planets→phan

ripped.

the hotel room phone rang loudly.

phil peeled himself up from the warm, soft bed.

he picked up the phone, and held it up to his ear, "hello?"

his voice was raspy. it was about five in the morning. the other line was full of static, but a lady's voice could be heard. the same lady from downstairs.

"hello, is there a uhh-" there was a pause as slight mumbling was going on in the background, "daniel james howell staying in your suite?"

phil pulled away from the phone quickly. he held a hand lightly over the mouth part of the phone and looked over where dan lay. his arms were bundled underneath soft cheek, and his eyes were still closed, facing the window.

"sorry, what is this for?" phil took his hand away and spoke back into the phone.

"oh, we were just wondering. there are some visitors here for him."

phil's eyes widened, "who?"

"the police."

phil gasped and said, "please excuse me."

he started packing up. his shoes were on the ground. strange, he didn't remember setting them there. just then, he noticed his jacket was off too, on the ground by the bathroom. phil raised a suspicious eyebrow he tiptoed into the bathroom. his keys. what were they doing here? did dan do something? phil ran back to the phone and picked it up. full static. the lady must have hung up. that means they were coming.

"dan! dan!" phil ran over to his friend, shaking him more violently than intended, "dan wake up! we have to go, now!"

"what?" dan slowly rose, and stretched, "what are you on about?"

"no time to explain! we have to leave!" phil said, putting his jacket on and slipping his feet into his shoes. dan grabbed his backpack and straightened out his hair.

as that moment, there was banging on the door. dan and phil both looked back with stunned faces, like deer in headlights.

"who's in there? this is the police. come out so we can talk to both of you," an unfamiliar voice said sternly.

"dan, the window!" phil pointed. there was a handle which could be pushed up and out. an escape. they were thirty feet above ground. there's no way they would make it out without an injury.

just then, a room key was slipped into the door, which beeped, and opened. ten police officers raced in with handcuffs and walkie-talkies.

"stop in the name of the law. you, dan howell, are going back to your home town. and you, are going to be arrested for kidnapping."

"kidnapping what- i didn't kidnap anyone!" phil put a hand over his heart, and looked over at phil.

dan looked down and say the keys dangling from phil's finger. his insides bubbled. he was angry. angry at his grandmother. angry at himself. now, angry at phil.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING, THAT YOU WOULD COME WITH ME?! YOU BETRAYED ME, PHIL. YOU NEVER WANTED TO COME IN THE FIRST PLACE," dan huffed.

phil's mouth opened, no words coming out. he was stunned. his eyes burned with disbelief.

"okay kid, it's okay. this man will be dealt with in the appropriate way. stay calm, come with us. we will take you home, about ten miles away. your grandmother has been calling us nonstop." one of the officers said to dan.

dan didn't listen. he tried escaping, running through the officers and down the stairs of the hotel. ran into the lobby when two other officers were standing by the door. they held dan by his  arms. he tried fighting, but it didn't work. soon after, phil was brought down. in handcuffs.

"we will take him to the station to be questioned about his actions." the head officer said. phil looked down. his keys and other belongings were in the hand of the officer holding on one of his arms. both boys were brought out into the parking lot. there were two empty police cars.

phil was seated in one.

"phil-" dan could say no more as he was seated in the other.

officers climbed into both of the cars. one turned out of the hotel, right, to go to dan's hometown. the other, turned left, to go to the police station.

dan looked down at his lap and sighed. how could he say that? he couldn't believe that those words had been at phil. he did nothing wrong. phil sacrificed his LIFE to come with dan. now phil was arrested, and dan was going back home as if to go back to a normal life.

"ten minutes, kid. then you'll be home."

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phil couldn't move his hands, his wrists felt under pressure. he looked out the window with pain in his eyes, why would dan say that? what did he do so wrong that would make dan say those things? how was he going to get out of the station? he really is innocent. why would he kidnap dan? they were only friends.

or... were they?