Be My Juliet [on hold]

Chapter 44

"Hi Phil!"  a nurse chirps as she walks into the room.  We've been in the hospital for a few days, stopping our marathon of Dan and Phil's videos only for the occasional food break, nap, and memory test.  Phil is doing much better, and has made dramatic improvements with each video we show him, first mastering our names and then graduating onto recalling filming most of the videos. 

"Hey Linda," Phil smiles because he can actually remember her name well enough.  "How am I doing?"

"That's why I'm here," she tells him, letting us know that it's time for yet another memory test.  "Can you tell me your name?"

"Philip Michael Lester," he nearly sings, exuding confidence and pride.

"And who is this?"  she continues, pointing to Dan with her pen after she scribbles something down on her clipboard.

"Daniel James Howell," he tells her.  Suddenly I feel Dan squeeze my hand, making me turn to look at him and see that beautiful yet goofy smile he has plastered on his face as he looks at Phil, as if he's a proud father seeing his son win his first race.  I squeeze back and place my hand on Phil's knee, shifting my gaze to him instead as he tells the nurse my full name as well.

"And do you know where you are?" the questions continue on, Phil getting every single one correct.  After the questionnaire, the nurse puts down her clipboard and looks at Phil intently.  "Well, Phil, I think you're doing much better.  Let me check your stitches."

"Do you think I'll get to go home soon?" he asks her, looking at her like a cute little puppy dog with his begging eyes.  

"I'll wait for the doctor to let you know," she tells him after she checks, then disappears into the whiteness of the hospital to help someone else.  She comes back quickly though, this time with a woman in a white coat.  Linda doesn't come in; just stops next to the windowed door and hands off Phil's file to the new woman.

"Hello Philip," she grins as she enters the room.

"Phil." he tells her, making her correct herself.

"Well Phil, it seems like you're doing much better.  I am officially discharging you today, though I need one of your friends to stay with you for the next week to monitor you and help you get around.  You will be experiencing some pain and difficulty in walking around and moving, so you should probably try to stay in bed for the most part," she tells us, her gaze venturing to me and Dan and silently making us promise to be with him.

"Of course!" we both say at the same time, each of us continuing the sentence in different ways but we both generally say the same thing.

"Great.  I'll work on the paperwork now and send up a wheelchair to come and get you."  With that the new doctor leaves, placing Phil's file on the side of the bed and her coat swinging behind her as she walks out.  

"THIS IS AMAZING!" Dan cheers, hugging Phil tightly.  I join in, wrapping my arms around both of them and grinning from ear to ear.  "You've done so well, Phil."

"Thanks!  I couldn't have done it without you two; thank you for showing me those videos!  Maybe we should have been vlogging this experience," he jokes, making Dan chuckle lightly.  

Soon a man with a wheelchair is helping Phil into it, and we're walking out of the hospital pushing Phil along.  We quickly make it back to Dan and Phil's place, where Phil immediately announces that he is going to go lie down.

"Let us know if you need anything!" I tell him, waving at him as his door slams shut.  Now that he's gone, I can finally talk to Dan about the way he treated Jess at the hospital.  Even though he's upset with her, he crossed a line, what with throwing her out like that. "Hey Dan?" I ask in a calm and soothing voice, not wanting to start an argument but instead have an adult conversation with him.

"Yeah?" he asks, going into the kitchen to eat some actually decent food, unlike the crap we've grown accustomed to the they serve in the hospital cafeteria.  

"Can we talk?" 

"That doesn't sound good..." he returns with a bowl of crisps, placing it in between us both as a barrier and also to offer me some.  I take one and crunch it slowly before I speak.  "What's up?"

"Something has been bothering me..." I let on, looking up into his eyes after my gaze shifts down to watch my thumbs twiddling around each other.

"What is it babe?" he asks, eating some crisps before placing his hand on mine, seeing the look of annoyance mixed with fear on my face.  

"We've got to talk about Jess-"

"What about her?  You're done with her, aren't you?" He interrupts, moving his hand away and crossing his arms like a fucking five year old.  

"Dan, come on." I try and reason, not wanting to deal with him as if he's a child.

"I don't think you should be friends with her anymore, Pen.  She's toxic.  Don't you see that?" he nearly screams, making me hush him so that we don't disturb Phil.

"The way you treated her was unacceptable Dan!  She's a fucking human being too, you know!" I throw back, trying my best not to raise my voice.

"The way she treated you was unacceptable!  I refuse to feel pity for someone that treats other people the way she treated you."

"Very hypocritical of you, Dan."

"WILL YOU TWO KEEP IT DOWN!" Phil shouts from his room.

A/N: ALRIGHT ANOTHER CHAPTER!!! im sorry this one ended at a weird point but i have plans i gotta stick to muahahahaha just kidding (not really).  okay so first i'd like to remind you guys that TODAY IS THE DAY TO VOTE IN THE WATTYS!!! please please please (if you want to) tweet out "I nominate Be My Juliet by writingmaniac321 #MyWattysChoice" on twitter (and you can tag me if you want my handle is writingmaniac32 because writingmaniac321 was too long lol).  it'd mean the world to me if you did!! some people have already and i'm like ready to cry/craft over here.  TODAY IN THE COMMENTS: what's been the song that you've been playing on repeat lately?  for this entire chapter, i was listening to All I Wanna Say by Lontalius (which all you guys should check out it's so good) BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN LIKING!! is it panic! at the disco? is it troye? is it mcr?  let me know!! as always, remember to vote/comment/follow if you enjoyed this chapter, and stay amazing xx