"PHIL!" Dan screams. Phil looks up and sees the car. His eyes widen and he's paralyzed with fear. Dan runs towards him, not fully knowing what he was doing. He might've been running to push Phil out of the way, or throw himself in between Phil and the car. But he doesn't get there in time. The driver finally attempts to swerve to avoid Phil, but the back of the car rams into Phil's side. Phil is thrown down hard into the middle of the road. The car spins and skids into a closed building, shattering the window and triggering the security alarms. The driver gets flung into the windshield and falls unconscious. Dan rushes to Phil's side and shakes his shoulder. "Phil! Phil!" He cries. Phil groans and opens his eyes slightly. "Dan?" He calls weakly. There is blood seeping through his jeans and many bruises start to appear all over his body. "Oh god, oh god oh god oh god..." Dan whispers, running his hand through his hair. "Ok, h-hold on, Phil," Dan says. "Help is coming." He pulls out his phone and dials 911. "911 what's your emergency?" The dispatcher says. "Yes, hi, my.. my boyfriend has just been hit by a car," Dan says. "The car also ran into a building," He adds. "Where is the scene of the accident?" She asks. "Um.. hold on." He looks for the street sign. "Ok, it's Jackson Road in [city]," Dan says. "Ok, an ambulance is on the way. Has the victim fallen unconscious?" "No, he's awake but injured. The driver seems like he is unconscious." Their conversation continues like this for a while, Dan telling the dispatcher all the information he can. Finally, the ambulances arrive.
The paramedics load Phil onto a stretcher and put him into the ambulance. Dan is told he has to get in the passenger seat, and reluctantly, he starts to leave. But before they shut the door, Dan squeezes Phil's hand tightly. "Hold on, Phil," he whispers. As he's walking around the vehicle to the front seat, he sees another team getting the driver out of the car. The commotion has also attracted many people, doing their best to clean up the wreckage. Soon they get to a hospital. Phil is whisked off to emergency care and Dan repeats to the doctors what happened. He's ushered out into the waiting room as Phil is taken care of. Dan checks in to the hospital, and, exhausted by the traumatic events, he drifts into an uneasy sleep in a chair and waits for morning.
"Daniel Howell?" Someone says. The sound drifts into Dan's sleep, his eyes open, and he sees a doctor standing in front of him. Dan waits for his brain to get caught up with what's happening, and after a couple seconds he says, "Yes?". "You brought in Phillip Lester?" The doctor confirms. "Yes, yes, that's me, what's happening?" Dan urges. "Well, Phillip had some internal bleeding when you brought him in. We had to take him for an emergency surgery and repair the damage." "Oh my god, is he okay?" "Yes, the surgery went smoothly with no complications." Dan breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god." "Would you like to see him now?" The doctor asks. "Yes, yes, please!" He agrees energetically. Dan follows the doctor into another wing of the large hospital and enters a room.
Phil is sleeping in the bed, wearing a hospital gown with several tubes coming out of him, machines hooked up to him, and bandages wrapped around his arm. Dan brings his hand up to his mouth and starts tearing up. "Oh, my god, Phil," he whispers. "As you know, he had severe internal bleeding at first. We took him into surgery and fixed the problem, but we will need to keep him here for a couple weeks for observation. His ankle had a slight fracture, but that will also be fine in a couple weeks. Additionally, Phillip was scraped up pretty badly along his limbs, but we have cleaned the wounds and bandaged them, and he has a minor concussion," the doctor informs Dan. "Thank you," Dan says to the doctor gratefully. "I'll leave you to it," He smiles and swiftly exits the room.
