Why Me?- Bullied By Dan Howell Sequel

Part 17

*School 4 weeks later*
(Sorry for the time skips, I don't want to bore anyone)

Each day gets worse. Dan always has something new to say. Luckily, it's like Dylan,Percy, and Ava vanished. But hey, I'm not complaining. Phil tries and tries everyday to help but he can't stop Dan. No one can. I've lost days of sleep because of nightmares. It's like he finds my pain funny. He's gotten more violent and aggressive. I've came to the conclusion that he's figured out my weaknesses. Yelling, and someone touching my ribs. Back in year 8 when Dylan cut my skin so deep along my ribs left a very lasting impression on me.

My thoughts were interrupted by Mr. Harries asking if I was alright. "Y-Yeah. I'm fine" I said, running my hands through my fringe. "You sure?" he asked. I nodded. I was now running off of 3 hours of sleep...the last 4 days. Like I said, I can't sleep. The bell rang and I was the first out. Art here I come. I took my seat next to Phil. "How're you feeling?" he asked and rubbed my back. "Tired" I yawned. "It's a Friday, you can sleep all you want" he smiled. "I actually can't" I mumbled. "Love, you can. Maybe that was just last night" he said reassuringly. "Phil, it's been 4 days. "Emma! Goodness that's awful! How many hours total? Do you know? Are you okay? Do you need to see someone? D-" he concerned. "3. I'm okay. I don't need to see anyone. Relax, love. I appreciate your concern but please don't worry too much.

He finally calmed down after asking about 1000 more questions. Joe walked over and asked to speak to me alone. I nodded and walked over to his desk to talk to him. "You alright? Zoe, Caspar, and Alfie said you didn't look to good today. You can tell me" he said sweetly. "J- Mr. Sugg, I'm fine. Just a bit tired" I said, stammering. "You don't have to call me that, no ones listening. I can see extremely tired when I see it. How long did you sleep last night?" he asked. "I didn't" I admitted. "Love, you really should sleep" he cooed. "I would, but I can't. I keep having these awful nightmares that keep me wide awake. Over the past 4 days I've had 3 hours of sleep and it's really catching up to me" I said. "Oh dear. Do you need to see a doctor?" he asked. "I'm okay, nothing they can do for nightmares I don't think" I said. "Alright. Well you can go have a seat. I'll call you later" he said quietly. I nodded and walked back over to Phil.

I got back to my drawing. Surprisingly, Dan's been fairly quiet this class. He's probably planning a way to kill me. The bell rang and we were off to gym.

I changed and walked out.

Phil greeted me by the doors. We looked at the timer and noticed we had 30 seconds to be in our warm up spots. We ran to our spots and waited. We did our warm ups then walked to the center for instruction. "Alright class. Today you'll be dong some partner activities with the partner of your choice. I'll have two people to show how it'll be done. Let's see.. Mr. Howell, and... Ms. Jacobson!" he said and called us up. He always calls on people who look extremely tired. I got up and stood next to him. "The first exercise on this fabulous fitness Friday is side planks. So first we'll have Emma demonstrate. Please get in an elbow plank position" he explained. I did. "Dan, you'll lift her lightly to have her in a side plank position. Right side bearing the weight" he said

Dan put his hands on both sides of my ribs and rotated my body into a side plank. When I got situated I kicked my top leg up and kicked him in the shin. Everyone laughed. "Oops" I said jokingly. I held that position for 45 seconds and stood up. "Perfect! Great job Emma!" he said. "Thanks" I smiled and looked over at Dan, he looked furious. I waved. "Now this next one involves volleyball skills. (A/N: Fellow volleyball players will shake in fear because of this.. they're awful) We'll be doing what I like to call 'Low Drills'. And to spice it up a bit, you and your partner -while in volleyball ready position- will create a handshake. Get as low as possible and hold it as long as you can.

We both got into position and just high fived. Well that wasn't awkward at all. "Good. Pick your partners, one trick, they have to be of the opposite gender. I know, I know don't be mad. It's a way to make friends. Emma and Daniel, you're doing amazing together so you'll be doing your exercises together. Now go after I explain just 3 more" coach said. He explained 3 more exercises, and we went to start. "You're starting the planks" I mumbled.

*After Gym*

Changing back into my jeans and shirt was probably the hardest part of this period. I couldn't stop shaking. The entire time he was incredibly close to my ribs. I eventually changed and waited for Phil outside of the locker room. He walked over. He had a loom of concern on his face. "Oh god" he started. "What's wrong?" he asked. I shook my head and we waited for the bell and started walking to my house. "Love, tell me" he said. "He knows when people touch my ribs it bothers me, so he did" I sighed. "It's okay" he cooed and put his arm around my shoulder.

Once we got to my house I took out my keys expecting the door to be locked. I tried to open it without the key. It opened. I shrugged and dropped my book bag down.

I walked upstairs and saw the one and only Dallas. "Dal!" I yelled and hugged him tightly. "Hey dear. Who's this?" he asked. "Dally this is my friend Phil, he's practically my brother. Phil this is Dallas but you can call him Dally or Dal. He's a family friend" I explained. "Nice to meet you" Phil smiled. "You to" he smirked. He put an arm around me .

"Right, your mom and dad are somewhere. Truly I don't know. To be fair, I wasn't listening till I heard your name. I'll be watching you for the few weeks" he explained, his heavy New York accent coming through. I nodded. "Well I'll be in your living room. Is Netflix a thing here?" he asked. "Dally.. come on. Yes it's a thing here, we're British not aliens" I smiled. "Ah, Brits, not aliens. Got it" he smiled, ruffled my hair and walked downstairs.

"No offense but I think you're closer with your friends then you are your parents" Phil mumbled. "That's very true.. unfortunately" I said and plopped down on the bed. What a day.

Hey loves! Yes I read The Outsiders and had to include Dally. i am sorry.. i have an issue okay? I promise he won't be a main character just within the next few chapters. Anyway! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Love you!

xxx Lexi