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When Dan's mom was younger she made the mistake of her lifetime. She stopped aging at 18, like everyone who hadn't found their partner had. So she waited. And waited. And waited. Finally her and a man, Dan's dad, found each other. Together they spent a year together before had him. They were married shortly after that. They loved each other and had honestly thought that they found everything they needed. Years passed and as Dan grew older people around them started to notice what they had failed to. Dan's mother and father were still 18. They hadn't aged a day since then. The realization broke their hearts but they continued against the norms. They stayed married and took care of Dan until when Dan turned 14 and the family took another hit.

On Dan's 14th birthday his mother, aunt, and dad surrounded him as they waited for him to blow out his candles. Dan didn't have a lot of friends so they'd decided to have a family oriented birthday party. They'd been passing cake around when he noticed the tears in his mother's eyes.

"Mom?" he asked, putting down his plate and walking over to her.

"I'm fine," she said wiping at her eyes and trying to smile at her son.

"Are you sure?" Dan asked again.

"I'm fine," she insisted and got up. She collected the dishes and then went to the kitchen to clean up. He looked over at his dad and saw the unhappy look on his face. Something in him screamed. He knew something was wrong but he couldn't put his finger on it. Something hadn't been okay in the family for a long time. It had taken its toll on all of them, even his father looked older.

All of the sudden he felt like he was going to be sick. He looked at his father's worn face and realized that with a heavy heart, his father had been aging, without his mother.

"When were you going to tell us?" Dan asked feeling like his throat was closing.

"I wanted to wait until after your birthday," he said.

"How long?" Dan asked. He felt sick.

"A few months," his dad said.

"A few months?" Dan yelled, "you've known for months? And you didn't tell us?"

"I didn't want to hurt you," his father said, "I can't help it Dan."

His world crashed down around him. His father moved out with his new partner, the one he was meant to grow old with. His mother went farther and farther into her depression, eventually tuning out Dan completely and not eating. She was placed into a special hospital and Dan was left to be stuck in a house with his new fiancée. She was nice to him but that just made him more angry. He wished she was mean so that he didn't feel so bad about hating her like he did.

From that day forward Dan swore he'd never fall in love. He couldn't take the chance that the same would happen to him.

Four years passed and Dan was at Uni. He had met a great deal of friends and had started making YouTube videos. He turned 18 and drank way too much and had a roaring headache the next day. Half way through he'd had a breakdown and decided to pursue making YouTube videos as a full time commitment. He dropped out of Uni and went to share a flat with another YouTuber named Phil. His father was a little nervous of his sudden change from being a lawyer to a professional vlogger but not wanting to hurt his already strained relationship with his sun decided that he would let it alone. Everything was coming together perfectly for Dan. But things never go the way people hope. And this is no exception.