Last night I saw you the first time since we broke up
I tell you baby it all came back to me
When I looked into your eyes there was something more
That I never really noticed before
Keely sat on her bed, and played the song for the hundredth time that day. She had to play it until it was perfect. Which it almost was. She just had to fix a bit in the chorus. Her fingers hurt, but she needed to keep playing. Until it was perfect. Her fingers were blistering. Her hand hurt. But it still wasn't right. She wanted to make it perfect. She wanted something in her life to be perfect.
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"Phil!" Seth called, and Phil turned. He looked sleepy, and miserable. "Hey Phil, Via needs some help carrying something into her room. Can you help?"
Phil shrugged. "Whatever"
It didn't occur to him that Seth was following him. It only did, when the door slammed behind him, and he heard the key in the lock.
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"Scraps!" Phil yelled, and began banging on the door.
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"Phil? What are you doing in here?" Keely asked. The first words she had said to him in two weeks. She wished it was something more polite, but she figured, now they had come out of her mouth.
Phil turned to face Keely. "Seth locked me in."
"Well that means I'm locked in as well!" Keely cried.
Phil looked at her. "Way to go, Mrs. Obvious." As soon as he had said the words he wished he could take them back. The hurt look on Keely's face was only one reason. "Look, Keels. I shouldn't have said that. It came out wrong"
"Sounded pretty right to me," Keely said, sitting back on her bed, her guitar in her hand. She sat strumming a few chords. Phil stopped for a minute, admiring how beautiful she looked, her blond hair framing her face as she closed her eyes and played.
"Keely…can we talk?" Phil asked.
Keely looked up, and Phil could swear that he saw tears in her eyes. "What about?"
"Keels, you know what about. That night. Two weeks ago," Phil said, sitting on Via's bed.
Could it be?
That all along I was so wrong
When I realized
And turned around and you were gone
If I say I want you back
Would you turn around and say you want me too
'Cause I say I want you back
This time I really mean it
Keely looked into his eyes. She saw genuine hurt, and her heart ached even more.
"Keely, I didn't mean that I had lost my best friend. I was angry. I thought you loved Tanner. I mean, I saw you kissing him. I guess I jumped to conclusions," Phil said.
She wanted to hug him, and tell him she forgave him. She wanted it all to go back to normal. She wanted him to love her back. But the words that came out of her mouth, were the opposite of what she wanted. "You guess you jumped to conclusions? You guess? Well it's a bit late to be guessing things, isn't it?"
"Keels…" Phil said, quietly.
She jumped up. "No. Don't you Keels me. You put me through this misery. You kissed her. It might not have mattered as much if it wasn't Tara. You knew I hated her. You knew that I hated her with all my heart. But you kissed her. It was also the fact that you did it as revenge for something you assumed I did. And now you're sorry. Well I think so. I didn't do anything wrong."
"I know. I know you didn't do anything wrong," Phil said, looking at his hands.
"Then why haven't you said a word to me these past two weeks?" Keely shrieked.
Phil looked up at her, so that she would know he was telling the truth. "Because I didn't know what to say. You're beautiful, and amazing, and everything I rehearsed in my mind, didn't seem right"
It hurts so much I want to tell you I changed for you
But I don't know what to say or do
We grew apart but I still want you in my heart
I believe it's time to make a new start
Could it be that all along
I was so wrong
When I realized and turned around and you were gone
If I say I want you back
Would you turn around and say you want me too
'Cause I say I want you back
This time I really mean it
Okay, so 3 more chapters. The next one will be up tomorrow, as I have like, 2 more lines to write.
There's a sort of twist. Not a bad one though!
Mandy Moore - I want you back.
Don't own POTF.