Unfinshed

Joey looked out over the landing. It would be a long fall, but hell what did it matter, he was already far enough down that 200 more feet surely would not matter.1

Taking in one last deep breathe, Joey Child toke that final step into the unknown.2

~*~*~3

Kiley was surrounded all day by flashing lights. It never ended for her. Everyone wanted a picture of the famous Kiley Aiken. Greatest singer of the world's greatest band. She had everything she could ever want.4

As she stepped into her limo, she thought about Angel, her best friend. The friend who had been so against Kiley leaving for school. It was that school that had given her the chance. If she had not left for school, she would still be that poor girl her mother always wanted her to be.5

Kiley toke one last swig of the drink in her hand and allowed herself into the dream world she so loved.6

~*~*~7

Joey was waiting for the blow of the hard ground to come upon him.8

It never did come.9

Instead it was as though he was floating in midair. He never did land on that hard ground. 10

Rather he went into a deep sleep. Only waking to the high pitch yells of a woman.11

~*~*~12

Kiley woke up facing what she thought was the sun.13

She was very wrong.14

She was not in her bed, but rather what looked like a large room. There was no darkness at all in this room, only light. Which was weird, with all the light you would think there would be some shadows somewhere.15

Nothing.16

Except for the random guy on the floor.17

"What the hell did I drink last night?"18

~*~*~19

Joey looked around and looked deep into the eyes of the woman doing all that yelling.20

He knew her. 21

It was the one that haunted him. The reason he had taken that fall.22

"Am I in heaven or is this hell?"23

The woman looked at him with a look of pure misery.24

She knew who he was.25

"If your name is Joseph Child, then this is hell?"26

He looked right at her. Where had he seen her before? He knew who she was, he just could not place her among the many female faces he had in his past.27

"What does my name have to do with anything, lovely lady?"28

No matter what condition Joey was in he was always a lady's man.29

"Look, my name is Kiley Marie Aiken........."30

"Like the singer."31

Kiley looked at him with a mixture of disbelief and utter annoyance. 32

"Idiot, I am the singer, but that's is not how you know me."33

"Oh really now, and pray tell, how do I know you? I doubt we ever hung out at any point in my life. Unless of course it was one of the many rehabs I have been forced into." Joey was still trying to figure out where he knew her from. He knew that he would never have been seen with somebody like her at any point in his life.34

Kiley, was, of course, a rebel. She have the look going for her, to say the least.35

Joey, was, what we will call, anything but a rebel. He was the all-American boy. Or he had been, before the demons of his past had taken over.36

But that was another story.37

"I have never been in a rehab, Joseph." Kiley made sure to use his full name. If she remembered from Yale, he hated being called his full name.38

Joey toke one long look at her. There was no way he knew her because he was not going to believe that SHE could have gone to Yale with him.39

The two of them were thinking over their great misfortune of being in the same........ room....... yeah let's call it a room......... together, when a third person appeared.40

"Hello Kiley and Joey."41

The two turned around to look at the older man talking to them. They could tell that he was, not of this world. 42

Or maybe it he was, but at some point they had left Earth and entered another planet.43

Anything is possible.44

"I am here to tell you two, that you are complete and utter idiots."45

Both looked at him with disbelief.46

"I'll have you know that I graduated with honors from Yale." That came from Kiley. She was used to saying that, because, she said it almost once a day. Once people learned about her parents and that she was, how do you say, extremely poor growing up. She of course had attended Yale using many different loans and such. 47

Joey toke one look at her. "They is no way that YOU went to Yale."48

"Well, I did. And there is no way that I am an idiot."49

"Right and idiots never make it into Ivy League Schools."50

Kiley was not going to let this moment get away.51

"Of course not. YOU went there."52

The man was about two seconds away from banging his head into the wall. Was he sure that he was supposed to do this?53

"Will you two stop that fighting?"54

They did and looked at the man.55

"Thank you. Now as I was saying before, you two have really messed up your life. Yes, that includes you Little Miss Kiley. I know you are a great and famous singer, but you know what I am talking about."56

Kiley looked down at her feet. How did her know that? How could he know that?57

"You two do not know each other. But you should have. A great mistake happened back at Yale. See you were supposed to get married. Yes, see it's all written here in the great book." With a wave of his hand a book appeared out of nowhere. However if that information was in that book, Joey and Kiley would never really know, because as soon as the book appeared it disappeared.58

"Right like I am supposed to be married to her?" Joey gave one look at Kiley. No way in hell was he supposed to be with her. For one thing, his parents would kill him. Him marrying someone who did not go to a finishing school. Heaven forbid.59

"Well you are. But see, something misfired while you two were at Yale. Everything effects one another. I would dare say all your troubles come from that, though I have no proof."60

"Right so what are YOU going to do about it, kind sir?"61

Kiley was trying to trip him up. That trick however did not work.62

"Easy, we are going to take a little trip."63

"To where?"64

"Yale of course."65

And with that everything around them vanished.66

~*~*~67

Kiley awoke to the sound of her evil alarm clock. Why did it always have to go off when she was trying to sleep? I mean, really, you would think that they would see the person did not want to wake up and turn themselves off.68

Kiley was in a fighting mood today. Talking to her best friend did that to her. Why did Angel always have to be so........... annoying?69

Oh well, since she was already awake, she might as well go to class. That was, of course, why she was attending Yale.70

