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.
A/n: This isnt the end, fret not gentle viewers. I hope to finish up this story soon, God and my computer willing I will have my third complete multi chapter story up for you guys in about a week. I hope you like it, review and tell me what you think about it. I couldnt stop writing it once I got started. The song Keely sings is by Jessica Simpson, she owns it I dont. chapter title and story title come from Switchfoot.
"Let's sing one true tune"
Phil and Keely did well on their presentation for Messerschmitt's class, earning the only A's in the class. He barely saw Keely all weekend; he'd spent all that time rehearsing with Via.
"I'm sorry, I'm just not good at this…" He said helping Via up off the floor, they had tried to a complicated spin move and he didn't grab her in time and she ended up landing hard on her ass.
She was laughing hysterically, "It's okay, Phil at least you don't stomp all over my feet like Owen did. And I think you may be improving. These steps are pretty new to you but you're getting there." Via said.
"Hey," Owen cried indignantly.
Phil ignored him and tried to convince Via to stop this madness.
"This fusion of ballet, ballroom, and hip hop takes a while to get used to." Phil said.
"All you have to do is twirl me and catch me do a couple of salsa steps and stand there and look pretty. Well, that was all Owen was going to do." Via said.
"I'm kinda of clumsy V…you may or may not have noticed that." He told her.
"We are going to get trough this routine perfectly before you go home today. And you're going to call Keely as soon as we're done and take her to the movies are we clear?" Via asked using her drill sergeant voice.
"Now, we start again okay. I reworked the routine precisely for a beginner. Owen start the music." Via commanded.
"Ma'am, yes Ma'am." Owen said from where he sat on Via's sofa next to a small boom box he pressed play and Hips Don't Lie started to play.
Keely smiled when she'd gotten that text message from Phil. She was sitting on her porch steps waiting for him to arrive, with her kitty cat bag on her shoulder and her tightest pair of low-rise stretch jeans minus the sparkles on the sides and a white halter. Her hair was curled to perfection and her green eyes were played up by smoky make up and enough mascara for the entire H.G. Wells cheer squad. Oh yeah she was ready.
Phil had asked her to come to the movies with him, he said he would come pick her up straight from practicing with Via. She hadn't been waiting long when he pulled up. He parked and got out.
"Hey," he said.
"Long time no see." She said smirking.
"You know Via is a slave driver." Phil said, "She let me out early because I finally got down the routine all except for the lifts and spins, she said that instead of me taking you to the movies we should rent one called um, Nasty Dancing."
"You mean Dirty Dancing…" Keely smirked.
"Same difference." He muttered averting his eyes, he looked very much like a little boy.
Keely got the stranger urge to ruffle his hair and kiss the light dusting freckles on the bridge of his nose. She wondered if he would ever know how beautiful she thought he was.
"Okay I so love that movie." Keely said, "We'll have to watch it my room. If my mom catches us watching it downstairs she'll want to watch too. I totally had to burn her copy her Patrick Swayze lust has gotten too out of hand. I think she has that dance DVD he put out with his wife but she keeps it hidden in her room thankfully." Keely babbled.
"Whoa take a breath Keel…" Phil said.
"Are you nervous?" she asked.
"No!" he asked sounding alarmed a sure sign that he was indeed nervous.
"It's okay, I am a little nervous myself."
"I don't get why though, we've gone to the video store a hundred times. Watched so many movies alone up in your room. Why is this so different?" Phil asked.
"I don't know it feels kind of like a…"
"Date…" they both finished together.
"And you know what happened last time we had a date…" Phil pointed out.
"Drunken sex ensued. Phil you should quit worrying about taking advantage of me. And just I don't know. Date me if you want to date me be my friend if you want to be my friend. This is unresolved sexual tension that I thought would be resolved when we had sex but only got worse is killing me!" Keely finished dramatically.
"You're cute when you're angry. You're eyes get all intense, and you just…you don't know what it does to me Keely." Phil said.
"What?" she asked unable to stop the smile that spread across her face.
"Oh?" he blushed, "I didn't say that out loud did I?"
"Yep, I think you did." She smirked, "Thanks, I didn't know you thought I was cute."
"You're beautiful Keel…" he said, "I've told you that…"
"But never when I had all my clothes on." She said.
