AN: Hi guys! So, it's been a little bit since I've written anything...especially for the Phandom.
I've spent a large amount of that time with my friends. You guys have no idea how much I've enjoyed game nights with them, it's sort of worth all the pain of listening to everyone else in my home complain that my hours disrupt their sleep. But, given that I have kept strange hours, I haven't wrote much unless I had a certain emotion prompting me into writing something. Of course...the bits and pieces I've found myself writing down don't really belong to a fandom..just an expression of emotions that I'll probably turn into a full blown story.
But besides that, it's nice to be back to sitting down and writing again.
To those who reviewed:
Auror Dafni: I'm glad you seemed to enjoy it!
Florence23: I do as well. Well...not just college fic...more like...any sort of school fic. They interest me, because it's so...different, I guess.
Enjoy.
The next few weeks were interesting, the trio doing their best to make Dan feel at home, as well as trying to find him a new home for while they were at school. As such, he ended up staying with one of them more often then not.
It took a while for Dan to really open up at all to them, for him to relax and talk to them.
None of them could really pinpoint when it happened - when they adopted Dan into the group instead of being just another person. But none of them really minded.
It was during one of the group's nights together, all at PJ's place on campus, when they really started getting to know one another.
Phil learned a lot about Dan - they had the same favorite band, he was extremely sarcastic and tended to be a bit offensive without meaning to be.
And suddenly, the entire situation shifted a bit. Phil was almost glad that Dan had been dropped off so suddenly because it was something different and exciting, and honestly, none of them were complaining about Dan's company. Sure, to their knowledge, he had meltdowns over his coursework every now and again, but they couldn't say much - Law had to be boring as hell. They actually commended Dan that he wasn't on a murderous rampage once a week with the work load he seemed to always have.
That was another thing, the only thing that Phil seemed to find that didn't fit the image Dan was giving - he was a huge procrastinator. He would put everything off to the literal last second. And to Phil, it stuck him as odd that someone like that would willingly be studying Law just because he could.
And so, Phil brought it up while they were at PJ's for a game night.
"So, why are you studying Law?"
Dan only shrugged, tilting his head. "I just...randomly chose something that I knew would make my parents proud and that I could commit to, no matter what it meant later on," he admitted.
PJ frowned. "So...you're studying Law, not because you think it's interesting and you enjoy it, but because you want...to...prove something?" he asked.
Dan shrugged again, nodding.
"That doesn't sound fun," PJ commented. "Why don't you experiment a bit and find something you really like? That's what years one and two are for, experimenting and finding what you're passionate about,"
Silence followed this, and Dan looked like this entire world had stopped and was slowly crumbling as he realized that PJ was right. "Yeah.." he said after a short while. "Yeah, you're right."
The conversation that night was haltingly deep, like they all wanted to discuss things, but were too scared to really open the meaningful topics up, so they settled for skirting around it all and still enjoying each other's company.
They all crashed at PJ's place that night, and unsurprisingly enough, Dan sat up half the night staring into thin air, just thinking.
What bothered the others is that he was still like that when they woke up.
"Dan, did you get any sleep?" Phil asked, a worried tone leaking into his words.
Dan blinked at him before he sighed. "Guess not," he mumbled.
Well, Phil thought, at least today should be interesting. Thank God it's a Saturday and none of us have lectures to attend.
This is short...and rushed. I'm so sorry, everyone.
Also, as it is currently about two in the morning where I am, I'd like to say this:
A very happy, happy birthday to Phil Lester!
Anyway..bye guys. I'll see you soon.