Things We Lost To The FlΔmes (BΔSTILLE fanfic)

RΔlph

I felt someone shuffling around and I groaned, opening my eyes. I saw Dan, Kyle, Will and Woody shuffling around in the van. Dan opened the door and the cold air hit me like a tonne of bricks. I shivered and wrapped my arms around myself, attempting to shield myself from the cold air. Someone grabbed my hand and started pulling me out of the van. I looked up to see Will laughing and pulling my hand. I laughed and got out, with Will pulling me.

"What are we doing?" I asked Will.

"It's Dan's turn to drive" Will laughed.

"Oh right" I smiled.

A gust of wind whipped my hair around my face and I shivered.

"God it's freezing" I muttered.

"It is" Will shivered and wrapped his arms around me, protecting me from the wind.

He rubbed my arms with his hands to try and warm me up, but it didn't work.

"Brr come on let's get back inside the van" Will said pushing me towards the van.

"Okay" I laughed.

I climbed in the van next to Dan, who was now in the drivers seat. Will climbed in next to me, followed by Kyle and Woody.

I put my head on Will's shoulder and Dan began to drive. Shortly I fell asleep to the quiet murmur of small conversation.


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"Lily, sweetie, wake up, we're home" someone said softly, whilst gently shaking me.

"Hu?" I opened my eyes and saw Dan smiling at me.

"Hey, we're home, but be quiet okay, it's really late... Or early... Whatever" Dan chuckled quietly.

"What time is it?" I whispered, getting out of the van.

"Um, about four" Dan whispered.

"Oh"

We followed Kyle and Woody to Dan's flat. Our flat. I looked around for Will and I saw him trailing behind, half asleep. I giggled to myself and turned back round. As we got into the lift, I put my head on Dan's arm and closed my tired eyes. I started to fall asleep when the doors opened with a ding. My eyes shot open and Dan laughed. I walked lazily out of the lift, holding onto Dan's arm for support. I hope he doesn't mind. Kyle unlocked the door and we all stumbled inside.

I sleepily walked into my room and changed into my pyjamas. Which weren't really pyjamas, they were a pair of shorts and my uncles old T-shirt. I was go into wear my actual pyjamas, but I wasn't in the mood. I walked back out and collapsed on the sofa next to Kyle. He put his arm over my shoulders and I rested my head on him. My eyes began to open and close as I drifted into unconsciousness. I groaned when someone lifted me from Kyle and began to carry me. I was too tired to open my eyes so I let my carrier go unknown.

A small smile crept onto my face as I felt myself being lay down on a soft surface. A bed. I soon slipped fully into a deep slumber.


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I opened my eyes to see a Twin Peaks T-shirt. I tilted my head slightly and saw Dan with his eyes closed and his hair flopping over his forehead. He looked so sweet when he was sleeping. I tried to move, but something held me down. I looked down to see that Dan had his arms wrapped tightly round me. I smiled and snuggled back into his chest.


"DAN!!!" Someone screamed, causing me to jump.

Dan was still sleeping, with his arms wrapped tightly around me. I snuggled back into his chest, hoping whoever screamed would stop.

"DANIELLA!" They screamed again, Kyle.

Dan began to stir and he groaned. He kissed my head and I looked up.

"Good morning" he smiled.

"Good morning" I smiled.

He released his arms from around me and climbed out of bed. He opened the bedroom door and Kyle came running in. He slid under the duvet next to me and smiled.

"Good morning Lilypad" he kissed my forehead.

"Good morning catman" I giggled.

"Kyle what do you want?" Dan asked, slipping under the duvet next to me, so I was squished in between him and Kyle.

"Oh, the meeting is at four" Kyle said.

"And what time is it now?" Dan asked.

"About half two" Kyle said.

"So if we have two hours left, why'd you wake me up?" Dan said grumpily.

"Firstly, we only have one and a half hours left, and secondly, WE MADE PANCAKES!" Kyle screamed.

"YAAAY!" I cheered.

"Come on, they're waiting" Kyle said excitedly.

He jumped out of the bed, grabbing my wrist and pulling me along with him. I grabbed Dan's hand quickly and dragged him along too. We laughed and ran into the kitchen with Kyle.

"Good morninggg!" Will and Woody sang.

"Good morning" I laughed.

"Hey guys" Dan smiled.

"Okay, sit, sit" Kyle instructed.

Dan and myself sat quickly on the stools that were at the island in the kitchen.

