12. What was your last dream about?
i have sooo many dreams (i think itâs bc i take melatonin bc #insomnia) and i donât usually remember them all, but i usually write them out in the morning if i can. the last dream i have written down is that i was in spain with my super close family friends (we call them our siblings) and we were in this huge expensive hotel and there was a kitchen and my friend wanted to make mixed drinks in this fancy ass spanish hotelâs kitchen haha
32. How big is your house?
i could not tell you the square footage or anything like that but itâs a decent size! i have a basement, the main floor, and then an upstairs, so itâs pretty standard for my area!
1. What is you middle name?
2. How old are you?
3. When is your birthday?
4. What is your zodiac sign?
5. What is your favorite color?
6. Whatâs your lucky number?
7. Do you have any pets?
8. Where are you from?
9. How tall are you?
10. What shoe size are you?
11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
12. What was your last dream about?
13. What talents do you have?
14. Are you psychic in any way?
15. Favorite song?
16. Favorite movie?
17. Who would be your ideal partner?
18. Do you want children?
19. Do you want a church wedding?
20. Are you religious?
21. Have you ever been to the hospital?
22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?
23. Have you ever met any celebrities?
24. Baths or showers?
25. What color socks are you wearing?
26. Have you ever been famous?
27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?
28. What type of music do you like?
29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
31. What position do you usually sleep in?
32. How big is your house?
33. What do you typically have for breakfast?
34. Have you ever fired a gun?
35. Have you ever tried archery?
36. Favorite clean word?
37. Favorite swear word?
38. Whatâs the longest youâve ever gone without sleep?
39. Do you have any scars?
40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
41. Are you a good liar?
42. Are you a good judge of character?
43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?
44. Do you have a strong accent?
45. What is your favorite accent?
46. What is your personality type?
47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?
48. Can you curl your tongue?
49. Are you an innie or an outie?
50. Left or right handed?
51. Are you scared of spiders?
52. Favorite food?
53. Favorite foreign food?
54. Are you a clean or messy person?
55. Most used phrased?
56. Most used word?
57. How long does it take for you to get ready?
58. Do you have much of an ego?
59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?
60. Do you talk to yourself?
61. Do you sing to yourself?
62. Are you a good singer?
63. Biggest Fear?
64. Are you a gossip?
65. Best dramatic movie youâve seen?
66. Do you like long or short hair?
67. Can you name all 50 states of America?
68. Favorite school subject?
69. Extrovert or Introvert?
70. Have you ever been scuba diving?
71. What makes you nervous?
72. Are you scared of the dark?
73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?
74. Are you ticklish?
75. Have you ever started a rumor?
76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?
77. Have you ever drank underage?
78. Have you ever done drugs?
79. Who was your first real crush?
80. How many piercings do you have?
81. Can you roll your Rs?â
82. How fast can you type?
83. How fast can you run?
84. What color is your hair?
85. What color is your eyes?
86. What are you allergic to?
87. Do you keep a journal?
88. What do your parents do?
89. Do you like your age?
90. What makes you angry?
91. Do you like your own name?
92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?
93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?
94. What are you strengths?
95. What are your weaknesses?
96. How did you get your name?
97. Were your ancestors royalty?
98. Do you have any scars?
99. Color of your bedspread?
100. Color of your room?
just went on twitter for a hot sec and then remembered how toxic the wdw fandom can be i love this this is so funđ€ đ€ i miss tumblr stans we were so unproblematic and now thereâs like five of usđđ
wdw fans can be sooooo problematic(especially on ig and bird app), its a reason why i went m.i.a on many of my wdw accounts and really only came back to wattpad and tumblr bcuz fans on these platforms are chill af and really wanna just share the passion of writing and loving the boys instead of obsessing over rumors and debating if their true
I never thought the fandom was that toxic, although I donât use Twitter. Anyways my wdw account is a toxic-free zone, where I like to support others like it.âșïžđ
ok so from what i understand twitter fans got upset because in a most requested live interview, jack said he âwishes fans wouldnât scroll ten years down on twitter and find something to make something hugeâ and that fans should just be in it for the music, not to cause drama. which like personally, i donât think is that big of a deal for fans to be angry at. iâve also seen people saying that he basically called them numbers which like what the fuck that is not what he said, people just perceive things SO differently than how theyâre meant to be perceived imo. i definitely understand holding them accountable for mistakes theyâve made and iâm not gonna be the one to accept apologizes that arenât for me, obviously. i do also think at some point, itâs time to simultaneously recognize that it IS really hard to be in the position that these boys are in at this age. i also think that because i personally have anxiety, i canât imagine being in their positions and having anxiety knowing that there are fans over analyzing ever word, tone of voice, social media post, and basic movement they make. weâve heard them briefly talk about mental health issues and i think sometimes we forget that theirâs honestly might be amplified because of their popularity.
