Chapter 10.

AN: So, this is going to be a great chapter. Poor Leslie. I'll talk more at the end.

When I finally did wake up, I felt groggy. It was 3 in the afternoon and I had 27 missed calls from Dan and 103 texts from him. Also, Carrie had texted me and said that we'd be going out at 3:30 today and to get ready. I pulled on my black dress from the night that we went to the Italian restaurant and braided my hair. I texted Carrie and she told me to meet her at the Starbucks a few blocks from my house. I walked out and stood by the elevator. A door opened and Dan and Phil walked out and towards the elevator. Dan was walking a little bit behind Phil, almost like he was hiding. Good, he should be.

"Hi Leslie!" Phil said cheerfully.

"Hey Phil!" I exclaimed back, feeling genuinely happy to see him.

"So, Les, where you going?" Phil asked, keeping conversation.

The elevator dinged and we waited for it to enter. "Oh, well Carrie called. She wants me to meet her for coffee, but I think she just wants me not to be in the house for like a month."

Dan turned and ran off to the stairs. The elevator opened and we entered. "You know, Leslie? Dan feels bad. I'm not saying what he did was justified. What he did was terrible, but there was more of a story behind it. I hope you will listen when you're ready."

"Maybe Phil, but right now, I'm just not ready. Make sure Dan still eats. And makes videos. What you guys do is great, and you have a lot of fans."

"Oh so you watched our videos?" I nodded. "And I'll make sure that Dan resumes life as normal. Well not exactly. I don't think that he'll be getting a girl friend any time soon."

"Ok. Well, he'll have to move on sometime."

"Okay. Well, this is our stop."

We stepped out off the elevator and I saw Dan slumped in one of the stairs. I leaned in and gave Phil a hug. "Bye Phil." I saw Dan stiffen and I felt bad. It must have hurt.

I walked briskly down the street and opened the door to the Starbucks. It was pretty much empty. "Hello! Welcome to Starbucks!" The guy behind the counter said. He lookrimed up and grinned when he saw me.

"Leslie!" Carrie exclaimed.

"Hey Carrie."

I went and sat next to her at a table in the back. "I already ordered for myself but.."

"It's fine, I'll be right back." I stood up and walked up to the counter. "Hey, can I get a caramel macchiato?"

"Sure." I tried to hand him money but he winked and said, "It's on me. You can go wait with your friend."

"Okay.." A few minutes later, he called out my name. "Um, not to make this weird or anything, but how do you know my name."

"Oh, your friend shouted it out when you walked in and it would be a crime to forget such a pretty girls name." He said. Okay, he was obviously flirting with me. Awkward.

"Good to know you're not just some stalker who knows everything about me."

"I'd like to know more. Like if you're single or what's your number."

"I'm recently single due to a guy being a complete jerk face to me."

"Jerk face? Nice. I usually go with poop head when I'm insulting someone though." We both laughed.

"Well, thanks for the coffee."

I went and joined Carrie. She smiled and winked. "So, Starbucks guy is into you?'

"Well.. I don't know if I'd go that far."

"Well then what's that on your cup?"

Right by my name, it said 'call me 555-232-5648 -Ryan'. I rolled my eyes, but pulled out my phone and added him as a contact. Ryan. Good name, it suits him. Carrie stood up. "Okay, Leslie, I have to go now. I'll talk to you later."

I stood up too and we walked in our separate directions. I felt Ryan's stare on my back and had tingles running down my spine the whole time until I got back to my building. I entered my apartment and sat on the couch. I pulled out my phone and texted Ryan.

Hey, it's Leslie from Starbucks today. Is this Ryan? I sent. A few minutes later, I got a reply.

Hey Leslie. Yeah, this is Ryan. I didn't think you'd actually text me. This is great. He replied.

We talked for a long time. We talked about TV shows, and social media sites, and exes. He just went through a nasty break up too. We must have been talking for a good 3 hours. Until he did the unexpected.

Hey, so Leslie. I was wonder, I have tomorrow off and I was wondering if you wanted to go to the park. As friends of course, cause it's a little to earlier for either of us to be dating.

Then, I did something even crazier. Sounds great Ryan :) it will be fun getting out of the house.

This was going to be an eventful day tomorrow.

AN: Okay so, I'm thinking that sometime soon I'll do a chapter from Dan's POV because everything is moving so fast. I don't want the story to end! Good news, I will be doing a PhilXOC story next. Once again, I have made a friend in the Danfic world and I would like you guys to check out their story. It is so good. It's called Mountains and Twisted Hearts. Also, AMY (aka TheFandomnessGirl) PLEASE UPDATE I'M DYING AND THEN I CANT WRITE MORE. Once again, sorry it's short, school just started again for me and I didn't have time to write more. -Georgia