IS THIS A DREAM//adopted by Phan

Chapt. 3 settling in

CHAPTER 3

After my little thought time on my bed i heard dan shout for me so i obeyed and headed towards the living room where his voice had come from i saw both him and phil on the sofa staring at the computer screen dan waved his hand motioning me to sit with them i peered at the screen and saw they were looking at food "what would you like?" dan asked me "i..i d..don't mind i'm not r..really hungry" i stuttered dan just sighed and gave me a hug "honey you need to eat it's unhealthy for you not to, how much do you weigh?" dan asked sweetly "um last time i checked 6 stone 10 i know i'm fat please don't send me back because i'm fat" i said on the brink of tears "oh. Honey your not fat if anything you're skin and bones come here let me show you something " phil said to me i followed phil into his room where he rummaged through a cardboard box and pulled out what looked like a photo album he showed me a photo of him when he was my age "look this is what you call fat but you're not now listen to me ok? You're not fat and anyone who says otherwise will have to deal with me-" phil got cut off by dan "and me" "exactly we are here for you we're not going to force you to eat a lot but you need to at least eat a little bit please?" phil said with a look of sorrow in his eyes. I felt bad about what a burden i was to them so i nodded. Dan ordered pizza as it's not such a big thing to eat he put one slice on a plate a placed it in front of me "ok all you have to do is eat this. It's not that hard do it for dan. Do it for phil." i said quietly to myself i took one bit of the pizza only a small bit i began to chew slowly so i didn't feel sick after about a minute of chewing i swallowed what was in my mouth i proceeded to do this until i got half way through the pizza slice and i began to feel sick dan saw what was happening so he move closed to me and placed his hand in front of my mouth "you don't have to eat anymore but just keep that down ok?" he said i just slowly nodded i leaned into dan for comfort he wrapped his arm around me for comfort i don't know when but i had fallen asleep on dan. I woke up in my bed from a nightmare but i looked around to see this wasn't my normal orphanage room i was in the nerd room i looked around trying to figure everything out when my mind decided to play a cruel trick on me it made a demon face in the corner of the room i swiftly jump out of bed and ran to the living room where i saw dan was still awake i crept into the room dan must have caught a glimpse of me in the corner of his eye as he made more room on the couch and patted the space beside him "what's the matter alex?" he asked looking slightly worried "i..i had a..a bad dre..dream that you and phil didn't l..love me and that you sent me back to the orphanage to her and she tried to k kill me again" i sobbed tears falling down my face like a water fall dan engulfed me into a huge hug and stroked my hair silently "we love you alex don't you ever forget that we love you more than we love our jobs hell i love you more than i love phil.. Oh crap" he said. Wait what he loves phil "dan are you and phil just friends or do you want to be more than friends? as i know i can help you if you want to be together and the Phans that don't like your relationship are not true Phans as they would support you through everything if they were true Phans" i stated dan just sighed "i do love phil more than anything it's just i know he will never like me the same" he said on the verge of tears i pulled him into a tighter hug he just went with his emotions and cried on my shoulder "i should be the one looking after you not the other way around" he said making me laugh "it's ok dad.. I mean dan uh um look i know i'm not really your daughter but you are the only family i got so i have to keep you safe as you keep me safe as well that goes for phil too. I know he loves you, you can see it in his eyes the way he stares at you when your not looking the way you are with eachother" i stated this made dan smile "you can call me dad if you wish i don't mind really" dan said looking happier then he was before "ok. is it ok if i sleep with you dad as i don't want to be on my own." "of course it is honey wait here let me go and get us some blankets" dan went and fetched some blankets he sat back down on the couch i snuggled closer to him and fell in to the unconsciousness of dream land

*dream*

I was walking through a familiar forest when i saw her she looked at me evilly grinning widely at me she started to approach me but i couldn't move i shouted from help but no-one was around she got to about 3 metre from me when i heard dans voice it sounded as if he had just woken up "honey wake up it's a bad dream. Please wake up no-ones going to hurt you i won't let them" he said

*Reality*

I woke up sitting bolt up right dan was holding my hand stoking my hair lovingly "d..dad she, she tried to kill me you s.. Saved me thank-you" i sobbed hugging dan tightly" it's ok princess i'm right here i won't let anyone hurt you calm down just breathe before you start having a panic attack follow my breathing. In.... And out...." i followed dans breathing until my heart rate went back to normal i looked over at the clock '6 A.M fudge i woke him up i'm such a terrible person' "no your not a terrible person you were afraid i'm glad i saved you from that dream who ever she is, she sounds horrible and you are not ever going to see her again i won't let it happen even if it means you have to sleep in my bed with me" wait did he just read my mind? phil had walked in at this point and started to figure out what was happening i guess, he came over and engulfed me into a bear hug " or you can be in my room with me when dans not here" he stated "okay" i said as both dan and phil hugged me and i hugged them.