Your scars remain

Chapter 12: Second Chances

The first part of the second day of school

Because I was planning for Purpled to be Karl's school friend instead of the Mr. Beast Crew (They appeared out of the void), here's part of what was supposed to be written in this morning's letter before it was scrapped :D

'I also made a friend! His name is Purpled and we both love wearing hoodies! He knows a lot, he says Professor Bad and Professor Skeppy had a long lost son, do you think it could be me? He also promised me he'd teach me how to use a gun! He told me not to tell Phil because his big brother knew him and he knew Phil'd try and stop him. I have no idea what a gun is but I'm excited to learn!'

Karl tapped his pencil to the page. That pretty much wrapped up everything he wanted to say. This morning was less hectic and he was able to write a letter to Pandas, unlike last night when he was too exhausted to do much more than collapse into bed and fall asleep before even hitting the mattress.

But today? He was excited! His second day! His second chance to make a good first impression. He couldn't mess this up.

"Karl! You ready?" Tommy yelled. Karl nodded, then realized the blonde probably couldn't see it, and made a confirming noise. He signed his name at the end of the page and gently set the Panda notebook back on his nightstand after doing another quick trace of the bear's lineart. A second later and he had chucked his backpack on and was off down the stairs.

"Pog! Let's go," Tommy and Karl started the pretty short walk from Phil's house to Arctic Middle.

"So classes actually start for me today, I can walk you to school, but I won't be available after . And I think Techno and Wilbur are busy today with whatever the fuck they do, and Phil has some kind of appointment or something , I'm not totally sure. So you'll have to walk home yourself today, but Phil probably already told you."

Karl nodded. He had.

"All you need to do is get to the main street and take a left, and it's pretty much a straight shot to the neighborhood. You know which house is ours, right?" Karl nodded. "Pog."

They walked in comfortable silence for the rest of the way.

"T-Thanks," Karl gave his older brother a small smile.

"Anytime Big Man," Tommy smiled back. "It's on the way to my first class as well, so it works out perfectly!"

Karl nodded and waved goodbye as he headed into the middle school for his second day.

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"Karl!" The brunette turned around and broke into a smile at the sight of Chris and Chandler running over to him.

"Hey man," Chandler nodded as the two began to walk next to him. "What's your first class?"

"Math," Karl held up his new copy of the school map, which now had rooms marked on it for his classes.

"Professor Bad, me too!" Chandler grinned.

"I have Business and Marketing with Jimmy," Chris frowned, "Tricky class, everyone hates the teacher."

"Professor Jack?" Chandler asked.

"He's a good teacher, but a real piece of work," They huffed, "Hard to get along with most of the time. Hey! I'll be having Science with you next class!"

Karl grinned. He really liked hanging out with these people.

"Chris! Chandler! Karl!" Karl hadn't noticed that they were headed towards the car drop off line until he looked up to find Jimmy running towards them. "Is Nolan here today?"