Our Laughter Lines (Dan Smith Fanfiction) - Watty's 2014

Look After You - Chapter 13

Dan's POV

Quickly, I have a shower and put a Vampire Weekend tee on and some jeans, slipping then in my red converse. Opening the window, I realise the morning is not warm and the sun was hiding behind the dark clouds. We could perfectly tell it was October. I made my way to the fridge and took away a strawberry yogurt. Kyle was still asleep. I checked the time on my phone and it was 8. As usual, my mate wasn't awake. And as usual Daniel Campbell Smith will have to wake him up.

"Kyle..." I said, sitting on his bed. "Kyle..." I touched his arm. Kyle looked so funny, while sleeping. Peacefully, grabbing a pad. Kyle always slept with 2 pads. Super weird. He had some strange habits, undoubtedly. But he has a big heart, and is very nice. Two reasons why I'm living with him.

"Kyle..." I tried once more. 

"Huhhnn...?" Kyle moved his head, refusing to open his eyes.

"Time to get up, Sleepy Beauty!" Brutally, I slide the curtains, letting the light in. Kyle grumbles but then, with no choice, gets up. 

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Ella's POV

When I woke up at quarter to 8, Ryan's wasn't home. So I decided to text him, before noticing the note he left me in the kitchen. "Dontcha worry. Had to do a work at the library. Love ya xxx". Sure, Ryan, sure. I'm not stupid. And my brother would NEVER EVER wake up earlier to study or something like that. But okay... I didn't feel like eating anything so I went to bathroom, turned on the water and got undressed. After 15 long minutes under the hot water, I covered myself with a towel and made my way to the bedroom. I opted for black leggings and a baby blue Pull & Bear hoodie. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Ryan must have forgotten something. But when I opened, soon I realized it wasn't him.

"Hey Dan..." After some seconds I broke the silence.

"Sorry... I should have called ya, before I showed up." There he was, the always nervous Daniel.

"No, of course not. Come in!" I held his hand and took him to my bedroom, and he sat on my bed. "I thought it was my brother. He left very early." I grabbed my hairbrush and looked at the mirror.

"Ryan? Early in the morning?"

"Yup, he wrote me a note saying that he was going to do a work at the library." I paused. "I bet he's with Rose..." I noticed Daniel's puzzled expression. "Oh I still haven't told ya. Yesterday, I caught them making out on the couch..." I looked at Dan's face in the mirror. Then turned around and looked at him. "What...?"

"It's just hot seeing ya combing you hair..." I looked away, blushing a lot.

"Thanks... I guess..." We giggled nervously.

"So why did ya come here?" I sat on the bed, lacing my black vans. 

"I missed ya... and I wanted to see ya..." My heart skipped fast at his words.

"That's so sweet..." I kissed his cheek. "Dan, would you mind going to Starbucks?"

"Nope. I also need coffee..." We both stood up, grabbed our coats and made our way to his car, holding hands. 

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(Still Ella's POV)

We ordered two espressos and croissants. Starbucks was full of students, and it's only half past 8, so it's wasn't that easy finding a place to sit.

"So what time you start classes?" He asked me.

"Dan. In case you didn't know: we have German together at half past 9..." I looked at him.

"Oh yes we do... I'm very absent-minded, sometimes..." He rubbed the back of his neck, making me inevitably, bite my bottom lip."

"Just wanted to make sure you're fine xxx". 

"Everything's okay?" Daniel looked at me with a concerned countenance.

"Yeah... it's just my brother... wanting to know if I'm okay..." I smiled at the text that Ryan had sent me. "He's overprotective, as you can see." I texted him back. "I'm good. :') thanks :)"

"That's good, you always have someone looking after ya..." Dan took one more sipp of his coffee. 

"Yeah... but sometimes he cares too much..." I took a bite of my croissant.

"Does him?" He stopped eating.

"Yeah, with guy friends..." Daniel looked deep into my eyes. 

"Of course he does. You're a diamond in the middle of so many worthless stones..." He caressed my hand sending shivers down my spine, making me blush heavily.

"I'm smiling like an idiot now and it's all you fault!" I pointed at him.

"I will take willingly the pain." His deep voice in a London accent was ear candy. He opened the door to me like a gentleman and we made our way to the Uni. In the car ride, I had the chance to look at Dan's features. The chance to look at his simetric nose, his focus countenance, that perfect wild quiff.

"I know you're looking at me, Eleanor." Daniel smirked. "Don't be embarrassed..." The always nervous Daniel was turning into the bold, cheeky one. I smiled shyly. The sun had started to shine, and the dark clouds had almost disappeared. Dan stopped the car and didn't let me open my door.

"Daniel I can perfectly open doors. You don't need to open them." He held my hand.

"But I want to." We walked through the gardens and went to the classroom where we were going to have German. There they were: Rose and Ryan. Kissing each other. It's still a little bit weird to me. Ya know. Your brother dating your bestie. They didn't even realise I was near them. That's when Emms arrived.

"You look soooo awwww, holding hands!" She commented the fact that me and Dan were hand in hand. We were so comfortable that we didn't notice that we were looking like a couple. "Confess... You are secretly together!" She playfully punched my arm. We looked at each other smiling.

"No, Emmeline. We're not..." I giggled. Of course she didn't believe us.

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A/N I've already started writing the 14th chapter. I'd like to know what you think in the comments. :)