*A/N*Ahh! I know I'm horrible! I feel like a neglectful parent… Soooo sorry I haven't uploaded in so long, finals were last week and I was studying/stressing really hard (I may have had a mental breakdown or two…). I hope this chapter makes up for it…? Maybe? Please don't hurt me… Enjoy!
Phil's POV
After a few hours of shopping for gifts (it was a few of my friends birthdays soon), I decided to head home. I got into the lift and pressed my floor, but right as the doors were closing someone yelled, "Wait! Hold the door!" I did, and a few seconds later a rather curvy, short brunette ran into the lift. "Thank you so much!" She said, then pressed the button for her floor.
"No problem, I'm Phil… By the way." I said rather awkwardly. She smiled sweetly and nodded.
"I'm Anna." She said in a familiar, heavy American accent. Why did the name sound familiar? I took another look at her, and decided I must have seen her in passing. After all, we did live in the same building! The lift dinged and I started grabbing my shopping bags, just as she said, "Well this is where I get off!"
"Really? Me too, strange I don't remember ever seeing you here before…" Oh god, that sounded like a pickup line! We walked out of the lift, and continued down the hallway.
"Oh! I don't live here, I'm just visiting family!" She corrected cheerfully. "If they'll decide to forgive me." She continued under her breath. I was going to ask what had happened, but thought better of it, plus we were at my door.
"It was nice to meet you Anna, maybe I'll see you around?" I asked, desperately hoping I would see the shapely brunette again as I unlocked my door and walked inside. "Dan? I'm home!" I shouted into the quiet apartment. I got no response, and assumed Dan was either filming, or out. I put my stuff into my room, and went into the kitchen to see if there was any leftover takeaway. There wasn't. Weird, he always gets extra so there's leftovers later. I thought to myself. I went to his room to see if he was filming a new video, or maybe editing one. I knock and there wasn't a response. I knocked again, and thought maybe he had his headphones on, so I peaked in. At first I thought the room was empty, but then Dan snored, and to my surprise, he was curled up on the bed with someone… naked… I quickly averted my eyes, and left the room, returning to the kitchen. I banged around a little bit, and after a few minutes I heard someone coming down the hallway.
"Hey Phil, how was shopping?" Dan asked
"Fine, what did you do while I was out?" I asked with a mischievous grin, it was about time Dan got a girlfriend.
"Oh, nothing… Tied to film a new video, but I fell asleep instead. That was weird…" He replied as a blush creeped up his neck.
"Oh really? You're sure no one came over? Perhaps a girl?" I watched as his face got red, finding it funny that he was being so shy about this.
"Alex locked herself out of her flat by accident, so she came over to get cleaned up, that's all." He said quickly. Mmhmm, sure… I walk over to his door and reach for the handle, not quite getting it before Dan tackled me.
"Hey! What was that for!?" I ask, snickering quietly. Dan jumped off of me, and pulled me up off the floor.
"I have your birthday present in there!" He lies. He's a terrible liar.
"My birthday was last month, you got me a Totaro hat, and a bucket of Sour Patch Kids." I respond.
"It's next years?" Dan tries to cover, but I can tell he's given up.
"Sure," I say as I push past him and open his door. "Hi Alex!" I say and wave at Alex, who is only wearing one of Dan's oversized t-shirts. She blushes a deep pink and waves back.
"Hi Phil, I was just getting cleaned up from earlier because…" She blushed deeper, realizing what she had said.
"Dan told me you got locked out of yours." I supplied, "The management office will be closed by now, but lucky for you the previous tenant had us keep an extra key, just in case." I winked and left the room to go get the key.
Anna's POV
Wow, that Phil guy was fit! And he lives in Alex's building, on her floor… I hope I see him again before I have to leave. Speaking of Alex, I hadn't been able to get ahold of her all day. This was the third time I've come by her door today, I'm starting to get worried. "Alex! Please open up? I'm sorry!" No response, "I brought red velvet cake! Your favorite!" I tempted through the door. No response, well fuck.
"Thanks Phil, I'll bring this back over, just in case."
