Part 1
Lovers In Paris
Phil was awoken to the voice of the automated woman telling them they're almost in Paris. He woke Dan who was sleeping peacefully against the window.
"Dan! Dan!" He shook the boy next to him excitedly which only made Dan groan unappreciatively. We're nearly here Dan, look!"
Dan focused is tired eyes onto the blur out of the window. The blurry lights soon focused to a beautiful city in the night. Dan checked his phone to see it was eight 'o clock in the evening. He could see the lights of the Eiffel Tower twinkling in the middle of the city. They arrived at the Gare Du Nord Station and collected their bags off the shelf. They stepped onto the platform and breathed the new, French air.
"This is the first time I've ever been to France.." Dan breathed, amazed at the sight of the station's architecture. His eyes wandered around to the French signs and stalls, selling baguettes and cheese. He saw a mime performing by a column, collecting money in his pot after every performance.
"This is just the station. Wait until you get outside!" Phil dragged Dan by the arm as he was still fascinating over the sights of foreign produce and tradition. They walked out of the station doors to see the city of Paris in full view.
"Welcome Dan, to Paris. The city of lurve" Phil winked. Dan gasped at the beautiful sight. He stared at the statues and tall buildings, he turned to see the tall station behind him. Trams were going through the streets collecting their travellers and tourists. He saw the French people, with their berets and thick coats. He looked down the streets and saw the typical French patisseries and boulangeries. He saw the famous Gucci, Dior and Chanel stores with the rich people pouring in and out of them. He was pulled down the steps by his boyfriend and was taken down the streets. He passed through the French markets selling cheeses and breads. He passed a garlic stand, selling specific types of garlic. Phil pulled him out of the markets and they walked over to the Eiffel Gardens. He could see Dan's excited face in the street lights.
They turned the corner to see the great landmark standing tall in front of them. Dan laughed with amazement. He spinned on the spot, taking in the truly amazing sight.
"It's just like the movies, Phil" Dan shouted. "Thank you so much!" Dan flung himself at Phil hugging him tight.
"Hey Dan, the queue for the Tower isn't that big.. We could, you know"
"Oh can we Phil?! Oh that would just be amazing!" Dan was literally about to implode with all the happiness.
"Come on, you" Phil pulled Dan towards the ticket booth. "Deux billet uh.. for le.. tower? Sil voux plait.." Phil turned slightly red at his bad French and hoped that the ticket master spoke at least some English..
"Nu somes Angles, deux billet si voux plait." Dan chipped in with his surprisingly good French. Phil turned to him amazed. (By the way, it means 'We are English, two tickets please'(: thank you google)
"Your friend speak good French than you" Said the ticket master with a very strong French accent.
"Uh.. oui" Phil replied nervously.
"That be fifteen euro ninety five please"
"Uh, there you go.." Phil flustered around giving him a twenty euro note.
"Merci, enjoy visit."
Dan and Phil waked away from the booth in silence and joined the queue. They turned to each other in sync and burst out laughing. A few of the people in the line turned around to tut and frown, but they were laughing too much to care.
"What even was that!?" Dan was still in fits.
"I don't even know, I dropped languages as soon as I could." Phil giggled. "Where did you learn fluent French?"
"That's all I really know, how to ask for stuff and how to say you're British." Dan said
"That's useful, whenever I am in a situation with a French person I'll say that." Phil overheard an angry French man a few people in front of them.
"Ugh, le angle.." He tutted and they both tried to withstand their laughter.
They finally reached the front of the queue and handed their tickets to the man in charge. He showed them to the lift they were going in. Luckily no one else was in it so they could have some privacy. They stepped in the lift and after a few seconds the door closed and hey began to move up. Dan was buzzing, he took Phil's hand and squeezed it tightly. They slowly rose above the buildings and could start to see the rest of Paris. Dan sat down next to Phil and leant against his shoulder. The Paris lights flickered as the continued to move up slowly.
"Did I ever tell you how beautiful you look in the dim lighting?" Dan said quietly.
"You look beautiful from any angle, and any lighting." Phi smiled and leaned into Dan.
"I never thought I would get to be with someone while going up the tower." Phil whispered. "I never thought I'd get to kiss someone over the sights of Paris."
