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.

"Feels like today"

On Christmas morning, Keely had woken up feeling strange, excited not just because it was Christmas. But she could literally feel a change coming. She'd felt that way the day she met Phil. She'd made it through presents and Christmas cookies without incident, except for the false contractions she'd been having. She'd been having them for a solid week, since her failed attempt at a baby shower. She didn't mention them to anyone; she didn't want to send anyone into a panic.

She was now eight months into her pregnancy, her daughter was to arrive in a little over a month. She had never been more excited, the sapphire heart necklace Phil had given her had only fueled her excitement.

She loved Christmas; it was one of her favorite holidays with all the presents and cheer. She'd gone over to the homeless shelter with Phil and Pim to help serve Christmas dinner. It was part of Pim's community service for a failed attempt at world domination and she and Phil just tagged alone to make sure Pim didn't hurt the homeless.

"Keely, you done icing that cake?" Barb asked.

"Oh…" Keely mumbled around a mouthful icing doused with hot sauce.

Barb gave her a knowing look before smiling as she pulled the Wizard out of the drawer and zapped the cake with it, "They'll never know,"

"Thanks…" Keely said taking the cake into the dining room where everyone was waiting.

Christmas was an even bigger event than Thanksgiving the table was filled with food, family, and friends. The whole big dinner thing was mostly Keely's idea, the Diffy's usually didn't go so big for commercial holidays. For this particular holiday Keely made sure to leave both her parents off the guest list.

The delicious smelling food and the laughter of the people she loved was one of the best presents ever, but she couldn't help but wish she was on better terms with her parents. Slowly but surely she was building a relationship with her father, but she had given up on mending her relationship with her mother.

She had become a part of a family a real family. Barb and Lloyd treated her like she was one of their own, completely accepting her and the baby with open arms. She loved every second of it; even Vice Principal Hackett had become a fixture in her life more so than he was before. She'd gotten close with Alicia, and even gotten Pim to come around. And Phil was just amazing, he was her protector, he was so many other things to her, although he wasn't yet her lover, at least not physically even though the entire world thought she was carrying his child.

Instead she carried a secret that went so much deeper than that. A secret that she was going to keep. She rarely thought about the night of the viscous attack that made her a mother. It had been months since she'd even seen Bruno Casblancas; he'd been drafted into some wrestling league or something. Keely didn't care if he fell of the face of the Earth as long as she didn't have to see him ever again.

"Earth to Keely!" Pim shouted.

Keely blinked realizing she was standing there holding the cake and blushed. She put it on the table with the rest of the food and went to take her place beside Phil.

"You sure were thinking pretty hard. You were doing the lip bitey squinty thing. It's cute." Phil said.

"I'm so glad my thought processes amuse you." Keely said.

"Well…he doesn't get to see them all that often so…" Alicia said.

Keely gasped in shock.

"Ooh…burn…" Hackett said, the teenagers stared at him, "I watch that 70's Show too."

"Just messin with ya." Alicia said.

Keely smiled, as Barb waked out with roast duck.

"Okay since we didn't get to do this at Thanksgiving, we're going to go around the table and talk about how the past year has changed us and what we're all thankful for." Barb said taking her place next to Lloyd.

"Well…I guess I'll go first…" Lloyd started standing up, "My life has changed a lot I've improved my golf game…which was nonexistent…we got rid of Curtis and now we're expecting another addition to our family. I'm thankful for the fact that sometimes, people leave us…just to make room for more people in your life."

"Interesting…" Barb said standing, "I guess it's my turn, this past year has really opened my eyes to the present state of the world. And I'm thankful that as my world changes I can adapt to those changes and even change with them."

"Okay…here goes…" Pim began as she grudgingly got to her feet, "My life has changed a lot this year. Better plans, more mischief, bigger trouble. And I'm thankful that I have a family that will support me no matter how many policemen are banging on the front door."

"Well…this is strange I haven't known you all very long but it feels like I've known you forever…" Alicia started not making eye contact with anyone, "This year hasn't been easy for me. Since my parents found out I was gay they basically disowned me, I'm thankful that my uncle let me live with him and I'm thankful that he happens to live next to you guys. You've been so great like a family that actually accepts me for who I am."

It was finally Hackett's turn he stood up, Keely could hear him sniffling from where he stood way down at the end of the table, "I've gotten so used to living alone…I've done it for so long…having Alicia in the house is an adventure. I learned that Marilyn Manson is a man and that having a teenager in your house is a lot different from teaching. I'm thankful that Alicia came to live with me and that I was able to help her out when she needed me."

Phil squeezed Keely's hand and he stood up, "My life has changed a lot this year, it hasn't been easy at all but I wouldn't change how I ended up here for anything. I couldn't be happier, I'm thankful for everything, family, friends, my job even though I hate it, and for the fact the most amazing girl in the whole world has agreed to be my wife."

Keely's eyes were filled with tears it was her turn and she had no idea what she was going to say, she never did that's what mad things interesting.

"This year I've been through a lot; I've been hurt, I've found love, and I'm gonna have a baby. It's just so crazy right now and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm thankful for the way you've all opened your hearts to me and let me in when things got rough, you didn't let me down which is more than I can say for my own mother, and I'm even more thankful for the man who's stuck by me through everything. Phil, I love you so much…" Keely said.

"I love you too babe," he said pulling her into his arms.

"Ow…" she said pressing her hand to her belly.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I think that was the real deal. I think I'm really actually having contractions."

