OMG ya'll! Guess what? I GOT MICROSOFT WORD! FINALLY! WOOT WOOT! This means that my writing will look the way it's supposed to look! Now… I'm not giving out any promises because my computer has a mind of its own, but this chapter should be mistake-free! Enjoy and thank you to the people that are still reading and reviewing faithfully!

Chapter 11

As the gang all walked to their separate cars, they talked and reminisced about the good old days.

"Keely, remember that time when Max got upset and you missed Festapalooza to look for him?" Tia asked.

Keely smiled and replied, "Yeah, how could I forget? But it was the right thing to do, and that's what was more important for me that day. Ya'll know how I am with animals."

They all nodded their heads as if to say, "Yes."

"Oh, Phil, remember that time when you thought you had to leave 2003 and we couldn't play one last game of tennis because you had to help pack?" Keely asked.

Phil frowned and said, "You're saying that like it's a good thing."

"Oh! No, Phil, no! Not at all! I was talking about how sad it made me… I literally went home and started eating because I was so depressed," Keely said.

"Yeah, AND she called me," Tia said. "She was just torn up all over inside. She liked you at the time."

Keely looked at Tia with a glare. Then Phil said, "Keely… you've liked me for that long?"

Keely blushed and replied, "Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. Depends on if it's a good thing or not."

"Of course it is, Keel! I've loved you ever since I laid eyes on you! When we came to the year 2003, I was standing outside our new house and I saw you walking down the street and I started drooling!" Phil exclaimed.

Keely blushed again and said, "Then… yes, Phil, I've loved you that long."

"That's good to hear," he said as he took her hand gently and kissed her on the lips passionately. She gratefully gave in as a slow tear ran down her face. "What's wrong, Keel?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing… I just love you so much. Words can't describe how blessed I am to have you in my life."

Phil blushed and then said, "I'm blessed to have you, Keel." She smiled and they kissed again. Tia and Via, whom had seen all that had just happened, were standing a few feet away hugging each other and crying like babies.

"This is just… so… cute!" Tia said with a cracked voice and salty tears running down her smooth face.

"Oh, I know!" Via exclaimed. "They're perfect for each other! And I'm being totally serious!" Tia nodded.

"I know," she said. "It's pretty rare to find that in two people that love each other so much."

Via nodded in agreement.

"Well, I guess we should get going," Keely said after her passionate kiss with the boy she loved. "I'm really, really tired."

"Same here," Via said, wiping her eyes with her sleeve. Tia helped with her sleeve as well. "If I don't get home soon I'm sleeping in the car."

Keely and Tia laughed as Phil got in the car. Keely hugged her galfriends and told them she'd see them tomorrow.

On the ride home, Phil and Keely talked about when she had to leave again.

"I'm leaving January 17th at 9 a.m." Keely said.

Phil frowned. "I don't want you to leave."

"I know you don't… I don't wanna leave either now that we're together," Keely replied.

Phil said nothing. Keely kissed him on the cheek and his face lit up a little more, but still not enough to satisfy her. She just sighed and gave up.

"Why hadn't you been keeping in touch with me, Keel? I was beginning to worry about you… actually, worrying is an understatement."

Keely sighed and said, "If only you knew how busy I've been, Phil. The albums were the main things getting in my way. I just… didn't have time. But my thoughts of you kept me grounded." Phil grinned. "I almost went insane, I missed you so much. Literally. I scared myself." Phil smiled again. He found it nice and felt loved at the fact that Keely loved him and thought about him as often as she did.

"I thought I was gonna go insane too, Keel," he said. "I loved you just as much as I do now."

Keely blushed once more and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. He returned the favor.

As they walked in the door to Phil's house, Keely rushed into the kitchen and got a snack. "You want one, Phil?" she asked.

"Sure, thanks," he replied.

She threw it at him and he caught it perfectly. It landed right in his enclosed hand. "Nice catch."

"Nice throw." Keely laughed.

"Well thank you." Phil nodded his head yes. They then ran upstairs and got online.

"I'm not even tired yet at all… and that's saying a lot for me," Keely said.

"I am," Phil replied.

"Oh, you're no fun," Keely said.

"Thanks," he said. "But I have a function on my Wizrd that can make me stay awake until YOU get tired."

"What if I get tired and then you wanna stay up?" she asked, somewhat confusedly.

"I can make myself tired, too. Do you wanna use that function?" he asked.

"No! I wanna stay up late and have fun while it lasts!" Keely exclaimed.

