Dan's thoughtful words brings a single tear to Mrs. Howell's eye. "Dan, that is so sweet! I'm happy that you still care about your fans!"

Dan scoffs. "Oh, you kidding me? I love every single one of my fans! We're all like a big support group remember?"

Phil nods. "Yeah, I remember..weirdo." He giggles.

"Dork!" Dan shoves Phil as a joke and they both burst out laughing.

Mrs. Howell rolls her eyes. "Ok, you two!" She says, trying to get them to calm down.

Phil stops laughing but is still giggling. "Hehe, sorry..I'll stop. Dan, you good?"

Dan also stops laughing. "I think so! Man, I miss moments like these! Where one of us just says something stupid and we both just bust out laughing? These last few hours just made me laugh more than both the PhotoBooth challenge video and the Phil is not on fire 5 video!"

Phil nods. "Yeah, agreed!"

Mrs. Howell checks the time. It's 11:20pm. She gasps at the realization of how long she was at the flat.

"I have to go, guys. But, Dan, I hope I will get to see you again. If you..go back..then I will understand. Phil will probably tell me. I love you!" She gets teary eyed.

Dan gets off the bed and walks over to his mum. He hugs her and he also is a little teary eyed. "I love you too, mum. I really hope we get to see each other again."

"Be careful, please? If you get into any trouble, use your..ghost-y power things, okay?" She pinches his cheeks, making him squirm and Phil giggles.

Dan pushes her away like a little kid. "Ugh, mum! I'm not 12 anymore!" Mrs. Howell laughs.

"Hehe, I know! I find that funny...sorry." She breaks the hug.

Mrs. Howell goes over to Phil. She hugs him tightly, making him almost lose his breath.

"Eh..I..ok, I'm gonna..miss you too!" Phil manages to get out. Mrs. Howell notices.

"Oh! Sorry, Phil!" She breaks the hug and Phil tries to catch his breath.

Mrs. Howell gets serious and glares at Phil straight in the eye.

"Phil, please look out for my son..." She glances at Dan and looks back at Phil. "...you are practically the only one who can protect him now, from anything! Promise me you will?"

He smiles. "Yes, I promise."

Mrs. Howell grins. "Good." She hugs him again. "Do you mind coming with me to the front door?"

"I would love to! Let's go!" He and Dan's mum almost walk out of Dan's room when Phil turns around to see Dan going back to sit on his bed.

"Dan? Do you wanna come? At least give your mum one last goodbye hug?" He asks.

Dan shakes his head. "I don't want to risk it. You go. Give her a goodbye hug for me!"

Phil gives a side smile. "Ok, I will! Be right back!" He scurries out of the room.

As Phil gives Mrs. Howell's coat back to her and escorts her out of the flat, Dan lays on his stomach and on the opposite side of his bed. He wonders what exactly is going to happen to him.

Is he going back to heaven? If so, when? Is he going to stay back on Earth forever? These are the things Peter didn't tell him but really wish he should've.


Phil comes back after saying his (and Dan's) goodbyes. He walks into Dan's room to see him on his laptop. 'Typical everyday Dan.' He makes a thought to himself.

Phil looks at the clock. It's 11:30pm. He yawns and looks at Dan.

"Uh..Dan?" He yawns again.

Dan is still staring at his laptop screen. "Huh?"

Phil goes over to Dan's bed and looks to see what he's doing on his computer. He's on YouTube, scrolling through his subscription box.

"You know, after 2 months of struggling to come back here, I thought you would forget your YouTube channel name..or even your password!" Phil exclaims.

Dan giggles and sighs. "I was actually in pretty bad shape when I came back. Just..standing in the middle of nowhere..in SCOTLAND! I couldn't tell which was left and right, and I was just shocked that I was back on Earth even though I really wanted to be."

Phil yawns again. "That's interesting! Anyway, I'm gonna head to bed. I'm yawning up a storm over here! If you want, you can tell me more of your adventure tomorrow."

"Yeah, I guess I can." Dan said.

"Ok! Are you gonna sleep?" Phil asks.

Dan shakes his head. "I can't. Spirits don't sleep. Besides, I have videos to catch up on!" Dan sighs. "This is gonna take forever."

Phil rolls his eyes and starts walking out.

Dan quickly scans his room but doesn't find what he's looking for and stops Phil before he can walk out of his room. "Wait! Phil..what did you do with my headphones?" He asks, like when a 5 year old asks where his toy car is at.

Phil frowns. "I forgot where I put them! But I'll look, I guess." He rummages through the boxes.

Dan sits on his bed watching him but kind of feels bad so he floats up off his bed and helps Phil look. It's his headphones after all.

Dan is searching through a box when Phil suddenly blurts out, "FOUND THEM!"

Dan stops looking through the cardboard box and turns around. There is Phil, holding up white earphones. Dan grins and floats back down on his feet and goes over to Phil to retrieve his headphones. "Yes! Thank you, Phil! Hey, for old times sake, Best Friend Handshake?"

Phil smiles. "Sure!" They try to repeat the handshake they made up during 'Phil is not on fire 5' but fail horribly and just laugh instead.

Phil stops laughing to yawn and rub his eyes. Dan notices.

"You're like a puppy, you know that? It has so much energy and wants to play all the time until it gets tired so it just wants to sleep for 10 hours. Go to bed. I'll still be here!" Dan points out.

Phil makes an exhausted smile. "You're right. Yeah, today's been a long day! Ok, I guess I'll go to bed." Phil starts walking out of Dan's room to go to his own.

"Good night, Dan!" Phil yells from the distance.

"Good night, Phil!" Dan yells back. He plugs his earphones into his laptop, turns off the light, turns on his lamp, and let's his procrastination take over.


I'm sorry this took a while to post! I was waiting for Phil is not on fire 5 to come out just so I could write that one part! Speaking of PINOF 5, it was cute and so amazing and I loved it! :D

P.S. Feel free to leave a review for suggestions on what I should do for Chapter 12 or just let me know if you liked it or not! Thanks! ;)

- TouchofCute