As I probably explained, I'm tryin to copy all the chapters out, so here's the last one for tonight. I'm copying the rest up next, but in England (that's where I live...) it'll be quite late by then, so I'll post the next chapter tomorrow!

If it ain't coming out
We're not going anywhere
So why can't I just tell you that I care

Keely sat in her bedroom strumming various chords on her guitar. Her mind wasn't completely on it though. She was distracted. She couldn't just let him leave, not knowing how he felt. Keely put her guitar down and grabbed her jacket.

Keely turned the corner and entered the Diffy's street. She was running and gasping for breath, and she saw the SOLD sign on the house. The time machine was nowhere, and the truth dawned on her.

She walked toward the porch, andsat down heavily. "He...he...just left. He just left!"

Tears were streaming down her face, heavy and fast. "He just left me. He didn't say goodbye. He just left..."

She kicked the flower pot in front of her, and it fell over and cracked. There was something that had been underneath it. A note. Keely reached for it, but then hesitated. Her dream came flooding back. This was his note. Maybe she should leave it. No. She picked up the note, and smoothed it out. She opened the note and read it, not stopping.

Keely,

By the time you read this letter, I'll be in the future.

Keely, do yo remember when Tanner cheated on you with Darcy? And I played the doofus to cheer you up?

This time, I'm not gonna be there to cheer you up. Don't let this note get you down, just remember me as the doofus. That should make you remember everything we did together. We had some good times Keel.

I was as surprised as you were when dad announced we were going back to the future. And I really don't want to go.

I always loved you. I was confused at first about how I felt, but when you got together with Tanner and flirted with Robbie, my feelings became pretty clear.

How did you feel? I guess I'll never be able to personally ask you that question, right? I mean, in person.

You never told me the meaning of your username. I wish you had. I really want to know.

Mine was about you, as you've probably established. Your eyes are like stars Keely Teslow, and whenever I look at the stars in the future, I'll think of you.

Miss you Keely, truly.

Love

Philly-Whilly

Phil sat in the time machine and sighed. He couldn't believe Keely had sabotaged the time machine. It wasn't like Keely to do that, to go as far as breaking something to get her own way. He was mad at her. But if he was mad, why did he feel so lousy for yelling?

Because it was the last time he'd ever see her?

Because she was feeling lousy too?

Or because deep down, he knew he would have done the same thing?

"We're back home!" Lloyd grinned. Pim, Lloyd and Barb raced to get out of the time machine, but Phil sat behind for a minute.

He looked down at his 2005 clothes. He wouldn't be needing these again. He took his jacket off and threw it on Pim's chair next to him. A piece of paper fluttered to the floor. Phil looked at it, and then went to pick it up.

Phil

Keely's handwriting was spread over the envelope. He bit his lip as he opened it.

Phil

Even as I'm writing this I'm crying, because I know that I'll crack and tell you what I did to the time machine. It's too hard to say goodbye to you. Really hard. If you're reading this in the future, then you've left, and I'll never see you again. Which will make what I have to say easier in some way, as I'll never have to live it down if you don't feel the same way.

My life would have been so much more dull without you. You made me smile, even after I found out Tanner had been cheating on me. You liked me even after Robbie. You helped me become Pickford Princess. You stopped me from flunking algebra. You've been the biggest part of my life, and I'll never forget you Phil. This letter could be 100 pages long, and I'll still be writing down my feelings. So, I'll get to the point.

My life will be meaningless without you. I don't deserve to have such a great friend. I'm not gonna kill myself. I'm not stupid. I'm just really gonna miss you, Phil.

I can't say how I feel.

I don't know how I feel. My hart skips a beat when you smile at me, yet sometimes I can't stand you.

Mom says it's love.

Your mom says it's love.

Yes, I told your mom I loved you before I told you. I'm crazy. Stupid, ditzy. And you're not here to persuade me I'm not.

Phil, you're the best guy I'll ever meet. And I can tell you that, even though I'm 15, because there never will be anyone better than you. And that's a promise.

So now you know what $ecret cru$h means. And now you know who I wrote that song for. It was for you. Because in my dreams we would be more than friends. I always dreamt we would be more. Only now we never will be. All I have now is my dreams.

My heart skips a beat

I fall over my feet

You give me that grin

That puts me in a spin

They say it's love

But now I'll never know

Because you're gone

And I'm left all on my own

All my love Philly-Whilly. For the last time.

Love Keely

Phil sat in silence in the time machine.

Had he made the biggest mistake of his life?

And the award for biggest screw-up goes to Phil Diffy!