but yeah jack posted a thing saying he loves us and stuff like that (i guess in a way of an apology, but like he didnât say sorry so fans didnât like that) and fans under that post were like all pissed because he said we should just be here for the music??? (like maâam what else are we supposed to be here for??? thatâs why we know them???) idk itâs just frustrating. mainly in this post, i was just kinda trying to refer to the fact that iâve never been on a wdw part of twitter where thereâs any kind of positivity. iâve only seen drama and negativity and fighting, and maybe iâm just not on the right parts, but itâs just upsetting bc i know how many good fans there are out there bc of my tumblr experience!! idk i hope this makes sense bc iâm not saying we shouldnât hold them accountable; we should. i just think at some point we do have to consider that they are real people who mess up their words (like jack in the interview) and are now constantly under a microscope that fans arenât under and canât fully understand. and also that unfortunately the world was a different place ten years ago and we need to recognize that if as a generation, we can change, so can the individuals in it. esp at such a young age where weâre still educating ourselves and growing.
*this is just my current opinion and info i have, obvi lmk if iâve said something offensive or thereâs something else i should be aware of in this situation. i too am still trying to learn and educate myself!!
Can you please do an cute imagine about y/n and Daniel having a baby together and taking care of the baby and figuring the parenting stuff out together. Ur amazing
summary: follow a few different events in the life of daniel and y/n learning to raise a baby.
warning(s): baby, literally too lazy to edit this iâll come back later lmao
word count: 2608
authorâs note: i have such baby fever omgÂ
disclaimer:Â i def need to clarify that i am 18 years old and do not have a baby and i have no close friends with babies (in person, at least) therefore this is purely fiction. i watch a LOT (i mean A LOT) of family vloggers and like teen mom accounts raising their kids, so basically all of my knowledge comes from that. i hope no one takes offence to my depiction of it, but my intention is purely just to write this cute fic idea, and i donât want to pretend like i know anything about parenting or raising a child or anything like that!! okay thatâs all!!
I could barely see my feet as I painfully took in another breath of air and started walking forward. Awoken at 3am with terrible back pain and a pool of amniotic fluid at my waist, Daniel and I now rushed to grab our hospital bag and make our way to the labor and delivery section of our nearest hospital.Â
everything went so fast. before i was actively having a child, it felt like my pregnancy would never end, but now that itâs actually happening and iâm having a child, it felt like pregnancy flew by.
just a few days ago, i was sitting on the countertop in my bathroom, impatiently waiting to see if i was pregnant or not in hopes that daniel wouldnât get home from the studio early and find me. i had just given daniel the surprise of his lifetime when i woke him up at four am to tell him i was pregnant because i just couldnât keep it from him anymore to do a fun reveal. i remember how we both cried, too excited to even go back to sleep.Â
just a few days ago, daniel and i were sitting in my obstetricianâs office as we got to hear our eight week old fetusâ heartbeat for the first time. we both cried. it feels like just a day or two ago we cut into a pink colored cake and found out that our precious baby girl would be coming. all of the breakdowns about what stroller to buy and which crib matches the nursey best felt like just moments ago. and now, all of a sudden, iâm ten hours into labor and iâm ready to push.
pushing was painful, but the thought of holding a sweet babygirl soon just kept me going. daniel squeezed my hand tight, standing by the end of the bed watching our beautiful daughter make her way into the world.
