Chapter 9 - Because of You
When they got home, Keely and Phil rushed upstairs to get onto the internet again. Nobody was online that Keely and Phil were associated with at all, so they Instant Messaged each other. Keely started with it.
PDluvr01 - hi mr. fuzzy bear
KTluvr - ...
PDluvr01 - hey, we never said that was off the table!
KTluvr - i kno, i kno...
PDluvr01 - why won't u tell me what ur sn means?
KTluvr - cuz u wont tell me urs
PDluvr01 - i'll tell u this xmas
KTluvr - um... ok... cant be sooner?
PDluvr01 - well i plan on telling u then, but im not too sure
KTluvr - i plan on telling u what mine means at christmas too :)
PDLuvr01 - thats good news :-D, im anxious
KTluvr - ditto
As they fell asleep in his bed once again, Keely sound asleep, Phil gazed at her. He couldn't help but think of this Christmas... how would it be? What was he going to get her? And most importantly, how would she react when he told her how he felt about her? He was waiting for three years already to tell her, but everytime he tried to they always seemed to get interrupted. He was starting to get annoyed by it. He finally fell asleep, having pleasant dreams of their future together.
Keely was dreaming about her Christmases past, and how lonely they were before she met Phil. Just her and her mother on Christmas morning, all alone. Tia never came because she was always in New York during Christmas with her family. Her father, on the other hand, had never been there. He ran off with another woman when Keely was too little to remember anything. They had never heard of him since, and Keely missed him dearly. Keely's dream was interrupted when Phil woke her up in the morning.
"Keel? Keel? C'mon, wake up," Phil said as he shook her shoulder gently. Keely grunted and pulled the covers over her head and groaned.
"Five more minutes."
"No, come on. It's Black Friday... I thought I would take you shopping." Keely's eyes lit up and she sat up.
"Excuse me... did I hear you correctly? Did you say what I think you said?" Keely asked surprisingly. "But I thought you hated shopping"
"Not when I'm with you."
"Aw, Phil! You're so sweet!" Keely said as she kissed Phil on the cheek and started getting ready. Phil was stunned for a second but shook it off and did the same.
"Well, where do you wanna go first, kids?" Barb asked as she looked at them in her rearview mirror and smiled. Phil looked at Keely, gesturing for her to pick.
"Uh... the mall. There's a huge sale at Urban Outfitters."
"Okay, Keely." Then Phil asked for her to put on the radio and she did. It wasn't long at all before Keely sang along.
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learn to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you, I am afraid
I watched you die I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should of known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing...
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you, I'm ashamed of my life
Because it's empty
Because of you, I am afraid
Because of you...
Because of you...
"Oh, I love that song, Phil, don't you?" she asked as she looked out the window awaiting for the next song to come on.
"Yeah, Keel. It's great." He sat there looking at her for at least ten minutes until they arrived at the mall.
End of Chapter 9
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