Chapter 10

Dan's POV

Pain. Hurt. Abandonment. These were all I could feel. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't speak. Everything was falling apart. One second I was standing, the next I was on the floor. I don't know when the tears started, but I doubted they'd ever end. Phil would be back any moment to see what I had left for him. I couldn't face him now though, not after this. He couldn't see me like this. He'd blame himself. I needed to get out of here, to leave, to go anywhere but here. I stood, mind racing, almost unaware of all my surroundings. I left the room, I stumbled down the stairs. I was out of the building. I started to run, I ran past anyone that looked at me, heading to anywhere that I would not be found. I carried on running, no matter what was happening around me. I kept running until I didn't know where I was anymore, and then I collapsed to the ground.

Phil's POV

I needed to find Dan right now. Now I understood why he wasn't here. Why the door was open. He had left. I knew Dan well, and he was not going to be able to take this lightly. I knew straight away that he was going to be somewhere falling apart, and it broke my heart to even think of that. I picked up my phone and pressed PJ's name, calling him. While the phone was ringing, I realised that the sun was beginning to set. It would be a million times harder to find him in the dark.

"Hello?" PJ's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Peej! I need you right now. Dan's gone and he could be in trouble. Please help me look for him?" I shouted down the phone desperately.

"Chris is here, we'll both be there soon. Meet infront of your building. You can explain to us what happened when we're there" PJ said before hanging up.

I pulled on my jacket and left the flat, locking the door behind me. As I was running down the stairs, awful thoughts came into my head. I remembered that night at the park, the man that stabbed Dan. I remembered the dreams I had been having ever since. I was living one of them now. Anything could happen to Dan unless we found him as soon as possible.

I met PJ and Chris at the front of the building and began running down the street, looking everywhere I could for Dan.

"Whoa!" Chris said as the two caught up with me. "Want to explain to us what happened?"

"Dan and I had a fight and to make it up to me he posted a video about us being together. His Dad saw and left a message saying that he has to either move out or leave his family for good" I said, crying as I continued to search down each street.

"Shit" was all PJ said, and then they both carried on helping me.

An hour later, it was pitch black. There was a serious lack of streetlamps and I was starting to get really angry about it. The others had stopped me to try to get me to calm down for a minute, but all I wanted to do was find Dan.

"What if he's gone to the park again? What if the guy that stabbed him is there?" I whimpered, fretting on the spot.

"Phil calm down. I'm sure Dan just went somewhere to clear his mind, if we go back to the flat maybe he'll be there" Chris said. I didn't want to go, but maybe he was right.

"Ok, I'll go back. But can we walk the long way? I kind of have a feeling about looking there" I said, to buy me more time to search.

Dan's POV

I was cold. Freezing infact. I had been sitting out here for a few hours now, and at least I had stopped crying as much. I could see now, and I knew where I was. Not too far from our flat actually but I had gone down a road we barely ever passed through because it was so long and the houses were boring. I had found a tree at the side of the street and laid myself under it. This street was almost abandoned, no one ever walked down here. So there was no one here to help me.

What was I going to do? I knew i'd have to see Phil soon and tell him what had happened. I wonder if he had watched the video yet. The thing was, I wasn't even ashamed of the video. I meant everything I had said, I was in love with him. But I knew he'd tell me to go back to my parents. I wasn't going to listen though. The choice was to either stay with someone who loves and cares about me, or to go to two people that don't. The answer was clear.

I knew I should probably start making my way home, but I just couldn't. I was weak, and miserable, and I just needed Phil here. I lay back against the tree and closed my eyes, pulling my knees up towards me, trying to keep in my body heat. It was now extremely dark other than a couple of streetlamps on the opposite side of the street. I could feel myself slipping slowly away.

Phil's POV

"DAN!" I screamed as I saw him slumped unconscious against a tree. I ran over as fast as I could with the others trailing behind me. "DAN PLEASE WAKE UP!" I shook his shoulders and his head leaned back.

