Dan's POV:
I woke up in the early afternoon and dragged myself out of bed, I'd been pretty lazy these past few days. Mostly because I was kicking myself about the whole thing with Phil, I had now almost completely convinced myself he hated my guts. He hadn't text like I asked, which was never a good sign. But the idea of texting him first had passed my mind a few times. Maybe it would be a good idea to make the first move, to put some effort in. Whilst I was in the shower I came to the conclusion that I would leave it until tomorrow and if he hadn't text – I would text first. I always did this to myself, I promised myself I would do things tomorrow but usually I never got around to it. This time would be different though.
As I finished drying my hair, I heard my phone ringing. I looked at the caller ID, it was my Mum. I hadn't seen her in over a week, or any of my family for that matter. Usually I would go over there at least once a week for dinner, they said they were just being nice by inviting me, but I knew it was just too check up on me. I guess I had just worried them this past year. But this week I was too busy wallowing in my own self pity to drag myself over there – which is saying something about how lazy I am considering they only live a few streets away.
"Hello?" I said.
"Hello Dan, how are you?" My Mum asked in a cheery tone.
"Yeah I'm okay" I said bluntly.
"I was just calling to invite you around for dinner" She said.
I thought about the idea of trying to act happy around my family for a few hours and I decided to decline the offer.
"Look Mum, I'm really busy editing and-" I started, only to be cut off.
"No Dan, we haven't seen you in over a week. Surely you can take some time off editing for food" She said.
One thing about my Mum is, she is persistent. I guess I kind of got my head strong ways from her, in the end I ended up caving in. It was too much of an effort to try and fight
her. Besides, it was only for a few hours – I could manage that no problem.
"Fine" I sighed.
"Okay also we are having-" This time I cut her off.
"Okay okay, I'll be there. Look I have to go, see you in a couple of hours" I said and then swiftly hanging up.
I at least wanted a few hours to myself before I had to brave the outside world.
I arrived at the front door of my old house, I walked on in knowing they'd leave it unlocked for me. As soon as I walked through the door, I caught sight of my Mum moving around the kitchen – pots and pans making all sorts of noises. She shouted me a hello from the kitchen so I moved on to the living room where I assumed my Dad and brother would be. I was pretty shocked to see it wasn't just my Dad and brother sitting there. On the other sofa sat a familiar looking couple, I spent a few seconds trying to work out where I knew them from.
"Oh hello son" My Dad said.
"Hi" I smiled awkwardly, due to the fact there was two strangers in the room.
"Oh this is Mr and Mrs Cranston" My Dad smiled "I'm sure you remember them".
I didn't remember them.
"Oh Dan" The woman said standing up and hugging me. "We haven't seen you since you were leaving high school".
Suddenly another figure in the room caught my attention, a girl sitting in the arm in the corner of the room. She smiled awkwardly at me and waved, I remembered her.
"Jessie" I said startled.
"Hello" She smiled.
She certainly brought back a lot of memories. Jessie was one of my friends in high school, she moved there just for sixth year and we had hit it off almost immediately. Of course back then, if I had've had my way we'd have been more than just friends. Back then, I was convinced I was in love with her. But then again, I hadn't met Phil then – he was just one of the many personalities I watched on YouTube. I never stood a chance wit her. Almost every guy in our year fancied her and I was still in shock that she wanted to be my friend never mind anything else. Anyways, after sixth year she was accepted into Leeds university, since she was always a billion times smarter than me. I hadn't seen her since then, we kept in touch on Facebook a bit for a while. But then I started YouTube and met Phil and everything else, last I heard she was studying to be a teacher.
Jessie stood up from the arm chair and walked over giving me a big hug. She hadn't changed much since high school, same slim figure and warm brown eyes. Along with poker straight brown hair that fell to her collar bones. I hugged back, still in shock that she was here. I hadn't thought about her since I had fallen for Phil.
Sorry for late update, I am really busy at the minute ugh stress. Hopefully I'll have another up tomorrow, thanks – hope you enjoyed x