All day Dan's phone had been vibrating constantly, he always had his notifications on as he never really got many before, but ever since they posted that video his phone had been going mental. He had 20 minutes of this class left before he could rush on down to the sixth form room and talk to Phil. Obviously they had sent a number of texts through out the class but that was getting harder and harder with the fact Dan's phone was constantly vibrating so he now had no idea if it was Phil messaging him or if it was YouTube, twitter or facebook.
"Mr Howell, can you please turn that bloody phone off, if I hear it go off one more time it will be confiscated."
Dan growled, he had no idea what to do so he pulled out his phone and starred at the numbers growing and growing in the application section. " Miss I can't help it! I didn't intend for this to happen it just wont shut up…"
"Yes Dan's famous now Miss, he's dating Phil so he probably has angry fan girls on his case" One girl laughed.
"That isn't true! I'm not dating Phil we are just friends! Who knew girls was so psychotic about Phil and his YouTube stuff." He finally turned his phone off, showed the screen to his teacher to prove it, and then placed it into his pocket. Part of him was now worried that those notifications was a bunch of angry girls.
"Okay class settle down, what ever Daniel and Philip do in their spare time can stay outside of my classroom."
Dan put his head on the desk and sighed, this was going to be hard, the girls in this class already seemed venomous towards him and he could only imagine what the girls in French would be like. Two minutes left… two minutes.
The bell soon rang and everyone got up to leave the class; that was before a sound echoed through out the class.
"Before you leave I do not want a repeat of today ever again. What ever anyone of you students get up to in spare time, can stay in spare time do not bring it to my classroom. Daniel can you stay behind for a moment."
Dan slumped back into his chair, he was going to protest as he really needed to get to Phil right now, but he knew it was no point in arguing. He watched everyone else leave and he pulled back out his phone and turned it back on, maybe he could quickly text Phil to tell him he would be a bit late.
"Now Daniel, I understand that none of this is actually any fault of your own, but this can not happen again. This is a place of learning so can you please leave 'Danisnotonfire' at the door before you enter my classroom. I understand that this is probably going to get harder for you as time goes on but you can not let it effect your education. I am sure Phil would agree with me here as he was in the same position as you when he was in my class two years ago."
Dan nodded and sighed, of course the same thing must of happened to Phil also, but how did he cope with it so well, Phil was always a great start student from when he had heard from other people. "Wait Miss, how did you know my account name?"
The woman laughed, she was pretty old, but not too old. " My daughter has been a huge fan of Phil for a few years so when she knew I was teaching him she asked me to ask him to go to her birthday a few years ago. Last night she saw the video the pair of you did together and made me sit down and watch it also. She really admires the pair of you and she said Phil seems happier too, which is true, I remember teaching him and he would always be so sad. Just Dan you have to promise me, please do not let this effect your class work, you are a bright boy and I know you can do well here."
Dan bit his lip and nodded, he really didn't want anyone to treat him any different to how they use to treat him. He was happy being a boy who faded into the background and watch everyone else, but right now he was the one everyone was watching. Though a smile soon spread on his face when he realised that Phil was actually a really sweet person, he went to the birthday party to make someone else happy, he wondered if he would ever be like Phil.
"So you can go now, I am sure you are waiting to get back to Phil. Can you give him this also, Lizzy is requesting you both at her party again." She passed over a small envelope with a lion drawn on it, of course Dan recognised this as 'Lion' from all of Phil's videos.
" I shall do, thank you so much." He smiled and grabbed his bag heading out of the classroom. He noticed more people looking at him this time, he could also hear people talking about him and Phil and how Dan's rise to fame over night would never of happened if Phil hadn't been so 'stupid' as to invite him over. He really wanted to snap, he wanted to yell at them all and scream, but instead he carried on walking straight to Phil's room, walked in and sat next to him.
