Fifty shades of Phan

Chapter 41

PICTURE BY WritingAwakening

 I slowly trudge out of the premises with Pj, every so often looking up to were Dan's office window roughly is just in case he's stood there watching out the window like he was depicted in the Lego model at Legoland.
"You okay Phil?" Pj asks me, and I slowly look at him,
"What do you think?" I sniff, and Pj sighs heavily,
"Look Phil, you're going to literally hate me for saying this, but perhaps it's best you aren't there with Dan, I mean don't get me wrong, I think Dan kicking you out was the stupidest thing that he could even comprehend doing, but if you were in there with him Nick would just have another target to shoot at, and Dan is more likely to get injured from you being the focus of elimination" Pj comforts me and I slowly nod,
"I guess you're right... It's just I- I feel so penalised by both of them" I sigh and Pj nods understandingly.

We arrive outside a crooked, Victorian looking pub called 'The Red Lion' on Duke of York street, and I instantly liked the look of this quaint little pub. Peej stepped in first and I slowly followed him in, admiring the wooden bar with matching barstools surrounding the bar.
"Where do you want to sit?" Pj asks me, and I point to a little sofa area in the corner and we take a seat opposite each other,
"So about Dan..." Pj begins to speak, but I stop him,
"I'd rather not talk about it if that's okay" I ask Peej who smiles at me,
"Of course! I didn't mean to upset you, but just so you know.." Pj smirks at me "Don't ever say you're lonely, Just lay your problems on me and I'll be waiting there for you. The stars can be so blinding when you get tired of fighting you know the one you can look to" Pj begins to sing and I quickly cover his mouth,
"Shhhhhhh!" I giggle, "Now's not the time for singing!" I smile, and Pj shrugs,
"It made you smile though, MY PLAN WORKED!" Pj cheers.

I take Pj's order, and walk over to the bar pulling out my Spiderman wallet as I do so,
"What can I get ya son?" the bartender asks me,
"One Budweiser and one raspberry beer please" I order, and the man nods, grabbing two beer glasses and putting them under the giant taps and pulling the separate nozzles down until the white foam reaches the tip of the glass,
"That will be £12.32 please sir" The gent tells me and I hand my credit card over, which he slots in the machine before handing it over to me for me to enter my PIN.

Once the payment has been transacted I take both of our drinks back to the table and plonk them in front of Pj who's talking on the phone,
"Yeah, okay, I'll see you in a second..... Yes it's fine!... okay, bye!" Pj smiles at his phone as he brings it away from his ear to hang up.
"Who was that?" I ask, being nosy as I possibly could,
"Um.. Chris" Pj stutters nervously, and a sly smirk spreads across my face,
"Oh right, what did Chris want then?" I wink, leaning back in my chair casually and Pj slaps my arm playfully, nearly knocking the raspberry beer out my grasp,
"shut up Phil" Pj laughed, and I hold my hands up in defence,
"I'm saying nothing" I grin mischievously, and Peej rolls his eyes,
"Whatever, he was just asking if we wanted to hang out and I told him we were here an that he could hang out with us if he wanted, Chris said he'd be here in about ten minutes" Pj smiles and I fake a hurt sniff,
"If you third wheel me I'll sit on your mum".

About five minutes pass of Pj and I sat in an extremely painful awkward silence, and I decide to break the deafening silence,
"So what is this thing you and Chris have going on?" I ask Pj who looks up from his beer, a cream moustache outlining the top of his lips,
"Um..." Pj laughs, scratching the back of his head awkwardly, "I guess you could say we're dating, except we don't go on dates we kinda just.... hang out?" Pj almost suggests and I shrug,
"That counts as a date! I feel that sometimes cuddles are better than kisses in relationships" I grin and Pj's laugh becomes even more awkward and distressed, and slightly higher pitched,
"Ahaha, well.. um.. you see... We do a lot of... 'cuddling', but... well.. I, um, I" Pj stutters and I suddenly catch on from what he's saying,
"Pj Liguori you filthy little squirrel" I grin and Peej rolls his eyes at me,
"It's not like you and Dan are any better" He accuses and I smile at Pj, enjoying having a laugh with this man.

"Ho ho ho bitches!" I hear someone shout, and in walks Chris from Dan's work,
"Phil! Pj didn't tell me you would be here!" Chris cheers, and I stand up to let the boy slide past me so he can sit near Pj on the sofa,
"Yeah I'm here, but you two can just ignore me, I'm practically invisible" I beam, pretending to slowly fade into the wall behind me, and the two men accompanying me burst out laughing.

As I suspected I was instantly third wheeled, not that I really minded, I just pulled out my phone and checked on my cats on the app Neko Atsume, where to my delight Thor was sat playing with the ping pong ball I bought them. It reaches 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and I decide to call it a night, I say goodbye to Pj and Chris, then exit into the streets of London, the winter air started picking up and I began wishing I'd brought a coat with me. 
"Do you want a lift Phil?" I hear a voice ask, and I spin round to see who's talking to me, but I see no one,
"Over here you wally" the voice shouts again, I turn my body to the right to see...

MERRY CHRISTMASSS!

Yes I know Christmas is over like everywhere, but here in England it's like 11:49pm on Christmas day so it's now Christmas for all you guys :D
I wanted to just say thank you to all of you, just for reading this story, it literally means so much to me I can't even explain! I wanted to give you all a christmas present but I looked at the demographics and sadly I'm not Santa and It's not possible, so I thought the next best thing I could do was give you an update! (Which makes that ugly sweater you got actually look like a good gift!) (I'm just kidding, the jumper looks great)

So Merry Christmas, and I'll see you all soon!

Llamaandlion =•=