Really appreciate all the reviewers. Didn't feel like responding. Blech... anyway it doesn't matter how many times you've reviewed. If you reviewed this time you get a candy cane. Merry Christmas. Time for Chapter 5...

The two friends were sitting on Phil's couch later that day, still talking and laughing. Suddenly Phil turned toward Keely.

"I have something I need to tell you." he said nervously.

"What?" Keely asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I-I-I love you, Keely." he blurted. Then he leaned in to kiss her...

BUZZ! BUZZ BUZZ! Keely's alarm clock blared in her ear. Stupid clock... the thought, leaning over lazily to give it a nice whack. Then she smiled, remembering the dream. This made her despise the clock even more. Then she remembered something else... It was shopping day with Tia and Via!

She quickly hopped out of bed and began to get ready. She took a shower. After the shower and drying her hair, she went to her closet.

What to wear? she thought. She finally decided on a brown shirt with a monkey face on it that read YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT and a pair of blue jeans with rhinestones down the sides. Not bad... she thought.

Just as she was putting on her black and white converse, the phone rang. She ran to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Ahhh! I so cannot wait to see you!" a voice yelled from the other end. It was Tia.

Keely squealed too. "I know! I've missed you so much. When will you be here?"

"In fifteen minutes. About 11:30, just like we planned." she answered.

"Okay, I should be ready by then and Via's mom is dropping her off, too."

"See you then!" Tia said.

"Can't wait! Bye" she replied. They hung up.

She went to put on make up and add the finishing touches to her ensemble. It wasn't too long before the doorbell rang.

"Hey, how's it going?" Via asked in her thick British accent when Keely opened the door.

"Good." Keely responded brightly while giving her a hug. "You?"

"Same. It's been a bit boring latley so I'm glad we're doing this whole shopping thing. I need a break from the house."

"Shopping... what a beautiful word." Keely stated dreamily.

The two chatted and caught up until the doorbell rang once again. Keely flung it open to reveal Tia.

"Ahhh!" they screamed, holding each others hands and jumping up and down.. Via seemed a bit confused by this but decided to join in. However, she was a bit more unenthusiastic.

When the jumping and screaming stopped, Keely introduced them.

"Via, this is Tia. Tia, this is Via."

Via smiled and shook her hand. "It's very nice to meet you. Keely's told me alot about you. Obviously you two are close."

Tia grinned back. "Yes, we are close. And it's very nice to meet you as well. And your name came up several times in Keely's "Best Friend" book."

Via laughed.

Keely clapped happily. "See? I knew you two would be fast friends! How great is this?" she put an arm around both their shoulders. "A day of shopping with my two best friends in the whole entire world. Not excluding Phil of course.."

Via and Tia rolled their eyes. "Of course" they said at the same time.

"We'll just say you two are my best girlfriends. Phil's my best guy friend."

"Keely, are you girls ready to go?", her mom called from the other room.

"Yeah, we're ready when you are."

They all loaded up in the car and headed for the mall. They sang songs and listened to music the whole way.

"I'll pick you up in a couple of hours." Mandy informed her daughter when they got there.

"Two hours? Mom, you know me! That's not enough time to shop!", Keely joked.

"Two hours." Mandy repeated.

Keely smirked. "Sure thing."

They went into Dillard's first.

"Oh, I love this!" Keely cried, picking up a velvet green dress. It had thin straps and flared slightly at the bottom.

"It would look great on you." Via assured her. "You should get it."

"We're supposed to be buying presents for other people. Not ourselves." Keely said skeptically.

"Fine! I'll get it for you." Via nodded.

Keely gasped. "I couldn't let you! It's really expensive."

"I insist. A dress that would look that amazing on you has to be added to your wardrobe."

Keely opened her mouth to object, and Via put up her hand. "It doesn't matter what you say. I'm getting it for you."

Keely gave her friend a huge hug as they left the store. "Thank you so much." she said thankfully.

"It's no biggie. I mean, come on, it's Christmas!" Via clarified.

I'm going to have to get her something really special. Keely thought.

They went to Fye next. She bought Tia a DVD she'd been wanting and a CD for Via. After she bought the dress, Keely didn't think it seemed special enough but Via assured her that it was what she really wanted.

In the jewelry section Tia bought some necklaces for the three of them. They had dolphins and in the middle was a different colored stone for each one: pink, purple, and blue. They said BEST FRIENDS FOREVER.

Via didn't really know Tia that well, so she just gave her some money to get whatever she might like.

With their gifts for each other off the list, they decided to shop for others. Keely got her mom a book she knew she would like. She got some cologne for Mr. Diffy and a cosmetics case for Mrs. Diffy. Pim... what should she get Pim? She spotted a book: How To Rule The World 101. Perfect! Now came the hard part. Phil... Keely still had no idea what to buy him.

"Keely, will you hurry up?" Tia asked, exasperated. She looked tired and was dragging her feet. She checked her watch. "Besides, you're mom's going to be here any minute."

She sighed. "I still have one more present I need to get, though!"

Via wiggled her eyebrows knowingly. "Phil, huh? Nothing seem special for him yet?"

"How did you know?"

"Oh, come on!" Tia joined in. "It's so obvious you like him." Via nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay. I'm crazy about him." Keely admitted. "I just... don't see anything that's calling out to me."

Tia shrugged. "Money always works."

"I guess. I'm running out of options and Christmas is in two days.", Keely said sadly. She was the one to check her watch this time. "Money will have to work! My mom should be here."

She walked out of the store with her two friends, hoping that Phil wouldn't care much about his present.