Chapter 4 "She says she's no good with words but I'm worse…"
"Come on Keel we have to hurry." Phil said as they crept across the football field.
"I had to take off my skates, could you just want a frigging minute or two. Gosh!" Keely said.
The settled under the bleachers on blanket Phil had the foresight to bring, for their foray into teenage alcoholism.
Phil poured the two shots for them from a bottle of Seagram's gin that he'd stolen from Vice Principal Hackett.
"To Venereal Disease Day." Phil said.
"All about the VD." Keely said clinking her glass against his.
Keely took a sip, and decided she didn't like the taste; she peeked over the rim of the champagne flute to gaze at Phil. He was looking down at bottle of gin.
"I understand why Pim is upset about today. She was having trouble dealing with her feelings for Little Danny, but how come you didn't ask anyone out? Why don't you ever go on any dates?" Keely asked the question she'd been longing to ask since she'd known him.
Phil downed the rest of his gin, wincing as it went down his throat.
He looked up finally meeting her eyes, "You really ask the tough questions you know that? So you really wanna know why?" He paused to pour himself another shot.
She nodded.
He downed it wincing more, he was about to say something else but Keely's phone rang. She recognized the ringer it was Pim.
"It's a text from Pim; she needs help with her hair and make up. I'll meet you the dance floor in thirty minutes okay?"
"Okay." Phil said and he went back to staring at the ground.
Keely skated over to the girls bathroom door only to find it was locked, she knocked three times.
"Pim it's me Keely." She said.
The latch unlocked and Pim pulled open the door. She was dressed in a pink and black chiffon Goth style party dress with hot pink and black Chuck Taylor stiletto Converse laced to the knee.
"You look great." Keely said before Pim pulled her into the bathroom and locked the door.
"I can't just be great I have to be smoking hot." Pim said.
"Alright. Let's see what we can do." Keely said pulling out her make up bag.
"Phil are you okay?" Seth asked.
"I am good."
"Where are Keely and Pim?" Seth asked.
"What's with the questions? They'll be here in a few minutes." Phil said.
As soon as he uttered those words Keely skated into the gym and Pim stumbled in behind her, still getting used to her stiletto Chucks.
"Whoa dude, your sisters hot for an eighth grader." Seth whispered.
"Say it again and you'll be walking home." Phil said.
Pim did look pretty with her hair done and her face made up, in the dress she'd bought for the event. But however Keely stole most of his attention as she skated toward them in her long white bohemian skirt and jean jacket. This was why he hated Valentines Day, no matter how many girls in school were into him he just wanted Keely and he couldn't have her.
He wished he hadn't left the rest of his gin outside he could use a little nip right about now; it was the hardest day of the year.
"Hey Phil." Keely said, "Do you like what I did to Pim?"
"You performed a miracle," Phil said unable to take his eyes off her.
"Phil are you drunk?" Keely asked.
"Maybe a little bit." He laughed.
"Phil how are we going to be able to pull of Pim's plan with you tore up?" Keely asked pulling him away from Seth and Pim, who seemed to be getting along great.
"I'm straight Keels."
"If you say so…" Keely said skating around him in circle.
"There's like eight Keelys spinning around me. Damn I need to quit thinking about you girl." Phil said.
"It's just the one. Why do you need to quit thinking about me?" Keely stopped skating.
"We're just friends Keely and that's all we'll ever be," Phil said just as Tanner sidled up to them.
"Keely wanna dance?" Tanner asked flashing a dimpled smile.
"That would be hell to the no. I'm kind of in the middle of a conversation. Phil talk to me." Keely said.
"Go on dance, that's what we came here do right it is a dance." Phil said.
Tanner made gesture and Little Danny took off the techno record he was playing to put on another song.
She says she's no good with words but I'm worse
Barely stuttered out
A joke of a romantic stuck to my tongue
And weighed down with words too overdramatic
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like..."
Phil liked that song; however he didn't like the idea of Tanner and Keely dancing together. It seemed like the whole school was moving forward falling in love, having relationships and he was just stuck. And he had to admit despite being arrogant and on the jerky side Tanner was the kind of guy Keely should be with. He was tall and handsome, and he'd probably own his own car dealership one day or play pro football or something.
