For Our Parent's Sakes (Phanfiction)

How Our Friendship Ended

Quick side note the story is in Phil's point of view!

I figure I should tell you how it started, yeah? How are friendship came to how it is now, over.

Well, when we were younger we were friends. Of course, there was little fights but, nothing extreme.

I was born 5 months before Dan. When Dan was born in May my mum took me and my dad to the hospital to see the new little baby. Our parents were friends in university so it all kind of worked out, with Dan being my best friend and all.

In Nursery school was when we really kind of realized who the heck we were. Not in the way you might be thinking, but we realized that we knew each other I guess. I barely knew his name before Nursery school. At least, that's what my mum tells me.

We were usually in the same classes. In primary school we were in the same class every year. Once when we were eight, we got suspended for a week for bringing Dan's dog to school and letting it run around the halls. I'm still not really sure how we even managed to get the dog inside the school, but we did.

No one ever referred to us as just 'Dan' or just 'Phil', it was always 'Dan and Phil'. I liked it that way though, because that meant Dan was my best friend. That's how I knew.

In secondary school things started out normal. In years 7 & 8 we still were the same trouble making kids who all the teachers yelled at a lot. Even though we appeared to cause problems, we really were good students. The only issue was talking in class, and that dog thing from year 4 still stuck with us. But everything was fine.

In year 9 though things started to change. Dan and I would still hang out after school everyday, walk to and back from school together, but he was distant. At school he seemed to ignore me at all costs, only speaking to me if I asked him a question and giving me quick abrupt answers. I asked my mum about it and she said Dan was going through things at home. Dan had a little brother Adrian but he never really seemed to be around. Dan never spoke about him, no one really did. And after a while he went to Boarding School in America, so I assumed that might be why Dan seemed upset. Maybe he missed his brother.

One day when we were sitting at lunch with our friends Chris and PJ, Dan stopped the conversation and asked, "Don't you ever wish you were popular?" We were all confused. I mean this was so random and out of the blue, plus we were fine right where we were, in our own little bubble away from all the drama. Sure we were teased here and there, but when did we ever let that bother us? Of course we all said no, but Dan seemed frustrated and upset with our answer. I tried asking him about it later that day but he ignored me again. The next day Dan was talking to some of the kids who more known in school. Not popular really, but definitely not nerds like we were known as. He sat with them at lunch sometimes, and us during others. But he still walked with me and we still hung out a lot. Then soon after he was with the starting point of popular people. Not the people who were actually popular, but their "worshipers". He never spoke to us at school after that, only ever came near us if he had a question, but he still came over to my house sometimes. Then, soon enough, he was gone. He was considered popular now, never to be seen by us again.

One day when he came over I snapped.

"Dan, you can't act like this! You can't talk to me outside of school but pretend I don't exist anywhere else! What happened to us being best friends? I've lost you!" I said. This was year 10.

"You didn't lose me, and you can't control me Phil! I can do what I want, be friends with who I want, and you have no say! I don't have to speak to you, I just feel sorry for you! You know what people say about you behind your back? Everyone thinks you're a faggot, Phil. And so do I."

"Get out of my house Dan! Stop talking to me, don't ever talk to me again!" And he didn't. That was the last I ever heard from my so called best friend.

Until now.

Um, hi!

So I realized after writing this (I feel guilty omg) that this sounds very similar to the phanfic 'The Benefits Project' (Which is amazing and it ended today and I'm v v emotional) but I can promise you it isn't similar, at all.

I have 9 chapters done (wow) and nothing the same has happened, and nothing the same will happen. I know this little thingy (prologue??) sounded similar but if you read the actual description you'll understand! But I guess you already read that. So since 9 chapters are done I'm posting the next 2, which is the first and second chapter. Chapters will be posted on Wednesdays, for now at least. Can't promise I'll always stick to that.

Have great days I guess, lolzor.

*evaporates from room but leaves candy*