Author's Note - Not like anyone even reads this, but sorry for changing the title so much ^^' I hope you enjoy the new chapter though~
I woke up in the middle of the night to someone's footsteps. It sounded like they were pacing back in forth, but why were they pacing in the middle of the night? At first I was a bit worried; what if it was an intruder? But it couldn't be... I opened one eye and saw no one, so I got up slowly and peered into the hallway. Phil was staring at the ground, pacing back and forth through the hallway, seeming to be muttering things to himself.
"Phil...?"
He looked up. "Oh... Hello..."
I walked over to him. He was wearing the same thing he was earlier, and he looked very tired, his hair a mess and dark circles forming under his eyes. I then realized how much taller he was then me, and I remembered reading somewhere that he was six foot something, myself only five foot six.
"Phil... Are you okay?"
Phil sighed, shaking his head. "No..."
"What happened...? Dan told me about your girlfriend... Did something happen?"
"Yes... and no." he sighed again. "Can we sit down?"
I nodded, both of us walking over to the couch and sitting down.
"Okay, so, today... I started to realize that I wasn't happy with my girlfriend."
I felt bad for Phil, but I seemed to still be jealous of his girlfriend for some reason.
"So I told her... And she kinda lost it. So then I tried to apologize, but she left... And then I texted her saying that it's over." Phil pulled his phone out of his pocket at stared at it for a moment.
"So... When I texted you, that didn't anger you?"
"No, I only got a bit annoyed when you just stopped texting me."
"Wait... I didn't send that... text?"
"No... I don't think so."
I sighed in relief. "Thank, God..."
"What did it say?"
"N-Nothing... Just a typo..."
"Oh..."
Phil started to look somewhat sad again, and, just randomly, I hugged him. "I'm sorry..."
He hugged me back gently. "It's okay..."
I woke up still sitting on the couch. Phil was sitting on the other side of it, watching something on his laptop. I sat up slowly, scooting next to Phil to see what he was watching. Oh, great. He was watching me. My videos, I mean. Phil paused the video once he noticed me.
"Good morning, Jess." He smiled, looking much happier than the day before.
"Good morning. What are you watching? Which video, I mean."
Phil tucked some hair behind my ear and put one of his earbuds into my ear. He continued the video, which I immediately recognized as the video where I talk about my YouTube crushes. Great. I mention Phil in that video. Because he is number two on my list. When I filmed this, I had never met any of those YouTubers, but they were still crushes. This time, I was the one who paused it.
"Phil, why are you watching my videos? And why are you watching this one?"
"Because Dan told me to watch this one."
I laughed a little. "God, d*mmit, Dan..." I said, shaking my head and smiling.
"No, you videos are quite nice." Phil smiled, patting my head.
"You sure do like patting my head, don't you?"
"I'm not sure, but I like your reactions. Your face gets all red and you start smiling."
"Phil, it's called blushing."
"You're doing it again!" Phil chuckled, and I knew I was blushing a lot.
"Oh, whatever."
We both just sat there for a moment, staring at my face on the screen, but then we heard something from behind us. Someone was laughing. I turned around to see Dan.
"Oh, sorry, I was just watching you guys be romantic." Dan said, still laughing.
"We weren't doing anything romantic." I said, shaking my head.
"What about when Phil tucked your hair behind your ear?" Dan said, raising his eyebrow.
"I was putting the headphone in her ear!" Phil said, laughing a little himself.
"You could of just handed it to her." Dan said.
"True, but I didn't, so whatever."
"Okay, okay, I'm just gonna go make some coffee." Dan said, walking into the kitchen.
I felt my cheeks warm up as I realized Phil was being sort of romantic. I think I knew at that moment that I liked him. I mean, I knew I liked him, my YouTube crushes video proved it, but I mean really meet-get-to-know-and-realize-you-like like. Phil must have noticed I was staring at him and blushing, because he poked my cheek.
"Oh, what?" I jumped a little, blushing even more and laughing a little. "Sorry..."
"Nah, whatever, I was just wondering what you were doing." Phil said, smiling.
"Oh, nothing... Just zoning out." I said, which was half true.
Dan came out with the coffees and sat down next to me, handing Phil and me our coffees.