I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I write them
I need them just to get by
Phil noticed Seth and Pim bouncing around on the dance floor to the Fall Out Boy song, and then he glanced over at Candida who was all over Little Danny who was gazing back at Pim.
The more he thought about things the angrier he got, he shouldn't be jealous of Tanner. It wasn't like he was dating Keely or that he would ever be dating Keely. He should just go drink some more, it was far to depressing to just stand on the wall watching.
Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me
He was about to leave the floor when a red haired girl he didn't know blocked his path, "How come you're not dancing with Keely?" she asked.
"What's with the twenty questions today? First Mechersmits test then Pim's inquisition, and Keely's probing, and Seth asking his dumb ass questions and now you. Who are you?"
"Annie, Annie Smith." The girl smiled, her jade eyes gazing into his brown ones she was pretty but Phil wasn't impressed.
"Nice to meet you Annie," He said about to side step her.
"I love this song." She commented.
"Me too." He admitted.
"Wanna dance to it together?" she asked.
"Yeah sure." Phil said, if Keely could dance with Tanner then he could dance with Alice, or whatever in the hell her name was.
Keely glided across the floor humoring Tanner with a dance she didn't take her eyes off Phil however, she was worried about him. And she had the feeling that he was going to tell her something important under the bleachers, but when she saw him with the redhead Annie she couldn't help mentally kicking herself for not telling Phil how she felt, she couldn't deal with him dating someone else.
You always fold just before you're found out
Drink up its last call
Last resort
But only the first mistake and I...
I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I write them
I need them just to get by
Keely skated closer to Tanner wiggling against him, if Phil was moving on so was she.
Pim was having a hell of a time, she was enjoying how much attention Seth paid to her and how much it was bothering Little Little Danny, her plan was going swimmingly. Phil and Keely weren't doing so well. Not that Pim really cared, but she kinda liked the idea of them getting together, even though she knew how annoying it would be.
She wasn't expecting Seth to dance as good as he did, granted it didn't hold a candle to all that wild dancing Little Little Danny did but he did alright for a geek.
Why don't you show me a little bit of spine?
You've been saving for his mattress, love
Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me
Pim liked Fall Out Boy, Phil had got her into them by playing the CD over and over. It didn't annoying like the Coldplay did when Phil went through his yellow phase. Pim was sure to giggle when Seth spun her around she wanted everyone to think she was having the grandest time, even though she really wanted to go up and strangle Candida.
Why don't you show me a little bit of spine?
You've been saving for his mattress (mattress, mattress)
I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me
Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you love to lead
Phil could no longer pretend that he wanted to be dancing with Alex, he knew what he had to do and; and he had to do it before he sobered up or worse threw up.
"Alice I'm sorry, I've got to go." Phil said turning to leave the dance floor and running right into Keely who was also making a hasty retreat.
"Keely." Phil said putting his hands on her shoulder to steady her from the impact.
"You're supposed to be in the unstable one," Keely laughed.
"I'm sure I wouldn't be so stable if I was the drunk guy in skates. But you look good in them it's different."
"It was until Candida and the Fashion Zombies stole my idea." Keely said pointing to the group of eighth grade girls gliding around the floor in their roller skates.
"Phil, I saw you with Annie. I didn't like how it made me feel," Keely started.
"How did it make you feel?"
"Jealous. I may have green eyes but I'm so not the jealous type. And I'm a blonde but I know you're an amazing guy. I-I…what I'm trying to say is that I'm in love with you and I've been since the day I met you." Keely admitted.
"Keely." Phil said pulling her close and kissing her, he knew it would be easier to show her his feelings rather than tell her.
Keely took off the skates and put on the flip flops she had in her locker and they danced until Hackett started the voting for Sweetheart of the Dance.
Pim was sitting with Seth drinking punch and listening to his stories about the The American Revolution. She was about to fall asleep when Little Danny left Candida by the D.J. booth and strode over.