"Keely are you sure?" he asked.

"I think so, they are pretty frequent." She said.

"How close are they?" he asked.

"I don't know twenty minutes I guess," she shrugged.

"Keely, why didn't you tell us?" he asked.

"Phil, this happens all the time, I'm not due for another five or six weeks." Keely said.

"Is she having pains again?" Barb asked.

"Yes, and she didn't tell me she'd been having them all day." Phil said.

"Uh oh…" Keely said.

"What?"

"I think her water just broke."

The whole table went into a panic.

Keely whistled loudly, "Hey! I am the one who should be panicking."

"Come on." He picked her up.

"Keely's in labor, for real this time. We've got to go." Phil shouted making his way to the door.

"You didn't tell me this was gonna hurt." Keely barked.

"I didn't know." Phil said.

"Pim, you go with Phil and Keely. I'm gonna get Keely's things and meet you at all at the hospital." Barb said calmly.

"I'll get the cigars and the cocktail weenies." Lloyd said.

"Pim help me with this damn door!" Phil hollered.

"You get one chance to do that." Pim warned walking ahead and opening the door.

She walked ahead and opened the car door, "So I get to drive?"

"Think again…I'm driving toss me the keys." Alicia said.

"Fine I got shotgun." Pim said.

Phil put Keely in the backseat, and buckled her in. He seriously doubted Alicia was going was going to go the speed limit.

Pim got in the front seat, "People in this century are so primitive. Natal pod births are so much easier, and probably less messy."

Alicia got in the car got into the car and threw it in reverse, "Hang on."

"Oh I'm hanging." Keely said.

Keely growled in response, "I want this kid out of me!"

"Exactly where is this baby gonna come out? Is it just going to burst out of her stomach like in Alien?" Pim asked.

They made to the ER and set a new speed record at the same time.

"You okay?" Phil asked.

"As well as I can be considering…" Keely responded he opened the door and carried her from the car to the ER.

"It's like toting a water buffalo isn't it?" she asked him.

"You're light as a feather." He said as they burst into the ER.

Thirty minutes later they were all packed into a delivery room, Phil's parents had arrived along with Hackett, Owen and Via had also shown up.

"I wish they'd give me some damn drugs!" she said gripping Phil's hand.

"Keely..." he gasped he was sure his wrist was sprained but he didn't care.

"You're doing great Keely." Barb said enthusiastically from Keely's other side.

She glared at her, "How is this…" she pointed at her pregnant belly which made the rest of her look like stick figure "going to come out of this?"

"I don't know…but it's certainly going to be fascinating to see a real live birth!" Barb said snapping pictures.

Dr. Brown breezed into the room apologizing, "Sorry. I got stuck in traffic."

"Dr. Brown could you please do me a huge favor?" Keely asked sweetly.

"Yes?"

"Could you please remove the child that seems to be stuck inside of me?"

"Let's have a look shall we?" she asked peering under the sheet over Keely's legs.

"I still can't believe it has to come out there…" Pim shuddered popping a cocktail weenie in her mouth, "I am so not gonna get pregnant in century."

"You'd better not." Lloyd told her.

"Oh my…" Dr. Brown said, "You're doing great Keely, you're almost fully dilated. It won't be much longer before I can remove the child stuck inside you."

Keely smiled, "Well let's hop to it…"

One hour later Keely screamed it was over it was by far the most difficult thing she'd ever had to do, she could hear her daughter wailing in the distance. She realized it was only the beginning.

"You did it Keel. You're like super woman." Phil kissed her.

"Well, it looks like you two are the proud parents of a healthy baby girl." Dr. Brown smiled handing the baby to some nurses to be cleaned up.

"Can we see her?" Keely asked excitedly.

"Just a second…" the nurse said before starting over with the baby wrapped in a soft white blanket the little tuft of hair clearly visible on the top of the baby's head.

Keely took the baby from the nurse and she immediately stopped crying; it felt weird to hold her above her heart instead of underneath it the way it had been for going on eight months.

"She's gorgeous…" Keely said gazing down at the little pink face.

"She definitely gets that from you." Phil said.

"Naturally." She smirked.

"She is darling…" Via said.

"Darling? She's the cutest baby I ever seen. Lloyd, this is the chance we get to have a little girl in house. This time we're going make sure she gets raised right." Barb said.

"Hey!" Pim shouted.

"I so need to get one of these things." Owen remarked.

"You can't just go out and pick one up on the way home doofus," Alicia said.

"I know…you totally have to make your own." Owen said.

Keely rolled her eyes ignoring the dysfunction surrounding her, "Hello there…Cadence. Welcome to the Crazy Bunch."

"Cadence? I like the sound of that…I told you she would tell you her name." Phil said.

"You wanna hold her…see if she'll tell you her middle name?" Keely asked.

"Keel…I don't know if can do this…I've only held one baby in my life and that was Pim…you know how that turned out." Phil said.

"So you're the one who dropped her on her head?" Hackett asked.

"Come on give it a try." Keely smiled handing him the baby.

He held her awkwardly, "Cadence Noelle."

"That's perfect!" Keely said.

"Ooh…I wanna hold her." Barb said excitedly.

Phil passed the baby off to his mother, "This is your wacky Grandma."

"Hi there, Cadence." Barb said.

"She's beautiful Keel, you did amazing." Phil kissed Keely's forehead.

Keely smiled, she'd gotten the ultimate gift her daughter and she'd never been happier. She had been right her life did change.