"Lily first" Kyle smiled, placing a plate with a pancake on it, in front of me.

"Why thank you Kyle" I smiled and he passed me the Nutella.

I laughed and spread the Nutella over my pancake. I quickly cut it up and began to eat it. Kyle was looking at me with a look of 'what do you think?' In his eyes.

"Mmmm Kyle these are really good" I smiled.

"Thanks Lily!" He laughed and pulled another plate out for Dan. "And for Daniella" Kyle put a pancake on the plate and handed it to Dan.

I smiled and handed him the Nutella and he applied a generous amount of the spreadable chocolate to his pancake. He cut it up and began eating it. His eyes lit up and a large smile appeared on his face.

"Well?" Kyle said smiling at Dan.

"Yum!" Dan laughed.

We finished off our pancakes and joined Woody and Will on the sofa. Kyle was doing the washing up, as Dan instructed, whilst watching us with sad eyes. I'm guessing he wanted to be sat on the sofa watching TV instead of washing plates and pans.


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"Crap, it's half three, where is the meeting?" Dan asked.

"Sam's house" Will replied.

"Who's Sam?" I asked cautiously.

"Our tour manager" Dan smiled.

"Oh cool" I said awkwardly. "What am I doing when you're at the meeting?" I asked looking at my shoes.

"Uh, well, we'll be out for a while, so I asked Ralph if he'd come round and stay with you. You don't mind do you? It's just that he's been dying to meet you and you defiantly won't want to come to the meeting because it'll be really boring, so I asked Ralph if he'd come and look after you" Dan said quickly. "You don't mind do you?" He repeated.

"Uh, no, not at all" I smiled.

I was happy that I was meeting Ralph, but also completely terrified at the same time. What if he doesn't like me?

"Lily, do you want a shower before I go in?" Dan asked.

"Uh, you have one first, you need to be out in half an hour, I know how long your hair takes" I laughed and winked at him.

"What? My hair doesn't take that long" Dan protested and I raised my eyebrows. "Fine, I'll be back in a minute" Dan sighed, getting up from the sofa and walking into his room.

He walked out a few seconds later with a pair of black jeans and his wolf T-shirt draped over his arm. He closed the bathroom door, after walking inside, and moments later the shower started running. I turned back to the TV and focused on whatever we were watching. There was a guy talking about antiques and I yawned.

"What is this program?" I asked turning to the guys.

"Antiques Roadshow" Will replied with a smile.

"You guys are so old" I laughed.

"What? 25 isn't that old" Kyle said.

"You're not 25" I laughed.

"Yes I am!" Kyle protested.

"No, you're five years old" I laughed.

"Then how am I old?" He smirked.

"Because you are" I blurted out and everyone laughed.

We turned back to the TV and continued watching Antiques Roadshow. Dan walked out of the bathroom, fully changed, hair done, at quarter to four. I ran into my room and grabbed my black skinny jeans and a white T-shirt with a blue VW campervan on it. I dashed into the bathroom and locked the door. If they were leaving at four, and Ralph was coming, I needed to hurry. I quickly washed my hair and jumped out of the shower. I towel tried my hair, but it was still soaking, brushed my teeth and applied some light makeup to my face and some mascara and eyeliner. I slipped my clothes on and walked out. They were all getting their shoes on and I slumped onto the sofa.

"Hey Lil, Ralph is on his way, so he'll be here before we leave" Dan smiled, sitting next to me on the sofa, tying the laces on his blue converse.

A knock at the door make my heart race. It was probably Ralph. I hate meeting new people, I hope he likes me, that'll make the day a lot easier to get through. Kyle opened the door.

"Ralph!" Kyle said.

"Kyle! How are you?" A low voice said, I'm guessing it was Ralph.

"I'm good mate, how are you?" Kyle replied.

"I'm good" Ralph said.

I don't know what they were doing, but it went quiet. I was scared to turn around so I sunk into the sofa so no one could see me. Dan stood up and greeted Ralph.

"Hey Dan" Ralph said.

"Hey Ralph" Dan said.

"Hey guys" Ralph said, probably to Woody and Will.

"Hey Ralph" Woody and Will said at the same time.

"Sooo where is she?" Ralph chuckled.

"Over there" Dan said, probably pointing at the sofa.

I heard footsteps and my heart thudded against my chest. I sighed, mentally, with relief as it was only Dan. He held my hand in his and smiled. He pulled me up from the sofa and I turned around to come face to face with Ralph.

