okie dokie. heres the second half of the christmas chappie, just as i promised. sorry it's a bit late! enjoy!

If Only You Knew

Chapter Thirteen: Christmas Crazes Part Two

"So V, explain to me why you agreed to be Owen's 'date' tonight again?" Keely whispered in Via's ear as the they walked excitedly towards the illuminated house, which was decorated with hundreds of lights and other miscellaneous ornaments. Phil lagged behind, rolling his eyes as he watched his two friends do their little "girl talk".

Via raised her eyebrows at her best friend, arm looped in hers loosely. "You'd want the same thing to happen again, like last time? I'm doing this for you, Keely, so I hope you know that you owe me a big shopping spree sometime this Christmas Break."

Keely smiled brightly and leaned into her, laughing lightly as they quickly made their way to the top of the porch steps. "Oh, you're Christmas present's gonna be huge, believe me. It takes guts to accept one of Owen's offers."

Phil came up behind them as Keely rang the doorbell, and together the three of them stood quietly at the door, waiting. Footsteps were heard and moments later the door was pulled open, engulfing the three friends in a blare of loud, booming music. Owen stood in the doorway, grinning widely as he took in the sight in front of him.

"Awesome! You guys made it!" He gave a once over of Via and Keely, and his grin widened even more. "Hey, lookin' good, Via! You too, Keels!" The girls smiled and brushed past him, and Owen's mouth finally dropped open in awe as his eyes followed them closely. He spun back around and thrust an arm around Phil happily, causing him to stagger off balance and shoot Owen a glare.

"Dude...we are the luckiest guys in the WORLD!" Owen cheered, laughing as he glanced down at Phil. "Can you believe it? Scored the two most gorgeous girls in school!" He straightened and took his arm off Phil's shoulder, folding his arms across his chest as they watched Keely and Via get swarmed by a bunch of other girls from school. "Better make a move on Keels tonight, Diffster, cause this is gonna be the most romantic party of the New Year!"

Phil turned to look at Owen blankly. "Uh, Owen...it's still December. The New Year starts in January."

Owen nodded enthusiastically, eyes still focused on the two girls in his living room. "Exactly!"

Phil rolled his eyes, slapping himself on the forehead and sliding his hand down his face. Suddenly, though, he picked up on Owen's words, and his eyes widened in realization. "Hey! Why would I try to make a move on Keely? She's my best friend!"

"Uh, dude...cause you're like, totally in love with her."

"WHAT? No I'm not!" Phil laughed nervously, patting Owen on the shoulder. "You've got to be kidding me, O-dawg, you know I'd never fall for my best friend."

Owen laughed, rolling his eyes as he glanced down at Phil. "Oh, right, and the googling eyes you were giving her just now would be a 'friendly' look? Admit it, dude, you so love Keely."

His friend gave an exasperated sigh and spun around to face him. "Fine! Maybe I do like her a bit! Not like it changes anything! And why are you bothering me about this anyway? You're the one always trying to ask her out!"

"Whoa, whoa, Phil, don't be hatin'," Owen said, raising his hands in defense as Phil gave him an accusing glare. "I gave up on Keels a long time ago. She's totally yours. V's my new target now" He grinned, raising his eyebrows and pointing at where Via was sitting on the couch with Keely.

Phil glanced towards the girls in amusement and laughed shortly. "Well then, Owen, you go for it! I'm rooting for ya, buddy," he reassured, patting him once again on the shoulder before starting towards the living room.

"Dude, remember what I said about Keels!" Owen called after him loudly, causing him to twitch slightly in irritation. "Sure, why not," he muttered, rolling his eyes as he made his way through the crowd of teens.

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"I thought Owen said he was only inviting a 'few other people from school,'" Keely stated dryly, glancing around the crowded living room from her place on the sofa. "I don't even know half of the people here."

Via groaned, dropping her elbow on the armrest and propping her chin up against her hand. "Well, obviously Owen's perspective of a 'few people' is slightly off." She rolled her eyes and sighed, giving her friend a look. "Remind me why I'm doing this for you again?"