"I think you're beautiful no matter what you wear, or don't wear." He smirked, "Come on let's go to the video store, we can even rent that one you like about the old creepy couple." Phil said reaching out a hand to her.
"You mean The Notebook." She smiled putting her hand in his they were definitely flirting, "Nah I think I'm in a Grease type mood."
"Keely, Keely, Keely…" Phil admonished as they made their way to his car.
Keely was still smiling the next day when she and Phil sat in the broadcast lab, editing footage for her fancy demo reel, applying to Journalism school wasn't way off, but it had been decided that the two of them were going to do some general studies at some close by college to appease their mothers and so they wouldn't get separated any time soon.
They had snuggled and watched movies all night things were better than normal the flirtation hadn't stopped and Keely was hoping it wouldn't end that it would lead somewhere.
Owen hobbled into the room this time without his crutches, "Hide me, Via's coming…"
Phil and Keely both stared as Owen dived behind the couch.
Phil slid under the desk and peered up at Keely, "You haven't seen me either…" He whispered.
Via burst through the doors a minute later, "Where are they?"
"Who exactly?" Keely asked blinking putting on her innocent face.
"You know who so cut the crap Teslow, I know you know where they are hiding. Now give up the goods. Phil and I should practice during free period the show is just days away."
"You woke him up at the crack of dawn to practice with you in the lake. I think he deserves a break." Keely said.
"We're so close to nailing it, you should see it Phil's good Keely. Better than Owen." Via said.
Keely rolled her eyes, "I've been talking to the boys. And they seem to have a problem with all this practice all the time. They need a break V…at least for the today. And I can promise. Tomorrow Phil will be sharp and ready to dance." Keely told her.
The couch cleared it's throat, "And Owen will be willing to be your boyfriend again tonight." Keely added.
"Fine, but Owen I swear if you're late for our date I'm going to beat you with your crutches!" Via shouted as she made her way out of the room.
Phil climbed out from under the desk when he was sure the Drill Sergeant of Dance had left the room.
"Thanks Keel…"
"Anytime Philly-Willy." She smiled.
Phil narrowed his eyes but said nothing.
Owen climbed from behind the couch and fell down exhausted on to the cushions, "That woman is driving me insane, I think I'm in love with her."
"How do you jump from her driving you insane to saying you love her? I don't understand." Phil said.
"I think I do…" Keely smirked.
"What do you mean?" Phil asked.
"You drive me crazy too sometimes. It doesn't mean that I don't…" she whispered gazing into his eyes.
"You make me a little nuts too…" he admitted.
"See, now you get where I'm coming from Diffo. Now how do I go about making this relationship exclusive? Do I buy her a ring or do I just get her a grill?"
"I don't think it's the barbeque that girl is wanting." Keely said.
"No, I mean like this kind of grill," He said holding up a magazine with a picture of Kelis and her husband Nas.
"I don't think she'll want that either." Phil said.
"Come on these things are way in and lots more expensive than a silly old diamond solitaire." Owen said.
Phil looked at Keely for help but she shrugged and looked away.
"I think it's kind of sweet, that he would do that for her." Keely said as they made their way to the auditorium later that day.
"Sweet? I wonder how sweet it will be when Via tears him a new one for being so stupid, I mean just because he's got all this money to throw around on this big expensive gift doesn't mean it'll change things between them." Phil said.
"It's amazing what a gift can do for a girl's attitude, you're being to pessimistic about their situation." Keely pointed out.
"I'll try to remember that." Phil smirked
"You should so lighten up it'll do wonders for your dancing,"
"I didn't mean that part." He muttered.
"Who's the lucky girl you're thinking about getting a present for."
"Oh, just someone I know. She's about five eight blonde hair green eyes goes by the name of Keely. Maybe you've seen her around." Phil said, falling back into the new routine of flirting.
"Yeah I think I have only when I look in the mirror though." She laughed.
"Seriously, what would you do if I bought you some bling bling and said, 'Yo girl, you wanna be my old lady?'"
"I'd ask you how to put in my new grilly thingy and say 'I'd love to be yo old lady homedog.'" Keely said trying out some street slang, it almost worked for them but fortunately almost doesn't count.
Phil laughed he couldn't be more in love with her, but why was he so damn afraid to tell her.