i gave the final push and soon i heard a cry that made everything in the whole world worth it. they say you never truly understand love until youâve had a child, and as soon as i held our daughter, i felt an overwhelming sense of truth in that statement. i never knew such a distinct moment could be the greatest day of my life, but as soon as i laid my eyes on her, i knew that i would never get a day greater than this one.Â
our daughter laid on my chest for a while as daniel sat by my head, holding both my hand and hers. eventually, the nurses cleaned her off a bit and wrapped her tightly in a swaddle for daniel to finally hold his daughter. i watched the tears fall from his bluer than ever eyes that never left her little face. by the way she settled in his arms and fell asleep, i knew i was going to have a daddyâs little girl on our hands.Â
it felt like forever, just watching daniel and our baby getting to know each other. soon enough, though, the doctors finished with the stitches and i heard a knock at the door.Â
within seconds, both of our parents came into the room, bearing wide smiles. daniel sat in the seat next to me, both of us staring at the beautiful baby in front of us.Â
âdoes she have a name?â keri asks, slowly walking up to the two of us, careful not to be too loud.Â
daniel and i look at each other, and then i give him the nod to tell everyone. âcallista avery mae seavey.â
âour little baby callie.â i smile at the name. daniel and i both loved the name callie, but wanted it to be a nickname. avery was after his bandmate who really helped us through this whole preparing to be parents thing. mae was a pretty nickname from my side of the family that was good to separate avery and seavey. our little callie mae.Â
***
it was three am and both of us were awake to callieâs loud screaming. turns out that daniel and i had a very colicky daughter who, when awake, wanted to scream at the top of her lungs. daniel was in the nursery trying to grab more diapers and wipes that, out of exhaustion, we forgot to restock last night when we ran out. i held callie in our arms, rocking her gently and trying to get her to go back to sleep.Â
âdoes she have a dirty diaper?â daniel asks, placing the diapers in the corner of our messy bedroom. a few days into callieâs life, we realized we shouldâve left the changing table in our bedroom until she was ready to sleep in the nursey, but both of us were too tired to even think about moving the furniture around. so for now the corner of the room was storage and a changing pad on the bench was our late night changing table.Â
âi donât think so.â i answer, giving him an exhausted look. âher diaper isnât heavy and i tried to feed her, but she doesnât seem to be hungry. i think she just woke up and is being colicky again.â
âhow long did the doctor say the colic will last?â daniel asks.Â
âshe didnât.â i sigh, going to take a seat on our bed as i continued to calm callie. daniel sat beside me. âgo back to sleep, i got her.â
âno, i know youâve been awake all night. try to go to sleep, iâve got her.â daniel says, and then takes callie from me. âdid you take melatonin tonight?â
âyeah.â i say. âi know your body goes through a lot of changes postpartum, but iâm really not liking the insomnia.â
âokay, well, you lay down, and iâm gonna sing to you both, okay?â daniel says and then starts to rock callie to sleep as i laid beside them. and then he started to sing softly.Â
***
callie was born a little over three months ago and daniel and i havenât had a date night since then. when we fearfully realized that last week, jack and anna were both quick to offer some help. we hadnât felt comfortable leaving callie yet, especially since she wasnât always the easiest. we had lots of help and people offering, but neither daniel nor i were good at asking for help. thatâs definitely something weâre both still working on, especially now that we have a baby.Â
finally though, jack and anna convinced us. originally, we were going to leave them with danielâs parents, but anna and jack were pretty convincing. jack had lots of experience since he himself is a dad, and anna was very close with gabbie when she had lavender. jack also decided to invite zach for some more company, which was cute.
daniel and i had a hard time saying goodbye to callie, even though we really were only going to be out for two hours at most. we knew neither of us could stay away for that long.Â
the restaurant wasnât too far from the house, which was nice because it cut down on our time away from callie. i think both of us were a little nervous to leave her. we both know that sheâs three months old and other people are more than capable of watching her for a few hours, but itâs still hard to not be worried about all of the things we could be missing out on.
