A/N: Yay I updated! Lol. So, I assume you guys have seen/read about "Back to the future"? Of course you have. You've probably seen pictures as well. Anyway, seeing that kind of got me off track. So I kind of lost my motivation for a while. But seeing as this chapter was written sometime last week, I just decided to edit it (again) so… yeah. Here's the fifth chapter. This is turning out to be longer than I expected, and I think I have another story to put up, but I'll make sure to finish this first before getting on that. Aaah! I still can't get BTTF off my mind! Lol.

Also, Today, November 3, 2005, I'd like to greet my friend Teejay (GoldCatMaster) a very very happy birthday! Make sure you greet her as well! Lol. Teej, by the time you read this its probably gonna be the 4th or something. So.. Belated happy birthday if you read it then. But if you're reading it, and it's still the 3rd, happy happy birthday. I'm so confusing aren't I? lol. Anyway, happy birthday. Again.

The Past From The Future: Chapter 5

"Look, I don't know how to say this either. I don't want to sound like I…"

She looked at me with reddened eyes and tear-stained cheeks, but she was beautiful nonetheless. The effect she has on me hasn't worn of. In fact, it's stronger than ever, considering the fact that she obviously has changed.

Seeing her still makes feel like I have the power to stop time. And her touch… her touch sends shivers up and down my spine while enveloping me with a sense of warmth.

I'm still very much in love with her.

"Phil, when you left…"

My sigh caused her gaze to fall to the ground. I did not know what she was about to say but it can't possibly be worse than her having a boyfriend.

"…I never thought you'd come back…" As her voice trailed of into the quiet, a tear rolled down my cheek. Apparently, something was worse than her having a boyfriend…

… her lack of faith in me.

It was so amazing I couldn't help but laugh. All the time I was in the future thinking of ways to go back for her, and there she was thinking I was gone forever. There she was going out with some other guy….

But what really bothered me and amazed me at the same time, was the fact that I was still captivated by how her hair smoothly follows as she moves her head… how her lips are parted slightly as she thought of something else to say… how her eyelids fluttered open and closed as she blinked.

The fact that after she told me all this, my feelings for her remained the same, if not stronger.

"I'm sorry, but you-"

Upon hearing those words, my love for her clouded with pure anger and disbelief. Her previous words finally sunk in. "I promised you that I'd never leave you didn't I? I promised you I'd be with you no matter what! I promised you I'll take whatever chance I have to just…"

I hung my head in defeat. There was nothing I could do or say at that point could make her feel, or at the least understand, how much I love her.
"…to be with you…"

I sat down on the porch and kept my head lowered as each tear that escaped my eye fell to the grass.

"I can't believe how naive I am…." It was I was speaking to myself and not to her anymore. I didn't know if she could here me.

"All the time I was back there, I was thinking about how… broken you probably were. And that tore me up inside. But I guess, I had my heart broken for… nothing."

"Phil-"

"I came here thinking that you would be waiting for me… I mean, I didn't expect you to be as sad I was that entire time… "

"… or maybe I did, sorry. It's just that I… I thought what we had could transcend time. I could've sworn I could still feel your touch every single time the wind blew by. I could've sworn every single dream I had, I shared with you…."

"I could've sworn you loved me even half as much as I did…no, do you"

She sat down beside me and rested a trembling hand on my shoulder. "I love you, Phil. More than you can possibly imagine"

I shook my shoulder and her hand fell to her lap. "No, no you don't."

"If you loved me… you would've believed me when I said I'd never leave you. If you loved me…"

"… you would've waited." I stood up and headed for my time machine.

"Where are you going?"

"Back. The only thing that kept me going all this time was the thought that you were here…"

"the thought that I was here, hurting? Phil, I love you, but I had to get real. You kissed me. A few seconds later, you were gone…"

"No. The thought that you were here, feeling the same thing I was all the time we were apart." I opened the RV and put the key in the ignition. I was about to start it up when she came bustling in and took the key out of the ignition and into her blazer's pocket.

I turned away from her but she took me by the shoulders and spun me back.

"Listen to me!" Her voice was trembling, but she was determined to get me to listen.

"I love you. More than you think I did… or do. I may not look like I'm hurting but I am! I felt like crying every single time I felt the lightest, faintest breeze. It did… and still does… remind me of you."

"I dream of you every single night. And every night, before I sleep, I hope, and I pray that you'll dreaming of me, too. I didn't pray to dream about you- Because I know I will… no matter what. Because you are the one in my heart"

She collapsed on one of the seats. "You, Phil. I love you."

"I didn't think you'd come back… but I was wishing so hard you would." She was practically shouting between sobs.

"It hurt me." I spoke above a whisper "When you didn't look happy to see me earlier"

"And it hurt me" I wiped away the tears forming behind my eyes as I struggled to keep my composure. "When you introduced me to…" I got choked up just thinking about it. "…your boyfriend…"

I sat down on the seat beside her, and looked her in the eye. "But what hurt me the most" I gave up trying to fight back my emotions and just let it go… "Was when you told me you didn't think I'd come back… I…"

"Phil, did you come here… for me?"

She looked up at me with a look that seemed to go right through me. All I could do was nod.

"Did you come her… to stay?"

I looked down. I didn't know. I came here thinking I would be the knight in shining armor to sweep her off her feet. I didn't think about how we were going to live our happily ever after. "I… don't know."

I looked back up at her. "But I'm here now. That's what's important."

"No it's not. You can't just show up here, tell me you love me and take off… again."

"I won't"

"How sure are you? The time police can come here any time and drag you back to the twenty-second century."

She was right. I risked the life of every one in the future by coming back here. My family and I have already done enough. The time police would probably be here any day. I couldn't promise her I was here to stay. The future rests on it.

A/N: Review! Please? Cookies, remember? Lol.

P.S. Happy Birthday again, Teej! You get a cookie jar! With cookies in it, of course! Lol. teleports gift to Teejay's computer