"Alright, that's fine with me. So where are you going?" he asked her, referring to the laptop.

"First I'm gonna check my email. I haven't checked it in like two months."

"It's gonna be overflowing with mail, Keel; from me, Tia, Via, and possibly some TV shows and record companies."

"I know that," she said, clicking on 'log on.' "I'm scared."

"I would be, too," Phil replied. They both laughed softly.

"Holy shhhh… monkey!" she said, saving herself.

"How many do you have?" he asked.

"I don't know yet."

"Then why did you say that?"

"I was looking at my buddy list. There's a buttload of people online."

"Oh," Phil chuckled. "Get ready for the instant message stampede."

"Yeah, really," she said. After she said that, Owen instant messaged her.

GirlMagnet1 – hey keel, y wont u go out with me?  I REALLY like you a LOT

SupaStar45 – owen! i said no! now please stop bothering me, u kno im already going out with someone!

GirlMagnet1 – I kno but I still like u a lot and ive been wanting to go out with u forever

SupaStar45 – no owen! stop bugging me about it! I just wanna be friends, im going out with phil, get over it! ur so annoying sometimes!

GirlMagnet1 – break up with phil and go out with me, pleeeeease ur gorgeous and ur perfect for me

SupaStar45 – dude aren't u goin out w/ vi?

GirlMagnet1 – yes but I want u, not her

SupaStar45 – 2 bad, get over it or our friendship is over I mean it

GirlMagnet1 – great the one time I ask u out u say no, I thought u liked me

SupaStar45 – well ur wrong, y did u ever think that

GirlMagnet1 – u like always flirt with me when phil and via and tia are around

SupaStar45 – that was before I was going out with phil I was doin it to make him jealous

GirlMagnet1 – u still did it after u 2 hooked up w/ him

SupaStar45 – ever heard of BEING NICE?

GirlMagnet1 – u were acting too nice like u liked me as more than a friend or something

SupaStar45 – well get over it I don't like u

GirlMagnet1 – y

SupaStar45 – I JUST DON'T! OMFG LEAVE ME ALONE! IM GONNA IGNORE U IF U IM ME ONE MORE TIME! I MEAN IT AND OUR FRIENDSHIP IS FREAKING OVER! GOOOOO AWAY!

Keely was fuming, and Phil noticed. He grabbed her shoulders and made her look into his eyes. "Keel, what's going on with you? Who's making you mad?"

"Owen! He won't freaking leave me the freak alone! Look at the conversation!" Keely exclaimed, guiding his head to the computer screen.

After reading it, he said, "Wow… he's frickin' obsessed with you!" he said, somewhat strangely and somewhat angrily.

"I know! He's so annoying! I swear if he doesn't leave me the freaking heck alone I'm gonna murder him!" she exclaimed.

Phil grinned and looked at the computer screen. Owen hadn't said anything after Keely had "yelled" at him virtually. Phil figured he was probably crying like a pathetic baby in a pheetle position in a corner somewhere. At this thought, he laughed out loud.

"What is it?" Keely asked, anxiously looking at the screen.

"Nothing," he said. "Just thinking about something."

"And that is…?" she asked.

Phil laughed again before starting his sentence. "Since you turned him down, I thought of him sitting in a corner crying like a baby while in a pheetle position."

Keely burst out laughing and fell over on the bed. Phil got on top of her and started tickling her mercilessly. She started laughing even harder.

"Phil! Phil! Stop!" she yelled. Phil couldn't resist. He continued.

Her face started turning red, and that was when he decided to stop. When he finally did, she said, "Thank God!"

Phil chuckled and laid down on the bed, his arms behind his head comfortably. Keely looked at him and laid her head down by his shoulder, her arm on his chest. He wrapped his free arm around her waist and pulled her close. They sat there, not caring about anything else but each other at the moment.

"Phil… words can't describe how much I love you," Keely said, snuggling her head to make it fit under his neck. She closed her eyes.

"I love you, too, Keel," he said. "Nothing can describe how much I love you," he said. Keely smiled as a slow happy tear ran down her cheek. Phil was concerned and asked her what was wrong.

"Nothing, Phil… this is just so… perfect. What I've always wanted, you know? It's like heaven."

Phil nodded. "I know how you feel."

Keely was afraid for a moment, because she thought he meant someone else. She asked him what he meant.

"I know how it feels because I feel how you feel right now," he said. "I love you, Keel. That'll never change. I hope you know that."

"I think I do. You've made that pretty clear," she said sweetly.

"Good," he said.

End of Chapter 11