Chapter eight
I walked home after work, got home and sat down on the couch to watch TV. I wasn't really paying attention to the television though. My phone lay in front of me on my coffee table. Not that I expected him to call, I just wanted to be sure I was ready if he did.
About an hour later I heard my ringtone, I picked up my phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. Could this be Dan?
"Hello" I answered the phone, I never answered with my name, I expected people who called me to know who they were calling.
"Hey, is this Sarah?" I heard, the voice was British, it sounded like Dan, but I couldn't be sure.
"Yes, who am I talking to?" I asked crossing my fingers.
"It's Dan, from Starbucks. You wrote your number on a paper cup" he answered playfully.
"Yeah, I wasn't sure if you would see it, good spotting" I complimented him.
"It was actually pretty lucky, because I was about to throw it out when my friend Phil noticed your writing" he admitted "thanks for that by the way" he added.
"For what?" I asked confused.
"For giving him something to tease me about for the rest of the week" he answered.
"Well it's a good thing that it's already Thursday, then you don't have that many days left" I retorted teasingly.
"Anyway I was calling to let you know that I saw your message and I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out some time or something?" he asked. Oh my goodness, Dan Howell was actually asking if I wanted to hang out with him.
"Not to sound too eager or anything, but what about we hang out at Starbucks tomorrow when you normally come in?" I asked trying not to sound too eager or excited, which of course I was.
"Won't you have to work then?" he asked sounding a bit confused.
"I can take a later shift" I suggested.
"Ok, sure. You seem like a really nice person I would love to get to know you better, I have a feeling we could be good friends" he said. So that's what he was thinking of, just friendship, nothing more than that. Well, I would rather know Dan and just be friends with hi then not know him at all and be hopelessly in love with him from afar like I was now.
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then?" I asked, trying not to sound disappointed.
"Yupp, bye then"
"Bye"
I jumped up and did my little dance of joy after I had hung up. Then I reminded myself that Dan was just looking for friendship and not to get too excited. That was pretty hard though. I told Anna later that night and she almost couldn't control her excitement. It was fun to be the person with the interesting life for once.
Dan's POV:
I had been debating whether or not to call Sarah all day, or at least ever since Phil noticed her little message. That message was the cutes way I had ever been approached by a girl, not that I had been approached by a whole lot of girls. I had been thinking of her all week actually. We had had an instant connection; I had noticed her right away that first time we met. She was so beautiful, but I had a feeling she didn't quite realize that herself, which actually made her even more beautiful. Phil was finally able to talk me into actually calling her.
I picked up my phone and dialed her number, I had kept the cup.
After two rings someone picked up "Hello" I heard a female voice. She didn't say her name though.
"Hey, is this Sarah?" I asked crossing my fingers.
"Yes, who am I talking to?" she asked, few, it was her.
"It's Dan, from Starbucks. You wrote your number on paper cup" I answered playfully. I expected her to remember, but you never know.
"Yeah, I wasn't sure if you would see it, good spotting" she complimented me.
"It was actually pretty lucky, because I was about to throw it out when my friend Phil notices your writing" I admitted "thanks for that by the way" I added.
"For what?" she asked confused, she sounded so cute when she was confused.
"For giving him something to teases me about for the rest of the week" I answered. He had actually promised to tease me about it for the rest of the month.
"Well it's a good thing that it's already Thursday, then you don't have that many days left" she retorted teasingly. She had a point.
"Anyway I was calling to let you know that I saw your message and I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out some time or something?" I asked. It had taken so long to build up the courage to say that, and now I hated the way it came out.
"Not to sound too eager or anything, but what about we hang out at Starbucks tomorrow when you normally come in?" she asked. She seemed like she was trying to hide her excitement, so cute. What she didn't know was that I was just as excited as she was.
"Won't you be working then?" I asked confused.
"I can take a later shift" she suggested.
"Ok, sure" I felt like I had to say something "You seem like a really nice person, I would love to get to know you better, I have a feeling we could be good friends" I said. Shit, that came out all wrong, now she was going to think that I just wanted to be friends. Well, that was probably what she was thinking about anyway, I didn't think a girl like her would ever go for a guy like me.
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then?" she asked. Was that a hint of disappointment in her voice?
"Yupp, bye then" fuck you Dan!
"Bye" she said sweetly, then hung up.
I stood in the same spot for a little while, just thinking. Partly I wanted to jump up and down with joy, I was actually going to hang out with Sarah, and she had sounded excited as well. Partly though, I wanted to kill myself. That was like the worst thing I could have said "I have a feeling we could be good friends", what? Stupid, fucking idiot!
