Everything you never wanted

Chapter 3

As it turned it out things at Westville did get better. A week later from that first day and Phil was navigating the school like he'd been there for years. He'd quickly made friends with a couple boys from math class, PJ and Chris. One an omega and the other an alpha.

Phil learned that not all alphas were like Dan, some of them were actually friendly and welcoming. Chris and PJ were exclusive and very open about it, holding hands at the lunch table and doing the cute couple things.

But Phil didn't mind, they had plenty in common. Music and video games, a couple other things but for a seventeen year old that was more than enough to build friendships over.

Phil sat his tray down at the shared table, giving the other two boys a smile. "So I'm not a big milk fan. Anybody want it?" He asked as he took the small carton and placed it in the middle of the table. "PJ will take, he'll drink anything."

Before Phil got the chance to say anything else he noticed the exact person he'd been trying to avoid since last week. Dan seemed to be heading their way but as soon as he noticed Phil he made a quick turn to the left, taking a seat at the far back table with a couple other people.

"That was weird." PJ mumbled, his brows furrowed softly. "I thought he was going to say hello." Phil could feel himself perk up as he looked back over at PJ who still looked confused.

"Who?" Phil asked, hoping that they had seen different people. Maybe there had been someone else heading over but he'd only seen Dan? Phil doubted it but he could hope couldn't he?

"Dan Howell, he looked like he was coming over but I guess not." PJ shrugged while Chris mimicked his actions.
"You know him?" Phil asked, of course they did but he needed some kind of conformation.

"Dan, yeah. I've known him since I was like eight." PJ laughed as he opened up a bag of chips. "We're pretty good friends but it's weird, he hasn't been saying hello like he usually does."

"Oh, I see." Phil mumbled as he hurried to pull a can of soda out of his bag, he figured it was best to get off the topic quickly.

"You know him or something?" Chris asked suddenly, picking up on Phil's demeanor. "He's pretty popular, I wouldn't be surprised if you did." Phil wasn't sure what to say, he didn't want to offend PJ seeing as how they knew each other but he didn't want to be dishonest either.

"Uh, he just showed me around the first day. That's all, so I don't really know him or anything." Phil sipped his drink, trying to appear like that was the whole story.

"Did you like him? Maybe we could hang out together sometime." Phil felt his heart drop at PJ's suggestion. "He's pretty much into everything we are."

"I don't really think he liked me very much." Phil admitted sadly. He didn't want to be the reason Dan wasn't sitting at his usual table or speaking to his friends, even if he was the biggest jerk he'd ever encountered. "He kind of just brushed me off so I don't think he wants to hang out."

"What? For real, Dan is usually really friendly. Are you sure we're talking about the same person?" PJ sounded a bit shocked. He'd known Dan since primary school, he couldn't imagine him coming off wrong. "Cause that just doesn't sound like Dan...you know to not like someone, especially someone as nice as you."
"Maybe I just caught him on a bad day or something." Phil suggested, picking at his food, he really wanted to talk about something else. They liked Dan and he didn't, that sounded like a good way to get on their bad side. Of course he didn't expect them to take his side, he was new and they'd known Dan for much longer. Fair was fair.