I sat next to Phil and one of our managers, Rebecca. Our dinner began, and it was extremely fancy. We were given three different shaped forks, knives and spoons, so when the appetizer arrived me, Phil and Dan looked at each other with an expression that meant: Which one do I have to use now? We copied the other people, as some of them seemed to know what they were doing.
We were all having little conversations in groups. "How's it going at Uni Y/N?" Dan asked me, when him and Phil both looked at me.
"It's good, although I have exams soon and I feel quite stressed" I replied before eating a spoonful of soup.
"I remember those times when we were in college" Phil joined in. "I studied English and Dan studied Law" He informed me. I already knew, but pretended I didn't.
"Law was probably the worst choice" Dan said, whilst cleaning his mouth with the napkin. "What are you studying?"
"Modern Languages and Cultures" I answered. "It is hard, but I really like it. I've always wanted to learn as many languages as I possibly can" I took a sip of white wine, which was delicious.
"How many languages do you know now?" Phil asked me curiously.
"Italian, English and Spanish, and I just started studying French" They both looked impressed. I loved the reactions that people had when I told them that I could fluently speak more than one language.
"How do you say lawn mower in Spanish?" Phil randomly asked.
"Cortacésped" I replied, laughing. The dinner continued, while Dan and Phil continued asking me to translate English words into different languages.
***
"As the dinner is almost over" Rebecca said standing up, "I just wanted to wish you all a happy, eventful new year and officially welcome Y/N to the family" Everyone started clapping, which made me blush and smile at the same time. "We are looking forward to work with all of you and achieve new goals" I turned to my right side and saw Dan staring at me. I shyly smiled and quickly looked away. "So I'd like to make a toast" We all raised our glasses, now filled with champagne. "Here's to a new year!" And we all clinked our glasses.
***
We were now about to leave the restaurant: it was 10 pm and we all put on our coats.
"Y/N, why don't we hang out soon?" Dan appeared from behind me, with his usual smile on his face. I noticed his hair was getting curlier and I loved it. Phil was on his side.
"Yeah, why don't we get a coffee sometimes?" He suggested. I felt extremely happy: although I was getting used to their presence, on the inside my fangirl mind was freaking out. It was like a dream come true: going out with two of the most talented youtubers in the whole world, that I used to idolize until about a couple of weeks ago, or probably I still did. I couldn't believe it.
"Yeah, sure" I told them, containing my smile. "Why don't we exchange numbers?" I asked them, thinking that when we will be leaving the restaurant I will have their phone numbers.
"Yeah let's do this" Dan replied as I took my phone from my bag. We all exchanged our numbers and headed outside.
Phil had to call a taxi and I had to do that to, but as soon Phil walked away from us and I was dialling the number, Dan interrupted me.
"Y/N, back in the restaurant, when I asked you if you wanted to hang out with us... I wasn't really talking about me and Phil... Well I was, I'd love to go out with you and Phil obviously" He mumbled, blushing in embarrassment. "I just wanted to ask you to go out with me, without Phil... You know, to get to know each other" He managed to say.
I was speechless. Was Dan Howell really asking me out? Was I dreaming or something? This couldn't be true. I looked at him: he was beautiful, funny, successful and had millions of girls that would love to go out with him. Why was he asking that to me? Maybe he did this with a lot of girls, or maybe he just wanted to be friends with me. But why didn't he want Phil to be with us?
Just as I was about to tell him that I would love to go out with him, Phil called Dan, telling him that the taxi was there. I really wanted to answer him, but he quickly got in the car, without me realizing that it looked like I didn't want to hang out with him. Before he closed the car door though, I moved towards the taxi and said: "Dan! It's a yes!".
I saw his bright smile once again, then the taxi disappeared.
Author's note:
Short chapter, I know, but I've been studying all day and all night recently. So please forgive me!
Thank you for all the reads and votes, it means a lot to me. I love you all.
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