Secrets

"Phil...Phil...."

PHIL'S POV

My pale hands grip onto the straps of my backpack as I nervously wait beside the gate. A river of teens flowed passed me and out into the street yet no Dan. Out of nowhere someone shoves my arm and I stumble to keep my balance but then it happens again. Then again. I had no time to regain my footing with each push and soon I find myself laying down in the muddy grass.

There is an outline of a tall boy standing over me but I cant see any details of their person as the sun is shining bright behind them. They then decide to speak down to me, "Come on you gay lord-" yes, they did use that stupidly old insult, "-aren't you going to get up and fight me?" By this point I know most of that river of people have stopped and are watching us.

I swallow hard and push myself up onto my feet "...I don't fight..." my voice is but a pathetic mumble as I brush the mud off my arms. It all then becomes very still and very silent. The silence stays over the group until a voice speaks up from behind the crowd. "Ph-phil..!" It's Dan and he's running and pushing to get through to me.

As soon as he reaches my side, I turn to face him and our eyes meet immediately. However, the moment is quickly disrupted by a punch and a fall. "Phil!" I hear faintly as the pain grows around my left ear. My hand grips hold of it as I roll on my back, just to be met with a large heavy blow to the stomach. "Get off him!" Dan's voice is drowned out by the enormous ear-piercing screeching noise.

Im just making my way to my feet when another hard force upon my cheek makes the world go black. Black. Cold. Quiet. Lonely.

**************time skip**************

"Phil...Phil..." The voice is quiet but it's loud enough to make me open my heavy eyes. As soon as they are open, a huge grin appears on my face. "D-Dan...what happened...?" I manage to mumble, reaching my hand up and softly touching his cheek.
The next thing I know is im on my feet and Dan has hold of my hands "You passed out and they got bored of..um...well, kicking me about." he says quietly as he looks at me with large sad eyes "Im sorry I couldn't stop them from beating you up...I should of tried to stop them...the reason they beat you up is because of me....its not fair..."

I watch him silently before squeezing his hands softly "Why dont we get to yours and clean up? No need to let them ruin our day, sweetheart." Dan nods and so we went. Making our way happily to his house.