I Am In Love

You should read this before you start reading my story:

English is not my native tongue, which is the reason why I can make mistakes. Please, let me know when you notice an error.

The title of the story is inspired by the song "You Are In Love" by Taylor Swift. You can listen to the song on Spotify. I slightly changed the lyrics of the song for this story.

This fic is in an Alternative Universe, so it is not true and I own nothing but these words. Channel 4 TV show First Dates gave me the inspiration to write this fic. The boys are not famous and they haven't met before in this story and I wrote it from a third-person point of view.

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It was 27 May 2013 and Geordies Anthony - Ant - McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were sat up on a blind dinner date by a dating site they were both members of.
The blind date was set at the Paternoster Chop House restaurant in Central London, so Ant and Dec both had to travel all the way from Newcastle to London for their date.

"One look, dark room
Men just for me
Time moved too fast, I played it back
Buttons on a coat, light hearted joke
No proof not much, but I saw enough"

Ant was the first one to arrive at the restaurant at 6.20pm, ten minutes before the date would officially take place. Fred, the male host of the restaurant led Anthony to the table he would have dinner at.
"Your date is on his way. He will be here soon," Fred told Ant as the Geordie was waiting for his date to arrive.
The bearded 37-year-old became even more nervous than he already was, because he would meet his date any minute.
Ant was watching the restaurant door when a handsome man came in at 6.29pm and Ant hoped the man would be his date.
"This way," Anthony heard Fred say. "Your date already arrived."

"Small talk, you drive, coffee at midnight
The light reflects the chain on my neck
You say: 'Look up' and our shoulders brush
No proof, one touch, I felt enough"

Ant was right. The handsome man was indeed his date and he came up to the Geordie.
"Good evening," Ant's date greeted. "I'm Declan, but you can call me Dec, if you like."
Declan had sandy brown hair with blue-greenish eyes and was with a couple of inches slightly shorter than Anthony.
"Good evening," the taller man said as he shook the other man his hand. "My name's Anthony, but everyone calls me Ant."
"How are you?" Declan asked after he sat down and he took a sip of his ordered pint of lager. "Did you have to wait long?"
The bearded Geordie shook his head as he drank from his pint. "Not really. I'm doing great now you're here. Did you have a busy day?"
"I worked this morning in the office," the smaller man replied.
"What do you do for a living?"
Dec smiled. "I'm an editor for This Morning. What do you do?"
"I work as an animator for children's telly."

"I can hear it in the silence, silence, silence, silence, I
I can feel it on the way home, way home, way home, way home, I
I can see it with the lights out, lights out, lights out, lights out
I am in love, true love, I am in love"

The two men were both eating steak with chips as side dish when the speaking topic became football.
"Do you have a favourite football team?" Ant asked.
Declan grinned. "I've been a fan of Newcastle United since the day I was born."
"No way! Me too!" the taller man.
"Toon! Toon! Black and white army!" both men sang.
Anthony smiled. "If you're a fan of the Toon, then you must come from Newcastle?"
Dec nodded. "Yeah, I'm a born and raised Geordie. I will never live somewhere else than in the most beautiful city of them all. You're a Geordie as well, am I right?"
"The same as you, I was born and raised in Newcastle," Ant replied. "Would you mind if I asked you how old you are?"
"I'm 37. I turn 38 this 25 September," Declan responded.
"Then you're only two months older than me, cause I was born on 18 November 1975."
"1975 was definitely the best year to born in," Dec said with a wink.
Ant smiled. "Do you live on your own?"
"I used to live on my own in Newcastle, but I had to leave my flat, cause the flat building I lived in, wasn't save to live in anymore," the older Geordie replied. "Now I live with my Mum. How about you?"
"I live on my own in a small flat in Newcastle. It's only big enough for two people," Anthony said.