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. This chapter contains lyrics from Something More by Aly & AJ.

"We're both young but we know how we feel"

School had barely begun and Keely was ready to throw in the towel. She quit her job to focus more on her studies and taking care of herself as she was entering her fifth month of pregnancy. She was only taking four classes all of which she loathed; English IV, Math, Broadcast Journalism IV, and Home Economics.

She would film her video segments in the afternoon to be aired in the morning; she was not going to be dragging herself out of bed at seven am anymore. Her morning sickness that couldn't tell time was driving her absolutely batty. The doctors had told her that it should be lessening as the months wore on. It kept her leaving class to go throw up at completely random times. Phil was so attentive going running after her barging directly into the girls' room.

Fortunately, four out of the five times he'd run in with her no one was in there.

Keely got sick during English which was the last class of the day, and he'd gone running after again, and this time Candida and the fashion zombies were fighting for mirror time. Keely didn't have time to be embarrassed for him. She quickly ducked into a stall.

Phil always went with Keely when she got sick, it was just something he always did when they were together. He was worried when the morning sickness didn't stop when she entered her second trimester.

He'd tried to play it cool, "Wassup girls?"

"Phil Diffy…what are you doing in here?" Candida responded.

"I have feminine side too." He had told her.

"That's sweet most guys to go running after their girlfriends when the go a puking up lunch." Candida said smugly.

Phil glared at her; he had never wanted to hit a girl more than he wanted to hit Candida in that moment.

"She's not bulimic you ignorant twat. If you know any better you'd get out of here right now." Phil said, "And if I catch you or anyone else saying anything negative about Keely, I swear you will regret it."

Candida and the fashion zombies laughed.

"You may be a senior…but I'm not afraid of you…you're just a boy. It's cute trying to protect your girlfriend." Candida said.

Phil was taken aback and then he thought carefully considered who Candida might be afraid of.

Candida's eyes got wide; Phil realized that she must have had a thought. And from her smug smirk it wasn't a good one.

"She's preggers isn't she?"

"That's none of your business and you think about spreading that rumor I'll make sure your life becomes a living hell. And I have a sister who is more than capable of making that happen. In fact…let's just see what Pim is doing right now…" Phil whipped out his cell phone and prepared to send her a text message.

"P­­–Pim?" Candida stuttered taking a step.

Phil chuckled; he knew his sister would love to know her very name brought fear into the hearts of fashion zombies everywhere.

"Yes…"

"We'll be going now…tell Keely we said hi." Candida smiled sweetly as she and the fashion zombies made a hasty exit.

The toilet flushed and Keely shoved open the stall door. She looked like she'd been crying.

"How much of that did you hear?" he asked, wincing.

"Oh just everything…"

"Keel…" he started.

"Candida knows, everything is not gonna be okay…"

"Phil I need a moment alone here, could you?" she asked.

"Are you okay? Is she okay?" he asked.

Keely smiled, "She's doing great. I'm not…" Keely said.

"Okay…I'll be in class…" he said.

"Hey Phil…"

"Yeah?"

"Could I uh…have my purse?" Keely asked.

He blushed no wonder Candida and the fashion zombies weren't afraid of him while he was toting around a purse proclaiming Baby Phat.

He rolled his eyes, "Oh yeah here." He handed her the bag and walked out.

Keely sighed once he'd left leaning on the sink she gazed at her reflection, it wasn't hard to put together that she was preggers as Candida so affectionately put it the dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep, the baggy clothes, and the constant need to go barf.

She took her toothbrush out of the bag, and started brushing her teeth. It wouldn't be long before the whole school knew she was pregnant, the thought nearly made her gag. She remembered everyone talking about the girl who'd gotten pregnant last year.

They'd teased her, she was one of those girls from the wrong side of the tracks who'd gotten knocked up by some random trucker or someone she'd met sneaking into a bar. The girl finally dropped out when she'd been called skank for about the hundredth time. Keely even felt bad because she'd made jokes about her aside to Phil, who would never comment.

They were going to have to tell her mother and Phil's father on Sunday. There was no avoiding it; she could only hope they didn't hear it before then. Once she'd finished brushing her teeth and performing a little make up magic she walked out of the bathroom with her head held high.

English class was nearly over and half the classes were whispering about her when she returned, she knew Candida couldn't have possibly spread the rumor that fast and Phil hadn't told anyone. They had begun to draw their own conclusions about her. She went and took her seat beside Phil.

"Are you feeling better Miss Teslow?" Ms. Feinstein asked.

"Yes."

"Keely still has a touch of food poison." Phil explained.

"Maybe she should stay home if she's not feeling better by Monday." Ms. Feinstein said.

"I'll do my best to keep her in bed." Phil said.

The whole class started laughing.

"No, no… I didn't mean it like that…" Phil blushed, and Keely hid behind her notebook.