âoh my gosh, anna just sent a picture of callie.â daniel says in the middle of our dinner, holding up his phone to show up me the picture of our daughter in the adorable pajamas her aunt bought.Â
âi miss her.â i admit, knowing he was feeling similarly. âdo you think they had a hard time getting her to sleep? i hope sheâll be good for them tonight.â
âiâm sure she was fine.â daniel says, then later . âyou know, maybe we should skip dessert. relieve them a little early.â
âsheâs growing up so fast.â i tell him. âiâm not ready for her to keep growing.â
âweâre gonna blink and sheâs gonna be cursing us out because we wouldnât let her go out with her friends.â daniel continues. ânot that we would do that, because honestly, iâve always thought weâd be a little cooler than that.â
i laugh at his comment. âoh, weâll definitely be cooler than that. weâre not gonna be the lame strict parents that doesnât let their kids go out with their friends.â
âoh definitely.â daniel agrees. âexcept i will be strict about doors open if someone is over. i donât care who sheâs in her room with, but that door better be open. i am taking no chances.â
âi feel like thatâs fair.â i add. âi know weâre parents, but wow, until i think about that future, i kind of forget.â
âiâm very glad thatâs a long ways away.â he comments. âiâm barely ready for her to be three months old, we do not need to get ahead of ourselves. take this parenting thing one step at a time.â
âi could not agree more.â i smile, leaning over the table to kiss danielâs lips gently.Â
***
i walked out of my one year oldâs nursery with her in my arms. we watched as daniel and anna hung balloons up around our california apartment. itâs just about an hour before callieâs first birthday party, and now more than ever, i could not be more grateful for danielâs familyâs offer to help us set up.Â
rather than fighting with figuring out food for the party, we decided to get it catered. christian and tyler offered to go pick up the food at the restaurant for us, which was extremely helpful. his parents were setting up some decorations around the front of the apartment.Â
i had just put callie in her adorable dress that i specifically picked out for this party. we werenât the type to throw parties, so we werenât 100% sure what to do or what to expect, but we decided to just stick to family and close friends. callie was too young for us to strictly invite her friends over. at this stage in her life, her friends were whoever was at mommy&me that week.Â
the party was going to be small. danielâs family, my family, danielâs bandmates and close friends, and then my close friends.Â
thankfully, we finished decorating and setting up with about thirty minutes left to spare before the party. rather than worry, i decided to just sit on the couch with anna and daniel. keri took callie from me, wanting to spend some time with her granddaughter, and giving daniel and i a brief break before the party started.Â
âi cannot believe sheâs a year old.â anna exclaims to me. âyou guys have been parents for a year. thatâs crazy to think about.â
âitâs definitely a little bit weird.â i giggle in response.Â
âyou guys make it look so easy, being young parents.â anna says. âi know iâm younger than you guys, but still, i cannot imagine having a kid anytime soon.â
âi didnât think i would either.â i tell anna. âfor me, i wasnât really ready until i met dani. i realized that i was ready because i wanted to do this with him. itâs different for everyone, iâm sure, but at least personally, thatâs how i knew we could be parents.â
daniel wraps his arm around me on the couch, kissing my cheek softly. âyeah, itâs the same for me. when you find someone you want to do everything with, it gets easier to imagine yourself parenting together.â
âthat is really cute.â anna says. âthis is what i mean, when i say you make it look easy!!â
âitâs definitely not easy.â i laugh. âbut itâs a little bit easier when you work as a team. we talk things through and decide together, instead of just making decisions separately. itâs a lot easier to feel like youâre making the right decision when you talk things through.â
âand that is all the parenting advice you get, because while i am most definitely ready to be a dad, i am not ready to be an uncle.â daniel says, getting protective over his younger sister.Â
âbeing an uncle is way easier than being a dad.â anna laughs. âbut trust me, iâm not having kids any time soon. at least not intentionally.â
âwell, i have to be the cool uncle. someoneâs gotta bail the kid out of jail and hide it from you.â daniel jokes.
