Steamy Love at the Coffee Shop

Chapter 4

Dan's P.O.V
When I had woken up next to Phil that morning, it was a little awkward. But Phil and I just agreed to pretend that it never happened. A few months later, I had moved into Phil's flat. We did everything together and we were extremely close. We would have movie nights together, we would make dinner for each other, and all sorts of stuff like that. On the way to work, Phil would always walk with me and help clean up the coffee shop before anyone else got there. But some days Phil couldn't walk with me because of his classes. Those days were the worst days. We were both really happy always being at each other's side. I still didn't tell Phil that I had a thing for him because I didn't want to ruin our friendship.

I was sitting on the couch, just browsing through the Internet, when Phil opened the door. A young woman was standing next to him, holding his hand. "Hey Dan! There is someone I would like you to meet!" He happily said. I got up from the couch and stood in front of Phil and the woman. "Dan, this is my new girlfriend Jess!" He squealed. "Girlfriend?" My voice cracked. "Yep! It's nice to meet you Dan!" Jess happily said with a smile. I felt like I had been stabbed over and over again. Phil had a GIRLFRIEND. I just stood there looking at how happy they were. "Nice to meet you to..." I mumbled. Phil gave me a worried look. "Dan? Are you ok? You look really pale." Phil said with concern. "Oh um I don't really feel good, I think I have the flu." I lied. I grabbed my laptop and walked to my room. I threw my laptop on my bed. I closed my door and locked it. I couldn't believe that Phil has a girlfriend. I plopped on my bed and put my face into my pillow and quietly cried.

A few hours later Phil knocked on the door. "Dan? How are you feeling?" He asked. "Oh I still feel a little sick." I lied as I faked a cough. "Well I brought you dinner that Jess made." He said. I walked to the door and unlocked it. Phil handed me the plate. I slammed the door shut and locked it again. I put the plate and put it on my nightstand. I didn't feel like eating. I heard giggling from another room. She took Phil away from me and now I will never have a chance of being with him.

I had been a month since Phil and Jess started dating. I walked to work alone, we still had our movie nights, but Jess would always be snuggling with Phil. Phil didn't really seem to go to the coffee shop at all for the past month. I didn't really talk to anyone at all. I spent a lot of time alone in my room. Sometimes I would skip a meal. That was only when I was feeling really crappy though.

I was sitting at the table, with my head down. "Dan are you ok? You haven't eaten in like 3 days! I'm really worried." He said as his voice cracked a little. "I'm fine just don't talk to me right now..." I mumbled. "Dan can you at least eat something? You must be starving!" He said. "I'm not hungry..." I lied. "Dan you need to eat something. It's been three days since you last had something to eat and the last thing you ate was a small bag of crips!" He said with fear. You could hear in his voice that he was trying not to cry. I slowly lifted my head up. Jess had walked in. "What's going on in here?" She asked. "Dan hasn't eaten in three days and he refuses to eat!" Phil's voice shook a little as he spoke. "Dan do you need to go to the doctors?" Jess asked me. "No! Just leave me alone!" I yelled as I felt tears in my eyes. I ran to my room and locked the door. Phil and Jess kept knocking on the door to try to get in, they eventually left after about 45 minutes.

Phil was in one of his classes, when I heard two people giggling. I thought that I was just hearing things so I decided to ignore it. About ten minutes later I heard a quiet, faint moan. I quietly walked out of my room and rushed to the lounge. No one was there. I heard another moan. I very quietly walked to Phil's bedroom door. The door was slightly opened. I looked through the crack and saw Jess, half naked, making out with a man I had never seen before. I covered my mouth, trying not to let out a gasp. I then kicked the door open. "What the heck do you think you are doing Jess!?" I yelled at her. Jess and the man were both in shock and stopped. "Phil is a wonderful, amazing person and he cares about everyone and always tries to make people happy!" I yelled. Jess was trying to put a shirt on, but I grabbed it out of her hands. "Phil loves you so much..." I could feel tears in my eyes. " and he cares about you so much..." You could hear my voice shaking. "He loves you so much more than he will ever love me..." Tears were falling down my face. "And it hurts to know that..." I was wiping the tears off of my cheeks. "You took him away from me and that's why I've been acting weird lately, like not eating and being alone a lot..." I couldn't stop crying. "He seemed so happy with you and you cheat on him!" I yelled. Jess grabbed the shirt out of my hands. "Listen here Howell... If you tell Phil about this I will kill you..." She said as she shoved me to the ground. I banged my head into the dresser and everything went black.

I woke up in my bed with Phil sitting next to me. "How are you feeling?" He asked me as he squeezed my hand. "I feel like I want to die..." I mumbled. "What?!" Phil yelled. "If only you knew..." I whispered. "Knew about what Dan?! You're scaring me." He said with fear. Jess had been standing at the door way, giving me a death look. I sat up and took a deep breathe. "Phil I'm probably going to get murdered for telling you this... But Jess is cheating on you..." I mumbled. Phil's eyes filled up with tears. "Jess?! You are cheating on me?!" Phil yelled. He stood up and went right in Jess's face. "Get out right now! We are done! I never want to see you again!" He yelled as he cried. I got up and walked over to Jess. "You heard him. Get out!" I yelled as I slapped her. She punched me in the nose and my nose was starting to bleed. "GET OUT RIGHT NOW!!" Phil yelled as he shoved Jess to the door. He pushed her out the door and slammed it shut. He then ran to me. "Dan are you ok?! I'm so sorry about all of this! I should have never dated her!" He cried as he hugged me tightly.

It had been a week since Phil and Jess broke up. I would sleep with Phil at night to comfort him. We basically just stayed in bed for the whole week.

"Shhh phil it's ok." I whispered as I held Phil close. He was quietly crying. I rubbed his back and kissed his forehead. "It's ok she is gone now and she won't ever come back." I told him. I slowly rocked him from side to side. He would cry every night about Jess. But I was always there to comfort him.

It had been a month since Phil and Jess broke up, and I still sleep with Phil. Phil seemed to get over her but still wanted her back. I really wanted to tell him that I loved him, but that probably wouldn't be the best idea. It hurt me to see that Phil was heartbroken.

I was rocking Phil to sleep, as I normally did, when he quietly whispered, "Dan thank you for being here for me. I love you." He kissed my cheek. My face went a bright red.

Wow this chapter was really long and had a lot of sad stuff and a lot of drama. The next chapter will have some fluff in it because this was really sad. And don't expect me to write chapters this long again. Also cliffhanger. They will soon have their first kiss so be prepared I guess.