Title: Falling Through
Author: alienangel19852003
Summary: Phil and Keely are best friends, and they've been that way for three years. Despite the fact that both of them want to be so much more. Keely decides to go out with someone else just to shake Phil up so that he'll admit his feelings, it ends up scarring the both of them more than they can ever imagine. The secret they have to live with ends up bringing them closer than ever.
Rating: M, rape, violence, teen partying, teen pregnancy.
Disclaimer: I do not own POTF, I cannot stress that enough. Title comes from Over My Head (Cable Car) by the Fray.
"Could it be you and me? Do I see clearly?"
Four weeks passed quickly for Phil and Keely. They were closer than ever. They knew each other's dreams and deepest fears. It was amazing how the worst thing to ever happen to either of them was the thing that brought them together.
"Are you ready?" Phil asked Keely.
"Yeah, about as ready as I'll ever be." She took a deep breath and gripped his hand tighter as they walked into Handsome Town Memorial.
Keely was getting anxious after twenty minutes in the waiting room she was starting to freak out. She crossed her legs and bobbed her foot she had eaten away every bit of the Malibu Pink nail polish off her fingers.
"Relax, Keels. We're gonna make it through this no matter what that test says." Phil said.
"I'm scared," she said.
"I am too, but we have to trust that everything happens for a reason."
"Okay," she took a deep breath.
"Miss. Teslow?" the receptionist asked.
"Will you go in with me?" she asked.
"Yeah," Phil said.
"Whatever happens don't let go of my hand." She told him.
"I won't." he smiled.
They walked into the examination room where the nurse that had attended to Keely that night was waiting with a clipboard.
"Glad to see you two are doing better." The nurse smiled and then she looked back down at her clipboard and her smile melted.
Keely knew. She didn't have to be told the test results; she was going to have a baby.
"Miss Teslow we've gotten your test back, it was positive which means that you're-"
"Pregnant." Keely finished for her as tears coursed down her cheeks, "I could tell, you don't have the best poker face."
The nurse blushed, "Sorry. If you like I can set you up an appointment at the Planned Parenthood, and you can discuss options."
"Options? What options? I have no options…I didn't get to chose whether or not I wanted to have sex. But I am choosing to keep this baby. She's my only option." Keely said angry that anyone would suggest anything other than her having the baby.
"Why are you so certain that it'll be a girl?" Phil asked putting an arm around Keely.
"I'm not certain, just hoping. I doubt a boy would like for me to paint pink swirls on his bedroom walls or let me dress him up like Piglet from Winnie The Pooh." Keely pointed out.
"I wouldn't let you do that to the poor kid." Phil said.
"You're a lucky girl Miss. Teslow to have a friend that would look after you the way he does." The nurse said.
"I am…" she smiled wiping away a tear.
Her life as a teenager would end this summer as she began her journey to adulthood, and becoming a mother before graduation. The thought made her stomach lurch, she wasn't ready.
"Keely are you okay?"
"I'm good. Just surprised, and terrified. Now the whole town is gonna know once I start to show. What am I going to tell people?" Keely asked sobbing into Phil's shoulder.
"We'll figure something out." Phil said pulling her closer as they walked out the hospital.
"We…I like the sound of that…" Keely said letting him hold her.
"Me too." Phil said, he desperately wanted them to be a couple, they still hadn't kissed and he wasn't going to force it she felt so right in his arms.
They'd come close to it many times, the most recent was just the night before. Keely had decided she wanted to dance, in the sprinklers out front of his house. And they did they ended up soaked and slow dancing in the spray watching the firelflies buzz around them.
It was a beautiful night, and Keely looked and smelled amazing. Just when he thought he couldn't fall anymore in love with her, he fell deeper and harder than he could have ever imagined. Keely had changed over the past few weeks she had stopped wearing those crazy hair styles, and the over the top make up. She was dressed in a simple t-shirt and jeans, now so much more apprehensive about showing off her body, but that was fine with Phil he wanted more than just that, he wanted all of her and the only way to get that was to wait for her.
"We have a few months before you start showing. My dad is so oblivious I doubt he'd notice, and your mom is always working. It'll give me plenty of time…"
"Plenty of time for what?" she raised an eyebrow as she lifted her head from the curve of her shoulder.
He blushed opening the car door for her, she got in and he started around to the other side.
"Didn't realize I'd said that out loud." He told her.
"Now that it's out there you can't take it back."
"I guess not." He smirked, "It'll give me time to make you realize that we're perfect together. We could make a great life for this baby, if you'd let it happen."
"Are you saying you wanna like get married?"
"Yes?" he said biting his lower lip.
"Can we slow down? I'm not going anywhere." she asked.
"Yeah. I certainly hope not."
She laughed, "That just gave me a great idea for a song."
"Glad I could be of service." He said.
"Phil…I would um…like to go on a date…with you. I think I'm ready." She said.
"That's great…" Phil said, "I know this great French place."
"Oh…in the swank district?" she asked.
"No, it's actually in France. I'm not sure if expected mothers are allowed on the skyak I'll have to ask my mom." Phil said thinking out loud.
"Why don't we do a simple dinner and movie?" she asked, "Something low pressure."
"I want it to be special."
"It will be special if we're together." Keely told him.
Phil smiled.
"Do you wanna get some lunch?" he asked.
"Can't my mom wants me to meet her at the mall. She wants to buy me some new jeans." She said sticking her finger through the hole at the knee of the jeans she was currently wearing.
He laughed, "Well, you did kind of kill an eighty dollar pair pants."
"I know. I'm gonna have do the same to the ones she wants to buy me." Keely said rolling her eyes.
"Maybe it'll replace the got back jeans."
"What?" she asked.
"The ones you cut holes right under the back pockets."
