Okay guys... this might be the last chapter :) or there is another idea i could carry it on with, what do you all think? Help me decide pleeeaseee x
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This was it. The first official date, and Danny couldn't sit down as he watched the clock tick super slowly around to the time that he would pick Tom up from work.
Up. Down. Up. To the mirror. Hair check. Done. Keys? Check. Wallet? Check. One last look in the mirror. Does that piece of hair really have to do that? Toilet break. Sit down. Stand up. Pace.
Okay, time to go.
The snow didn't last long, and a week after it came, Danny trudged toward the restaurant in thick brown sludge slowly seeping into his boots. He didn't think he had actually ever been this nervous before a date. What if Tom changed his mind? What if he decided he didn't like him anymore? Danny's thoughts ran wild, and he didn't notice how close he was until he was outside the door of the restaurant, and saw Tom inside, fiddling with his hair in the reflection of a spoon.
Danny laughed, as his nerves were instantly calmed. This was Tom. Tom who you talk for hours on the phone with. Tom who you knew the first time you saw him he was the one.
And there he was.
"Hey you" Danny breathed as he walked up behind him.
"Sorry, we're closed. Were you supposed to meet a friend here? There was a girl sat over there about twenty minutes ago" Tom said as he turned to face Danny with a mischievous grin.
"What? Tom it's- oh you! Very funny, you almost had me there" Danny's ears turned beetroot as Tom howled with laughter.
"Sorry I had to, your face! - Oh Dan don't be mad, I was only joking" he looped his arms around Danny's neck, bringing their foreheads together.
The look on Tom's face, mixed with the feelings that Tom's touch sparked inside him meant he couldn't hold his moody facade for long, as his face split into a grin.
"I can see I'll have to be on constant watch out with you" he joked as he took Tom's hand and pulled him into the icy street.
"So, where are you taking me, oh mystery man?" Tom asked hopefully, Danny had kept their date a total secret, and Tom hoped now was the time he would finally give something away.
"Nice try" Danny scoffed "I'm not giving anything away until we get there" and without another word, he proceeded to pull Tom onto two trains, and a bus before finally coming to a stop outside a large warehouse looking building brightly lit with neon lights.
"No, way!" Tom laughed.
"Way. Watcha think?" Danny grinned.
"It's awesome Dan! A Roller disco? I didn't even know they still did these things!" Tom's eyes were wide with excitement, and happiness bubbled in Danny's stomach for knowing he had done the right thing.
"Well, you were talking the other day about how you loved skating when you were little, and with your love for music now, then what better than somewhere you can do both? Back to the 80's baby" he talked excitedly, winking. Tom's face was a mask of disbelief,
"You really are amazing, you know that?" he pulled Danny into a one armed hug as they walked into the building.
"I know." Danny chuckled as he draped his arm around Tom's shoulders. "Now let's do this thing! Race you!" Danny broke away from Tom into a sprint as music grew gradually louder, and Lady Gaga- Disco Heaven blasted through the stereo.
Three hours later, the boys stumbled out of the rink, howling with laughter.
"No I so didn't!"
"Yes you so did Dan!" Tom's eyes twinkled with the reflection from the lights.
"You fell over more than I did!" Danny protested for the millionth time.
"No way, Disaster Dan, your butt spent more time on the floor than your feet did" they began to laugh again.
"Okay! So balance isn't my strong point" Danny gave in finally as they caught the bus to the station.
"I think that has been established Mr Jones." Tom teased, as his heart sped madly in his chest.
It had been the best date of his life. It was the perfect place, everything had gone amazingly, and the best part was that his gorgeous, awesome date was Danny. Danny who he could spend a hundred years with and not get bored. Danny who was currently wiping Tom's mind blank by trailing his hand up and down his arm to his cheek and back again. They were in Tom's flat now, and the wine they shared was starting to take effect.
"You have amazing eyes" Danny mumbled, Tom wasn't sure if he meant to say it out loud, so he didn't reply at first, but Danny continued; "how did this happen? When did I get this lucky?"
"What?" Tom broke Danny's quiet mumbling "you the lucky one? I'm the one with all the luck!"
"No, I found you. That makes me the lucky one" Danny said simply meeting Toms gaze deeply.
"You found me, that makes us both lucky" Tom whispered, closing the space between them to kiss Danny lightly.
"I love you" Danny whispered into Tom's ear, whose eyes widened at the words. He would never have dared to hope Danny loved him back as much as Tom obviously loved him.
"As I love you," he whispered back to Danny, as they held each other tightly.
"That's good then," Danny mumbled into Tom's shoulder sleepily, a wide smile threatening to split his face in two, before yawning.
"mmmhmm, it is. Very" Tom agreed, resting his head against Danny's, yawning too as they silently fell asleep in each other's arms.
The last thought to pass through both of their minds was of how perfect everything was, and how they had both found the place they belonged.
Hmm, so whatcha think? Natural end? Or carry it on, you decide! Thanks for reading, please review xx