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Dan Howell was always the boy that people noticed, not because he was popular, or stunningly gorgeous, but he was pretty attractive. No, he was always noticed because he was the boy who wore flower crowns and pastel shirts with pastel jeans. Dan's normal everyday outfit consisted of a pair of jeans, sometimes mint or light purple, sometimes blue or pink, a white collared shirt, a jumper that matched his jeans, and to top it off, a flower crown that matched his jeans and jumper. He dyed his hair a new pastel color every few weeks.
Phil Lester was always the boy to be noticed. Not because he was popular, but because he was the boy with the piercings and tattoos. Phil was the punk of the school, with sleeves, and gauges, and a leather jacket. He dyed his hair black, and wore eyeliner. Phil's normal everyday outfit consisted of black tight skinny jeans, a band t-shirt, sometimes Fall Out Boy, other times Pierce the Veil, and his signature leather jacket.
While Dan drove a Prius, Phil drove a motorcycle. While Dan was listening to music and thinking about theater, Phil was smoking and at parties. They were definitely polar opposites, but that didn't stop anything from happening between the two boys.
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Dan Howell spent most of his days in school, daydreaming about the hottest boy at his school, Phil Lester. Phil Lester was the punk of the school, and Dan found it absolutely attractive. Of course, Dan would never be able to talk to Phil because he happened to be two grades ahead of Dan. Yes, that's right, Dan was into the older bad boy.
Phil Lester spent most of his days at school, although he rarely actually went to his classes. Most of the time he was either smoking out back, or, here's the real kicker, watching Dan Howell, the boy with the flower crown. Of course, Phil would never talk to Dan because Dan was two grades below him. To say Phil had a crush on Dan would be a MASSIVE understatement. Phil was completely infatuated with the boy. Phil found it completely adorable that the boy wore flower crowns and pastel jumpers. Phil could have any boy or girl that he wanted at the school, and he knew that, but that didn't keep him from wanting Dan.
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Phil was hanging with his friends, smoking out back, like usual, when the final bell of the day rung, signaling for people to go home. Phil and his friends started to walk around towards the front of the school, merging with the steady stream of people coming out of the building. It was a Friday, and so everyone was dying to go home and be able to hang out with their friends. Phil suddenly caught sight of Dan, and couldn't keep the smile off of his face. Dan was wearing a mint green jumper with jeans the same color, pastel pink converse, along with a pastel pink flower crown. He looked adorable in a way that only he could accomplish.
"Lester, how about instead of staring you finally work up the nerve to talk to him? Seriously, you act like a stalker," one of Phil's friends, Jack said.
"I heard from Amy that he likes someone in our grade, and that someone's a boy. It could very well be you," Sarah chimed in. Sarah's little sister, Amy was actually pretty good friends with Dan.
"Or you know, it could be one of the other 100 boys in our grade, that's always a possibility," Phil quipped sarcastically.
Phil had considered talking to Dan several times, but underneath his punk exterior, there was a big, dorky, soft interior. An interior that was afraid of being rejected by the only guy he was attracted to.
"Seriously, the worst he could do is say no. That's it. Just go talk to him."
"I can get his number from Amy for you."
"Seriously, if you don't talk to him, I will. And I will charm his pants right off of him. Lester, and I don't think you want that to happen, now do you?"
"Jake, I swear if you do, I will castrate you." Phil said.
"Well then, go talk to him." Jake said.
"Fine, but if he turns me down, I blame you guys."
Phil started ambling his way over towards Dan, noticing that his friends were with him, so that not only would Phil have to talk to him, but also to Dan's friends.
Dan spotted Phil as soon as he started walking towards him.
"Amy, Phil's walking this way, do I look okay? Oh God, what if he's coming to talk to us. Wait, no, he wouldn't. Even if he did, it's probably about something your sister wanted him to say to you." Dan rambled.
"Dan, relax, you look great. Prettier than me, as usual, and seriously, he's only staring at you, not me. He looks happy and nervous."
"Oh God." As soon as Dan finished his sentence, Phil was right in front of him, and he was struggling not to run and hide.
Phil was beyond nervous to be talking to Dan, he just hoped it wasn't showing.
"Hi Amy, and hello, you're Dan right?" Phil said with a fake air of confidence in his voice.
"Yeah, I'm Dan. You're Phil, I think. I hope. Sorry." Dan said while blushing profusely.
Phil laughed a little before continuing, "Yeah, I'm Phil. I was just wondering if you were up to anything tomorrow night. I mean me and my friends were going to go out and do some things. I was wondering if you wanted to come? I mean you don't have to, but it'd be really great if you did." Phil blabbered.
"I, um... I would love to," Dan said nervously. "Can Amy come with us though? I mean, her sister is going, right? You're friends with her sister."
"Yeah, Sarah is coming. Amy, you should come, you'll probably have fun. You're into art right? Sarah showed me some of your drawings, sorry if you didn't want me to see them, but they're really good."
"Oh yeah, thanks. I guess I can come." Amy said after she saw Dan looking at her pleadingly.
"Great. Can I just pick you guys up at Sarah's house? I mean, since I've already been there, and you guys probably hang out there." Phil asked.
"Yeah," Dan and Amy replied in unison.
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"So?" Sarah asked when Phil returned to the group.
"Me, you, and Jake are all going to hangout with him and Amy tomorrow night. I mean, we all three already had plans to go tagging tomorrow night, we're just taking two extra people." Phil said.
"Phil! We can't just do that! What if we get caught! I don't want my little sister and her best friend going to jail with us!" Sarah screamed.
"We won't get caught. There's a special place I read about, tagging there is actually legal, and it's only a short drive from here. It's fine. By the way, we're all meeting at your house first, for convenience sake." Phil said.
"Ugh, fine. But seriously, if we get in trouble I swear I will murder you." Sarah said.