"I'm sorry." Phil looked down; he knew exactly how Dan must be feeling right now. As much as it made Phil happy that he was inspiring to many people, and loads of people looked up to him, he remembered what it was like the first time he had so much attention on him, and the last thing he wanted to happen was for Dan to feel the same way he did. "I know it's hard…"
"It's not hard." Dan interrupted. " Its just annoying, I feel like I am constantly being watch, people are talking about me, about you, about us…" he looked up at Phil, he really didn't care that people was talking about him, sure he preferred not to be talked about but at the same time he didn't really give a shit what people thought. The one thing that was annoying him was how he hated pressure, he hated having to feel like he 'had' to do something, for example, he hated how it made him feel he had to date Phil or people would be mad but at the same time he hated how if he 'did' date Phil more people would be mad.
"Dan I understand if you… don't want to… continue with filming with me… or being my friend." Phil whispered the last part, he knew it had to be hard on the younger one and there was no way he could make Dan go through that for him.
" Don't be silly Phil, do you honestly thing I would give up this, us, our friendship because some people are being douche bags to us? Before you came along I felt like everything was repetitive, that life had no meaning! That I was living the same life as everyone else in this whole school! But since meeting you I have felt that I am my own person, that I am different, and that I can be who ever I want to be. Do you seriously think I would give that up? Do you seriously think I would give you up?"
Phil laughed and smiled slightly, " You are a special guy Dan, you would make anyone a lucky girlfriend."
"or boyfriend" Dan added and laughed slightly, "Now come on you slinky, we better got some food or we will be hungry all day."
The both got up to head into the canteen to actually get something to eat, sure people looked at them but they really did not care one bit. " Oh yea!" Dan added fast. " You have an invite to a special little girls birthday party again, I never knew you was such a sweet guy Phil" Dan laughed and handed over the envelope.
"Ahh Lizzy, yes, she invites me every year." He smiled softly. "Looks like you have an invite too Dan" he passed over Dan's invite that was tucked up safely inside of Phil's.
The rest of the week went by pretty easy, soon people got bored of watching the two and went back to their normal every day lives. On the Friday they organized to meet up in the same spot they had done so on the day Dan walked out of class so they could walk through the fields to head towards their houses. Due to it being the day before they was going to London, they had decided it may have been easier for Dan to stay at Phil's house so that his mom could drive them to the train station early Saturday morning.
Dan had got to the spot first as his classes were closer, but it only took a few minutes extra for Phil to arrive. He had his galaxy style bag thrown over his shoulder and a shopping bag in his hand. What Dan didn't know what that Phil had missed one of his classes to go to town to buy a few sweets and drinks as well as a couple of gifts for Dan.
"You ready then?" Dan asked as Phil approached, he didn't even question the bag to be honest. Phil nodded and they started their little journey to Phil's house, it only ever took them around 10 minutes to walk back and the scenery was pretty nice to neither complained.
"So, are you excited for tomorrow?" Phil asked softly as they walked through a small section of trees.
"Kind of, but I am also nervous, I have seen a lot of people comment on twitter saying they cant wait to see us… I am really awkward in social situations so it makes me a little bit worried…"
"You will be fine!" Phil assured him, " Plus, I will be by your side every step of the way" he smiled and gave Dan a small hug before skipping on ahead. "Come on Dan!"
Dan laughed and chased him up the hill, god sometimes Phil was such a child, but it was one of the things that Dan really loved about him. Soon they were on Phil's street and started to walk back at a normal pace, " So do we have anything planned for tonight?" Dan inquired.
"Hmmm, not sure, we could play some games, or go for a walk?" Phil suggested, pulling out the key to his home. Phil's parents worked a steady 9-5 job, so they had a couple of hours alone before anyone else would be home. "I think mom was saying we may have a little barbeque tonight if you are up for it? It is surprisingly warm considering winter is soon."
Dan nodded, " I would love that! I haven't been to or had a barbeque in a very long time."
Phil looked at him like he came from another planet, "but… summer?"
Dan shrugged. "My parents are just a little bit too busy and my brother always tries to mess around and touch the fire…"
"Well you can come and have a Lester family barbeque" Phil smiled softly.
