Who are you? (danisnotonfire fanfic) ON HOLD

Chapter 2

Arya kept her head down as Dan pulled her towards the ever increasing crowd of people.  Dan was aware of a few people taking pictures of them.  No doubt they'd be all over the internet later on, especially tumblr, with speculations and comments like 'Dan has a new girlfriend!'  He stopped abruptly, turned around to face Arya and lifted her chin up with his free hand, so she had to look him in the eyes.  "Just go and have some fun okay?  Don't worry what people think of you, chances are, you'll never see them again."  He reassured her.  He felt very protective of her for some reason, like she was a mystery waiting to unravelled, and he had to be the person to unravel her.  Arya nodded, but didn't move from where she was.  "And, um... how about you stick around afterwards and you can come some place with me and the guys."  Dan asked softly.  He was really fascinated by Arya, and he wanted to get to know her better, but he thought asking her to go somewhere with him alone might be weird.

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Arya didn't know what to say to that.  She was only expecting to spend a few minutes with each of her favourite YouTubers, not go somewhere with them afterwards!  She nodded dumbly as she tried to find her words.  "Yeah... great... I'd love to!"  She managed to say at last.

Dan grinned.  "I'll see you later then!"  He said as he walked off to greet people who had started gathering at a slight distance. 

Arya stood there for a minute watching Dan interact with his fans until one guy walked up to her.  "Hey, isn't your name Arya?"  He asked her.  Arya nodded.  "And you make videos on YouTube right?"  Again, she nodded.  The guy turned around and called "Hey guys!  I've found her!"  A group of about 10-15 people came running up to her.  She was somewhat overwhelmed, being the first gathering she'd ever been to, and she came to meet YouTube, not to be bombarded with a group of fans!  "You have no idea how long we've been waiting to meet you!  Not to sound creepy or anything."  He said as his friends were running over.  "My name's Tom, by the way."

Arya smiled.  "Nice to meet you-"  she started, but was interrupted when one of the group yelled.

"We LOVE your videos!"  Soon enough they were asking her questions and wanting her to sign their books and iPads.  Arya had no idea what to do.  She only ever spent time with people at work and with the people she shared her apartment with, and she rarely had a proper conversation with any of them.

"Hey, hey, HEY!  Guys, why don't you calm down a bit?  Can't you see she's a bit overwhelmed right now?"  Tom interjected, winking at Arya while he did so. 

Arya blushed and averted her gaze.  She caught Dan looking at her with a confused expression, so she sent him a small wave.  He smiled and turned back to his demanding fans.  Arya spent the majority of the following hour signing things, chatting with the group of people surrounding her and having awkward pictures taken as more and more people came to see who she was.

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Dan couldn't get Arya out of his head.  The first time he glanced back, she was still looking at him with those magical eyes of hers.  In a way, he was worried that she'd just stand there and not talk to anyone, but he had to turn back to the constantly expanding group of 'fans' that were demanding his attention.  A few people, who had seen him walking back with Arya asked him if they were dating.  Every time, he replied the same:  "No, I only just met her.  She was on her own, so I was being nice to her." 

About 5 minutes later, a small girl with a sweet, innocent pixie face stepped in front of him.  She resembled someone he used to know years ago.  "Hey, I saw you walking back with that girl, you know, the one surrounded by all those people-" she pointed behind Dan.  He turned to look where the girl was pointing and saw Arya surrounded by a group of at least 15 people, looking completely out of her depth... He was very confused.  Arya noticed him and threw him a small wave with a shy smile.  She looked so adorable.  He just managed to catch the end of the girl's sentence "-so are you two dating or something?"  She asked.