Little bird: a dan howell fan fiction
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                                                                             Moving out                                                                          .
The sky was dark and grey as I pulled open the huge curtains rubbing my eyes, reluctantly I sat by the window with my forehead pressed up against the icy glass. There appeared to be little to no life, roaming the back streets and the grumbling havens were not ready to reveal the English sun. Grabbing my runners you pulled on some shorts and a thin jacket and crept towards the door not wanting to wake my aunt. After running for an hour towards an underground station I took to tube up to manor house, than a short train to stoke Newington before continuing my run all the way to Spence bakery. Red faced and puffing I was greeted by a rather cute baker. âHow long on sourdough?â I managed on one breath              Â
âAbout five minutes, how far did you run?â he asked in a deep mallow tone voice.
âEight miles?â he asked raising an eyebrow.
âKilometresâ I smiled,
Impressed he went to the back to fetch brown paper bags.
âWhite or grain?â he said with a smile,
âBoth!â I replied with a wink after paying the difference I wandered down to the farmers market and grabbed some fresh berries and yogurt. Then I packed it all into a new rusk sack backpack and caught the underground back to Bethnal green, then proceeded down a block or two to the cafe. Fumbling around in my back pack I found my keys and waddled through the door two find my aunt and her boyfriend in the midst of a heated make out session, after both of their faces washed red with embarrassment I rolled my eyes and headed to the kitchen.
âWhen are you moving out?â my aunt said as she entered the kitchen with her arms folded,
âOuch, I have a meeting with a landlord today at 12:30, and I have a feeling about this one.â I said with hope flickering in my tone. âThat is what you said about the last oneâ she said rolling her eyes,
âBut the last one wasnât arranged by your boyfriendâ I replied.
âKevin arranged it?â she said surprised,
âYerh said that the two of them needed a roommate for rent and that I needed a place to stay.â
âWait did you say 12:30?â
âWell it is to 11: 15 nowâ
âShit!â Grabbing my bag I ran to the shower, I threw my hair into a messy bun and turned the hot tap on as I got in the shower I let all of the tension in my shoulders fall of my back with the tiny droplets of water. After ten minutes of washing drying and moisturizing I ran into my room to scrounge up an outfit. Selecting a clean denim shirt and a promising pair of black skinny jeans I went over to the vanity to do some makeup. âDo I want to say Iâm sophisticated but desperate or desperate yet sophisticated!?!â I yelled across the hall, ânot too trashy desperate with a touch of class she yelled back.â Laughing to myself I smoothed over a thin layer of foundation and thinly winged some cat eyes, after putting in my classic blue contacts I grabbed my scarf, beany and penny board and headed to the door. âCat eyes, minimum blush and delectable perfume I have taught you wellâ my aunt said as she walk towards the door. âYou wish you taught me, I see you found the bread and the new Louis I gotâ I said pointing at her feet. âThey are really cute and you already have a pair like this but brown,â she replied, stubborn like a three year old. âI know the brown ones are in my bag because I canât ride a penny in themâ I said whilst releasing a tiny giggle. âBe safe and text the dets later, we can have lunch in the cafĂ© if you like?â she said referring to the cafĂ© down stair that she owned. âI will text youâ I said grabbing an Up&Go and a banana from the bench, and then closing the door behind me. After boarding to the underground I caught the tubes down to a park not far from the apartment, after eating on the train I put my hair down which formed soft curls due to the miserable wether. I boarded down to the apartment and slipped on my boots and headed to the door. The apartment was small but looked about 9 stories high, and I was greeted by a rather large lady who had a happy round face âwhy hello there you must be Patrice? Iâm miss King. You look lovely allot nicer than Kevin made you out to be.â My eye slightly twitched whilst I quickly planned out all the things I was going to throw at him when I got home. âYou can call me Reece, but it is a pleaser to finally meet you, now I can put a face to the name.â I said trying my hardest not to hate myself for sounding like a total tool. âWell the boys are not thrilled to meet you but I donât see the fuss, you cook, you clean and it says here on you profile that you are busy in your spare time âbeing awesomeâ â after vaguely remembering skimming most of the question I reviled a cheesy smile as she unlocked the door to the stair well. âOn the ground floor we have the Moreauâs; they have the sweetest kids, moved here from France a couple years ago.â She said smiling at the thought of the family, âHow many kids?â I asked curiously, I loved kids they were one of my secret loves, in the non-paedophilic way. âThree beautiful kids and a new baby girlâ she said with nothing but sheer delight on her face. âNext we have Mason Grey who lives in the second apartment his girlfriend is around there enough though that she ought to start paying rent.