Can You Fall InLove With Your Best Friend? (Phan)

Chapter Thirteen

Dan's POV

Phil hadn't come back yet, it's been half an hour now! I then hear a knock on the door, is that Phil?!

"Come in!" I say loud enough so the person can hear me.

"Heyy!" I hear two people say, and to my surprise it's Chris and PJ!!

"Hey guys! What are you doing here?! You could be kicked out of University of bunking of!" I say in shock.

"It's fine Dan, we've been signed out for two days and you and Phil have been signed out for a couple of weeks." Chris starts "Speaking of Phil, where is he?" PJ then adds looking around the room.

"I don't know, he's been gone for the past half an hour..." I say sadly.

"Well, did he say where he was going?" I then ask.

"Umm, the toilets I think?" I then say as I see PJ stand up.

"Well, I'm going to go find Phil, and you my planet explorer! Recuperate and talk to Chris! And Chris! Keep Dan company!" PJ says ordering Chris and I what to do.

"Yes sir!" me and Chris say as we salute and giggle even though it hurts my sides.

I then talk to Chris about how I've been put in hospital, that I had been beaten up by my primary school bully and that I'd been knocked un-conscience and have several cuts that two that had to be stitched up and then I have broken ribs, broken nose, and all that jazz. Chris understands and he just makes me laugh by pulling jokes left right and centre, but the one thing that sticks in my mind is: where the fuck is Phil?!

PJ's POV

I walk into the men's toilets and call Phil's name a couple of times but there is no reply.

Just as I was about to go back to see Dan, I heard a whimper and crying.

Phil...

"Phil, what's wrong, Dans worried about you! Chris is worried about you, I'M worried about you. Please, tell me" I ask.

Phil had locked himself in a cubicle and was crying his eyes out for what? Time to find out!

"I-I'm s-scared Peej! I l-like Dan and I-I want to tell him, I really do but w-what if he r-re-rejects me..." Phil says all shaken up.

I walk into the cubicle that's next to where Phil is and stand on the toilet seat and hoist my self over an I see Phil look at me in shock as I then slump down next to Phil. Bit squashed...

"Umm, w-why did you do th-that?" Phil then asks giggling but still in tears. His face is stained with tears...he's a mess basically.

"Oh Phil, you really don't have to be shaken up about this...you really don't." I say trying to reassure him.

The thing is, I know that Dan likes Phil, and Phil likes Dan but I can't say that to eachother, I can't interfere like that.

"Listen, even if Dan did like me, I've broken his heart and I can't handle that!" Phil says a little more loudly than before.

"How, Dan's tough, I recon he hasn't noticed." I say again trying to reassure Phil.

"I went out with Emma and kissed her and slept with her and she was mean to Dan too! And if Dan liked me in the way I do now...he might be crushed and I cant bare it!" This time Phil was shouting and crying into my shoulder.

"I don't know what to say Phil...but what I can say is. Speak to him. Make him understand. He will. Trust me." I say trying to very subtly hint that Dan will forgive Phil because he likes him too!!

"Bu-" Phil try's to say.

"No buts, you are going to go in there and say sorry, and then you will tell him back at your dorm because it's nicer environment, confess and I'll know if you don't!!" I say sternly, better to say it back at the dorm as it will be a little nicer...

Phil sighs but agrees. I stand up from the uncomfortable position I was in and unlock the door, Phil still just sits there staring of into space.

"Come on, your going to have to face your demons sooner or later" I say staring at Phil.

"My mum says that to me but I still don't know what it means..." He says as he stands up.

"It means, because your scared to see Dan/don't want to see Dan but you have to, you just say 'gunna have to face your demons sometime!' It's just a saying" I try and explain the best I can but Phil just looks confused but shrugs it of.

"Wait-what my excuse going to be?!" Phil then asks in panic as we stop walking.

"Just say...umm...tricky one...you could say, no....or! No...umm...I KNOW!! Say that a nurse needed your help, don't worry I'll ask a nurse to come in and thank you later, clever aren't I!" I say proudly.

"Ok, that's a pretty good idea" Phil says agreeing with me.

Phil dries his eyes and fixes his hair to make it look like he wasn't crying about a minute ago.

We walk into Dan's room and I see Dan's face brighten up at the sight of Phil. Chris smiles at me and I wink in saying that I've spoken to him and Chris just winks back.

Phil walks across to Dan and gives him a hug.

"Careful, broken ribs and all!" Dan says jokingly but Phil let's go of him straight away, he really is being careful.

"I'm sorry, for walking out on you like that, I went to the toilet but as I was walking back a nurse wanted my help so I said I would and I did and now we're here!" Phil says explaining as I slip out of the room to tell one of Dan's nurses to say on her next check up on Dan to thank Phil for his help. I'm so clever...

Dan's POV

Nope, not buying it...but I'll just have to believe him for now because I can't be bothered to argue at the moment...

Later on a nurse comes in the check up on me, she checks my pain level from 1 to 10 in which I say "8" when it was 11 which must be an improvement.

"Ok Dan I will see you later. Ohh and Thankyou Phil for the help with those new deliveries earlier, couldn't have done that myself!" The nurse says as she walks out...maybe he wasn't lying then.

"Look at you Mr Mussels" I say laughing but it then hurts my sides so I stop and just smile.

"I try my best and are you ok, you look in pain?!" Phil says rushing up to me and seeing if I was ok. He's just so adorable.

"I'm fine Phil, don't worry" I say smiling at him in reassurance. He's so caring...no.

No more. I can't like him in this way. I don't want him to get hurt.

I need to just be friends with Phil. Only friends. He doesn't even like me in the same way...