Phil hated school with a passion. He was bullied by the older kids because of his hairstyle. They called him an emo, even though the clearly don't know what is considered 'emo fashion'.

Phil's friends left him a while ago because they had basically given up on him. He sat down in his first class and got his books out, he got the usual thrown at his head behind the teacher's back, but he was used to it by now. This was his last year in this school before he could miss sixth form and go straight to college and get away from the truly crap life he has here.

The teacher hushed the class and a younger boy came up in front of the desk looking very nervous.

"Class, this is Dan, he is joining out one year course in media, I hope you make him feel welcome" She emphasized at the students at the back of the class as they sneered at him.

"Oi dickhead why don't you join emo boy over 'ere, you have the same fukin haircut an' all." Cooed one of the students at the back of the class.

"Johnson if you insult the new student again I will have you in detention after school," Said Ms Hudson, the class teacher.

"What a faggot." He muttered under his breath. Phil found himself staring at this new student for a bit too long before he looked away quickly.

"Daniel if you go and sit over there, Ill provide you with your books." She beckoned to the seat in front of Phil. He sat down nervously and got out his things, followed by more paper being thrown in their direction while the teacher wasn't looking. Unusually, tis made Phil quite angry. He had never cared about anyone else or had wanted to stand up for them. He knew that he would have to be more than stupid to do something like that.

Double Media Studies went excruciatingly slowly. It all was a blur, Phil barely took any of it in, and his thoughts were just filled with the boy sat in front of him. Phil caught a glimpse of his wristband peeking out from under his blazer. Phil smiled slightly, he was a muse fan, Phil's room was covered in muse posters, and he had all albums and shirts, kind of obsessed really.

The bell finally rang and Phil packed his stuff away and rushed to the canteen in order to avoid the cue full of rowdy teenagers pushing each other around everywhere. He wasn't particularly hungry and just got a sandwich. He hurried out as he saw Johnson's gang approaching him. He proceeded to his usual spot, behind the wall by the science block, pulled out his ipod and played muse's latest music. This was one of the few things that made him happy. He remembered he had a Physics test next, he panicked and quickly pulled out his books to look at the complicated words describing the conservation of mass and heat transfer. He memorised most of the important points within twenty minutes, which was quite impressive he thought.

After the day had ended he headed to his locker where he mostly avoided as Johnson tended to ver around that area. He closed his locker and headed to the bus stop before he bumped into someone obviously trying to keep their head down. He managed to knock all of the books out of their hands, he bent over to pick them up and return them. He looked up to see the boy in his media class.

"Oh, sorry about that.. Dan isn't it?" Phil tried to sound casual which obviously want working when his voice broke slightly.

"Y-yeah thanks, with the books and all" He said quietly. Phil smiled at him before starting to walk away "Um you couldn't give me any idea where locker 1034 is can you?"

"Oh, well that's right next to mine here" He pointed at the correct one.

"Thanks a lot, I didn't catch your name" Dan had managed to build up enough courage to try to make conversation with someone. Phil was surprised that someone had taken an interest in him, especially this boy.

"I'm Phil." He said happily straightening his bag. "Phil Lester"

"Nice to meet you Phil Lester, I'm Dan Howell." They shook hands before going in opposite directions, looking behind to exchange glances before they were out of each other's sights.

Author's Note:

I really liked this end of this chapter :3 anyway this is kinda short again but chapter 3 will be quite long :D and will be ploaded in a day or two. Also I am going on holiday on Saturday and wont have wifi in a week *cries uncontrollably* so ill be writing a lot instead of tumblin'. So that means you guys will get a lot when I get home :)

- Anna