Keely smiled innocently, leaning back and making herself comfortable. "Because you're such a good friend, and you're willing to put up with Owen just to see me happy." She furrowed her brow in thought and cocked her head, giving Via a puzzled look as a thought suddenly came to her. "How do you put up with Owen, anyway? You're like, the only person I know who's actually able to keep him in check without going insane."

Via shifted in her seat ever so slightly as Keely's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "In fact, lately it seems like you actually enjoy keeping him in check. Via…don't tell me…you're actually…" Her eyes widened in shock as the realization hit her full force. "You like him, don't you?"

Via quickly turned at Keely's accusation and raised her hands up in defense, shaking her head furiously. "NO."

"You DO like him!" Keely repeated in awe, a smirk creeping onto her face as she leaned towards her friend in excitement. "You like him a lot!"

"There is absolutely no proof for your assumptions, Keely, and I refuse to say anything that will give you any chance to think otherwise." Via replied coolly as she folded her hands neatly in her lap, narrowing her eyes as she stared at Keely stubbornly. "Just be lucky I'm doing this for you, or you might've been the one on this little date with our good friend Owen."

Keely just grinned, shaking her head in disbelief and turning around to lean against the back of the sofa. "And speaking of the devil," She said lightly, glancing back at Via, "Here's another one of our good friends now."

Phil emerged from the crowd and slowly made his way towards them, three cups filled with soda clenched tightly between his two hands. He dropped down on the couch between the two girls, handing one cup to each of them and taking a sip from his own. "Owen's bringing us the pizza," he said casually with a lopsided grin. "Since we're all so special, he says that we get our own box."

Via rolled her eyes. "Lucky us."

Keely smiled knowingly, giving Via an amused glance. "So, other than the fact that we've only been here for about ten minutes…" She began, turning back to look at Phil, "Having fun so far?"

"Yeah, I guess." He answered with an indifferent shrug, putting his cup down on the coffee table in front of them. "I mean, other than getting shoved around by a bunch of people I don't even know and almost spilling the drinks all over myself, I'd say I'm doing pretty good." He gave her that trademark goofy grin, and her heart unintentionally skipped a beat.

"Okay, dude and dudettes, the pizza and drinks have arrived!" Owen announced loudly over the booming music, pushing his way towards them while balancing four cups filled to the rim with soda on top of the pizza box. "Oh, you guys already have the soda?" He inquired, disappointed, as he finally came to a halt directly in front of them. "Dude, and I made them special, too---"

Suddenly he yelped and jerked forward as a random kid bumped into him from behind, and the already unstable drinks flew off the box and towards the three teens on the sofa. Keely and Via let out a small shriek and shrunk away to the opposite ends of the couch while Phil was left in the middle, staring wide-eyed at the cups heading straight for him.

SPLOOSH.

"Oi…" Owen mumbled softly as the two girls raised a hand to their mouths, the three of them staring at a completely drenched Phil, speechless. Running a hand through his dripping hair, Phil slowly closed his eyes and exhaled through his teeth, an eyebrow twitching ever so slightly.

"Phil?" Keely asked timidly, reaching over to lay a hand on his shoulder.

"Owen…" Phil said in a low voice, and Keely quickly pulled her hand away at his tone.

"Yeah?"

"Where's your bathroom?"

"Oh," Owen answered quickly, scratching the back of his head uneasily. "Uh, upstairs, second door to your right. Shouldn't miss it."

Without a word Phil stood up and slowly made his way through the crowd, leaving Keely, Via, and Owen to stare at his retreating back in complete silence.

Suddenly Owen let out a nervous laugh, which caused Keely and Via to turn in his direction and give him a questioning look. "What now?" Via moaned while Keely narrowed her eyes in suspicion, both of them waiting expectantly for an answer.

"Well, see, my 'rents actually left me here cause they went to some Christmas Dinner Party with one of my aunts and uncles, right?" Owen began, emphasizing a little too much with his hands out of nervousness. "So I just made this party to spice things up, you know, get our little groove on before Christmas without them knowin'---"

"Owen," Keely interrupted, exasperated. "What the heck is going on?"

