"Dan!?" I repeated louder as he stopped in front of me, slightly out of breath.

"I ... I thought ... I thought you said ... you wanted to stay at home." Dan said between breaths. I tensed. Okay, so clearly there is a second me in this world, and obviously this universe Dan and Phil know each other and by the sounds of it LIVE together.

The hope of being with him died quickly. Were they together? Other Phil and this Dan? Were they just friends? I was probably over thinking everything and right then I had no idea what to do.

"I ... Uh ... Um." I stuttered and mentally slapped myself, why am I so useless?

"What's with these clothes? And you're hair, you look terrible Phil." Dan chuckled. I didn't reply, I didn't know what to say but I felt a small smile reach my lips when I saw Dan's smile.

"Are you okay Phil?" Dan frowned when he saw I wasn't replying.

"N-no, not really." I replied truthfully. Honestly just the sight of him made me want to fate. Everything was coming down on me at once like a ton of bricks and it was getting hard to handle.

"Come on lets get you home, you don't look too good." Dan said looking concerned.

"NO!" I blurted out, chances are if the other Phil said he wanted to stay home then he was probably still there and it was going to be awkward when a clone of himself just waltzes into his home with Dan ...

Mind you, I needed to know a bit about my other self in this world to see if I could actually do stuff there. I needed to know if I was well known and if it was safe to be in public without people knowing me. I needed new clothes, I needed to know how the world works ... I needed to know a lot and walking around helplessly wasn't going to help.

"Why not?" Dan frowned, tilting his head to the side cutely. All I wanted to do was grab his face and kiss him and cry but I didn't even know if him and other Phil were in a relationship. Even if they were I don't think other Phil would appreciate someone else kissing his boyfriend even if it IS himself.

"Uh ... ok." I replied helplessly.

On the walk to their apartment I was freaking out on the inside, questions eating away at my brain. This was so wrong, I probably violated some laws in coming to this world. I haden't even discovered if the board had approved Dan's presentation that day and we had permission to build the machine. 

Well too late ... there's no way I can get back. There's no machine in this world, I'd have to build it again and I don't know if they have the materials I need, or if it's invented yet.

I followed Dan to a block of flats and walked with him to the elevator, blushing as people stared n our direction. "Seriously Phil, what's with those clothes?" Dan chuckled. I shrugged, and gulped. I clenched my clammy hands and winced as I felt my fingernails dig into my skin. However I refused to loosen my grip. "Phil, you honestly don't look good, lets get you back to the apartment then we can talk then." Dan reassured and I nodded.

I still cuoldn't find it in me to reply. There was a large lump in my throat, the closer we got the more nervous I was.

Not long until I see my duplicate, before Dan freaks out, before he freaks out, before I FREAK OUT. I bit my cheeks to stop me screaming as we exited the lift and walked down a hallway. Dan took his keys out and slotted them in the key hole. My knees shook slightly and I fought hard not to break down. The sight of Dan wasn't helping either as unwanted emotions filled me and threatened to spill.

I felt like if someone touched me I'd fall to pieces. "You coming in?" Dan asked, that's when I realized I had been standing in the doorway for quite a while, lost in my thoughts.

"Oh, haha yeah." I replied, half heartedly. Dan raised his eyebrow and closed the door behind me before kicking his shoes off and walking up the stairs. I did the same and shakily followed him upstairs. 

This is it, I'm going to either hear Dan scream or I'll see my duplicate and he'll freak out and it'll all go wrong! I thought and panicked. 

I breathed out and slapped myself when Dan wasn't looking. PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER! I thought and relaxed slightly although I was still tense. I needed to be calm for when this all happens. 

I entered the living room to find no Dan or other Phil. I hesitantly entered the room and looked around, smiling at some of the photos covering the wall of us. There were none that suggested they were a couple but ... it's still possible. Plus ... there's still the problem of other Phil seeing me-

"Oh my god!" I heard a familiar voice gasp. I spun around and stared wide eyed as I saw myself staring wide eyed at me from where I had just entered. Clearly the hallway branched off to the other rooms. We sort of just stared at each other in shock, taking in each other's appearances.

I know now why Dan had questioned my appearance. Other Phil had a gengar shirt on and black skinny jeans. He also looked a lot healthier than I probably did since I haden't eaten in two days or showered or anything in that matter. Plus his hair was shorter and cut neater across his forehead in a side fringe. Mine however was mildly dishevelled and my brown roots were showing as we both dyed our hair black. His blue eyes were full of life whilst mine were dulling to the loss and sadness I had experienced. The sight of him made me want things to go back to the way they were.

"Here Phil, I brought you a cup of lemsip-" I whipped round to see Dan exit the kitchen, mug in hand. He was frozen in place, his expression holding the same shocked one we were holding. "SMASH!" The mug he was holding slipped through his fingers and smashed on the floor, making me wince. 

CRAP!

"W-w-what ... I ... h-how?" Dan spluttered, eyes darting between me and other Phil. Dan backed up slightly whilst other me, stayed frozen the doorway, unsure of what to do. I sighed and dragged a hand down my face in frustration. I let out a groan and looked back up at the other two, still with gaping mouths.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" other Phil burst suddenly then clamped his mouth shut.

"Please calm down, I can explain!" I replied quickly.

"EXPLAIN!?" Dan burst.

I groaned and breathed in to calm myself. "Look ... it's really complicated and a long story. It's been a REALLY long day, so can we just sit down so I can CALMLY explain?" I asked, almost pleadingly.

I saw Dan and other Phil exchange uncertain glances before nodding and walking cautiously over to the couch. They sat on the one opposite of me, looking hesitant as I sat across from them.

"Right, okay. Where to start ..." I sighed.