Not What I Thought

Part 9

*3rd Person Dan*

Dan looked down the road at the bus. He stood up and got ready to get on the bus and cry on his way home. Phil didn't like him, or so he thought.

Dan kept his gaze toward the floor till he felt the cool breeze of the bus pulling up. Right as he was about to step on he heard something. It sounded like his name. He decided to ignore it and got on the bus.

He heard his name more clearly this time and looked out the window. Phil was running full speed towards the bus. The bus driver seemed to not have noticed because he closed the doors and pulled away, leaving Phil in the dust.

Dan's heart ached as the bus pulled further away from Phil, who had stopped where he was standing and just looked at the moving vehicle.

Dan turned around in his seat as he passed the Starbucks. Amy was sitting at a table, sipping on a drink looking a little frustrated. Dan pulled out his phone and sent her a text.

Hey! You okay? You look almost angry.

She replied almost instantly.

Yeah. Just thinking.

Dan was confused at the message but then again, he had barely met this girl an hour ago. He typed a quick response.

What about?

She took a little longer to reply this time.

You. And Phil. And just a lot.

Dan seemed to be even more confused now.

What about me and Phil? .-.

You say he doesn't like you but he just chased down a bus to tell you otherwise.

Dan heart beat increased.

He did /what/?

Oh.. Must not have caught up

in time..

Are you sure that's what was happening?

Positive.

Dan's heart sped up. Phil could possibly like me he thought.

He sat back in his seat, pushing the thought from his mind. Phil doesn't like me. Amy doesn't know what she's talking about. Tears threatened to show his inward emotions to the outside world.

Right as Dan started to let them spill over, his phone started buzzing. Please be anyone but Phil. He pleaded in his mind.

To his luck it was PJ. Thank God he thought as he answered the phone.

"Sup Peej?" Dan said as he answered the phone.

"Hey!" A pause came after that. Dan wasn't sure if he was still there.

"Peej? Ya there?" Dan asked.

Another pause. Right as Dan was about to hang up he heard something going on in the background.

"Chris! Stop it!" Someone giggled, "I'm on the phone! Sorry Dan. Have you been crying?"

"How could you tell?!" Dan practically screamed, "And what was Chris doing earlier?"

"Nothing!" PJ answered almost too quickly, "He was trying to show me a video."

"Oh. We'll tell him I say hi." Dan said.

"Sure thing."

"So what'd you call about?" Dan asked.

"Oh yeah. I have a question!" PJ said excitedly.

"What's up?"

"Why have you been spending all your time with Lester?" PJ asked. He and Dan were kinda friends but only because they were both terrible students and ditched a lot. Chris was a lot like Phil except not as nerdy, but still a great student.

He wasn't someone that they hung out with either.

"Why are you spending time with Kendall?" Dan countered.

"Headmaster Hag is making me a better student by having me hang out with him.. All. Day. Long." PJ enunciated each word.

"She's making you do that too?" Dan said, amazed. How many people have to do this? he thought.

"Yeah. So that's why you're spending time with Lester. Makes sense now. Everybody thinks you have a thing for him."

"I do not!" Dan screamed defensively.

"I wasn't saying you did. But now I'm curious." PJ said.

"I don't like him. He's just my tutor/babysitter."

"Weren't too happy about it were you?" PJ questioned, "I was pretty pissed. But Chris grew on me. Lester will grow on you too. Just wait."

"Alright. Well I gotta go. See ya later."

"See ya! Oh and Dan?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't lie about your feelings for Phil anymore. We both know you like him."

Dan sat there speechless.

"Alright! Now bye!" PJ said overly excited.

The phone went silent. PJ told him to stop denying his feelings. What were his feelings for Phil? Then it hit him head on like a train.

"I'm in love with Phillip Lester."