Title: Dare you to move
Author: alienangel19852003
Summary: Summertime is rapidly approaching in Pickford and Phil, Keely, Owen, and Via are bored. Owen suggests a game of dare will his game be the thing that brings them all closer than before?
Rating: T, sexuality, language, teen partying,
Disclaimer: I don't own POTF.
"Dancing with myself"
Keely walked into the broadcast lab the Friday of the same week that she'd cried in Phil's car. She'd been doing a better job keeping her emotions under control since then. The dare game had only escalated, it seemed Owen and Via were trying harder than ever to come up with situations that pushed her and Phil together.
She was too busy drinking her latte to greet Owen and Via who were sitting on the couch talking quietly when she entered. The two hadn't noticed her arrival.
"Owen, we've tried nearly everything and nothing has worked so far. I'm almost out of ideas. How are we going to get them together?" Via asked.
Keely froze crouching down behind a filing cabinet, she had to hear the rest of the conversation. She peeped around the cabinet at her two conspiring friends.
Owen put his arm around Via and she smiled, ducking her head to look at him.
"I think I have an idea that just might work." Owen smirked.
"And what pray tell is that? Phil can sniff out dumb plan from a mile away, a result of having Pim for a sister, and you don't have the capability to lie to Keely."
"You see Via, I don't have to lie to Keely for my plan to work because my plan happens to be a dare." Owen smiled proudly.
"And if this like all of our dares doesn't work?" Via asked.
"We'll lock them in the closet and see what happens from there. I don't understand why they have to be so stubborn about this. Phil and Keely are going to get together whether they like it or not." Owen said vehemently.
"You tell 'em." Via smirked.
"Guess what my parents are going out of town for the weekend."
"You know you're supposed to give me time to guess…" Via rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, so that means I've got the place to myself." Owen grinned pulling Via closer.
Surprisingly Via giggled and let him hold her tighter. Keely gasped in shock, it was the first she had seen of their relationship.
"It means that we can do a lot more of this safely without anyone finding out." Owen said kissing Via.
Keely smirked looking away, so they got together after all. Thinking that Owen and Via affirmed their feelings for each other gave her hope for her and Phil. It made her forget all about them planning out the details of their hook up together. Keely couldn't be mad at them. They were giving the push they desperately needed.
Keely snuck back out the door and made her presence known, by bumping the door into the wall before striding in, giving the couple time to stop what they were doing.
"Hey guys," she said casually unable to hide her smirk.
"Nothing…" Owen responded.
Via poked him the ribs, "She didn't ask if we were doing anything."
"OH I thought she said, "What sup," so I'm like, "Nothing…" Owen said.
Keely laughed, "So you guys got dates for the formal on Saturday?"
Owen looked at Via, "I think I've got some one in mind."
"I was probably going to go with this doofus." Via said.
"You sound sooo excited." Keely joked.
"What about you Keel?" Owen asked.
"I don't know…" Keely said holding on the hope that Phil would ask her.
Phil made his way down the hall to the broadcast lab he smiled excited about seeing Keely. He wondered if she had a date for the formal, he could ask her today if she'd go with him or he could let someone else come along and take her to the dance show her the night of her life and make her fall madly in love with him he'd lose her forever.
It seemed every dance they'd gone to together got ruined either by his father fixing the Time Machine, barnyard creatures, or Pim's plans for world domination. He swore that this would be different they were going to have a good time. He knew that his father had secretly abandoned all hope of fixing the Time Machine and his sister was far to interested in going to this dance and having fun with her boyfriend.
He never thought he'd see the day that Pim would finally give Little Danny a chance but now all of a sudden they were all over each other. It was nice to see his sister actually acting like a normal teenager instead acting like Rasputin.
"What up with it P-Dawg." Owen said.
Phil rolled his eyes, "Of all the nicknames I think that one is my least favorite."
"Someone's in a good mood usually you just growl at him and ask me where's the coffee." Keely said.
"I know…"Via said getting off the couch and starting over to where Phil and Keely were standing at a table.
"Have you been getting your caffeine from another woman?" Keely asked with mock distress.
"Save the quips and pass the joe will ya?" he smirked.
She passed him his coffee.
"Are the seniors pouring soap bubbles into Vice Principal Hackett's fountain?" Via asked gazing out of the window.
"I think so…" Phil said, "I saw Max Jordan run in with a huge box of laundry detergent when I came in."
