Before I Fall || A Phan Story

F i f t e e n

"Dan! Dan! Common get out of your thoughts! You have to not be late to your next class ya know!" Pj yells, almost to loud,

"Jesus Christ Peej, you could have gave me a heart attack!" Dan says back,

"The only person that can do that is Phil," Pj says with a little sadness in his voice,

"W-what?"

"I've seen the way you two look at each other, common I'm not dumb, trust me, I think it's cute, plus, I'm so much more happier with Chris," Pj says with a huge gin on his face, almost like he was about to explode,

"Dork, you're in loveeee," Dan says, you could see the blush on Peej's face from miles away, but it quickly vanished when he laid eyes on the person he once loved, and now the person Dan might love,

"O-oh hey," Phil says uncomfortable flushing over him,

"Hey," I say trying my hardest not to make anything worse,

"Hi," Pj says so quietly, soon after a world of awkward silence, Chris comes to take Pj "away for studying"

"So, that was something, wasn't it?" Dans says with a little chuckle, that caused Phil to smile,

"Not really but oh well, today I was thinking we could go over to my house and play video games? If that's okay with you," Phil offers, Dans parent wouldn't mind, they hardly payed attention anyways,

"Of course!" Dan says with excitement,

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[dans POV]

"Hey I'm gonna head to the restroom real quick," Phil says, I nod in response,

He walked off, leaving me to drown in the decorations of his house, his parents must love to clean, I came across a picture of a little boy, I felt like I've seen him before, I brush my hand across the glass cover, pushing dust off the frame where words laid,

"Last day of 8th Grade"

It's Phil in 8th grade? Why have I seen someone like this before? Wait, Phil... Phils last name, I've never heard it, I swear if his last names lest-

My thought were broke.

{third person}
"I see you've found my photo back in-"

"Phil," Dan starts, his eyes never left the picture, that's the only thing he could focus on, "Phil what's you're last name,"

"M-my last name?" Phil asks

"By any chance, is it Lester?" Dan asks completely ignore anything Phil had said before- braking the constant stair at the picture -connecting his vision to the one person he couldn't believe he couldn't remember,

"Phillip Michael Lester," Dan says slowly and quietly, almost a whisper,

"Yeah?" Phil says almost like he's asking a question,

"I knew you in 8th grade, we were best friends, after 8th grade you had to move, I never saw you again..." Dan only could remember this moment,

It was a cold day, one of the many sad days Dan has had in the past year, ever since Dan met Phil, Dans life changed, 8th grade was nothing but amazing for them both, but it was the day, they both indeed, dreaded. The last day of school, also the last day they ever saw each other. "Dan, I can't believe we won't ever see each other again! I know it's a stretch but don't hurt yourself when I'm gone, I want you to live for me okay?" Phil said, Phil was the only one who knew the struggle of Dans life, only ever sadness was dans emotions, except Phil made it better. "Yeah, I'll try, just promise when we get older you'll try and find me again?" Dan asks, "I promise, don't wait for me tho, it might take a while for me to get to you," Phil says sadly, "what if I forget you Phil, I don't want to, I don't want to forget everything we shared, I don't want to feel the pain of sadness again," Dan says, his jaw tightened, only make it harder for Dan to let out any sign of sobs, which meant Phil didn't have to see him broken, "if you do forget about me, when you see me you should probably remember, if I ever had an impact on your life, you'd never forget," Phil said, "why are you so freaking wise?" Dan asks, "I'm just simply implying the truth," Phil says while chuckling, Dans heart skipped a beat, but Dan didn't know why. Time went by, it was the end of the day, Dan was going to high school without his best friend, what a shame. "Dan, I'll always remember you, there might be many Daniels out there, but none of them will be you, Daniel James Howell," Phil says, his eyes beginning to tear up, "Same to you, Philip Micheal Lester,"

"I-it's I-is... y-your last name what I think it is?" Phil says hesitantly,

"Y-yeah," Dan says looking down,

"I-is it really you?" Phil asks,

"Does it look like it," Dan answers, showing the cat whiskers drawn on by Phil with a non washable marker,

"I-it's still there," Phil says with shock, it's the Phil I know, it was the Phil I cared for, he was back, back for good, Dans happiness, ray of sunshine, his own, was back,

"Daniel James Howell, it really IS you," Before Dan knew it, Phil took him into a huge hug.

A/n - Keep in mind, Phil never told Dan his last name. Lol enjoy -Ari <3