"Me neither.." Dan replied lovingly. "But here we are, lovers in Paris"
Phil brought Dan's head in and kissed him in the low lighting of the city. Dan moaned softly in appreciation and brought his hand up into Phil's hair. Phil wrapped his arms round Dan's neck and kissed him deeper. They felt themselves get higher into the night sky and they were in their own world. They rose higher and higher, the twinkling lights grow smaller, into tiny orbs. They pulled away to look into each other's glowing eyes. Dan's tanned face reflected the golden lights shining from below. Dan kissed Phil's cheek lightly and leaned on his shoulder as they nearly reached the top. The lift stopped with a jolt, and broke them both out of their daze. They were there. The top of the tower.
"Wow…" Dan breathed, taking in the sight in front of them. He took Phil's hand and pulled him to the edge. The pointed out different landmarks in Paris and stared over at the beautiful city. They were alone at the top and it was almost completely silent apart from the lift squeaking. "This is just… Perfect.."
"I know.." Phil said, he too was amazed at the sight of the city at this time of night. "Thank you for coming Dan.." He smiled in the darkness.
"How could I refuse!" Dan leaned in to kiss Phil in the cold, night air.
Part 2
Your Eyes
Dan awoke in a soft single bed. He was in the warm arms of his beautiful boyfriend breathing softly against the pillow. He turned over to look at Phil and stroked his cheek. Phil moaned softly at Dan's gentle touch.
Dan got up out of bed and made sure to tuck Phil in comfortably afterwards. He walked slowly into the bathroom and caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He turned full view and started to feel sick. He looked at his tanned body and thought ill of it. HE started to well up at the sight of his hair. He felt disgusted at himself for looking this way.
It had been minutes of sniffing and trying to hold back his tears when he heard rustling sounds coming from the bedroom. Phil came in the bathroom to see Dan, trembling t himself in the mirror.
"Oh Dan…" Phil sighed coming up from behind and wrapping his hands round Dan's waist. He rested his chin on Dan's shoulder. "Remember what I said, Dan. Take a deep breath." Dan breathed in slowly his breath shaking slightly holding back the tears. "Now count to ten, then breathe out" Dan did so whilst Phil took his hand gently. "Now, without my help, I want you to pick at least one thing that is good about yourself. You can do it, Dan." Phil squeezed Dan's hand softly. "Let me try. Right, I like the way my hair stays straight so I don't have to straighten it all the time. Now, you go." Dan looked closely and felt disappointed. "It doesn't have to be about looks, beauty comes from the inside, remember?" Dan closed his eyes and thought deeply.
"I am a kind person." Dan said quietly. Phil smiled and squeezed Dan's hand more..
"That's it Dan! Keep saying that"
"I am a kind person. I am a kind person. I am a kind person."
"You are a very, very kind and loving person Daniel Howell." Phil said to Dan's reflection. "And I love you for it."
Dan closed his eyes again. "I guess my eyes are kind of a nice colour.."
"Don't be vague, say it boldly" Phil smiled
"My eyes are a nice colour. My eyes are a nice colour. M-"
Phil span Dan round and looked him fiercely lovingly and straight in the eyes. "Your eyes, are beautiful. They are perfect." Phil pushed every word and Dan smiled back. Dan wrapped his arms around Phil's neck and pressed his lips against the other's.
"Thank you so much Phil… I love you.. Don't forget how much I do.."
"Never. And don't you forget how much I love you. I'll never let you go."
Part 3
Special toasters and Juice Pumps.
They both got dressed and headed down to breakfast where they sat at a table by a tall arched window. The hotel was typical French themed. The vintage tablecloths and the many miscellaneous pictures decorating the plain walls. They were serving the typical French breakfast, bread, butter and jam, with Croissants and Pain au Chocolate. As they were so very French, they did not have any bacon or egg, which made Dan slightly downhearted and annoyed that he couldn't have his precious bacon.
"We'll go to an English breakfast bar tomorrow Dan. I promise…" Phil said watching Dan turn his nose up at the French cereals and fruit yoghurts. He put some toast in the special toast maker, the ones where you put the toast on the rack then it moves it up through the heater slowly and drops out onto your plate when done. Dan was amazed at this construction. Some people were giving him strange looks as he bent down to watch his toast move up through the grill.
"This is genius. Seriously Phil, why don't British hotels have this sort of stuff" His eyes lit up as the toast started to peak out of the grill, perfectly browned and toasted.
