The skirt you were wearing was short, cute, and flared, but not too short of course. You wanted to be presentable. You really thought about just settling for skinny jeans and a flannel, but a few more seconds in the shower had you thinking, and you changed your mind into something a bit more formal. Your outfit wasn't totally formal though. For a top, you wore the cutest sweater that hung off your shoulders. You wore a bra, of course, but so they remained invisible, you slid them down under the sleeves of the sweater.

Once you were dress, Suzy was alerted, and in no less then 5 seconds she was in there with you, fawning over you and your outfit.

"Oh my gosh! Girl you are looking hot!" She whistled and pretended to fan herself.

You stood there barefoot before her, with wet but brushed hair,"Make me look even hotter, Suz." You tried the nickname.

Suzy gladly nodded and proceeded to run back and forth from her bathroom, presumably the master bath, and back into yours. She dropped off some hair styling tools as well as a ton of makeup equipment. You felt like you were in one of those makeover shows, and watched Suzy in awe of her enthusiasm, and of how much makeup she owned. Well, you weren't really surprised, but to actually see all of it in person was..pleasantly shocking.

"Okay Y/N. Sit down and let me get a look at you." She reached for her hair dryer and stood over you with an observing stare. You felt her look over your eyes, brow, hair and cheeks. It wasn't unnerving in the least.

She had ended up blow drying you hair, and making it more voluminous by the time it was dry. You were sitting down on the toilet while Suzy was doing this. When you heard the front door open, a small fluff ball of grey fur flew by the bathroom door to greet whoever made the front door sound.

"Arin?" Suzy called out as she carefully applied eye shadow to your eyelids.

"That's meeeee." Arin replied in a kiddish way.

You and Suzy shared a laugh, but you made sure not to move much,"I'm almost done." She said to you, then turned her voice towards the door,"Hey, Arin. Can you check the casserole in the oven?"

"Casserole?" You whispered curiously.

"Yeah babe! No problem!" He replied quickly, and shortly after you could make out a few meows and what could only be Arin's cooing in response.

Please, Suzy turned her full attention to you, eye shadow brush still in hand,"I'm bringing a casserole to the party. We're all supposed to bring something. It's gonna be so fucking rad." She glimpsed your somewhat confused expression and quickly corrected herself,"Oh! But its no big deal that you didn't make anything. Promise."

"Not like I have a place to cook anyway." You teased, one eye closed so Suzy could do her work.

After a few moments, Suzy was done with your eye shadow, and was now ready to apply your mascara. She was kneeling by you close enough you could smell her perfume. It smelled awesome. That must've been the scent name, because you had no idea what to call it, but it smelled awesome.

"I think I might have to talk to Arin and see if he'd be okay with letting you stay at our place until you can get your own."

God, why did everyone have to be so damn cool and nice?

"Oh my god, Suzy..I couldn't ask that of you and Arin.." You humbly rejected the idea with one eye closed.

Suzy brushed up your eyelashes with kindness and care,"You're really sweet, but it wouldn't be too big of a deal Y/N."

"God, you all are so nice." You breathed a laugh as a smile crept onto your face,"Dan asks me if I have a place to sleep tonight, now you're insisting I stay with you and your husband."

You saw Suzy beam down at you and pause her brushing,"It's all cause we care about you. You're super fucking cool Y/N. We want you comfortable working with us, ya know?"

"Thanks Suz."

A few more minutes pass and Suzy announced that she was done.

"All finished! Go on! Take a look!" She ceremoniously stepped away from you and gestured for you to come on up and look at yourself in the reflection.

When you did, your jaw dropped.

Normally, you'd rate yourself a solid 6 on a good day, but Suzy easily made you look like a fucking 11.

"Holy shit Suzy.." You cursed quietly, touching your hair that was parted more than halfway to one side, giving it a cool and rough uneven look.

She came up to you an placed both hands on one of your shoulders, leaning in to put her face by yours,"Do you like it? What do you think?"

"I look fucking rad as shit!" You exclaimed, glancing at her with a huge smile. You looked back again at yourself in disbelief. She outlined your eyes with winged eyeliner, not too much, but enough for your eyes to be an attention grabber.

"Hell yeah you do!" She giggled along with you.

You couldn't tear yourself away from the mirror, it felt good to look like this. It felt good to look at yourself, knowing that you looked like this.