âfirst of all, why would my kid go to jail??â anna asks. âand second of all, you mightâve been first in the race for cool uncle before callie arrived, but since becoming a dad, youâve fallen behind. the cool uncle canât have kids, thatâs not how that works.â
âwell iâll break that standard, because iâll be the cool uncle.âÂ
âi just want to be the aunt that gives good advice at one oâclock in the morning.â i tell them. âsomeoneâs gotta do it. i expect that for callie, anna, so i will do that for your kids.â
âoh, of course. nothing but the best for callie. and future kids.â anna agrees. âspeaking of, future kids? any thoughts on that? mom wants me to scope that out.â
âeventually.â i smile. âsooner rather than later.â
***
daniel took callie on a walk. heâs been really adamant about spending at least thirty minutes a day on a walk with her. now that sheâs getting a lot more balance and ability to take a lot more steps, he loves taking her to the playground a few blocks from our apartment. usually, i like to go with them, but today i made up an excuse about things i had to get done at home.
i felt especially grateful for that routine of his today, because i needed a few minutes to myself. iâve been feeling particularly nauseated recently, and as soon as i woke up the other day, i could feel that i was pregnant again. in the past, i had always thought that when i was paranoid about being late, but now that iâve actually experienced pregnancy, i can feel that thereâs a little fetus inside of me.
daniel and i havenât exactly been trying, but we havenât been taking as many precautions as we were when callie was first born. now that sheâs over a year old, we feel better about having another baby. we werenât too rushed, because we lot spending time with just our little girl, but we didnât want to wait too long and have her grow up without a sibling. having a sibling was always a priority of daniel and iâs. seeing as we both grew up with siblings, we know how important it is to have a sibling.Â
my stomach fluttered with butterflies as i followed the instructions on the pregnancy test. after realizing i was pregnant with callie, i had bought a ton of tests that i didnât end up using because it was so obvious that i was indeed pregnant. that was extremely helpful for right now when i donât have time to go sit in traffic for thirty minutes just to go to the pharmacy.Â
i sat on top of the counter, leaving the pregnancy test face down while i tried to scroll through tiktok and distract myself. it was probably the slowest five minutes of my life, other than finding out about callie.Â
the timer went off on my phone. i take a deep breath and carefully lift the pregnancy test off the marble bathroom counter.
just went on twitter for a hot sec and then remembered how toxic the wdw fandom can be i love this this is so funđ€ đ€ i miss tumblr stans we were so unproblematic and now thereâs like five of usđđ
just went on twitter for a hot sec and then remembered how toxic the wdw fandom can be i love this this is so funđ€ đ€ i miss tumblr stans we were so unproblematic and now thereâs like five of usđđ
hiii can we please please please have another part to parties and the cost of friendship? love love love your writing!
hey hon just requesting a third part to âcost of friendshipâ with dani whenever you have the time, thanks love
Hey! I hope things are going okay! I was reading your imagines and Iâm a big fan of your works! I was just wondering if you were going to post a part 3 to âcost of friendshipâ? Just curious :) I understand if you discontinued it/youâre on a break.
summary:Â six months into the relationship and just in time for the holidays, daniel and y/n recognize the difficulty in spending the holidays away from each other and have to determine if itâs worth breaking the secret.
warning(s): cursing
disclaimer: i use christmas and thanksgiving as plot points in this story because it fit better with the way i wanted the story to go, but feel free to replace them with any other holidays you celebrate!!
word count: 2740
authorâs note: accidentally posted this, unedited, last night with no word count and the authorâs note that i wrote in december of last year when i originally made the draft and didnât write a single word of this story:) so now that it actually makes sense to post this, here is part three to cost of friendship! thanks for all these requests even tho they were clearly from a long time ago since cost of friendship II came out TWO YEARS AGO in september. welp hope this was worth the wait lol enjoy:))
Hey! I hope things are going okay! I was reading your imagines and I'm a big fan of your works! I was just wondering if you were going to post a part 3 to "cost of friendship"? Just curious :) I understand if you discontinued it/you're on a break.
hiiiii i did indeed write a third part to this finally! thank you so much<3 i hope you love it and i really appreciate your kindness about it:))
hiii can we please please please have another part to parties and the cost of friendship? love love love your writing!
hey hon just requesting a third part to 'cost of friendship' with dani whenever you have the time, thanks love
Hey! I hope things are going okay! I was reading your imagines and I'm a big fan of your works! I was just wondering if you were going to post a part 3 to "cost of friendship"? Just curious :) I understand if you discontinued it/you're on a break.
