I'm Happier Than Ever (Phan)

Chapter 7

When the boys and Charlie arrived at the O'Riley house, there was nobody there. "Huh, this is weird there's always someone home," Char was confused, "but oh well, I guess we should start packing guys!". Charlie led Dan and Phil up the stairs with Pj following a bit behind. "So, uh, this is my room" The room had purple walls and the one window has periwinkle blue and white checkered curtains. There was a bed in the corner of the room, it had a Pokemon duvet covering it; also a small and one large totoro plush toy placed near the pillows. The walls were lined with magazine cut-outs and posters, photographs of what seemed to be her friends and small drawings, all topped off with some classic fairy-lights.

"You're room is so pretty!" Phil was amazed the very aesthetically pleasing room. Charlie left the room and Dan, Phil and Pj were left on their own. Dan sat on the bed with Phil while Pj just sat on the floor admiring the poster laden walls. The chocolate-haired boy leaned his head against Phil's shoulder and whispered "Where did she go?" Right then the door opened revealing Charlie with a stack of 6 cardboard boxes in her hands. "Okay guys, let's get packing!".

Charlie also brought in two suitcases. She opened the closet just to let a big heap of clothes to fall out onto the floor. "Same," Dan laughed, "Can I help with anything?". "Yeah, you can start with taking down my poster and other shit off of my wall," The girl smiled. Char opened the first suitcase and started folding T-shirts and other items of clothing into said suitcase.

"Can someone help me zip up this god-damn thing!" Charlie shouted as she laid on top of the suitcase trying to close it. Pj quickly rushed to help. "I've got you covered, kid" Peej grinned at the red-head. "Thanks.."

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"So all done, now we just need to load them onto the car and get back to ours," Phil exclaimed. The group each picked up a box and carried it down the stairs to the car. Suddenly a car pulled up into the drive-way, it was Charlie's mother. "Oi, what's goin' on here ,Charry? And who are these dapper young lads?" Her mum asked. "Mum, first off I told you this yesterday, I'm moving out. Secondly, these are Dan, Pj and Phil, my friends," the boys smiled and waved. "I'm stayin' at Phil and Dan's house for a bit until I have enough money to rent my own flat, mum," Charlie explained the situation to her mother. "Oh, that's just lovely, sweetie, and boys feel free to call me Mary!" She cheered.

Charlie and the others continued packing the boxes into the car until they were done. Char said her goodbyes to her mum and promised to visit as often as she could. On the drive home Pj asked "Wait, Dan, Phil, are you two, like together or something? Not to be rude or anything, you just seem more close than usual." Phil blushed as he confessed, "yeah, we're dating but only for two weeks as of now." Dan smiled.

"We're here" Charlie chimed as they approached the house. "Okay, now to unload all this crap to the office," She got out of the car, opened the back and grabbed the first box she could find. Dan threw the keys at the younger girl, so she could actually enter their flat.

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"Hey, Charlie is it okay ,if we leave you alone for a few hours? We're going to go to a restaurant to celebrate Dan's birthday but we'll bring you some cake, I promise!" Phil reassured. Charlie nodded "Yeah, I'll be fine guys, have fun!" Charlie giggled. The boys headed out to Canvas, a quite expensive restaurant to say the least but all Phil wanted Dan to have was the best. When the boys got there all dressed up in suits, they were greeted by the hostess "Reservations?". "Oh, uh. Yes we have reservations to the name Lester, thanks!" Phil said slightly awkwardly.

"Right, this way," the sharply dressed woman led the two to their seats. "So what do you want to have, Danny," Phil quietly asked the younger man. "Oh, just a Crème Brûlée, I guess" Dan smiled weakly as he looked at the menu, already feeling kind of nauseous. "Ooh, the Cream Panacotta with strawberries looks nice, doesn't it," Phil pointed out. "Yeah, I guess," Dan agreed with an unenthusiastic tone. "Are you alright Dan? Is something bothering you?," The older boy was worried. "No, I'm fine, don't worry," He lied.

The waiter came to their table and took their orders, plus some champagne. About 20 minutes or so later their food arrived. "Mmm, this is great wanna taste?" Phil asked. The raven haired boy fed a bite of the fairly expensive cake to Dan. "It's good isn't it?" Phil smirked. Dan just groaned and he could feel the eyes of the two older women, who sat behind them, piercing into his back. Once Phil was done with his panacotta thing, he just sat there staring at Dan poking at his food and taking a bite every once in a while. "Are you okay, Dan? I'm worried... yesterday you ate fine.. today I haven't seen you eat anything besides the few bites you took here. What's going on?" Phil inquired with an even more worried look than before. "No, believe me it's fine, I'm fine, just not very hungry," Dan smiled and took a sip of champagne.

(Lmao just found this old account. I'm not even in this fandom anymore but I feel weird not posting this. The chapter has been a draft for almost two years so why not..)

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