Violins And Cookies (Phan AU)

The One With The Invite

"Hey honey how are you?" Dan's mum asked smiling at him.

Dan smiled back. 

"I am fine" he lied. " 

"How are things with Phil?" she asked.

"They are..." Dan said. "Good"

Dan saw his mum frown a little. 

"Hey mum," he said changing the subject. "Where's dad?"

"Your dad's out for golfing," she said.

"Oh that's nice," he said.

"Are you coming home for Christmas?" his mum asked.

"Yeah of course mum," Dan said.

His mum grinned.

"Would you be able to bring Phil with you?" 

Dan's face fell a little.

"I don't think so mum. He has a family too" Dan said.

"Yes but it would have been nice to meet him for once"

"Yeah mum"

"He seems like a nice young man," his mum said.

"He is"

"Can you invite him at least? Maybe he will say yes"

"Mum..."

"Please

"All right"

Dan's mum smiled.

They talked about a lot of things for the next hour and Dan avoided every single question about Phil or gave his mum short answers.

When the skype call ended Dan glumly put his laptop away.

How longer can he put this up? They were practically over. How long could he lie to himself or his parents?

He just didn't want his parents to think his first ever relationship proved to be such a failure.

Dan rose from his spot on the sofa and went to the kitchen to see if he could find something to make dinner out of and he had run out off groceries. He could get something delivered but he had been doing that a lot lately.

That meant he had to take a spontaneous trip to the local store. Groaning inwardly Dan grabbed his wallet and car keys and stepped out of the house and of course because lately he was so blessed with rotten luck he had to bump into Phil who was just going to his own flat.

The awkward silence was broken by Phil.

"Dan,"

"Phil,"

"Where are you going?" 

"Just down the store"

"Oh"

"How have you been?" Dan asked.

"I've been okay, you?"

"Okay too"

Phil nodded.

"See you later then," he said.

Dan nodded as he started walking away before stopping himself.

"Phil,"

"Yeah?" Phil asked turning around a little.

"Would you like to come to my parent's house with me for Christmas?"

"I..." Phil said. "I have to think about it"

Dan nodded immediately leaving cursing himself for asking the question.

***

It was Friday as Dan was binge watching X-Files when he heard the doorbell ring.

He stood up and opened the door and it was Phil.

"Hey" 

"Oh hi"

"Can I come in?"

"Yeah of course"

Dan moved a little and let Phil come in before closing the door.

"I bought cookies for you," Phil said handing him a box. "I am selling them for Christmas"

"Oh that's great," Dan said with a smile.

"Yeah," Phil said as he sat down on the sofa.

Dan sat next to him.

"Also I wanted to tell you that I will be coming to your parents' house for Christmas"

Dan's eyes widened as he doubted if he had heard Phil clearly.

"You want to come for sure?" Dan asked.

"Yeah" Phil smiled. "You asked me to"

"Um yeah," Dan said. "But what about your parents won't they mind?"

"Well my brother's girlfriend is visiting them so I told them I will be going to your house for Christmas and they said 'okay'"

"Oh that's nice," Dan said smiling a little.

Phil grinned.

"Yeah it is" 

"So I'll book tickets for you too"

"When are we leaving?"

"On the 23rd"

"Just 3 days then," Phil said.

"Yeah. My parents would be really happy especially mum"

"Really?"

"Yeah she wanted to meet you for a long time"

"Well then she doesn't have to wait too long" Phil chuckled.

"Yeah"

"All right, I have to go now," Phil said. "The bakery's getting busy you know"

Dan nodded as Phil got up and Dan would be lying that he didn't feel a pang of sadness as Phil walked right off the door without kissing him.

But Dan found comfort in the fact that at least Phil had agreed to come to Berkshire with him. That was a lot for their relationship.

Maybe it could prove to be something that would bring them closer, Dan hoped. He hated being so distant so Phil.

Maybe they could erase their differences and be together as the new year rolled in. That is what Dan wanted.

He was really looking forward to Christmas.

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Sorry for being so terrible at updating!

Also, we are almost at the ending of this fic. :D