Mikey's eyes shift to Kelly. "Your brother?"
"With Troy?" Brand adds.
"Uh…" Kelly drifts off.
"Who cares?" Mouth yells.
Everyone begins to shout Troy and Scott's name. They beg them to send down the bucket.
"Andy is that you?" Troy shouts back.
"Yes Troy it's me!" Andy begs.
They go back and forth as Kelly walks off. Mikey grabs her arm.
"No you don't." He pulls her back just a bit and grabs her shoulders. "What is going on?"
Kelly can't help but blush and turns her head away. "I just…"
He lets go of her. "Please tell me."
She gives him a solemn look. "Troy is my cousin. My mother is Mr. Perkins younger sister."
Mikey stares at her. "So… you just hid that from us?"
"I didn't want to be known as Troy's cousin." Kelly looks at the ground. "I didn't think it would matter that much…"
"Well, if I would have known, maybe I would've gotten the others to believe we could save the Goondocks."
"What are you-"
"You could have convinced your mom to talk your uncle out of it! Then we could have been done with this earlier!" Mikey sighs. "No one would be asking Troy, of all people, to lift them up and out of here."
"…Isn't this what you wanted? An adventure?"
"Not one where everyone gave up so easily." He walks away from her, leaving Kelly to look defeated.
The others struggle over who gets the bucket first. Mikey looks on in disappointment, then suddenly his face lightens up.
"Chester Copperpott!"
They all turn to look at him. Even Kelly looks up to hear what he has to say.
"Don't you guys see? Don't you guys know? He was a pro. He never made it this far. Look how far we've come! We've got a chance!"
Andi argues with him as she desperately just wants to leave.
Mikey continues to improve morale through a speech, reminding everyone what was going on. Foreclosures, new high schools, new friends, no more adventures. He ends with, "It's our time down here, and it's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket."
They all look at each other and nod. Andi sends up the bucket as Mikey watches her, taking a puff from his inhaler.
They come together for one group huddle. "Our time." Mikey says one last time.
Suddenly, Scott lowers himself down into the well. Kelly rushes up to him and hugs him. "I'm actually glad to see you!"
He rolls his eyes. "Mom and Dad have been wondering where you were! And you've been hanging out in a well all day?"
"Why were you with Troy?" Brand demands.
"He's my lame ass cousin, okay?" Scott sighs. "We don't have a good relationship. You've got nothing to worry about."
The boys all look at Kelly with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner… I was just worried-"
"It's okay, Kell." Mouth says, putting his arm around her. "You can just make up for it with a kiss?" He puckers his lips as he tries to contain his laughter. The boys all grab him and start their trek down the tunnel again.
"He was kidding, Scott." Kelly reassures her brother.
"You're friends are weird." Scott says. "I'm not leaving you though, you need to have some form of guidance."
"If you say so." Kelly shrugs. They follow behind the rest of the group.
-ooOoo-
After an accident with one of One Eyed Willy's traps, the gang found its way into another part of the underground tunnel. Mikey looks at the map and twitches. "I gotta go to the bathroom."
"Pee break. Whose gotta go?"
Everyone raises their hand. Mikey divides the two sides of the room: the little boy's room and the little girl's room. They all go to their respective sides except for Brand, who insists on going to the men's room. All of the boys soon follow.
On the girl's side, Andi gushes to Stef about Brand.
"Andi, this is not the time or the place to do this."
"I know what I'm doing." Andi assures her. "Brand! Brand!"
Kelly shushes her. "The Fratellis, Andi."
"Oh, right." Andi nods. "Could you… go find him for me?"
"Me?"
"Yeah, just… lead him to me, okay?"
"Sure…" Kelly walks through a smaller tunnel, trying not to make any sounds. She wanders around until she sees a shadowy figure. She stops in her tracks, unsure what to say. He looks smaller than what she thought, but maybe it was just the lighting.
He got closer and closer. His mouth opens to speak but Kelly impulsively grabs his face to press his lips onto hers. It lasted for two seconds but to them it felt like an eternity.
She pulls away and sighs. "I don't…"
"Kelly?"
"Mikey?"
The two look at each other in the dark, completely speechless. They immediately turn around and sprint straight back.
"Did you find him?" Andi asks her.
Kelly's face is bright red. "No, no I didn't…"
Stef looks at her friend. "Another time. It will be way more romantic than this, okay?"
Andi sighs. "Sure, I guess." They both leave with their arms linked.
Kelly stood there in silence, reflecting on the last two minutes of what she thought she never wanted.