A/N I own no one and nothing, but the ideas in my head

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I had a bt of writers block then real life kinda got in the way.

Friday
Darren's POV

I had a day off of filming and I decided to drive to back home to see my parents. While I was driving I couldn't help thinking about how much I couldn't wait to get back to Madison. It amazed me that less than three weeks earlier I was having the worst time of my life even getting to the town and was dreading my time there. Three weeks ago the best thing about the town was that it was a 45 minute train ride to NYC and that I'd be getting to work with theater classes at the University. Now because of one afternoon Madison was the only place I wanted to be. And it was all because of one person.

I wasn't lying when I'd told Catie I was speeding through my scenes and songs. I was working extra hours with the rest of the cast so we could all be finished that much quicker. I hadn't realized what a positive influence my girlfriend had been in the lives of my friends and coworkers, but I honestly couldn't say I was that surprised. We all talked about how everything seemed happier in Madison even though it was much colder that L.A. and it rained much more.

We all worked extra hours and rescheduled all of our interviews so that we would be back on Tuesday night rather than midday Sunday like Catie had been told. That was when the Starkids were supposed to be arriving anyway so when Joey tried to get her to the airport with him she would go willingly and not be suspicious of anything. I had a surprise planned for her for when we got back.

I walked into the house and was almost immediately bombarded with questions about Catie. My mother was beaming as she asked when they would get to skype again and when she could "finally meet the girl who had made [her] little boy so incredibly happy." I loved that my parents liked Catie so much and that they were genuinely excited to meet her in person. Once the novelty of it wore off my parents began asking me the normal questions about work and music while slipping in little comments or questions about my girlfriend. Every time they mentioned her I was more and more grateful that they really seemed to want to get to know her. Thinking about Catie I pulled out my phone and remembered that I had heard it go off on the drive over. I saw that I had a picture text. It seemed that she had gotten my present from Joey. I couldn't believe how much I liked seeing her in my clothes. I thought I would have gotten over it the first time, but nope. It still just did something to me to see that.

I called her and my mother squealed with joy when she realized who I was talking to and was excited to hear that Catie like the gift my parents had gotten her. My mom was more excited that Catie had said she could text her. I fell even more in love when Catie said that she would refer to my parents as Mama and Papa Criss. She was accepting my family as much as they were accepting her and it was wonderful.

I hung up the phone and walked into my room, which my parents kept decorated the way it was after I had "moved out," and sat on the bed. I'd had a long day, but I got to talk to my katydid and my heart was about full to bursting. Man I could not wait to get back to Madison.

Saturday

I woke up more excited than I had been in a while, even though it was 7 am and all I wanted to do on my day off of swimming was sleep in. Luckily for me though I had a whole day planned where I didn't have to worry about anything but having fun and being with my friends.

We had decided as a group to go the Harry Potter exhibit that was going on in the city and I was extremely excited about it. Not only was I getting to nerd out with my friends, but I was also going to the city for the first time without adults or school trip schedules to abide by. Not to mention James and Oliver Phelps would be there signing autographs. That was the reason we were leaving so early. We took the 8:30 train from Madison to Penn Station and arrived in the city at 9:30. We got in line and froze until around 11:30 when we finally entered the building. It took around another 30 minutes before we got the autographs and left to get lunch before coming back for our ticket time to see the actual exhibit.

I hadn't told Darren about any of this beforehand because I knew he'd be jealous. I woke up and texted him good morning before we left school. He texted me back when we were on the train; asking why I was up so early. I took a picture of me and Alyssa and told him we were taking a train ride into the city to see an exhibit and meet some special people. I then tweeted the picture of us because it was Alyssa's first time on a train. He answered back asking what exhibit we were going to see.

"Oh, just the Harry Potter exhibit at the Discovery Museum. No big deal. Haha"

"WHAT?! Why didn't you tell me? That's awesome! I'm so jealous! Have so much fun babe."

"Haha I'll try. This was kind of a last minute plan so I wasn't entirely sure when we'd be going. Luckily I had the day off of practice the same day that the Phelps' were going to be there signing autographs!" oops! I didn't mean to tell him that, oh well.

