4:30

Chapter 19

Clay is woken by his best friend once again knocking on his window. This time, however, Sapnap has company. Two brunettes are following close behind, and when Clay peeks his head out the window he spots the rest of his friends waiting in the dark night.

The man doesn't think twice before jumping out of bed, his body nearly flying out the window.

"Why didn't you tell me we were going?" the blonde mutters to Sapnap as the friends begin their long walk.

"I did, check your phone," the brunette lets out a light laugh, Dream grabbing his phone and seeing his friend is correct. There are several missed calls and texts, all from Sapnap.

"I fell asleep early, you know, big day," he lets out a heavy sigh, Sapnap nodding.

"Yeah, it sure is," Sapnap chuckles, Clay's attention being turned to someone grabbing his hand. George had found his way over to the blonde, the couple walking hand in hand the rest of the walk.

"How're you feeling?" George grumbles to his boyfriend, the blonde shrugging.

"Nervous, I haven't checked analytics yet," Dream responds, the mention of their fourth upload has Sapnap interested in their conversation.

"How long has it been up now?" Sapnap asks.

"Umm," he checks the clock on his phone.

4:34

"It's four in the morning?" the blonde groans, the rest of the group laughing.

"Yeah, I know right," Minx has tuned in to the boys, the purple haired girl laughing for a moment with them before returning to her conversation with Schlatt and Techno.

"Well it's been like just over twelve hours," he lets his friends know, the two nodding before the three go silent.

The bridge feels emptier than usual, the large group of seniors can't hide their sadness as they stare down at the wooden planks under their feet.

"This is fucking weird," Wilbur is the first to finally speak, the rest of the group nodding in agreement.

"We'll come back before the ceremony," Parker attempts to bring some light to the conversation, the rest of their friends just shrugging.

Graduation was in a little under 10 hours, the friends cherishing their last moments together.

Boarding school is weird like that. It just ends. There's no fun summer nights as the friends are finally done with high school, they just leave. All returning to their shitty hometowns and judgemental parents, the long year of living with their best friends coming to a stark halt.

Clay does his best to shove out the two months that he would be away from George, their lease in Orlando not starting until mid August, the couple was being forced to have some time away from each other before moving in with one another.

Clay doesn't mind not living with the brunette, although not seeing him at all is going to be nearly impossible.

"Hey Dream," a girl's voice pulls him from his train of thought, Niki stood in front of him with an unlit joint, "Do you want this?" she offers, the blonde taking it thankfully.

"Yeah, that'd be great," he fishes his lighter from his jacket pocket, the man lighting it with ease.

The group is silent as several joints are passed around, the darkness consuming them all.

"Can we all just agree to text each other when this is done?" Techno's grumble surprises them all, the group slowly nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, like I can't imagine how this will feel," Quackity mutters, everyone slowly growing sadder, "It's gonna be weird not looking forward to coming back."