A/N: Oh hei, sorry it's been quite a while (was it?) I had a bit of a writer's block but I'm back now with a new chapter! :D btw, if you dont see me updating this story, then I'm probably working on my other short and sweet Phanfic called: "What is Love?" so you can go check that out if you want!
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Chapter 9: Do you like anyone?
Time flew by faster than they had expected it.
An entire year passed by, and everyone was doing surprisingly well.
Phil's mother began to loosen up a bit, but she was still keeping her son and Dan from seeing each other, and Phil was just as happy as he was before. He and Dan began to secretly hang out every Saturday in their 'secret meet up place' which was inside an obscure forest near the park, still hoping that Phil's mother would never find out about it.
Phil was beginning to be accepted in PJ's little group of friends in school, and Dan made a small group of friends in school as well; it seemed like everything was turning out better than what had Phil expected.
"Phil? Were you even listening?" James asked, pulling Phil back from his thoughts.
"Huh?" Phil breathed out, "No, sorry… what were you saying again?"
James sighed and adjusted his sitting position on the grass. They were both sitting on James' garden in front of his house, sharing stories since they hadn't hung out awhile.
Phil and James had hung out a couple of times in the past year; they would play in the park, hang out in James' room, go and buy stuff in stores etc. But they always seem to like the idea of just sitting on the grass in front of James' house and share stories. According to Dan, he and James hung out a bit too, probably just as much as Phil and James do.
They would always hang out separately together; there would be days where he would hang out with Phil and days where he would hang out with Dan, and it had gotten to the point where James had to question why they couldn't, all three, hang out together. Dan and Phil had to explain and James quickly understood, but they didn't tell him that they were secretly seeing each other; they didn't really trust him (even though they both know he's a really good kid).
"Alright," James started, "there's this… umm, girl… that I really like. Like,really like…"
Phil nodded his head along. "Yeah…?"
James started to nervously twiddle his thumbs. "And… well, I told her that I liked her, and you know, also told her that maybe we could go out sometime…"
Phil stared at James, both eyebrows raised, a bit surprised of his friend's courage because Phil knew that James was pretty shy around girls. "Oh… alright then, what did she say?"
James looked down at the ground and started to harshly pull out a few strands of grass. "She rejected me, that fucking bitch…"
"W-Whoa, James..." Phil stuttered, taken back by James' sudden change of attitude. James wasn't like this; he was sweet, understanding and over all a really good kid.
James breathed in and breathed out, trying his best to regain himself again.
"Sorry. I just couldn't really handle rejection well and I really liked her. But she said she liked someone else." James angrily mumbled the last sentence but Phil still heard it.
Phil reached out and awkwardly patted James' back, hoping that it would comfort him a bit. "I'm sorry, mate… I'm sure you'll find someone else who would like you back…"
"Yeah…" James whispered before he quickly stood up. "I got to go, Phil. I have a few errands to run."
Phil followed, standing up as well. "Okay… I'll see you around?"
James nodded before walking away. Phil crossed the road and entered his house.
His mother was out buying groceries so he had the place to himself for a bit. He climbed up the stairs, opened the door to his room and threw himself on the bed. He rolled over and checked his digital clock. 4:14 pm, he should have been in his and Dan's secret place ten minutes ago.
He swiftly got up from his bed, went downstairs and out the door. He sped walked to the secret place, excited to see his best friend again.
After going through several trees, Phil finally arrived at their secret place. A small but beautiful lake centered the endless forest, no one seemed to have found it yet (because who the hell would have the time to go through this deep in the woods?) except for Dan and Phil.
They found the place when they were ten. They were playing hide and seek in the forest when Phil found Dan, deep in the woods, standing in front of the lake, just in awe. And they declared it as their secret hiding place ever since they were forced to separate.
The place was empty and quiet. Dan was supposed to be here before him since he was ten minutes late, but it seemed like Phil was first. He walked around the lake for a bit, waiting for Dan's arrival, he was taking awhile.
Phil wasn't aware that Dan was hiding behind the trees, waiting for the right moment to jump and scare Phil.
Dan quietly tip-toed behind Phil once he sat down in front of the lake and stared at the water. He carefully leaned in behind his ear and screamed, "BOO!"
Phil squealed and violently jumped, scrambling on the floor as Dan laughed.
"Oh my god," he exclaimed as he rolled over and sat up, seeing Dan's pleased expression, "you're the worst person in the entire world…"
Dan shrugged and chuckled, playing with the dangly things attached to his llama hat -which Phil gave for his 13th birthday. "I've always wanted to do that; you should've seen your face."
