Adrenaline. Phan AU

Chapter 3

It was almost a week later when Dan had another encounter with Phil. Before then, they hadn't even met each other's eyes, let alone shared a word with each other. Dan was just walking down the halls alone (PJ and Chris had a lunchtime detention) when someone randomly grabbed his arm and pulled him into the deserted janitor's closet. Dan let out a tiny yelp before the person put their hand over his mouth to keep him quiet. "Hey!" Phil chirped, taking his hand off of Dan's mouth and stepping back, a smirk on his face.

"Why are we in here?" Dan nervously glanced at the door which was now closed and then back at Phil who had one eyebrow raised.

"I don't know." Phil shrugged, folding his arms. "I'm really bored and you were walking around like a loner so.. I thought we could hang out."

"I am not a loner!"

"That's adorable."

"Stop calling me adorable!" Dan frowned at Phil but the frown soon became a small smile when Phil ruffled his hair.

"I like your smile." Dan muttered before blushing slightly.

"Cute. Do you want to skip next lesson? I am sure no one would notice."

"Where would we go?" Dan looked down at his feet, suddenly feeling nervous that he was in a closet with his crush.. wait.. that made it sound weird. Not like that!

"I don't know. We could just.. I have an idea. Just trust me."

"Trust you?" Dan pulled an unsure face. "I'm not sure.."

"Please?" It was Phil's wide, innocent eyes filled with kindness that did it for Dan.

-

That was how Dan ended up blindly following his crush out of the school gates and down the road. Dan had no idea where they were going but, for some reason, he trusted Phil. He felt like he should. "Where are we going?" Dan asked for what felt like the one hundredth time. He could tell that Phil was beginning to get agitated with his pestering questions but Dan was generally worried. His heart wanted him to trust Phil but his head was telling him that he was about to make one of the biggest mistakes in his whole life.

"I've already told you. It's a secret." Phil suddenly stopped in his tracks to turn and look at Dan. "Trust me, okay?" He mumbled before leaning forward and cutting Dan's sight off with his pale hand.

"Phil, I don't know if I can trust you. You could be leading me to my death for all I know."

"Please?" Dan bit his lip, unsure on what to do and whether to trust the rebellious boy standing with him.

"Fine." Dan was officially fucked. He gave into Phil too easy. He had only known him a week or so, he shouldn't be trusting him so much.

-

Phil removed his hand from over Dan's eyes so that Dan could see where they were. "Why did you take me to a hill?" Dan muttered, trying his best not to burst out laughing.

"Because, when you sit on it, you can see the sky perfectly. There isn't a single tree in the way." Phil explained, his voice sounded like he was inside a dream or at least thinking deeply about something.

"How did you find it?"

"I live about three minutes away. The first day I got here, I wandered around for a while and ended up here. It has such a lovely view."

"Oh, that's cool."

"It's my hideout so.. don't tell anyone about it, okay?"

"I won't." Phil sat down on the soft cushion of grass before leaning back so he was lying down. He tapped the space behind him, gesturing for Dan to take a seat with him. Dan hesitantly laid down on the grass, wincing when he realised it was cold.