"Yeah, see, I kinda had to babysit my little cousin Chris, and he's upstairs right now playing in my room---"

He was interrupted by a loud yell and a thump from upstairs, which caused them to glance at the ceiling, startled. Keely and Via shot Owen an accusing glare as he grinned sheepishly, immediately continuing with his story.

"---but he wanted to play with someone cause he was bored, and I wouldn't play with him, and---and---" Owen intertwined his fingers and twisted them in his hands, desperately trying to avoid the piercing glares from both girls. "My room's right before to the bathroom." He finished quickly, cringing slightly when both Keely's and Via's eyes went wide and their mouths dropped open.

Via whipped her head up to the ceiling in apprehension and moaned, "Owen, please don't tell me Chris follows in your footsteps."

"Hey!" He cried, offended, but then backed away in fear when she and Keely shot him a cold, deathly stare. "Yes! He does!" He confessed quickly, hesitating for a split second before adding, "But he's…much worse."

"Ohmigod." Keely whispered in horror, bringing a hand up to her mouth. "Phil's gonna be traumatized for the rest of his life."

"Owen, stop the party and tell everyone to leave immediately." Via ordered sternly, giving him a hard gaze. "They shouldn't even be here. After you've done that meet us upstairs. We may very well need backup for this."

As Owen rushed away to turn off the music, Via put a reassuring hand on Keely's shoulder, voice softening.

"Come on, Keely, let's go. Phil needs us---" Another yell was heard upstairs. "---desperately."

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An hour later, four exhausted teenagers collapsed on the sofa, groaning softly as they were welcomed by the comfort of the cushions. Finally, after several seconds of silence, there was an outburst of giggles as Owen, Keely, and Via all shook with laughter at the situation that had taken place.

"Dude, that was hilarious!"

"I have to admit, it was pretty funny when we finally got in."

"Pretty funny? V, he was tied up and playing tea party with the kid! I mean, did you really expect to see that when we actually opened the door?"

Phil, on the other hand, remained silent, glaring at the other three before throwing his head back and moaning in despair.

"Hey, buddy," Keely said cheerfully, grinning as she turned to him. "You okay?"

Phil gave her a look before retorting, "Sure, I'm fiiiiiine. I mean, I only got drenched with soda and knocked out by a little eight year old who tied me up with some rope and forced me to play tea party with him for the last forty five minutes. It's no big deal, really!" He rolled his eyes and folded his arms across his chest defiantly. "I hate Christmas," he muttered under his breath, pouting like a little kid.

"How did your cousin tie Phil up like that, anyway?" Via asked Owen in wonderment, slightly amused at the fact that such a small boy could actually do such a thing.

"Definitely my side of the family, of course!" Owen declared proudly, pounding his chest as he puffed up with pride.

Via simply rolled her eyes. "Oh, please." She glanced around at her surroundings. "You know, we never had a chance to eat yet. And---" She took a glimpse at the smashed pizza box on the table in front of her in disgust. "I think our original one is pretty much destroyed. Owen, why don't you---"

"Whip up some homemade grub? Sure, V! Thanks for askin'!" Owen cut in brightly, jumping up off the couch and, for some reason, dusting himself off. Via winced somewhat and continued, "Well, I was going to say to order another pizza, but…" she gazed at the disappointed look on Owen's face and sighed, dropping her original idea immediately. "Sure, why not."

"Really?" Owen asked, perking up immediately as a smile lightened up his face. "Thanks, Via!" he said sincerely, before yanking her up not-so-gently and dragging her into the kitchen with him. "You can help me out, then!"

Via gave one last fleeting look at Keely, who shrugged helplessly and mouthed, "You threw yourself into this one." She sighed and was pulled out of sight, and Keely swore that she saw a ghost of a smile on Via's lips before she disappeared into the depths of Owen's kitchen.

'And there's my proof,' she thought with a smirk before turning back to a sulking Phil and scooting closer to him.

"Hey, c'mon, Phil, it wasn't that bad, was it? I'm sure Chris had a blast!" Keely laughed and patted his shoulder reassuringly, which earned her a weary, scowling glance in return. "Oh, don't be so childish about it, I bet you liked it at least a tiny little bit." She added, rolling her eyes playfully.

