Well, Hey...Fancy Seeing You Here?

Chapter 19 - Tattoo.

Today was the first day of Playlist, all of us were shattered after our run around yesterday on the beach. There was a YouTuber party tonight which we were all invited to and I think Leasha and I were the most exited.

We'd skipped out on going to Disney World with the other Youtubers since we had a 'conference' thing to attend or host or something. Dan and Phil were so confident on the stage where as me and Leasha had stuck to the side, occasionally saying things and staying still. A part of the show involved the audience asking questions to all four of us, they were mainly asking Dan and Phil questions with the occasional ones shot at us. One really intruiged me though.

"Would you and Dan ever get matching tatoos?" One girl asked.

"I don't think we'd get matching ones, but I'd like to get one someday. What about you Dan?" I said, it really got me thinking.

"Probably not, I don't think I'd be able to handle the pain. What tattoo would you get?"

"I want an arrow tattoo because of the quote: An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming." I didn't realise it sounded so deep until I said it. I'd seen that quote a couple of times on Tumblr and it stuck in my mind as something I wanted.

"That sounds so cool!" The girl from the audience cooed. A couple of others started muttering amongst themselves.

"Looks like Brooke's starting a trend, eh?" Leasha said, leaning on my shoulder and winking at me.

"Seems so." Dan replied smiling at me.

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After the show all four of us headed back to the hotel room to get ready for the party thing. It was smart-casual so we didn't wear dresses and heels and such. I wore a black flowery play-suit with gladiator sandals and Leasha wore high waisted jeans with a Paramore t-shirt tucked in and a Peter-Pan collar underneath and Vans.

As we were applying make-up, Phil knocked on the door.

"You decent?" He asked before entering. "Wow, you both look really pretty!"

"Why thank you!" Leasha said, walking over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pecking his lips - getting bright red lipstick on him. He didn't notice this and went back into the other room to be greeted by cackles from Dan.

"Daniel, you should know better than to laugh at little Philly, he can wear make-up if he wants to, you know!" I said sarcastically, winking at Dan through the doorway.

"What?!" Phil screeched, running to the mirror. "Oh, God. Leasha!".

Footsteps got louder as Phil and Leasha chased each other around the room. This short burst of exercise soon ended up in two tired out kids lead flat out on the bed and floor panting.

"And I thought I was unfit." I said, staring at these two numpty's.

Leasha and Phil recovered from their 'energetic' outburst and we headed to the party. Everyone was there. We had a couple of drinks with Anthony from Smosh and his girlfriend Kalel, and we danced with Alfie, Marcus, Jack, Finn and Zoe. Quite a few people were vlogging at the party so I steered clear of cameras. I didn't fancy looking back on these videos to find my slightly tipsy self doing something mortifying on the internet.

A beautiful slow song came on and me and Leasha immediately knew the song and headed to the dancefloor and began to do a dramatic dance to 'When you can't sleep at night'. Phil and Dan laughed at us for a while before coming over to us and taking us away from each other. Everyone else had gotten into partners and were slow dancing around the floor - whether sarcastically ( in Alfie and Marcus' case ) or in all seriousness, like us.

"You really do look beautiful tonight, Brooke." Dan whispered, resting his forehead on mine, looking deep into my eyes.

"Thank you, Dan. You look very handsome in your button-down. I think it suits you. I'm so glad you didn't wear your moth shirt. Jack would not let you live it down, and I swear Tyler would try and steal you from me." I replied, giggling slightly.

"True, true. Though I'd like to see Tyler try."Dan chuckled. I started to yawn and realised how drained I was. I think I was still slightly jet-lagged from yesterday. I leaned my head on Dan's chest and listened to his heartbeat, it was perfectly in time to the music. Still swaying gently, Dan raised my hand to his lips and kissed my knuckles gently before resting his head on mine, breathing gently into my hair.

"I think we'd all best get back to the room, I swear this song's a lullaby." Phil said, carrying Leasha who seemed to have fallen asleep whilst Phil was getting drinks for them. Bless her.

"Yeah, we're really tired. I think we'd have probably fallen asleep on each other stood up if we weren't careful. That would have made for a good video." Dan replied, wrapping his arm around my waist and starting to walk, slowly. I wrapped my arms around his middle too, cuddling into his chest, still absorbed by the sound of his heart.

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Once we'd all gotten back to the hotel room and changed into pyjamas, we all had hot chocolates. Leasha woke up the moment the kettle was put on. I swear to God that girl would die without a kettle. Her tea and coffee addictions are through the roof. Phil and Leasha were pretty tired after their drinks so they went straight to sleep. Dan and I cuddled in bed for a bit first.

"Today was really fun, you're really confident on stage despite your awkwardness." I whispered into Dan's chest. His arm was draped around my shoulders and I was snuggled into his chest, using him as a pillow.

"It was, and yeah I suppose so. The second year in a row it's easier though."

"Yeah." My eyes were slowly fluttering shut and I was in that awkward state between consciousness and sleep. I took a deep breath, and as my eyelids stayed closed, Dan kissed them gently.

"I love you." Dan whispered into my hair.

My eyes opened one last time and looked up to Dan's face.

"That's the first time you've said you love me." I said, staring into Dan's chocolaty eyes.

"Yup, and I'm not lying either." He said with all seriousness.

I paused for a moment - but then a smile came to my lips.

"I love you too, Dan." I whispered before Dan leaned down, placing his warm lips on mine. As we broke apart he kissed my forehead and we both fell asleep, cuddled in each others arms.