My Guardian Angel Bean

Chapter 9

Phil's POV

"Dan!" I shrieked as I dropped the box of cereal I was eating out of. I could hear Dan's screams from the bathroom. "I'm coming!" Faster than I had ever run before, I bounded through the house and burst through the bathroom door. A nightmarish sight met my eyes.

There lay Dan, naked in the bathtub, the hair straightener in his hand. He wasn't moving. He wasn't breathing.

I collapsed onto the tiled floor. How? How could this have happened? I let my guard down for one minute... "No... This can't be happening. I-I can't have failed." I spoke through a sob. "I had one job, and that was to p-protect you, and I f-failed. I'm so sorry Bear." I took his hand in mine and cried. I cried until it felt like I'd run out of tears.

I don't know what compelled me to do it, but I started to sing, my voice cracking from tears. "Do you remember the time when we first met at the train station? Do you remember the time when I said I loved you in the snow? Do you remember the time when I kissed you on the Manchester Eye? Do you remember the times? Back in 2009?"

I dragged Dan's body out of the bathtub and laid it out on the floor. I fell on top of him and sobbed onto his chest.

From Dan's chest, a light appeared. I didn't see it at first because of my tears, but soon the light became stronger and stronger until the entire room was flooded in it.

"W-what's happening?" I said as Dan's lifeless form began to float upward. The light seemed to explode out of him, and then disappear. He dropped back onto the floor. His eyes flickered opened and I saw that there was life in them once again.

"Yes I remember the time when we first met at the train station." He croaked, coughing and sputtering. "Yes I remember the time when you said you loved me in the snow. I remember the time when you kissed me on the Manchester Eye. Yes, I remember the times back in 2009."

"Dan!" I threw myself onto him, pulling him into a bone crushing hug. "I thought you were a goner."

"I thought I was too. I'm glad I wasn't." He smiled. Then looked down to realize he was completely naked. "Ummmm... I should go get dressed." He said blushing and awkwardly trying to cover himself up.

"Why get dressed when you can do other things..." I said, pulling him up and dragging him towards the bedroom.