Chapter 1 written by ~L
(This will hopefully get better, idek...)
"But Peej, I won't know anyone!" I whispered as we approached the door of his house.
"Phil, it'll be fine! I wanted to introduce you to some new YouTubers, there's a whole community of them now!" He called from the kitchen, dropping the bags of food and drink he was carrying on the floor.
I'd been on YouTube for just over a year now and so far PJ was the only friend I'd made. He was also one of my closest friends. I shrugged; I still didn't like the idea. This would my my first new years away from my family and I'd be spending it with a bunch of people I didn't know.
"Look, there are two people I especially want you to meet, please?"
"Fine, don't expect me to stay the whole night though!" He nodded at this and began unpacking the food. A couple of hours later the house was filled with socially awkward YouTube nerds discussing Pokémon and the newest games console.
I was stood in a corner, drinking some sort of fruit punch and trying to look well... normal. PJ came bounding up to me a huge smile plastered on his face.
"So, the two people I wanted you to meet are here... Follow me, good sir." He grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the kitchen. I recognised one of them immediately, Crabstickz or Chris Kendall.
"Chris this is Phil, Phil this is Chris." PJ announced, finally releasing my wrist. I shook Chris' hand, trying not to fan boy because he was one of my favourite ever people.
"And Phil, this is Dan..." Chris stepped out of the way, behind him stood one of the best looking people I'd ever seen. He was surprisingly tall, brown hair and brown eyes, tanned skin- there was no way he could be fully British- his features pretty much perfection and the cutest dimples every time he smiled. He was wearing a Pokémon hoody and a pair of skinny jeans. I immediately felt a blush creep up my neck. Don't say anything stupid Phil, act cool.
"Hi!" I cried, thrusting my hand towards him. Smooth. He took it and shook it awkwardly, blushing as well and smiling at the ground. PJ and Chris snuck of into the crowd, leaving me with Dan.
"So... you're AmazingPhil on YouTube, right?" He asked, his voice wasn't what I had expected at all. It was well... Very British.
"Urm yeah... My channels not very big at the moment." I don't know why I added that last bit... I was terrible around new people, especially people as attractive as Dan.
"Mine either; I have the stupidest channel name though." He laughed, pushing his fringe out of his eyes.
"Which is..?" I asked.
"I don't even wanna say it's so ridiculous... In my defence, it was an account I made like three years ago..." He trailed off and turnt away, laughing to himself. "Danisnotonfire." He said finally, suppressing a giggle.
"It's not that bad I mean you are talking to someone who's called AmazingPhil on YouTube!" He smiled and downed the last of his drink.
So overall the party wasn't a horrible failure. I made a few friends and found myself awkwardly crushing on Dan which PJ found hilarious.
"Why don't you text him and see if he wants to collab?" PJ asked me over the phone a couple of days later. "I mean, he did give you his number, right?"
"Peej it's not that easy... He lives too far away."
"He could stay at yours for a couple of days though and he only lives like half an hour away! Don't be such a wuss Phil!" He laughed down the phone.
"Bu- What if he finds out I like him? Imagine how bad that'd be. Oh god."
"Phil if you don't ask him then I will, imagine how bad that'd look!" PJ giggled maniacally down the phone.
"Don't you dare! Fine! I'll text him just don't you dare say anything to him!"
"I promise, now stop blabbing to me and text him!"
Right okay Phil you can do this. It's not like he knows your bi anyways and you're just a normal guy asking another guy to come and film a video with you. Normal... Ha.
'Hey Dan! So I was wondering would you maybe wanna collab soon?' I sent the text as quickly as possible and threw my phone across my bed and climbed under the covers. I would be crushed if he said no. I heard it vibrate almost immediately. I could feel my heart beating... Why was I so worked up? I'd had crushes before I mean hell, I had the biggest crush on Chris but I wasn't nervous at all when meeting him. I shook the thoughts from my head and quickly grabbed my phone.
'Sounds good! Whereabouts do you live?' I swear my heart skipped a beat. I explained to him whereabouts and we arranged to meet up at the station near mine in a couple of week's time, he was gonna stay at mine for a week or so, he also made me promise to Skype him as much as possible in order to sort out possible video ideas. We became good friends pretty quickly. A week before we were supposed to meet up, we were skyping. Dan had a cold so kept complaining he was dying.
"Phil, you don't understand okay. I'm dying." He croaked, suppressing a giggle. His mum walked in with a thermometer and took his temperature.
"Hmm, it's slightly high. Take of your shirt." I suppressed a giggle. He did as he was told, pulling the cover up to his neck as his mum left. He pouted cutely into the camera.
"I'm dying, the least you could do is show some empathy!"
"Awh poor you, I hope you feel better soon!" I said, trying not to burst out laughing. Then it hit me, I was skyping Dan whilst he was shirtless and I didn't feel awkward! Maybe I didn't fancy him anymore? I knew immediately that that was a load of crap of course I did but maybe now I could finally be friends with him without wanting anything more.
"So what time are you coming to get me on Friday?" He whispered, sitting up and revealing his bare chest.
"Urm probably about midday, I was thinking we could get lunch before we came back."
"Sounds good! Right so I'm gonna go and sleep and stuff so I'll text you in the morning okay bubs?"
"Okay, have a nice nap!" He winked into the camera and ended the call. Wait... Did he just call me bubs?!
