Bookstore boy (phan)

Chapter 5

Phil's POV

Dan sobbed into my shoulder, I really do love him.
If I don't tell him now I'm going to explode!

'Umm Dan there's something I need to tell you...' I whisper.

He lifts his head off my shoulder and looks at me intently
'Go ahead' he smiles.

'I- I...' Oh I can't tell him, he's just going to reject me
'I got a girlfriend!' I lie

Why did I say that?
Oh I'm an idiot, he's going to want to know all about her.
There's not a her to know about!

'So what's her name?' Dan asks with a huge smile, quite a contrast to his earlier frown.
He looks so happy about the fact I've found someone, I knew he would never like me.

'She's called E- Emily' I stutter thinking of my childhood bestfriend.
'Wow that's really great Phil, I hope you will be as happy as me and Rosa are.' Dan is practically radiating happiness... He really does love Rosa, there's no way he would ever like me.

As we stroll out of the tall, looming building and he links arms with me and drags me down the winding street.

'C'mon Philly, we need to celebrate your new relationship!' He shouts in a sing-song tone.
I roll my eyes at his enthusiasm, this really isn't like him.

'Lets go to Starbucks and get Skinny Mocha Chai Tea... With Foam' he declares in a mock voice.
'We aren't teenage white girls, Dan' I laugh.

He begins to skip with our arms still linked.
After about a minute he abruptly stops and bends over
'I am so unfit Phil!' He pants grabbing his stomach.
'I think I'm going to die' he jokes.

With a sudden jolt he falls over to his knees and hits his head against the pavement.

My brain goes into overload. Is he breathing? Is he alive? There's blood, blood everywhere.
He has a gash in the back of his head and the blood is gushing out of the wound, his chestnut brown hair is stained red and matted down with blood.

I grab my phone out of my pocket and dial 999.
'Hello, what service do you need?' A woman says in a calm tone,
'I- I need an a- ambulance.'
'Ok sir, I will put you through to the hospital, where is the accident located?'

I get up from Dans side and run towards the first person I see and ask them the address

I shout down the phone,
'I'm on Lester-square and I'm outside of the Starbucks. My friend is bleeding and I don't know what to do' I start to sob and suddenly I feel an arm around my shoulder.

'Are you ok?' Says a young girl, her dark eyes full of fear.
'Thank you, I'm- I'm ok... My friend has hurt himself and I'm waiting for an ambulance now' I smile at her sadly.

'This might be a bad time but I just want to say that I'm your biggest fan' she smiles up at me.
'Well I think this situation means you can have a hug' I pull her in and give her the kind of hug that I want to give Dan.

At that moment the ambulance pulls up at the side of the road and I say goodbye to the girl.
A team of paramedics climb out of the ambulance and pull Dan onto a stretcher.

I hope he's ok..."