Not What I Thought

Part 4

Dan stopped dead in his tracks. Did she hear me? Does she know about my feelings for him? Dan's head was reeling all the different possible outcomes to Phil's mum. "Leaving so soon?" Phil's mum said, sounding sad.

"Y-yeah. My mum said I needed to head home." Dan replied. He tried not to make eye contact with her in fear of her finding out his secret.

"Phil said you would be staying for dinner. Hmm. That's odd. My little Phil would never lie to me like that." She stood there in wonder at what else Phil could've lied about.

"Well.. It's not like your son knew my mum would want me home early. I should go before she grounds me." Dan lied.

"Alright. Well I hope to see you soon!" Phil's mum called after Dan as he closed the door behind him.

Phil sat upstairs, still sobbing. Why did I have to push him? Why did I literally push him away? Whywhywhy?! Phil was full of regret. He heard the front door close and someone walking up the stairs.

The foot steps stopped right outside his door Please just go away Phil thought, trying to keep whoever was outside the door away. There was a knock. "Philly.. Are you okay? You know you can talk to me about anything." He heard his mum say through the door. Not about this he thought.

"Come on Phil. Open the door. You can't stay in there forever." His mum said, getting agitated.

"Mum... Please just leave me alone. I don't want to talk about it." Phil said. When he thought she had walked away he went back to sobbing.

Whywhywhy? Why me? Why now? Why does this always happen? I literally pushed him away. His phone went off, interrupting his inner-turmoil. He picked it up not looking at who it was.

"Hello?" He said, his voice had gone weak from all the crying he had just done.

"Hey there." He heard the other person speak, sounding a little intoxicated. He looked at his phone but the caller was one he didn't know.

"Who is this?" Phil said, putting all his effort towards sounding strong.

"Can you not tell by my number? Or do you not have it saved yet Philly..?" He had decided the person was definitely intoxicated, but Phil was starting to freak out.. Who is this person and what do they want with me? Phil thought.

"U-uhm.. I don't know who you are." Phil finally replied.

The other line had gone silent. His phone lit up on his face. They had disconnected the call. "I guess they had the wrong number.. But they couldn't have.. They called me Philly.. No one calls me that but my mum." Phil thought aloud. "And she doesn't have a guys voice and wouldn't call me to tell me I don't have her number saved."

Phil heard the front door open. "We'll be back soon! Be safe while we're gone!" Phil's mum yelled up the stairs.

"Yeah yeah! I'll be here! Be safe!" Phil yelled back.

The door closed and Phil pulled put his phone to get to work. He looked through his contacts. He had Dan's number so it wasn't him.. Maybe his friend Chris was prank calling him? No.. He had his number.. Along with his other friend Peej's.. Who could possibly have my number?Without thinking he sent a text to Dan reading:

Hey.. Did you give someone my number?

He waited for 20 minutes and there was still no reply. Dan must hate me now he thought. He walked down the stairs to go get some food, shortly after realizing that he had been in his room for hours just crying.

He walked back into his room with an arm full of food. He pulled out a bag of crisps and started his homework. He glanced at his phone and had two texts.. Both from Dan. He read Dan's messages. The first one read:

Uhm.. No? Why would I do that?

The second one:

Look.. I shouldn't have left.. I'm sorry.. I was way out of line.. Will you still babysit me tomorrow at school? I don't want that old hag to watch me.

He sat there trying to make his brain work. He couldn't think of anything to say. He finally managed a reply after 10 minutes.

Of course. Hey.. Uhm.. I shouldn't have acted the way I did.. Can you forgive me? I'm really sorry..

He didn't have to wait long for a reply.

Of course I can. Look.. I can push aside my feelings so we can just be friends. There doesn't have to be anything between us.. Not that way at least.

That was the opposite of what Phil wanted. He couldn't possibly explain that to Phil after he pushed him away, murdering a lamp and a clock.. The clock survived but the lamp was no good anymore.

Can we talk tomorrow?

Phil finally replied. He started on his homework again after getting distracted so many times.

Dan must have fallen asleep or something because he didn't reply. Phil sighed. He finished his homework and then went to sleep. Is Dan going to be okay? Was the last coherent thought he had before he fell into an unconscious bliss.