There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Chapter 97: One Month Later

  Phil was getting better. He was doing things again. He went back to making videos. He was so good at hiding how bad he got from the audience. You wouldn't be able to do it. Everyone that you knew that knew about it kept their mouths shut about the whole situation. You actually think Phil might have recovered!

Dan's P.O.V
  Later that day I go into Phil's room. He was on his laptop scrolling through Twitter.

"Hey Phil." I say.

"Hey Dan."

Before I could say anything I notice what looks like a picture sticking out from under his pillow. I quickly grab it before he can realise what I did. It was a picture of us. The date on the back was October 24th, 2009.

"Dan what are you holding?"

"It's just a picture of us..."

"Oh."

I lean over and show him the picture. His face scrunched up in confusion. He takes the picture and flips it over. His face remains the same.

"I don't remember that."

"What?"

"I like actually don't remember anything from that year."

"Oh.."

I quickly get out and leave. That means he doesn't remember our relationship. Now if I forget it I could be all right. But I don't want to forget it.

Phil's P.O.V
  I felt bad when Dan showed me that picture. It didn't even look vaguely familiar. I can't remember anything from 2009. I know by how quickly Dan left the room that something important happened in that year. There's nothing I can do, I just don't remember. 

There's no other memory gaps. Just in 2009. I know I made videos all the way back in 2006. Surely I made some back in 2009. I click out of Twitter and go straight to YouTube. After some intense scrolling I find 2009 in videos. My stomach dropped when I saw Dan in one of the thumbnails. The date it was uploaded was one day after the picture. It must've been taken the day this was filmed. Oh my God. I take the picture and it matches the clothing in the video. I watch the video and I remember none of it. When I tackle the younger Dan at the end my heart flutters.

The worst part is I still remember none of it. I watch all my 2009 videos and even some of Dan's. None of it I remember. I throw my laptop off the bed in frustration. Dan and (Y/N) come running in shortly after my laptop hits the floor.

"I can't remember 2009!! I watched all my videos and I still can't remember!" I shout.

Dan's face clicks and so does (Y/N)'s.

"So..you don't even remember how we met?" Dan says.

"No. I don't."

Dan turns around and leaves once again. (Y/N) comes and sits beside me.

"It's all right Phil. As long as you don't forget anything else it's all right. Nothing super important happened in 2009 except hat you met Dan. That's when PINOF started which you need to film soon. It's all right that's all that happened."

"O-okay." I whisper.

ONE YEAR LATER third person point of view.

Phil never did regain his memory. But he didn't lose anymore of it either. Neither Dan or (Y/N) told them about the relationship. It was for the best. Other than that Phil completely recovered from all the health problems his suicide attempt caused. It all seemed perfect. Even James the doggo was perfectly fine. But both Dan and (Y/N) nothing could stay perfect on their family for this long. It went far too long for nothing to happen. It left them both on edge a lot. But still nothing happened. Little did they know, nothing was going to happen for another 5 years.