Locked Away // phanfiction

Part 3

Phil opens his eyes slowly. He immediately looks up to the small window in the corner of the wall. Pitch black. Then he looks at the bed across from him and he realizes why he woke up.

Small groans and whines are coming from underneath the covers which were pulled all the way up. Phil slowly sits up in his bed.

"no.." he hears Dan mumble. "no stop..." 

"Dan!" Phil whispers. "Wake up!" 

The small noises continue and are getting louder. Dan starts moving underneath the covers. Phil puts his bare feet on the cold floor and pushes his own covers away. The uneasiness in Dan's voice is slightly scaring him and for a second he hopes Dan will just stop on his own.

"No!" Dan says louder this time. 

"Shit..." Phil mumbles and walks over to Dan's bed. "Dan, wake up!" He stretches out his hand, wanting to shake Dan awake. For a second he hesitates and pulls back. For some reason he feels weird just touching him like that.

Dan starts kicking the bed end and the small groans suddenly turn into a scream, startling Phil. This puts an end to Phil's hesitation.

"Dan, hey it's ok!" Phil now pulls Dan's covers down from over his head and touches his shoulder. With another loud scream Dan turns around and grabs Phil's wrist in a reflex. Panting, eyes wide open, he stares at Phil who is scared shitless at this point.

"Hey..." Phil says awkwardly. Dan is breathing heavily and Phil sees nothing in his eyes, no recognition, it's like he's still asleep with his eyes open.

"You're eh... can you let go?" Phil tugs his arm back just a little. Dan's big eyes shoot to his hand which is tightly clamped around Phil's wrist and he quickly let's go.

"Sorry..." he whispers. "Did I wake you?"

Phil grins. "Just a little..." his smile falters. "Are you okay?"

Dan nods, "Yeah fine." and sits up. 

Phil is suddenly very aware of the fact he is standing in just his underwear and he awkwardly looks around the room. He quickly grabs his sweatpants from the floor and puts them on.

When he turns back to face Dan he sees him quickly look away.

"So..." Phil nods. "It is true about the nightmares."

"Yeah well," Dan runs his hand through his hair, "this wasn't even a bad one. I barely even woke up the rooms next to us."

Phil raises his eyebrows. "They get worse than this?"

Dan starts biting his finger nails. "Yeah... the bad ones get bad really fast so there is basically no time to wake me and... well you saw..." he shrugs.

Phil nods and sits back down on his bed. "You need some fresh air or something?"

Dan tilts his head slightly to the side and frowns.

Phil looks at their door which had a big electric lock on it. "Right... first night..." he grins while looking at Dan again.

Dan squints his eyes slightly. "You're dealing with your first night surprisingly well. Is this not your first time in a youth detention?"

"No, it is. Why?" 

Dan shrugs. "I don't know. You seem too... relaxed... Most new guys are freaking out for the first 48 hours." Dan sits up a bit straighter. "You don't seem to care."

Phil laughs. He leans back against the wall. "That's because I don't, not really." he crosses his arms. "I'm only here for 6 weeks, I'm taller and stronger than most guys in here. Plus I'm rich and you can get anything you want with money." He raises one eyebrow with a smirk.

"Should have guessed." Dan turns his head. "Cocky, rude..." he looks back at Phil. "and rich."

Phil shrugs. "Nothing wrong with money."

"No, not if you have it." Dan spits out. "What are you here for then? Driving 120 in your Ferrari in a 50 zone?"

"No..." Phil hesitates for a second. "I tried to buy a sexslave of off ebay." Phil smiled nonchalantly. 

Dan frowns.

"Kidding..." Phil grins. "Jokes, ever heard of them?" Phil waits for a response for a few seconds but Dan just stares at him.

"Ok... What are you here for then? Stalked a teacher?"

Dan squints his eyes. "No... I was selling myself as a sexslave on ebay." Dan got a cheeky look on his face.

"Funny." Phil smirked.

"Thank you."

They both sit in silence for a while, in the dark. In this small room, just a few feet away from each other. Phil knew it now more certain than before. He's not changing cell rooms. Who needs sleep when you have intriguing conversation.

"What time do the doors open?" Phil looks back at the lock on their room. "I really want a cigarette."

Dan raises his eyebrows. "7.00 am. Where did you get cigarettes?"

"Oh..." Phil mumbles. "I didn't, I forgot again." he grins.

Dan tilts his head. "Are you just trying really hard to ignore the fact that you're in prison or are you just really stupid?"

Phil raises his hands in the air. "Wow, rude." he drops them slowly. "And the second one. I dropped out of high school." One of the corners of his mouth shoots up.

Dan stares at Phil for a few second. "You did what?"

Phil laughs out loud. "Well can you blame me? Money wise I'm set for life, I can just work at my father's company." he shrugs. "And also, they made me go."

Dan just blinks. It kills Phil that he can't get a reaction out of him. "You got kicked off of high school?" he leans in with his head on his hand. "God you really are stupid." 

"Hey..." Phil laughs. "I'm just misunderstood." he lifts his nose in the air in a snob kind of matter.

"Right.." Dan nods with squinted eyes. "You're just so complicated, nobody gets you." He mocks him.

"Yes!" Phil lifts his hands in the air. "Exactly, thank you. Finally someone who sees me for the person I am." he grins.

"What?" Dan scrunches his nose. "An idiot?"

Phil put both his hands on his heart and sighed in relieve. "Precisely." 

Dan lays back down in his bed. "You're not the first idiot in here you know."

"Hm?" 

"It never ends well," Dan sighs as he closes his eyes, "the idiots always get in trouble."