I stood on the porch outside of my house soaking in the last bit of warmth the cool London summer had to offer. I thought back to the summer holidays spent in Florida and wished for nothing more than the sun on my face and the ocean water in my hair. I took a long sip of coffee and inhaled the warm scent of hazelnut coming from my cup. My attention turned from the world outside my house to the loud bang that echoed through the lounge behind me. The sound of Dan's laugh rang loud and clear and I instantly knew that no actual damage was done, but still being curios I made my way back inside. Dan was sat on the couch holding in a laugh as Piper stood looking horrified at the ground.

"Your sister is literally the clumsiest person I've ever met Phil." Dan said between chuckles. I just smiled down at Piper.

"Yeah just a little bit," I said bending down to pick up her now broken glass bowl, "but that's why we keep her around right?" She smiled a little helped me pick it up.

"I'm not the only clumsy one either Philip! I'm sure that gene runs in the family." I laughed and just nodded.

After the bowl was cleaned up and the laughter died down I found myself on my bed aimlessly scrolling through my tumblr dashboard. I could hear Dan and Piper in his room laughing and talking rather loud, so I could only assume they were making another video together. The internet really took well to Dan having a girlfriend and his fans seemed to love her. I'm not sure if it was because she was my sister or the fact that Dan and her were just so perfect for each other, but everyone welcomed her into the "phamily" very nicely.

A weird feeling came over my body again as I looked over at the empty side of my bed. I couldn't help but feel jealous that my little sister and best friend found love. Not that I was in love with Dan or anything absurd like that, just the simple fact that no one loved me. All my fans told me that they loved me and would do anything for a guy like me. That always struck me as weird though, a guy like me? Single and unappealing? Awkward and meek? I smiled and shook my head. I think I was just going to be single for a while longer because for how unappealing I was, I had ridiculous standards.

"PHIL WHAT YOU DOING?!" Dan hollered down the hallway.

"ON THE INTERNET BLOGGING MY FEELS AWAY." I heard Piper laugh at my misery. Both of them started whining and begging me to come out into the lounge once again. The thought of getting up made me depressed but their shrill voices helped lift me out of bed.
"You two are probably the most annoying people I've ever had the displeasure of meeting, you know that right? I swear yo-," I cut myself off midsentence and looked around the room. It was covered in bright poster boards, markers, glitter, and school books.

"Before you ask, I have a project due soon. It's a partner project which sucks. Mrs. Owens didn't even let us pick our partners. I got paired with fucking Skyler Autumn out of all people. She's so up her own ass sometimes. She thinks she's SO much better than everyone because she's fucking American," Piper drew in a long breathe and looked around the room, "So she's coming over to help me breed little caterpillars into butterflies. Fucking great." She scrunched up her face and rubbed the bridge of her nose in defeat.

I was going to comfort her but my act of kindness was interrupted with a hallow thud at our front door. Piper threw herself dramatically on the ground and groaned like a dying cow. I swore I even heard her grumbled something about Dan shooting her. My hand grabbed the door and swung it open revealing a girl who didn't fit Piper's description at all. Her small lips scrunched up and her eyes filled with worry.
"Is this Piper Lester's Apartme- I mean flat?" Her voice was unmistakably American. My words wouldn't come out so I was forced to just nod a bit. I moved aside and gestured to let her in. As she walked by a scent of peppermint and warm sugar followed with her clouding over my brain causing me to just stand there dumb folded.
"You alright man?" Dan asked causing me to jump and shut the door. I squeaked and slowly nodded in response. Dan just rolled his eyes and fake snorted at my lie. He let it pass though and made his way into the kitchen to grab a pop. My feet started moving again and I ended up in the living room somehow. Skyler sat on the edge of couch, clearly uncomfortable, as Piper began setting up their supplies.

"Would you like a drink?" I choked out. Mental bonus points for making a full sentence this time. She shook her head and smiled at me. Her smile made my knees go weak and I had to hurry to the couch. Skyler raised a single eyebrow at me and Piper snorted while dumping markers all over the ground. Out of pure awkwardness I grabbed my laptop so my hands and mind both had something to do instead of just sit there.

"Alright America, make yourself useful and start setting up the container for the caterpillars. I'm going to get food." Piper stumbled into the kitchen and Skyler meekly made her way to her task. She moved so slow and concentrated. I'm sure it was out of fear of my sister, like if she somehow messed it up Piper would hunt her down and eat her. My eyes were trying to stay on my laptop but they kept wandering to the pale skinned beauty on the floor. Her dark red hair framed her round chubby face and fell loosely onto her chest. Her bright blue eyes fixed on the task at hand and her brows crinkled in determination.

"How long does it normally take for caterpillars to become butterflies?" I ask

"Around four to five weeks." Her response was said without looking up.

Perfect. Four weeks to stare at this girl from behind my computer screen.