"mmmh?" Dan mumbled as he awoke.

"Dan are you okay?!"

"Phil... I'm so sorry" Dan said, sitting up a little and looking at me.

"You have no reason to be sorry. Come on, lets go home where it's warm and we can talk about this"

I lifted Dan bridal style and carried him the entire way home - I had never realised he was this light. I couldn't believe Dan seriously thought that he was fat.

Soon we made it home and the four of us sat down in the living room, allowing Dan to sit in the middle with me to his left, Chris to his right and PJ on the arm of the sofa next to Chris. Chris got some blankets from the cupboard and put them on Dan for him to warm up, and he was almost back to normal fairly quickly.

"So what are you going to do?" PJ asked him.

"The obvious thing to do. I'm going to lose my family" Dan replied, not looking up.

"No Dan, you can't-" I began.

"No, Phil. You need to trust me on this one" He said, looking into my eyes. He was confident about this. "I'm not going back to them. You're my family now. I only need you guys"

I knew this was an awful thing to say, but I was proud of Dan's strength. I knew I did need to trust him. I nodded to show that I agreed with him, and so did the others. I put my arm around him and pulled him towards me, letting him cuddle into my side. I leaned my head down to his ear.

"That video was the sweetest, most beautiful thing I have ever seen, by the way" I said, and he blushed.

"I'm glad you like it, I meant every word"

Dan's POV

Chris and PJ stayed until quite late but then decided it was time to leave us alone. After they had gone, Phil and I decided to just go to bed, so we got into Phil's bed (mine was still covered in rose petals) and fell asleep in eachother's arms. The next morning we awoke to the sound of the main phone ringing.

"...shit" I said, burying my head in the covers. Phil followed me under and held me.

"Just let the machine get it, you never have to talk to them again" Phil said, kissing my forehead. We got out of the covers and listened for when it stopped ringing. We heard our voicemail recording and then the message began.

"Dan, it's your mother here. Can you pick up please?... Please Daniel. I need to talk to you about something. I know you're in, you never get up and go out that early. It's really important..."

I stood, walking out of the room and to the phone. Phil followed me.

"Are you sure you want to answer this?" Phil asked, sitting at the breakfast bar while I paced a little. I nodded and picked up the phone.

Phil's POV

"Hey Mum..." Dan said. I was so worried for him, what would she say?

"I'm sorry - you're WHAT?! Are you serious? Whoa. How? Wow. Yes, yes of course. Okay, speak to you soon, you too, bye"

I looked at him expectantly as he put the phone down, waiting anxiously to see what had happened. Dan looked at me, his face blank. Was it bad news?

"She.. she said..." Dan began. "She's happy for us... She's leaving my Dad because she would never want to leave me and she wants to see us soon to congratulate us for finally getting together..."

His face remained blank, and then as I started smiling, so did he.

"She still cares about me!" He shouted, smiling broadly. I pulled him straight in for a hug and then we kissed. A kiss that was probably just as great as our first one. Dan's arms were around my neck while mine were either side of his face, and we stayed holding eachother like that for as long as we possibly could. We now had hope, and we knew that we could be together. So there was not just that kiss but many more beautiful, beautiful kisses to come.

Thank you all for reading and for the reviews, they made me so happy. I hope you liked it and the ending was alright, I was a bit nervous about posting it because I didn't think it was really good enough. I may consider writing more chapters for this as I have some ideas, but this story may/may not go on hiatus for now because I have a lot of ideas for other Phanfictions. It would mean everything to me if you could read those too, the first should be posted tonight. Thankyou, you guys are better than toast! :) xx

Side note: I completely respect Dan and Phil and I am a huge fan of theirs. I respect their thoughts and I wrote this story only for the purpose of being creative - none of this actually happened (I wish). But there are references to things they have said and done, so see how many you can recognise! :)