ADOPTED BY PHAN

CHAPTER SEVEN

"Ah! I love it, Dan!" Phil shouts, kissing his boyfriend on the cheek. Today is Phil's 27th Birthday, and he just opened his present from Dan; a Jake the Dog hoodie. "Take a picture for me!"

Taking Phil's iPhone from his hands, Dan snaps a picture of him, a huge smile clear on the man's face. Getting his phone handed back to him, Phil admires the photo and uploads it to Twitter.

"Ooh my turn! My turn! Open mine next!" Iris bounces up and down on the couch, excited for Phil to open his present from her. Pulling the heavy object from the gift bag, he gently unwraps it from the colourful tissue paper.

"What the hell?" Phil says, his tongue poking out the side of his mouth as he tries to suppress his giggles.

"It's a plasma ball!" Iris exclaims, taking it out of Phil's hands and plugging into the nearest outlet. The translucent ball lights up with bright streaks of electricity.

"Something tells me you got that for your own enjoyment." Dan teases. "That thing is quite terrifying in my opinion. Here," Touching his finger to the ball, he holds it up to Phil's nose, "Smell my finger."

"That sounds weird." Iris states.

"Shut up, Iris. Smell!" Leaning in, Phil takes in the metal-y smell of Dan's finger.

"Smells like metal." Phil says, confused.

"Yes, and what smells like metal?"

"Your finger . . ."

"No! Blood, Phil! That thing is attracted to my blood!" Dan yells, grabbing Phil's shoulders and shaking him, causing the man to laugh.

"You're paranoid." Iris states, "It's just a toy, Dad."

"You say that now; when that thing takes over the human race, don't come crying back to me."

Iris sticks her tongue out at Dan before getting up off the couch and making her way to her bedroom, giving her parents some privacy. It's Phil's birthday after all; obviously they want to have some time to themselves.

Iris had uploaded her latest video yesterday, in response to CollideWithTheSkye. She tagged KickThePj in it to make a response, as she was at a loss for other users and her dads had told her to do so. Pj is their best friend after all - member of the Fantastic Foursome - he's quite aware of Iris' existence, and her connection to Dan and Phil.

Speaking of Pj, it was brought to Iris' attention that he will be giving her company this Sunday, as Louise and Zoe can't make it. She was worried at first, but Dan and Phil have reassured her and even showed her some of his videos; now she can't wait.

As excited as she is about that, though, that girl - Skye - still hasn't left her mind. She barely even knows her, and yet she's worried sick about her. Iris has been thinking about sending her a message on Twitter or YouTube, but keeps chickening out.

Taking a seat on her bed and opening her powered laptop, she immediately checks Twitter; just hoping Skye will read her mind and message her.

Just do it Iris' subconscious tells her. lol I mean, yolo, right?

'Yolo?' Ok Dan has clearly been influencing her.

"Fuck it. Yolo." Iris mocks the word, quickly typing away at her keyboard and sending Skye a Direct Message. The legendary word: Hey.

Skye replies almost immediately: Hello there, Green Eyes c: I was hoping you'd message me sometime!

Iris' eyes widen and all she can think is 'well that was unexpected.' After a minute, she realizes she's just been smiling like an idiot while staring at the screen. She quickly types her reply: Lol well I guess this is 'sometime', eh? How was your day?