"Thanks, Dan." I said, and Phil nodded.
And then we watched Buffy for a few hours, but I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking, about who knows what, but I kept staring at both Dan and Phil at random times, and realizing it at awkward moments, awkwardly looking away and feeling guilty. After what seemed like ages, Phil paused it and turned to me, Dan giving us this 'you guys are so gonna make-out' face, and then wandering into his bedroom.
"I want to show you something." Phil said, standing up.
"Okay," I smiled. He seemed so determined to show me this for some reason, it almost made me laugh. "What is it?"
"You'll see." he nodded and smiled, grabbing me by the wrist and starting towards the door. "Dan, we're going out for a bit. NOT on a date!"
Phil opened the door and we both walked out, as soon as we closed the doors, looking at each other and grinning. We then started to run down the million flights of stairs, rudely shoving random people to get in front of them. We ran outside, the cool air brushing against our faces. It was around lunchtime, if you were a normal person who got up at a reasonable time and actually worked, but neither Phil not I did that, so it seemed like it was super early to us.
"Cold yet?" Phil asked, looking at me.
I shook my head. "And I know you're not, Mister I'm-Wearing-Two-Jumpers-And-A-Coat."
Phil laughed. "I'm only wearing one jumper."
"Fine, fine." I smiled, and Phil started to walk, me following.
Slowly, life began to fade away from us, somehow, something making people not want to be where we were wandering to. I looked to Phil in confusion, but all he did was nod, trying to reassure me that we were going in the right way. After a while, there were no people at all, only Phil and I walking through a field.
"Phil, where are we going?" I finally asked.
"I told you, you'll see." he replied, smiling.
"But, seriously, there are no people, and I'm starting to get scared." I was being sarcastic, but I really was getting worried that this was a huge prank.
"You don't have to worry, I promise." Phil patted my head once again, and then he grabbed my wrist again and started to run.
This catching me by surprise, I almost fell over, but then regained my balance, running after him. "Ph-Phil!" I finally caught up, laughing.
"Oh, sorry." he laughed, and then pointed up ahead.
I saw some outlines of buildings and the first trees I saw since the people disappeared. "Okay, Phil, tell me what's going on." I said, finally feeling too confused to take it anymore.
"Okay, fine." Phil grinned as we continued to walk towards the buildings. "I used to come here... Sometimes."
"That tells me absolutely nothing." I said, laughing a little.
"My girlfriend showed me it. Or, my ex-girlfriend, I guess."
"Who even is this girl?"
"May... Is her name. Anyway, it's abandoned, but it's one of the coolest places I've ever seen."
"You mean the buildings?"
Phil nodded. We then arrived at an arch way, and on the top of it, there was something messily carved into the stone.
"What is that?" I asked, looking up at the carved words.
"I... It was two years ago, okay?" Phil seemed to be disappointed in himself, looking away from me.
"Phil, I don't care what you did, I just want to know what it is." I said, feeling sort of bad for him.
"Okay, so, we carved out initials in the stone, which was out promise to being together forever or something..."
I started to feel so bad and so guilty that I was ever jealous of his girlfriend. "H-How long were you together...?"
"Two years... and a half..." he sighed a little to himself, and I felt even worse.
"Phil..." he looked at me with sad eyes. "You can get back together with her..."
"I can't though..." he sighed, staring at the ground. "I don't love her... It's just not the same as it was."
We stood in silence for a few seconds, but after a few moments, I turned to Phil and looked at him.
"What?" he asked, smiling a little.
"Nothing..." I smiled back, but it was something. He was cute. No, he was adorable, and I felt like I was getting more attracted to him every second. I felt so good, being with him, but so guilty and bad at the same time.
"Wanna go in to the city?" Phil asked, changing the subject.
I nodded. "Yeah, sure."
I followed him inside the strange city. The buildings were not that tampered at all, hardly damaged really. I didn't have any idea why this place would be abandoned. Sure, it was old, but it was still pretty nice.
"Do you like it?" Phil asked, looking at me.
"What do you mean, do I like it?"
"Well, it needs a new queen..."
I laughed a little, and then smiled. "I love it."