After a few hours of playing games, eating and generally just messing about, the both boys flopped back on the bed. Phil's mom had already been up to warn them they would having the food around 6pm when it would start to get dark.
"Isn't your birthday soon?" Dan asked looking over at Phil.
"Well, not too soon, but soon enough, 18…" he sighed, god he was feeling so old.
"You can legally drink then though!" Dan laughed and nudged him.
"I know, but everyone keeps wanting me to throw some sort of party, and I don't want one… plus my best friend wouldn't be able to attend."
"Yes, cause he's a loser who is only 15…" Dan sighed, why did Phil want to hang around with a kid.
"Nah, he isn't a loser, he's the best friend I have ever had, and I wouldn't give that up for the world. Also I am not interested in parties, I hate them, I really don't see the point in them." Phil shrugged; he really didn't like them that much, and he didn't see the point in getting wasted just because you turned the legal age.
"Phil! Dan!" They both jumped hearing their names shouted, but it must have meant the food was getting prepared and they should probably go down and join the family outside. Dan had to admit it was really nice, and he some what envied the fact that Phil's family all got together like this. Phil's entire house was there, his mom, dad, brother and him… sometimes Dan really wished his parents did something like this from time to time.
"Okay Dan, we normally have a little drink when we have a family get together, would your parents mind if you had one? Or would you prefer a soft drink"
Dan had drunk a number of times and his parents hadn't minded then. " I don't think they would mind," he answered truthfully. Both him and Phil got sent back into the house to get a drink each, but got told to watch they didn't drink too much.
The barbeque was going really well, Dan really did feel part of the family and he even smiled a lot, which was pretty rare for him anyways. He managed to talk about music and his love for the piano with Phil's brother and how he liked to bake cakes with Phil's mom. It was getting later and later, all the food had been eaten and the family was getting slightly tired and cold.
"Boy's? You should probably head on up if you have to be up early in the morning. If you want to take a couple more drinks up with you that is fine, but please be responsible."
Phil nodded and grabbed a few more bottles before pulling Dan up to his room. Once there they decided to play a few more games before packing it up and going to bed. A few drinks later neither boys could see the screens properly any more, so decided it was a good idea to put the controllers down and move to the bed.
"Gosh, it is so warm nn herrree" Dan slurred slightly as he pulled his t-shirt up over his head. " Don't mind do you?"
Phil shook his head and pulled his shirt off also, next he removed his pants and laughed at Dan. "Are you really struggling there? God you must be wasted." He got up and walked over to Dan and 'shooed' his hands off. " Here let me"
Phil unbuckled Dan's belt, followed by the button of his jeans and then the Zip. "Here you go." He leaned back and flopped back on the bed.
"So tighttttttt" Dan complained and groaned wriggling around. " Why must I decide to wear jeans that super glue to my body…"
Phil sat back up and put his hands on Dan's waist band and yanked them down. "There!"
Dan turned around and jumped on Phil almost pinning him to the bed. "Thankkkk youuuuuu" He whined and nuzzled into Phil's neck. " I thought I would be there forrevvvverrrrrr and I would never get back out." He rolled off of Phil and looked up at the Ceiling.
"For I forget…" Phil mumbled, he rolled over and pulled out a small paper bag out of the bigger bag from earlier. " For Dan" he smiled and put it in his lap. " I gots it for you…"
Dan opened the little bag and smiled happy, inside was a little green dinosaur. "For me? But I not got Phil things…"
Phil just laughed and pushed the tag open. "He's called Dannosaur… its you."
Dan cuddled it into his chest. " I love him." He clipped it onto his belt that was no on the floor to keep it safe. " Phil?"
"Yes Daniel?" Phil looked over, his eyes half closed.
Dan leaned over him and placed a small kiss to his lips, slipping his tongue into Phil's mouth and moving slightly on top of him.
