This is my first phanfiction so I'm a little nervous and apprehensive to how this is going to go. I'm also not sure whether to leave this as a one shot or whether to turn it into a chapter deal? So it would be helpful if you could tell me your thoughts on that. Okay, here we go;
Chapter One
The sunlight streams through the curtains, bathing the bed in a warm glow. I roll over to see Dan, his face coated with sleep-induced innocence, his hair unkepmt and messy, which I think is cute but I know that he hates. I feel a smile creeping up on me, it's all I can do to hold it down, just knowing that I have Dan in my life warms me from the inside, spreads happiness from my heart. Careful not to disturb Dan I sit up, slowly removing the covers and climbing cautiously out of bed. Immediately I reach out; stretching for my phone in the small shaft of light. Pressing the button, I illuminate the screen, forcing it to show me the time; 11am.
Oh no, I think. Although me and Dan have been dating for a while now, somehow we still never got the courage to tell people about it. I don't know what it was, maybe we were just happy, happy to have this little shared secret, this little place that was just ours, maybe subconciously we were scared that if we told people it would become real. And today, Cat is coming to stay, for a week.
Aware of how much Dan hates early mornings, I decide to get dressed before I wake him. Staring intently at the wardrobe, which now held my bright clothes infiltrated with a few of Dan's gothic black ones, I pull out a green and blue checkered shirt and some black skinny jeans and quickly pull them on, she really would be here in next to no time.
Then, walking round the bed, I sit next to Dan and drape my arm around his shoulder, shaking him slightly. Dan opens his eyelids, revealing his groggy eyes. The deep, smoky brown irises are tinged with sleep and he runs his hands tiredly through his hair as he yawns. I leant down, kissing him sweetly on the lips, before pulling the covers of the bed as a sign to get up. "Tell me Phil" he says, staring straight into my eyes "why are we up so early?" "Don't you remember?" he shook his head somewhat guiltily "Cat?" I say and his eyes widen as he jumps out of bed causing me to giggle slightly. "When?" he says and, looking down at my brightly lit phone, I say "Ten minutes." to which Dan swears colourfully.
Dan is still hurridly trying to pull a deep black t-shirt over his head when I hear a light knock on the door and, pecking him one last time on the cheek, I rush down the stairs and open the door. Infront of me stands Cat, a grin plastered on her face and a bright pink suitcase at her heels. "Come in!" I say with a cheery smile as Dan came up behind me. Sensing his presence, I have to resist the urge to slide my hand into his and spin around, catching his lips with my own, but with a blush and a dissapointing sensation I remember we have a guest and instead I busy myself with climbing the many stairs.
Me and Cat sit in the living room as Dan begins to make tea for our guest. Whilst he's gone, Cat engages herself in chatting to me, catching me up on all that had happened since we had last seen her. I nod along politely and laugh in all the right places but frankly my mind is drifting back to my happy place with Dan, who seems to be occupying my thoughts a lot recently. Right in the middle of one of Cat's stories, Dan comes back into the room, balancing three mugs in his hands. He hands one to me, flashing me that signature smile, before handing Cat hers and sitting down on the sofa next to her. Cat then recaps the story and Dan makes some comment about how 'British people would never ever do that' and on the whole it's fun, though I can't stop thinking about how I would rather be sat next to Dan with my arm snaked around his neck. Hiding this was going to be a lot more complicated than we thought.
Seen as Cat only has a few days in the UK before she has some other event to go to, we decide to waste no time. After the tea and after Cat has dropped her case off in our spare room, we grab our coats and head for the big city. We do all the things tourists like to see when they come to england; the eye, big ben, shopping, museums, the full tour.
After a full day, we are so exhausted that it is all we can do to collapse on the sofas in the coffee house. And as we sit and drink, we chat, mine and Dan's hands entwined underneath the table out of Cat's sight. We laugh and smile and we completely lose track of time. I sort of wish we could just tell Cat and then me and Dan could act how we want instead of resorting to stolen glances when Cat isn't looking, but soon enough our oppurtunity arises and Cat excuses herself to go to the bathroom. Dan turns to look at me, his grin lighting up his whole face and, unable to stop myself I lean in and kiss him slowly, the raucous sounds of the cafe turning into a noiseless blur and all there is me and him in the whole entire world. Until I hear Cat's footsteps coming round the corner...