Chapter ten

I woke up rubbing my eyes with my hands and yawning, and then I turned over in my bed and realized that Dan was not beside me. Not that I was that used to waking up nest to Dan, but I was usually the type to remember events form the night before the second I woke up. I didn't think falling asleep next to my boyfriend was something my mind would make up.

The bed was warm, but I knew I should get up so I begrudgingly pushed the blanket to the side, swung my legs off the side of the bed and stood up. Again I yawned and stretched out my arms which felt stiff after laying in the same position for so long.

Usually I'd just throw a sweatshirt on, but since I hadn't worn any pajamas to bed and the apartment was starting to get colder in the mornings I went to my closet and got my fuzzy bathrobe to wrap around myself. My furry slippers were as always next to my bed and I slipped those on for extra warmth.

Now that I was all bundled up I walked down the hallway in search of my boyfriend. I found Dan in the kitchen in front of the stove. There was a delicious smell in the air, the smell of food cooking.

Sensing my presence Dan looked up "Good morning" he smiled.

"Good morning" I came over and kissed him softly "Watcha cookin?"

"Just some pancakes for my beautiful girlfriend"

"Just some pancakes huh? Dan the words just and pancakes can't be in the same sentence together" I corrected.

"A simple thank you would have done fine"

I stuck my tongue out at him "Thank you. You know that's what I meant". I walked around the kitchen gathering plates, cups and cutlery. "You want some coffee?" I asked.

"Sure, thank you" Dan answered. I started the coffee maker and brought the plates and cutlery out to the dining room and set the table.

"Sarah, you want to flip one?" Dan called from the kitchen.

I rushed back in "Sure"

"Ok, come here. Have you flipped pancakes before?"

"Of course I have. Give me that pan" I replied shoving him out of my way. Dan backed off giving me space. I prepared the pancake at the edge of the pan, readied myself and though the pancake. It did a perfect flip and landed back in the pan. "Wooh" I gave a loud battle cry. I placed the pan back on the burner and turned to Dan with a smug look.

"I'm impressed"

"You would be"

"Come here" Dan insisted pulling me closer buy the knot in the fuzzy rope tied around my waist holding my bathrobe around me. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead. We separated and Dan went back to the cooking while I perched on top of one of the cabinets and kept the conversation going.

"Last one" Dan announced as he placed the last pancake on the heaping pile. I gathered the plate in both hands and carried it ceremoniously out to the table placing it between our plates. Dan brought out the jam and sugar and we both sat down.

"Mmm, these were really good" I complimented.

"Thanks" Dan said, his mouth full of pancakes so it came out more like 'Manshk'

We ate for a while, talking and laughing before I heard a loud noise from my room indicating that I had gotten a message. I ran to see who was trying to get a hold of me.

The message was from Ally "I can't make it today, busy" was all it said, that wasn't very descriptive. I wondered why she was being so vague.

"That's too bad, I'll let the boys know" I sent back.

"Who was it?" Dan asked when I came back out to the living room.

"It was Ally, she can't make it today"

"Oh, that's too bad. Why not?"

"I don't know, she just said she was busy. It's weird actually because when I talked to her yesterday she seemed really excited" I mused.

"Yeah, Phil was too. I guess it's just the three of us then" Dan concluded, "I'll send Phil a text" Dan went to get his phone, and then we both sat down again and continued eating. The conversation was a little less lighthearted now. I was still confused by Ally's mixed messages, either something had just come up, which sometimes happens, or she was hiding something.

We finished eating and started getting ready to go out. Dan took a shower and came out dripping wet with only a towel wrapped around his waist which obviously meant we had to have a minnie make out session because I was so turned on. Soon we were ready to go and left the apartment. We walked to Dan and Phil's flat hand in hand, it was quite cold so we were huddled up together to share each other's warmth.

Phil greeted us from somewhere in the flat when we entered.

"Hey" I greeted back as I took off my jacket and shoes, then we climbed the stairs and found Phil in the lounge. "I guess it's just going to be the three of today then" I announced.

"Yeah" Phil said sounding a little bit disappointed.

"There's a new movie that just came out, you guys want to go see it?" Dan asked.

"As long as you guys don't end up making out throughout the whole thing and I feel like a complete third wheel" Phil agreed.

"I promise that won't happen" I assured him.

Together we walked to the movie theatre; there was one in walking distance from Dan and Phil's apartment. I walked between Dan and Phil and once again felt like a total midget. We bought tickets and popcorn and sat down in the lobby of the theatre to wait for the movie to start.

"Did Ally say why she couldn't come?" Phil asked cautiously. I could tell he had been a little hurt by her sudden cancelation.

"No, she didn't. And the weird part is that when I talked to her yesterday she was really excited" I said in hope of cheering him up a little.

"Oh, that is kinda weird" Phil agreed, but he didn't sound too convinced.

There wasn't much of a wait before the movie and soon we were ushered into the theatre. It was an action comedy and by the end the whole theater was laughing. Dan and I didn't break our agreement with Phil, but Dan's arm rested possessively around my shoulders throughout the movie.