What I see:Phan

Chapter 14- Holding Hands and Court Trials

Dan's POV
I couldn't sleep. I was nervous about today, and what might happen at Court. Possible scenarios played over and over again in my mind, keeping me wide awake, and things that my step-father might do in response to this, scared me. The hairs on my neck stood on edge, and the cold wind sent shivers down my spine. I tried to turn over onto my side without waking Phil up, but failed, when I heard him turn over to face me. I looked into Phil's deep blue eyes, and felt it calm me down slightly.

"Can't sleep?" Phil whispered, and I shook my head.

"I'm scared Phil. I'm scared about what will happen at Court and even worse, what might happen because of Court" I explained.

"Well look on the bright side. The court might put an AVO around our houses and the school, therefore he can't hurt you. You'll finally be free to live your life Dan" Phil said.

"Maybe. I mean, he won't just give up that easily, he might be planning something."

"Just get some sleep okay, It'll be okay." Phil pulled me a bit closer to him as I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep, the feeling of safety, comfort, and familiarity surrounding me with Phil's close proximity...

The Next Day (Still Dan's POV)
I could feel the warm morning sun on me as I opened my eyes to find Phil up and awake. He was half dressed in a pair of jeans, struggling to get his shirt on, and I couldn't help but laugh when he got stuck.

"You'd think by now I'd be able to dress myself properly without having any problems" Phil mumbled to himself, but I still managed to hear him.

"Don't worry Philly, it happens to the clumsiest people. I swear it should be a disability" I replied, getting up off the bed and helping Phil with his shirt.  He then thanked me and we stood in silence for a few moments as we stared at each other, I could feel myself sort of getting lost in Phil's eyes.

"Uh..I should probably let you get changed" Phil said, breaking the silence as he walked out of the room and heading over to the bathroom. I started searching through my clothes for something to wear, eventually picking out a black shirt and black jeans, and changed into them and then joined Phil in bathroom as I fixed my hair.

"Do you have any other clothes that are not black?" Phil asked, smiling and chuckling as I shake my head in response. Phil rolled eyes and continued ready, leaving me alone in the bathroom. After finishing my hair, I stopped and looked at myself in the mirror as I took a deep breath.

"Okay, you can do this Dan. You'll be fine" I said to myself, and then exited the bathroom, finding Phil in his bedroom on the floor tying up his shoelaces. I sat down beside him as I put on my shoes as we awkwardly sat in silence. I then stood up again and headed downstairs, Phil following after me. We sat down at the table and ate breakfast, which consisted of cereal.

We were completely ready when we heard my Mum's car honk its horn, which told us that were going. I took another deep breath as we called out to Martyn and he rushed down the stairs and out the door behind us, locking it afterwards. Mum got out of the car and hugged me and Phil and shook hands with Martyn, and thanked him for helping.

"It was nothing really. I hardly ever saw them and Dan is welcome back anytime. Mum said that she liked him, and that he could stay over whenever he wanted as well" Martyn replied, and we then hopped in the car, after debating who got the passenger seat, which ended up being me, since it was my mother's car. Throughout the car ride, there was not one moment of silence, since we were either talking or singing along to whatever was playing on the radio, whilst making paddies of songs that we didn't like or talking over them. It was so much fun, but I couldn't help but feel anxious as we got closer to the court, and I could tell that Mum was starting to feel that way as well. We both knew how unpredictable my step-father could be, and we didn't know if this would be the end of him, or that we were secretly falling into an even bigger problem that would be even worse.