Phil sighed and shook his head in disbelief.
"What took you so long?" Dan started.
"I was with James, we were telling each other stories." Phil replied.
"Oh?" Dan said as he grabbed a few stones and stood up, walking up to the lake and threw a stone, "What did you tell each other?"
Phil shrugged as he watched his best friend throw stones from behind. "I didn't really tell him that much but he told me he liked someone and he tried to ask them out."
The water formed a huge splashed as Dan threw a big stone. "Did he now?"
"Yeah, apparently he said that the girl rejected him because she liked someone else," Phil said as he stared down at the ground and started to play with a few stands of grass, "Poor guy. He talked a bit too harshly behind her back; it wasn't like him, honestly… I don't know what's gotten into him…"
Dan continued to throw a few stones in the lake, "Hmm… interesting…"
Phil looked up at Dan, "What about you? Do you like anyone in particular?"
Dan chuckled at the question as he threw the last stone in the lake.
"Anyone in particular?" Dan asked as he turned to Phil who was staring up at him, "Umm… I don't think so, no."
Phil sighed as he lay down on the grass and stared up at the trees above them before he closed his eyes. Dan walked over and sat down beside Phil. "You?"
"Hmm..?"
"Do you like anyone?"
Phil thought about it for a while, humming Feeling Good by Muse as he thought. He slowly opened his eye lids and looked up at Dan, who was staring down at him curiously.
Phil shrugged. "I can't think of anyone right now…"
Dan scoffed, "Yeah, right. What about that girl, Sarah, you liked in your Maths class?"
"Oh yeah…" Phil chuckled, "yeah, I guess you can say she counts. I mean, she's wonderful, but I don't really fancy her… "
"I see then…" Dan whispered as he lay down next to Phil, both staring at the trees above them. "So what catches your fancy then?"
"Hmm…" Phil thought, "Well I like it when they wouldn't take themselves too seriously. Like, I like it when they would be able to laugh at themselves."
Dan nodded, listening carefully to his best friend.
"And I like it when they're silly, and funny, and just basically fun to have around…" Phil continued. He turned his head to Dan, who was staring up at the trees. "What about you..?"
Dan sighed as he pulled his 'thinking face'.
"Hmm… let's see… I like it when they would also be silly and fun to have around. And I have a bit of a thing for black haired people. So maybe if they have black hair, I would like them a bit more." Dan chuckled.
Phil ruffled his own hair. "Is that why you like me? Because I have black hair?"
Dan giggled. He took off his llama hat, revealing his ridiculously curly brown hair, and threw it on Phil's face, "Of course not, you turnip. I like you because you're you, okay? I'm not that shallow."
Phil chuckled as he held Dan's llama hat in his hands. "Right…" he giggled as he put on the llama hat, "What happened to you? Bad hair day? It's a lot curlier than usual…"
"Shut up…" Dan giggled as he fixed his hair, "I hate my hair, maybe one day I'll have it straight, and maybe dye it a bit darker."
"Really? I like it like that, it's adorable," Phil said, his face flushing a bit as he sat up on the grass, "you kind of look like a hobbit."
"Yeah, well that's what they all say." Dan added, quickly snatching his llama hat from Phil and wore it to cover his messy curls, "But I will straighten it, whether you guys like it or not. I just need some money to buy some straighteners."
Phil just nodded along. He liked the way Dan looked with his curly hair; he thought he looked really cute, in fact, while he was on the subject, he thought everything about Dan is cute.
The way he laughed, the way he smiled, the way his dimple pops out when he laughed and smiled, everything about him was cute and adorable, and Phil couldn't help but stare lovingly at him, but it wasn't like Phil was attracted to him- was it?
Phil quickly shook that thought away as they continued to talk about a lot of other stuff until they realized it was almost five and Phil needed to be home. "I'll see you next Saturday, yeah?" Dan said as Phil began to walk into the forest.
"Definitely…" Phil replied, waving goodbye to Dan before he entered the forest, exiting their secret place.
Phil didn't know why, but he when he left the forest that afternoon, he felt a bit fuzzy inside…
A/N: Oh yeah, did I mention that Dan had his natural curly hair this entire time? I dont think I have xPP and I should've also made Phil wear glasses but I think it was a bit too late to make him wear glasses, oh well! Let's just assume he isn't blind :P
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