Take me to Church

Chapter 27

May

Dan's POV

Wow. This thing is annoying. Its like a dress. And why am I wearing a stupid hat. Oh yeah. By the way, I'm graduating today. And also moving out. "Daniel Howell." I heard the man's voice say.

Believe it or not, the picked me to give a speech. I think they were high when they made that decision. Probably because I have the voice of Winnie the Pooh and I have had some... Weird experiences at school. I got my notes ready and went up there.

"Hey. Hope you all are having a wonderful afternoon. I know I am. Anyway, this has year has been probably my biggest amount of growth mentally and physically. Seriously I was like six foot now I'm six three now. Sorry mum for making you buy new clothes. I hate it as much as you do." I joked.

"But as I said, I have grown so much this year. At the beginning of the year, I was hopeless. I thought that I should just leave school and never go back. This was because all my friends were all older than me and had graduated and I was the little one. Well then around Halloween, I found a friend. Hi Addison. Anyway. That happened then I lost hope in myself as a person. I had some math homework, sorry Mrs. Hedding I don't enjoy math." I laughed.

"You've made that very clear before Daniel." She said in the crowd which made people laugh.

"Well I didn't want to do it and I didn't understand so I flipped out thought I was stupid. But then. A very very good friend of mine, Phil Lester, former student here, told me that I wasn't and ever since I actually paid attention during lessons and understood. All I'm trying to say is don't give up and be optimistic, you might be surprised with the outcome. Have a great day.

"Well that's all we have for you guys. Have a good day." The head master said.

I found my family in the flood of people. It took forever and by the time I found them, they were all at the car waiting. I saw mum dad phil and.... Adrian!?

Adrian is my half brother. When I was 4 my dad got some girl pregnant and he lived with his mum. I haven't seen him since I was 7? I think.

I ran over to him and picked him up and hugged him tight. "ADRIAN I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU." I said.

"Hey Dan. I missed you." He said as I let him down.

I looked at him. He had the same hair as me now and dressed how I did when I was 14.

"So. Are you staying near here or you going back home?" I asked.

"I'm staying with dad for a little bit so I could hang out with you." He said.

I didn't know what to say, I was moving today or early tomorrow. "Um. How long are you staying?" I asked.

"As long as my mum let's me. I packed for a week." He said.

"Hey Adrian. Um. I was planning on moving out. Like 20 minutes away." I said disappointed.

His face went from excitement to devastated. "Then should I just go home?" He asked looking down.

"No. I can move a little-" He cut me off.

He pulled me over to where no one could hear us. "Dan. I don't want to go back home. I hate mum. She doesn't do anything. I don't remember the last meal she cooked for me. I can't remember the last time she made sure I had clean socks. She stopped caring for me when I could reach the kitchen sink. I'm tall that was a long time ago. I wanted to come so I could hang with you. Maybe get some care. I." His eyes were filling with tears.