I would just like to say quickly that the family members and characters in this are completely fictional. I am using Dan and Phil in a fictional sense and the story isn't based on real life events. Hope you enjoy this next chapter. Writing one a day in order to avoid writing my personal statement!
Chapter 3
Dan's POV
I dragged my feet downstairs and into the kitchen, stopping suddenly when I saw that David was in the room too. I called him David because he was no longer a father to me, just a guy that used to be in my life and tried so hard to get back in, but I wouldn't forgive him for what he did.
'What are you doing here? We haven't even had dinner yet?' I said, still stood in the kitchen doorway.
'Dan, don't be so rude' mum said to me, 'your dad is going to be having dinner here today, we will still be having family time.'
'What is this? I was okay with family time, but this is just too far!' I replied.
'Look Dan, I want to be more involved in your life again.' This time it was David who spoke, 'I know we haven't really gotten along well in the past but-'
'-we all know who's fault that is!' I cut him off shortly. I wasn't ready to play happy families yet. Family time was hard enough, I only played along for Claire. 'You can't wean your way back into our lives, not after what you did to mum.'
'Dan, that was two years ago' my mum said, taking a seat.
'So you're telling me that you forgive him for sleeping with that whore?!' I was getting angry, how could she be siding with him?
'Don't use that language in my house Dan. No, I don't forgive him, but I am lonely and struggling. I wouldn't mind a bit of help in my life raising our two children.' She replied, the last sentence turning towards David.
He began talking, 'I want to help, and I feel like I've missed so much in the last two years. I've missed you all. I've apologised for what I did to your mother-'
I cut my dad off again '-I don't care what you think or how you feel. You didn't think about us when you were fucking that bitch.'
'DANIEL HOWELL, how dare you use that language in this house, how many times do I have to tell you that!?' My mum stood up and moved closer to me. 'Get out of here, we'll continue this later.'
'Whatever' I turned around and stormed upstairs and slammed my bedroom door. I couldn't believe that she was being so reasonable with him. I can't believe that she wants that dickhead back in our lives permanently. If that was the case then I had to get out of here. There was no way that I could spend the whole night with him. My head was spinning. I grabbed my phone, a jacket and my keys. I had to get out of here. I wasn't going to be able to use the front door so I climbed out of my room, something that I'd gained a skill of doing. When I landed on the ground I started walking, and walking until I reached town. I sat in Starbucks ordering a coffee and sitting down.
Phil's POV
Fortunately we didn't live too far from town and I knew the quickest way to walk. I wasn't really that hungry after having such a stressful day. It was starting to get dark, I loved that about autumn, I decided that I was just going to get a drink and then head home, picking up a pizza for dad. I could see Starbucks in the distance and decided that's where I was going. I walked in and began to order when I noticed Dan sat in the corner. Shit. I really hoped he didn't see me.
'Phil?'
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. 'Oh, hey Dan isn't it?' I said, hiding my regret.
'Yeah, what are you doing here?' Dan asked me.
'Erm, getting coffee I guess, what about you?' Well obviously. What a stupid response.
'Same really, haha' he sounded a little awkward, 'do you want to sit with me?'
Great, the one thing I didn't want him to ask. 'Yeah, sure' I said taking my caramel latte over to his table being careful not to drop it.
'I didn't see you around in school, how did you manage to hide so well?' he asked, laughing.
'I guess we just didn't have any lessons together.' Why did this have to be so damn awkward? He was just someone in my form, why did I have to be so awkward around new people?
'Yeah, I guess' he took a sip from his drink. 'So, how come you've moved to this school?'
'Oh, erm, I just wasn't doing well at my old school so my dad decided to move me.' LIE. But I wasn't going to tell a stranger the real reason I left my old school.
'Well I'll pre-warn you, it's not exactly the best school so I wouldn't get your hopes up for outstanding results and teachers who constantly support you. It may seem like it in your first few days but that's just so that you don't leave too early.' Dan was going on a bit, why was he saying this? 'Anyway, tell me a bit about you.'
'What do you mean?' I questioned.
'Well, what are your interests, hobbies, anything?' He asked again.
'I don't really know, I like gaming a bit and going online, reading, that's about it really – I'm not a very interesting person.' I hated talking about myself to people.
'What games do you like?' He seemed to ignore my last sentence looking at his phone that kept buzzing.
'Erm, I don't really know. Sonic, Pokemon, anything PS1 or old I guess.' Why was I telling him so much about myself, I've never been this open to someone before?
'I love Sonic! PS1 has some awesome games!' he sounded genuinely interested.
My phone buzzed in my pocket. I unlocked it and read the text from my dad:
Wherre are yuo? Get homee now!
'Shit.'
'What?' asked Dan.
'Nothing, I just have to go, I'll see you at school tomorrow.' I replied, walking quickly out of the shop. As soon as I was out of sight I started running. I wasn't going to have time to get a pizza and that was going to piss dad off even more. Tonight wasn't going to be fun.
I'm really enjoying writing this and I'm starting to get more of a storyline to it, sorry that it's going quite slowly but I'm trying to introduce a lot of characters in the first night.
