THE PHANTOM

Chapter 7

Dan's Part: Bold
Phil's part: Italic

I hug Dan's pillow closer, enjoying the smell of it. It's almost like he's right in the bed with me, and I smile. "I love him so much." 

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Once I go back into my room after my shower, I find Phil hugging my pillow. I stand in the doorway giggling. 

I hear giggling and snap out of my trance. "Uhhhh, I'm going to take a shower now, bye!" I say, tossing the pillow and running out of the room and into the bathroom, a huge blush on my face. 

I giggle as Phil runs to the bathroom. I go and sit on my bed, waiting for him, so I go on Tumblr. 

As soon as I'm done in the shower, I realize I forgot my clothes. "danget." I mumble. I wrap the towel around my waist and quickly run to my room, shutting the door. 

I hear Phil go into his room, and I get ready and put my shoes on, grabbing my wallet and keys.

After I get dressed, I grab everything I need, and decide to put my glasses back on. A little change every now and then is nice. I walk out, and find Dan. "Ready?" I ask, my hair still a bit damp. 

"Yep." I say, turning the lights off, and walking out the door with Phil. We walk to the shop, and we go our separate ways, and we'll just text each other if we need anything. I check out first and tell Phil I'll meet him at the front of the store. The lady who is working at the register I go to seems a bit peculiar. She's looking at me, and then when Phil comes behind me, she looks at him too. "Phantom, aye?" She asks. I give Phil a look and then look back at her. I slowly nod. I then look down, noticing scars on her arms. "You have them too..." I mumble to her. "C-can you see ours?" I ask her. She nods. 

My eyes go wide. "should we tell her?" I whisper to Dan, unsure 

I slowly nod to Phil. "I'm going on break now... We can talk about this." The lady says. We walk outside with her, and I take a glance at her name tag. 'Lynna' is what it says. She's short, skinny, and has long, curly brown hair. Once we get outside, she takes a lighter and a pack of cigarettes out and smokes. I kind of just look at her while she does so, waiting for her to say something. 

"so you can see them like Dan?" I ask, breaking the silence. 

"Mmhmm." She nods, taking the cigarette out of her mouth. "I had a phantom too... Until I destroyed it with my mind." She doesn't look up at us, but looks out at the distance, tapping her foot. "How'd you do that?" I asked. "It almost killed my boyfriend when it came to life. I didn't have to sacrifice myself, I just used my mind to destroy it. You have to be strong though." She tells, taking another puff of her cigarette. 

I look over at Dan, he seems nervous and I don't know why. "You can do that, right?" I ask, taking his hand and giving it a small squeeze. 

"I-I don't know." I reply honestly. "That'd be a lot for me..." I mumble. I don't think of myself as a strong person. I wouldn't hurt a fly. I don't ever know what to do.