"They do Dan, they also have those drink pumps." Phil pointed to the large tank filled with orange juice.
"What?! Why can't I have a massive pump of orange juice that I can help myself to anytime?!" People started to stare at Dan as he was ranting on about special toasters and juice pumps.
"Dan…. Dan..?! DAN!" Phil shouted unintentionally loudly so that half of the breakfast bar went quiet. Dan suddenly realised how he had been ranting rather loudly and had disturbed the surrounding customers. He flushed slightly red before he picked his toast up and sat at their table.
"Its only a juice pump, Dan.." Phil said setting his tea down on the table.
"It's a very cool juice pump though. Look at the spinny thing in it!" Dan exclaimed gleefully.
"That's to stop the pulp from setting at the bottom"
"…I still want a juice pump"
They both started giggling at Dan's new obsessions: Special toasters and Juice Pumps.
They set out for the Day exploring the city of Paris by visiting Notre Dame and going in their huge Apple store. They found a great merchandise store and both bought Muse t-shirts for them to wear the next day. They proceeded to the French version of HMV and scrolled through the posters where Dan saw awesome Marvel posters and yet, more Muse. They went through the box sets and movies until he saw it.
Phil saw the entire Buffy collection in a smooth black box with Sarah Michelle Geller's face on the front. Phil gasped and ran his hands along the top of the box. He looked at the price and groaned, it was over €50 and they had a daily spending limit.
"Oh but look at it.. It's so beautiful.." Phil whined. Dan came over from flicking through some Marvel DVDs and came to join Phil at the masterpiece.
"That is pretty classic." Dan agreed. "But Phil you have every series at home"
"Its in a special box though, look!" Phil was groping the box and complimenting everything about it.
"You're as bad as me with Special Toasters and Juice pumps!" Dan laughed "Come on, they have Kill Bill!"
They ended up buying seasons 2, 3 and 4 of Doctor Who before heading out for lunch.
Part 4
Muse
"Is it normal to be nervous and excited at the same time" Dan was excitedly rushing through his bags looking for a decent pair of jeans.
"Yeah, is this your first concert?" Phil asked.
"Mmhmm.. what about you?"
"Same!" Phil said happily "My Dad would never give me money to save up for anything."
"Well, now he has!" Dan said joyfully. "Can I borrow a pair of jeans?"
"Sure! You don't have to ask" Phil threw his bag at Dan and he rustled through the t-shirts and trousers stuffed into it.
Dan pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans which suited him and his Muse t-shirt perfectly. Dan pulled them on and grabbed his bag with his phone and wallet. Meanwhile Phil was sitting on his bed quietly, muddled in his thoughts.
No Phil. You're wrong. He loves you. You love him. He is not using you for this trip.
He began to feel dizzy. His stomach flipped and squirmed. His eyes started to blur and his head started to ache.
What if he leaves me after this? What if I leave him? What if… What if..
"PHIL!" Phil was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts and pulled back to reality. Where he knew Dan loved him, just as much as he loved Dan. He looked up at his lover and focused his eyes on his unique features. "Are you feeling okay? Do you want me to get something?"
"I.." Dan sat down next to Phil quickly and put his arm round the other boy's shoulders.
"Phil are you sure you're okay" Dan said with worried tones.
"I'm fine Dan" Phil smiled. "I just had one of those weird fuzzy moments.
"Okay, well tell me if you need anything." Dan sounded unconvinced.
"Come on" Phil said standing up. "We'll need to get there early if we want to get near the front" They both walked out their room door and let it click quietly behind them.
When they reached the venue for the concert, it wasn't too busy as they were there two hours early. They queued in line and sat down as they were going to be there a while.
"OOH THEY HAVE WIFI!" Dan exclaimed a little too loudly.
Phil got his phone out and connected to the network. He updated his twitter. He went on tumblr in the meantime and saw that the queue had started to move, they got up quickly and followed the line of people approaching the ticket stall. After about half an hour, they finally reached the stall where they got their tickets clipped. They proceeded into the huge stadium where they saw the stage being set up and people camping out waiting for the band to arrive. The two boys approached the front and tried to ease their way through, getting closer to the front and earning a few scowls from the people they were passing. They managed to get a few rows back from the barricade and thought they'd stay there for the moment. They sat down and got out the crisps that Phil had bought in the shop outside.
