Dan was making his way around Waitrose, hastily buying roses and Lindor chocolates, he had forgot to buy his mum her mothers day present.

He was stressed, not only because he forgot, but also because he was scared about how she would react to meeting Phil.

He knew Phil's mother disapproved of their relationship, as she was a stout Catholic, so there would be no chance of him ever meeting Mrs Lester.

He returned to their appartment, where he quickly wrapped up the chocolates and found a mothers day card, signing it, and licking the envelope shut, he hurried

himself and Phil out of the door. Driving to his mum's house, he stopped the car and talked to Phil. "Are you ok?" He asked. "I'm... nervous. Nervous to say the least.

"What if she doesn't like me? What if she says you can do better?" Phil was stopped by Dan, who kissed him slowly.

"Don't worry." Dan said softly. "I'm worrying, I can't even remember whether she likes roses!"

Phil giggled, though mostly out of nerves than anything else.

They walked up to the door, ringing the doorbell, and waited.

It took a few minutes for the his mum to open the door, and when she did she looked pleasantly surprised.

"I thought you'd forgotten!" She said happily, giving him a hug. "Your brother forgot and he lives here!"

Dan laughed and said cheekily "And you thought he'd remember because...?"

That earned him a joke swipe to the back of the head from Adrian, who had just entered the room.

"Alright?" He asked.

"Not too bad." Dan replied, then ran at him and put him in a headlock.

Phil began to feel he was fading into the background, they were all so happy, seemingly a perfect family, and he was an outsider.

This would never have happened to his family, his mother would have sent him out with red ears if he had arrived with a boyfriend, she believed he was still in

a 'faze' and would 'grow out' of it sometime in the near future.

Come to think of it, he hadn't seen her for over two years now.

And he wasn't planning on it, anyway.

"So." Dan's mum started "You must be Phil."

Phil cleared his throat. "Yes, yes I am. Very nice to meet you Mrs Howell." He held out his hand, but she dismissed it, wrapping him up in a warm hug.

"Come on you three." She said to the two of them and Adrian. "Let's go and watch the old videos." "Mum! No!" Dan said, as she giggled, and began to tell Phil

all about young Dan's adventures.