"Sounds like breaking news…" Keely said.
"You will not report on the senior pranks. You remember when we did that hard hitting piece about senior skip day they didn't just egg your car they egged both of us." Phil told her.
"And so is the life of a real investigative reporter you know, the death threats the hate mail. It comes with the territory; I'm not scared Phil are you?" Keely said.
"I just don't want you to get hurt." He admitted.
Lately Keely had been taking more risks with her stories reporting on more than dirty mop water. One of their school's former coaches had been molesting one of the girls in his health class and Keely got her to tell her story. Needless to say Coach Mecklenburg wasn't a very happy man and neither was the varsity football team.
It seems that even a town like Pickford had a seedy underbelly. things that were their underneath but they never saw but as they got older it all became more glaringly obvious. Phil wanted to leave it all alone, but Keely strove to make a difference and he was always right there with her.
"Well, we're going to go watch the festivities, do you need us to take a camera along and get some of it?" Via asked.
"That won't be necessary." Keely said, "See you guys at lunch,"
With that Owen and Via were gone. And Phil was suddenly nervous as hell. But he had to ask her.
"Hey Keel, I know this is a bit short notice but I was wondering…if you have a date for formal."
"No, not yet but I have my dress and shoes…"
Phil smirked; Keely was always fashion first details later.
"Well, I thought that since you don't have a date yet and I don't have a date yet maybe we can go together."
There was an awkward pause, and he wondered if he'd taken the wrong tact.
"There's no pressure Keel. We can go just as friends."
"I'd love to…" she smiled.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phil…when you asked me before did you want to go like not as friends, I mean like a real date?" she asked.
"I guess so…" he said, "If you want, no pressure."
"I want. I definitely want." Keely said looking him over.
"Creat!" he said before he could stop himself.
"What?"
"I started to say cool and then I sort of said great. A case of verbal dyslexia, my apologies."
"It's all grool." She smirked.
They amused themselves until Saturday afternoon with the game of dare. Keely thought she'd seen and done it all when she'd run around the school naked. But nothing could prepare her for what she felt when she was getting ready for formal. She was so nervous while Via was applying her make up.
"V…" Keely whined, "I can't believe after all this time he's finally asked me out."
"That's great Keely but you need to calm down you're all flushed. I'm trying to apply this bronzing powder."
"You're right I can't over think this, it's just a dance." Keely said.
"He's in love with you and you love him." Via said.
"You think he loves me…?" Keely asked.
"Duh!" Via exclaimed.
"I don't know what to do V…I want to be with him so bad. I think we could be good together." Keely said.
"You could be with him if you'd tell him how you feel."
"He should know how I feel, I've been giving him all the signals."
Via took a step back and pursed her lips, "You know Phil, he's all Mr. Oblivious when it comes to girls."
"He does share Lloyd Diffy's DNA." Keely conceded.
"I am so glad. Owen dared Phil to ask you out tonight," Via blurted.
"What?"
"You…you didn't know?"
"No wonder he was all like no pressure. We definitely need pressure. Ugh…I can't believe I thought this was real… he doesn't want me Via. He's just playing this stupid game." Keely said sadly, "You guys go and have fun I'm gonna sit this one out."
"Oh no you won't. I've spent the last three hours curling your hair, you are going to that dance."
"Via…" Keely whined.
"Don't you Via me. They are going to be here any second Phil is going to be crushed if you flake on him."
"He didn't really want to go with me Via."
"He does, he was just too chicken to ask you himself." Via told her.
"The man has walked through liquefied glass out ran bulls and he's lived with Pim for the past fourteen years." Keely said.
"What…"
"Don't ask don't tell." Keely said.
The doorbell rang and Keely heard her mother yelling from downstairs.
"They're here!" Via exclaimed.
"You seen awfully excited about this dance." Keely raised an eyebrow.
"Shut up." Via said grabbing her purse and heading downstairs Keely followed.
They could barely make it downstairs for the quick flashes of her mother's digital camera.
"Mother! Would you cut it out! Gosh! Now I know how Britney Spears feels." Keely said.
Keely had barely finished barking at her doting mother when she looked up and saw Phil, he looked so adorable, he was wearing a black tuxedo with a gold bow tie and vest complete with tails and a top hat. But he was still sporting his trademark black Chuck Taylor Converse.
