A/N: Please let me know what you think of this chapter! I really love it when you take the time to just say a little something :) And if you haven't yet, please go check out my Phanfic called "Please." Its about to get smutty so if you like that, its there for your reading pleasure.

MARLEY POV:

When the rain finally let up, we made our way back to Dan's car. It was late and I was soaking wet so I opted to go straight back to Rachel's.

"You must have watched my videos," Dan said to me in the car.

"Why do you say that?" I asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Because your hands stayed clear of my neck."

"Oh, yeah." I was not entirely sure how to respond. I didn't exactly want him knowing that I had spent the past week obsessively watching every singly video he had ever been in. "Why don't you like people touching your neck?"

"Its just…. I'm just not comfortable with people touching me there," he said, glancing over at me. I could tell there was more to the story, but I didn't want to push him. It was only a first date after all and if he wanted to tell me, he would tell me.

When we got to Rachel's apartment, he walked me to her door. "Thank you so much for the evening. I really had a great time," I said.

"My pleasure." And he leaned in and kissed me once more before he turned to go. "I'll call you," he called as he jogged back down the stairs.

My head was spinning as I walked into the apartment. I had had an amazing night. Dan wasn't at all as awkward as he made himself out to be in his videos. He was actually very confident in himself. He was not as dominating as Jake, but he was still very manly. What I liked best was how he treated me. He was the perfect gentleman and treated me like a lady, but not in a way that made me feel subservient or inferior. Dan was so… perfect. He made me feel like… well, he made me feel. He made me realize that I had never really felt before. It was a strange combination of exhilaration and terror. It was like taking a step off the edge of a cliff and being unsure of how deep the water was below.

"Marley!" Rachel came bounding out of her room, interrupting my thoughts. "So? How did the date go?"

"To tell you the truth, it was pretty perfect," I smiled. Rachel loved gossip and when she had found out that I was going on a date with one of the biggest YouTube stars, she wouldn't shut up about it. I made her swear not to tell anyone though. I didn't want Dan's subscribers to find out about me before he told them.

"Well, what happened? What did you guys do?"

I recapped the date for her. She went ballistic when I told her that he kissed me in the rain. "Oh. My. God. Marley! That is so romantic! You better be seeing him again." Her tone was almost threatening and I laughed.

"Of course I am!"

"When?"

"I'm not sure. He said he would call me."

"Okay. That's good. You don't want to seem too desperate. Ugh, I can't believe you just went on a date with Danisnotonfire! I'm so jealous!"

"Rachel, you have a boyfriend already," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, but, he's not famous!"

All I could do was laugh. I knew Rachel loved her boyfriend, Finn—they had been together for almost two years—but sometimes she seemed to forget about him when she obsessed over various famous men.

She wanted to stay and rehash our entire date again but I insisted that I needed some sleep. I ignored her pouty face as I headed for the shower.

DAN POV:

As I climbed back into my car, I couldn't believe that the last few hours had been real. Marley was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Inside and out. And she was an Avengers nerd! I couldn't wait to tell Phil. As I drove home, I vaguely wondered about all the other things I had yet to discover about her.

I walked into my apartment to find Phil playing Sonic. It was a testament to our friendship that he paused the game to ask me how the date went.

"At the risk of sounding like a twat, I told you so," he said when I finished.

"Yeah, you did," I said, grabbing a second controller and plopping down on the couch beside Phil. "Thanks dude."

"I'm just happy for you Dan. You deserve this."

"Okay, enough talk. More videogames," I said, unpausing the game.

We played until 2:00 in the morning at which point I decided to stop and check all my social networking sites before I went to bed. As I lay there, I went through the few texts Marley and I had exchanged before our date.

*Can't wait* she had said. Seeing that text again made me smile.

I decided to text her before I fell asleep.

*I had a great time with you tonight. Can't wait to see you again :)*

I hit send and fell asleep.

MARLEY POV:

My day could not have been going any worse. I had woken up with a smile on my face after reading Dan's text, but by the time I sat down to eat my cereal, I was beginning to become really stressed out. In the week after I had first met Dan, I had done absolutely no schoolwork because I was too busy moping around the house and watching Dan's videos. But my pile of textbooks on Rachel's kitchen counter reminded me that I had a lot of studying to do to prepare for a set of exams that were coming up on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On top of that, I got a call telling me that something had gone wrong in the fumigation of my apartment so I would not be able to move back until some future unspecified time.

As soon as I as done with breakfast, I packed up the textbooks and drove down to the library where I knew I could be most effective studying. When I got there, however, it was closed to the public for the weekend for some big rich-people event. Not in the mood to drive around and find another library, I walked to the nearest Starbucks where I managed to find a small table in the back corner.

Dan called me around midday to ask if I wanted to get together on Sunday. I explained my situation and told him I would likely be sitting on Rachel's couch all day with my nose in a textbook. I felt awful saying no but I knew he understood. I spent the rest of the day trying and failing to study efficiently. I kept recalling the night before and how perfect it had been, not being able to help thinking about how his touch had burned my skin and how his breath was intoxicating. It was very distracting.

Around 6:00 I finally gave up trying to study and decided to just go home. I cooked myself some dinner and curled up on the couch to watch of Dan's videos before I went to bed.

The next morning, I woke up determined to power through my studying. I threw my hair up in a messy bun, put on some sweat pants, plopped myself down on the couch, and flipped open a textbook.

I was just finishing my review of the material for Wednesday when I heard a knock on the door. Confused, I got up and answered it.

I opened the door to see Dan standing there in an adorable white knit sweater.

"Dan, what are you doing here?" I asked, giving him a hug.

"I thought it was my turn to surprise you, and I thought that you could use a study buddy," he said, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek. "And some study snacks." He pulled out a giant bag of Maltesers from his bag.

I laughed. "You're studying? I thought you were done with school."

"Okay, it will be just you studying, but I do have a video I need to edit. I won't distract you. Promise."

I rolled my eyes. He distracted me even when he was not there. I spent a lot of my study time staring off into space thinking about him. But now that he was here, I could not ever imagine wanting to ask him to leave. "Okay," I responded, leading him over to the couch.

When he sat down, I kicked my feet up onto his lap and prepared myself to start working again. "You better not distract me," I warned, teasingly.

He mimed zipping his lips closed and throwing away the key. Taking his computer out and putting on his headphones, he began his own work and I resumed mine.

Every so often, I would glance up at Dan's perfect profile. I could not believe he had just shown up to just hang out with me and work. It was the cutest thing ever. It made my stomach fill with butterflies. And despite the huge distraction sitting right in front of me, I managed to be even more productive than I had planned.

Dan eventually leaned his head back and fell asleep. He looked so peaceful that I let him stay there until it was late and I had finished my work.