Phil blushed softly and wrapped his arms around the boys shoulder and closed his eyes, kissing the boy back softly. It only lasted a few moments before Dan pulled away again. "For you." He smiled softly and slumped back next to him, curling into the boy's side and slowly falling asleep.
Phil smiled softly and held Dan close to his body. Sure everything would be different for now on, but it would be for the better, he knew it.
The next morning came faster than both could of hoped for; Phil was the first to wake up due to his alarm going of continuously. He placed his hands on Dan's shoulder and shook his lightly. " Wakey wakey Dan." He whispered.
"No…" Dan groaned and tried to roll away, only to be pulled back towards his attacker. " Philllllll" he whined and dead weighted to try and stop him.
"Wake up Daniel or I will pour cold ice down your boxers."
" I'm up!" He yelled and sat up, "You are so mean Phil… so mean…God, I feel like someone has trampled on my brain."
"That is what you get for drinking too much my underage friend." Phil laughed and petted his head. " Come on, we have to get ready to leave for London."
Dan groaned and pulled himself out of bed, slowly he walked over to his bag and pulled out a clean pair of boxers and t-shirt. " Hm?" he tilted his head to the side and picked up his jeans, when did that… oh… memories of last night came flooding back to him, the drinking, the stripping, the 'Dannosaur'… the kiss. He looked over at Phil who was currently pulling a t-shirt over his head. "Last night…" Dan started.
Phil pulled the top over finally and looked over at him. "Hm?"
"I… er I am sorry if I crossed the line at all." Dan mumbled.
"Oh! It's fine, plush I liked it." He smiled and then picked up his jeans.
Phil liked it? Dan blushed softly at that one. He pulled down his boxers and changed into the new ones before grabbing his jeans and slipping them on. Finally he added the top and started to dig around in his bag. "No no no no no this is not happening!"
"Whats wrong?" Phil asked looking over at the boy who was now flinging things out of his bag.
" I forgot to pack my hair straighteners, there is no way I am going to London with hobbit hair."
"You can use mine if you want, I mean they aren't that powerful but it is something at least." He walked over to his desk and pulled the objects out and handed them to Dan.
"You are a life saver Phil Lester you know that!"
Phil just laughed and left Dan to the straightening of his hair, though he had to admit, he really did like Dan's apparent ' hobbit hair'. Once both boys was finally ready, Phil grabbed his camera and placed it into his bag, before slinging it over his shoulder. "You ready?"
Dan nodded and grabbed his bag also, he was still very nervous though, he had never been to an event like this before and he was worried people would be disappointed by the real him.
"You don't need to worry Dan." Phil tried to comfort him, he could tell by the way Dan kept looking at his lap and playing with his hands that he was scared. "Plus, I will always be by your side, I am not going anywhere." Phil smiled softly and hugged his friends.
"Thank you Phil. What if I do something stupid though? What if I mess up or fall over."
" If you fall I will pick you back up, if you do something stupid… well we all do something stupid at some point Dan, but no one will care." He ruffled Dan's hair and smiled. "Now come on we have to go catch a train.
To Dan's surprise the day went fine, they met up with a number of people, had their pictures taken with a lot of fans, ate and then got ready to go back home. Even though it was easy to get to London , Dan had never really been into London itself properly. " I really don't want to go home…" Dan mumbled, he wanted to see the nightlife; he wanted to go look and do all of the tourist stuff.
"Well maybe we can come back here at some point, just the two of us." Phil smiled as they headed off towards the train station. " I mean there is nowhere we can stay anyways, everything would be really expensive."
Dan nodded, though it would be a good idea to come back again another day, he really would look forwards to that one. It wasn't long before their train arrived and the pair clambered on, they watched as the city passed them by as they started to leave London to head back home. They was lucky enough to be an a quiet carriage, so they both just sat and chatted for a while, that was before Dan's belly started to rumble, and he turned bright red.
"Hungry?" Phil mused.
