Chocolate Boys

[10] Phil's New Pet

I am writing this in a history lesson how fun

We have a cover teacher ooooooooh

Oh we have alot of work to do apparently oh dear

Okay maybe I will write this later

It's lunch now, lets write this

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Phil's POV

As I begin to wake up, a peculiar smell registers in my nose. I inhale more air, and immediately wish I hadn't. I open my eyes, my mind racing to try and find out what the hell just happened. I remember.... going into Dan's room. My heart hurts with guilt.

Dan's face appears above me. Oh.

"Phil! Are you okay? Why the hell is there a fcking snake in my room?! I literally just went out for a few hours, what the hell happened?" he says accusingly, but his face is full of worry. His eyes searching me for any kind of pain or discomfort. How I wish I could just cradle his face in my hands, but I doubt he would take that well. He offers me his hand, which I gladly take as he pulls me up. The world spins around me, but I focus on his chocolate eyes, and wait for it to stop. Our hands are still clasped, and as I glance down at them in confusion, he coughs awkwardly and moves it away. My heart lurches, for a second I thought he had left it there on purpose. Just another mistake which will keep me awake at night.

"There was a snake?" I ask, suddenly remembering the slithering feeling that I felt before I fell into darkness.

"Yes," he says exasperatedly, his face looks very tired, "I managed to put it in that fish tank we used to use. It's a vicious thing. How did it even get in here? I suppose you must of chased it in here or something, you should of been a bit more careful," I don't think it's poisonous. Maybe you just had an allergic reaction of something," he pats me one the head, wow, thanks for the confidence boost. But, he doesn't know I was snooping! Oh, is that what Snoopy is named after? Cause he snoops around, OML I AM SO AWESOME I FOUND THIS OUT.

As Dan gets up, I scramble to follow him. I start to taste bile in my mouth, and stumble into him. He catches me and sets me upright. I smile at him gratefully, and take a step forwards. Crunch his laptop went under my foot. Oops. At least the evidence has gone?

"Blood hell, oh god sorry Dan, I'll buy you a new one." I cringe internally. First I sneak into his room, now I'm breaking his belongings? Such a great way of trying to get attention from him Phil. I applaud myself in my mind.

"You know, I could swear we had a neighbour downstairs who I saw carrying lizard of some sorts down the stairs. He said he ran a pet shop, but he moved out a few months ago. Maybe..."

"he left a snake. I guess that could make sense. I'll search through the old phone number list and call him in the morning. Meanwhile, I think you should get some sleep, who knows what that bite could of done to you," Dan finishes me sentence and pushes me out the room. Dejected I clean my teeth and get ready to go to sleep, knowing my mind will not go to sleep.

I try to do so anyway, ignoring the cold feeling in my chest and the hunger in my stomach. After 30 minutes of attempted sleep, I quietly get out of bed and head to the kitchen. Dan seems to have gone to bed as well, and as I begin to search for food I notice something odd laying on the table. His phone.

Although I guess it isn't too odd to see it there, I know he likes to sleep with it charging next to his bed. Heck, who doesn't? Nevertheless it's there, and I wonder if my snake incident has anything to do with it.

Suddenly remembering the snake, I jump, forgetting it's still in the apartment. I slowly turn around and observe everywhere, who knows, I might have accidentally freed. I see it sitting next to the microwave in, just as Dan said, in the old fish tank. It seems asleep but I've learnt not to trust sleeping reptiles.

Gazing back at the phone, I look back at the snake again, like if I did go on Dan's phone it could tell him. I look at the phone again, then at the snake. Before I lose my confidence I quickly grab the phone, turn all the lights off and hurry back to my room, heart and my stomach, excitement warring with nervousness.

Jumping on my bed I unlock it using the password Phil again. I've begun to wonder whether he uses that as a password because of, well, me, or that it's a four letter word that he probably won't forget, considering he lives with it most of the time. Well, a little bit less of the time recently.

I instantly see two unread messages, both from that girl again. Melanie Martinez. Without hesitation I open them and read them.

Melanie 🍼🍪: today was fun, thanks for being there. being on tour can be so tiresome ya know?

Melanie 🍼🍪: also i talked to my manager, he said it was fine to get you into the concert.

These had only been sent a few minutes ago.  This must have been where Dan was today. No surprises there. And the concert, I'm guessing her concert. No surprises there about him not telling me that either. I grit my teeth in anger. Will he ever talk to me properly again? I wonder if I should reply. My fingers hover over the keyboard, deliberating.

Dan 🎮🎧: awesome! yeah I totally understand, touring can be so boring, especially with phil.

After sending it I cringe again. I know he probably wouldn't ever say that, but I wanted to see her reaction. See what he's said about me during their time together.

Melanie 🍼🍪: aww that's a shame. I thought you guys were super close??

Dan 🎮🎧: we were, but I just don't feel like we connect as much as we used to anymore. spending time with you has been very refreshing.

I type out all the things I've been paranoid about him thinking, and she consoles me (Dan). We begin to talk about different things, and she doesn't seem to notice she is talking to someone other than Dan. And although she thinks she's talking to Dan, it is nice to talk to her.

I begin to open up about my feelings towards Dan about us drifting apart, but in a way like its him feeling like that towards me. She gives advice, and tells me she's here for me. We talk about movies, and I am shocked by the amount she hasn't watched. She is also shocked at the amount I haven't watched. We agree to a movie marathon one time, and so the conversation goes on.

It's not until my alarm goes off at 6am that I realise we have been talking the whole night. I quickly say goodbye, and she says goodbye too, but finishes with addressing me as Dan. I freeze. I completely forgot she thought I was Dan, and I want to hit myself for it.

When Dan next goes onto his phone, he's going to see this conversation, and confront me. There goes our "super close" friendship that had kinda deteriorated recently. Luckily I can delete all the messages, but I just hope Melanie never brings this up when talking to Dan. I tiptoe back to the kitchen, place his phone where it was, tiptoe back to my room, and try and get some sleep. My mind won't stop racing though, and after about an hour I finally drift off to sleep.