I almost spat out my coffee. "Seriously? You idiot!" I said between fits of laughter. I was at Starbucks with Dan, and he was telling me about the time he tried to pet a giraffe at the zoo. "Okay, I was eleven and rebellious, okay? We all have that phase, right?" He said, laughing as well. I shook my head, as I had never been a troublemaker. My mother called me an "innocent bean," if that made any sense at all. "I guess I expected that from you, it suits your adorable personality." He said, talking much more calmly than he had been not two minutes ago. I smiled weakly and felt myself blush.
I finished my coffee, and Dan was already finished was his, so we decided to leave. We took a walk down the cool autumn sidewalks, and some girl noticed us holding hands. She legit told us that we should get married, I kid you not. She didn't even know us.
"Would you like to stay at my apartment for a while?" Dan asked happily.
"I'd love to!" I said a bit too excitedly. He just smiled and nodded.
"Wonderful. I think you'll like it a lot." He replied, and I got more excited. Suddenly, autumn suddenly figured, 'Hmm, let's make this super stereotypical and gay!' because a sudden gust of wind made me shiver and wish that I had brought a jacket. Before I knew it, Dan was sliding off his leather jacket and wrapping it around my shoulders.
"As cliche as this is, you need it more than I do." He said, pressing a kiss to the top of my hair.
He messed with his keys, obviously not the handy type. I took his keys and dramatically unlocked the door, walking inside and dropping the keys in his palm. He guided me through his entire and seemingly endless apartment, (his roommate was PJ. They just pooled their money.) and he was right. I loved it. Dan even decorated part of his room with a lion plushie and a few adorable lion stickers because my favorite animal is, duh, a lion.
"Do you like it?" He asked, and it was and understatement. I practically jumped into his arms, peppering his face with kisses. (A/N: It just sounds very… Phil) "Do I like this? Are you kidding me?! I love this!" I said, and Dan was laughing. His laugh was perfect, it sounded like angels singing majestic gay songs. If that exists.
"You wanna watch a movie? I have a growing collection of DVDs that I should probably attempt to stop…" He said, and my mouth answered before my brain could even think about it. "Of course! I would love that!" I said a little too loudly, and when I realized how over excited I was being, I just looked away shyly. Dan caught my chin in his fingers and pushed my head back up to him. "I love when you get enthusiastic like that. Your eyes light up and it makes me smile." Dan said softly. Of course, a blush made its way across my cheeks. I put my arms around his neck, and he wrapped his around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder, and finally exhaled all of the stress I was holding in. This is what boyfriends are for.
"Now do you prefer scary movies or comedies?" I smiled into the hug and immediately thought of which movie I wanted to see. "Let's try a horror movie. I heard Jacob's Ladder was pretty okay." I laughed at Dan when he winced at the suggestion, because I knew horror movies were only sort of his thing.
"DUDE! Oh my god, Jacob, it's a hallucination! Chill!" I could feel Dan practically shaking under me, but not quite. He was sitting on the couch, and I was laying down, my head in his lap.
"And you're telling him to chill?" I prodded, poking his knee jokingly.
"Shut up." I just smiled, an idea popping into my mind.
"Make me."
"Hey, you two. I'm home if that matters." I felt my face redden and Dan laughed from above me."Hello, PJ. Welcome back, finally. You were at that party for like four hours after we left. I wonder what would've made you stay...?" He trailed off, and PJ just flipped him off and walked to his room. We burst out into laughter, and got off of the couch, extending a hand toward me. I took it gladly and attempted to fix my hair, but failed miserably. Dan laughed, opened the front door, and began yet another walk down the chilly sidewalk.