Dan and Phil reach their apartment and walk inside. They take off their coats, hang them up, and walk into the kitchen. Dan leans on the back of a chair, facing Phil. "So, are you sure you want to post the video? I need you to be sure," he says. "Yeah, I'm positive now. I want to do this," Phil replies, leaning on the doorframe. "Actually, I was thinking on the walk home: Don't we need to tell our friends and family?" Dan asks. "Oh, yeah, you're right. We should probably do it before we post the video, too," Phil adds. "Yeah, better they not find out that way. Well, we should tell our friends. And in person," Dan says. "Well, maybe we could throw a party!" "Ugh, Phil, do you know how much work that's gonna be?" Dan complains. Phil just gives Dan a look. "Fine," Dan gives in. "Yeah!"
They head into the living room and begin planning the party. Dan makes a list of their closest friends who they will invite - most from YouTube, others from work or old friends they have kept in touch with. Phil makes a list of supplies they will need for the party, like food and decorations. Finally all the preparations are done and Phil creates a rough draft for the invitations on his computer:
You're invited to a party at Dan and Phil's flat! It is in one week, Friday, September 16, and starts around 7pm. Please RSVP as soon as you can. And, there is a reason for this party, we have a special announcement to make. Hope to see you there!
-Dan and Phil
"I think that's good," Phil says. "Right?" "Yeah. Go ahead and send them out," Dan says, looking over Phil's shoulder, who was sitting at a table. Phil fills in the blank with the name of the first person they're inviting (Louise) and sends that to her. Then he moves on to the next. "Alright, you can work on that, and I'll work on scrolling through tumblr!" Dan says, straightening up. "Dan," Phil says, smirking, turning and giving him another look. Dan grins, then grabs his computer and flops on the couch. "Wait, actually, we should tell our family, too. Should we go out to dinner or something?" Dan asks. "I don't know. I don't really want to tell my mum we're dating, like, face to face. It would just be awkward," Phil says. "Yeah, you're probably right. I'll call my mum later," Dan agrees. Phil nods and turns back to sending out the invitations.
Almost a week has passed, pretty uneventfully. Dan and Phil had stayed mostly inside the house, but they went out for meals a couple times and went for walks nearly every morning. The party was going to be tomorrow night. Dan and Phil were playing Mario Kart on the Wii. "Yes!" Dan yells triumphantly. "Ugh, no fair. You cheated," Phil accuses Dan playfully. "I did not!" Dan exclaims, pretending to be offended. "Did too," Phil says, smiling. "Did not." "Did too." "Did-" Phil cuts Dan off with a soft kiss. Dan smiles and kisses him back. Phil pulls away. "C'mon, we should stop playing. Remember we have the party tomorrow?" He says. "How could I forget?" Dan replies. Phil stands up and helps Dan get off the couch, too. "Speaking of which, we haven't told our parents we're dating yet," Phil reminds Dan. "Ugh, do we have to?" Dan groans. "Yes," Phil rolls his eyes and gazes lovingly at Dan. He brushes a strand of hair out of Dan's face and adjusts it back into his fringe. "Why don't we do it right now?" Phil asks. "Ok!" Dan gets a mischievous glint in his eye. "Dan?" Phil asks warily. Dan smirks, grabs Phil's phone off the table, and runs into the kitchen. "Dan!" Phil quickly rushes after Dan. "Hello Mrs. Lester," Dan was saying. "Nonononono," Phil says, horrified. "Dan? Is that you?" Phil hears his mum say on the other line. "Yes. I just wanted to say I'm dating your son. Bye!" Dan says, and tosses the phone to Phil. "I hate you," Phil says jokingly, mock glaring at Dan, before lifting the phone to his ear. Dan just smirks smugly. "Er-hi mum," Phil says awkwardly. "Phil? Is that true?" She asks. "Erm.. yeah." "Ok. Well, I think you make a cute couple," Phil's mum says. "Mum!" Phil exclaims, embarrassed. "What?! You do." "Uh, okay then. Bye mum!" "Bye sweetie!" Phil sighs, hangs up and glares at Dan. "You are evil," he laughs. Dan just smirks again. "Well, your turn!" Phil runs back into the living room where Dan had left his phone, picks it up, and dials Dan's mum. "Wha-hey!" Dan yelped, and chased after Phil. "Hello Mrs. Howell!" Phil was saying...
