pulling up to the school, dan, phil, and alex all get out of the car laughing.

"yes dan fell out my window running away from my ex." phil says as he opens the passenger side door for him.

dan was burning red. "you basically pushed me! that's why i fell. and you're lucky i got away with a few scratches."

"you guys were wild." alex sighs, "a shame i can't be like that."

phil gives her a look as they walk into the school. "you should never try to be like that. back then, i was still figuring myself out and didn't want to get caught while i was doing it."

dan could tell the tension was getting high so he tries to turn it around to make it funny again.

"your dad used to be like. 'no homo, i'm completely straight but like...have sex with me.'"

"dan!" phil whispers harshly since they had walked into the school.

alex had a hand cupped over her mouth as she tried to keep from laughing. "dad really? that's so lame."

"he also did the yawn and stretch on me while we were at the park."

phil was chuckling but his face was like a strawberry as he continuously scratches at the back of his neck. a nervous habit dan had found out about.

"yawn and stretch? dad what kind of basic playboy were you?"

"hey at least i got him okay?"

"not really." dan mutters as they walk into the quiet lunch room where the supervisor was giving a speech on the stage.

he noticed phil out of the corner of his eye, looking over at him as he said that but he didn't say anything to him. they all make their way to a table to sit but all of a sudden, alex turns and walks in the other direction.

"where is she going?" dan whispers as they sit down.

phil's eyes were trailing her as she sat next to a boy with eyebrow peircings and dyed blue hair with a ripped shirt. "she's going to get in so much trouble when we get in the car."

"why who is he?" dan watches as the two quietly laugh to each other before he throws an arm around her. phil takes a sharp inhale of breath.

"the boy or as i like to call him, metal face."
"phil he only has two peircings its not like his face is covered in-"
"metal face."
"okay."

the supervisor continues to talk about the school rules, dan watches phil's eyes squint and his jaw clench as he continues to look over at the two. he was seriously mad. dan had never seen this look on his face before, his gaze was locked on them like he hoped alex would feel it and look up but she didn't.

dan hesitantly sticks his hand out before placing it on phil's thigh. "hey phil, how bad is this guy?"

the pressure of dan's hand on phil's leg instantly made him look at him. "he's been with lots of girls and have gotten most of them pregnant, the last girlfriend he had, decided to go to jail for him since he promised he would help pay for her family but of course he never did."

dan's mouth was wide open. something told him that this was the guy alex was sneaking out for everytime phil had left the house. "how do you know all this?"

"mrs. simmons keeps me updated."

dan suddenly brightens. "can we go visit her? please?"

phil chuckles and squeezes his nose. "of course, i think alex has her class anyway this year."

everyone around them started getting up and walking their seperate ways down the halls. dan and phil stand up too and as they do, alex runs over to them.

"hey i'm going to see my teachers with my friends okay?"

"who metal face? the one whos lap you were practically sitting on just a minute ago?"

she rolls her eyes. "dad i told you his name is ryan and no, he thinks these things are overrated so he's leaving. i'm going to go with maddie and sebastian."

phil's face suddenly got red. "okay have fun, but be back at the car at 10."

when she leaves, dan looks up at phil. "what's wrong with her friends?"

phil started scratching the back of his neck agian. "nothing it's just that...both of them like me and well...that's another story."

"you have to tell me sometime." dan laughs.

"yea.." phil went serious out of nowhere, "if you do see alex and that boy together.... tell me okay? i don't want her to get hurt."

"of course." dan had a weird taste in his mouth the whole time.

sorry i was out for long i had to bippity boppity boop a bitch in her face at school because she likes to talk about me and my friends like i'm forever alone and i'm a whore? yea okay

~alivia