No Homo

Chapter 5

Dave's POV

The sound of my alarm blasting in my ear woke me up from my perfectly peaceful sleep, and, honestly, I want to just skip school and stay in bed. But just in my few days of going to the new school, I can already tell that if you miss even one day, you will be extremely behind in everything. So I got out of bed and brushed my teeth, put on my clothes, and made some toast for breakfast, along with some apple juice. I grabbed my bag and walked out of the door. When I got to school, I went to my locker and disposed of the textbooks that I didn't need and started heading to class. After sitting down, I pulled out a pen and a notebook to take notes. Pretty soon, everyone started filing into the room and the class began. It was okay, but, even as the teacher explained all the nonsense that we would be working with in the next chapter, it still didn't make any sense to me. The class was over pretty soon, thankfully. Yeah, all my classes were the same as they are everyday. Lunch finally came and for once, I didn't feel too terribly alone.

Thankfully, the day was over pretty soon and I waited where I usually do after school for Egderp. He showed up soon enough and we walked to my house. We didn't say much as we walked, and once inside, I set up my computer. He looked pretty tired. I guess he needs more than six hours of sleep. I opened up the Word document and the last website we had used for the project, him translating sentences to something that actually made sense and me reading off stuff that looked important.

After about an hour, he stopped typing.

"Do you mind if we stopped early today ? I'm too tired to think."

"Yeah sure man. Do you need anything, or do you want to just go home ?"

"I think I'll just go ahead and go home, if that's okay."

"Yeah bro, do what you gotta do."

"Thanks, Dave."

"Sure Egderp." He laughed slightly at the nickname I had given him.

"You're not going to let that go, are you ?"

"Nope. Not planning on it, anyway."

"Well, thanks for letting me go home early."

"No problem. