Years, Life

Years||3 years old (1/3)

**Slight homophobia in this chapter :( homophobia is wrong and I don't agree with it at all but it makes the story better. I'm not saying that anyone in this book is homophobic irl, I'm sure that both Dan and Phil's parents are lovely.**

Phil's POV
I was very excited, I was going round to Danny's for a sleepover! It was my first time ever having a sleepover, and I was glad it was with my best friend.
"Are you ready Philip?" My mum shouted up the stairs.
"Yes Mummy!" I said as I grabbed my lion rucksack that had my clothes in. I was happy that my mummy and Auntie Linda were best friends like me and Danny, it meant that I get to see him every day! We got in the car and my tummy had butterflies because I was so excited. We were going to do lots of fun things.

Dan's POV
'Knock Knock'
"Mummy! Philly's here!"I bounded down the stairs, running to answer the door. Philly walked in and we hugged before giggling and running upstairs to my bedroom. I had built us a den out if sheets, and mummy had hung up fairy lights and put some books and DVD's in that we could watch on our portable DVD player. Once Auntie Julie had left, mummy came upstairs and told us she would read us one story before she went to make our tea. She said she would read us a Cinderella.

"Philly?" I looked at Phil, confused.
"Yes Danny?" He smiled back at me.
"Why is it always the boys and girls that get married in the stories. What if Prince Charming wanted to marry a boy?" I asked him. At this point, mummy gasped.
"What's wrong Mummy?"
"Boys and Boys can't get married Daniel, that's not how it works. I don't want you saying such absurd things again, do you understand?"
"Yes mummy." I hung my head in shame, I still didn't understand why boys and boys couldn't get married. It wasn't fair.

Phil's POV
I was confused, and Danny was too. Me and him were going to live together forever like my mummy and daddy, right? Once auntie Julie left to cook our tea, Danny started crying. I immediately hugged him, and he hugged me back tightly.We laid down in our den, still cuddling.
"But Phil..." He sobbed, "I don't like any of the girls at nursery, they all smell funny and have strange hair. The boys are much better!" I hugged him tighter.
"I don't like any of the girls either Danny, but we don't need to worry about that for a long time. And even if we can't get married it doesn't mean we can't still live together! We don't need to get married." I said it definitively, as if nothing was going to change my mind. Dan nodded, and I put the Winnie the Pooh  movie on on Dan's DVD player, and he stopped crying. Everything seemed to have gone back to normal by the time auntie Julie called us for tea.

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An- homophobia is wrong, being gay isn't. I don't agree with it, but that is crucial later on in the plot so I had to say it. I'm sure Dan's mum isn't homophobic irl, she's probably lovely,
Love you,
Abi
xx