Opposites Attract

~Chapter 3~

🌹Dan's POV🌹

I jump as I hear a sound come from the dark hallway. I'm in the guest room at Phil's house, but the only bad thing is that I'm scared of the dark. It's just the possibility of something being there that I can't see that scares me.

I hear another creaking noise come from the hallway. I jump and hide under the bed covers.

I could text Phil, telling him what's going on, but he would think I'm a big baby. Especially since he's so tough.

I forgot to close the door, so I can hear everything from the hallway. Then I hear footsteps heading towards the kitchen.

Not long after the footsteps start head in my direction. I whimper quietly under the covers of the bed. I curl up tightly in a ball, trying to ignore the sounds, but I can't.

Then the footsteps stop around Phil's room door, I think. But then they keep going, coming strait for the guest room!

I start to shake with fear. Having no idea who's coming is one thing but in the dark! That just makes it 100 times worse for me!

The footsteps stop right by the door frame. I let out a few more even quieter whimpers.

"Dan?" Phil's soft voice calls. I don't want to answer. I don't want him to know I'm afraid of the dark.

Though I'm still shaking I pretend to be asleep. It's not like he can see me that well in the dark anyway.

Through the blanket I see him point his phone's flashlight at me... grate.

"Dan? What's wrong?" He asks, noticing that I'm shaking.

I hear him walk over to me, and then I feel him sit on the edge of the bed.

"Dan?" He says, trying to get me to answer. I pop my head out from under the covers and look at him with fear, seeing as he has not turned on the lights, so it's just his flashlight.

"Dan, please tell me what's wrong. I want to help you." He says gently. I sigh, giving in. "I-I'm really scared of the d-dark. And w-when I s-say s-scared I mean t-terrified." I admit.

Phil sighs and walks towards the light switch. He flips it up but nothing happens. The power's out. Just great.

🎧Phil's POV🎧

I give Dan a worried look when the lights didn't turn on. It is raining pretty bad outside, the power probably went out.

I feel bad for him. He's had such a bad day, and life won't give him a break. At least let him sleep! It's 11:28, he wants sleep, I want to sleep! This is just not working great now is it?

I sit on the edge of the bed again. "So, I think the power has gone out. But I can stay here until you fall asleep if that makes you feel any better." I suggest.

He nods his head yes, but he's looking at me oddly. "Is there something else wrong?" I ask him. "I just thought you would think I'm a big baby if I told you I'm scared of the dark." He admits. "How could I? We're all afraid of something." I say.

"What are you afraid of?" He asks curiously. I smile down fondly at him. "I'm actually scared of few things. But one of them is horses." I say sheepishly.

"Horses?!" He laughs. "It's not really the horse itself. I love horses. It's just their hooves. I don't trust them not to kick me where the sun doesn't shine. Or anywhere to be honest."

Dan smiles up at me, and I return the smile. I'm doing what me brother did to me when I was younger: making me feel better about my own fears by talking about his. It works quite well. It makes the other person feel like they're not alone.

I swear Dan is like a little brother to me. I treat him like one, I make sure he's happy, we get along, it's nice.

I look away from Dan for a second, to look around the room. Then I look back at him to see he's already fast asleep.

I smile at him and pull his flower crown, that I just went back for to get, out of my bag and place it on the nightstand. I leave a little note, and then go back to my room to sleep.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

(A/n: Word Count: 756! Shortest chapter yet! I normally won't make 2 chapters in 1 week, but I'm sick and bored, and have nothing to do...)