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chapter three

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Lunch approaches and George walks into the cafeteria, looking around to find his friends. He sees Karl and Alex seated at a table filled with people, but one spot open next to Karl which he hoped they had saved for him. "This seat taken?" He asks Karl. "Saved for you!" Karl replies with a warm smile. George sits down as Alex introduces everyone, "For those of you who don't know, this is George, George, meet Niki, Tubbo, Hannah, Bad and Skeppy; who you already know, along with Callahan. They all say their greetings while Callahan stays silent but flashes a smile. They all talk for around ten minutes until Hannah's eyes go wide. She's sitting directly across from George and is looking above his head. Before George has the chance to see what's up, a familiar voice whispers in his ear.

"Hey," Dream says, leaning down. George turns as they're now face to face. "You still wanna meet my friends?" Dream asks. George smiles to show he approves, then signals his head towards Karl, who's turned around talking to Tubbo. Dream speaks up. "Karl, come with us," Then turns to Alex, "You too, you're chill," Karl gives George a confused look while Alex flashes a snarky grin. Dream leads the three boys over to a larger table, filled with people. "Okay Mr. Popular," George snaps as he rolls his eyes with a slight grin on his face. "Shut up and let me give you friends," Dream scoffs. "Sapnap, meet George, Alex and Karl, though you probably already know Alex from his frequent parties," Dream laughs. Sapnap smiles at them, but it really just seems like he's only focused on Karl. "Karl, how about you speak with Sapnap while I go to meet some other people," George says with a smirk plastered on his face, facing up at Dream who's returning the look. Before Karl can protest, the three boys walk away. "George, meet Sam, Tommy, Luke, Ranboo, Ponk, Wilbur, and Dylan, who also goes by Boomer," George smiles at them all and gives a wave. They all say their hellos as Tommy gets up to talk to George. "AYUP MAN!" He greets. George is taken by surprise as he also has an english accent. "You're British as well?" He asks the loud boy. "Damn right I am, what brings you to America?" George tried not to overshare, " My Mum and I just wanted a change I guess," During this brief conversation Luke signals Dream over to sit with him. "So are you Dreams boyfriend?" Tommy bluntly asks. Georges face flushes at this question, "No," he laughs. "I see. You just seem like one of them, but honestly, better," Tommy replies. "Who?" George asks.

Tommy leans in and whispers, as if he doesn't want Dream to know what he's about to tell George. "Dream is known for... How do I say? He likes switching from girl to girl every almost about every week. They're always rude too. Dream never introduces them to us either," Tommy starts, "One of them even even smacked me when I tried even talking to Dream while she was trying to be, you know.." Tommy drifted off in his sentence but George understood what he was going to say. "That is.. fucked up. Not only what she did but honestly what Dream's doing," George replies. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He didn't like when people did stuff like that, and he was really hoping Dream still had a chance of being decent, I mean he was being pretty nice to George, but he knew not to trust him immediately. "I totally agree. It's bullshit that he gets all the women and I don't get any!" Tommy complains as George laughs at his comment. "Seriously though," Tommy starts, "It is bullshit," He gives George a serious look.

Their conversation is interrupted by Ranboos sudden appearance, almost as if he teleported to the two. George and Tommy then spoke with Ranboo but during their conversation George got lost in thought. By now lunch was ending and George said his goodbyes to everyone. "It was nice meeting you big dog, hope to see you again!" Boomer cheers with a warm smile. George giggles at the nickname, "You too Boomer!"

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Fourth period came by and George sat in a seat near the back. He started unzipping his backpack until someone plopped next to him. George looks to see Sapnap grinning down at him. "Hey George," Sapnap said, in almost a whisper-like tone. "Hey, you alright?" George asks the other boy. "Yeah- I just- I don't know.." He replies. "It's alright Sap, I understand we don't know each other very well, but if you need to talk about something I'm here," George tells him with a genuine smile on his face. "Thanks George. I just wanted advice. I don't know who else to talk to this about so I just decided to talk to you since you're friends with Karl," He tells the smaller boy.  "So this is about Karl?" George rhetorically asks. "I don't know man, I just- I don't know how to feel. I've only been with girls anyway, hell, girls are all over me," Sapnap boasts. George seemed unimpressed. "Right, sure. But seriously Sapnap, you need to do whats gonna make you happy, not whats gonna make everyone else happy," George advises the boy. "Thanks George, it's just difficult to KNOW, if you know what i'm saying,". "Trust me I've been there," George responds as a warm silence grows upon the two.

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The end of school reached as George met up with Karl and Alex in the hall. "Hey guys," Alex starts, "I think I might have a back to school party on Friday. My mom is leaving on Wednesday for some business thing and won't be back for two weeks," George was slightly stunned. He had never been to a party but he knew the two would drag him in. "Yeah that sounds fun! Want me to text the group chat and tell everyone to spread the word?" Karl asks. "Sure, let 'em know it starts at 10," Alex tells the tall boy. "Got it. George, you want me to add you to the group chat?" Karl asks the quiet boy. "Sure, but Karl?" George asks the boy. "Yeah?". "I've never actually been to a party before.. Are they like the movies?" He questions. "If you mean drugs sex and alcohol, yes very much," Karl replies. George looks at him with no expression. "I'm just kidding George, trust me, it'll be fun. If you want you can even stick with me," He offers George. "I believe I'll be fine, thank you," Though George had just been scared, he took this as an opportunity. He had always wanted some sort of badass persona on himself. He thought it was slightly weird that he wanted something like this but again, he had grown up as someone weak, someone fragile and looked down upon. He had craved this view on himself for the longest time and this was his chance to start a reputation. George again cringed at the thought but he knew it was what he wanted. He was  tired of being stepped all over by others.

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It was about 10 pm. George was on his bed petting his cat, who he had just named 'Cat' because he couldn't think of anything else to name him. He was looking at the group text message.

karl - hey guyssss alex told me to let you guys know he's having a party on friday at 10, make sure to invite people :]

(123)***-**** - got it, who's the new number you added btw?

karl - its george!

George only knew who Karl was considering the text he sent was about Alex's party. Every other contact was just a blur of numbers. After a few minutes, a text popped up on his screen. It was the same person from the groupchat earlier.

(123)***-**** - hey george, you going to alex's party friday?

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a/n - hey guys! so im continuing the story, but i might change the title and where it's going. idk i'm just not hooked on the idea and want to make this a long story rather than 5 chapters.  would that be okay with everyone? or i can change it to another ts song or something. whatever works with you guys!

edit - im also not sure if anyone was wondering, but there will be karlnap :) im not going to include karlnapity because ive heard things about quackity being uncomfortable with shipping and in no way would i ever want to make him uncomfortable. if you have any links of him saying otherwise let me know! <3 and make sure you drink water, eat some good food, and take care of yourself

-emma