He sighed. His finger was the only thing moving in the dim glow of the laptop. He was covered in blankets. They laid scrunched up, circled around him like a nest. He couldn't remove his mind from the thought of her, the thought of winning her.
He stopped scrolling as he realized what was really going on. He was fighting with the only person he had left. The only person who kept him going.
The two hadn't talked normally like they'd used to and he realized he had to do something about. He had to fix things. He wanted things to be back to normal but he knew it couldn't, all because of a girl.
He sat in the ray of light shining from the laptop and looked at the pictures him and her had taken together. He looked over the pictures of him and his best friend. What would he choose? What would she choose? What would his best friend choose?
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I laughed at the joke Mark made. We were out for YouTube Rewind in London this year. YouTube figured that maybe the European people would like a turn. This was my 4th year in it all. My part was interesting and I had been working really hard to get it all nailed down.
"Hiya Mark and Y/N!" Jack walked in the restaurant and sat at the already almost full table. I was with Mark,Lilly, Zoe, Alfie, Joey, Jack, Dan and Phil, and even Shane. We were all really good friends and would meet up a couple times a year for conventions and of course, YouTube Rewind.
A waiter walked up and asked if he could get us drinks. When it got to me, I ordered a soda and he walked back rereading the long list of drinks and making sure he would get every one.
I heard Dan sigh next to me. He had his phone out. He was scrolling through fan art of us on Tumblr.
My face felt red as I stalked his phone. "Dan? What are you doing?" He looked up at me and threw his phone in his coat pocket.
"Nothing!!" I heard a couple people chuckle. I smiled and looked up as the waiter laid the drinks out on the table, saying each one as he did.
"Thank you!" I said as he was walking away. A couple people said it too, but then they broke off into talking groups.
I picked up the glass and sipped out of the white straw. I put it down and it slipped, falling over, spilling all over mine and Dan's laps.
Shit. I thought. I looked up over to him and he was frozen. "It's so freakin' cold." He looked at me.
"Yeah, I know, it's on my lap, too." I roles my eyes and we started laughing. I grabbed some napkins and I started dabbing my pants, trying to get it.
"You two need help?" Mark was laughing at us.
"Shut it." I said smiling. I set the napkin back on the table.
"I know I've said this before, but seriously, you're guys' accents are cool." Shane spoke up.
"Thanks." Phil, Dan and I said in unison.
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I was walking home with Dan and Phil. I lived with them in their spare bedroom. Living with Dan and Phil was awesome. We played video games all the time, ordered pizza every night.
There was a slight problem that the three of us were in.
Dan loved me, I know that. But so does Phil. He's dropped hints. He's adorable when he tries to hint at it. When Dan does it, it's winks and stares and other things. It's obvious that he likes me. So I'm caught in a net. I'm blocked in a corner. Now me, I've known who I like all along, it's defiantly-"You have the key?" Phil asked me, breaking me out of my thoughts.
"Uh-yeah." I took it out of my pocket and when I handed it to Phil, our hands touched and I could tell he smiled.
He unlocked the door and we all walked in. I sighed and flopped onto the couch as soon as we got there. Dan laughed and flopped on top of me, crushing me.
"DAN!!" I said, feeling every ounce of air in my lungs go away. "I can't- breathe!" I said, gasping for air.
"Haha-" he was only laughing like an idiot, in my face.
I tried pushing him off, but he was too big. "Get off ya ogre!" I said, and I instantly regretted it.
"Get out of ma SWAMP!" He did his Shrek impression.
"Noo!" I said laughing. I started coughing after I said things.
He was laughing when he slithered off the couch onto the floor.
I cannonballed off the couch onto the floor, hitting him hard as I landed.
"Haha-oof!!" He stopped laughing and he deflated when I landed on him.
"Off!!!" He yelled picking me up with ease.
"Nooooo!" I whined like a toddler, flailing when he threw me over his shoulder like a bag of potatoes.
He carried me to my room. "It's bedtime for you!" He laid me down and tucked me in. He kissed my forehead and walked out, closing the door behind him.
"I'm not a child!!" I went back into the kitchen where both of them were. "Not bedtime." I hit Dan on the head.
"Can you two stop flirting with each other and help me serve dessert!" Phil said as he was struggling with the frozen ice cream.
"Whatever." Dan said walking over to Phil and taking the spoon.
I walked back with Phil into the main room and we put in Mario Kart. We got a game set up for the three of us and Dan came in with the bowls.
That night was spent with them fighting over who got to put their arm around me, Mario Kart, and ice cream.
Honestly, I haven't laughed this hard in awhile.