Little Danny and Pim were getting things set up for the talent show with the help of Debbie Berwick and Bradley Benjamin Farmer.
Pim and Bradley were fighting loud enough to cause anyone to take notice, Little Danny tried to mediate was getting ignored and Debbie was head of the Student's Activity committee worked obliviously setting up the stage.
"Wow the place looks great," Keely said.
"Blondie, nice of you to join us I see you brought Big Head. Are you ready to do this thing? I hope you don't mind these two along for the ride, but they've got a job to do."
"Big Head?" Phil fumed, "I don't have a big head just thick hair, I'm letting it grow out."
Keely snickered and ran a hand through his hair, he thoroughly enjoyed the contact.
"Whatever." Pim said.
Keely pulled him into a quick hug, "Wish me luck,"
"Good luck." He whispered enjoying the hint of her perfume mixed with something else something comepletely Keely, it was different than her normal flowery scent, sexier, darker he liked it.
Keely bounded up to do her song, Danny started the music and Phil took a seat in the empty auditorium chairs.
Keely began to sing that classic and oh so familiar Britney Spears song. A song so familiar that even Phil knew all the words by heart even before he met Keely. People were always using popular songs from the past to sell stuff.
Phil couldn't ignore the surging of lust in his body when he saw Keely wiggle around as she preformed Baby One More Time.
"That was great Keel," Phil said clapping his hands.
"You certainly gave Miss Spears-Federline a run for her money," Debbie said.
"Thanks…"
"If you want to go pro here's my card, Idol Seven we can be there me and you just think about it." Pim said handing Keely a business card.
Keely walked down from the stage inspecting the card in her hand, "Pim Diffy, Talent Manager?"
"Pim has about a million side projects, none of them ever seem to work out remember that before getting involved with her." Phil said.
"Yeah, I don't think I could sing in front of Simon Cowell anyways. I know I'd be so nervous, I'd never be able to get started."
"I'm sure you'd do fine,"
"I'd only do it if you were my manager. And besides this signing thing is too easy anyone can get a record contract these days just look at William Hung, Tara Schrader even had album out for a while."
"We'll think about it over burgers and fries okay, you hungry?"
"I'm starved." Keely said.
They day of the big show rolled around and Phil was more nervous than he'd ever been he was waiting in the wings with Via, Owen, and Keely. He didn't dare let his nervousness show.
"Remember to wet your lips and arch your back, the judges are going to be looking for poise and sex appeal." Via said.
"Ms. Feinstein is judging the dancers." Phil pointed out.
"And she loves you kid, we've got this in the bag." Via said straightening the collar on Phil's jacket.
"Next on stage we have the dance styling of Via Crowley and Phil Diffy." Pim said in a bored tone.
"That's us go, go." Via said pasting on a fake smile as they made their way out on stage.
Via nodded at Danny who started up the music, Phil went into autopilot doing the steps that Via had practically beat into his brain. He let go and did the routine fluidly, the turns the spins and even the lift that they had never managed to get properly. When the finished the whole crowd was on it's feet, Phil could see his parents waving to him from the stands excitedly and Via's father sternly clapping in the front row.
"Wow…that was the best it's ever went," Via said as they walked backstage.
"And I owe it all to you, if you hadn't been a stupid jerk I wouldn't be winning a trophy." Via cooed throwing her arms around Owen.
"We don't know if we won yet V…cool your jets." Phil said.
"Did you see that crowd? Who else is going to take the dance trophy? Candida and those little snots are toast." Via said.
"She's right Phil you guys did great. I didn't know you could move like that, half animal half man." Keely laughed.
"Keel…" he said pulling her into a hug it was the first time in awhile that he'd initiated one.
He could once again feel the lust surging in his body from seeing her in that short little skirt and the oxford shirt tied up revealing her smooth flat tummy her purple lace bra just barely visible. Her hair was put up into pig tails completing the school girl look.
They watched as Little Danny's magic act crashed and burned, then Candida and her girls came out and did a hip hop dance that paled in comparison to what he had done with Via, she was right that trophy was so theirs. Or hers more accurately, but Phil didn't care he had his arm around the real prize.
"Ooh…it's my turn Phil, you know how Tara likes to go last now…" Keely rolled her eyes.