"Now.." Suzy started, pulling away from you. She pointed at your still bare feet,"Do you have shoes?"

Of course, how could you forget?

"Oh..yeah I do." A little embarrassed, you leaned down to grab your bag, earning a laugh from Suzy.

"I'm glad, Cinderella."

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(The Grump Space; around 8:30)

He was just sitting in his car..why was he just sitting in his car?! The party was supposed to start a half hour ago..then again, it was cool to be fashionably late, right?

Dan wasn't too worried about being late, more than likely at least 4 people were there right now. Everyone wouldn't be there until 9 or 9:30.

He turned his gaze from his steering wheel to the dish he made a few minutes before he actually got into the car. The small canister of chips and dip was cold on his lap, but the temperature didn't cool his boiling body temperature in any way.

The moment Brian had reminded him of the party, Dan instantly pictured Y/N and when she asked:

"See you at the party tomorrow?"

To which he idiotically replied,"Yeah."

Dan sighed very, very heavily. Maybe Barry would be there tonight. He missed him a lot sometimes. He could focus more on him instead of Y/N.

Not that he wanted to avoid her. Hell, he definitely would talk to her tonight. It would eb rude if he didn't. It was just..after thinking for awhile, Dan believed it would be best if he thought about his feelings and not be alone with her until he had his dumb brain figured out.

Yeah, that sounded smart and deep Dan.

After a sharp inhale, Dan pulled his keys from the slot and shoved them in his jacket pocket. He picked up the wine that sat in his passenger seat, and with the chips and dip in his hand, Dan was on his way inside the Grump Space.

Brian greeted him once he was downstairs and passing everybody's cubicles. He could hear a small bass vibrating the whole downstairs, and no one singing on the karaoke machine.

Brian was dressed in a nice button up shirt with a paper cup in one hand,"Dan. You're late."

"Wow. It's like I've already heard that today from you."

Brian was not amused and followed him into the rec room where everyone seemed to be,"I almost expected you not to come."

"Why's that?" As Dan waved at passersby he knew, he turned his head to Brian.

"Because of the talk you and I had. You thought it would be best if you sit alone with your thoughts for awhile."

"Shut up Brian.." Dan placed his dish and wine up on the counter of the Grumps kitchen,"You're not my psychiatrist."

"Yet, I have a P.H.D"

Dan and Brian both chuckled at that.

Brian could see his friend was feeling troubled. He watched him stare longingly at the bottle of wine that he brought, tracing the letters of the brand with his thumb.

"Just take it easy Dan, okay?" Brian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Chill out buddy." He advised, then turned to go back into the rec room and into the very middle of the party.

"Yeah.." Dan muttered, a little too late for Brian to hear.

She was just a girl. Dan's slept with handful of women. He wouldn't classify himself as a womanizer, but he did admit that he was a flirt sometimes. Everyone likes boobs and sex. Maybe this really was nothing. Maybe Dan was too eager to love again. Maybe he was getting all drooly over a young, hot girl for nothing. Hell, she probably already had a boyfriend back home!

Dan's pulse started racing so he took a deep, slow breath and moved over to the cabinets within the kitchen to look for a bottle opener.

Footsteps made Dan divert his attention to behind his shoulder. He saw Suzy and Arin, and waved at them,"Hey guys!"

"Wassup bud?" Arin smiled back and drifted away from Suzy.

"Not much..just looking for the bottle opener."

"Oh!" Suzy popped up and ran right over to Dan, opening a cabinet that was right next to him,"It's in this cabinet."

Of course. Dan smiled weakly at her,"Oh. Right. Here we are." Once he spotted it, he took it in one hand and closed the cabinet with the other.

Suzy patted his head,"It's okay Dan."

"Thanks, Suz." Dan nodded at her and took in her outfit. It was definitely a Suzy outfit. She had black cat stockings and a black dress to match, with pretty white lace that outline the bottom of it and the top. She wore long, black, finger-less gloves to accessorize.

He looked over to Arin, who didn't dress up as drastically as Suzy. He was wearing a sweatshirt with those "not jeans" he always wore. His hair was up in a bun, and it gave Dan the urge to put his hair up as well.

"What kind of wine did you bring?"

"You know," Dan winked at his friend and proceeded to use the bottle opener,"The usual."

"You mind pouring me one, bartender?"

"Arin, you don't drink."

