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Philip Lester was just as broken as Dan. Unfortunately, their situations were very similar. Phil handled this in a different way than Dan. I wouldn't say better, but different.

"You know, you don't have to call me 'Philip Lester'. I prefer Phil."

"Okay, Phil. Would you mind not calling me Danny?" Dan insisted.

"I like Danny." Phil laughed, fixing his fringe.

Dan suddenly felt self conscious. 'hobbit hair' was what he called his natural hair. He hadn't put any effort in his hair today, besides his constant adjustments this morning. He then felt silly for caring about his appearance around some random person.

The bell rang. Dozens of students huddled into the big building with no hurry.

"Well, looks like you really have to leave now." Dan said.

"Looks like it." Phil said sadly. "I'll talk to you later Danny." He smiled and waved as he walked away.

Dan pulled up his pants(a first)and fixed his own fringe.

What hell was Phil doing to Dan's emotions?

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