Hey guys! I'm so sorry. I wrote the draft on my old phone and then old phone decided not to work anymore! I couldn't move the draft over and so I had to rewrite I from scratch. So here's the next chapter. It's a little shorter than I would have liked but hopefully still good. As always please review! It keeps me writing.
"Hey Phil," Dan said, "long time no see huh?"
Phil leaped foward enveloping Dan in a strong, almost painful hug.
"I thought you were dead," Phil said onto Dan 's shoulder, "I was about to call the police."
"I'm sorry," Dan said, "I just needed some time."
"I called you a thousand times," Phil said "where is your phone?"
"I'm sorry," Dan said again , "I just needed to be alone to think."
"So?" Phil asked.
"What?" Dan asked.
"What did you decide?" he asked nervously.
Dan was quiet for a moment. Phil felt an itch crawl underneath his skin and he waited anxiously for Dan's answer.
"I'm still not completely sure," Dan said, "On the one hand you're my best friend and when I thought about it I would never change anything that we've been through. It's been amazing for the last couple of years and I don't want to think of what would have happened without you there."
"But?" Phil asked his insides turning.
"But I never wanted to do this. I always catch the bad end of the stick. No matter what I do everything finds a way to get screwed up and our friendship isn't something I want to risk. I don't want to end up alone. But to be together might be the way to avoid that forever and I want to tell myself it's worth the risk but if I remember the way past things have gone then everything leading up to this is saying it's a terrible idea."
"Can you just give us a chance?" Phil asked quietly, "I promise you won't regret it. Just give me a chance."
Dan was silent again.
"Please," Phil said.
"Okay," Dan said.
Warmth spread through Phil. He wasn't sure what to say so he just settled on hugging Dan tight again.
"This is going to be a slow process," Dan said, "and you might want to leave before we get to the point you want to."
"I'm not going to leave Daniel," Phil said, "Nothing you can say will make me."
