Lost Boy; Phan

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I stood anxiously at the school gates, staring at my phone. There was nothing interesting on the screen, just the normal screen showing a few apps. I could see it was 3:32, school ended at 3:25 and I was waiting for Dan. We had agreed to meet here. I decided after a few minutes that I should probably tell mum where I'm going, even though she'd be at work and I would probably get back before her. I sent her a quick text which said 'I'm going to a friends house for a bit. Not sure what time I'll be back but it shouldn't be too late'. Just as I pressed send, I looked up to see Dan walking towards me.
"Hey" he called
"Hi" I smiled
"It's this way" he said, pointing right as we set off walking
"Where abouts do you live?" I asked
"Literally 2 streets away" he replied
We looked down at our phones for the remainder of the journey, even if it only lasted about 5 minutes.

He opened the door to his house, and indicated for me to go, to which I accepted and took a step into his large, semi-detached home. There was a pleasing smell which I didn't recognise but it was strong as I entered the hallway.
"Mum, I'm home" Dan shouted 'A friends here for a bit'
Less than a minute later, as we were taking off our shoes, a woman in her 40s popped her head round the corner and smiled at me.
"Aren't you going to introduce me, Daniel?"
"This is Phil" he replied, as he started walking up the stairs, in which I followed.
"Nice to meet you Phil" she said, when I had reached the top of the stairs.
"This is my room" Dan spoke as he walked into the first room upstairs "bathrooms there if you need it"
"Haha thanks" I followed him into the large room, painted a generic cream colour. I noticed he had a double bed and a large, probably unused, TV "your room is nice"
"Thanks. I didn't want it painted this colour but mum didn't exactly agree with black. She said the room would look a lot smaller. Plus, she thinks I only want it because I'm going through an 'emo phase'. Which I'm totally not by the way"
"You're rooms a lot nicer than mine. I've got rubbish brown walls and my room is a tip most of the time"
"Mine isn't usually this tidy, it's only this good because my cousins stayed over last week and my mum insisted they stay in this room, so I was stuck in the spare. She made me tidy this room from top to bottom before they came"
I only laughed as a reply
"What do you wanna do?" He asked me
"I don't mind, anything" I replied
"Super mario cart?"
"Sure" I smiled