Another way (phan)

Chapter 8

When we arrived home I went to our bedroom and made arrangements for a second date. The thing is... It wasn't with Phil. I had to get him to believe in love one way or another. I chose the another part. I called an ex boyfriend of mine.
"Hey Darius. I was wondering if you could do me a favor." I explained the whole situation to him. We decided on going to the movies. In fact, we were going to the exact same movie Phil was going to go to with his best friend, Laura.

But Phil and I had bigger things to worry about. His bully, Jeremy, was coming back to school on Monday. And trust me. I planned to go full psycho-overprotective boyfriend on him. And if that gave him a reason to fight me, let him. It will just get him kicked out of school for good. And if it makes me a coward for not fighting him, I'm gonna have to deal with it. I just don't want my angel to get hurt anymore.

Phil's pov

I snuck in to the bathroom. I haven't done this in so long. I don't know why I'm going back to it now. 1 cut. 2 cuts. I kept going, I couldn't stop. I couldn't BE stopped.

Dan was outside. Pounding on the door. He rammed into the door several times. He eventually got it open as I drifted out of conciseness.

I wake up a few hours later in the hospital. I look at the clock beside the bed and see that it is 3 am. Dan was in the chair next to the bed sleeping. I close my eyes and attempt to go back to sleep. I was awaken at 10:27 am for my medicine.
"When did all of this start happening? Why didn't you tell me?"
"When I was 15. I didn't know how you would react."
"I care about you."
"I know. I care about you too. Thank you for everything."

We checked out of the hospital and my dad threw out all of my razors. And Dan kept me away from anything sharp.

The only reason I had done it was because I knew Jeremy would say something (at the least) about Dan and I. I don't want Dan to be on first name bases with Emmery like I am. I don't want him to get hurt. Jeremy will focus on me most likely anyway. I have to protect him. I don't want him to go through what I had. I've been beaten and kicked for so long. I've gotten to the point that when they beat me I don't even feel it anymore. They even bully Laura for being friends with me. They don't hurt her though, which I am crazily grateful for.