â She said clearly not amused. Up another flight of stairs we journeyed to what I think was about the 5th floor. âAll these stairs are gonna give me a workoutâ I laughed, she just panted and smiled in response âand this is your floor, I will be down stairs if you need me if the boys try to scare you off just let me know and I will be up in a jiffyâ she said in between hasty breaths. âAND JUST REMEMBER HOLD YOUR GROUND AND THEY WILL LET YOU IN! She shouted nodded and smiled as she went back down the stairs. I took the new key that the woman had given me and jingled into the lock as I heard the door click a small sheet of fear breathed over me âI wonder whatâs on the other side.âAfter opening the door I tripped on the carpet and came face to face with a rather pale tall man. âhey there!â he said only 7 centimetres from my face, his hair was raven black and his eyes were a crisp blue, but his eyeâs didnât fool me I saw the small rim around his iris, indicating he was wearing contacts. âHiâ I said putting my hand on his chest and pushing him back two feet to let my eyes adjust. âPhil Lester, itâs nice to meet you, how did you get in my apartment? Are you a subscriber?â he said with a worried look on his face. Confused I tilted my head, âa subscri- what? No Iâm a potential new roommate, Reece.â I said sticking out my hand, âokay first off miss king is wrong we really donât need a new flatmate and second I thought you were a boy!â he said. Thinking about it whilst he led me up one more set of stairs, I only put Reece on the profile. âSorry for almost falling on you back there, my coordination comes and goes,â I laughed trying to make light of the elephant in the room. âNo its fine your super pretty any ways, you donât sound very English explain?â he said leading me down a hallway into the kitchen. I looked at my feet and tried to form a sentence âdid he just say âsuper prettyâ what is he 9?â âum I moved to Brighton from Australia when I was twelve and I got bullied for sounding funny so now I just sound articulate I guessâ he then further tried to do an Australian accent which was both demining and hilarious. âSo where do you work Miss Reece?â
âwell Iâm a part time runway photographer, but mainly I work for a cinematography firm in the city, and basically I mediate between sound teams, producers and actors to create the directors vision become a realityâ I said cheerfully.
âWhoa thatâs so cool what are you working on now?â he said like a child asking about the latest ice cream flavour.
âWell currently Iâm working with a director called Paul McGuigan, he created the Sherlock series, so Iâm doing a bit of that, and I have just finished up on the fault in our stars so I have just applied for mokingjayâ I replied, his face was filled with awe.
âThatâs so awesome! Alright you have past the first test.â
âWait before you make me complete the whole legend of Zelda with your quests and tests, what do you do for a living?â I asked trying to get to know him.
âWell donât worry you just past 3&4 for knowing about the legend of Zelda. But me and my flatmate work at the BBC but our full time jobs are YouTube! Me and him are youtuber-sâ he said with a smile of pride gleaming on his face.
âYoutuber-s?â I asked âdo you like answer phone or sort through emails, is that a thing?â I asked. But he just laughed and led me to the kitchen glass door. âSo that was the kitchen, and this is my bedroom we wonât go in there though because Iâm trying to scare people off.â I giggled in response as he lead me two the next door, âthatâs Danâs room but we wonât invade his privacy.â I was now curious âwho was Dan⊠wonder if he is as cute as this kidâ âand this is the bathroom and there is the stair case to the study.â
âMore stairs you must be joshing?â he just laughed and led me up to the study, âand this must be the laundry.â I said as we opened another door âyep and this isâŠâ he said in an epic tone whilst opening another door. âYour room!â The room was big and black on all four walls, there was a big bed pushed between the back wall and what appeared to be the stairs to the roof. âThere is another way to get into our apartment but we donât really know the guy that lived up here before us was shot so people donât usually come up here.â
âSomeone was shot up here?!?â I said in a rash tone.
âYes but donât worry he died in hospital.â He replied in a cheerful tone.
âAny other questions before I kick down miss Kingâs door and demand a payment offer.â I said with a huge grin,
âA fewâ I nodded in approval, âOkay, are you into drugs?â
âNoâ I said shifting my eyes,
âCan you cook, and if the answer is no than do you like basic food?â
âYes and yes my aunt Sophie owns a cafeâ smiling he preceded.
âAre you prepared to smell boys for eternity and are you prepared to possibly end up on the internet?â
âIf it means my own room and vanity I guess so.â
âWelcome aboard!â he said pulling me into a tight embrace. He was a little bit shorter than me he smiled into my clavicle. âI will talk to miss King and I will be moved in before the week is outâ
âI look forward to itâ he said allowing me to breathe again.
âSo where is Sam? No-no Dan was it Dan?â
âOh he got called into work but he should be done soon, can I grab your number?â he said turning a little pink in the cheeks
âSure thing!â we swapped phones and typed in our details.
When he gave me my phone I found myself at miss kings door not moments later. And it wasnât long before I was on the tube texting Sophie
<so-Sophie> it is 14:30 did you get lunch<from: Reece <3 >
<to: Reece<3 > nah had it at twelve wouldnât mind a mochafrap from*bucks though :p<from so-Sophie>
<to so-Sophie> ill grab one for you on my way past <3 <from Reece <3>
<to Reece <3> I <3 u <from so-Sophie>
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hey everyone this is my first fan fiction! this is chapter one and number two is on the way! I write personal imagines so just message me who and you and a preference and I will write you one!
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