After Dan had finished talking to his mum (she had wanted to catch up with him), Phil and Dan headed into the kitchen for a quick snack. "Well, glad that's over with," Dan says. "Me, too," Phil agrees. "So, do we have everything for the party?" Dan asks. Phil gestures to the piles of shopping bags in the front hall. "What do you think?" Phil laughs. Dan grins. "Okay, cool." "Well, it's getting late. We should go to bed," Phil says. "Yeah," Dan agrees. They finish up their snacks, wash the dishes, and head upstairs to their bedrooms. "Goodnight, Dan!" Phil says. "Night, Phil." Dan steps toward Phil, and he meets Dan, giving him a quick kiss. Each turns into their bedroom, gets ready for bed, and falls fast asleep.
The next morning, Dan woke up around 7:30. He walks out of his bedroom and into the kitchen, then realizes Phil isn't there. Phil almost always woke up before him. He quietly goes to Phil's bedroom and knocks. "Phil?" Dan asks through the door. No response. Dan carefully opens the door and sees Phil, still sleeping, laying on his stomach with his cheek pressed against the pillow. His face is mushed up slightly by the pillow and his hair is messed up with an adorable case of bed-head. Dan smiles, looks at Phil a little while longer, then closes the door and walks back to the kitchen. He realizes he never repaid Phil for making him pancakes last week, so Dan starts to make Phil breakfast. He decides to make waffles, so he makes some waffle batter, making a huge mess while doing so. Dan goes to get the waffle maker, but as he's taking it out of the cabinet, it slips out of his fingers and clatters to the floor. Dan flinches and picks it up. I hope I didn't wake- "Dan?" Phil says, walking in to the kitchen. Oops, Dan thought. "I'm sorry, Phil. I was trying to make waffles, but then I dropped the waffle maker, and, well..." Dan drifts off lamely. "It's alright." Phil replies. "But, um, what happened to our kitchen?" He exclaims, taking a look around. "I might've made a bit of a mess," Dan says. "Alright, I'll start cleaning while you finish the waffles." "Thanks, Phil." Dan smiles and plugs in the waffle maker. Phil and Dan finish making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen.
"Alright, here we are." Dan sets a plate of waffles on the table and they sit down to eat. "Okay, we have about 10 hours before the party starts," Phil says. "Yup, ok," Dan says absently. "Dan. Are you listening?" "Sorry, what?" Dan looks up from drowning his waffles in syrup. Phil smiles and says, "The party is in 10 hours. We have to get ready." "Ugh, okay." Dan and Phil finish eating breakfast and wash the dishes. Then they start cleaning the apartment, both getting distracted super easily. "Phil, come on," Dan says, after looking over at Phil and seeing him engrossed with the back of a movie case. "Sorry," Phil smiles sheepishly and replaces the movie on the shelf. After a long while (and a lunch break.. and a lot of other snack breaks), the apartment is clean, the decorations are set up, snacks are set out, and the clock reads 6:30pm. "Alright. I think we're done!" Phil calls, placing the last snack bowl on the living room table. "Finally," Dan sighs, coming into the room and sitting on the couch. Phil joins him and says, "So we have about a half hour before everyone gets here. What shall we do?" "I don't know. But, I've been thinking, we should post a DanAndPhilGAMES video after the... other one, just to take some of the attention away from it, you know?" Dan says. "Good idea. Let's continue a series, right? I don't feel like finding a new game," Phil suggests. "Well we can't do a Sims video, we just did one." "Here, hold on." Phil gets up and grabs his laptop, then sits back on the couch. He logs in to the DanAndPhilGAMES channel and scoots close next to Dan. Together they scroll down their uploaded videos and debate which game to keep playing. "Ooh, why don't we do a Pokémon Go video? We can show what we've been up to and look for other Pokémon," Phil says. "Hmm, ok!" Dan agrees. They discuss what new places they should go to ('road trip!' Phil exclaimed). A little later, Phil closes his computer, and just then, the doorbell rings.