I know I said the last chapter was the last chapter, but I meant this chapter is the last chapter.

And excuse me if the carving on the tree isn't the exact words, we don't have that episode over here yet, so I had to watch a blurred version from the internet, so I couldn't make out what it said...

And the bits in bold, are the images on the Giggle. Just making that clear, as some people didn't get the Dream part...


I'm feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you're worth it
You're worth it
Yeah

If I could say what I want to say
I'd say I wanna blow you... away
Be with you every night
Am I squeezing you too tight
If I could say what I want to see
I want to see you go down
On one knee
Marry me today
Guess, I'm wishing my life away
With these things I'll never say

"Mom, you have to let me go an see her," Phil insisted. "I don't want to stay in 2121. I liked it in 2005."

Barb shook her head. "It's out of the question Phil."

"Why? Mom, you knew I liked her and she liked me. Why did you then move us away from each other?"

Mrs Diffy turned, a pained expression on her face. "Because your dad spent three years trying to fix that time machine, because he thought we wanted to come home. He genuinely thought he was doing the right thing and the least you can do is show him some gratitude."

"But why couldn't we just tell him we wanted to stay?" Phil demanded.

Barb slammed the spray can on the counter. "Because when you truly love someone, you let them do what makes them happy."

Phil looked at the floor. Keely had truly loved him. She told him how to fix the time machine, even when she knew it would mean he had to go back to the future. "But what about Keely?"

Barb sat down. "I don't know Phil. I genuinely don't know. I'm sure she'll be fine. She's a strong girl."

Phil got up, ran to his room, grabbed something and then returned to the kitchen. His mother looked at him as he re-entered.

"I just want to make sure," Phil said as he put on the Giggle.

Keely Teslow – 2006

Keely sat in her room, her guitar dusty, her room clean for the first time in years. She had died the day Phil left, but her body was like an empty shell; it still functioned.

"Nugget. You've hardly eaten anything for days. Eat something," Mrs Teslow was begging her.

Keely lifted a glass of water to her lips, but then spat it back out, coughing and choking. "I can't swallow it. I miss him Mom. I miss him."

Keely Teslow – 2008

Keely sat at prom looking deathly thin and lonely. People looked at her, but no-one talked to her. It was like she was part of the wall decorations.

Phil gazed at the image before him, and noticed that his mother was biting her lip.

"Maybe it just took her a bit longer than most kids," Barb said hopefully.

Keely Teslow – 2010

Keely sat in an office, even more thinner than at prom. She was fading away. Her blond hair was greasy, her colourful clothes were now black and grey baggy sacks.

Phil closed his eyes. His leaving had caused all of this. This wasn't Keely. Not the Keely he knew.

Barb's eyes were full of tears. "Phil, don't look at anymore," she begged.

"I have to," Phil whispered.

Keely Teslow – 2012 – No match found

Phil heard Barb gasp.

Keely Teslow – 2011

Keely lay in a hospital bed, her mom beside her. A heart-rate monitor was beeping steadily behind her.

"Keely, honey. Please don't go," Mrs Teslow cried.

Keely closed her eyes slowly. "Mom. Tell Phil. If he comes back. I love him."

And then the beeping stopped.

Phil pulled the Giggle off and threw it down. Keely Teslow had died, aged 21, due to anorexia.

He put his head in his hands.

Barb had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I just watched Keely die," Phil muttered,

Barb sniffed. "I begged you not to watch anymore. But you did...Keely...she..."

"Now do you see? What we've don by leaving?" Phil yelled.

Barb nodded. "Honey, I'm not letting that happen to Keely. It can't happen. We're going back to 2005."

"There's something I have to do first though," Phil said, silently thanking his mom for understanding.

If Keely died like that, he'd never forgive himself.


Keely Teslow, 1990-2011. Rest in peace." Phil read from the gravestone. Then he sat on the grass next to it. "Keel, I used the Giggle. When we got back. And we saw how you died. I miss you too Keel. And een though you died one hundred years before I was born, I can still miss you. Mom's persuading Dad right now. And once he hears why, I'm sure he'll understand. He always said you were part of the family. And even Dad wouldn't watch someone in the family die. Keely, in a few days, this gravestone won't be here, because the future will have been changed. Because I'll be with you. Where I belong. I'm coming to save you Keely. I'm coming."

And he lay some flowers on the grave and walked away, not noticing the carving in the tree next to the grave.

Phil and Keely

Best friends forever.