the prompt thing? "You always this quiet?"
Finally got round to this with some 2009 Phan feels !
âI made you a bed upâ Phil says gesturing to the makeshiftbed at the side of the room, Dan is standing awkwardly in the doorway, heglances at the sofa-bed and nods in acknowledgement. Dropping his bag in thecorner of the room he moves over and sits awkwardly on the edge of the bed.
âSo, what do you want to do first?â Phil asks.
âWell, we can explore Manchester a bit, head to the cinema,film a video itâs up to youâ.
âI donât mindâ Dan replies, his stomach is knotting up, heâsbeginning to think that the whole trip had just been a mistake, now he was herewith Phil in person, he couldnât understand why on earth someone like Philwould want to spend any time with someone like himself. Their skype calls wereperfect and wonderful and made Dan feel all sorts of things inside, so had seeingPhil at the train station. But then the sudden realisation that he was real wasjust a little overwhelming. He knew Phil wouldnât think any different of him inperson but he couldnât shake the idea from his head that Phil would be bored ofhim soon.
âYouâre the guest, itâs up to you Danâ Phil could seesomething was wrong with Dan, only he had no idea what he could do about it, hewas trying to be confident, trying to make Dan feel at ease. The thing was, hewasnât at ease himself. He was worrying. Worrying that Dan was being quietbecause he had realised that Phil wasnât the same in person. Worrying that hewasnât good enough for him. Worrying that he couldnât keep him happy while he wasthere. His stomach dropped as he thought how he would feel if Dan just left, ifjust decided he didnât want to stay the weekend.
âAnythingâ Dan shrugged again he didnât mean to seem sodisinterested but the reality of the situation had just seemed to hit him fullforce.
âYou always this quiet?â Phil asks, a slight lopsided grinplaying on his face trying to make light of the situation.
Dan looked up, a coy smile playing on his own lips, theireyes met and Dan realised that he was worrying about nothing. Phil was Phil nomatter where they were, be it through a screen or five feet apart.
âWell actually I know youâre not always this quiet I thinkour countless hours on skype prove thatâ Phil sat down next to down on his bed,lounging back against the pillows and putting his hands behind his head.
âThatâs true, though that first one was a little awkward tostart withâ Dan laughed as he remembered how they both just sat in silence fora good ten minutes, neither of them having any idea what to say to the other.They got over it though and once they had got used to each other theconversation flowed effortlessly, seeing each other in person would be nodifferent.
âCome onâ Said Dan standing up and grabbing his wallet outof his rucksack âSomeone once told me there was a pretty cool Apple store in Manchesterthat Iâd love to check outâ
âAwesomeâ Phil grinned