Best Friends?

Chapter 5

   My hands rested on the dusty keys of my old piano. This whole afternoon I had been trying to remember songs I had learned and played over seven months ago, I was successful with most, but it took a while to conjure up.

   I'm not sure where Phil went, he was editing the video when I last seen him.

   Phil. My thoughts were full of him sometimes. I didn't mean too, it just- happened. I never used to feel like this, we used to be just friends, and I thought I had finally found my life-long best friend. But now I wonder, what if we could be more?

   Now everything about him seemed ten times more handsome and everything he did was adorable, I couldn't help but daydream about us. Holding hands, little forehead kisses and late night cuddles, everything would be perfect.

I snapped out of my pleasant daydream when an even more pleasant voice spoke behind me, "Dan, it's 10:45 at night, I'm going to go to sleep. Night."

   I turned around on my chair to see Phil's face peeking in through the door, "Goodnight!" I beamed.

   He turned around smiling and I heard him close his door. I wish he would stay with me in my room instead. In my bed preferably.

   After getting changed into pyjama bottoms, I sat at the end of my bed to answer many people who congratulated me on my amount of subscribers.

So many subscribers out there shipped Phil and I, only if it could be real. We would be so nice together, I thought as I scrambled into my covers after I turned the lights off.

The darkness left me to my thoughts, and I eventually fell into a happy dream in a world where Phil and I could be together...
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   I groaned at the time on the clock, 5:56AM. I wanted to roll back over in my dark blankets, but I couldn't. It was like my brain was buzzed and my eyes wouldn't rest for a second.

   Sighing, I sat up and rubbed my eyes. Phil definitely isn't awake yet. Then I jumped out of bed to pull on a black long sleeve so I wouldn't have to walk around our flat half naked.

   Making my way into the hallway, I secretly and cautiously peered into Phil's room. That's when I was surprised by a made bed and no ray of sunshine to be seen.

   "Phil?" I called out into our echoing flat.

   No reply.

    "Phil where are you?" I shouted a little louder.

   Still no reply.

   For the next seven minutes I checked every room, and called out Phil's name to find out, Phil wasn't home.

   I picked up my phone and called Phil, what else am I supposed to do? "Hello! This is Phil's voicemail please-" I hung up.

   Leaving Phil a few texts, I went to sit in the lounge so I could call Pj. "Hello! What's up Dan?" The cheery voice answered my call.

   "Have you heard from Phil? He doesn't seem to be in the flat and won't answer my calls or text messages."

   "Umm, I haven't heard from Phil on anything he's doing lately. But since he's gone, do you want to grab something from Starbucks after lunch? I was just wondering cause- I haven't seen y- anybody all week really." Pj stammered through the line.

   I had a tiny hiccup of laughter, "Of course! We can meet at one, if I get anything from Phil I'll text you, but Starbucks it is."

   "Okay great!" Pj cheered,"and if I find anything out on Phil I'll contact you. Bye Dan!"

   "See you later Peej!"

    Even though now I had something to look forward to, I still felt kind of scared. Where was Phil? It wasn't like him to disappear like this.

   Ding

   Looking back to my phone I saw something that made my heart jump. A text from Phil!

   Yet when I went to check it, I felt slightly let down by his answer: Sorry Dan forgot to leave a note! I'll be back before supper.

   More exhausted than before, I slowly lifted myself off the couch so I could go make breakfast, cereal. Phil's favourite kind of cereal.
               >•<
   "Peej!" I exclaimed as Pj threatened to dump his drink on me, "I'm sorry I'm sorry!"

   We were sitting in Starbucks on high stool chairs up to a high round table, and I had just joked about the time someone called him a girl, "And I agree." I had snickered.

   Pj chuckled and put his foamy drink back on the table, "Where do you think Phil is?" He brung it up for the first time during our get together.

   I sighed, and paused for a moment while I thought about it, "I don't know, at all. I mean, Phil does go outside sometimes. Just never this long without me."

   Pj stared right into my eyes. I could feel his green eyes scanning the emotions behind my dark irises. My eyes examined his smooth brown curls.

   "Dan. You miss him don't you. Stop trying to hide it. I can tell how you feel about Phil by the way when anyone mentions his name your eyes look up and your cheeks slightly blush, I think it's cute."

   My heart thumps and my eyebrows furrow at the fact I had been so clear to read.

   "You really- how did you, well I mean, what?" I stumble on my words as I try to find a way to answer Pj's comment.

   He smirks back at me and shakes his head, "Dan, you worry about him so much when he's not constantly with you! I'm not saying your clingy, just protective. Which is nice in a boyfriend."

   "But Phil would never be my, boyfriend. He still calls me his 'best friend,' I'm completely friend zoned."

   "Well, you need to tell him how you feel. Even just little notes on how you feel, and start getting closer to him, literally. No more separate sides of the couches and two different blankets!"

   "But I've tried!" My voice cracks, "yet whenever something happens, even if it's not accidentally, he laughs it off! Peej, it's a lot more stressful than you think." I run my hands through my hair.

   Pj chuckles, "I know how you feel." He looks up at me sitting next to him, "But trust me, it'll work."

   That's when I wondered, could I really get out of the friend zone that I've been in for more than six years? I guess I'll have to find out.
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Oooh what's Phil up to and what's Dan gonna do??

Publishing later cause I just went water skiing and managed to drop a ski and go for a bit! We were out for 6 hours. My arms 😫