"And now presenting the girl with the golden voice and my new client, people put your hands together for Keely Teslow…" Pim announced.
Via, Phil and Owen made their way down to the floor where Via's father had saved them seats up front.
Phil watched as Keely made her way on stage, his gaze moved from her legs up to her mouth Little Danny was about to start the music but Keely stopped him.
"I wanna pick another song I don't like that one sorry," she said walking over to where Little Danny had his laptop and his turntable and speakers set up.
"I'm sorry folks, I've got to get a point across to a friend of mine. And we all know how guys can be." She said into the headset microphone Hackett had given her only moments earlier.
Keely gazed at Danny's computer screen and pointed to a song in his media player.
"That one." She said firmly it described everything she felt about Phil and then some.
The music started and Keely gazed out into the audience, "You set my soul at ease, chase darkness out of view left your desperate spell on me. Say you feel it too I know you do. I've got so much more to give," she sang sliding a hand down over her bare midsection keeping her eyes trained on Phil who was watching with anticipation.
"This can't die I yearn to live, pour yourself all over me." She sang allowing her hands to roam all over her body before dropping to her knees she'd become quite bold now she imagined it was just her and Phil in the room, "And I'll cherish every drop here on my knees."
"I wanna love you forever, and this all I'm asking of you ten thousand lifetimes together is that so much for you to do?" she sang that chorus that made another blonde singer famous.
Sitting on the edge of the stage she sang the second verse. Half way through she jumped down off the stage into the audience and headed striaght for Phil, she had to get her point across to make him understand her. This was the only way she knew how. She took his hand in hers.
"I've always been taught to wait, and I never thought I'd fall at mercy of a man, I've never been now I only want to be right where you are." she went into the chorus again, foregoing all the vocal runs in the original version.
"Cause from the moment that I saw your face and felt the fire and your sweet embrace, I swear I'm going to love you forever. In my life I've learned that heaven never waits...Let's take this now before it's gone like yesterday...ohhhh..." she sang feeling so overcome with emotion, this was such a release for her, the song was everything she'd wanted to say for nearly four years.
"Cause when I'm with you there's no where else that I would ever want to be...I'm breathing for the next second I can feel you loving me. I'm gonna lovvvvvvvvve..." she sang going an octave higher than Jessica Simpson did with that song and hit all the notes perfectly.
Phil could hear nothing over his own heart beat and the thunderous applause when Keely had finished her song, he hardly noticed Little Danny had turned off the song. He gazed at the girl standing in front of him staring expectantly at him. She was flushed and looked like she had run a marthon. He had to do something, she had bared her soul to him in front of like half the town. He stood up doing the only thing he could think of he scooped her up in his arms and walked out with her, which only seemed to make the applause louder.
Once they were out in the hallway he set her down on her feet, and kissed her hard with all of the passion inside him.
"There's nowhere I want to be either Keel..." he panted as he broke off the kiss.
"I was wondering if you'd finally get the hint."
"I didn't think you were flirting with me, I thought you were just being touchy feely Keely again..." Phil said.
She smirked and put her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply reflexively he wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed her close to him.
"So my little song did the trick? I was hoping I wouldn't have to keep dropping 500 pound flirtation anvils on your head for the next twenty years."
"I tell you what if you come over to my house dressed like that I might have to do a few tricks myself." Phil smirked.
He kissed her again, and it was heaven. No dares, no alcohol, no pretenses, just them. Phil tried to keep his hands at their respectable place on her back and not bring them down, he had to keep himself in check for a least a little while, he still felt so guilty about their little encounter.
He was just holding her when Owen and Via burst out of the other set of double doors and made their way toward them.
"So you two are finally together?"
"Yep, the song certainly worked better than the dare with the meat sauce and the bathtub." Phil rolled his eyes.
"So you knew what we were doing?" Owen asked.
"Well, DUH!" Keely said.
"The meat sauce could have worked, never deny the sensualtity of Italian food." Owen said reverently.
"I wouldn't dare." Phil smirked.
"Ooh...it's trophy time we'd better get in there."
"I've already won." Keely smiled, "Wanna get out of here and get some ice cream to celibrate our victory?"
"Sure."
"I'm going to get my trophy," Via said running back into the auditorium.
