment her sister happened to be walking by.
No, these pills helped her feel good… feel healthy, that is.
She tapped her cane on Bonnie's door, and Bonnie, trying to keep her voice from quavering, called out, "Come in…"
"Hey," Keely said. "I just need to get something from you really quick." She hobbled over to the armoire, as Bonnie cried silently into her hands.
Keely might have just left the room without doing anything else. She might have never even known something was wrong. But Bonnie unintentionally let out a quavering sob.
"Bonnie?" Keely asked. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Bonnie lied. However, Keely wasn't convinced.
"Don't lie," she said, in a soft voice. "What's bothering you?"
Bonnie waited a long time before she realized Keely wasn't leaving. "Georgie…" she finally muttered.
"What about him? What did he do?"
She took another breath. "He… he h-h… He… He hi-hi.." Bonnie sighed, slamming her fist on her leg. "He b-b-b-bea… He…"
Keely was eerily silent. "Do you mean what I think you mean?" Bonnie nodded. "That little fu-"
"I can't believe I told you… he's going to kill me…"
"Oh, don't you worry about… Georgie… No, I'll take care of… Georgie…" Keely inhaled deeply. "He won't hurt you anymore, Bonnie. I promise…" Keely wrapped her arms around her sister, and Bonnie hugged her back.
Keely got up, and was about to leave, when Bonnie piped up. "Keely?"
"Yeah, Bonnie?"
"Thanks…"
"Hey… don't worry about it. Why do you think I have this cane?" she asked, waving the mahogany around. Bonnie smiled, despite herself.
Keely smirked to herself as she left her sister's room. George was in for a big surprise… George Gray was gonna get a whuppin'.
Sorry this chapter took so long, but FFdotnet was having issues uploading my document... it actually still is, but I found a way around it eventually...