Let's Just Be Friends (Phan)

Six

Dan locked the door behind him as he entered his flat. He sat down on the stairs to take his shoes off......

Dan woke up with a sore neck, and back. His legs were sprawled out on the floor and his upper body was laying flat on different steps. His face was marked with the granulated texture of the carpet on the stairs.

His phone was buzzing and beeping out of control from messages. He picked up the phone and began reading his messages and listening to voicemails.

"Dan, it's Louise. Please call me back."
"Daniel, are you okay, I'm worried! You don't usually sleep this long!"
"Daniel James Howell, call me back right this instant! I'm freaking the fuck out!!!!"

Dan went to press skip on another message from Louise, but he accidentally deleted it and the message after it. Dan did this all the time because he becomes impatient and presses buttons until the actions happen. Luckily, the one after was also from Louise.

"Hey Dan it's PJ. I was wondering if you wanted to go see the new Star Wars this afternoon, it's at 11:45pm. Hope to see you there."

Dan decided to call Louise back first before PJ. He knew that to him, PJ was more important, but in the grand scheme of things Louise's sanity was most important.

"Hey, Loui-"
"OMG!!!! Dan! Are you okay! I was so worried!"
"Sorry, I stayed up late, and I just woke up."
"You slept in? FUCK YOU DANIEL JAMES HOWELL!!!!! You had me worried sick! Ill call you back when I've forgiven you!"

Louise always did this when Dan fucked up. She wouldn't call for the rest of the day. But she would forget in the morning, and only remember when it was too late.

Dan replayed PJ's message. 11:45 was it? He looked at the time on his phone. It was 11:30, if he could catch a taxi soon enough he would get there in time. Daniel ran as fast as he could out the door and pushed an old lady to get into a taxi. Love was more important than the safety of old ladies.

Dan arrived at the theater at 11:46pm. He ran in a bought a ticket as fast as he could, and wasted not one with snacks or drinks. When he got into the theatre PJ was no where in sight. Dan walked up the aisles to see if PJ was there. Sadly his green eyes and curly brown hair were no where in sight.

"Pssst...Pssst" Dan heard from his side.

"Phillip?"
"Hey, would you like to sit with me?"

Dan sat down and sat in silence waiting for the movie to end.

"Hey, what were you doing at the beginning of the movie?" Phil asked.

"Oh, my friend said they would be here, but they weren't."

"Well, a friend was here." Phil said pointing at himself. "Assuming we are friends."

"Of course we are friends, I only know one other person that also watches Buffy,and anime. Sadly he was the friend I was supposed to meet here."

"I would love to meet him. Maybe we could go out to coffee or something."

"That would be great. Ill text you some details."

"Wait! I don't have your number..."

Dan inputted his number into Phil's phone and walked out of the theater. Once out side of the building Dan called PJ.

"Hello? Is this PJ?"

"Yeah! Hey Dan! Sorry were you at the movie?"

"Umm...yes"

"Sorry, I had a family emergency. I had to cancel."

"That's fine. Maybe you could make it up to me. My friend Phillip invited us to coffee. I was thinking Sunday, is that good for you?"

"Yup, that's great! Is this Phillip someone special ?"

"Definitely not! He's just a friend of mine."

"Okay, see with Sunday."

Dan texted Phil about Sunday and he plans were set.