Fall Away//phan

Chapter 2

After a long, tiring day at school, Phil was ready to get back home and watch some Anime.

Fresh fallen leaves littered the pavement, a sea of orange and red adding a splash of colour to the grey stone and cement, even though it was only September leaves were already starting to drift from the trees forming patterns on the ground.

Phil smiled to himself taking it all in. He loved autumn. The trees always looked so beautiful, various shades of red and orange mixing into a sunset in the trees, even better than spring, he thought.

He crossed over the road, walking through the park as he always did to get home, kicking the leaves as he went giggling a little like a small child.

He looked up from the tranquil scenery of all the leaves, noticing a dark clothed body lying on the floor some distance away.

He quit kicking the leaves and hurried over to the body, noticing as he drew nearer just who it was. That didn't stop him, though. Phil would stop to help anyone. That's just the kind of person he is.

"Dan?!" He rushes over to the unconscious body noticing how he had bruises littering his face. Did he fall?

No, Phil thought. If he got the bruises on his face from falling then he would have fallen onto his front, not onto his back.

"Dan?!" he bends over Dan's body and takes his hand, it was shaking, and freezing cold. He must have been here for a while, Phil noted. But he was shaking...

"Dan, please wake up!" Phil pulls Dan's body up so he's in a sitting position and shakes him lightly. "DAN!"

Dan's head moves slightly, and his eyes squint open a little "Wha.. Who?" he opens his brown eyes fully and looks straight at Phil. "Phil..? Why are you here..? Where is here? Where am I..?" he looks around to see where he is causing his head to ache.

Phil sighs "Dan, you were laying here in the park unconscious for God knows how long. Your face is bruised too. What happened?"

That explains why his whole head hurt, Dan thought. "It's none of your business what happened" he glares at Phil.

Phil raises his eyebrows. "Dan I found you here and made sure you were okay, so a little thanks would be nice. I know you aren't the most friendly person in the world but will you please tell me what happened so I can make sure you aren't going to pass out again or anything?"

and I'll try to delay what you make of my life

Dan sighs quietly, realising Phil was right.

"Fine. When I got kicked out of Maths I came here to get drugs to make my head hurt less because it hurt really fucking bad from drinking alcohol... I guess I got kicked in the face pretty bad too..." that bastard, Dan thought, thinking about the guy who gave him the tablet.

Phil looks at Dan with a shocked expression on his face. "So the rumours at school are true then..? You do drink? And smoke? And do drugs?"

Dan rolls his eyes and runs his fingers through his hair. "Yes, yes, and yes. Full marks." he laughs, but it's humourless and hollow, and full of sarcasm.

"Well maybe you'd get full marks too if you stopped being rude in class."

Dan raises his eyebrows at Phil "I don't know who the fuck you think your are, but how is it any of your business?!"

Phil bites his lip nervously. "It's not, I'm sorry... I just want to help, that's all, what's going on Dan?"

Dan stands up a little shakily and glares down at Phil "It's none of your fucking business what's going on in my life! Why the fuck should I tell you?!"