Before I Die || Dnf Fanfiction

{~Chapter seven~}

GEORGE POV:

It was a few weeks later and school was fully back in session. The work was starting to get harder and harder and honestly, it was slowly breaking me.
Dream still helped me, and that was nice. But it just didn’t help me enough.
That’s why I was living towards the school party that was coming soon.
I had messaged Wilbur if he would like to be with his band at the party, if school was okay with it, and he said that he would be down for that.
So, I had messaged school, but I hadn’t heard anything back from anyone.
While I was working on more homework, I got a message from Wilbur.
“Hey, Tomorrow I will arrive with the band. We are going to be playing at the school party. :)  But we wanted to arrive a few days earlier, so we could hang out with you.”
I reread the message a few times. Wilbur was going to be here?
“What time will you be here?” I replied.
“Around 4 or 5 PM. We sleep in a hotel nearby. Oh, and you can’t tell anyone that we are coming.”

“What are you looking at?”
I almost jumped out of my seat. I look up and see Dream smiling at me.
“If I knew making you jump was that easy, I would do it more often. You look kinda cute when you get scared.” He said.
“Are you f- That is a weird way to flirt you know.” I shoot back.
Dream raises his eyebrow. “Oh, since when were we flirting?” He says with a sly smile.
I slap my hand over my mouth and glare at him.
“You still haven’t told me what you are looking at, ba-”
“STOP!” I say as I give him a shove. Part of me didn’t want him to stop, but we were in class and though the classroom was empty now, I didn’t want others to hear it. Especially not Sapnap.
“I can’t tell you what I was looking at. It was a message from a friend back home, but he told me I couldn’t tell.”
“Awh.. That’s a shame. Anyway, are you going to the party on friday?”
I smile. “Yeah, you?”
“Yeah, Sap and Punz want to go. So, I go with them to make sure they stay out of trouble. And the music is quite nice most of the time.”
“I am sure the music will be even better this time.” I say with a smile.
“How do you know? This will be your first party here.” Dream says.
“I just know.”
Slowly other students started to come in and Dream went to his usual spot at the back of the class, before Sapnap saw him with me again.
I was busy staring at my laptop when the professor walked into the room.
“Good afternoon class. I have gotten all of your assignments in. I will grade them as soon as possible.”
I frowned. Assignment? Did they have an assignment?  When did I send that in? I hadn’t worked on one, right?
“I want you all to work on chapter 12. Just read the text and do some of the exercises.”
Confused and frustrated, I opened the book. I looked at the text and immediately decided that I was just gonna drop out or something. Because this part continued on from something I didn’t yet understand. So there was no way I was going to understand this as well.
At the end of the hour, the professor told everyone that they could leave. However, he asked me to stay back for a bit.
So, I waited until the others left and then went up to the professor's desk.
“You wanted to talk to me.” I ask.
“George… I didn’t get the assignment from you. But I didn’t want to call you out in class. I am worried about you, though. You were a star student at the beginning, but you are slowly going back.”
I sigh. So I hadn’t turned it in…
“I am sorry, sir. It’s just getting hard. The assignments and exercises are getting difficult and it keeps on building on top of that. And there is some stuff outside of school that is bothering me. But I will try better.” I say as I start making my way to the door.
“Do you have anyone that can help you?”
I look at my professor. “D-Dream helps me sometimes. He offered to help me.”
“Dream is a good student. I am glad to know that he is helping you. With him, you should be back on track in no time.”
I smile and then leave the classroom.
As soon as I leave the classroom, my smile drops again. How could I have forgotten about the whole assignment?
Must have been because I was too busy hanging out with Dream. Maybe I should stop that as well. Just full on focus on school…
I had three more hours at school, but I really didn’t feel like going.
So, I walked out of the school. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Dream looking at me. I turn my head away and walk home.
As soon as I get to my room, I lock my door, place my laptop on my desk and then throw my bag across the room. Why is it all suddenly going bad? This was supposed to be a good day…
I look in the small mirror that hangs on my wall. I look miserable. I am tired, and my whole face screams that I am tired. Everyone probably saw it.
With a sigh I go over to my desk and sit down.
I open my online school agenda and find all the assignments and tests that I have to finish soon.
At the end of it all, I end up with a shocking 12 assignments and tests…
I drop my head on the fucking desk. I want to die. There is no way I am gonna save this.
*Ping*
Slowly I look up at my laptop, like it personally offended me.
A message from Dream.
“Are you okay? I saw you leaving school after the talk with the professor. You didn’t look too good. I couldn’t come over to you sadly, because Punz was practically staring holes in my back”
I sent him a thumbs up emoji back. “I am fine. Thanks.”
I close discord and start looking at the assignments. Maybe first start with the ones that are for classes that I do understand.
I startle out of my thoughts when someone knocks on my door.
“George, are you in there? It’s dinner time. I made wraps for you as well. Can I come in perhaps? Everyone is worried about you.”
“WHO THE FUCK IS EVERYONE?!” I yell back, immediately realizing that I shouldn’t have yelled at Karl.
“Dream and I. And my friends Tina and Puffy also noticed that you didn’t look too well.”
Slowly I stand up and unlock the door. “The door is open.” I mutter.
Karl comes in with a plate full of wraps. He puts the plate down on my desk and then locks the door again.
“I know we are the only two in this building. But I think it feels better to know nobody can come in. Now tell me, what’s up?” Karl says as he walks over to my bed and sits down.
“Nothing is up. Thanks for the food, you can go now.”
“George, you look like a walking zombie. That sentence is not right… We just roll with it. You don’t look good, buddy. I want to help. Dream is concerned. He might not show it, but that is because Sap and Punz are always around him.”