Walking to her class, she was forced to see the great idiot that some how ended up here.71

They called him Joey Child.72

She called him an idiot.73

She walked into class.74

Joey was talking to his best friend, Michel. 75

"So, then she said that........."76

"Joey, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but SHUT UP."77

There friendship was more of a case of hero worship, on the part of Michel. 78

"Whatever, I have class, my friend."79

Joey walked into class. Looking around her saw a glimpse of purple. Why have they not kicked her out yet? He knew that every school had to take a certain amount of losers, but really, why did she have to stay?80

"This is all wrong." The weird old man spoke up. Though only the other Joey and Kiley could hear and see him.81

"This is way too weird." And Joey knew weird. He was a recovering drug addict...82

"You can say that again."It was the first and -if Kiley had her say in it- last time she would ever agree with Joseph Child on anything.83

They watched class- it was after all- both of their favorite courses. Everything was as they both remembered it to be. Joey toke notes- after all he was a star student, even if he didn't act like it- and Kiley tried to convince everyone that she did belong there. (Most of all herself.)84

Joey and Kiley really did not see what the old man was trying to show them. They did not even talk to each other in this class that he was showing them. 85

Why was he showing them this day? If he wanted to prove something to them he should at show them one of the few days they actually said something to each other.86

"Yes... yes, I see it all here." The old man was muttering something to himself. That was all they could make out. All they could really tell was he was looking in that blasted book as though the book was talking to him.87

"What, sir, do you see?" The manners Joey had been raised with sometimes broke though. Mostly when he wanted to yell at someone, but that doesn't really matter.88

"This is the correct date." The man was holding the book out to them as though it was some cort of proof to that point.89

"For what?" Kiley had a look of utter disbelief. Why was she- of all people- here? 90

"For the meeting, of course."91

"Of course, why didn't I think of that?" Kiley could be a little sassy when provoked. "Look can we like move this whole thing, whatever it is, to a different date? I have a couple of photo shoots and a TV interview tomorrow."92

"Right. And your day is important......." Joey was going to say something, but his manners got in the way.93

Kiley was not going to let him get away with anything. No, she knew his type way too well. They always had to be the best. Always had to let everyone know that they were better than everyone else. Namely, that they were better than her.94

No, she was rich now. She had left that world behind years ago.95

He was not getting away with that same old act. Not now.96

"What, do have this great day planned in your little rehab? Hmmmm........ some little play. I won't know, never actually ever been in a rehab." She knew she was being mean. But this man stood for everything that had made her feel out of place the entire time she was at Yale.97

"Look, I know being a big-headed whatever you are is extremely important but........."98

Whatever Joey was going to say never got the chance to come out......99

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!!!"100

Both shut up and looked right at the man.101

"The book must be wrong. No way these two could ever live together. No something is wrong." Of course Kiley and Joey heard none of this as it was all said under his breathe. They however were looking right at this crazy man and trying to figure out if running away would be a good idea or not.102

"Sir, please, I just want to go home..."103

"To die, Joey?"104

Kiley looked over at Joey trying to figure out what that statement was supposed to mean. Did Mr. Pretty Boy have some really problems after all?105

Not that she thought Joey was cute or anything.106

"Look can I go home?"107

"What, Little Miss Kiley, are you getting a bit of a hangover?"108

Joey looked at Kiley with new eyes. So he was not the only one that had some issues.109

With both of them being quiet for a couple of minutes the old man toke out the book yet again. Something had to be wrong...110

"Look, I've got to go figure this whole mess out. I'll see you in a few." With that the man was gone.111

Leaving Kiley and Joey alone.112

In the past.113

With no way out.114

~*~*~115

"Hehehe. This is going to be fun to watch."116

With a twist of his wrist he flung the two of them into the future.117

Of course, that would be if everything had happened the way the great book says it should.118

~*~*~119

Joey hit the ground the first. 120

"At least I got away from her."121

"Hey, SHE has a name."122

He turned to face Kiley. She was about two inches from him.123

"Yeah and it's......."124

What he name really was, the world would never know however.125

"Honey, the baby needs you."126

Joey and Kiley took one look at each other, "The baby?!?!"127

The reason for that one statement was the simple fact that right in front of them was themselves. Only older.128

And with a kid?129

Kiley pulled Joey into the nearest closest.130

"What is going on here?"131

"Do I look like a person who would know that answer?"132

Kiley took a look at him. No, he did not look at all like that person.133

That person had left them there.... except they were not sure where there was.134

"Hey, any reason why we are in the closest?"135

"It was close."136

Though, Kiley was mentally hitting herself for choosing this place. 137

It was close quarters.138

"Okay so lets get this correct. We are in the future..."139

"Except not really, cuz we don't have a kid."140

"I was getting to that. We seem to have entered another universe. The one that dude keep talking about. The one that was supposed to happen."141

"Right, Me and you are supposed to be together."142

"Crazy, yes. But that is what it seems to be saying."143

The two of them mulled over that and walked out of the closet.144

No way was this mismatch supposed to be together.145

~*~*~146

The old man watched this exchange with great interest.147

He knew what had happened. All they needed was a push into the right direction....148

And with that thought he flung the two into another vision.149

~*~*~150

"Hey I know where we are." Kiley spoke once she got her breathe back from the fall.151

"Great someone does."