"I'm sure you'll do whatever you feel is necessary." Ms. Feinstein smirked.

Keely wanted to crawl into a black hole; she could feel the rumor mill gearing up to put something out hot on the presses. Mercifully, the bell rang ending the day; Phil took her home and went straight to work.

Sunday morning rolled around Keely sat in front of the mirror getting ready for the luncheon from hell. She knew that there would be screaming and a great deal of crying and she knew that would just be from her mother.

She forgot about yesterday and the day before and looked forward to the evening that she would spend with Phil. She smiled thinking about her wonderful boyfriend as she applied her mascara. He was so good to her, better than she could imagine anyone ever being. He was so beautiful and strong, and he wasn't afraid to love her hard with his whole heart the way she loved him in return. She knew that with him she could get through this luncheon and through anything.

When she finished she smiled at her reflection, she looked better than she had Friday. She had a healthy glow on her face, her makeup was simple, her hair was loose and hanging straight down framing her face. And she hadn't even thrown up once all day. Which was a good sign. She was dressed simply in a loose white tank top with a cropped pink sweater on over it and with a matching pink bohemian skirt and flip flops. The scorching September was finally beginning to cool down. She glanced up at the mirror and discovered her mother standing in the doorway.

"The pearl earrings would be great with that," her mother said.

Keely rolled her eyes and pulled back her hair revealing the earrings in question dangling from her lobes and the matching bracelet clinking on her wrist.

"You already Pumpkin Buns?"

Keely could see the pain in her mother's eyes, it was killing her that she had to pull away from her mother. Her mother had seemed to be doing worse lately crawling back into the same funk she'd been in when Keely's father had left. Watching sappy movies eating bon bons and drinking a lot.

She nodded and got up from her vanity and followed her mother out of the room as she tried so desperately not to cry. The drive over to the Diffy house was quiet. Keely was practicing her speech in her head, hoping everything would go as planned and she wouldn't chicken out.

Phil was helping his mother set the table, and Pim was taking forever getting dressed.

"They are gonna be here any second…" Phil said glancing at the ticking seconds on his watch.

"I know…I'm nervous for you guys, but I know you'll do okay." His mother told him.

He smiled, "Thanks..."

"Barb, are you sure I need pants for this?" Lloyd asked from upstairs.

Phil rolled his eyes, he just knew his mother was going to let his dad have it.

"No, Lloyd…I'm sure Keely and her mom will love seeing you in that apron over your underwear." She called back.

"No need to be snippy." His father shouted back, without malice in his voice.

"Just put some pants on!"

Phil smirked, his life was definitely not normal but it was still good. He heard a car pulling into the driveway, just as his sister stomped into the room.

"C'mon lets get this show on the road. I've got places to see and a planet to rule." Pim said.

"Is your father still walking around upstairs with just his work apron on?"

"Yes…I do believe I saw your husband walking around wearing his work apron and those Bugs Bunny boxer shorts." Pim said.

There was a quiet knock on the back door and Phil went to answer it.

"Keel…" he whispered pulling his girlfriend into a hug.

"Philly-Willy."

"Hey Ms. Teslow…" Phil said finally releasing the woman's daughter to shake her hand.

"Hello Phil, Barb…Pim." Ms. Teslow said, Pim's name came out like a sneer they didn't exactly see eye to eye.

"Mandy…" Phil's mother said, greeting the other woman, "Would you to have a drink first, my husband is still changing out of his work clothes. Lunch won't be served for another ten minutes."

"Ten minutes?" Pim asked.

"Yes…"

"Three and half minutes feels like a lifetime think about how ten minutes feel…great now I've got to find something to do…" Pim grumbled.

"Why don't we go outside and just enjoy the day since it's not broiling?" Phil said.

"Okay," Keely put her hand in his and they walked outside and sat on the swing.

"You look gorgeous…" He told her.

"You look great too." Her eyes roamed over his body, and Phil felt himself blush he chastised himself for being such a virgin about these things.

He put an arm around her, "Feeling better today?"

"Lots…" she laid her head on his shoulder.

"Today is the day…" he whispered mostly to himself.

"Today is the day we tell them." She said.

"That too…" he blushed.

"This isn't about the top secret plans you've made?" Keely asked.

"Yes…" he said.

"So you're not gonna tell me anything?"

"Nope…you'll have to wait and see." He smirked before trying to kiss her and she wouldn't let him.

"Nuh uh…no smooches for you until I get a hint." Keely said.

"Fine. I can show you the world…" he said dryly quoting Aladdin.

"So we're going somewhere on the skyak?"

"Yes, but that's all I'm going to tell you."

"Okay…" Keely said excitedly, "Kisses for you." She said leaning and kissing him.