"Maybe a little, I may have to get up and go and grab a bite to eat." He laughed lightly standing up. Reaching into the overhead compartment he grabbed his wallet out of his bag and headed off down the cart to find the trolley man. After what seemed like forever, he finally managed to find the cart, he got himself a sandwich and some crisps, and got Phil a roll. When he returned back to his seat he sat down and dug around in the little paper bag and pulled out the roll for Phil, " I hope you like ham, it's all they had." He passed the roll over and then pulled out his own sandwich.
It wasn't long before they finally made it back to their town, after grabbing their bags they made their way back to their own homes. Phil made sure Dan made it home before making his way back to his own house, today had been a pretty long exciting day, but he was so glad he had his best friend by his side to help him out.
The next few months went by fast, the two was pretty much inseparable, if they wasn't at Phil's house they was at Dan's. Christmas was fast approaching and the two wanted to do something special. It was their first Christmas as best friends and they wanted it to be a great one. They had decided that they would buy each other presents but they wouldn't go to overboard on it. Christmas ever was today, they had agreed to meet up in the part to exchange presents, somehow Phil had managed to get a few gifts that he really loved and hoped Dan would love too. Dan had been searching for weeks to find some good gifts for Phil and finally he had got everything together.
Phil looked up at the clock to notice he had an hour before he was to meet Dan, he had already showered, re-dyed his hair, straightened his hair, found some nice clothes and put all of Dan's gifts into a bag. He started to make his way downstairs when his mother finally stopped him.
" Where are you going dressed all nice like that?" she let her eyes look over her son, sure he normally wore his plaid shirts and jeans but it was the fact he ironed the shirt before wearing it and had nice shoes on instead of his usual Vans.
"Off to see Dan, we promised we would exchange gifts today." He put his long black coat on and wrapped his scarf around his neck. Next he pulled on a pair of mitten style gloves and propped a hat on his head. " I shouldn't be too late!" he called out as he grabbed the bag and rushed out of the doorway.
Dan on the other hand was a bit of a mess, he wasn't sure what he was doing, he changed at least 7 times before he settled on a paid of black skinnies and a grey buttoned up shirt. " I look like I am trying to hard…" he mumbled. Reaching for his llama hat he placed it on top of his hobbit hair, he really hated it when his hair was like this but he remembered Phil saying he loved it, so maybe Christmas eve could be an exemption to the usual straight hair.
He finally grabbed his coat, slipped his feet into his black converse shoes and grabbed Phil's gift. He mad his way downstairs before his brother stopped him. He was only young and Dan didn't want to be rude to him.
"Are you going to see Phil?" He asked softly with a toothy grin.
" Sure am!" Dan nodded and held up his gift, "Of to exchange this with him and then I shall back."
" You shouldn't of wasted money on him, I think Phil would be happy with this present."
Dan tilted his head to the side, what was he on about.
His brother pulled off the llama hat and stuck a bow on Dan's head and put the hat back on. " Best present."
Dan blushed slightly, what did he know. Soon his phone went off, it was Phil telling him he was almost there. "Crap I got to go!" he grabbed his scarf and ran out of the house completely forgetting what his brother had done. It didn't take him to long to get to the park, but when he arrived he saw Phil waiting on a bench underneath a tree. The snow had fallen nicely into the park, so it made Phil stand out, he looked amazing, and this caused Dan to blushed slightly.
Spotting Dan, Phil stood up and waved to his friend, "Dan! You made it!" He called out and rushed over to Dan's side.
"Of course I made it!" Dan laughed and nudged him slightly. " So shall we do this?" he smiled and held up the gift in front of him with both hands. "I mean, I didn't get anything great… but I hope you like It."
"I am sure I will love it! Come on lets go to the bench." Phil took Dan's hand and led him over to the bench where they both sat down with their presents in their hand. "Me first!" Phil smiled and handed his bag to Dan. " I really hope you like them."
Dan laughed lightly and closed his eyes putting his hand in the bag and pulling out one of the gifts. " Gosh Phil how many did you get?" he felt bad now.