"Hi there, I'm Ralph" Ralph said, sweetly, holding his hand out for me to shake.

I looked at Dan and he smiled encouragingly.

"Hi, I'm Lily" I said shyly, shaking his hand gently.

"It's great to finally meet you, I've heard so much from this one" Ralph laughed, pointing at Dan. "He wouldn't stop telling me how great you were" Dan and I blushed and he looked at his feet.

I smiled at Dan and he looked up, returning my smile. I looked back to Ralph and blushed as he was staring at me. Dan pulled his phone out of his pocket and cursed under his breath.

"Guys it's ten past four" Dan said.

"Oh" Kyle, Woody and Will said in unison.

"Better be off then" Kyle said.

"Okay, Lil, I'll see you later okay, I'll ring in a few hours to make sure you've not burnt the house down or something" Dan laughed, engulfing me in a warm hug. "Love you, see you later" Dan whispered into my ear.

"Love you too" I whispered back.

We pulled away and Kyle ran at me. I squealed as Kyle tackled me to the floor. He was on his hands and feet, leaning over me, trapping me in.

"Bye Lilypad!" Kyle laughed and stood up.

"Bye Kyle!" I laughed as he pulled me up and brought me into a bear hug.

We pulled away and Woody hugged me, saying goodbye and Will followed him, doing the same.

"Bye!" I waved as they walked out of the door.

I heard Dan mutter something to Ralph, but I didn't catch it, all I saw was they both had serious looks on their faces. Ralph nodded and Dan turned towards the door.

"See you later!" They all said in unison as they walked out of the door.

When the door shut I looked shyly at me feet, as I was in the flat with a person I'd never met before. Ralph turned to me and I looked up through my hair. It was starting to dry now and it wasn't dripping anymore.

"So, what do you want to do?" Ralph asked.

"Um, I don't mind" I smiled shyly.

"Hmm" Ralph rubbed his hands together as he thought. "We could go for a walk?" He asked.

"Sure, I'll grab my shoes and jacket" I smiled, trotting off to my room.

I grabbed my grey hoodie and flung it on. I slipped some socks on and pulled my tatty white converse over the top of them. I picked up my black bobble hat and slipped it over my damp hair. I walked back out and Ralph smiled, turning to the door and opening it. He locked the door behind us and turned to me. He had a large smile on his face.

"Race you to the bottom?" He laughed pointing to the stairs.

"It's on" I laughed.

"Okay, three, two, one, go!" He sprinted to the stairs and I followed shortly behind.

As we reached the bottom of the first flight of stairs, I overtook him and zoomed down the stairs. I reached the bottom and Ralph ran down the last stairs, looking out of breath.

"I win" I laughed, slightly out of breath myself.

"That's 'cause I let you" Ralph laughed as we walked out of the door and into the cold.

"Yeah right" I scoffed.

We both laughed and my breathing returned to normal. I think he likes me, because I like him, he's nice and friendly, he looks like he wouldn't hurt me. I tried not to let my guard down, I couldn't completely trust him yet, I'd only met him about ten minutes ago.

We walked down the road and into a park. I'd never walked around this part of London, I lived on the other side. We walked around the park, occasionally stopping to look at something. We found a bench and sat down. I was looking at the little pond that was in front of us and I sensed Ralph turn to me.

"So Lily" Ralph started, I looked over to him. "Where are you from?"

"Um, I'm from Manchester" I smiled.

"Oh cool, so how long have you lived in London for?" He asked curiously.

"Um, about three years" I smiled. "Almost four"

"Ah cool, so what was your life like before Dan?" He asked.

"Um, well..." I trailed off as my eyes spilled a few tears.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" Ralph put a hand on my shoulder. "Shit Dan told me not to mention that" he muttered under his breath.

"No, it's okay, I-I just don't like to talk about it" I smiled shyly, wiping the tears from my cheeks.

"I'm sorry" Ralph brought me into an unexpected hug.

I sat there in his arms for a moment, before wrapping my own around him, awkwardly. He pulled away and looked at me in the eye.

"Do you want some ice cream?" Ralph smiled.

"Um, yes please" I smiled.

"Cool, let's go" he laughed and stood up.

I stood up and followed him out of the park and down the street.



Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in ages! I couldn't think of anything to write, but woo finally finished. Thanks for voting and reading. Oh my gosh I can't believe that my story has 1.1K reads! I mean that's unbelievable! I never dreamed of that, I didn't think anyone would read it haha and yaws I'll try harder to update soon :):)