Phil closed his eyes, and just enjoyed the way she felt in his arms. The way his body seemed to come alive when she kissed him like that. He gently pulled her into his lap and let her deepen the kiss his hand roaming up her side.

"Okay…lunch is served, not that I can eat now anyway after seeing you two tongue wrestle." Pim said loudly from the back steps.

Phil waved her off.

"Fine…but when the shrimp puffs are gone you'll be sorry." Pim said.

"Shrimp puffs?" Keely asked breaking the kiss.

"Here we go again." He said as Keely pulled him to his feet and ran into the house.

Dinner was quiet aside from Keely's mother's chatter, and Phil's father's jokes that no one laughed at. They were both sufficiently embarrassed.

Keely was nearly finished with her lunch; and her mother had had several glasses of wine with hers so she decided to take the initiative.

"Umm…I have something to say. Kind of an announcement if you will," she began nervously.

"Is this good news or bad news?" Lloyd asked.

"We think its great news…" Phil said reaching for Keely's hand under the table.

"What did you do?" Mandy Teslow narrowed her eyes.

"Nothing really…" Phil said.

"I'm just kinda pregnant that's all." Keely said.

"WHAT?" both Mandy and Lloyd shouted.

There was a pointed silence at the table until Pim burst out laughing, "You knocked up Blondie?" she asked Phil who just looked pleadingly to his mother for help.

"You must be some kind of stupid…really it's good going…" Pim clapped Phil on the back.

"Pim, I think you should go upstairs." Barbara said.

"Why we're all grown here, right?" Pim asked.

"Upstairs now!" Lloyd shouted.

"Fine, I'm going over to Little Danny's and I'm taking the shrimp puffs with me." Pim said grabbing the tray and walking off.

"I said upstairs, we don't need you going off and getting pregnant. I don't think I can handle this…"Lloyd shouted before he started to hyperventilate.

Pim rolled her eyes and walked out of the back door.

"This is unacceptable–"Mandy ranted.

"How could you do something so stupid­­–" Lloyd ranted at the same time.

"You have to get rid of it." Both Lloyd and Mandy concluded at the same time.

It was Keely's turn to be shocked, "First of all I can't believe you just said that. Secondly, this baby is not an it, she's a girl. Thirdly, what makes you think that I'm just gonna throw her away?"

"We love this baby, she's our daughter and your granddaughter and you should love her too." Phil told them.

"You don't seem shocked at all Barb how long have you known about this?" Mandy scowled.

"Since she found out she was pregnant. I guess I'm one of those parents kids can talk to." She said.

"How many months would that be?" Lloyd asked.

"Four."

"We'll just give the baby up for adoption." Mandy said.

"Sounds good to me." Lloyd said.

"Why don't we just back up a little bit…these are our lives our decisions not yours. We're keeping our daughter." Phil told them, the tone of his voice was so firm so resolute, Keely stopped crying to take notice of him.

"You honestly don't think you're up for the challenge of raising a child at the age of seventeen?" Mandy asked.

"I know we are." Phil said, in a voice that made Keely shiver.

"Do you intend to marry my daughter?" Mandy asked putting down her glass, "You might as well buy the cow since you've gone and knocked her up."

Keely gasped.

"I'm sorry Keel; I wanted to do this later. It was gonna be perfect and special. But I think I need to do this now." Phil said ignoring Keely's mother.

Keely watched mesmerized as he knelt down and took her hand in his, "Keely would you do me the honor of being my wife?" he asked producing a little ring box from his pocket.

Keely's mouth fell open in shock, "Are you kidding me? Yes, I'll marry you."

He barely had time to slip the ring on her finger before she was hugging him.

"I love you so much Keel…" Phil whispered.

"You think getting married is gonna make things better?" Lloyd's voice cut through the happy moment, "You're too young to deicide that you want to be together, getting married is until death do you part thing, you do realize that?"

Keely ignored him and kissed Phil as if their parents weren't sitting there gawking.

She broke off the kiss and smiled at Phil. "I love you too Phil…"

Keely turned back to the table, where her mother and Phil's father still argued.

"I know we're both young, but we know how we feel…We know what is false and we know what is real…" Keely sang a song she'd made up herself the improvtu song seemed to shock them into paying attention.

"We're in love…can't you just accept it and move on?" Phil asked them.

"Congratulations, you two." Barb said, "More salad?" she asked the other two stunned adults at the table.

"Well…it doesn't seem like we can do much about it. I'll make the necessary arrangements for the wedding. We need to get this done as soon as possible." Mandy said dryly.

"Okay…our wedding isn't just something we can just make arrangements for and get out of the way before I really start to show. I want to wait until after the baby comes…" Keely said.

"Keely that is social suicide, this town is going to start talking if it hasn't already." Mandy said.

"Let them talk." Phil said, taking Keely by the hand and walking her out the house.