"Keely…"
"Phil…"
They both began at the same time as they made their way toward each other.
Phil gulped, he knew Keely was going all out for this dance. But damn, decked out in the white and gold tailored gown all she was missing was a wedding veil. He couldn't breathe, he'd never thought about marrying her before. He'd thought of doing other explicit things traditionally done after a wedding. Her long hair tumbled down her back in gorgeous curls in a half up half down style kind of like a some medieval princess.
"You look beautiful…" he whispered.
"You look pretty darn hot yourself Phil Diffy." Keely said forgetting once again that it was all pretend.
"Aw…you kids smile for the pictures you can flirt at the dance. I've got some Desperate Housewives TiVoed that I'd really like to watch…" Mandy Teslow said.
Phil rolled his eyes and he posed with the gang for seemingly endless pictures and finally they made their way outside.
"We have a surprise for you ladies." Owen said.
"Oh know we're taking that motel on wheels you call a suburban?" Keely asked.
"Not hardly. I rented a limo. I beat my father at charades every week for two months and I had a little cash to throw around." Phil said nonchalantly.
"Classy," Via said as the limo driver opened the door for them.
"I know right…" Phil said.
Once they were all inside Via and Keely began to play around with all the buttons in the limo.
"How about a toast guys to celebrate. This thing totally has some tequila in the mini bar." Owen said.
"I don't know…" Phil said.
"Phil come on down wimp out on me man…" Owen said.
"Fine give me the fucking bottle. I hate peer pressure." Phil snatched the bottle from Owen and took a sip it burned on the way down, but it wasn't as horrible as he first thought.
"I didn't think you had it in you." Via took the bottle from him and took a long chug, before passing it off to Keely who took a delicate sip.
Phil liked how her mouth stretched around the neck of the bottle, he could so imagine it stretching around something else. It was suddenly warm back there, with her sitting so close.
"See guys this is fun…" Owen said after taking a sip and sliding his arm around Via.
Phil rolled his eyes, it was so obvious that the two had been hooking up all week.
"Did you guys get permission to stay over at Owen's tonight?" Via asked.
"It's all good. I talked to my mom. And she'd actually prefer me to stay over there instead of going to the football team's after party." Keely said.
"My dad said if he saw me before Sunday he was going to disown me. I half want to show up over there for the hell of it." Phil said.
Keely laughed and it was like music to his ears, by the time they reached the school Phil had taken three straight shots of tequila upon Via's dare and he wasn't thinking too clearly.
"I think my parents think I'm gay…" he blurted as the limo came to a stop.
"You're not though dude…cause that would make me gay by association, and you know I gosta get mine." Owen said.
"I'm not ."
"You'd better not because this would be a good waste of an aquabra." Keely said adjusting her strapless gown.
"What? Your breasts are perfect Keel…you don't need some aquatic whatsamadoodle." Phil said his eyes falling on the girl's cleavage.
"That's really sweet Phil but my eyes are up here. And they happen to be just as enchanting as my breasts. Now come on. If I didn't know better I'd say you were drunk." Keely said slurring her words a bit she too was tipsy.
The gym was packed, and Little Danny and Pim were up in the DJ booth kissing. It was going to take a while to get used to Pim kissing Danny instead of punching him in the face.
"We need to dance…" Keely whispered leading him out onto the floor into the crush of bodies.
Phil wasn't used to the way people in the twenty first century danced. And it was a bit difficult when they both kept tripping over the train of Keely's gown as they attempted to gyrate to a song by Camillionare. They danced and laughed the night away with Owen and Via and before they knew it the dance was nearly over.
Danny put on another record.
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
When there's nothing to lose
And there's nothing to prove
well I'll dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh, oh
If I looked all over the world
And there's every type of girl
But their empty eyes seem to pass me by
leave me dancing with myself
So let's sink another drink
'Cause it'll give me time to think
If I had a chance, I'd ask the world to dance
And I'm dancing with myself
Phil was tired of dancing around his feelings for Keely, it was junior formal for crying out loud he'd been denying his feelings for her for over three years. There wasn't another girl for him. He was going tell her tonight. He decided he was done being the best friend. He wanted to be her boyfriend.
"Tonight's the night…" he we whispered.
"What?" Keely asked.
"Nothing."
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh dancing with myself
When there's nothing to lose
And there's nothing to prove
well I'll dancing with myself
Oh, oh, oh, oh
