Daniel Howells Best Friend|A Phil Lester Love Story|

Chapter Four

"OOOOOooooooOOoh my friend has a crush!" He exclaims as we walk around the park. All the parents give us weird looks, seeing as we look our age. All kid "ooh" at us, causing me and Dan to laugh.
"When are you going to tell him?" Dan asks, quietly. I shrug. "Probably never." I tell him honestly. "But why not tell him sooner?" He asks.
"Well, for one, he doesn't like me." I say, holding up one finger. "Two, it would be super awkward." I add. "Why would it be awkward?" He asks.
"Well, since he doesn't like me, it would be awkward because we happen to share a bed, and then him knowing I'm in love with him, he would eel awkward." I say, letting the love thing slip.
"I'm sure he likes you and did you just say you love with Phil?" He asks like a fangirl.
As I open my mouth to answer, squeals get closer to us. I quickly close my mouth and we turn to where the squeals are coming from.
"OMG IT'S DAN HOWELL AND SKYLAR LACEY!" A fangirl screams, causing more screams. "OMG ARE THEY DATING?" "OMG I SHIP IT!" "BUT #SKYIL FOR LIFE!"
Me and Dan burst into laughter. "I'm not dating anyone! Nor is Dan! Me and Dan wanted to hang out." I say as the fangirls calm down. "Her daughters stole my best friend for a week of hanging out." Dan says. "Well, I was your friend first, and Phil stole my kids for bonding time." I say, correcting Daniel.
"Are you dating Phil, Skylar?" A fan asks. I shake my head. "No, me and Phil are not dating." I state. "Then why are they bonding?" A fan asks. "Yeah, you all live in the same flat." Another fan asks. "Well, we all don't hang out as much as you guys think. Even though they've known of Lillian and Iris for a year, the boys were touring and couldn't really bond with them." I explain.
"Everyone sit in a circle. We will vlog all your questions and our answers." Dan says, starting to sit.

"Why didn't you tell anyone about your kids?" A boy with blonde hair asks. "Well, the boys were stressed for confidential reason. Now, hearing that your best friend is pregnant, and it belongs to an as-" I say getting cut off. "Very mean person." Dan fixes. I shake my head. "- belongs to a very mean person, that would cause so much stress, Dan's hair would be no more." I say, ruffling Dan's hair.
"Dan, how did you feel when you found out about Lillian and Iris?" Another fan asks. "I was very hurt, because she was one of my only friends, ever since Year four, but her explanation made up for it. All in all, I was happy for her." Dan says.

After probably sitting there with the fans for two hours, me and Dan go back to the flat. I have an ass load of work to do, as does Dan.

"We're back!" Two little voices calls out. "What they said!" Phil calls after. I chuckle, heading for the stairs.
"Hey guys! You're back!" I say running to my girls. "Mommy! I had so much fun!" Iris says as I pick her up. "You did?!" I ask. "Yeah! We went to the aquarium, ice cream shop, and the toy store!" Lillian says excitedly as I pick her up. "Really, now?! Did you tell Phil 'thank you'?" I ask them. "Thank you, Phil!" They exclaims. "You're welcome, girls!" Phil replies. "I wanna go see Dan!" Lillian says, wiggling in my arms. "Me, too!" Iris agrees, copying her sister. I laugh, putting them down.
Once I see that they safely went up the stairs, I turn to Phil and hug him.
"How much?" I ask him, opening my numbers app(A/N: Not an actual thing, I think.). "You don't have to pay me back. It was their birthday present." Phil says. "Thank you, but you must have spent a lot of money today, on one alone." I say, picking up some of the bags. "I did, but it was for them. And you don't ever have to pay me back." Phil says, sending me a smile. I return the gesture, heading up to girls room.
"That's so cool Iris!" I can hear Dan say from his room. "It would've been cool if all of us went. We all would have liked it." Lillian says. "Yeah!" Says Iris. "But, wasn't it for you two's birthday?" Dan asks. "Yeah, but everyone would've had fun. I mean, it was super fun! But it would've been super cool if everyone was there." Iris tells Dan. "Hm." He hums. "How about, in a couple of days, we all go out into London?" Dan suggests. "Yeah! We would all have fun!" Iris says. "Yeah!" Lillian agrees.
Phil and I continue our walk to girl's room, getting ready to put everything together.