summary:Â six months into the relationship and just in time for the holidays, daniel and y/n recognize the difficulty in spending the holidays away from each other and have to determine if itâs worth breaking the secret.
warning(s): cursing
disclaimer: i use christmas and thanksgiving as plot points in this story because it fit better with the way i wanted the story to go, but feel free to replace them with any other holidays you celebrate!!
word count: 2740
authorâs note: accidentally posted this, unedited, last night with no word count and the authorâs note that i wrote in december of last year when i originally made the draft and didnât write a single word of this story:) so now that it actually makes sense to post this, here is part three to cost of friendship! thanks for all these requests even tho they were clearly from a long time ago since cost of friendship II came out TWO YEARS AGO in september. welp hope this was worth the wait lol enjoy:))
read these first: part one, part two
six months with daniel went by really quickly. the summer was honestly a lot of fun. i could spent hours at the boysâ house and nothing was suspicious about it. i grew a lot closer with them all because we spent so much time together, and it wasnât weird for me to hang out there, and i could see daniel whenever i wanted. we really got to know each other during the summer months. i had known daniel for a while now, but getting to know him on a relationship level was really nice.
summer ended pretty quickly though and then fall came. i was back in school. i didnât think it would be hard to see him since i was still in the ending months of school when we started dating. i think that going from so much time together over the summer to only seeing each other a few hours a week was a really hard adjustment.
we promised weâd never let our schedules be a problem, but managing a full time studentâs schedule and a singerâs schedule is really difficult. i had classes monday through friday, and any time i wasnât in class, i was doing homework. that left my only free time during the week to be late at night. so we hung out late at night, but by the time we saw each other we were usually too exhausted to really do anything other than lay around and watch a show or talk for a little bit. weekends were usually better for me, but daniel had a crazy schedule that usually had studio time incorporated on the weekend.
we still made effort to see each other all the time we could, but it wasnât easy. i think that probably plays into my current nerves. itâs early november and the stress of the holiday season had already gotten to me.
as a kid, the holiday season was the absolute best. thanksgiving meant seeing all of my family, including my cousins who were really close in age to me. and then the stretch between thanksgiving and christmas was my absolute favorite. it was filled with christmas music, christmas decorations, buying gifts, giving gifts, getting gifts, and again, seeing family. and donât even get me started on new years. as a kid, staying up late was the absolute best thing. the sparking cider and noise makers were all the rave.
as a much older college student now though, it was a lot less fun. the holiday season meant figuring out plans and traveling home to see my family and not knowing which part of my family was actually gonna be available. it meant buying actual meaningful or useful gifts and then figuring out how to get them home. there was still the music and the lights, but i had no time to meaninglessly drive around los angeles and see the lights or spend hours around a fireplace watching christmas movies. i didnât even have a fireplace to begin with.
the holiday season was also much more confusing this year because i had daniel. iâve never even had a boyfriend during the holiday season, let alone a secret boyfriend. most of the things we went out and did we could pass off as just things weâre doing as close friends, but the holidays were different. friends donât ditch the holidays with their family just to hang out with their friends family. i donât even know if daniel and i are at the level in our relationship, and then even if we were, i couldnât do anything about it because keeping our relationship a secret meant not being able to do the explicitly for couples holiday stuff.
as much as i think daniel and i are ready for the family stage in our relationship, neither of us have really talked about it because thereâs not really much room to do it anyways. iâve met danielâs siblings and parents before, but never as anything more than a friend because it was too risky to tell anyone. and danielâs never had an excuse to come meet my family since they arenât just down the road like his.
the secret relationship really damaged my normal holiday mood and it honestly stressed me out. i have to book my plane home soon and to do that meant that there really was no chance that iâd spend the holidays with daniel. even with us only being together half a year, daniel meant so much to me. in every other relationship iâd been in, it felt like i was waiting for the relationship to end or i at least knew that it wasnât going to last. it was different with daniel though and that was really hard since we couldnât even tell anyone about it.
tonight is a friday and i had finally finished my work for the week. i was invited to a party, but i didnât really feel like going since i was pretty tired from the week and i wasnât in a party mood. daniel texted me soon after and asked if i wanted to come over. i wasnât really in a socialization mood, but since it was just daniel and i havenât seen him much recently, i said yes. he even said he would pick me up which made it ten times easier to say yes because he knows i donât like taking ubers alone and i donât have access to a car.
daniel picked me up at about 7. i didnât feel like getting ready so i just wore my grey sweatpants and wdw tee that daniel had gotten me for free. daniel never seemed to mind my lazy outfits and i knew as soon as we got back he would change out of his jeans too.