"Can you believe them?" Keely said.

"Yeah, I can…you can't blame them for not understanding." Phil said.

"But she's my mom you know. She's supposed to know me…" Keely said.

"I know you Keel…" he said taking her face in his hands.

"And I know you too Phil…" she kissed him.

"Today didn't go as I planned. I wanted the proposal to me romantic and beautiful and everything you deserve." Phil said.

"It was beautiful," Keely whispered.

Phil smiled, his eyes were dark and glittering as he stared at her in that way that made her weak.

"Phil…" Keely said averting her eyes.

It was the first time she had a chance to take notice of the ring he'd given her.

"Phil, this is beautiful…"she said, staring at the ring.

"You like it?"

"I love it. It must have cost a small fortune. You shouldn't have." She said.

"Keely, you're worth every penny and more." Phil said.

She put her arms around his neck, "Really, you shouldn't have, with the baby coming and the wedding and everything…we can't afford something like this."

"Well, we could take it back…" Phil smirked knowing she wouldn't want to return the ring.

"No, no… it's already on my finger and that's where it's gonna stay." She said.

"What was it that you sang in there?" he asked changing the subject.

"Something I wrote a long time ago…about us…" she whispered daring to look into his eyes again.

"Are you gonna play me something someday?" Phil asked.

"You're making me wait till marriage. I'm making you wait till marriage." Keely smirked.

"You tease." Phil said.

"So what you tease me all the time, and you know this…" she smiled.

Phil kissed her, he liked teasing her but teasing her was kind of like teasing himself, he always ended up feeling played. He pulled her closer and let his hands rub lazy circles on her back. The back door opened, before things could get too far.

"Come along Keely, we're going home." Mandy said sweeping past them dramatically.

Keely pulled away giggling against Phil's shoulder, "I think I'm gonna stick around."

"No, you aren't spending anymore time over here unsupervised that's how we got into this situation in the first place." Mandy spat.

"Ms. Teslow I know you're upset–"

"You do not get to talk to me about being upset when you've taken my little girl's innocence and gotten her pregnant all before her eighteenth birthday." Mandy interrupted pointing a finger at Phil.

Keely's mother had away of rendering Phil nearly speechless, that woman really didn't like him. At first he thought Mandy probably thought he was gay or something and she sort of liked him, but then when she started notice his more than obvious feelings for her daughter her opinion changed.

"Mom!" Keely shrieked, "I want you to apologize to Phil right now!"

"Why?" Mandy blinked.

"You've been rude to him since we started dating." Keely pointed out, "And for the record he didn't take my innocence he gave it back."

"But Keely, you could do so much better…"

Keely shook her head her voice breaking as she said, "I can't do any better! There is no one as good for me as Phil. You don't know…everything that he's done to protect me, how hard he's worked to try and take care me and our daughter."

"I don't care…he didn't protect you where it really counts did he?" Mandy asked.

Keely tried to pull away from Phil and he could almost swear she was going to slap her mother, who desperately needed slapping but that wasn't the point. He held her tighter not allowing her to move.

"Phil, I'm not going let her say those things about you. She doesn't even know you…she doesn't know me anymore, I don't think she ever did." Keely looked at him before narrowing her eyes at her mother.

"I don't care what she says about me. She's angry and I daresay drunk." Phil pointed out.

"But Phil…you don't deserve to be treated this way." Keely said her eyes filled with tears.

He kissed her, "It's fine…"

"Come along Keely. Do NOT argue with me." Mandy shouted stumbling toward the steps.

"I guess I should go…" she whispered.

"You know you don't have to… she isn't going anywhere" Phil said jingling the keys to Keely's mother's car.

Keely giggled, "I don't wanna leave…its weird at home. I'll give her time to sober up and it might be good again."

"What if it's not?" Phil asked.

"I don't know…"

"No, if you don't want to stay with her we can find somewhere–" Phil started.

"You can stay here." His mother interrupted before he could finish, "I'll call a cab for Mandy. And we'll go by and get your things later."

"Really? I can move in here?" Keely asked.

"Living with your mother wouldn't be good for you or the baby. So it's settled." Barb smiled as Lloyd stepped on to the porch.

"So what's settled?" he asked.

"Keely is moving in with us."

"Sure why not, it's not like he's gonna knock her up any more than she already is. It'll give them a chance to see what it's really like to be married. Having a woman tell you to wear pants..."

"Thanks!" Keely shrieked clinging tighter to Phil.

"Since Curtis moved out we could turn the garage into an apartment for the two of you." Barb suggested, "You know just until you guys find something better."

"Where are my keys?" Mandy screamed from the driveway, she'd emptied out the contents of her purse.

"We can give her a ride home, and get some of your stuff." Phil told Keely.

"I've never been happier about wrangling my drunk mama…" Keely said.