Chapter Fifteen: Dan's POV*

I scowled as I saw Jack sweet talk Phil before he came over. Phil was smiling to himself as he sat down with us.

"Not joining the popular's?" PJ huffed, he was with me on this one. I mean, Jack looked nice but he was with them ...

"No, why would I?" Phil frowned.

"Because your boyfriend is one of them." Chris pointed out, not looking too affected by the whole situation. Well he was completely oblivious to the fact that I liked Phil. I knew Chris didn't exactly like me very much at the moment because PJ and I keep having private conversations, mainly about Phil.

I feel bad when Chris looks at us angrily, I know he thinks we're flirting or whatever but it's not true. We try to only talk in private now, somewhere where Chris won't get jealous. He agrees that Phil shouldn't be going out with Jack, he thinks it might be the whole Anton charade again which worries me.

"Look just because his brother is a big part of the popular crowd doesn't mean he's like them." Phil said, making me scowl at my feet.

"Yeah whatever ..." PJ sighed.

"Come on guys, I'd always sit with you guys first. You were my first friends ... ever." He trailed off, looking miserable. Okay now I feel bad.

"We are Phil ... just. Why him?" PJ asked. For some reason Phil looked uncomfortable with answering the question.

"Well ... he's sweet. He asked me so ... well ... um." He tripped over his words, making us raise our eyebrows.

"Look he's the first boyfriend I've had, can you not just be happy for me?" Phil asked, looking sad. 

"Of course we're happy for you Phil, just a little confused that's all." Chris smiled sadly, patting his hand across the table.  "Besides, it's nice to have someone to kiss and cuddle." Chris smiled and leaned into PJ a bit, kissing him on the cheek. 

PJ grinned, loving the affection as always. When Chris went in to peck his cheek again he turned round so their lips collided. they seriously were cute as hell. I looked at Phil who was sitting beside me. He looked at them and sighed sadly. Why was he still sad?

I hesitated before taking his hand. "Phil what's wrong?" I whispered, stroking over his knuckles. I don't know if I saw right but I think I saw a slight blush cross his cheeks.

"I'm fine, really." Phil smiled falsely and looked into my eyes, nearly stealing my breath away. Damn, I wanted to kiss him so much. I forgot I still had his hand in mine and went to pull away, remembering he had a boyfriend but his grip tightened and he ran his thumb over the back of my hand, drawing soothing patterns, making me smile.

Why did he have to act so cute? 

The week went by, with me scowling at Jack and Phil every time they talked. The weird thing is though, that they kissed each other on the cheek. Not that I minded, I'd rather Jack's lips never made contact with Phil's but shouldn't they since they're boyfriends or something?

Chris seemed to be thinking the same thing as Phil sat down beside me on the grass. "Why is it always cheek kisses and no mouth to mouth?" Chris asked, looking curious.

"Not everyone is as intimate as you are Chris." Phil teased, sticking his tongue out.

"Have you kissed at all?" PJ asked. he question made my blood boil, but I quickly covered it up when Phil looked in my direction.

"Yes ..." He said quietly, but he didn't blush or smile. It was like he was just answering a fact. 

"That's it? No details?" Chris pouts.

"Okay ... it was um ... good?" It was more of a question than a statement.

"Phil, how serious is your relationship? I mean you hardly talk other than break time." PJ asked, narrowing his eyes. Phil gulped.

Phil's POV*

I gulped, I knew they were catching on, what was I going to say? The truth?

"Well, he's my first boyfriend. I don't expect anything to be perfect ... we're just taking it slow. We both know it won't last forever ... we're sort of rolling with it." I shrugged, so ... the truth but twisted. That's good enough, right?

"So you're not madly in love with him?" Dan asked, looking slightly relieved. That's another thing, he does seem to be jealous but I still can't seem to wrap my head around it. How can someone as perfect as him like me?

"Well ... no." I confessed.

"Aw Phil, you should really be in love with the person if you want to be their boyfriend." PJ chuckled and shook his head.

"Hey we both know it. Who knows we might be back to being friends on Monday." I shrugged. I was planning on it. I couldn't keep the act up much longer. I mean Jack was sweet but it wasn't really that fun seeing Dan look uncomfortable or my friends disapprove.

"We need to stop now. I think we've done enough." I explained to Jack after school on the Friday.

"Alright, do you think he's jealous?" He asks.

"Well ... it looks like it, but my other friends weren't too sure about it either so it might just be an uncertainty thing. Anyway, thanks Jack but I can't do it anymore." I sighed.

"That's okay. Anyway, I think I've got my eye on someone." He grinned.

"Well good luck Jack." I smiled.

"Thanks, and good luck with Dan!" He said before walking away.