And You Are? // Dan and Phil (Phan) High School AU

Chapter 12 - New Frens at Lunch

The next day in school

Phil arrived at school, and, after a quick trip to his locker, he walked to home room where he waited not-so-patiently for Dan to show up. Finally, right before the bell rang for school to officially start, Dan arrived. Just barely on time, as usual. Dan hurriedly cast a grin at Phil before taking his seat, which he hung his bag on the back of and put his head down, catching his breath after running to make it to school on time.

//I swear to god that was so fucking unnecessary, but now time skip to lunch because I have major writers block and pls send help thx v much frendos :3//

Phil got to lunch and sat down at the groups usual table, waiting for the rest of the gang to arrive from their various classes. The first ones to arrive were Cat, Caspar and Louise, who were deep in conversation about the latest Doctor Who fan fiction they had read for their "book group" after coming from maths, which they all had together.

The next amazing duo to appear was Tyler and some other kid that Phil had never seen before, who had bright pink hair in a mess of unorganized curls. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyler point to another boy in their grade, the other Tyler in their grade, Tyler Joseph; funnily enough, and saw him snigger when the pink haired boys face turned beet red and swatted his arm.

He eventually turned his attention to Chris, who was chatting with the schools gay power couple, Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump.

As his friends sat down, he tapped Chris's shoulder to get his attention. "Hey, do you know where PJ and Dan are?" He asked, once Chris turned to him and muttered an annoyed 'what?'

Chris rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I think they both have English. I guess their teacher's holding their class in for a few extra minutes, I dunno." He replied, then returned to his conversation with Pete and Patrick.

Phil sighed and leaned back in his chair, fished around in his backpack until he found his lunch bag, and then pulled out a very squished ham and cheese sandwich from that. Just as he was finishing the first half, Dan and PJ rounded the corner into the cafeteria and joined the rest of the group at the table.

"Sorry we're late guys! Ms. Gammie got super pissed at our class 'cause some other people were being jerks, but whatever. So, what's shakin' bacon?" PJ rambled, while Dan just nodded in agreement as he got out his own lunch.

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Eventually, everyone got settled, eating their lunch and talking about various random topics. The whole time though, Phil couldn't shake the feeling of tension between him and Dan. Right then, Tyler conveniently decided to introduce the new pink-haired kid.

Tyler got everyone's attention with one very loud, very annoying, 'PAY ATTENTION TO ME' once he had all eyes on him, he continued. "So! If you didn't know, this is Josh!" Tyler introduced him, while he just sat there and awkwardly waved, mumbling a small 'hi' as everyone else smiled and introduced themselves. "Anyways," Tyler continued, "today's his first day, and I figured that our little group deserved to snag the new kid, even though we just got Dan and Phil, you can never have too many!" Tyler laughed. In the mean time, Josh just picked at his food, though Phil couldn't blame him. It was fish taco day, and poor Josh apparently hadn't taken into account the pure disgustingness of the school food.

As Tyler continued to ramble on, Phil decided to eavesdrop Chris's conversation with Pete and Patrick.

"So, why aren't you guys sitting with your regular friends?" Chris asked, indicating table filled with such amazing people as Brendon, Dallon, Ryan, Andy and Joe, to name a few.

Pete gave the table the stink eye before answering Chris. "They were being massive dicks earlier, and you guys seemed pretty cool." He responded, and Phil noticed him give Patrick's hand a light squeeze under the table, while the other boy just murmured his agreement, suddenly seeming to be very interested in his food, while his cheeks gained a slight rosy tint.

Phil glanced over at the 'punk table,' as he personally liked to call it, right before Brendon seemingly snorted milk out of his nose while laughing, only causing everyone to crack up more, though it only grossed out Phil.

Phil finished his sandwich and looked around the cafeteria. It was emptier, probably because people went outside. He reminded himself, before deciding to do so as well. He packed up his lunch and stood up, ready to go. "Anyone want to come outside?" He asked, to which Dan hurriedly nodded and packed up his own stuff, before slinging his bag over his shoulder and walking towards the door, dragging Phil along behind him by the hand.

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When they got outside, Dan and Phil dumped their bags by the door, adding to the ever-increasing backpack pile that accumulated there everyday as students dropped off their stuff to go run around once they had finished their lunch.

Once again, Dan dragged Phil to the far side of the field, stopping once they were under the shade of a it tree that grew there, without so much as telling Phil to, "follow me."

Dan sat down on one of the lower branches, while Phil leant against the trunk. "Why are we here exactly?" Phil asked, raising an eyebrow.

Dan looked at the ground, suddenly very interested in his shoes. He sighed. "Well, you said we needed to talk, and now seems as good a time as any." He said, starting to mumble towards the end.

Phil nodded. "I think you're right."

//Hey friendos! I'm really sorry I haven't updated in... (checks) almost a month! Holy shit! But I've just been really busy with school, and some family shit, but I'm not dead! Yay! Also this is my last week of school before summer! Woo hoo! But to (sorta) make up for my absence, this is possibly my longest chapter yet, it's certainly in the top two. This little authors note thing is gonna be kinda short for this chapter, because I have so much to say I'm just going to make a different thing explaining everything right after this. So anyways, thanks so much for 450+ reads! Don't forget to vote and comment, and as always, thanks! Enjoy!//