“School is just breaking me a bit. It’s fine. I will come back to it.” I say as I turn my back towards Karl and continue on with my assignment. Hopefully that makes it clear that I don’t want to talk about it.
However it does the opposite.
“12 assignments?! George, how did you get this far behind? Do you need help?”
I waved him away. “I will be fine.”
Karl looked at me with a frown. Then he left without a word.
In the end, I got like 4 assignments done. What did it cost me? A night sleep. I worked through the entire night, didn’t close an eye. But I finished 4 assignments and that counts.
I went to the bathroom and splashed some water in my face. Quickly I went back to my room to pack all my stuff in my bag. I grabbed my bag, went downstairs and grabbed a biscuit and left for class.
I luckily had a bit of a shorter day. Only 4 lessons until lunch break. And today Wilbur would come. So that made the day a bit better.
Slowly I made my way into the school and towards the class. I wouldn’t have class with Dream. Which, I was kinda glad about. I didn’t want to worry him more than I already did.
I sat at the back of the class, so as to not attract too much attention.
This class was mostly about the history of technology, and it was one of the classes that was not too difficult. So, during this class I worked on one of the other assignments I had to finish.
I did the same in the other class, considering it was also mostly just a study hour. By the time that class finished and it was break time, I had another assignment finished. That was 5 of the 12 finished. But from the last 7, 5 were fucking coding assignments.
In the break, I tried to find a bit more of a quiet spot. That was an adventure on its own, considering this was a busy university. In the corner of the cafeteria I spotted Dream, Sapnap, Karl, Punz and two girls that I hadn’t seen.
I see that Dream sees me and he starts to walk towards me. Quickly I leave again. I don’t want him to talk to me. I don’t want him to be worried about me….
Eventually I found a calm hallway somewhere. That’s when I realized I hadn’t packed any food or water. Oh well, today was already going great anyway. So, this would only add.
I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes, because I was feeling a headache come up.
I actually don’t know how or when I fell asleep, but I woke up to Karl shaking me awake.
“George, the bell rang. You are going to miss class.”
“Oh, I must have fallen asleep.” I say as I stand up.
“Did you even sleep tonight?” Karl asked with a concerned look on his face.
“Yeah, yeah. Now I have to go to class. And so do you.”
Quickly I leave for my 3rd lesson of the day. Before Karl could say anything, I stood up and rushed away.
The last two hours went by faster than I thought. I may or may not have fallen asleep in the class. If I did, nobody mentioned it anyways.
After my last class I rushed home and put my stuff on my desk.
I quickly message Wilbur when he wants to meet up and where and then I continue to work on my assignments.
*Ping*
I look at my phone at the message.
“For no reason in particular, where do you live?” The message from Wilbur said.
So, I text him my address and continue breaking my brain over the few lines of code i have to fix for this assignment.
Not much later I heard the doorbell ring. I sigh and walk downstairs.
The second I open the front door, I feel someone push me aside and rush inside.
“GEORGE! HOW ARE YOU?! NICE HOUSE YOU GOT, MAN!”
I stare at the blond-haired teenager that just invited himself into my house and then I turn back to the man who is laughing in front of my door.
“Wilbur… What in the hell is Tommy doing here? I thought only the band was coming.”
Wilbur smiled while he also stepped into the house. “George, meet my co-manager Tommy. My other co-Manager Tubbo is currently playing rock-paper-scissors with Ash.”
I stare at him. “You brought both the kids?”
“Yep.” Wilbur says with a sly smile. “Can the rest of my band come in as well?”
I roll my eyes. “Of course. I will get you all something to drink. Sit down in the living room or something.”
Slowly I walk into the kitchen. I was okay with Wilbur being over here. I had not counted on the fucking child being here. Tubbo was okay, he wouldn’t wreck my house. Tommy…. Tommy was another story.
After I made everyone something to drink, I walked over to the living room and sat down as well.
“How was your flight here?”
“It was nice. Except that Tommy kept kicking the back of my chair.” Wilbur said as he slowly sipped on his drink.
“I was not kicking your chair.”
“You were.”
“I wasn’t.”
“He definitely was.” Tubbo said to me.
“Why did you even bring Tommy?” I ask wilbur.
“Because I wanted to see you.” Tommy whined.
“Awh, that is very nice. Did you ask me if I wanted to see you?” I say jokingly.
At that moment I heard the front door open and Karl walked in. He was on the phone with someone.
“Yeah, we had to play a fried egg. You should have been there, Sapnap. It was gre-”
Karl stared at the group that was sitting in the living room. I smile at him.
“Sapnap, I have to call you back. Lovejoy is in my living room.”
I can hear Sapnap yelling before Karl hangs up the call.
“George, mind telling me why Lovejoy is in our living room?” Karl asked.
“These are my friends.”
“Shut up, no! You are friends with Lovejoy?!” Karl says as he slowly walks further into the room.
“Yes. And these two kids are now apparently the co-managers of Lovejoy.” I say as I point at Tommy and Tubbo.
I looked at my friends. “Guys, this is Karl. He is my roommate.”
“Where is this guy named Dre-” I shoot Tommy a look like I am going to murder him.
“Why are you guys here?” Karl asked.
“We have a gig here in America. It’s actually our first international gig.” Wilbur explained.
Karl looked at them amazed. “Really?! Are there still tickets? Me and my friends would love to go.”
Wilbur shook his head. “I am sorry. I am afraid all the tickets are gone. But, we could play some songs here after the gig. If you like that of course and if we are not too tired.”
“That would be so awesome!” Karl said with a bright smile.
I look at Wilbur and I see the sly smile on his face.
We talk for a bit longer, until the group has to go back to their hotel. When I am sure that Karl can’t hear us I tell them that I will see them friday and then they are gone.
I quickly go to my room and get ready for bed.