Who are you? (danisnotonfire fanfic) ON HOLD

Chapter 5

 The guys waited for Arya to walk into the house before following.  However, Arya didn't move, she just stood there, staring through the door with wide eyes.  She eventually glanced at Dan for assurance, who smiled and nodded towards the door, indicating for her to enter.

The guys were glad when Arya finally entered.  They didn't want to seem impatient or anything, it's just that it was quite cold, and after spending most of the day in the cold, they wanted to be somewhere that was comfortable and warm (and where they didn't have to buy something to stay there).

"Go sit on the sofa or something... make yourself comfortable."  Phil said before heading off to the kitchen , taking Dan with him.  Arya thought that getting comfortable was going to be a big ask, considering the situation, but when she say Chris and PJ casually flop themselves on the big brown sofa, she felt a lot more at ease.

"Who wants a hot chocolate?"  Phil called from the kitchen.

"ME!"  Chris and PJ shouted simultaneously.

"Do you want one Arya?"  Dan asked, popping his head around the door.

Arya nodded.  "Umm... yeah, thanks."  She replied and sat cross-legged on the sofa.

A few seconds later, Dan's head appeared again.  "Hey, Arya, why don't you show the guys those pictures you were drawing earlier?"  He asked, grinning.  Arya stared at him wide eyed.  She didn't like people looking at her work.  "What?  They're amazing, you should be proud of them.  Granted, most of the, are a bit muddy, but still..."  He shrugged and disappeared back into the kitchen.

The three of them on the sofa chatted idly as Phil made hot chocolate for everyone.  After a bit of encouragement, Arya took out her drawings (or at least the ones that weren't all muddy and covered in blood), which were met with much approval.

After a bit of small talk, Chris asked "So, Ari, do you mind if I call you Ari?"  Arya thought for a second then shook her head, there were worse things she could be called.  "You go to university?"

She nodded again.  "Yeah, the City University."  She filled in.  She didn't want to seem like she was being difficult to talk to.

PJ was the next to talk.  "Cool, what do you study?  Something art related I guess?"  He queried, raising his eyebrows in that way that made him look like a serial killer.

"No, actually... I study Actuarial Science..."  She replied shyly.  She never like telling people their assumptions were wrong.  Most people usually felt offended or upset when she did that.

PJ, however, looked more intrigued than anything.  "Really?  I would've never taken you for an academic kind of girl.  No offence."  He said, adding the last part on quickly.  There was a slight tension in the room for a second.

"None taken.  I find a lot of people are surprised that my interests are so different from what I study."  She smiled.

PJ released the breath that he hadn't realised he'd been holding in.  After that they carried on chatting about random things until Dan and Phil came bursting through the kitchen door, both of them laden with mugs of hot chocolate.  The drinks were handed out and they all just sat for a minute, quietly sipping from their mugs.  Arya had sat herself on a bean bag, allowing all four boys to sit on the sofa.  After all, she didn't live there, it was only right that she allowed Dan and Phil to sit on their own sofa.

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Phil pulled Dan into the kitchen.

"What do you want?"  Dan asked defensively.

"She's nice isn't she?"  Phil asked, although it sounded more like he was making a statement.  He didn't need to say who 'she' was, Dan knew perfectly well who he was talking about.