Not What I Thought

Part 11

"Hey! It's okay! Can we meet up again? Same place. We need to talk."

Dan had sent that message 20 minutes ago. He now stood outside the Starbucks, unsure of whether he should go in or not. He looked at his watch. 3:40. Phil should be here soon. "Dan?" He heard someone call his name. His heart constricted at the sound of the voice. He slowly turned around to face the person.

"Hey.." Dan replied, looking into the oh-so familiar eyes, "How've you been, Jake?"

"I've been great." Jake said, looking amazing, "How've you been? You look great."

"I-I've been pretty good. Headmaster Hag is making Phil watch me so I'll do better in school."

"You still call her that?" Jake said, shaking his head and laughing.

"Yeah. You're the one who made that up. Did you forget?"

"No. I just have to call her something different since school ended for me." Jake replied, not looking at Dan.

"What do you call her now?" Dan asked, clearly confused.

"Well.. I have to call her mom now."

"WHAT?!" Dan yelled.

"I couldn't at school. No one was aloud to know that my mom was Headmaster." Jake said calmly.

"You mean.. She's the reason we broke up?! She's the one who tried to 'beat the gay out of you'?!" Dan said, suddenly enraged.

"Dan.. Calm down. I'm all better now. My physical therapist said I should let go of the past or else I wouldn't progress at all.. So I did. You should too."

Dan calmed down, "Why did your mom have such a big problem with you dating me?"

"Because she didn't like you as a person. Still doesn't. She didn't care that I was gay. She just didn't like my taste in guys.. 'Till now." Jake finished.

"You have a boyfriend." Dan said.

"Actually, he's my fiancée."

Dan's face lit up, "That's amazing! Who proposed?! When's the wedding?! Who's the lucky guy?! I'm so happy for you!"

"Thanks Dan. I was hoping you'd be okay with it. And I did it last night. We've planned it for July of next year and his name's Ryan." Jake answered.

"Of course I'm okay with it! That's amazing! Congratulations! Alright, well, I've gotta meet up with Phil right now. Told you Headmaster Hag is making him stay with me." Dan winked.

"So has he come out of the closet? Or is he just trying to hide it from everyone?" Jake said.

Dan's brain stopped working, "He said he wasn't gay. How can you tell whether he's gay or not?" Dan asked, really curious.

"Because he's been stalking us for 5 minutes, making sure I won't make a move on you. Phil! I'm engaged! You don't need to worry about me taking your man!" Jake yelled at a trash can.

Phil shamefully walked out from behind it, looking down, keeping his hair in front of his face. He walked over to Dan and looked up. His face was devoid of color except the blush spreading throughout his cheeks.

Dan smiled and placed a kiss on his cheek and looked as the rest of his face turn the same shade of red.

"Alright well I gotta get going. It was great seeing you Dan. You too Phil." Jake said and then turned to leave.

"See ya!" Dan yelled after him.

"What was that all about?" Phil asked a moment later.

"He was just saying hi and updating me on his life." Dan smirked.

"No. What was with the kiss on the cheek?"

"Did you not like it?" Dan questioned, his smirk never leaving his face.

"W-well.." Phil began.

Before he could finish his sentence Dan was kissing him. The kiss ended just as quickly as it had started. He needed to talk to Phil.

"Look Phil. I wanted you to meet me here for a specific reason and I'm really hoping you understand."

Phil gave him a questioning look.

"Phil-"

Phil interrupted him, "No Dan.. I know what you're gonna say.. I just hope we can still be friends."

Dan was really confused, and it was clear on his face. Usually Dan was the one saying they just wanted to be friends.

"Phil.. What are you talking about?" Dan asked. He grabbed Phil's hand, laced their fingers together, and held it there between them. Phil smiled gently and Dan smiled back. He brought Phil to his chest and hugged him. They stayed like that for 20 minutes.

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*3rd person Phil*

"I like this side of you." Phil said, holding Dan's hand on the table while they drank their Vanilla Bean's from Starbucks.

"Only few, special, people see this side of me." Dan replied.

"So I'm special?" Phil asked, winking at Dan.

"Yes, yes you are. I don't ever try hard on anything. I'm just glad that this time the person likes me back." Dan said.

Phil leaned over the table and kissed Dan. He sat back down and looked Dan in the eyes, "I'm sorry for being so stubborn before."

"It's fine. I'm just ha-"

They were interrupted by a girls shriek, "OMG STACY! ITS AMAZINGPHIL!" The girl screamed at her friend who was now standing up and moving closer to her friend.

Dan sat there in confusion and Phil was looking at the two girls, "Can I help you two?" Phil asked.

"Oh uh-uh-uhm. We're just really big fans of yours. We love your videos. They're really funny." The girl named Stacy said.

"Oh. Thanks." Phil said with a grin.

"Can we get a picture with you?" The other girl asked.

"Sure thing. Uhm Dan? Could you take the picture for us?" Phil asked.

Dan stood up and grabbed the camera from one of the girls.

"Alright. 1.. 2.. 3.." Dan said as he took a few photos of the three of them.

He handed the camera back to the girls and smiled at them. They smiled back, "Thank you so much!" Stacy said.

With that they left the Starbucks after gathering their things.

Dan and Phil followed shortly after.

"What was that all about, AmazingPhil?" Dan questioned.

"It's a thing I do on youtube every now and again. It started a couple years back." Phil answered.

"Well I gotta see this!" Dan said.

"No.. You really don't." Phil told him.

Dan had already pulled out his smart phone and searched on YouTube 'AmazingPhil'.

He pulled up the first video to watch it. Phil had somehow managed to grab the phone from his hands, but in the process fell onto the pavement.

"PHIL!" Dan screamed.