âhi love, how was your day?â daniel asks as soon as i get in the car. i felt a little emotionally exhausted, but so happy to see daniel. the car was like our safe space because no one was around to walk in on us and we didnât have to hide our feelings and actions.
âexhausting, but better now that iâm seeing you.â i admit.
âat least itâs the weekend now.â daniel says. âand i went to the studio a little early today so that we wonât have to go in this weekend and i can spend more time with you.â
âreally?â i ask, that news brightening my day a little. âi was just about to ask how studio was today?â
âit was good. we worked on a new christmas song today when we were finished. i donât know if weâll ever release it but it was a lot of fun. iâm sure youâd love it.â
âyou know how i feel about christmas music.â i grin. maybe a little daniel written christmas music will brighten my spirit in these next coming weeks.
âspeaking of, i feel like you havenât played any christmas music. i swear i barely knew you this time last year as compared to now but i knew how much you loved christmas music. i feel like you played it as soon as halloween was over.â daniel mentions and as much as i wanted to hold it back and not say anything, i felt too tired to not.
âi havenât really been in the christmas spirit.â i admit with a sigh that i knew daniel would read through.
âi know the holiday season is hard. itâs been on my mind a lot too and i was hoping it wasnât adding to your stress, but i shouldâve said something sooner because i knew it would.â daniel says, looking over and gently ok in a hand on mine.
âitâs okay.â i say. âi probably wouldnât have even admitted it until we got to a night like tonight where iâm honestly too tired to pretend iâm not stressed.â
âiâm sorry, love. do you want to talk about it?â daniel asks.
âitâs okay, i donât even know what to say because we canât even do anything about it.â i answer. âand i donât want to stress you out with all of my little annoyances and sad things.â
âi know that the last few months havenât been easy.â daniel starts, deciding for us both that nothing i could say would be too much for us. âwith our schedules and then keeping it a secret.â
âitâs just-â i donât even know where to start because i know when iâll do iâll either inevitably cry out of stress or sound angry with him when iâm not, iâm just annoyed at our situation. âit really sucks that i canât spend any of the holidays with you and i fucking hate that because i love the holiday season and the spirit and iâm avoiding it because i donât want to feel sad about us not being together for the holidays. and i love you. i love you so much and i want you to meet my family because i know theyâll love you, but it would be way too obvious for you to fly home with me for the holidays and thereâs really no hiding that so i know it makes no sense to even think about that because it just makes me sad.â
âi love you too, y/n.â daniel says, still processing everything. âi didnât know you wanted me to meet your family yet. i would love to, but i didnât want to bring it up until you were ready.â
âare you kidding?â i laugh a little bit, looking over at him as he parked the car in the driveway but neither of us moved. âdaniel, of course i want you to meet my family. i know theyâll love you because youâre you. god, ever since i told my sisters i have a boyfriend theyâve been begging me to tell them who so that they could meet you. i donât know, the holidays have always just been about being with family for my family, and iâm sure yours too. youâre such an important part of my life now and i wish i could share you with them. itâs whatever, though. we shouldnât talk about it because i know that itâs not possible.â
âwhat about thanksgiving with my family and christmas with yours?â daniel says and my heart skips a beat. âand then we can figure out new years later. i know you have to go home for christmas because youâll get kicked out of dorms, and as much as i would love for you to just stay with us, iâm sure you want to go home and see your family.â
âdaniel, as lovely as that sounds, you know how suspicious it would be for me to stay here for thanksgiving and for you to fly home with me? i donât think even we would be able to keep that a secret.â
âfuck the secret, then, y/n.â he blurts out. ây/n, i donât see us ending ever, and definitely not anytime soon and itâs not like weâre gonna keep this a secret forever. fuck the secret. corbyn was right, okay, the boys are gonna be happy for us. itâs not like they havenât picked up on us being close these last few months and keeping this secret isnât worth us being apart for the next few months, okay? itâs hard enough to spend only a few hours together a week, i donât want to be away from you for all of thanksgiving and christmas too.â
âfuck the secret.â i say, with a smile forming on my face. âare we really doing this?â
âi see no better time than now, y/n.â daniel leans over the console to kiss my lips softly. âwanna go tell the boys now?â
âletâs do it.â i unbuckle my seatbelt with a weight lifted off of my shoulders. daniel and i meet in front of the car, our hands interlocking as we walked into the house as a non-secret couple for the first time.
