I'm not making excuses because I don't have any real excuses. However, I have decided that I'm going to try and make this a weekly upload story unless I suddenly get a burst of inspiration to write another chapter before the time. So it will be either on a Monday or Tuesday – saying that, I'm just as good as Dan at keeping to a schedule… (I love Dan, I'm sorry!)

In other quick Phan news, they released their advent calendar today! ASDFGHJKLOMFGIDEK! Totally ordered it straight away… BACK TO THE STORY!


Chapter 6

Phil's POV

I hadn't been able to find Dan at lunch so I spent it hiding in the library again. The bell had just rung to sound the end of lunch however so that meant I was going to be seeing Dan in an hour. I've decided that we need to arrange a meeting place if we're going to try and see each other during break and lunch rather than just walking around aimlessly hoping we will bump into each other. I walked into the science lab and sat down. I was giving more focus to the clock rather than the teacher all lesson. By the end of the lesson I was vaguely aware of the fact that I'd learnt about how forces work together but I was very aware that I could now see Dan and that made me rush to maths.

I walked into the classroom and took a seat at the back, placing my things on the desk. Dan walked into the class 5 minutes late holding his stomach with a sad look on his face.

'Sorry I'm late sir' Dan said quietly.

'Can you explain why you are late, Mr Howell?' the teacher replied, why did they always have to be dicks?

'I didn't feel well.' Dan remained at the front of the room looking at his feet.

'Well, make sure that it doesn't happen next time. Get to your seat.' Maybe I had been quick to judge Mr Kirklee, he didn't seem too bad.

Dan walked over to my table and took a seat next to me. He looked in pain, I assumed it was because he was ill as he had told the teacher, but I was willing to ask just in case. 'Hey Dan, you okay?'

'Yeah, fine.' He replied.

'You sure? You look in pain?' He still had his hand on his stomach and was breathing irregularly.

'Yes, I just don't feel well, did you not hear me tell sir that?' He sounded like he was getting annoyed so I decided to drop the topic.

'Okay, just checking. You haven't missed anything anyway.' I whispered so Kirklee wouldn't hear me. 'Still up for Sonic after school?'

'What?' He looked up, 'Oh yeah, sure.'

'We don't have to if you-'

'-I'm sorry boys, am I interrupting something there?' I was stopped by Mr Kirklee's interruption.

'No sir, sorry.' I replied as Dan returned to looking at the desk.

'Good, now where was I?' Mr Kirklee said, returning his attention to the rest of the class.

Dan's POV

By the end of the lesson I had cheered up a good amount. I was still in a lot of pain in my side however Phil had managed to distract me a lot with his sarcastic comments and jokes under his breath during the lesson. We got up and left the classroom and I noticed Phil lingering awkwardly behind me.

'What are you doing?' I stopped and turned around to talk to him. He nearly walked into me.

'Oh, erm well I don't know where your house is?' Shit, I'd completely forgotten he was coming to my house.

'Oh yeah, sorry. Well don't walk behind me, at least make it look like you know me!' I joked.

He moved next to me and we walked home. I was walking a lot slower than I usually would due to the pain in my side however Phil managed to keep me distracted. When we got outside my house I held my hands up 'Well, this is home!' and then I opened the door.

'It looks nice' Phil said, with a smile on his face.

'It's just a house, it's nothing amazing. Do you want anything to drink?' I asked, walking into the kitchen.

'I'm alright.' He was looking at pictures in the hallway. 'Who are all these people?'

I grabbed myself a glass of water and paracetamol to help with the pain and returned to the hallway. 'Oh, those are family pictures. That's my mum,' I pointed at the people in the picture, 'my sister Claire, and dad, but he doesn't live here anymore.'

'Oh, they look nice.' Phil seemed genuine, if only he knew.

'They aren't all bad.' I replied, the all didn't include David. 'Should we go up to my room, that's where the games are?'

'After you!' Phil's attention turned away from the pictures. He looked sad as he looked at them, I'm not sure why though. He followed me as I walked upstairs, very slowly. I opened my bedroom door, thank god I had tidied a few days ago, the mess was reasonable. I dumped my things on the floor and gestured for Phil to sit on the bed while I got the games ready.

'Well, what do you want to play? I have Sonic? Crash Bandicoot? GTA? Guitar Hero? The choice is yours?' I showed him the selection of games I had.

'Sonic sounds good to me' he said, cheerfully. I put the disc in and grabbed the controllers climbing onto the bed next to Phil. I suddenly winced in pain as I knocked my ribs on the mattress and I noticed Phil turn to look at me.

'What's wrong?' Phil quizzed.

'Nothing, I just have a stich' Lies. I was fairly good at lying, however I wasn't convinced that I had managed to convince Phil. Nevertheless, he returned to the game. I wasn't quite ready to go into the shit storm that is my life.

Phil's POV

It had seemed like Dan had been in quite a bit of pain but I could only believe what he told me so I trusted that whatever he was hiding wasn't too bad.

It was only when I looked at my phone that had buzzed in my pocket that I realised what the time was. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. It was almost 5 and I wasn't home. Dad was not going to be pleased at all.

'Hey Dan, I think I'm going to have to go – it's getting late.' I really didn't want to have to go, I was having so much fun. We had talked about school and Dan had told me a little bit about how his dad had left home after cheating on his mum. I felt really sorry for him, he was obviously still hurt by his dad's actions, like me, only it wasn't physical pain…

'Really? That's shit! I was having fun!' he looked disappointed that I had to leave.

'I wish I could stay! I had fun too, we definitely have to do this another time.' I said, laughing slightly. We made our way downstairs and out the front door.

'I'll see you tomorrow at school!'

'See you tomorrow' I replied as I turned my back waving to him. It was starting to get darker so I picked up my pace to almost running. When I got in there was a note on the dining room table.

'Gone out to the pub. Don't know where you are but make your own dinner. See you tomorrow.'

Well, at least he wasn't at home. I made my way upstairs to my room. I wish I hadn't left Dan's now. Dad could have text me to tell me he wouldn't be home. I sat at my desk and pulled out my laptop and began watching Buffy.


Sorry that not much happened in this chapter but I didn't really know what else to do. I have an idea for the next chapter!

I want to quickly add, I'm thinking about possibly starting other Phan stories and/or one-shots so if you have any suggestions or want me to do one then leave a review with an idea and I'll see if I can create anything but I'm not promising anything!

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