Chapter 10: September
Phil POV
I was in the car on the way back to London. It had been 2 months since I had been there, and those to months had flown by, although the days seemed to drag on. But we were about 20 minutes away from the university.
Over these couple of months, I haven't lost contact with Dan. A few times during the holidays, we had texted, and even spoken on Facebook. I had also spoken to Chris a few times, but only on Facebook because he was in Spain for a few weeks.
I had gotten an email a week ago saying what room I was going to be staying in, and that I had to go and pick up my key. It turns out, I was in the same room as last year, but they didn't tell me if I had a roommate, or who it was, so I just had to hope they were nice.
After finally arriving and saying goodbye to my parents, I went to get my key. Once I had picked it up, I made my way over there. I was told that my roommate was already here and had picked up their key, so they would probably be in there unpacking. Once I had got up there, I opened the door and immediately dropped my suitcase in shock of who I was sharing with. Chris. I thought we changed at the beginning of the year, but apparently not. Did this mean that Dan and I would have to carry on with our pretend dating.
Chris must have heard me either open the door or drop the suitcase, because he turned around.
"Phil!" He shouted, running at me and throwing his arms around me. I stood there in shock for a second, before hugging him back.
"Hey." I said. He let go of me.
"Roomies again this year." He said.
"I can see that." I said.
"So how was your summer?" He asked.
"Good." I said as I walked into the room, putting my suitcase on my bed. "You look very tanned." I said.
"Yeah, 5 weeks in Spain." He said.
"Lucky." I said, sitting on my bed in front of my suitcase.
"Didn't you go anywhere?" He asked.
"I went to Florida, but as you can see, I don't have a tan." I told him.
"Sucks for you." He said. I rolled my eyes.
"So did you meet anyone on holiday?" I asked.
"Nah, I'm still on the lookout around here." He said. Crap. Let's hope he doesn't mean Dan. And speak of the devil.
"So how's Dan?" Chris asked, unpacking more of his stuff.
"Dan?" I asked.
"Yeah, you know, Dan, your boyfriend." He said.
"Oh, Dan." I said. "Um, he's…good." I said. I hadn't actually spoken to Dan in about 2 weeks.
"Did you two have loads of 'fun'?" He said, winking.
"Shut up." I said. I pulled my phone out of my pocket, sending a text to Dan.
'You here yet? Chris is still on the lookout around here', I texted him. I got a reply about 2 minutes later.
'Just pulled up. What did you say about us?', he asked.
'Nothing specific. He asked how you were', I told him.
'Lie', was all the next message said. What did that mean? Lie about how he was? Lie about us still being together.
'What does that mean?', I asked.
'Say we're still together'. I sighed, not bothering to reply.
"You sure there's no one around here you like the look of?" I asked Chris.
"Well there is Dan, but he's off limits." He winked. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, but he didn't say anything else.
"Yeah." I said. While I was happy about having to pretend to be dating Dan again, I didn't want to carry on lying to Chris. Our whole friendship has been based on a lie really. All because Dan didn't want to offend him, and now, if he finds out, he's going to hate both of us, and as annoying as Chris can be, he is a good friend. I was really screwed.
There was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." Chris said. He walked over to the door. From where I was I couldn't see who it was, but Chris told me who it was when he shouted.
"Dan!" Chris threw his arms around the person at the door, who I now knew was Dan.
"Hey." He said, hugging Chris back.
"How did you know what room we were in?" Chris asked.
"Phil texted me." He said, looking over at me. "Hey." He said.
"Hey." I said. He walked over and sat on my bed next to me, pulling me into a sideways hug. I put my arm around his waist, hugging back.
"We need to talk." I whispered in his ear.
"We'll be right back." Dan said to Chris. We both got up and walked outside the door and down the corridor a bit. "So what happened?" He asked.
"I asked him if he had found anyone he liked the look of, and he said that there was you, but you were off limits." I told him.
"Which means we need to carry on." He told me.
"Seriously?" I asked.
"Is that a problem?" He asked.
"I don't like lying to him." I told him.
"You've been doing it for 9 months." He said.
"Yeah, 9 months too long." I said.
"Please?" He begged. I looked at him for a moment.
"Fine." I sighed, giving in.
"Thank you." He said, hugging me.
"What have I told you about that?" I asked. He let go.
"Don't do that?" He asked.
"Exactly." I told him. We walked back into the room.
"Everything alright?" Chris asked.
"Fine." I said.
"Well, id better get unpacking then." Dan said. "I'll see you later."
"See ya." Chris said.
"Bye." I said, turning round to start unpacking my suitcase. I heard the door close, signalling that Dan had left.
"You sure everything's okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, but he has a lot of stuff, so he wants to get unpacked." I told him.
"What was that about out there then?" He asked.
"Oh nothing. Just wanted to ask me something." I said.
"Something?" He asked.
"Yeah, just something." I said.
"A sexual something?" He asked.
"Chris!" I said shocked.
"What?" He asked laughing.
"You're terrible." I told him.
"I was just inquiring." He said.
"Well don't." I laughed.
"Fine." He said, turning back to his suitcase. I wondered how long Dan and I would have to lie for again. Hopefully not too long, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up for.
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