The New Boy: Phan High School AU

Chapter 55 - Dan's POV

Zzzzzzt.

My phone buzzes, waking me out of a dead sleep.

Zzzzzzt.

I reach out blindly towards my bedside table (Zzzzzzt.) until I find my phone and bring it to my ear.

"Hello?"

Zzzzzzt.

I click accept call and try again. "Hello?"

"AAAAAAAAAA!!!!! WE'RE IN!!! I'M IN!!!!!"

"Jamie?"

"Who the fuck else do you know who answers the phone by screaming?"

"Right. Stupid questi-uh-uh-uhhn..." I'm cut off by a yawn.

"Ooh sorry, did I wake you?"

"Just a little bit."

"Oops. What time is it?"

"5. In the morning. How long have you been up anyway?"

"Oh, nearly 24 hours I think. Why do you ask?"

"No reason." No wonder she sounds so wired. "Why're you calling, again?"

"Duh, the cast list is out!"

"WHAT?!" Now I'm up. I jump out of bed to my desk and laptop, holding my phone between my ear and my shoulder like a soccer mom while I open my email.

"Holy shit, congratulations!" I say. Mary Poppins – Jamie Trujillo is at the top of the list, directly followed by Bert – Danny Oswin.

"You too!" She answers.

I scroll down, my heart pounding, until I see my name. Valentine – Dan Howell. Grinning, I check out the rest of the list.

"Dan?"

"Yeah, sorry, I was looking for everyone else. "

"Agh, I know, it's gonna be so good!! Listen, I should go, I promised Danny I'd call, and I know he's still up. "

"Why on earth would he be up at this ungodly hour?"

"We've the same fucked up sleeping patterns for like 3 years now. If one of us is up there's like an 80% chance the other one is too. Plus neither of us ever sleep on cast list nights."

"Jesus Christ, Jamie."

"Spit-Spot!" she says, and hangs up.

I consider calling Phil to share the news, but chances are he's not up yet. I know I'd prefer not to be.

I side-eye my clock, thinking about how nice it would have been to sleep in. I know I'm not gonna be able to fall asleep again, so I start deciding what to do.

As I lay I bed pondering all of this, my eyes grow heavy and I quickly fall back asleep.

When I wake up again, the sunlight is streaming through my window.  I immediately grab my phone and see I have a missed call from Phil as well as a number of texts from some fellow cast members.

I lie back down and stare at the ceiling as I wait for Phil to pick up.

He answers on the third ring. "Hullo?"

"Good morning!"

"Is it really?"

"Uh oh, what's up?" I ask.

"Jamie called me at 6 am. Woke me up. Haven't been able to go back to sleep so I drank a bunch of coffee."

"Ooh, lucky."

"How?" Phil asks incredulously.

"She woke me up at 5."

"Ouch." I hear Phil suck in a breath and groan in sympathy.

"I, at least, managed to fall asleep again though."

"Lucky."

I feel like my writing doesn't sound like me anymore. actually I think it stopped sounding like me a little while back. I can't figure out why either.
is it noticeable? the change in writing?

anyway here's an update on my life since i havent fuckin updated in months and months. uhh. so i finished the shitshow of a fall musical we were working on. it was chitty chitty bang bang. i was the childcatcher which was fun. i broke up with my boyfriend. no hard feelings except the fact that we're both petty assholes. he has a new girlfriend. she's 4'9" and her face kinda looks like david duchovny's face which i find hilarious. i also have a new girlfriend and i'm in love w her  (also she's probably gonna read this at some point so hi baby how are u text me when u see this). god we're horrible im so sorry.

anyway hope u enjoy this chapter sorry i never update

much love