It's Called The Black Lake For a Reason (phan hogwarts AU)

CHAPTER FOUR - Dan's POV

        It probably took ten minutes for the blush to leave my cheeks after Phil walked away at breakfast. I knew he could be hot and adorable and even charming, but I had no idea how sexy he could be. I literally thought I was going to explode when he kissed me, even if it was only on the cheek. I’d never felt so much emotion to anyone in the past, and frankly, I was overwhelmed.

                Ancient Runes was after breakfast, and oh god did it feel dreary in comparison. My mind was too distracted by thoughts of Phil for me to focus, and Anna noticed almost immediately.

                "Dan? You okay?" she asked, waving her hands in front of my unfocused eyes.

                "Mmm" I responded by focusing my eyes on her, with a face that I hoped cried out 'so-done-with-you'.

                "You thinking 'bout Phil?" she giggled, eyes shining. If I wasn't a flaming homosexual, I'm almost positive I would be in love with her.

                "What?" I said stupidly, not wanting to answer her question.

                "I swear to god, you've known this guy for like a day, chill out" she said, exasperated.

                "Shut up!" I replied, laughing at myself because I knew she was right.

                "Seriously Dan, I'm pissed off about yesterday. You ditched me for a guy you'd never even met" she quite suddenly became serious. She's absolutely terrifying when she's serious.

                "I'm really sorry" I apologized "I didn't use good judgement on the situation, obviously. But you met him, he's amazing right?" Anna nodded regrettably.

                "I guess I'm pretty happy for you. I mean, you guys seem perfect for each other, and he's quite attractive, I have to admit"

                "Thanks" I laughed "I have to agree with you there".

                "Congrats, Dan. You landed a sexy, older man. It's every woman's deepest wish!" she threw her arms up dramatically, and her voice dripped with sarcasm.

                "Deep down, I think I want all the same things a woman wants; beautiful hair, nice boobs, and a sexy boyfriend" I laughed.

                "So is he your boyfriend, then?" she asked.

                "Oh, I don't know. Hopefully he will be" I shrugged, trying to focus my attention back on class, but of course failing to do so.

                When I saw Phil in the hallway, I could hardly contain myself from grinning like a fool. It felt amazing to be able to go over and talk to him, rather than the past month I'd spent watching him from afar and not knowing his name. I walked over to him, and before I could say a word, he put his arms around my waist and wrapped me up in probably the nicest hug I've ever taken part in. When we finally pulled away, he leaned down and kissed me on the nose. It's no exaggeration to say I was absolutely enchanted. He pulled me over to the side of the bustling hallway so we wouldn't be in anyone's way, and suddenly his mouth was on mine. I felt a sudden rush in my stomach, and all I could think about was how much I wanted to sink into Phil until there was no space between us. All at once, I remembered we were in the middle of a school hallway, and I pulled away. Phil scrunched his nose and blushed at me, and he looked beautiful.

                "I think a group of monarch butterflies just migrated in my stomach" I said without thinking, and immediately cringed. That was definitely high on the list of 'absolute stupidest things to say when a hot guy kisses you'. Phil laughed, and I realized I could listen to him laugh all day and never get tired of it.

                "Are you sure it's called a group? I feel like butterflies would be in a tribe" he responded, and it was so unexpected that I laughed a little too hard than the joke deserved.

                "There's no way it's a 'tribe' of butterflies, that's ridiculous!" I exclaimed.

                "Maybe a murder of butterflies..." he pondered thoughtfully.

                "Look, this is a great discussion about butterflies and all, but I really need to get to class" I giggled, probably sounding a bit too much like a flirting schoolgirl, even if that is basically what I was. Just as I was about to turn away, he grabbed my hand. His fingers were so soft wrapped around mine and I could feel my heart rate go skyrocketing. He pulled me towards him, and the slight height difference made it so his mouth was right by my cheek.

                "I’m really excited to see you on Friday" he whispered. I could feel his breath on my skin, and the butterflies in my stomach were now fluttering around in a violent tornado of wings.

                “Me too” I whispered back dumbly, not having anything else to say. We both leaned away and stood awkwardly facing each other, both having to get to class but neither wanting to leave the other.

I ended up being ten minutes late for potions, and Anna rolled her eyes at me when I snuck into the classroom. As I shamefully sat down in my seat next to her, I could literally feel the annoyance radiating off her.  I was experiencing a sort of battle inside my brain; half of me guilty for neglecting Anna and half of me only caring about how many hours until the next time I would see Phil. In the end, Phil won. After just barely surviving the rest of my classes, I was sitting in the common room with Anna.

“So you’ve snuck out before, yeah?” I asked Anna as we sat together in front of the fire. I knew she didn’t want to talk to me, as she was sat reading her book, but I thought I’d ask anyway.

“A few times” she replied simply, turning a page.

“What’s the best way to go about it, then?” I asked cautiously, not wanting to piss her off further. She laughed and turned to me, and when I saw her face I knew I’d made a drastic mistake.

“I’m not gonna help you hook up with guys okay? I would love to, but it’s obvious that as soon as you meet one you completely stop caring about me, so I don’t see why I would help you anymore” she said stingingly. I swallowed, and before I could say anything, she had viciously slammed her book and was heading towards the girls dormitories. I sighed deeply, closed my eyes, and took a few calming breaths.