[COMPLETED] soft boy//phan (1)

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phil

i tried to avoid dan's mum when we walked out of that hospital but she stuck to my side, asking questions that i only answered with two or three words. "phil! stop for a moment!" she yelled from behind me as i was about to get into dan's car. i forgot i drove here in his car.

"just please promise me you'll tell the truth about what happened?" she asked and clutched her purse tighter in her hands. 

"what do you mean, mrs howell?"

she bit her lip and turned away from me, "follow me in dan's car and drop it off at my house, then you can walk home. he'd be pissed if he came back and didn't have a car to -" she paused before she could say more, pushing her hair behind her ear and walking to the car that was parked in front of me.

i tried to get what she was about to say out of my head, his mum seemed nice enough so why would he have to leave his house on a regular basis? i started the engine and pulled away, following behind his mum.

i still couldn't wrap my head around the fact that dan needed an escape from his home, his was way better than mine, i just knew it. his parents were always home to support him on what he was doing. they didn't leave him for months so that they could have a fun time, forgetting that he was starving and crying in a corner for hours when he was nine because he thought he did something wrong.

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i pulled into dan's driveway, behind his mum, and took in the house in front of me. it wasn't big but it also wasn't small, it was like the house i've always wanted to live in. my parents were too rich to get a smaller house, sometimes i even got lost in my own..

i got out and gave dan's keys to mrs howell, "it was nice meeting you mrs howell." i mumbled before I turned around and started walking back down the hill.

"phil?" she questioned from behind me.

i turned around and gave her menacing and cold eyes i didn't mean to send her way, "is something the matter?" she twirled her fingers around each other, this was not the woman i just was threatened by an hour ago in a hospital.

"why didn't you save him sooner? be wouldn't be there for so long if you stepped in." she spat coldly. and the frightening mrs howell was back.

"i didn't hear his screams from inside." i lied.

"daniel is a pretty loud and vocal screamer, it's impossible if you didn't hear him." she stepped closer to me.

"do you think i had something bad to do with this?" i asked and stepped up to her.

"maybe. maybe not. i don't know if everything you're saying is true or not." she looked me in the eyes. she had completely different eyes than dan did, it was hard to tell they were related.

"if daniel's such a vocal screamer and everyone heard him, then you should blame that whole block for not helping him. don't just pin this down on me." i turned away from her, blocking out her response.

i was done with this howell family, i didn't want anything to do with them anymore. the air was cold as i was walking back home, making the air coming from my mouth twist and twirl in random places. if only i stopped it cause then i wouldn't be in this situation at the moment. i wouldn't be fearing for my life because of what these howell's could be capable of.

i was on my street when i saw two figures standing on the sidewalk, facing me, and i instantly knew who it was. i walked up to them and they smiled when they saw me, "what the hell are you doing here?! if anyone sees us were dead." i spat.

"relax," tanner started and lifted his hands defensively, "what's goin' on bro?"

i looked at tanner and then to carson, "you guys are joking, right?" i asked, like they were pulling a prank on me.

"no. the fuck happened?"

i laughed nervously and dragged a hand through my hair, "dan's mouth couldn't keep shut and now his mum knows about what happened. who knows what she's going to do with that information."

they both looked at each other, the color draining from their faces and their jaws tightening, if they were scared of anything, it was the cops, judges and the government. "how do you know this?" carson asked and stepped closer.

"i was in the hospital with him and when he woke up his mum fucked him over with thousands of questions."

they looked at each other again, "what hospital is he in, number, and how can we get in?" carson asked, not taking his eyes away from tanner.

"no! you can not go there and cause a damn scene! that would cause so much more to happen to us, to you guys!" i flailed my arms around like crazy.

"this is all your fault." carson spoke under his breath, loud enough for me to hear.

"how is it my fault?!" i yelled at him. it wasn't my fault at all why this was happening.

"you took his bag in the first place! if you didn't i wouldn't be possibly going to jail!" carson yelled back.

"well maybe you should control your damn temper instead of beat someone until they have a broken rib!" i yelled back, pissed as hell.

"carson! let's just go, you guys are going to cause a scene." tanner stepped in and grabbed carson, pulling him away.