"You know, Iris can speak very well for her age. And tall." Phil says, putting batteries into a light up stuffed animal. "I know. Early brain development is from me, obviously." I say, throwing some trash into the trash can. "Her height, on the other hand, is debatable. Her father and I got tall quickly." I say. "But you're still short." Phil says, snorting. "Listen here, dude. I am over average height for a female by two inches. I didn't get the giant genes." I say, laughing a bit.
"So, do you have a clue on how tall she'll grow to be?" Phil asks. "The tallest she can get is probably five feet, five inches." I say. "She, and I know, will never be taller than me." I say with confidence. "Yep, that's what every short parent says." Phil says, chuckling. "Okay, whatever." I say laughing. "How about Lilly?" He asks. "Well, she was premature, so she's going to be pretty short in the long road."

Probably thirty minutes into get everything cleaned up, Phil proposes something.
"Wanna go for a walk? We can get coffee or food on the way." phil proposes. I nod, a smile on my face. "Yeah, but I want to cook the kids food." I say, standing up and walking to the door. "
"Oh, we could eat here, and get ice cream on the way." I say, walking to find Dan and the girls.
I go into Dan's room, finding them all cuddled up, sleeping, with My Little Pony playing on Dan's laptop. I get a quick picture, then waking them up.
"Why?" Dan groans. "What he said." Iris complains. Lillian is still asleep. "Well, I was going to ask you what you wanted to eat so I could cook it, but I guess you don't want to eat." I shrug, about to leave the room. "What? Food?" Dan says, all of them sitting up at the same time.
"Yes, now tell me what you want." I say, leaning on the door frame. "Tacos!" They say. "Phil, do you want tacos?" I ask. "Yeah, that sounds good." He says with a smile.

"Thank you, mommy." Ri says, eating her taco salad. "Thanks, mummy." Lillian says. "Yeah, thank you, mommy." Dan says, trying not to laugh. I nod, trying to not laugh as well. "Thank you, Bunny." Phil says, nodding towards me. I smile and nod.

"Phil and I are leaving." I say to the guys. "Bye, mommy!" The girls say. "Bye, Skylar." Dan says. "Take care of the girls, don't die. Uh, call me if you need me." I say, picking up my bag. "I know, I know. I'm responsible." Dan says. "Okay, yeah sure." I say, chuckling. "We'll be back in a bit." I say, turning around. "Love you guys." I say as I close the door.

As Phil said, we got ice cream. He got vanilla, I got cookie dough. We just walked around, finally getting to the actual location that was promised.
We got there, and walked around. For the most of the time, we weren't talking, but enjoyed each others presence. When we did talk, it was about the little things that either one of us or both us enjoyed. We would often smile at each other.
At one point, we held hands. Of course, it was platonic. To him, and I had to except the fact that Phil doesn't like me and that is that.

"Hey, Skylar?" Phil ask, getting my attention. "What's up?" I ask, leading us to a bench to sit on.
"Well, I wanted to tell you something, and I don't know if I'll like your reaction." He says, starting to back down. "Hey, it's okay. No matter what you say, we will still be friends." I say, making him look up at me. I could see the hurt flash in his eyes as I said "friends".
"As much as I'm happy you said that, I'm also not happy with that." He says, releasing. I raise a confused eyebrow.
"Okay, so we known each other for several years now. And for probably half of those years, I liked you. And, I never told you because you were in a serious relationship. And, I didn't want to lose you as a friend, for any reason. But, this entire conversation that I really, really like you." He says, diverting his eyes away from mine.
I sit back and process what was just told to me.
So, my crush since forever likes me, and didn't tell me because I was in a relationship. And thinks that I don't like him. And he knows me.
"So, you like me?" I asked, almost amazed. He nods. "And I understand if it's awkward because we share a bed and you don't like me." He says, still hiding from me. "Oh, if only you know what's always going through my mind every time we go to bed." I say with a smile. He looks at me.
"I've liked you for years, but wasn't sure about dating you. I stayed with Damian because I wanted to get over you. I know myself and thought that maybe I wouldn't feel like I need you all the time. I never did, and I felt miserable. And when he proposed, I said yes for my baby, not for me." I say, grabbing his hand.
He looks up at me, a questioning look in his eyes. "I'm sorry. But, I'm conused." He states, sort of leaning in. "I'm in love with you." I say, looking him deep in the eyes. "It-"...