Not Like The Other Fans (Dan Avidan x Reader) [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 11: The Dream

I wake up at around 8:30 the next morning. I look around, feeling a bit disoriented, since I'm not at my house. It takes me a bit to remember that I stayed the night at Arin's last night. I yawn and stretch, ready to take on the new day.

I somehow manage to heave myself out of the extremely comfortable bed that exists in the guest room. Rubbing my eye, I walk out of the room, seeing that Arin, Suzy, and Dan are having a somewhat serious discussion at the kitchen table.

I hang back for a bit, just in case it's about me. I hide behind a wall that isn't visible from where they're sitting.

   "Really, Dan?" Arin's voice says, an exasperated edge to it. "We said that you could make a move on (Y/N). Not weird her out and then leave without even following through."

   Ooh, they're talking about last night. Heat rushes to my face as I remember what happened.

   "I know, Arin!" Dan sighs. "I don't know what I was thinking, okay? I didn't know how to make a move, so—"

   "So basically attempting to force a kiss on her and then leaving because of your own anxiety is what you resorted to?" Suzy mumbles, annoyed.

   "I know, it wasn't the best way to swoon her," Dan says. "I just..."

   "I don't know how you got any girls in your life if that's what you were like around them," Arin breathes out.

   "I wasn't like that around them. I was very confident. But something about (Y/N)...just makes me nervous," Dan says. "Maybe it's because she's in a delicate place right now, or maybe it's because I know that she's totally out of my league. But either way, I've never felt this way about a girl before."

   That statement makes me feel a bit proud of myself for making Dan experience a feeling he's never felt around girls before. I let a smile slip. I think it's safe to say Dan likes me. And that makes me happy, since I like him too.

   "Not even Ashley?" Suzy asks, knowing that his relationship with the beautiful blond known as Ashley Anderson was his longest lasting relationship. They broke up after about two years of being together. (I actually approve of Dan and Ashley's present relationship, but for the sake of the story, they won't be together.)

   "Not even Ashley..," Dan says softly. "I loved her. A lot. But even when she wasn't yet mine, I wasn't this nervous to do romantic things with her."

   "Well you better get yourself together if you want (Y/N) as your own," Arin says. "Because this strategy of being awkward and weird won't work on her. Or anyone, for that matter."

   "Got it," Dan mumbles, obviously ashamed.

   Silence coats the room, and I sense that that's my cue to enter, since I've heard all I need to hear.

   I walk in, a bit jittery from the information I was just told.

   Everyone hears me come in and looks up at me. "Hey, (Y/N)!" Dan says casually, as if the entire conversation about me or the incident last night never happened.

   "Hi, guys," I say, sitting in the chair next to Dan and across from Arin and Suzy.

   "Sleep well?" Arin asks, smiling at me.

   I shrug. "Eh. Took me a little bit, but once I was out, I was out."

   "Same. Was too excited by these," Arin says, pulling out his phone and showing me the comments from the Power Hour episode that I was featured in.

   I scan them, and all the ones that I read were super nice and positive. The fans were saying how pretty I was and how I should be a third Grump.