[ON HOLD] One Last Chance - Phan

Chapter 4

Dan's POV

I hate to say it, but ever since I met Phil Lester - ever since he came striding into my life with that permanent smile on his face, my life's never really been the same.

The craziest part is, I've only known him for about 2 weeks.

"Dan!" I hear his familiar voice from across the hall. "Dan!"

I turn around to see Phil running towards me at full speed. I brace for impact as he wraps his arms around me, trapping me in his hug.

But it's a nice kind of trap.

I try to stop my fit of giggles as I wedge my way out of his hug.

"I missed you so much!" Phil practically shouts, the most innocent smile plastered across his face.

"Y-You saw m-me y-yesterday." I laugh.

"That doesn't mean I didn't miss you." Phil pouts as we start walking to the English block.

"You know, I was thinking, you should come sit with me and my friends at break and lunch." Phil pipes up again, making me snap my head round to look at him with shock.

"Wh-What?"

"Well, you always seem so lonely by yourself, and I think you'd get on well with my friends. What do you say?" Phil nudges me with his elbow as I think about the situation.

"I-I don't kn-know. Wh-What if th-they d-don't like m-me?"

"Nonsense! Of course they'll like you. Just give it a try," I look at the ground. "Pleeease?" Phil begs. "For me?"

I sigh heavily. "O-Ok. For y-you."

"Yay!" Phil traps me in yet another hug, this time from the side. "Thanks Dan." He unwraps his arms and looks into my eyes. Pure joy and innocence shines in his bright blue eyes. I wish mine would do that.

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Phil takes my arm and practically drags me over to his friends, who are already sat down.

"Everyone, this is Dan," He says to his friends, to which I automatically give them a small wave.

"Dan, this is PJ," he points to a boy with curly brown hair and glasses, wearing a dark blue, long sleeve sweater, navy blue jeans and black trainers. "Emma," He points to a girl with short blonde hair and brown roots, wearing a loose, white, short sleeve crop top, light blue ripped jeans and plain white slip-on shoes. She also has a dark grey hoodie tied around her waist. "And Tyler," He points to a boy with pastel blue hair and glasses, wearing a pastel pink, long sleeved top, light grey jeans and pastel blue converses, the same colour as his hair. "You already know Wave." Waverly gives me a small wave.

"Hey Dan," PJ pipes up, waving.

"Phil, how long have you known Dan?" Emma asks, looking Phil dead in the eyes, a serious look on her face.

"About 2 weeks." Phil answers.

"And you didn't think to introduce us to him earlier?!" She almost yells, raising her left arm to her chest, pretending to be hurt. My attention is drawn to the three lines marked on the underside of her left wrist, making me subconsciously pull my long black sleeves down, hiding my one black line with the fading centre.

"You ok Dan?" Tyler asks, noticing my sudden shyness. I nod in response, forcing a smile on my face. I repress the memories from my previous 2 lives that are coming back to me and sit down next to Phil.

The group rise into conversation, and I find myself getting caught into it when they start talking about anime.

"No way! Deathnote is by far the best anime of all time." Phil stated, arguing with PJ.