"We're leaving now, Daniel. Your baby-sitter should be here in 10 minutes."
Dan sighed as he walked down the stairs. He looked up at his parent's, who were about to leave the house.
"Mum. I'm 15 years old. I don't need a baby-sitter," Dan moaned. Dan looked over as his mum and dad walked down the hallway. "You never make Adrian have a baby-sitter and he's three years younger than me. You treat me like a child, it's not fair."
"That's because we don't have to worry about Adrian causing any trouble," Dan's dad said.
Dan rolled his eyes and crossed his arms against his chest.
It was currently a Friday evening and Dan Howell's parents were off for little getaway as they had been having a couple busy weeks lately. Dan was staying home alone while his little brother was off staying at his friend's house for the weekend. Though, Dan wasn't exactly staying home alone as his parents were paying a baby-sitter to watch Dan for the whole weekend as Dan was kind of a trouble maker, as his parents liked called him, and his parents didn't trust him to be alone for a whole weekend. Dan was always getting into trouble at school; he was always breaking the rules and hanging out with the wrong people. Dan didn't mean to cause trouble most of the time. Trouble always seemed to find him somehow.
"It's only for a weekend. What do you think I'm going to do? The worst I could do is burn the house down. It's nice to know my parent's can trust," Dan snapped.
"We really don't have time for this, Daniel," His mom said.
"Please stop calling me that. It's Dan. You know I hate the name Daniel," Dan whined.
"Yes, we know that. Why do you think we keep using it?" His dad asked.
Dan groaned. "Daniel is stupid a name. Dan is better," he mumbled.
"We've given Phil our number so he knows to call us if you do anything wrong," His mom warned, ignoring what Dan had said about the name.
"Whatever, fine. Have fun on your little trip." Dan mumbled. He watched as his parents walked out the door. Dan rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen. He walked over to the fridge and pulled a can of Coca Cola out. He sighed as he shut the fridge. Dan walked into the living room. He reached over and grabbed the remote and turned on the TV.
Dan sat there for about 10 minutes, trying to find something on TV.
Dan was sitting on the couch and was still flipping the channels. He was about to give up and turn off the TV but he stopped when he heard knocking at the door. Dan looked up. He sighed and then he stood up from the couch. He walked over to the front door and opened it. He looked up and blinked a few times when he saw a boy he seemed to be older than him.
"Can I help you?" Dan asked as he stared at him.
"Um, well… my name's Phil. I must have the wrong house," The boy said.
"Wait a minute, are you the baby-sitter?" Dan asked nervously.
The boy, 'Phil', nodded but he remained silent.
Dan raised his eyebrows as he stared at Phil. "No. You're at the right house," he mumbled.
"Are you Dan?" Phil asked, a little surprised.
Dan slowly nodded. "Yeah. That's me," he said.
Phil blinked a few times as he stared at him. "Really? Wow. I was expecting someone a little younger, if I'm being honest," he told him. He shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, that's not my fault, my parents don't trust me to be alone while they're gone for the weekend. They seem to think I'm a trouble-maker which I probably am. So, I don't really blame them for paying a babysitter to watch after me," Dan sighed and shook his head. "So, sorry you're disappointed, this is what you're stuck with for the weekend, come in then." Dan mumbled. He turned around and then walked away without saying another word.
Phil frowned as he watched Dan walk away. He nervously stepped into the house and then he shut the door and locked it. Phil looked around for a few seconds. He turned and then he walked into the living room. Phil looked over and then he finally spotted Dan.
"So, how old are you anyways?" Phil asked curiously.
Dan looked over at Phil as he sat down on the couch. "15. I look like I'm 12 though." Dan shrugged his shoulders. "Why? How old are you?" He asked him.
Phil chuckled. "19. I'll be 20 in a few months. I don't know... it's kind of really weird baby-sitting someone who is just four years younger than me. I've babysat maybe 11-year-olds before but never 15." Phil told him. He walked over to the couch and sat down next to Dan.
Dan raised his eyebrows as he looked over at him. "Why are you baby-sitting if you're 19 years old then? Surely you'd want to be doing something a little more exciting with your life than watching over little kids?" Dan asked, raising his eyebrows.
Phil shrugged his shoulders. "Just trying to make a little extra money," he mumbled.
"Do you have another job?" Dan asked curiously.
Phil raised his eyebrows as he looked over at him. "Why are you asking me so many questions?"
"Well... we're going to be spending the whole weekend together, aren't we? Might as well get to know each other. It's better than being awkward and not saying anything." Dan said.
Phil sighed. "I make Youtube videos," he admitted.
Dan raised his eyebrows. "You make Youtube videos? Do you even make money from that?"
"Not a lot but enough to get me where I need to be. It just depends on how many subscribers and views you get. I'm saving up so I can move out of my parent's house. I don't exactly have the best relationship with my parents so I want to get out of there as soon as possible so I can start doing things how I want to in my life," Phil explained.
"Oh," Dan mumbled, "So, what do you want to do then? It's still early."
Phil looked at him. "Whatever you want to do is fine with me," he said.
"There's not much to do around here to be honest which is why I spend most of my time outside the house. We can watch video games or put in a movie? Order pizza or something."
"Yeah, sure. Sounds good. What movie could we watch?" Phil asked.
