Howell (danxreader)

Chapter 10

I woke up on the floor with my head pounding.
There were still people scattered around on the floor.
Bottles and food and mess everywhere.
The light was shining through the open window, it seemed brighter than ever before with my weak eyes.
I climbed over the people towards the kitchen to get some aspirin but, when I reached the kitchen, I was met by Dan looking through the cupboards
"Morning" I spoke, making Dan jump and hit his head on the roof of the cupboard "sorry, are you okay?"
"Morning, yeah I'm fine, just looking for some aspirin" he seemed nervous
"Wrong cupboard" I walked over to the place where we kept the aspirin and took out two for me and two for Dan "here"
"Thanks, your head hurt?"
"Yeah, do I look as bad as I feel?"
"Never" silence. But not the comfortable silence that me and Dan usually have, this was awkward silence.
Did something happen last night that I couldn't remember? Why was Dan being so strange? Did I say something?
"So about last night.." Dan started
"What about it?"
"You can't remember much can you?"
"Not one bit" I laughed slightly
"Right, breakfast?" Dan was avoiding something, he didn't seem as tense now he knew I couldn't remember last night. What didn't he want me to remember?
"Sure. So what about last night?"
"It was fun" stop lying Dan
"Yeah, it was"
There was another awkward silence between us while Dan reached for different ingredients.
"What are you making?"
"Pancakes"
"Seriously?"
"Every hangover needs pancakes"
"Okay then" I hope that I can remember last night on my own, I really don want to keep making things awkward between me and Dan. I think that maybe, our friendship is returning.
We spent around an hour talking and laughing about the most random things, being interrupted every so often by someone waking up and leaving.

It was now just me and Dan. Everyone else had managed to wake up and leave. Time to examine the damage.
"Want me to help you clean?" Dan asked looking at the mess "it would take you forever other wise"
"Sure, I'll put some music on"
I plugged my phone into the speakers and shuffled my music to begin cleaning.

Baby, cant you see, I'm calling.
A guy like you should wear a warning.
It's dangerous I'm falling.

The playlist continued varying through mcr, tøp, p!atd, fob, Halsey, muse and many others as me and Dan danced and sung, more like screamed, while tidying the house.
By the time we had finished tidying we were just dancing and singing.

*g note* (triggered, I'm sorry)

"NOOOOO GERARD!" Dan shouted as soon as the note was played, we both started to full on shout, not even trying to sing, the words as the song continued and it ended with us both in fits of laughter in the sofa.
"God, I thought I was out of my emo phase" Dan huffed, clearly out of breath
"You can never be out of the emo stage while welcome to the black parade is still a song"
"True that" Dan agreed.

I had almost forgotten that me and Dan ever stopped being friends. Until he had to leave. Then I was hit with the truth that again I was alone.