Don't Tell Lucy

5

Still Phil

The next morning I woke up with a crash as I fell off the couch again. I shut off my alarm and went to my room. I pulled out a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. I pulled those on and then wandered into the bathroom. I stared at myself in the mirror. I looked like a different person, my eyes puffy and pink, a trail of dried tears running down my face and onto my neck, my hair was a knotted mess. Oh well, I wiped off my face with a cold towel and looked slightly better, the tears were gone, my eyes looked almost normal except the sparkle in them dissapeared and so did my heart. A ran a comb through my ratty hair until it looked slightly better. I went to the kitchen to begin to make myself some breakfast when I saw the note Dan left. I crumpled it up and dropped it into the trash. I didn't feel hungry anymore. I brushed my teeth and grabbed my stuff and walked out, locking the door and placing the key under the mat. I walked down the stairs, almost a repeat of yesterday except I had no spring in my step. I opened the front door and walked out onto the pavement. I saw Dan and Lucy walking ahead of me, her arm around his waist with her head leaning on his shoulder. He gently kissed her on the top of the head. I rolled my eyes and turned into a nearby alley and decided to take the longer route by walking a street away. I got to the school and walked to my locker. I was greeted with a note taped to the door. I grabbed it and put it in my pocket and grabbed my stuff and walked towards my class. The room was empty so I decided to open the note. From Dan of course. I was about to throw it away when I noticed it was all song lyrics. I decided to read it
"I know I did you wrong, please forgive me."
I rolled my eyes and crumpled it up and threw it away and then returned to my seat. I knew Dan was in here so I decided to write him a note back. I drew a big middle finger and folded it up. I then wrote "Dan <3" and set it on his desk. Just as I returned back to my seat, he walked in. He looked toward me a smiled, I turned away. He saw the note. I heard a thump but I didn't dare turn around. I began to hear sharp sobs. I said "God, you're so fucking annoying" and I walked out. Just as I turned the corner, I ran into a guy with striking green eyes and curly brown hair. He was walking next to someone with deep brown eyes and straight brown hair. The one I ran into pulled me up. "I'm so sorry, man. This corner is a death trap. I'm PJ, and this is Chris." Chris saluted, and Pj laughed. "I'm Phil." I said with a smile. Pj smiled warmly and said, "Well Phillis, you should join us for lunch, just meet us out by the back door and we will show you where we sit. Don't bother buying food, we have a secret stash." I beamed, this is the happiest I've been since the night with Dan. "Okay, Pajamas, I guess I will." Chris began laughing while Pj smacked himself in the head. Chris began rolling on the floor clutching his stomach, tears streaming down his face. "HE CALLED YOU PAJAMAS!!" Pj then turned to me and said over the Hyena laughing of Chris. "He's in drama club, so he makes everything sadder or funnier than it really is. He's our little drama queen." He smiled and pulled Chris off the floor. We heard the warning bell. "Bye guys, I'll see you at lunch." I said "BYE PHILLIS!!" They both choruses at me. We went our separate ways and I walked into the room still laughing. Dan was still crying. Ugh will he ever stop? I wanted to punch him in the face. I sat through the lesson until Dan ran out the door towards the very end of class. I never saw him return. Well, three more classes until lunch. I managed to survive through those three classes and then made my way towards the back door. I was greeted by Chris and Pj already standing there waiting for me. I smiled at them. "Hey, guys!" They smiled just as big, "Hey Phillis!" They opened the door and we began to make our way to a tree at the back of the campus. They reached into a hole in the tree and pulled out cookies, crisps, and cans of fruit. Chris pulled three water bottles out of his bag. I began to question it, but Chris explained. "I have a separate bag, this one is just filled with water bottles for lunch." Oh, I was wondering why he magically had three. They sat down and Chris seductivly patted the ground across from them. I laughed and sat down. We ate quickly and then we began to ask each other questions. They were all questions like "what's your favorite.." Until Chris asked me, "what's your sexuality? We won't judge no matter what." I muttered, "I'm bi." Pj smiled, "I am too." Chris piped up, and in a girly and lispy accent said, "I am a full-on, flaming homosexual!" Me and Pj began to laugh and Chris giggled somehow with the accent. The rest of lunch went fine, they gave me their phone numbers and I gave mine to them, and I even told them about my situation with Dan. They patted my back sympathetically an said they would beat him up if he ever hurt me like that again. The bell rang so I said goodbye and walked towards my next class.