"Wow Dan. It's like you know me or something." Arin said, jokingly facetious.

The two giggled and Dan rolled his eyes. He was applying a bit more pressure until he heard a small 'pop', and twisted the cork out of the bottle.

"Mozletov!!" Arin raised his arms and yelled. He and Suzy clapped as Dan bowed.

"Thank you..thank you."

"Get it? Cuz Dan's Jewish?" He shined a bright smile Suzy's way and nudged Dan with his shoulder.

Suzy wasn't having it and strolled off away from her silly husband.

Dan looked at his big cat who was fake pouting. And he comforted him by patting his shoulder in a pretty masculine way,"It's okay buddy..I think you're funny."

Arin started to blubber and change his voice so it sounded like he was crying,"T-Thanks Dan..you know you're always t-there for me.." He threw himself onto Dan and started to 'cry'.

"Aww.." Dan held him and closed his eyes as he slapped Arin's back, almost as if he was burping a baby. A very big baby.

More footsteps made Dan open his eyes, and he prayed to God that Arin wasn't that close to his junk.

A stunningly beautiful young woman stepped into the kitchen with Holly in tow. It was Y/N. She looked different but he still recognized her. For lack of a better word she was...hot. Gorgeous. Truly a beautiful specimen of the female gender.

Way to sound misogynistic, Dan.

While Arin was still weeping, Dan muttered under his breath,"Of course she's wearing a skirt."

Confused, Arin looked up at Dan and said, not in a blubbery voice,"What?" He followed Dan's line of vision and stood straight up. He waved at Holly and Y/N who hadn't noticed the guys until now.

Holly grinned at the two of them as she picked up a wine bottle,"Oh! Hey guys! How's it going?" Y/N had waved at the two of them enthusiastically. Her lipstick painted lips spread apart as she smiled. Dan had a really hard time not just fainting right there.

"Good." Arin glanced at Dan who was still locking eyes with Y/N. He had half a mind to let him sit there with his mouth open, but he decided against that. He hit Dan softly in the chest and thankfully knocked him out of his daze. Temporarily.

"Yeah! Good.." Dan nodded and itched the spot where Arin had hit him, smiling at both Arin and Holly. And Y/N.

Holly poured herself and Y/N cups of wine,"Awesome! You guys have met Y/N right?" She jerked her head to Y/N who was beside her.

Arin gave up at this point. He greeted Y/N with a small nod,"Yeah. Of course."

"Yeah." Somehow Dan managed to control himself and appeared normal. Arin watched in astonishment as his love struck friend addressed them,"We met her yesterday."

Jesus, just saying that made Dan's head spin. He realized he had just met her yesterday, and he had such a passion for Y/N. It made him feel even more crazy.

"You ladies look very lovely this evening, by the way." Dan nodded at the two of them with a very charming grin.

He watched Y/N change her body language from open and friendly, to shy and flustered. She was still smiling though and making eye contact. She had just crossed her arms and began to mess with her hair.

Holly giggled and thanked him,"Well thank you Danny. You two look handsome yourselves." She tilted her glass at Danny and Arin before taking a sip.

Dan watched as Y/N took a sip. He was a little confused, since he remembered someone saying that she wasn't quite 21 yet, but she seemed to enjoy the wine. He hoped Holly wasn't pressuring her or anything. He didn't think she would do a thing like that though, but the thought ended up crawling into his mind.

"Well, we'll see you around guys!" Holly started walking off while taking a swig of wine and Y/N followed after her like a baby chick.

While she was walking behind Holly, Y/N turned back only to wave at the two Grumps. Dan and her locked eye in particular, and her gaze seemed to linger on him, but Dan thought he was dreaming anyway.

"Hmm." Arin crossed his arms and looked out to where Holly and Y/N walked out,"She and Holly seem to be hitting it off. Huh Dan?"

Dan broke down and turned to Arin, fists clenched,"ARIN SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL FUCKING BABE!" He imitated Arin from earlier and started 'sobbing' into his friend's shoulder.

He stuffed himself into his friend and let out his frustration somewhat. Arin smiled sadly down at him. He kinda felt bad for him. Then again, he kinda didn't. He patted his back nonetheless.

"It's alright buddy. Don't worry..its all gonna be okay."

A/N: Hi guys! I just had a quick question, are you alright with the (x reader/Y/N) format? Or would you like that character to have an actual name?)