Film Addicts//PhanAU

no.7

[Phil's POV]

   It's been a week. A long week. We've already had a stack of homework and I'm partners with Dan, which is... distracting to say the least.

I walk into class with Amelia and sit down next to Dan, getting out my notepad and writing 07/06/09.

The teacher walks in to the classroom, smiling at everyone and starting to say the register.

She gets to Ryan Ross, and there's no answer.

'Ryan? Ryan Ross?'

Hayley Williams suddenly says: 'Oh, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker filed their college exchange forms yesterday - they left: they said it wasn't working out for them...'

'What?!?' Brendon, Ryan's partner, says. He looks shocked, before his facial expressions distort and he starts to cry. He runs out of the room, sobbing, and Spencer follows close behind him. The teacher looks taken aback, but shakes her head and crosses them off her register.

   'Ok, well, anyway. Uh, Phil, could you go and get Brendon and Spencer?'

   'Sure,' I say shakily, then I walk out of the room to try and find the two guys.

   I walk to the music studio, knowing that this is their favourite place to be. In the little recording studio, Brendon is sitting with his knees to his chest, sobbing loudly. Spencer is sitting, patting his back, and he looks like he is trying not to cry too.

I walk into the studio, and sit down next to them silently.

'Do you have any idea why they left?' I ask, curious.

'Um, w-well, u-uh, Ryan was, u-um, talk-talking about d-differences, but, um, we didn't th-think that they w-were s-serious!' Brendon looks me straight in the eye suddenly and asks; 'How could he do this to me?'

'I don't know,' I say, trying not to make things worse. 'But Miss Dun wants you to come back to the lesson - do you need some time?'

   'No, no,' Brendon says, wiping his eyes. 'Lets go.'

   We walk back to the classroom, with Brendon occasionally sniffling. Everyone stares at us as we walk in, and the teacher stops talking until we sit down, looking at Brendon sympathetically.

   'Ok, well, as I was saying-'

   She is interrupted by the bell. We all pack up and I walk over to Amelia, who tells me that she is going out with Dan. I walk out of the classroom and see Summer walk out of the next room along.

   'Summer!' I say happily. 'Do you wanna go out?'

'Oh, sorry Phil,' she says apologetically. 'I've gotta, um, study. Yeah, I've got a big test coming up...'

'Ok,' I say, a little disappointed. Oh well. I've got some homework to do anyway.

I go back to my dorm and check the landline, to see that I have three new messages from the same number. I play them, expecting some stupid advertisement stuff.

'Message 1:
Hi Phil, it's Brendon. Could you not mention what happened today to anyone? Thanks. Bye.'
'Message 2:
Hey Phil, it's Brendon again. I'm at work right now, but I'd like to hang out sometime. Give me a call? Bye.'
'Message 3:
Hey. I suppose you know who this is. I really just need someone to talk to so... I'm gonna talk to an answering machine. By the way, if you need a job, my manager at the record shop told me that there's an opening, so, if you're interested... give me a call. Bye Phil.'

   I decide to give him a call later. But hell yeah, I want a job! I wanna hang out with him as well - he sounded kinda lost.

   I try to do some homework, but I end up collapsing into bed.