"Your name sounds familiar…" I try to think where I've heard his name but it never comes to me. Phil and Dan just stare at me, and I stare back. This is awkward.
"Well, we both do Youtube… You know, you might've seen me on there…" Dan smiles at me. I just look at him.
"Um, I'll show you where your room is." Phil guides me into another room and start whispering to me "I forgot to tell you, my friend has moved in too." He sets my bags on my bed and walks out. I set my satchel on the bed and get my laptop out. I go on Youtube and search up 'Dan Howell' and thousands of results come up. How have I not heard of them before? I scroll through many videos, not clicking on one. I go onto Twitter and search Dan Howell, the first person to come up has a blue tick mark and I click on their profile. Dan has thousands of followers, and weird tweets.
"So you're stalking me now are you?" I jump, almost dropping my laptop. I'm pretty sure my face has now gone bright red. "I'm just kidding!" He says walking through the door, smiling.
"Sorry I didn't know you were so famous" I say putting air quotes around 'Famous'. I turn back to my laptop and exit out of all the tabs, except Tumblr. Dan walks over and grabs my laptop, sits down next to me and starts scrolling through my Tumblr. "Um, excuse me? That's my Tumblr, I'd rather you not go through it." I say snatching the laptop back. I close the laptop and slide it under my bed. I look back to Dan and he's just smiling at me. I stare into his big, chocolate-y brown, eyes. No, I can't think of him like that. We're going to be living together, it'd be really awkward if it didn't work out. I bite my lip and look away. "So, um, why are you here?" I say looking at the floor.
"I just wanted to see if you-" He stops. "um, if you needed help unpacking." I shake my head no, and he stands up. He swipes his dark brown hair to the side and walks out. I sigh and start unpacking my bags.
After about 2 hours, most of my stuff is out of my bags and in drawers. Phil knocks on my door and walks in. "Dinner's ready, if you want any." I throw on a sweatshirt and head into the kitchen.
"Hey." I say quietly and awkwardly. I was never a person to go and start talking to random people. I sit and Phil serves me some salad, he's learned that I'm a vegetarian, and he gives Dan a big slice of meatloaf. "Thanks Phil" I say barely audible.
"Someone a bit shy?" Dan nudges my elbow with his, and I quickly finish my salad then go back to my room.
I'm about to close my door when I hear Dan and Phil talking. "She's a bit weird, she never talks and she never comes out of her room, can we change that somehow?" It's obviously Dan talking. I roll my eyes and close the door louder than I should have. I jump onto my bed and start blasting Ed Sheeran.
Dan bursts through my door, singing the chorus to A Team. He's dancing and derping around and I just sit on my bed, and I can't breathe because I'm laughing so hard. Dan stops when I'm on the floor crying and trying to catch my breath.
"You okay there Jazz?" Dan says helping me sit up.
"Perfect" I say, still catching my breath and wiping tears from my eyes. "Okay. Now you can get out." Dan gives me a weird look and starts to walk out with his head hanging low. "I'm just kidding, you loser! Get over here!"
"Yay!" Dan runs over and jumps on my bed. My laptop bounces off my bed and onto the floor. I look over and the screen is black, and cracked. Perfect. Just what I needed. "Oops. I can pay for that." Dan leans over the side of the bed and picks my laptop up. "A VIAO? Really? These are the crappiest computers ever!" Dan tosses my laptop on my bed and walks out.
"Dan! Come back here! You killed my laptop!" Dan walks in with two glasses and a wine bottle. I'm starting to get butterflies in my stomach and I can't help but smile. I bite my lip and Dan sits with me and pours me some red wine. I hold the glass, and I don't take a sip. I'm still underage. Dan gives me a weird look and drinks a huge gulp.
"You're not going to have any?" Dan takes another drink, and pours himself more.
"I'm not 21 yet, sorry." I turn away, trying to hide my blushing face.
"The drinking age is 18 here, silly girl." Dan takes another sip. I take a tiny sip of the wine and it's really sweet. "You like it?" Dan nudges my arm with his, making me almost spill the wine. "Whoops! Sorry!" Dan stands up and walks out with the bottle. Is he avoiding the conversation I'm going to have with him about my laptop? Oh my god, I sound like my mom. But he's still paying for it. I take another sip of wine and decide I don't want it anymore. I walk out of my room and into the kitchen; I wash out the wine from the glass and then fill it with water. I take a big gulp and finally clean out the cup. The red wine left a bitter taste in my mouth, telling me I shouldn't drink wine again. I walk back into my room, realizing I can't watch Netflix on my laptop, so I am forced to watch TV with Dan and Phil.
"Um. Hi guys." Dan and Phil turn around to see me, and Dan immediately smiles, with that cute side smile he has.
"Come sit, we're about to watch some Doctor Who!" Phil says excitedly, scooting over giving me room in between the two of them. I smile, and I quickly take a seat. "Okay so what Doctor Who is about, is a-"
"I've seen the show before" I interrupt, my eyes glued to the screen. "It's my favorite show. Ever." Dan and Phil look at me as if I've killed someone. "Um, what."
"You don't seem like a person to like Doctor Who…" Phil presses play on the remote and my favorite episode, Blink, starts playing.
I must've fallen asleep because the next thing I know, I'm being carried into my room by Phil. He lays me in my bed and covers me with a blanket. "Night Jazz" He sighs and walks out. I hear loud talking from the other room; guys have no idea how to talk quietly. I close my eyes again, but then I hear my name. A loud pause, and then talking again. I slowly and quietly crawl out of bed and crawl to the door and open it a crack.
"I'm sorry Phil, but I'm going to. You can't stop me you can't change her choice." Dan and Phil are both sitting on the couch and Phil looks slightly stressed.
"She's my sister though. What if this doesn't work out? I know you're a nice guy, Dan, it's just, what if she says no? It'll be super awkward!"
Dan tuts, "Who wouldn't want to go out with me? Kidding, but I think she likes me too. If it doesn't work out or it's really awkward between us, whatever. She doesn't have to go out with me it, but I really like her. Please Phil. One date. If it works out cool, if it doesn't oh well." I bite my lip and close my door. I crawl back into bed, and try to sleep. But I can't. Dan likes me! I'm just a normal girl! I let out a soft groan and put my head under my pillow, which is how I fell asleep.
"JASMINE!" I scream and sit up immediately. Dan was sitting not even 2 inches from my face.
"Jesus Dan! I could've had a heart attack!" I look at my clock and it's 8. "Eight. Are you serious? It's too early!" I say throwing a pillow at him.
"We gotta get you a new laptop! Let's go!" Dan grabs my hand and attempts to pull me out of bed. I pull my hand back and he stumbles on top of me. His face goes bright red and he stands up, taking a few steps backward.
"I have to change…" I say, gesturing him to the door. "So, um… get out."
"Right, um sorry…" Dan awkwardly walks out, closing the door behind him. I strip out of yesterday's clothes and then grab the first thing my hand finds from my dresser. Black skinny jeans and a plain blue shirt. I slip on the clean clothes, grab my purse and converse, and leave my bedroom.
"Ready Dan!" Me and Dan both head out, leaving Phil left behind all alone.
We're heading out of the apartment buildings and Dan grabs my arm. "Wait Jazz." Dan pulls me in close to him and he kisses me.