"Only a couple, I was really indecisive."
Dan rolled his eyes; he really hoped he didn't spend too much, after ripping into all of the gifts Dan was speechless. " Wow Phil, this must have cost a lot." There in his lap was, two t-shirts, one from Muse and the other from Drop Dead. One hoody with a high neck since Phil knew he loved those. Pokemon X for the 3DS, and a Growlith plushie. There was also a cute little Llama and a Lion keyring. "Phil, these are amazing…"
"I hoped you would like them, Growlith is my favourite…" He looked down at his lap slightly. "I thought maybe if I gave you something of mine then you would have something to remember me by on the nights I am not with you."
Dan held the plushie to his chest, it was nice and warm and smelt exactly like Phil. He didn't want to say that out loud as he didn't want to creep Phil out. He thought he had seen this plush before; it was Phil's it used to sit at the end of his bed.
"I love him. I promise I will keep him safe, but now it is my turn" He handed Phil the Christmas bag.
Phil took the bag and smiled pulling the items out and placing it on his lap. "Yay!" he cheered before opening them all up. The first present was a shirt, Dan knew that Phil loved shirts so he couldn't go wrong with this; it was a simple black shirt with blue hearts on it. Next he opened up a Gengar plush that was super soft and made out of really nice fabric and then finally he opened up the last. As he opened it he gasped softly and a tear almost fell from his eyes, it was the most thoughtful and beautiful present he had ever received.
"Oh god, I am so sorry! If you don't want it I can…"
"I love it" Phil smiled, he run his hands over the glossy front cover the smile never leaving his face. Dan had created a photo book for him, one of those ones where you send in the pictures and they print it into a book style for you. Each page had memorable moments from over the past few weeks, and little quotes underneath them. When Phil made it to the last page he had to contain his tears. 'Phil, you are the best friend I have ever had, I know sometimes I am a pain to deal with, but I really hope you will never leave my side. I want to stay friends with you forever; I care for you just like I know you care for me… please just wait a few more months. Love Daniel x'
Phil wrapped his arms around Dan's body and pulled him really close. "I love it, I love you, thank you so much!" In the process he managed to knock off Dan's hat and when he pulled back he couldn't help but laugh. "I'm guessing I missed a gift?" He pointed to the bow on Dan's head."
Dan blushed deeply and tried to knock it off with his hand. "Oh my god, that was my brother I swear…"
Phil placed his presents back in the bag and pulled Dan into a huge hug. " I can wait Dan, as long as I have you by my side I can wait for anything."
"Awee."
Dan and Phil pulled back a little confused; there stood a little old woman smiling over at them. " You know, when I was you're age I had a girlfriend, but my mother moved me away so I wouldn't see her again. I am so glad that the youth these days aren't scared to show a bit of emotions."
Dan was still confused but Phil smiled. "Well you know, you need to show the world who you care about hmmm" he placed his hand on Dan's.
"You know you should take advantage of the season, before it is too late." She smiled and pointed up before heading away. "Have a great day boys, and Merry Christmas!"
Both Dan and Phil looked up to see what she was on about, before they noticed that mistletoe had been tied to the trees that they was under. " Oh…" they both laughed.
"Well I guess we should…"
"Abide by the rules right?" Dan finished and blushed softly. He knew they had kissed before, but he was totally drunk, this was different…
"I guess so." Phil smiled softly and moved a little closer; placing his hand on Dan's waist he pulled the boy closer. His eyes fluttered shut as he leaned down towards the slightly shorter boy.
Dan's heart was pounding, he didn't know what to say or do so instead he just closed his eyes and met Phil half way for the softest, most passionate and heart-warming kiss he had ever received. Neither boy deepened it, neither parted their lips at all, they just stood that way, lips pressed firmly together, Phil's hands around Dan's waist and Dan's around Phil's neck.
"Merry Christmas…" Phil mumbled against Dan's lips.
"Merry Christmas" Dan smiled back.
