A Hint Of Roses || A Dream SMP Fanfic

Chapter 1 - Friends?

"Hi I'm Wilbur!" greeted the taller of the two boys as he sat down on the wooden bench.

"Hi. ... Wait your name's Wilbur? Really?"

"Well my actual name is Will but Wilbur sounds way cooler." he responded confidently

"You sure about that?"

"Errrr...well...yeah" replied Wilbur

This was too much for the other boy and he burst out laughing.

"What?!" asked Wilbur, looking fairly upset

"Sorry." apologised the other boy while still trying to keep a straight face.

"Don't worry about it, I'm used to people laughing at me" Wilbur half-joked

"I wasn't laughing at you, not really anyway." protested the other boy, feeling genuinely guilty this time

"I was kidding it's fine", Wilbur assured him ,"and I still haven't asked, what's your name?"

"It's Alex." he said

"Damn it!" Wilbur muttered under his breath

"What??" questioned Alex

"I was hoping your name would be as stupid as mine so I could laugh at you." Wilbur explained grinning

This time both boys started laughing, ignoring the weird looks they were earning from everyone around them.

"Friends?" Alex asked, holding out his hand

"For sure!" Wilbur responded, taking Alex's hand and shaking it

-

It was two weeks after Wilbur and Alex first met, when Wilbur woke up to find Alex on the other end of their dorm room, (they had both begged to be moved to the same dorm) talking excitedly to someone on his phone.

When Alex noticed Wilbur was awake, he hurriedly said goodbye to the person he had been calling, then rushed over to Wilbur's bed to tell him the news.

"Wilburrrrrr!" Alex squealed

"Calm down I'm barely awake yet." Wilbur groaned

Alex sat back down on his own bed and started fidgeting impatiently while Wilbur rubbed his eyes in an effort to wake up properly, then sat up and waited for Alex to explain.

"Throughout primary school a boy called Karl was my only- I mean my best friend until the middle of year 4 when his parents divorced and he was forced to move with his dad and had to change schools. But earlier this morning he called and said that his dad wanted to move to America for work so he's going to live with his mum instead and... he's going to join this school!!"

"So I guess he'll have to move down to 'friend' and I'll move up to 'best friend' since I'm obviously much better."

"Wilbur." Alex complained, rolling his eyes

"I was joking, that's awesome, we can be a trio!" Wilbur laughed

"Great," Alex exclaimed ,"He's going on Friday but he won't arrive till after class finishes so we'll have the whole weekend to hang out and show him around before he has to start actually learning anything."

"So in uhhh...uhhhhhhh...oh three days." Wilbur said

Alex laughed.

"What!?" Wilbur said, sounding annoyed "You know I'm shit at maths and it's really earrrlllyyy."

"Sorry it's just really funny watching you struggle...wait I didn't mean it like that!"

"Don't worry I know what you meant."

"And uhhh Wilbur."

"What."

It's not actually that early, we better get ready now or we'll miss breakfast." Alex said

"Fuck."

Without another word, the boys grabbed jeans and t-shirts from their wardrobes, (their school didn't believe in uniform) speedily dressed, then bolted down the to the main hall.

Despite the rush in which they had gotten ready, most people were already sat down eating. Wilbur and Alex each grabbed a bowl of cereal and some toast, then looked around for an empty table. None were completely empty but they soon spotted one which had one boy on it, sitting alone.

"Hey mate, why are you sitting on your own?" Wilbur asked the boy as he sat down at the table

The boy stared at Wilbur nervously, then turned red and turned his gaze to the floor. Wilbur had no idea what was going on, but Alex understood.

"Hey it's okay I get it," comforted Alex ,"What's your name?"

"George."

"Hi George, I'm Alex and this is Wilbur."

"Hi." George whispered, still staring at his shoes

"George it's okay, neither of us had any friends before we met each other." Alex said

Alex put his hand out and Wilbur put his hand on top of Alex's.

"Friends?" they said together

And George looked up smiling.

"Friends." he replied, putting his hand on top of Alex's and Wilbur's.

-

The (as Wilbur told us earlier) three days leading up to Karl's arrival seemed to pass by way too fast for Alex, and before he knew it he was doodling on a scrap of paper in the final class of Friday, while his teacher droned on in the background. Alex stopped doodling and started to fiddle with his pen nervously.

It wasn't that he didn't want to see Karl, he was just worried about having to choose between his new friends and his old friend if they didn't get along, or worse all three of them deciding they liked each other better and didn't need him! No that wouldn't happen. But it was still possible... 'No.' Alex told himself, he wouldn't go back to how he was before he met Wilbur, he wouldn't, he couldn't, he-

"Alex? Do you know?" asked his teacher, pulling him out of his anxiety filled thoughts and back to the classroom

"Uhhhh, what sorry?"

"Have you been paying attention Alex?"

"Errrrmm...well-"

"I didn't think so, detention, my office, after dinner. That should teach you to stop doodling and start putting in some effort." he said, swiping the paper off Alex's desk as he walked past

"But sir I-" Alex protested

"You will be there, no exceptions."

Alex fell silent. Of course, the one time someone else needed him, he messed it up. What was he going to now? Alex started shuddering. He couldn't breathe. Trying not to pass out he grabbed a broken pen from his pocket and stabbed the sharp plastic into his wrist. Focusing on the pain, he managed to draw breath. Slowly he calmed down and managed to think properly again.

That's it, he could ask Wilbur and George to look after Karl until he got out of detention. Yes he'd do that, he knew he could rely on them...well maybe not forever but it was only for an hour.

Everything was going to be fine.

Right?

Woooooo! First chapter done. Thanks for reading this far 😊. Hoped you enjoyed. I should have chapter 2 out by the end of this week. Remember you are loved <3