It's been six years since Dan Howell had given birth to his son.
These past six years have been the best time of his life. While his pregnancy wasn't so great; it was stressful and Dan had a lot of breakdowns, all of it was worth it. Dan loved spending time with his son and he loved being with his husband; Phil Lester.
Now Dan and Phil's son was six years old, and he was definitely growing up. Dan didn't like it and he wished that his son would stay little forever, though he knew that was impossible. He would just have to deal with it like every other parent did.
"Wher'es Joshua at, shouldn't he be up by now?"
"Yeah, it's like 11 o'clock, isn't it?" Phil asked as he looked up at Dan.
"I'm going to go check on him. He hasn't even had breakfast yet," Dan said. He stood up from the couch and then he walked out of the lounge. Dan walked down the hallway and finally made his way to his sons bedroom. "Joshua?" Dan asked as he opened the door. He poked his head in and raised his eyebrows when he saw Joshua taking his blankets off the bed. "What are you doing with your blankets?" He asked as he opened the door.
Joshua gasped as soon as he heard Dan's voice, and he immediately stopped what he was doing. He looked up at Dan with wide eyes. "Daddy, I promise I didn't mean to!" He cried as his eyes began to water up. "It was an accident!"
"Whoa, hey... calm down Joshie," Dan immediately walked over to him and bent down to see his face. "What happened?" He asked as he looked up at Joshua.
"I-I know you and Pa hate it. I didn't mean to do it..." Joshua began to say.
"Hey, take a deep breath, okay? Me and Pa won't be angry," Dan whispered.
Joshua looked at Dan as a few tears had slipped out of his eyes. "I w-wet the bed again."
"Josh," Dan said. He sighed and shook his head. "We talked about this before..."
"Daddy, I really didn't mean to!" Josh cried as more tears poured out of his eyes.
"Shh, don't cry. Okay? You're not in trouble," Dan assured Joshua. He wrapped his arms around Joshua and hugged him tightly. "I know it was an accident, okay?"
Joshua closed his eyes as the tears kept pouring out of his eyes. He hid his face in Dan's chest and hugged him tightly. Joshua hated disappointing his parents. He always tried to be a good boy but he just had a problem with wetting the bed. He always had ever since he was four.
"What's going on?" Phil asked when he walked into Joshua's bedroom; only to find his husband and son hugging and he was pretty sure Joshua was crying.
"Take a wild guess," Dan said as he still held onto Joshua.
Phil looked around and sighed when he saw the blankets pulled off the bed. "Joshua," he warned. "Didn't we talk about this before?" He asked, slightly annoyed.
Dan immediately looked over at Phil. "Now's not the time to yell at him. We'll talk about this later, okay? Will you just put Joshua's blankets in the wash? I'm going to get him dressed," he said. He picked Joshua up and held onto him. He walked over to Joshua's dresser.
Phil frowned as he watched Dan pick out some clothes for Joshua.
Joshua held onto Dan as he rested his head on his shoulder. He glanced over at Phil but he didn't say anything, because he knew that Phil was upset with him.
Dan looked at Phil once before he finally walked out of the bedroom.
Phil sighed as he grabbed all of Joshua's blankets and also walked out of the bedroom.
15 minutes later; Dan walked back into the lounge, where Phil was sitting on the couch.
"Where's Josh?" Phil asked as he looked up from his laptop.
"Taking a bath. He's really upset," Dan said as he sat down on the couch.
"I can't believe he's still wetting the bed," Phil mumbled.
"We can't keep arguing about this," Dan said as he looked over at Phil.
"Well, what the hell are we supposed to do then Dan? We both have different opinions about this. He's turning 7-years-old in three months and he'll be starting school soon. Do you really want our son to be bullied for still wetting the bed?" Phil asked.
"He shouldn't be bullied for something he can't control," Dan snapped.
"I know but we can't control that. That's why we need to do something about this," Phil said.
"What can we do? We've already tried fixing this problem," Dan said. He sighed.
"We'll come up with something, okay? But, you are right... we can't keep arguing about this. We just need to stick together and help Josh get through this," Phil said calmly.
Dan looked over at Phil and bit his lip slightly. "I'm sorry for snapping," he said.
"Don't be. We're both stressed," Phil said. He sighed and then he gently wrapped his arms around Dan and pulled him closer. "We shouldn't let this little thing upset us."
"I know. Let's just be there and help Josh, okay? It's the best thing we can do now," Dan said tiredly as he rested his head on Phil's shoulder. "I just feel so bad for him."
"I kind of do too but we probably shouldn't tell him that," Phil said.
Dan laughed and shook his head. "We probably shouldn't."
"Daddy!" Joshua called from the bathroom; about a half an hour later.
"That's my cue," Dan said as he stood up from the couch.
"Do you need help?" Phil asked as he looked up at Dan.
"Nah, I'll be fine," Dan said. He looked over at Phil and smiled. He turned around and he walked out of the lounge. He went to the bathroom and he opened the bathroom. "Hey, bud... you all finished?" Dan asked as he walked into the bed.
Joshua nodded and then he looked up at Dan. "Can I have breakfast now?" He asked.
Dan laughed as he grabbed a towell for Joshua. "You're the one who slept in," he said.
"Daddy!" Joshua whined with a pout. "Pretty please?" He asked.
"Oh okay... I guess since you asked nicely," Dan said. "Stand up." He told Joshua.
Joshua did as he was told and carefully stood up.
Dan smiled as he watched him. He wrapped the towell around Joshua and then he picked him up and put him on the floor on the towell that had been placed on the floor.
Dan helped Joshua get dried off and ready for the day.
Joshua was now dressed and cleaned and not to mention... he was hungry.
"Come on," Dan said as he led the way to the lounge. "Go wait with Pa and I'll make you some breakfast, okay?" He said as he looked down at Joshua. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"Is Papa mad at me?" Joshua asked quietly as he looked up at Dan.
Dan frowned and shook his head. "No, of course he isn't. Neither of us are," he said.
Joshua took a deep breath and nodded. He walked into the lounge.
Phil looked up and smiled when he saw Joshua. "Come here Joshua," he said.
Joshua immediately ran over to Phil and hugged him tightly.
"Oh," Phil chuckled and wrapped his arms around Joshua and picked him up.
Dan smiled as he watched Phil and Joshua from the doorway.
Phil looked up at Dan and smiled as he stared at him.
Dan and Phil knew that someway, somehow... they were going to get through this. They knew it would take some time but it was something that they could work with together.
