Lunch, a Couple Days Later

Time skip a couple days to Wednesday.

It was lunch, and after Dan had dumped all his stuff from his previous classes in his locker, he went off to find Phil and his friends in the cafeteria.

Just as he was about to start walking, Dan heard Phil call his name from down the hall.

"Dan! Wait for me!" Phil called, running towards him, panting the whole time. He really wasn't used to running this much, especially not after sitting through a tedious hour of English, which should honestly just be renamed useless and a good time for daydreaming class in his opinion.

Dan turned around to wait for him, chuckling. "What?" He asked, still grinning, once a still-out-of-breath Phil had fought up to him.

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not going to the cafeteria for lunch today. You should still sit with my other friends." He told him, stopping in between to catch his breath.

"Why?" Asked Dan, extremely confused. What happened? Was Phil in trouble? Probably not, I mean, he was such a good kid, or at least it seemed like it. I guess anyone can be really different from how they first come off as.

"Oh, uh, it's nothing." Phil started blushing just the tiniest bit. "I'm just going to the GSA meeting, they're held every Wednesday. That's it. You've probably never even heard of a GSA before. It's kind of stupid." He rambled awkwardly, mumbling so much that Dan could only really understand every other word.

Dans eyes lit up at the mention of a GSA. "Hey! I think my old school had one of those, I never went to it though."

"Oh." This was Phils only reaction, apart from how much disappointment he was feeling. I guess Dan is straight after all. He thought to himself, what a shame.

"Phil?" Asked Dan, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Can you at least explain what it is?" He asked hopefully. He had some vague idea... but he wasn't sure. If it was though...

"What? Oh, yeah, I guess I can." He started to explain it, making him blush again a little, wether it was from embarrassment or something else he couldn't tell. "Well, basically, GSA stands for 'Gender and Sexuality Association' or something," he started, "but me and a couple of the other girls that go call it the 'GAS Club' because on the original flyers it said, 'Gender And Sexuality Club' which we shortened to the GAS Club." He explained, laughing at the stupid name they had given it.

The more he heard about it, the more Dans grin grew and grew. "That sounds fun!" He interrupted Phil mid-explanation, almost bouncing up and down from excitement. Finally there was a safe environment for him to just be himself!

"What? But I haven't even finished explaining it...?" Phil asked, confused and a bit surprised.

"No, It sounds like fun! We should go! Now! What room is it in?" Dan asked, bombarding Phil with a billion questions, not able to control his excitement, not just that he wouldn't be judged, but that Phil was probably gay too.

Phil laughed, shaking his head at his friends sudden interest, not letting himself get his hopes up too high. Be reasonable Phil, he thought to himself, he's probably just an ally, most of the kids that go are, or have gay parents or something. He reminded himself, but still not convinced that there wasn't at least a tiny chance. "Fine, fine!" He replied, chuckling. "It's in the science room. In fact, our science teacher, Ms. Rund is one of the leaders. The other one is a teacher in one of the younger grades, I think her name is Ms. Macgowan." He told Dan, still not completely over how cute he looked when he was excited. Like an excited puppy! He thought, smiling to himself.

"Great! Let's go!" Dan promptly turned around and started heading up the stairs to Ms. Runds room, eager to see what that GSA or "GAS Club" had in store for him. Sure, he must have seemed a little weird to Phil, probably like he overreacted, but after learning that Phil went to the gender and sexuality club, which was basically like him coming out to Dan, at least in his eyes anyway, he didn't care what Phil thought of him.

Phil quickly followed him upstairs, smiling to himself the whole way. I hope he likes it! He thought to himself, sure, I have a lot of fun, but I'm not sure how he'll react...

//Hi! Sorry this chapter was pretty short... I was originally going to do it in one long chapter, but I decided that this was a good stopping place. But don't worry! I've already started working on the next part, and it should be out in the next couple days! Thanks! Enjoy!//