[COMPLETED] soft boy//phan (1)

Sixteen

dan

i knew phil was putting up an act, he didn't like me at all, he was probably using me so he thought i wouldn't go to the principal or someone and tell.

at the same time, i wanted to believe him, but i couldn't bring myself to. sure, phil was nice but he didn't help me cope when i could've almost died, and that would take a long time to forgive him for.

"dan!" dodie yelled at me, smiling brightly. i figured out a few minutes ago that she preferred dodie more than dorothy, so i needed to remember that.

"yeah?" i questioned and turned to her, she was sitting next to my left while phil was to my right. phil always kept close to me, like someone was about to jump out of the shadows and strangle me to death, which i felt was gonna happen.

"are you okay?" dodie asked and i smiled and nodded in reassurance.

"hey, phil? why is he here again?" chris asked and moved closer to phil, trying to sound innocent. i already knew ever since i came here chris didn't like me because he was always eyeing me up and down whenever phil pulled me closer.

but if chris really wanted to get into phil's pants, i wasn't going to stop him. i wasn't even supposed to be here after all.

"dan? is dan short for something?" louise asked and i felt phil tense against me. he learned my full name from the time when we were in the hospital, since he probably already told them i decided to just tell the truth.

"it's short for daniel." i replied and smiled at louise even though i just wanted to get out of here.

"so do you not like your name or something?" chris asked and huffed words under his breath after that and pj nudged him.

"i-it's personal.." was all i replied with and everyone looked at me curiously while chris just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"i'm gonna go get something." chris mumbled and got up, bringing his tray along with him. i was glad he was gone, he was making things weird between me and everyone else.

"is everything okay with chris?" pj asked and dodie and louise looked at each other nervously, like they knew something. there was so much i needed to know about this small friend group, and i wanted to find out quickly.

"everyone able to meet at my house and go swimming later?" phil asked and smiled to us all.