"What's the time?" Dan asked, he was very bored indeed.
"Ten to eight" Phil said lowly. They started to regret coming so early, but they knew it would be worth it.
"You got anything to do in the meantime?"
"Not really" Phil took out his phone "I have apps, some are multiplayer?"
"Sure, I guess there's not much else to do.." Dan said simply.
They played games on their phones for what felt like an hour, listening to their favourite Muse songs. The stadium started to pile up and they saw that people had started to stand and cheer. Dan and Phil instantly stood up and saw the presenter introduce the opening acts. They were some sort of French tribute band and were fairly decent to bring on probably the best band in the world, they thought.
The tribute band exited the stage and the lights went down. Dan checked his phone which read the time as 21:00 exactly.
"Dan!" Phil gasped. "Dan look it's them"
The crowd cheered and wooed as the three talented young men walked to the front of the stage. As usual, Matt Bellamy was in a very curious looking jacket with bright purple trousers. His guitar was bright red and glittery, and he had his guitar at the usual length. He brought his pick up and played the first famous, 3 chords at the beginning of their song 'Knights Of Cydonia'.
The crowd roared as they sang along. Dan and Phil raised their hands and started raving to the rhythm that Dom beat on the drums.
"DOW NOW NOW NOW, NOW NOW NOW, NOW NOW NOW. NEW NEW NEW NEW, DOO DOO DOO, DOO DOO DOOOOOOOOOOOOO." Dan and Phil sang along loudly to the melody.
"Come ride with me.. Through the veys of history." His voice was brilliant as always, and sounded just like he did on the track. They sang along to the song and knew every single word.
"NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE ME ALIVE! TIME HAS COME TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT!" The crowd roared these famous lyrics and filled the stadium with voices along with Matt's.
The song finished and they greeted the audience with the best French they could, but all the same, sounded very British.
They sang through some of their best songs, Stockholm Syndrome, Feeling Good, Sing For Absolution, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Plug In Baby, Hysteria, Invincible (which made Dan cry because it was so very emotional for him) Matt went to his piano and played United States of Eurasia and Explorers.
They played songs where Dan and Phil took each other's hands and held each other close. They got to the front and felt the metal barricade. They looked up to see Matt Bellamy singing Supremacy into the microphone. Chris then stepped to the front and sang Liquid State and Save Me, before Matt then came to the front to talk to the audience.
"This next song, a lot of you know and love, I'm actually gonna dedicate it to these two guys at the front, they've been catching my eye all evening and I'd just like to say how great it is that you're expressing your relationship to the world." Matt stuck his thumbs up and Dan and Phil and went over to his piano again. The two guys were absolutely shell-shocked at how THE Matt Bellamy had mentioned them and even thought about them. He looked down at them again and laughed at their expressions, then proceeded to play the introduction to 'Starlight' and Dan and Phil turned to each other in sync and grinned.
He then played the chords at the beginning with a steady rhythm. They all cheered and the surrounding people looked at them and grinned.
"Far away, this ship is taking me far away, far away from the memories of the people who care if I live or die." They all sang along and Dan once again took Phil's hand and squeezed it,
"Starlight, I will be chasing a starlight, until the end of my life, all the soul that would die just to feel alive."
"Hold you in my arms, I just wanted to hold you in my arms" Phil pulled Dan in closer and felt his hair against his cheek.
"I'll never let you go, If you promise not to, fade away, never fade away." Phil's head whizzed back to his thoughts earlier, he began to wonder If Dan would ever fade away from him. He snapped out of it quickly and sang along to the song again.
"Hold you in my arms, I just wanted to hold….." The song finished and the crowd cheered. Matt then went to the front of the stage and held his hands in their direction. Phil turned around and kissed Dan openly on the lips. The surrounding crowd and the band all clapped and cheered. They hadn't been this happy in their entire lives.
Author's Note:
Hi again! It me lol. I'm just going to point out that my French is terrible and I was relying mainly on y mum to help me. Anyway the 'DOW's and the NOW's were supposed to be the guitar melody and I'm pretty sure that's how many there are, I went through it several times. Chapter 11 will be uploaded as well with this massive chunk of fanfiction. (I may say that you won't like what will happen at the end of that chapter *evil laugh*. Please review and give feedback, and follow me for updates on the story!