the boys were all sitting in the living room and a movie was playing with all of the lights out. they all look over as daniel closes the door and the two of us walk over to them.
ây/n? what are you doing here? daniel didnât tell us he was bringing you over.â zach says. âof course he just wants to hog you again.â
âdo you guys wanna pause the movie for a second? we have some important news.â daniel says and we separate hands as to not give it away just yet.
âfucking finally.â jonah says.
âwhat?â i ask, wondering what he meant.
âi mean, i donât want to be the one to say it and ruin it for you two, but i mean, come on, weâve been waiting months for you to admit to it. so get on with it.â jonah gestures for us to continue. guess we werenât as great secret keepers as we thought.
ây/n and i have been dating for about six months and kept it a secret from everyone.â daniel says and then takes my hand in his and pulls me closer so that iâm in his arms.
âSIX.â zach yells. âi knew there were vibes between you two but you guys are good. six months??â
ânot that good.â corbyn mumbles, which causes the other three to look at him.
âyou bitch!â jack then exclaims. âyou knew? and you didnât give me my damn money??â
âitâs their fault, they told me not to say anything!â corbyn defends, pointing a finger at the two of us. âi was not supposed to find out. i wish i didnât, this was a lot of stress i didnât need.â
âi would like my twenty bucks now, thank you very much.â jack says and corbyn quickly throws a twenty dollar bill at him.
âthis is so unfair.â the ninteen year old looks at the rest of us. âjack gets twenty bucks, corbyn gets stress relief, daniel gets a girlfriend and itâs y/n. what do i get? i want something!â
âzach, i didnât get anything from this either.â jonah reminds.
âshut up. you have a girlfriend.â zach screeches in his jokingly angry voice. âgod, iâm so lonely.â
âi have a couple sisters, if you want.â i laugh a little. âyouâd have to come home for christmas with danny and i, though.â
âand youâre leaving us for christmas? gosh damnit y/n, why canât you guys stay with me for christmas?â zach exclaims, which makes us all laugh a little bit. i wasnât sure how everyone was going to react, but this was a pretty funny one from zach.
âi hate to break it to you bud, but weâre, uh, all going home for christmas. we do every year.â jack sets a hand on his bandmates shoulder. âiâm pretty sure y/n would rather spend christmas with her boyfriend and her family than you, no offense.â
âwhat the fuck, y/n. you donât wanna spend christmas with me?â
iâm laughing too much at this interaction to answer before jack.
âto be clear though, zach, i would choose to spend christmas with you.â
âwell we have y/n for thanksgiving. weâre gonna see my family, so weâll still be in la and can hang out. have our own little friendsgiving.â daniel suggests.
âno no no, iâm too lonely for friendsgiving.â zach expresses, deciding to be unhappy with everything we say just for the comedy of it. âiâm too single. youâre all in relationships, i canât be the only lonely one.â
âum, bro, i too am single.â jack looks at him funny.
âokay, well yeah, but you have a child.â
âyes, a child who lives in hawaii. iâll be your friendsgiving date.â jack offers.
âreally? you meant it?â zach faked being emotional and jonah looks at them, then back at us with a funny look.
âwell, now that weâve dealt with... that, i just want to say weâre all really happy for you two.â jonah starts. ânot that this is surprising to any of us, because there has been way too much sexual tension since weâve all been friends for this to not have happened, but iâm very happy you decided to tell us.â
âare you guys gonna go public? like tell management?â corbyn asks.
daniel then looks at me a little nervously and then back at the guys, âyeah thatâs the next thing we have to figure out.â