"Not really," Phil answered quietly, staring out into nothingness as the music was turned up once again from the stereo inside the kitchen. He shook himself out of his own reverie and turned to look at Keely, an unknown emotion glimmering in his eyes. "I messed up your entire night, Keel, not to mention the entire party itself." He laughed shortly, rubbing his eyes. "But then again, that always happens with Phil Diffy, huh?"

Keely gazed at him in silence, trying to think up something that would make her best friend feel better. He looked so adorable, though, sitting there pouting about his little mistakes…

She smiled, shaking her head as she heaved a small sigh. Good old Phil. Always thinking of others before himself…and always trying to make the best out of things and then unintentionally screwing them up in the most unusual ways possible. But then again, these things were to be expected from a boy who came from the future, right?

A slow, sweet song drifted through the room from inside the kitchen, and Keely turned to look back at Via, who had reappeared just outside of the kitchen and was grinning at her as she leaned against the wall. "Go," she mouthed, nodding slightly, and Keely broke out in a smile before turning back around.

"Maybe you do mess up a lot of the time, Phil," she said softly, pulling herself off of the sofa and holding her hand out to him. "But it really doesn't matter to me." She smiled shyly before adding, "You wanna dance?"

Phil raised his eyebrows in surprise but of course didn't refuse the offer. He took her hand in his and stood up, pulling the both of them to a more open space to dance. He dropped his hands to her waist just as she wrapped her arms around his neck, and they slowly began to sway with the soft tune of the music.

"So you're saying that even though I messed up this entire Christmas party, you really don't care?" Phil inquired, cocking his head as he gazed at the blonde beauty directly in front of him. "I mean, it must've taken forever just to get ready, knowing you," he continued jokingly, which earned him a warning look from Keely. "Kidding!" he said quickly when he felt her arms slowly begin to slip from his neck. "I was kidding!"

Keely laughed, squinting her eyes at him in mock threat. "Don't diss the valuable 'getting-ready' time, mister, or you've got something else coming your way."

Suddenly there was a "Dude!" coming from near the kitchen, and both Phil and Keely turned quickly to stare at Owen, who was pointing above them eagerly and grinning like crazy. Via was next to him, smiling knowingly, her eyes resting on a spot above them as well. Puzzled, they looked up.

"Oh God, and I thought Owen was taking care of this place." Phil groaned, staring at the plant dangling from the ceiling in disgust. "Now he's got weeds growing in his house."

Keely stared at him in shock, completely thrown off by his words. "Wait…what? Phil, you don't know what that is?"

He lowered his eyes and looked at her, confused. "Why? What is it?"

The look in his eyes melted her entirely, shut her whole system down. '…So cute…' Without another word, without another thought in her mind, Keely did the one thing that her heart had been screaming for her to do ever since her mind had finally figured out just how much she was in love with this boy.

Time slowed down and froze over as her lips gently touched his, sealing their very first kiss in the moment that had become everything…the moment that would seemingly last forever. Nothing else mattered anymore and all was forgotten, because in that moment there were only two people sharing a miracle and nothing more. And as she gradually pulled away, that moment became one to never be forgotten.

She smiled as his face registered pure shock and bewilderment, and slowly she let her arms drop from his shoulders as she pulled away.

"It's called mistletoe." She whispered, gazing directly into his deep chocolate eyes. "You should look it up sometime." Then, with a wink, Keely turned and walked towards the kitchen as a faint, pleasant aroma filled the air.

Phil stood there, stunned, as her words combined with what had just happened took a full blown effect on him. Suddenly a blissful grin appeared on his face as he swayed ever so slightly, his words fading into the night.

"I love Christmas."

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A/N: well now! that was definitely a twist, yeah? lol…i hope you all liked it. im probably going on a break now, cause i just updated six whole chapters in less than two weeks, and frankly, im worn out. seriously. but this story isn't over yet, so don't worry! anyways, right now its about 3:00 in the morning, which means its my birthday! yay:P wells, i hope you guys had a great christmas! read and review please, as always!

:much love:

-jaime-