"The Phelps'? Like James and Oliver Phelps? The ones who played Fred and George? THOSE Phelps'? Oh my god! Catie that's so amazing! I hope you have so much fun and tell Alyssa congrats on the train ride; I just read your tweet."

"Yes, haha, those Phelps'. She says Thanks! I'm sorry you couldn't come with up Dare. I really miss you and I wish I had enough money to get you something, but the souvenirs are going to be expensive I'm sure and I don't know if I'll even be getting anything for myself. They don't open the doors until 11 and we are gonna be freezing! I wish you could be here to keep me warm wrapped up close to you."

"Aww katydid I miss you so much too babygirl! I love you so much. And I know you're gonna have a great day, but, hey, do me a favor?"

"Sure, babe. And I love you too."

"Ok, promise that you won't get swept off your feet when you meet the twins? They would be crazy not to see how amazing you are and I'm not there to defend your honor."

"Darebear, I promise you have nothing to worry about. And I am perfectly capable of defending my own honor. Plus I've already been swept off my feet by a certain curly haired hobbit."

"But… they have sexy accents… and they're like super tall… and (I am comfortable enough in my own sexuality to say this) They're HOT!"

"Darren Everett Criss. Are you really gonna make me say it?"

"Maybe…. Wait. Say what?"

"Darren YOU are sexy, YOU are hot, and YOU may not be as tall as they are, but you're YOU and that's everything I ever wanted and more. And YOU are mine and I and YOURS. Not theirs ok? I love you. So much! And I miss you like crazy!"

"Aww baby you are so sweet. Thank you! And I feel the same way about you. You are mine, and I am soo yours! I will be for as long as you want me. I can't wait to come back with you and to meet everyone at school. Babe, will you keep texting me while youre waiting and even when you are just about to meet them and just after you meet them? I still feel kind of insecure, because – even if you don't believe me when I say it; you are beautiful and quite a catch and they'd be crazy not to recognize that."

"Darren I promise you there is nothing to worry about. Gabi, Victoria, and Alyssa know how much I love you and they would never let me do anything even if it were unintentional and they were just being to forward. But, yes, if it makes you feel more comfortable, of course I will keep texting you! I love you Darren, I'd do anything to keep you happy."

"God, how do you do it?"

"Do what? Dare?"

"Make me fall more and more in love with you every minute, of course!"

"Hahaha, well I assure you it's not a conscious decision on my part, but I could ask you the same question. I guess that's just what makes "us" work so well huh?"

"Well put, and yes indeed. I'll let you go for now sweetheart, have fun and keep me posted about your day ok? I love you! You'll me in my heart, my love."

"hehe ok Dare. I love you, too; you'll be in my heart, always. I'll keep you in the loop babe. Talk to you soon! Bye!"

"Bye sweetie"

Darren kept in contact with me throughout the time we were in line waiting. Despite the cold we had so much fun and we even made a new friend, Julia. We talked to Julia and her dad almost the entire time we were in line and we even got autographs at around the same time. I didn't mention to her that the boyfriend I was texting with also happened to be Darren CRISS, because I wasn't sure how she'd respond and a lot of harry Potter fans are also Starkid fans and I didn't really want to be ambushed. No one came up to me either which was actually surprising considering the number of views the interview video had, how many twitter followers I'd been getting, and the connection between the fan bases, but I guess they were either acknowledging Darren and my request or they didn't recognize me. Either way it was nice to be able to text my boyfriend and be in public without being hounded, I was honestly a little afraid that I wouldn't be able to go out without being stopped and asked questions.

Darren's texts got more and more lovey and sickly sweet as we progressed further toward getting our autographs, not that I minded. His texts always made me smile and as silly as I thought he was being I couldn't help, but be flattered that he really did seem worried and a little bit jealous about me meeting the Phelps twins.

I texted him a picture of the autographs and he fangirled, then said he had to go to a meeting and that he'd see me soon and talk to me later. Once we got back to the dorms I texted Darren goodnight and went to bed.

A/N: Let me know whatcha think and if you have any ideas for how to go from here!