Adrenaline. Phan AU

Chapter 11

"Mum, about that friend.." Dan mumbled at dinner later that day. "He's coming around for dinner tomorrow."

"I thought-" Dan's mum started but Dan cut her off with a wide smile.

"We made up. He apologised and now we're okay."

"That's amazing but if he hurts you again, you need to break up with him." If Dan had a drink in his mouth at that moment, he would have spit it out in surprise.

"We aren't together, mum!"

"Are you sure about that? With the way you talk about him, you make it out like he's your boyfriend."

"No, we're not-"

"So you have a crush on him.. That's-"

"I swear if you call me cute-"

"Cute."

"Mum! Shut up."

"You like him. I definitely need to meet him tomorrow then."

"I hate you." His mum then ruffled his hair like he was a little child.

"I hate you too." She chuckled in response.

-

Dan was sitting down on a bench at the nearby park, playing a game on his phone as he waited for his friend to meet him. He had his earphones in, his favourite Muse song playing loudly. He was in his own world, meaning he didn't notice when his friend took a seat beside him. Phil pulled out one of his earphones, grinning as he did so. "Hey, Dan." He said, making Dan jump slightly.

"Phil! Hello." Dan laughed once he was over the shock and fear.

"How are you?"

"I'm alright, you?"

"I'm absolutely great."

"We have about an hour until mum wants us home for dinner."

"Okay.. what do you want to do until then?"

"Just talk? We could walk around too."

"Sounds good." Phil stood up and held out his hand for Dan to take.

"Let's go." Dan grinned at Phil before taking his hand and allowing Phil to pull him down the street.

-

Dan and Phil had been walking in silence for a while now, both just appreciating the presence of each other. "What's your favourite colour?" Dan randomly asked after a while, breaking the silence.

"..Red? Why?" Phil questioned, sounding slightly suspicious.

"I felt like asking. We were walking in silence. Don't ask."

"What's yours?"

"I like black."

"Really? I would have thought yours would be yellow or something bright." Phil retorted, smirking to himself.

"Yeah.. I don't know. I just like black." Then they went back to walking in silence again.

-

"What are we?" Dan blurted out as his house came into view. He didn't know why he asked, he was just wondering and not knowing was an unsettling thought. Dan liked Phil and Phil liked Dan so what were they?

"I don't know." Phil muttered, slipping the hand that wasn't holding Dan's into his pocket.

"Friends?"

"If you want to be."

"I don't want to be friends." Dan mumbled so quietly that Phil wasn't exactly sure whether he had imagined it or not.

"Neither do I." Phil muttered at the same volume. Dan stopped all of a sudden and turned to face Phil. He leant in and attached their lips, he only hoped that it wouldn't end the same way as their first one did.

It didn't.

Phil pulled away, breathless. Dan almost expected for him to say something and run away but he didn't, Phil stayed still, just staring into Dan's beautiful eyes. "That was amazing." Phil was the one to say it that time but they were both thinking it.

"It really was." Dan responded, taking Phil's hand again.

"Do you want to be my boyfriend?"

"I guess so." Dan chuckled but inside his heart was going crazy and he wanted to scream at the top of his lungs. "Come on, let's go to my house."

-

"Hello, Dan's friend!" Dan's mum smiled as soon as Dan and Phil were inside Dan's house.

"Hello, Mrs Howell." Phil politely responded, holding out his hand for her to shake. Dan's mum didn't even bother to shake it, she just wrapped her arms around the boy, catching him slightly off guard but he soon softened and hugged back, his usual smirk replaced with a smile. When both had retracted from the hug, Dan's mum actually greeted her son.

"Do you like pasta? It's Dan's favourite."

"Yeah, I do. It happens to be my favourite too."

"That's-"

"Mum, don't say cute." Dan mumbled but it was too late.

"Cute." This made Phil burst out laughing because Dan looked more than irritated.

"You look really cute when you're angry." Phil whispered so only Dan could hear. That made Dan frown and glare at him.

"Shut up."

"Dinner will be ready in about ten minutes." Dan's mum smiled and both Dan and Phil nodded, heading upstairs to what Phil guessed was Dan's room. Phil smirked as soon as he entered Dan's room because he noticed that Dan had a One Direction poster up on his wall.

"One Direction?" Phil chuckled, raising one eyebrow. "I knew you would like them. I just knew it!"

"Shut up." As much as he tried, Dan couldn't hide the blush on his cheeks, making Phil chuckle even more.

"You look adorable when you blush."

"Stop calling me cute. I am not cute!"

"Yeah.. you are." Their conversation was cut off when Dan's mum called them downstairs for dinner.

-

Dan was sitting with Phil on one side of him and Dan's mum on the other. They were all eating dinner in silence which was extremely awkward so Dan's mum decided to ask questions. "So are you guys together?" She asked in the most casual way possible, eating a forkful of pasta.

"Mum!" Dan yelled, trying to hide the blush which was slowly spreading across his cheeks.

"Yeah, we are." Phil responded for Dan, smiling at Dan's mum who smiled straight back at him.

"I knew it." She responded, smirking knowingly at Dan who was bright red.

-

"Thank you for the dinner, Mrs Howell. It was lovely. I hope to see you soon." Phil grinned widely, waving at both Dan and his mum.

"It's okay, Phil. It's a pleasure to have you." Dan's mum responded, waving politely back.

"See you soon!" Dan joined in with the waving and, just as Phil was about to leave, he swerved around and kissed Dan's cheek.

"Bye!" Phil then walked out of the door, leaving Dan speechless. Dan felt the same way as he did the first time Phil had kissed his cheek; he had his hand over where Phil had kissed and a dreamy smile on his face.

"I knew you were together. Don't even try to deny it, Daniel." Dan's mum muttered before walking back down the hallway into the kitchen. Just before she was out of sight, she stopped before saying, "You are so in love."

And it was true. Dan was so in love with Phil Lester.