The Power of Friendship

chapter 8

Dan pov

"See you guys at break time , " Phil said then walked in the opposite direction to Pj and I along with Chris

Pj and I walk in silence to our lesson once we get there we sit in the corner away from most people and get on with our work peacefully.

"Dan, I want you to be completely honest with me. What else is bothering you " PJ asked barely looking away from his work

"What do you mean " I try to play dumb but he look up and looked me straight in the eyes, I just knew he can see right through it.

"Dan come on, you weren't just worried you were terrified and I seen the way your eyes linger longer on Phil " Pj is always good at noticing the small things like this. You could have the greatest poker face in all of history but he would know if you were upset, mad or happy. It's like he could read your mind which he might even possible if there's more to this powers then we know

I clench my jaw in fear of telling him thinking it just paranoia getting the best of me but he even said it himself he felt like someone was watching him

"Okay um ... I had this um ... " I pause for a moment to piece the whole sentence together " I had this dream last night it felt more like a nightmare actually, it wasn't much but it felt horrible just the thought of anything happening to any of you guys scares me "

"Okay what happened in the dream " he asked, he's like the therapist of the group

"You, me and Chris were in the woods ... you looked scared, terrified even, I couldn't do anything then I look down and my phones calling Phil... " I pause scared as the sound his voice shrieked in my head DAN HELP

I balled my fist as it keep repeating I felt it heat up a little but I take a deep breath again let go and carried on " when he answered ... he screamed for help he screamed 'Dan help' then silence I yell for him but he didn't answer then my vision fades to darkness and I woke up yelling his name ". Pj was speechless with the look of horror on his face

"Dan that's .. that's horrific no wonder you were "worried ". " He did air quotes over worried

" yeah " I forced a small smile " can you do me a favour and not tell Chris or Phil about the dream I don't want them worrying anymore then they already are especially Phil he would be terrified "

"Don't worry I won't and don't panic we won't let anything happen to Phil we'll protect him I'll tell Chris the same he won't hesitate to protect any of us, I promise " pj reassured me. Pj is a really great friend

"thanks peej you're great friend " I say with a real smile hugging him from the side. A couple of people shot a weird look but we didn't take any notice we're used to

Not long after our little therapy session the bell goes. We pack away our work and head off to wait for Chris and Phil. We wait for them to arrive by gates

Less then a few minutes later Chris came waltzing out with a big smile alone... No Phil, His smile turned into confusion when he seen us standing here... where's Phil?

"Dan what are you doing here, " Chris asked confused... what am I doing here where's my Phil?

"W-what do you mean, " I asked my eyes widen as the panic is burning up again

"Peej, you texted him saying Dan urgently needed to speak to him. I thought you were finally gonna man up and tell him how you really feel " Chris said

" pj why would you ... WAIT what's that supposed to mean " I feel my face heat up a little

" I mean that you're both madly love each other but you're are both in denial because you're afraid the other doesn't feel the same way and if you tell them, you're scared it'll ruin your friendship forever" Chris stated with the most straight face ever then smirked at the end

"I .. don't .. like Phil in that way " wow really convincing idiot but I'm not ...

" Oh come on Dan, you're so oblivious. Everyone can see it you love Phil " pj joined the debate that's how it hit me hard

I never said it out loud before because saying out loud made it true not that I didn't want it to be I want it more then anything but the fear of people reactions like we've been bullied all our life's for "being gay" imagine if someone find out one of us actually is gay we would never hear the end of it and the bullying will get worst

"Guys there's more important things than whether not I like Phil or not " I changed the subject thankfully it worked " pj why would you text Phil saying I needed to speak to him "

"I... I didn't..." he pauses then something seemed to click in his head " My Phone ...I totally forgot I lost my phone yesterday I come back looking for it but I couldn't find it someone must have found it and picked it up "

"But why would someone find your phone and text, Phil, saying I need to speak to him it's quite specific," I asked I wasn't really expecting an answer because they knew just as much as me which is nothing

"Yeah it didn't just say it's Dan can you meet me and talk it literally said 'hey it's Dan borrowing pj's phone because I lift mine at home, can you please meet me I urgently need to tell you something important " Chris stated

"That's so oddly specific, so the person that sent it obviously know it's your phone and know who we are but why did they want to talk to Phil and why did they say they were me "

Okay the panics rising again, it was just a dream it was just a dream

"Chris where did they tell Phil to met them, " pj asked frantically

"In the woods, LETS GO " Chris already started running, Pj and I follow close behind

It was just a dream