"Pim we need to talk,"
"We have nothing to say to each other Dawkins." Pim said, "And if you'll excuse me I'll get back to my date."
"I only asked Candida out because you never give me the time of day, and I knew it would make you jealous. And Candida only accepted because she hates you." Little Danny tried to explain.
"But she's my worst enemy, how could you do that to me?" Pim asked.
"You don't know what it's like to love someone the way I love you, I hope you're happy with the upperclassman." Little Danny said turning to leave.
Pim sat there for a minute before jumping up to run after him.
"Little Danny wait!"
"Pim?" Little Danny asked.
"Little Danny, I'm sorry I'm always so mean to you. I just didn't know any other way to deal with the fact that I like you. That I like you like you. Now I sound like Blondie." Pim sighed, frustrated with herself.
"You like me?" Little Danny asked shocked.
"Yes! Are you going to make me repeat myself?" she asked.
"It's just too good to be true." Little Danny smiled.
"I like you Little Danny I like you a lot." Pim said steeping closer to him.
"I like you a lot too. You look amazing tonight Pim. How do you manage to walk in those shoes?" he asked.
"Chick magic I guess." Pim said walking closer to him and hooked her arms around his neck.
Little Danny leaned in and kissed her, she wasn't expecting that but she went with it. Naturally Hackett had to go and ruin the mood, by tapping the microphone.
"May I have your attention please! I really hate this time of year all of you always seemed to be fused together." Hackett muttered the last part.
"The ballots for Sweetheart of the dance have been calculated and it was unanimous, Pim Diffy is this years Sweetheart. Pim Diffy? Did I read that right?" Hackett asked.
"Pim that's you," Danny said.
"Me?" Pim asked caught up in the moment, she glanced at her watch she had two minutes before the chicken poop hit the fan.
Pim quickly went to the podium counting the seconds in her head, "Candida since I stole your date I'm gonna give you the Sweetheart sash. Oh yeah and after the dance party at my place!"
Pim smiled as Candida came walking over like dumb ass to take the sash, Pim moved a safe distance out of the way before it was too late. Twenty seconds into her acceptance rant, poop rained down on Candida. Pim laughed hysterically it felt right to have Little Danny by her side laughing with her.
Keely and Phil missed the announcement of the Sweetheart; fortunately Phil set the bucket to fall on a timer before he got sick.
"I'm sorry about earlier Keel." Phil mumbled laying his head in Keely's lap.
"It's okay, it's not my favorite jacket anyways." Keely said stroking his hair, "You will tell me when you feel sick again won't you?"
"I promise. This isn't the way I expect the night to go." He said.
"How did you expect it go?" she asked.
"The way the nights always go, me lying in bed thinking of you." Phil said.
Keely smiled, "That's how my nights are when I do go home."
"Why didn't we see it before?" He asked.
"I don't know." She said honestly, "Maybe this was how it was meant to be, we could check the Giggle and see."
"Keely," he said in chastising manner.
Music wafted out of the gym, "This is the last song of the night when it's over you don't have to go home just get out of here." Hackett announced.
"Keely will you dance with me?" he asked raising his head to look into her eyes.
"Are you sure you feel okay?" she asked.
"I'm good. I'll have a headache tomorrow. It'll teach me not to get drunk for awhile." He smiled standing and stretching.
Baby, baby I just got to let you know
How you make me feel inside yeah
Baby, baby like a river we could flow
How I wish that you were mine
Phil put his arms around her and they swayed to the soft melody. She cupped the back of his head with her hand and buried her face in his neck.
Is it your eyes? Is it your kiss?
Is it the affection that I miss?
I never ever wanna say goodbye
Are you for real I need to know?
Hopefully my heart will tell me so
Before I lay my feelings on the line (on the line)
One thousand words are not enough
I need to feel your tender touch
It is the only thing to satisfy my need
One thousand kisses on my lips won't give me the relationship
I want much more than that a love that I can feel
The song at the end is by Eden's Crush I cant find all the correct lyrics so I'll just leave it at that. I changed the name of this chapter, the next chapter will be called, "sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me" Stay tuned, that'll be it for this story.