The L Word (phan short story)

Chapter 15

(these chapters will get longer soon im sorry)

Phil and I had both missed school on Monday and I was able to come home. Phil stayed with me every minute and Phil's mum didn't seem to care.. Which was odd to me.. She seemed to really like me so. It was Tuesday morning and I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I felt like I hadn't been to school in ages. We were going to be flooded with tests the next couple months and I was not prepared. I woke up to a text from phil,

Phil: Morning, love! I hope you slept well, Do you want to walk together today?

Me: that'd be great x

Phil: Nice! I've been Sitting on your stoop for the past 5 minutes

Me: you're crazy jfc

Phil: Get ready

I quickly slipped on pants and a grey sweatshirt. I ran to the bathroom, brushed my teeth and straightened my hair. I was going so quickly I clamped the hot flat iron on my thumb and screamed, "FUCK" I threw the straightener into the sink and yanked the cord from the wall. I flipped on the cold water and ran it under the stream, my body loosened. "Dumbass" I mumbled, hitting myself in the forehead with my free hand. I couldn't figure out what to wrap my hand in so I just left it alone. I grabbed my backpack and gently put on my shoes, trying not to bother my burn. I looked at the red rectangle on my thumb and sighed. I opened the door and was greeted by Phil. He had a dandelion in his hand "look what I found!" Phil said excitedly handing me the little yellow weed. I laughed and put the dandelion behind my ear. Phil grabbed my hands and I winced.

"What have I done?" Phil's eyes widened and he pulled his hands away. "Nothing baby" I grabbed his hand with the one that wasn't burned, "I burned my hand" I showed him the red spot- now turning slightly purple that was starting to look more and more gross by the minute. "How?" Phil asked as we walked down my front steps. "I burned it on my flat iron" I laughed. "You straighten your hair?" Phil looked at me confused. "Yup" I said flatly. "Awwwww do you have curly hair?" Phil grinned. "Yup" I said quietly. My curly hair was absolutely terrible. "Why don't you wear it curly?" Phil sounded fascinated. "I look stupid" I blushed. "I'm sure you don't" Phil grabbed my hand gently and kissed the burn lightly. "Maybe you'll see it someday" I said. "Hopefully" Phil smiled.

I flipped my hair to the side causing the dandelion- that I had forgot about- flew onto the ground scaring the shit out of me. Phil snorted in laughter at my squeal. We were pretty close to school when I saw Kate. I hadn't seen her since the party when she nicked my cheek with a beer bottle. Me and Phil were holding hands when she spotted us. "What?!" Kate said in shock causing me to pull my hand out of Phil's grasp. "I knew you were a fag! I knew it!" Kate laughed. I fought back tears phil looked at me sideways. "Uhh... Erm" I was speechless. "Dan?" Phil's face looked sad. "Are you guys dating?" Kate said with a disgusted look on her face. "Erm.. Uh..Um... Y-y-n-n-i-i" I stuttered, my hands began to shake. "Dan, why can't you just say it" Phil whispered. "I'm-Im-I-I" I bit my lip so hard it began to bleed on the inside. "Spit it out" Kate rolled her eyes. I looked at Kate, then at Phil, then at Kate. Kate could tell everyone.. Then I said the words I regretted with my whole life "No. That's disgusting" I widened my eyes at my words and slapped my hand over my mouth. Phil's lip quivered as he bolted off towards the school. "Why was he holding your hand?" Kate asked suspiciously. "I don't know he's a creep" DAN STOP. STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP. I then shocked back into realization and bolted off towards phil.

"PHIL!" I yelled. He was already in the school and I ran through the hall trying to find him. "Watch where you're going" someone yelled as I zipped past them. I'd never run so fast in my life. The first bell out of 3 bellsrang. Instead of going to my first class, I ran to Phil's math room and stopped to catch my breath. I stood up straight, wiped my tears and walked into the room. There's was no teacher but tons of students. My stomach flipped when I saw phil with his head in his knees in his chair. "Phil" I called out, the room went dead silent. He raised his head.

"Phil Lester, l didn't mean to hurt you- you're not disgusting- I didn't mean that- Phil Im just scared" I took a shaky breath. "I was embarrassed for people to know about this. But..." I paused. "But Phil.. I- you're the best thing to ever happen to me and.. I don't care anymore.. Phil-" I gulped. "I love you." The 3 words melted off my tongue. One person in the room started clapping, then everyone in the room stood up and began cheering. Phil jumped out of his seat and ran over and kissed me. Everyone whistled and clapped and "awwwed" The second bell rang, "Im gonna be late," I whispered in Phil's ear. "Go to class" Phil smiled with glossy eyes. I ran out of the room smiling like an idiot. I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.

I will never let anything get between me and Phil again. Fucking never.