Keely blushed, "I forgot about those. I'm never gonna wear those again."
"Well, I'll drop you off."
"Yeah, remember tonight's the night. Three years in the making. It's our first date!" Keely said excitedly.
Phil was just as excited as she was; she seemed to be doing great despite everything. And they were finally moving forward together.
He dropped her off at the mall, "I'll see you tonight."
"Yeah, I'll meet you at about eight. Your place and if we're staying in try to get rid of Pim."
"Trust me I will."
"'Kay see ya." Keely felt good enough to skip into the mall but she suppressed the urge and waved normally, and walked inside.
Phil drove home in a daze with a dopey smile on his face, they were finally going to be something more. He parked his car in his driveway ignoring his sister's best insults as he made his way upstairs to plan for the evening.
"Phil, is something wrong? You didn't even yell at Pim on your way into the house." His mother asked from the doorway, "Did Keely's test come back positive?"
"Yeah, and she wants to keep the baby." Phil told her, "I kind of proposed to her a little bit—"
"What?" his mother asked looking visibly stricken.
"Mom. We decided to take it slow. Keely decided we should try to date before we get married, what was I thinking? Anyways so she's coming over tonight for dinner and a movie. And I need you and dad to stay upstairs far, far away and I'm gonna tie Pim up and lock her in the garage." Phil explained.
"Phil, you've both been through a lot and as much as I love hearing that you two are starting to date, I don't want you to rush her. She's vulnerable right now; you don't want to take advantage of her without realizing it."
"I've held myself back from saying all the things I've wanted to say to her for almost as long as I've known her. I just need…and she needs…we need this to be something." Phil said.
"Well, I just want you to be careful."
"I will." he told her.
"I can't believe this is finally happening…" she sniffled.
"Mom!" Phil said embarrassed.
After hours of endless planning the evening was set Phil was making a real dinner for them, and they were going to watch RENT, and Pim was going to be out for the evening over at Mr. Messerschmitt's for a meeting about the world and those who want to dominate it. He knew he would come to regret the day he handed her that flyer, getting her over to Messerschmitt's house would be a big mistake. Two power hungry people and one bowl of chips.
Keely drove over to Phil's house; she had dressed up for this. But she chose not to wear anything skimpy she wore something covered that was still sexy. She wore a long white bohemian skirt and a black tank top with a silver belt and black cowboy boots with it, and a black cropped jacket. Her hair was half up and half down and it was blow dried straight. She knew that tonight was the night she was going to kiss Phil Diffy.
She wondered if it was too soon, to begin a relationship after everything with Bruno. She came to the conclusion that even though she wasn't over it, she would never be over that violation; she needed to move on and form new ideas about love and sex. She would never be as naïve as she was before and maybe that was a good thing. She was finally beginning to feel close to how she felt before, and it was all because of Phil. Without him she would have surely gone insane.
She knocked on the door. Phil opened it a second later. They stared at each other taking in their appearances.
"Keely, you look great."
She smiled pulling him as she pulled him into a hug.
He looked so cute she wanted to squish him a little bit. He was wearing one of those pastel striped shirts, and some dark denim jeans and he smelled so good. She kissed him on the cheek.
"You clean up nice yourself."
He smiled as she finally let him go.
"So what's the plan for tonight?" she asked.
"A simple dinner and a movie." He said moving aside to let her into the house.
"What movie?" she asked raising and eyebrow.
"RENT." He said.
She smiled remembering when she'd gone to see it with him when it was in theatres over Thanksgiving break. She was supposed to wait and see it with her mom the week after but she couldn't pass up the opportunity to see it with Phil. She'd spent the whole movie crying on to his shoulder.
"Yay!" she said clapping her hands.
"What's for dinner." She said going back to being serious.
"Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, and steamed green peas and brownies for dessert."
"With ice cream?"
"What else would we eat with the brownies?" he asked.
"Yay!"
"So movie first or dinner?" he asked.
"We should eat first, I've been saving room. I only had one slice of pizza at the mall and one bag of caramel popcorn." She told him.
"One bag?" he asked.
"Yep, and I'm starved to say the least."
"Come on…"Phil said leading her into the kitchen.
"You made this all by yourself, no future toys?" she asked.
"Yes…"
"Phil, this looks amazing,"
"I'm sure it'll taste even better."
She raised an eyebrow, "This is certainly quite a spread. I must say you have out done yourself Phil Diffy."
"I just want tonight to go perfectly, if you recall things don't go as smoothly as they should between us sometimes."
"No, they don't." Keely smiled, Phil knew she was remembering the incident with the chipotle sauce.
He pulled out a chair for her to sit in, and then took his place next to her, "So…how did shopping with your mom go?"
"I nearly puked passing by the men's restroom in the food court, other than that okay. She asked me why I was pulling away from her." Keely explained.
"I couldn't tell her anything. It hurt to lie to her, but it would be worse telling the truth." Keely said.
"I understand." He said.
"Phil…" Keely said seriously, "How are we going to make it through this?" Keely asked.
"I don't know but we'll have each other." He said.
They had a pleasant but quiet dinner, and then they watched the movie and sang along with it they knew all the lyrics by heart. The evening wouldn't have been complete with out Phil's parents come down during "Cover Me" and doing a scary improvtu duet.
Keely gripped Phil's hand during the final scene of the movie. She hated when couples who were supposed to be together didn't get together until tragedy struck just like her and Phil. She didn't want to completely lose him, before they became something more.
Keely cried more for her and Phil than for Roger and Mimi.
"Keel?" he asked wiping away her tears and gazing into her eyes as he did so.
"Phil…" she whispered, "I don't want it to be too late for us,"
Her hands went to cup his face as she pulled him in close and kissed his lips softly and sweetly.
"I love you so much Phil." She said before his lips descended on hers.