Dan walks up to the side of Phil's bed and stares at him. He looked so.. small, somehow, and tired. Dan gets a chair from across the room and brings it to Phil's bedside, where he sits and continues looking at his beautiful boyfriend, lightly stroking his hair. A couple minutes later some nurses come in to check on Phil. They refill his IV and make sure everything is normal. Dan starts calling Phil's family and their friends, telling them what happened. Later, he gets up to stretch his legs. But then, Phil wakes up, disoriented. "Dan?" He calls in a scratchy voice. "Hold on, I'll call you back," Dan says to Louise on the phone. "Wha-Dan!" She says as he hangs up on her. "Yes, hi, Phil, I'm here," Dan says, kneeling next to his bed and resting his arms on it. "How are you feeling?" "I'm alright. What happened?" Phil asks. "You got hit by a drunk driver. We got you to the hospital, you had to have surgery, and you've been sleeping since," Dan explains. "Oh. Have you called my parents?" "Yes, they're on their way." Dan catches Phil up on everything and he settles back into his chair once Phil falls asleep again. He goes on his phone and opens twitter. Dan is bombarded with hundreds of tweets linking him to a news report from a major news network, asking him 'WAS THIS PHIL?!'. Dan opens the link and sees a clip of a news reporter reporting the accident:
'We now bring you reports of a serious car accident that happened on Jackson Road last night. A pedestrian was hit by a drunk driver, which then caused the car to skid into a building, causing severe damage to the building and the car. Luckily another pedestrian called 911, which allowed help to arrive. Minutes later, the car caused a small explosion and set fire to the building, fortunately after the driver was out of the car. Currently the victim and the driver are alive and recovering in the hospital.' It then cut to footage of the accident from security cameras on the street. You could clearly see someone who looked exactly like Phil getting hit, and someone who looked exactly like Dan running over, the rest of the accident continuing to unfold.
Dan exits the clip and scrolls through the tweets, all frantically asking him for an explanation. Dan walks over to Phil's bed and gently shakes him awake. "Hmm..?" Phil opens his eyes and immediately smiles when he sees Dan. "Hey, Dan. What's up?" He asks. "Phil, look at this." Dan hands him the phone and watches Phil watch the video. "Oh, my god!" He exclaims after watching the clip. "I know," Dan agrees. "Is the driver okay?" Phil asks. "Yeah, I think, " Dan replies. "Ok, good." "Now, what should we tell everyone? All our fans are begging to know what happened," Dan says. "Wait, really?" Dan shows Phil all the tweets. "Oh," Phil breathes, overwhelmed by all the people worried about him. "Just say it was me, and I'm fine," he suggests. "You are not fine! You're in the hospital! You had internal bleeding and a broken ankle!" Dan exclaims. "I've half a mind to go to the driver and-" (here Dan said some very obscene things). "Dan!" Phil exclaimed, horrified, but amused. "Honestly, I'm alright." "Hmph, okay." Dan types up a tweet and shows it to Phil:
'To all who saw the report on the crash - yes, that was Phil. He's currently recovering well in the hospital. Thanks for the concerns and hopefully we'll be home soon!'
"Yeah, thats good," Phil agrees, and Dan hits 'tweet'.
Dan stays with Phil the rest of the day. He sticks by Phil's side and only leaves to get meals (the nurses brought Phil's to him). Phil was also still very weak and rested most of the time. In the evening, Phil's parents stop in to visit him, and after they leave he stays up to talk to Dan. At the very end of the day, a nurse comes in to Phil's room. "Daniel?" She asks in surprise. "Visiting hours are over. You have to leave now." "What?" Dan says. "No, can't I stay with Phil?" "I'm sorry, but rules are rules," she says. Dan sighs. "Fine," he grumbles. "Bye, Phil." "Bye," Phil says. Dan leans down and kisses Phil before he goes. The nurse was aware of their relationship, but was shocked by their open act of affection. She had never really seen a couple like them before. Dan turns around and sees her startled face, tinged with disapproval. "What? Haven't you ever seen a couple kiss before?" He sneers. The nurse just says nothing and lets him pass before she checks on Phil.