Dan looked at him. "Well, let's have a look, shall we?" He said. He slid off the couch and then he crawled over to the little shelf that had a bunch of DVD's placed on it. Phil chuckled as he watched Dan. "What movies do you like?" Dan asked as he looked over at Phil.
"Well, um, do you happen to have Kill Bill?" Phil asked. Dan smiled.
"Yeah, of course! It's one of my favorite movies of all time. I've seen it a billion times," Dan said.
"Really? Not a lot of people have seen that movie," Phil said, as he sat up.
"Yeah, I get what you mean. It's really annoying," Dan said, smiling when he heard Phil laugh.
Dan had basically spent the whole night with Phil; which wasn't usual for him as he usually spent the night out with his friends or did something that wasn't inside. Dan just didn't like to be stuck inside the house with nothing to do. But, Dan liked being around Phil.
Phil was so calm and laid back. Dan felt like he could talk to Phil about anything and Phil would listen to him. They watched movies, ate pizza and popcorn together and talked all night. It didn't even feel like Dan had a baby-sitter. It just like hanging out with some of his friends. He liked Phil. Dan had gotten to know Phil and they surprisingly had a lot in common and they shared the same interests. Dan didn't think he would have much in common with Phil as he was four years older than him. Dan was glad he had Phil as a baby-sitter.
"What time is it?" Dan asked as he stretched his arms out, letting out a yawn as he did so.
"Um…" Phil pulled out his phone from his pocket and looked at the time. "About 10 o' clock."
Dan raised his eyebrows as he looked over at Phil. "Wow! The day went by really fast," he said.
"Time flies when you have fun." Phil joked. He smiled innocently.
Dan laughed. "Shut up. That was so cheesy," he said.
Phil chuckled and shook his head. "Couldn't help myself," he said.
Dan sighed. "So… I guess you can sleep on the couch tonight if you want. It's not very comfortable, to be honest. Or you can share my bed. It's big enough for two people. I would know… I've shared it with two of my friends before. It's up to you though, really. Whatever you want." Dan said. He shrugged his shoulders.
Phil bit his lip as he looked over at Dan. "I don't mind sharing a bed," he said.
Dan blushed. "Okay," he mumbled. He stood up from the couch. "You can stay up if you want though. I'm a little tired so I'm going to bed." Dan told him. He looked at Phil one last time before he turned and walked out of the kitchen. Dan took a deep breath as he walked into his bedroom. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out some pajamas pants and a t-shirt.
"Dan?" Dan looked over and saw Phil standing in the doorway.
"Are you okay?" Phil asked as he walked into Dan's bedroom.
"I-I'm fine. I guess I'm just tired," Dan mumbled.
Phil walked over to him. "I'm not stupid. There's something bothering you. I can tell by the look on your face. You know you can talk to me. I'm here to listen if something's bothering you. All I want to do is help you." Phil assured him. He gave Dan a reassuring smile.
"We've only known each other for a couple of hours but I feel like I've known you forever," Dan admitted. He blushed and looked down at his hands. Dan never blushed. Not like this.
Phil couldn't help but smile. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" He asked curiously.
Dan smiled. "It's definitely a good thing," he said. Dan stared at him for a few seconds. Phil went to say something but Dan reached up and kissed him.
Phil's eyes went wide with shock and then he quickly pushed Dan away. "What the hell was that?" Phil asked with shock, taking a deep breath as he stared at Dan.
Dan quickly looked away from him. He couldn't believe that he had just done that, he never did anything like that before. Dan had never kissed anyone before.
"Dan." Phil warned, crossing his arms against his chest as he stared at Dan. "I can't just act like that never happened. You fucking kissed me Dan, you're four years younger than me, you know that," Phil snapped. He was almost surprised, he never cursed like that before.
"I know!" Dan snapped back at him. He looked over at Phil. "What's the big deal? I mean... it was just a bloody kiss. It's not like we had sex or something," he said calmly.
Phil stared at him, biting his lip nervously. Phil had never been put in this situation before. He didn't know how to handle it and he definitely didn't want to hurt Dan's feelings either. "Listen to me, okay?" He took a deep breath, not taking his eyes away from Dan, "I mean... I really like you, Dan. I like you a lot. You're a really cool guy. We have a lot in common which is amazing because I've never ever really met someone in my life who's had so much in common with me before. Anyways… you're a nice kid and everything…" Phil began to say.
Dan looked up and he glared at him as soon as he said the word 'kid'. Dan hated to be called a kid. "Don't you dare call me a kid. I'm a teenager!" He yelled angrily.
"Whatever! It doesn't matter what you are because I'm a grown up. I'm an adult and you're not. Nothing could ever happen between us. Alright? So you better get that idea out of your head right now. Do you understand that?" Phil snapped.
Dan stared at him with shock, not knowing what to say after that.
Phil took a deep breath as he stared at Dan. He shook his head. "Whatever. See you in the morning, Dan," Phil mumbled before walked over to Dan's door.
Dan bit his lip nervously as he stared at Phil, his eyes watering up a bit as he did so.
Dan and Phil stared at each other a few seconds, not saying anything to each other, just staring at each other. Phil sighed in frustration and then he walked out of Dan's bedroom.
"Way to go, Dan. Always fuck something up." Dan mumbled. He sighed and shook his head.
That was Dan's first kiss. He couldn't believe that he actually wasted his first kiss on someone like Phil. All Dan knew was that he was absolutely not looking forward to tomorrow. It was going to be so awkward with Phil. He had to spend two more days with him.