Sincerely; Phan

Fifteen

1 day before opening night. 

all of the cast think dan is really upset, especially James who likes to snicker at him and smirk. dan plays dumb and lets him have his fun for now. but in reality dan is so excited to start the show, he just wants to live as the character he has always loved and the one he gets to play for the next 7 months. everyone had their rooms set up, dan his finally setting his up properly, placing tea cups, spare clothes for after the show in his wardrobe and making sure his 5 spare main Evan clothes are there and the rest are all neat. he then fixes his cables for laptop, television and fan/heater up so they don't cluster up. once he's happy with his room he stands back and looks, smiling at his little home away from home. he heads out of his room to the stage, looking around for the others, but not seeing anyone anywhere. he turns back around and back to the dressing rooms when he crashes into someone suddenly

"oh im so sorry" dan apologises, he looks up to see the angry eyes

"this whole divorce is really effecting you isn't it Howell?" James spits at him, dan looks down at his shoes, and puts his hands in his pockets.

"p-please don't b-bring that u-up" dan breathes shakily. James laughs at him, pulling on dans jumper collar tightly and slamming him up against a wall. dan is shocked, his back killing him and feeling panic struck him

"I'll do what I want. you know why? I know they gave you this role out of pity, I mean look at you, look at how easy it was to sleep with your fiancée! no one cares about you, why would they. your mum only did it because she wants you to be normal, isn't that right" he says. dans eyes shoot open, realising that was the information he needed. but he didn't record it. 

"w-what?" dan stutters, making his eyes start watering. 

"pfft. you pathetic thing. how are you coping? one day to go and no one there to support you" he says.

"im not" dan sighs quietly

"oh is that so? maybe you'll need me to take your place, for the next 7 months" he smirks.  Dan opens his mouth to reply but is suddenly stopped by Winona stepping through the door

"What the hell are you doing to him?!" she asks, James pushes dan back against the wall and rushes off.

"fucking hell" dan mutters, rubbing the back of his back. Winona rushes to him and looks at his head. she looks to see if he's gone and leads dan back to his room, locking the door

"I didn't record that.. fuck" dan groans. laying back into the couch and feeling the pain disappear slowly

"thats alright. I did" she says, showing dan her phone, it was a full video of James holding him against the wall. 

"holly shit! thank you so much Winona. send that to me, I have what I need now" dan sighs in relief

"no problem. hopefully this will be over soon. are you ready for tomorrow?" she asks

"yeah. we will go great" dan smiles softly.

when dan arrives back home, he spots his mum watching him.he quickly turns his video on, on his phone

"what do you want" dan sniffles

"I want you to be normal Daniel. normal. and you're slowly learning. getting rid of that phil guy was your best decision, he was evil! he made you that way!" she snaps at him

"y-yeah I g-guess you're right.." dan stutters

"I only attacked you because you shouldn't be thinking that way, Daniel I care about you. come home" she says

"y-yeah.. i've q-quit the show.."

"oh how wonderfull! you can finally get a real job. and that lovely boy James can take your place"

"y-you know James?" dan asks, 

"Of course. darling he is the reason you and phil are no longer together, remember? now they can be together! and you can be a normal human being. not some fag" dan starts being filled with fire

"is that right?" dan growls

"he never loved you Daniel. lets go home" she says, holding out her hand to dan. dan looks at them, then looking back up to her face. 

"I am home" dan snaps, running for the door, unlocking it and slamming it shut on her, she desperately tries to open the door, knocking frantically

"Daniel what the hell!" she yells, banning on the door

"fuck you!" dan yells at her, running into an elevator and going up to the apartment. when he gets out he runs to the apartment and closes the door behind him

"I saw the whole thing" phil says, holding his phone, dan pulls his phone out of his pocket and stops recording.

"can we call him now?" dan asks, phil nods. dan quickly pulls up the number on his phone and presses call.

ring ring,

ring ring

ri-

"Hello?"

"hey Pj, remember how you said you owed us a favour for breaking my arm?"