Chapter 1: January

Dan POV

It was the start of a new term. Well, the term hadn't actually started yet as it was only Friday, and the new term started on Monday, but everyone was here early, most people arriving sometime during the week.. There was a party in one of the rooms that everyone was invited to, meaning the room was crowded, so much so, that it had gone into the room next door, and the corridor outside.

I was standing where the real party was at, the food and drink table, and by that I mean where the alcohol and pizza was. Loads of people had bought pizzas here, as well as alcohol, so it may as well make use of it.

I was innocently eating a slice of pizza, when a boy came over to me.

"Hey." He said. I could only nod at him, as I was in the process of shoving pizza in my mouth. "I'm Chris." He said.

"Dan." I said, after swallowing my mouthful.

"So, you a first year?" He asked.

"Yeah. Are you? I don't remember seeing you here before." I said.

"Yeah, I am. I transferred from another university." He told me.

"Oh, cool." I said, thinking that would end the conversation. It didn't.

"So, you here with anyone? Any friends? Girlfriend? Boyfriend?" He asked.

"Um, not really. I just turned up." I said, not saying if I had a boyfriend or girlfriend, not that the latter would happen. It wasn't a secret that I was gay. People knew, and most of them didn't care.

"So are you single?" He questioned. "'Cause I am. And I mean, if you were, we could always go out sometime." He said.

"Actually, I do have a boyfriend." I lied.

"Oh really? Is he here then?" He asked, looking around, though he wouldn't find anyone because a) he doesn't know what he looks like, and b) he's not real.

"Um, probably." I said, also pretending to look around.

"Well where is he then?" He asked. I started panicking. He's going to find out that I'm lying.

"Uh, there he is." I said vaguely.

"Where?" He asked, looking in the direction I was looking.

It was then that I spotted a boy, Phil. Everyone knew he was gay, or at least bisexual, there was a debate about it. I decided to go with it. He started walking in our general direction, so I quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him close to me.

"Here he is. This is Phil, my boyfriend." I said to Chris, hoping Phil would play along.

"Your what?" He said.

"Boyfriend." I whispered, putting my arm around his shoulder.

"No." He whispered.

"Yes. Just go with it. Please?" I begged. I heard him sigh.

"Hey babe. Who's this?" He asked.

"This is Chris. He just wanted to know who you were." I told him.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Chris. I actually have to go though." He said.

"Well it was nice meeting you too." He said.

"Yeah me too. I'll walk you to your room." I said to Phil. "Nice meeting you Chris." I said.

"Yeah, you too." He smiled.

I started dragging Phil away towards the door. When we got far enough down the corridor, he pulled his arm from me.

"What was that about?!" He asked rather loudly.

"Sorry. It was just for then. I didn't want to be rude and turn him down. But you don't have to do it anymore, so it's fine." I told him.

"What about if I see him and he asks?" He questioned.

"Make something up. It's not like you're going to run into him a lot anyway, this university isn't tiny." I said.

"Yeah, but it isn't massive either." He countered.

"Just stop worrying. Thank you though." I said.

"Yeah, sure." He said, having calmed down now.

"You want me to actually walk you to your room, or are you okay?" I asked him.

"I think I'll be fine." He said.

"Well then, I'll see you around." I said.

"Yeah, see you around." He said, giving me a slight wave, then starting off in the direction of his room.

I walked down the corridor, and up a flight of stairs to my room. I walked in and closed the door. I was lucky to have a single room. They were a little more expensive, but I decided that I didn't want to share with anyone.

I stripped down to my boxers, deciding to go to bed earlier than I have been lately. It was only 3am, unlike my usual 5am. I got into bed, hoping this year would fly by, and I would be back home don't nothing all day.

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