Dan walks out of the hospital and takes a taxi home. Dan gives the driver his address and he has to get through some awkward small talk, then lapses into silence, thinking of Phil. Finally they arrive at his and Phil's apartment, Dan pays, and he exits the cab. The second Dan walks through the door, he's hit with the crushing realization of how alone he is in this apartment. Phil wasn't going to be there for weeks. Dan just trudges up the staircase and into his bedroom. He changes into pajamas and slips into his bed, however, he is unable to sleep. Thoughts of Phil consume his mind. What if something awful happens and I'm not there? What if he wakes up, needing me, and I'm not there? What if.. This continues for some time, Dan tossing and turning, thoughts keeping him awake. Eventually, he gets up, goes to the bathroom, and takes some sleeping pills. He feels the effects of it almost immediately, but still he finds a hard time falling asleep. Then he gets an idea. Still a bit unsure of it, he thinks 'what have I got to lose?', so he goes to Phil's room. He climbs into Phil's bed, breathes in the familiar scent of Phil, and falls into a deep sleep.
In the weeks that follow, Dan gets up, has breakfast, and he usually would head over to the hospital. Some days he had to run errands and he still had to do the radio show, and Dan also had to file a lawsuit on the driver. On the days Dan was able to go the hospital, he would stay there all day, bringing work to do, talking to Phil, and catching up with the friends and family that came to visit him. That one nurse came in often, catching Dan and Phil sharing a sweet moment a couple times (one time they were even cuddling), struggling to hide her disdain. Phil was a little uncomfortable, but Dan just glared at her. Phil also went through some physical therapy and other small procedures to help him recover. There were even news articles written on the accident ('YouTube star Phil 'AmazingPhil' Lester hit by car - best friend Dan 'danisnotonfire' Howell calls for help' - "Best friend? More like boyfriend," Dan said to Phil upon seeing it). The two settle into a daily routine, and every night, a nurse comes in and tells Dan he has to leave. Every night, Dan pleads to stay. Every night, he kisses Phil goodbye. Every night, Dan heads home to the overwhelming loneliness of his and Phil's apartment. And every night, he falls asleep in Phil's bed.
Finally, after 3 weeks, Phil is discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. They share the good news on twitter and head home. The second Phil walks in the door, Dan notices how the mood of the apartment shifts. It immediately changes from loneliness and fear, to safety and comfort. This happens all the time. Whenever Phil walks in a room, he brightens it with his personality. Dan turns to Phil. "I'm so glad you're home!" He says, pulling him into a tight hug. "Woah! Me, too," Phil smiles and breathes in Dan, returning the hug. They go about their normal day, eating lunch and dinner together and playing video games, until finally it's late and they start getting ready for bed in the bathroom. "Alright, goodnight!" Dan says to Phil outside the bathroom door. "Night, Dan," he replies, pulling him in for a chaste kiss, and they go to the hallway leading to their bedrooms. Dan walks down the familiar path to Phil's bedroom and opens the door. "Dan? What are you doing?" Phil asks. "Huh? OH, um.. I don't know.. sorry," Dan says, and he quickly walks into his own room and shuts the door. Idiot, he scolds himself. He gets into his own, now unfamiliar, bed that hasn't been used in a while, and falls asleep. Meanwhile, Phil walks into his room and to his bed. That was weird, he thinks. Then he sees the rumpled covers that were definitely not like that before (even if it had been a while since he's been here). However, he brushes it off and gets into bed. But then he picks up a whiff of Dan in his bed. Has Dan been sleeping in my bed? Whatever, that's actually kind of sweet. Phil smiles, glad he could comfort Dan even while he was away, and drifts into a peaceful sleep.
A/N: Hey guys! First, I'm sorry it took me a bit longer to post a new chapter, but hopefully you liked this update! It's a lot longer than normal, and that's partially why it took me so long. I don't know much about emergency procedures (especially in England - I know the phone number is different but I'm too lazy to look it up), and I know cars don't usually explode but I had to make the accident 'news-worthy'. I also don't know much about hospitals and medical stuff (but I have been watching a lot of Grey's Anatomy lately), so I hope the chapter turned out okay. I don't want to be annoying, but please review because I love to read the reviews I get and it inspires me to keep writing knowing people are reading this. Thanks.. bye! -L
(also if you noticed the review on this story from me that just says '3' that was me testing something and I can't delete it so yeah)