The New Boy: Phan High School AU

Chapter 23 - Dan's POV

I wake up on Saturday morning with the sense that I am forgetting something, but my brain is still in too much of a sleep fog to figure out what it is.

I lie in bed for a bit, contemplating whether or not I really have to get up. I turn on my side and see a white collared shirt and a red tie hanging on my closet door.

Oh. OH. Yes I remember ITS HALLOWEEN FUCK YEAH

Which means it's Jamie's party tonight. Which also means I have to watch a horror movie tonight. Part of her Halloween ritual is that after everyone's gone except for her good friends, we all congregate in the living room and watch whatever horror film she's chosen. Last year we watched The Conjuring. I hated it.

My phone buzzes. Phil! An odd spike of anxiety runs through me.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Hi. You're still coming to the party tonight, right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I just got off the phone with Jamie and she wants to know if we can come a bit early to help set up."

"Oh. Okay."

"And I don't know how to get to her house so I was thinking we could go together so I don't get lost."

"Okay, sure."

"And I didn't want to be an awkward wheel a the party. Like I'm worried I won't really know anyone that well. And then I'll just be a third wheel to everybody."

"You'd have Jamie. And Chris and Pj," I add the last two in the hopes I won't sound quite so jealous. Phil and Jamie have been hanging out an awful lot lately.

"I guess...Anyway, can I meet you at yours about three?"

"Nah. Jamie lives closer to you so I'll come meet you."

"Okay. See you at three then!"

"See you."

I press the red End Call button and sink back onto my bed. I text Jamie.

Me:
Phil and I are coming over abt 3ish to help u set up, right?

Jamie:
sounds good. u can bring ur costumes and change here

Me:
K. See you

I completely waste my morning watching Netflix and before I know it, it's time to meet Phil.

I go up to my room and grab an old bag from the bottom of my closet. I stuff my costume inside and quickly check my hair in the hallway mirror before calling out a goodbye to my mum.

It's only about a ten-minute walk to Phil's, and the crisp fall air and pretty sky make it almost enjoyable.

When I ring the doorbell, I almost immediately hear the unmistakable sound of someone clattering down the stairs and then bumping into something before the door swings open.

"Hi!" Phil says. His hair is pushed back into a messy sort of quiff that really shows of his eyes and jawline and-damn. "Be right back; not quite ready yet!"

"Mmohkay" I answer but I was distracted by his hair and by the time the word leaves my mouth, he's already almost up the stairs.

He only takes a few minutes and he comes rushing down the stairs again, this time with his hair back in a fringe and a backpack on his shoulder.

We walk the few blocks to Jamie's, chatting excitedly about Halloween. I'm super excited for Halloween, as always and I ask Phil about his past Halloweens.

"When I was little, I had this lion onesie, so I was a lion every year until I was like six," he laughs. "I stopped trick-or-treating when I was about twelve,
cuz the so much sugar made me really hyper. But I still like going around in costume on Halloween night, I just don't beg for candy."

"Yeah, trick or treating was always my favourite part. But I didn't always like the candy, so now I just buy discount candy on November first, lol."

"Are we gonna go trick-or-treating tonight?" Phil asks.

"We might walk around the neighborhood and just check out costumes and stuff." I answer. "Usually we do that for a bit, then go back to Jamie's and eat and watch a horror film."

"Ooh that's sounds fun. Wow. I haven't watched a horror movie since I -well it's been a while anyway. "

On this, we walk up Jamie's driveway, where Chris and Pj and Danny are already setting up decorations.

ah yes a filler chapter I am so good at these

u guys get another filler chapter after this
but then things start to get good ;)

I'm trash I'm so sorry

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