butterflies - dnf

Chapter 3 | Dream

The days went by pretty fast, George got along well with the group and everyone seemed to like him. The only odd thing is, Dream would constantly avoid him. This started happening when they were play fighting in the studio that one time. 

Apparently George wasn't the only one thinking about one another. 

"Good morning Dream!" George called whilst walking through the door, joyful. Dream didn't answer. George, confused, rolled his eyes and set up like usual. Once again it was only the two of them. Sapnap, Karl and Quackity were late. Again. 

George was already pissed at Dream for the attitude he has given towards him for the past couple of days so being bold George raised his voice. 

"You know Dream, I am SICK of your attitude. Are you always like this or something? Do you all of a sudden not like me?" 

Dream stood up, walking slowly towards George, causing the yelling boy to back up. 

"It's so ANNOYING!! I am TRYING to be nice to you and- w-what are you doing?" George backs up as Dream walks closer and closer, pushing him into a wall. 

Dream being 6'4 and George being 5'9 made Dream taller so it made him intimidating to George.  

Dream slammed his hands on the wall, beside Georges head, trapping him in between the tall man and the wall. George looked up at him.

"I know damn well, you weren't talking to me." Dream glares down, into George's eyes. 

George turns bright red, breathing heavily. He's never felt this way before, nor has this happened before. 

He swallowed. "I-I'm sorry." 

Dream chuckles, releasing George. 

"Good." 

He walks back over to his seat to continue spamming Sap, Karl and Quackity to get their asses over here. George stares off at the other end, processing on what just happened. He coughs and walks back over to continue setting up. Everyone finally arrives. 

"Jesus christ you guys! You can't be late all the time!" Dream stands up, throwing his hands up.

 "Jeez! Sorry! It's not my fault, Nick takes forever!" 

"Nick?" George blurts out. 

Everyone looks at him, except for Dream, of course. 

"Sapnaps actual name is Nick. Im not actually named Quackity and neither is Dream. There just nicknames." 

"Quackity!" 

"Pfft, stop acting like a piss baby Clay." Quackity blurts out. 

Dream rolls his eyes. 

"Wait your name is Clay?" George beams. 

"Mhm." Dream rolls his eyes and George chuckles. 

"Wait, Quackity what's your real name?" George turns over to him. 

"Alex." He scoffs. 

"Huh, I didn't know that." 

"You'll get one soon" Quackity smirks. 

After the massive convo of the name deal they all started rehearsing. After that first rehearsal happened, they all decided that they would perform the song, 'still into you' as a cover at this little place where everyone goes to, to have fun. Everyone was pumped to do this since it was such a good song.

"I'm so tired. That was good though." Karl confessed from the back. Karl was a super sweet guy. He was always so happy even if he was tired, he'd always have a positive attitude. That's what made him a likeable guy. He was also very talented, playing the keyboard. 

"Wanna take a break?" Sapnap spoke from beside. 

"Yeah, lets get some coffee" Dream stretched his arms. 

Everybody left the studio to walk around town to find a coffee shop. 

"I actually want a monster instead." Karl snickers. 

"Of course you do" Sapnap cackles. 

They sit down at this lovely coffee shop, 5 minutes away from the studio. They order, sit and talk while eating and drinking their hot and cold (monster) beverages. 

They finished up and started to head back to the studio. Everyone was in front while Dream and George were a little behind. They were about 5 inches away from each other so they were quite close together. 

"Hey Dream?" George murmurs 

"Hm?" Dream keeps his eye contact down on the floor. 

"What was that about, you know.. earlier?" 

"You were yelling at me." 

"Well yeah, you were being an ass but I mean like.. after that.." George felt nervous for Dreams response. 

"I- j-just forget about it." Dream moved forward to talk with Snapnap instead. 

George rolled his eyes in annoyance. 

They arrived at the studio and someone was standing at the doors. His arms were crossed and he seem to have a bitter face expression. Quackity walked up to him while everyone stayed behind. George managed to catch some of the convo. 

"What? But we rented this till 9! We have to rehearse.."

"The rent is off!.. That's it. No more." 

Quackity stormed back, irritated. 

"He said that we can't fucking rent this place anymore. The rent is off." 

"What?" Sapnap pushed Dream so he could get to the front. "What did you say?!" He seemed pissed. 

"The rent is gone. We have to find another place." 

"My drums are there though! Do you know how heavy those are to carry ALL the way home? We have a 20min walk!!" Sapnap exhales and groans. 

"We'll figure it out." Quackity thinks for a minute. 

After discussing with the landlord of the studio, he let them get Sapnaps drums and pack up everything they brought and leave. They all stand outside, uptight and outraged. 

"Where are we gonna go now?" Karl questions. 

"I have a place." Everyone cocks their heads to George, leaving him in the spotlight. 

"We can go to my house." George grins at everyone who seems satisfied. 

Everyone agreed on the offer and George directed them to his house. George's house was a beautiful home. It wasn't huge, just a good decent size. It had bricks that held the home together with a settled amber brown as the roof. It was truly, lovely. 

"Woah, you home is so beautiful. Practicing here is gonna be so good." Sapnap tilted his head upwards, viewing the details on the home, acknowledging the beauty. 

George thanked him and everyone went inside. The walls were decorated with flowers that sat on a cream coloured wall, it was very vintage for someone in 2021 but it was a comfortable pleasure. They ended up finishing practice and hung out for awhile. It was a fun night for George and i'm sure they enjoyed it too. Dream still continued to avoid George which made George even more angry. 

He really wanted to find out why. 

jesus this chapter took awhile AND FOR WHAT. its short too LOL. i will probably be starting on another chapter soon. either tonight or tomorrow. i have school so its hard. #sob