When I Met Dan (A Dan Howell Fanfiction)

Two

Grace's P.O.V

It turned out everything in the convention centre was very organised, considering how many people were in there; everybody was in lots of separate lines, probably waiting to meet people. We had shown our tickets to security guards who were standing either side of the entrance, and they had let us in.
I looked at Em, "Which is the line for Dan and Phil?"
She looked down at her phone, scrolling vigorously, she groaned, "Are you kidding me?" She mumbled. She looked up at me, looking exasperated, "The Dan and Phil meet and greet has been moved to 1 o'clock because the other lines are moving slower than they had hoped. Basically we have half an hour to kill."
"Oh. We coul-" I was interrupted by screams of excitement from one line in particular but also from the majority of people in the room. I stood on my tiptoes to try and see what was going on. I spotted Alfie Deyes just stepping out from behind the curtains to his meet and greet stand, holding his vlogging camera up and filming himself spinning in a circle, capturing everybody near the front of his line in the shot.
"Is it Alfie?" Em asked with a small smile, she was a little shorter and couldn't spot him over the sea of people.
"Yep."
"Do you wanna go back outside for a bit? I kinda need some air." Em said, her eyes flitting around the room. Her anxiety was getting to her I could tell.
"C'mon then, we could have a look at the building from the back or something, I bet it's cool."
She smiled at me gratefully, as we headed out the entrance again, security would let us in again if we showed our tickets. "I'm so excited, and I can't believe this is all in London! It feels a bit like a Johnlock fanfiction I read once." Said Em, grinning.
I burst out laughing, "And how many Johnlock fanfics have you read?"
We continued slowly walking round to back of the building, discussing our favourite TV show, "Oh, y'know, only like every single one that exists."
I flashed her a smile, "I don't really blame you, they've always been my OTP."
I thought I heard laughter in the distance for a second, my attention was on my sister, maybe I had imagined it. Em looked back at me, "I can't believe they make us wait like two years between each season, Sherlock is the best show ever and they basica-"
I walked straight into someone, nearly causing me to fall over. Emily stopped talking so I guessed she had bumped into someone too. What were the chances of that?
A strong pair of hands held my shoulders to stop me tripping over.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" I said glancing up at the poor person I had bumped into. Wait a second...
He stood a good half a foot above me, he smiled down at me. His gorgeous dark fringe sat effortlessly across his forehead, and stopped a little past his liquid brown eyes. His mildly tanned skin had a few lone freckles near the outer corners of his eyes. The best part? Dimples.
Wait... I know this guy. Realisation sent a shiver down my spine and I felt my face fall and my jaw drop slightly.
I heard a squeal from beside me and we both looked at Emily who had her hands covering her mouth, tears in her eyes. She had in fact bumped into someone, it was a girl. Blonde, curly hair that was dip dyed baby pink dropped just past her shoulders onto her mint green dress. Em's eyes flicked between the two and she let out another squeal.
"Dan! Louise! Oh MY GOD!" She started crying a little.
"Awh hey, don't cry!" Louise said, laughing. She hugged her.
"I ju-just can't believe its you AND DAN!"
I realised Dan was still holding my shoulders gently. "Hi." He said, smiling, he glanced back at me and realised he was still holding me. He awkwardly took them away. I didn't mind. It struck me suddenly how good he smelled. I fought back a smile at the thought. I heard Emily speaking to Louise.
I kept my cool, unlike Em. "Hi, I love your Tumblr blog, you're hilarious." I smiled.
"Really? Thanks. Sorry if this sounds weird but I swear I've seen you somewhere on Tumblr before. What's your name?"
"It doesn't sound weird, I've heard worse. Oh, I'm Grace."
Dan laughed, ugh he was so asdfghkl. He glanced at my sister who was endlessly chatting to Louise about Darcy. "So is she your sister?"
"Yeah she's Emily, she's your biggest fan ever." I giggled.
An adorable smile flickered across his face, "You have the same eyes."
Butterflies swarmed in my stomach, I had just met him, and I bearly knew who he was, yet he was really affecting me. "Emily loves YouTubers, I'm just a Tumblr addict, but we love all the same TV shows like Doctor Who and Sherlock, so we get on pretty well." I smiled.
"I literally spend 94% of my life on Tumblr. And we love exactly the same TV shows! Wait, do you watch anime?" He asked, hopefully.
"When don't I watch anime? My life is invested in Johnlock, Attack on Titan, and reblogging stuff."
Dan laughed, "What's your Tumblr?"
"MyNamesGrace."
I saw a pang of realization cross his face, "I have seen you on Tumblr before," He grinned, "I think I looked through your blog."
I laughed, "#Stalker." I said sarcasticly.
He laughed then I remembered something, "Haven't you got a meet and greet in like..." I glanced at my watch, "8 minutes?"
"Oh shit, Phil will be waiting for me." He turned to Louise, "My meet and greet is in like 8 minutes."
"Oh wow we had better go." She hugged us both, "It was so nice meeting you!"
"How did you know I had a meet and greet?" Asked Dan.
"We're going to it!" Said Em.
Dan grinned, "I'll see you there then."
"Maybe I could pop into the stand to talk to you girls again when it's your turn?" She looked at Dan hopefully.
Dan linked an arm round her shoulder, "Deal! See you, Grace." His eyes lingered on me for slightly longer than they needed to.
"Bye, Emily!" Called Louise as they made their way off.
"C'mon!" Em grabbed my hand, yanking me in the opposite direction, and back toward the entrance.
Had that really just happened? I actually pinched myself to make sure I wasn't asleep.
Nope, this wasn't a dream. I had just met Dan Howell.
My phone bleeped in my pocket, I took it out to see what it was. It was a Tumblr notification.
@danisnotonfire followed you