"No problem Alex, it was nice seeing you again!" So that's where she's been all day… I turned around just as Alex did.
"Shit!" I heard her exclaim.
"Nice to see you too lil' sis!" I respond enthusiastically. "I brought apology red velvet cake!" She just looked at me. "I'm sorry?" I asked.
"I accept your apology, on two conditions," She said with an annoyed look.
"Anything!"
"I get that whole cake, and you never bring up the topic of my high school years again." She bargained.
"Okay! Can I come in? I also brought stuff to make dinner with!" I asked cautiously.
"Hell yes! You're feeding me!" She yelled as she unlocked her door. I walked in behind her and set down my bags on the counter. I got out the ingredients I bought earlier, and began to prepare dinner.
Alex's POV
I was sitting on the couch, watching T.V. when Anna walked in carrying a platter of food. I took a big whiff… Thai food! My favorite! "Yup, you're officially forgiven!" I tell Anna, grabbing my plate and a fork. Before I can take a bite though, my phone rings. "Hello?"
"Hi, is this Alexandria Tabler?" A woman asked.
"Yes it is."
"This is the Royal London Hospital, I'm calling about your blood tests."
"Who is it?" Anna asked.
"Shh. Um okay, what about them?" I asked nervously.
"Well, the tests came back showing that you have Thrombocytopenia, which means that you have a very low blood platelet count."
"Okay, so what does that mean for me?"
"A low blood platelet count means that your blood won't clot very well if you are injured, and can also result in internal bleeding." She informed. "It's quite an easy fix seeing as how yours isn't too serious. You'll need to eat iron, or vitamin B12 rich foods, or take supplements, and we'll have you in in a few weeks to see how it's going."
"Is that all?"
"Yup, that's it! I'll call back in a week or so to set up that check in."
"Okay.. bye." I said and hung up.
"Who was it!?" Anna screeched.
"Just the hospital, don't worry about it." I responded annoyed. We ate dinner and watched Ted.
"I should probably get back to my hotel now, it was nice chatting though." Anna said a few hours later, as she gathered her stuff and pulled her shoes on.
"Yeah, come by tomorrow and we'll go out to the shops or something." I replied giving her a hug before she walked out the door. I then went to the hallway and grabbed both of the flat keys, put my slippers on, waked over to Dan and Phil's door, and knocked.
"Hey Alex! Long time no see!" Phil said sarcastically when he opened the door.
"I know! I wanted to bring this key back, just in case. Also I was wondering if I could speak to Dan?" I asked.
"He's doing his live show right now, but you're welcome to come in and hang out." He replied as he led me into the living room.
"Hi Alex!" Dan said as I entered the room. "Guys, this is mine and Phil's new neighbor Alex! Say hi!" He said excitedly.
"HI!" I shouted with a little wave. The comments exploded with things like; 'She's super pretty!' and 'Hi Alex!' but there was also comments that were hateful, telling me to 'go die you rotten bitch', and 'keep your slutty hands off of my bbys!' I chose to ignore the haters, and just have fun with it. Before long it was time for Dan to log off, and we said our byes.
"So what did you come over for?" Dan asked once he had shut down his computer.
"The hospital called back with the test results, I just wanted to let you know that they said it wasn't anything to be worried about as long as I took care of it right away."
"And what was the diagnosis?" He asked as he playfully shoved me.
"Low blood platelet count, easily fixed with more iron and B12, so don't worry!" I responded with a shove of my own. A few minutes later we were sprawled across the floor, me in defeat because our shoving turned into a wrestling match.
"I'm glad it's not anything severe." Dan whispered from above me.
"Me too." I whispered back, right before he kissed me.
*A/N* My my, Dan and Alex seem to be getting REALLY close… :D Also, what do you think of my idea for Phil? I didn't want him to be left out, and I really didn't want to bring in a random character… so that happened… Also I feel soooo bad about how long it took to get this chapter up, I had MAJOR writers block, plus finals, stress at home, and I may or may not have gotten addicted to Sherlock… ;) I hope you enjoyed, and I promise to have the next chapter up by February 24th, PROMISE!
