Thorns (A Phan Highschool AU)

Chapter 2

A/N Oh and before you read I just thought I'd let you know that Phil will refer to Dan as Daniel for this chapter because he doesn’t know yet that he perfers to be called Dan. Don’t worry though that will be changed next chapter! Enjoy~ 

Phil's POV 

I roll out of bed with a sigh. I was running a bit late but if I hurried I should be able to make it to school on time. I stand up and shiver when the cold of the bedroom air hit my uncovered skin causing all the heat from my bed to leave me. I pad out of my room and into the bathroom. My two older siblings had already moved out. Leaving just me and my parents in the house. Sure it was lonely sometimes but I sure don’t miss the days where all three of us would have to get ready in the same bathroom, turning weekday mornings into battles for the mirror.  

As I get ready I think about what happened yesterday, what should I expect? How should I respond to what? Its kind of like the recap they put at the beginning of a TV show, don’t know why I do it really. I guess I do it to hold my reputation, "Phil Lester" the kid you shouldn’t mess with.  "Phil the kid who doesn’t give a shit". "Phil the guy who could kill you with a single stare". Which none of them are really true of course, it’s all just mask I take on and off at the start and end of every school day. You see back in middle school I got tired of getting messed with and picked so I stood up for myself. Two punches and one suspension later I was known as the Phil I was today. 

Once I did the final touches on my fringe and put my uniform on I bounded down the stairs meeting my mother in the kitchen.  

"Good morning honey"  

"Hey mum" she was making pancakes flipping them as she hovered over the stove.  

"I'll set the table!"  I say and head for the cupboard. And yes a may be a bit of a mommas boy-not that I would let any of the kids at school know about that. To them I was the perfect child; I went to school everyday and got good grades, they didn’t need to know about the whole 'Phil Lester scariest kid at school thing.' We both sit down at the table and eat our breakfast. We sit in a comfortable silence until I glance over at the clock. 

"Oh crap!! I got to go mum see you!" I call out and rush to put my shoes and coat on.  

"Have a good day love you!" she calls over her shoulder. 

"Love you!" I call out as the door slams behind me. 

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I put the keys into the cars ignition and start down the road. It was a colder day today and as always, the sky was cloudy and looked like it was about to rain. I was dreading to go to school today already feeling that the day was going to drag on. I just want to get this day over with.  

I pull into the school parking lot and step out of the car. The front of the school was empty unlike how it usually is. I rush into the building and down the hallway, I endure the usual stares I get from everyone as I try not to think of my homeroom teacher that irritates me to no extent, waiting to yell at me for being late. 

I stare at the classroom door and prepare myself. Okay, time to put my mask on, you are Phil Lester, you are feared by the entire student body. Go.  

I open the door father forcefully and let it slam into the wall. I don’t waste a moment as I trudge down the row of desks, the entire class silently watching me.  

"Mr. Lester would you like to explain to the class why you're late?" I stop in my tracks. 

"No" I reply too irritated to face him. I don’t know what it is about this teacher he just really gets on my nerves.  

He doesn’t respond to me so I continue down to my seat. It's not until then do I notice a un familiar boy sitting in the usually empty seat next to mine. The boy had a haircut similar to mine, chocolate brown eyes and his uniform tie slightly crooked, like someone had been pulling on it. I slump down in the chair next to the boy and look over at him, he was purposely looking away from me, I could tell. He's probably heard tons of stories about me already, nothing I can really do now.  Shortly after sitting down the teacher called him up to the classroom and introduced him. 

"Class this is our new student Daniel Howell, he moved here from Wokingham, Please make him feel welcome." the teacher droned on in a monotone voice. Right then the bell signaling first hour rang and I stood up and filed out the door with the rest of the class.  

I made my way down to my next class, taking a detour down another hallway as my next class was German and I dreaded going there. I wandered down the hallways a bit lost in a daze until I decided to finally head to class. I stop when I suddenly hear a voice coming from the end of the hall.  

"I said how is that even an insult I know I'm pretty!" I hear a voice shout.  I turn and walk in the direction of the shouting, curious as to who would yell that at what would inevitability be a bunch of bullies. I round the corner to see the new kid-Daniel I think it was, being held up against the wall as Michael and the rest of his wolf pack were yelling in his face. I new Michael, he was one of my "friends" I could easily save this kid from getting his face pounded into the ground; but instead I just stood there.  

When I look back up at Daniel his eyes meet mine pleading. I just stand there and stare, unblinkingly. We stay like that for and few seconds until Michael says something else that I cant quite make out and raises his fist. I snap back into reality when his fist collides with Daniels face emitting a sickening crack sound. I step closer. And a voice that I didn’t even comprehend as my own rings out.  

"Hey." Michael and the rest turn there heads to face me, there looks of annoyance whipped off there face when they realized who just talked to them.  

"Hey Phil wanna join in?" one of them asked.  

Shit I hadn't thought of what I was going to say to stop them.  

"No but hand him over I need to talk to him." I say mindlessly.The group looked at me quizzically but none of them dared to deny me. They eventually stepped aside wordlessly. 

I looked at Daniel, his nose was bleeding and looked like it was already starting to swell. He was staring at me now and following me looked like the last thing he wanted to do. So I grabbed his wrist and dragged him along  in the direction men's room with me. 

"See you later then Phil?" Michael hesitantly called out. I didn’t reply and let the door slam behind me, leaving me and Daniel alone.

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A/N

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