Omgsh! I am so sorry I left everybody hanging for so long. I hope this chapter makes up for the lost time.
Keely frowned, slamming her fist against the table, in frustration. "I can't take this anymore!"
"Honey, I know this is hard." Mrs. Diffy said, resting her hand on her shoulder, comfortingly.
"It's all my fault!" Exclaimed Keely.
"Keely, it's not your fault, it isn't anybody's fault." Barbara Diffy assured her.
"Yes it is." She confessed. "I should've never pressured Phil into sneaking over my house, the first night my Mom left for her business trip. That night, I asked Phil to tell me everything about the future and of course the baby was in the room!"
"It's all my fault." She cried, burying her face into her hands.
"Hello, I'm still on the phone with Hackett." Lloyd whispered, covering up the receiver.
"Sorry." Keely apologized, lowering her voice, to a small whisper.
"Sweet heart, it's not your fault. It isn't anyone's fault. No one knew this would happen, it just did. We can't just sit here and mentally beat ourselves up for something that was an accident. We have to just conquer the problem."
"I know, but if Phil never came over, and I never asked Phil to tell me about the future. This whole thing would've never happened!"
"Honey, I bet there were many other times the future was mentioned, other than the night Phil snuck over to your house." Mrs. Diffy specified.
"Yeah, I guess." Keely lifted her head up with a glum expression still sitting upon her face. "But what if-"
"NO! No ifs No buts!" Mrs. Diffy ordered.
"How can you be so calm & understanding?" Keely asked, playing with her gold locket, Phil got her for her birthday.
"Because I love Phil and I love you. You're like part of the family, and will be legally one day.
Keely smiled. "How do you know?"
"Because I know Phil loves you and you love him. You're meant to be together."
"But how do you know that? How do you know that Phil loves me, how do you know we're meant to be together?" Keely asked with intensity. "Just because he said so, doesn't mean a thing."
"Because I'm a Mom. I know these kinds of things. The way Phil gets up in the morning and dresses up to impress you. He's always searching for something he can do for you, to surprise you. The way he talks about you, the way he freaks out every single time Lloyd supposedly gets close to fixing the time machine. That's how you can tell he really loves you. That's why we permanently dismantled the time machine, so we can stay here forever."
"You really did that for us?" Keely asked, shocked.
"Nothing can stand in the way of true love." Mrs. Diffy smiled. "Especially Lloyd and I. We were exactly the same age when you two met each other and fell in love." She stated.
Keely smiled. "Thanks."
"No problem." Mrs. Diffy smiled back, giving her a hug. "Let's go save Phil and Pim!"
"Of course! Let's go save the man I love" She giggled, and scurried off into the living room to work up a plan.
XxxX"Are you two ready?" Mrs. Diffy asked?
"Choontaga!" Curtis mumbled.
"We're as ready as we're going to be." Keely gulped.
"Re-ady." Curtis stuttered.
"Alright, both of you sit on the counter."
Both of them did as they were told, and huddled of with their knees to their chest, prepared to become the size of a paperclip.
Within seconds Curtis and Keely were the size of a 1-inch paper clip.
"Let's go." Mrs. Diffy picked Keely and Curtis up, putting them in the palm of her hand.
Barbara made her way, silently through the night, to Hackett's house. Once reaching the doorstep, she opened the mail slot in the door, gently letting Keely inside Mr. Hackett's house.
Once Keely was inside, on the ground, she slowly let down Curtis.
After both of them were inside, Mrs. Diffy peaked inside and mumbled, "Do you know the plan?"
"Backwards and Forwards!" She gulped. "Let's go save them."
"Are you okay, Honey?"
"I'm just peachy." She lied, walking inside Hackett's house, Curtis following directly behind.
Curtis and Keely ventured into the dark depths of Hackett's house, observing the odd, disturbing images of Hackett ballroom dancing.
Keely shuddered at the disturbing images, but brushed it off, entering deeper inside.
Curtis kept a slow pace with Keely as the made their way towards the living room.
"Look! There's Phil and Pim!" Keely hid behind the corner.
"PHIL-PIM!" Curtis exclaimed.
"Shhh!!!" Keely whispered.
"C'mon, follow me." The 1-inch Keely said, scurrying over to the two chairs where Phil and Pim were.
Keely and Curtis climbed up the chair, making their way closer to Phil and Pim.
Once reaching Phil' shoulder Keely exclaimed, "We're going to get you out of here!"
Keely?" Phil asked, looking around.
"On your shoulder."
"Eww! What's that smell?" Pim asked, with a revolting expression resting upon her face.
"Keely!" He said excitedly!
"Shh!" She whispered. "We're going to get you out of here, but we can't get caught."
"Got it." He said. "Untie my hands."
"Already one step ahead of you. Curtis is gnawing at the wires as we speak."
"Oh. I missed you so much."
"I missed you too." She stood up on her the tips of her toes, and placed a small kiss on his cheek.
"Phil-free!" Curtis exclaimed wide-eyed.
"Who are you talking to?" Hackett asked.
"I-I was talking to Pim." Phil lied, rolling his eyes.
"Right…" He said walking into the other room.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Phil asked out of the corner of his mouth.
"I don't know, but for right now, Curtis and I need a place to hide."
"Right, jump into my pocket on my shirt."
"Pim? Curtis needs to hide too"
"NO WAY! Pim replied. "AINT GONNA HAPPEN!"
Phil stared directly at Pim, shooting eye bullets the whole time.
"FINE!" She gave up.
Oki doki there you go. I hope this makes up for the wait. Please please review!!!
Much love,
Chels