Waiting for You // Phan

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PJ's POV

PJ grabbed Dan's arm and pulled him away from the group and under a cluster of trees. He put his hands on Dan's shoulders and looked him right in the eye.

"What the hell is going on Dan?! First you disappear at lunch and don't come back, then you pass out and attt twitching and screaming, and now this. Tell me what's happening."

Dan tried to speak but his voice caught in his throat. "Can we speak about this... somewhere else?" He indicated Louise, Tyler and Phil staring at them. PJ hadn't realised he was being so loud.

"Sure." he said sheepishly, realising he had just told everyone about Dan's flailing fit last night. "This way"

PJ led Dan inside and into an empty classroom. He sat down and motioned for Dan to do the same.

"So..." PJ began. He already began to see the discomfort on Dan's face. "...what's been going on?" Dan stayed silent. "You don't have to say it all in one go, I'm just worried, ok?" PJ felt less and less confident as he saw Dan put his head on the desk. But then he sat up, ran his hands through his hair, and began to speak.

"PJ, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't speak to you already, I was just, scared what you would think. I never met my soulmate." Dan broke off, and PJ sat there in stunned silence.

Dan never met his soulmate? This was worse than PJ thought it could have been. Poor, poor Dan. PJ was about to go and comfort Dan, but he carried on talking.

"I never met my soulmate, so then I ran. I ran and I hid. In a bathroom, to be exact. And, in that bathroom, I met Phil. Met him properly. And I was a complete wreck, and, so was he. I don't know why. So we talked, we became friends, more like acquaintances, and I went home. Alone. I didn't tell you because I was scared. I don't really remember what happened when I got home, just that I passed out."

"Oh God Dan, that's awful. I'm so sorry I wasn't there."

"It wasn't your fault. It was mine. Anyway, I had this horrible nightmare. I was drowning, falling to the bottom of the ocean, and, you were there."

"I was there?"

"Yes, you, Louise, Tyler, Adrian and my parents. You were all dead." Dan's voice cracked, but he carried on. PJ felt worse and worse every second.

"You were all just floating there, and there was nothing I could do. Then- then Phil, he was there, he was alive. He told me that I... that I had killed you all because - I can't love!" Dan began to cry, and put his face in his hands.

"Dan..." PJ pulled his oldest friend into a hug. Dan pushed him away. PJ felt hurt. "Did I do something wrong?"

Dan shook his head. "No... I have to be strong. I can't break down like this. Phil was there, he told me I had killed you, and he died, too. Then other people, people I don't know, began to drown, all around me, and I had killed them, too. I was dying, PJ, and I did die. And I liked it. I was happy that I died."

PJ saw Dan brush a stray tear from his face before continuing. "And the thing is PJ, if I tell you this, you can't tell anyone, and I mean anyone, about it, ok?" PJ nodded, he knew that he wouldn't tell anyone. He could keep a secret.

"I think I'm in love with him."

"Phil?" PJ asked, seriously.

Dan nodded. "But I can't be in love with him, can I? In art this morning, Tyler asked him how long if was until he met his soulmate, and he said years. How can you love someone who is fated to be with someone else?"

"Tyler asked you too though, didn't he?" PJ whispered, "and you lied. Who says he didn't?"

"Because he's Phil Lester! He's popular, he's perfect, he doesn't lie."

Dan stood up and walked out of the room, and straight into Phil.

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Phil's POV

"I'm going after them." Phil said, standing up as they saw Dan and PJ disappear inside. Louise grabbed the back of his shirt. "No. Let them be, ok? They have a right to privacy."

"I'm his friend."

"And I'm not? I've known him longer than you have, pretty boy."

"I don't ca- what did you just call me?"

"I was trying it out." Louise shrugged.
"I guess that's a no."

Phil looked at her pointedly. "It's definitely a no. Now please, I'm going after them."

Louise rolled her eyes. "Fine, but I did warn you not to get involved, you remember that, pretty boy."

Phil walked away, still annoyed that Louise had called him 'pretty boy'. He went through the door he saw PJ and Dan go through and walked down the corridor. He stopped once he heard voices. Two boys, definitely PJ and Dan. He walked faster, and was just about to walk through the door when Dan crashed straight into him, coming out the door.

"Ah! Phil!" Dan jumped back, just as PJ came out the door behind him, as if to follow him. He stopped saw Dan and Phil, and began to turn around. "Hey Dan, I remembered, I've got to go somewhere real quick. I'll leave you here." PJ walked away. They were alone.

Phil grabbed both of Dan's wrists. He saw Dan flinch, and let go again, afraid he had hurt him. "Are you ok, Dan?"

Dan shrugged and smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine. You?"

Phil knew Dan was lying, but knew now wasn't the time to press the matter. "Good. Can, can I ask you something?" Phil blushed and put his hands in his pockets.

Dan looked at him curiously. "Yes..."

"Do you want to come out with me on Saturday night? You me, and some of my friends, we'll go to a club, dance, drink, and stay round at my friend's place. Is that ok? It's ok if you don't want to-"

"I do. I want to go." Dan smiled at him.
"Meet you at the train station at 8?"

Phil grinned. "8".

Phil was so happy, overjoyed even, that Dan had accepted his invite. Dan didn't really seem like the kind of person you'd expect to go clubbing.

Phil didn't invite Dan to go clubbing because of the clubbing itself though. Phil invited Dan to go clubbing so he had the perfect cover to tell Dan how he felt without anyone overhearing.

So he could finally tell Dan that he loved him.

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We reached the 10 chapter milestone guys. Queue the sarcastic cheering and applause. Bring on the sad sprinkle of confetti.

I'm so bored rn I'm going to talk to all my non existent friends.

¡Feliz Cumpleaños Torombolo!

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