I Will Love You Endlessly (Sequel to i dare you to love me)

Part 20

For a second, Dan thinks an earthquake has hit London because he's pulled out of his dreams by rapid shaking, but he quickly throws that theory away when he feels a foot to his ribcage and an eight year old voice shouting, "Wake up! Wake up!"

"I'm up, I'm up!" Dan says and suddenly he feels wide awake, sitting up in bed. He grabs Darcy's legs, stopping her from jumping on him and his bed and she falls over giggling. "What a wake up call," he laughs.

"One day, that'll be an everyday occurrence for you and Phil," Louise teases and Dan's face flushes.

"How about I marry Phil before we have some children, okay?" he asks. "Which, by the way, is happening today!" He has to bite his lip to keep from shouting holy shit holy fucking shit because he's mindful enough to watch his language in front of Darcy.

"You're getting married today!" Louise squeals and she grabs him, pulling him in for a hug. "My little bear is getting married!"

"Stop before I cry," Dan warns her with a laugh as he breaks their hug.

"Mummy, give Dan his presents!" Darcy says and Dan's eyes go wide.

"Presents?" he asks. "Louise, you've already done so much for Phil and I, and our wedding - you need to restrain yourself."

"Too late!" Louise says and she reaches down on the floor for four little present bags. "Here you go!"

"Louise -"

"I don't want to hear it Dan; whether you like it or not you are my little brother, sort of, and since you refuse to let me adopt you, at least let me spoil you," she tells him.

"Oh my god," Dan mumbles under his breath but he takes one of the bags and opens it to reveal a single red rose keychain, the very same one Phil had given to him for his birthday the year they first met.

"It's your 'something old'," Louise explains to him with a smile when she sees his wide eyed expression as he looks over the keychain. "I figured you could put it in your pocket for good luck, or something."

Dan looks up at her, speechless, and simply moves on to the next bag, opening it up and taking out a gold pin, he assumes for the lapel of his jacket, shaped like a rose.

"It's 'something new'," Louise says.

"I picked it out," Darcy announces proudly.

"Oh god." Dan covers his hand with his mouth, laughing a little when he sees where this is going. "You're so cheesy, Lou."

"Oh shush and open the next bag," Louise tells him.

Dan rolls his eyes but complies and he takes out a familiar looking wrist watch. "Is this - this is my dad's," he says, a bit flabbergasted.

"It's your 'something borrowed', so you have to give it back to him after the wedding. Your dad mailed it to me a few weeks ago and told me I could hold on to it until today," she explains. "When I spoke with your mum, she told me that she was more than okay with me treating you like this as long as they could help. In fact, the 'something blue' was her idea."

"I'm afraid," Dan jokes, opening the bag and he bursts out when he takes out a pair of blue underwear. "Are you kidding me?"

"It was fitting," Louise insists. "You can put those on after you've had some breakfast."

"I'm not hungry," Dan says because his stomach is in knots right now and he isn't sure if he could keep anything down.

"Dan, you aren't getting married on an empty stomach," Louise tells him, and both her and Darcy take his hands and lead him downstairs to the kitchen where she goes to whip him up some breakfast.

"I'm not hungry," Dan repeats.

"You're going to throw up on Phil if you don't eat," Louise replies. "And that'll probably ruin the entire wedding and I'll be forced to say I told you so, and I'm sure no one wants that."

Dan just rolls his eyes, deciding it's not worth the energy it'll take to argue with Louise - especially since he'll end up losing regardless - and he humours her by eating a light breakfast, but as soon as she reminds him that they'll be heading over to the venue soon, his appetite is gone with the wind and he's reduced to a near hysterical frenzy.

Today is the day, and he can't believe it's finally here. When he first met Phil, he never would've thought that one day the two of them would be getting married - hell, he never thought he and Phil would even be together. But here they are, five years later, happy as can be, and about to be husbands. In just a few hours, Dan is going to meet him at the altar and soon they'll be sharing their first kiss as husbands, and he can't even put into words how happy he feels to be marrying the love of his life.

The morning flies by in a haze of excitement and near tears and butterflies in his stomach, and before he knows it, he's on his way to the venue, on his way to marry his best friend.