Chapter 07

After my last breakup, I accepted that life was no movie and there was never going to be any knight in shining armour to sweep me off my feet in real life. Such kind of stuff simply did not happen in real life.

Which was why I was taken aback when Dan said he liked me. For a moment I stood still, staring at his face, wondering if he really did utter the words that I heard, while he was staring at me expectantly in return. I felt like I was in one of those sappy romantic movies, that I never admitted liking, but secretly loved them. I swear, at that moment, everything felt magical. The stars which already seemed to shine brighter and wind which was previously blowing gently, suddenly seemed to be filled with his scent, the scent of his aftershave. And most beautiful of it all was Dan, never had I seen him as shy, or as handsome as until this moment. I did not want this moment to pass, this spell to break, even if it meant that I was to admit my feelings for him. I wanted this moment to stretch forever till eternity and I was afraid that even a twitch of my lips, a flutter of my eyes, would break this moment.

"Yes" I whispered "I like you too" I looked away from his glittering eyes as I said, suddenly feeling shy for some reason. I was never the type of person who easily confesses their feelings. Even simple, innocent 'I love you's' and 'miss you's' get stuck in my throat, so for me to be brave enough to admit to the person I really liked, was a big deal.

I could hear his footsteps coming closer to me. He didn't say anything, just took my hands in his as we walked back to his flat for once, the silence was blissful.

I awoke abruptly the next morning when I felt something wet on my face. I opened my eyes confused, to see a very energetic Dan Howell shaking his wet hair over my face like the dork he that he was. Seeing that I was awake, he said "Get dressed, we are going out"

"Out?" I asked, my brain still refusing to function after being woken up so abruptly.

"Yes out. We are going on a date. Phil already left for his parents home early this morning, so it will be just the two of us. Get ready in an hour or I'll drag you in whatever state you are in" he said, before bounding off the room like an energetic and happy dog.

I stood staring at the door for a few minutes before I remembered I had to get ready and scrambled out of my bed.

"I am done" I announced some forty minutes later as I entered the living room. I would have been faster if not had I been stuck at deciding what to wear. And I ended up wearing a T-shirt with 'Eat, hump, die' written on it, black jeans and converse, my hair in a ponytail. Very fashionable, I know, but I chose comfort over looking good, especially while I am still limping with my twisted ankle.

Dan did a quick once over of my outfit and smirked saying 'nice life philosophy' referring to the writing on my t-shirt.

It was then I noticed that we matched. He was wearing his 'yeezus' t-shirt and black jeans and sneakers (no surprises there).

He took my hand in his as we snuck out of the building, into the blinding sunshine.

It was a disaster.

The date. It was a disaster. We went to the subway station to board the tube to some 'secret' place which he was unwilling to tell me about because it was to be a surprise, but we forgot that it was a weekday- a rush hour at that, and in the general hubbub and throng of people, we got separated. It was only when the train started to leave the station, that I noticed that Dan was actually on the train, his face plastered to the window watching me with such horror that it was almost comical.

I had to wait for 45 minutes at the station before Dan came back to pick me up, apologising profusely for his awkwardness. It turned out that Dan had planned to take me to the Victoria and Albert museum (very educational, I know) so, although delayed due to the incident, we managed to reach the museum before lunchtime. While we were there, I don't remember whose idea it was, but as we were taking a selfie with a sculpted Roman statue beside us we...actually knocked it off the pedestal, even though we were behind the caution line (we were leaning far too near the statue in order to get a clear shot) and thank god that there were no visitors who witnessed the scene. We ran away, lest any curator catches us.

Breathless and panting and hungry, we ended up in a restaurant. Finally, some respite was what we thought. That was before Dan, being the overly zealous and animated guy that he is, knocked over a tray that a passing by waiter was carrying. It was a mug full of beer, which splattered spectacularly over both of us drenching us in the sticky sweet warm froth.

After cleaning up in the restaurant's washroom, we wandered through the streets before ending up at the millennium wheel. With nothing much to do, we bought tickets to board the giant Ferris wheel.

It was almost sunset when we hopped inside the capsule, along with a couple more people and as the wheel started to rotate and our capsule started to move up, the view took away my breath. Even though I lived in London all my life, I never once got the chance to visit the London eye. While I was busy admiring the view through the see-through glass walls, Dan's hand slipped in mine.

When I looked up at him questioningly, he just shook his head sadly.

"What?" I asked, suddenly bothered by his suddenly downcast demeanour.

"It's just" he stuttered, looking away "it's just, I wanted this day to be perfect, but it turned out to be anything but that"

I put my hand on his cheek and turned his head so that he was finally facing me, so that I can finally look him in the eyes. "I know this day has been far from perfect...but this was the best day of my life. So what, if nothing went according to plan, we still managed to get through this together, didn't we?" I said gazing into his eyes imploringly.

I was rewarded with a corner of his lips lifting up and the shadow of dimple appearing on his cheek. His eyes landed on my face, and for a minute, I thought I saw indecisiveness cross his face, before turning into a steely determined gaze that made me feel suddenly shy.

And right at that moment, when we reached the pinnacle of the ride and could see the whole city spread out below, making the world seem insignificant and small compared to the moment we were in, compared to us, Dan leaned his head towards my face slowly and hesitantly, as if seeking for my permission. I was so stunned that only my beating heart continued to thunder away while the rest of my body froze. But maybe my eyes betrayed my desire because Dan continued to press forward, until his lips met mine.

A/N: Their first kiss! What do you think? Please comment and let me know!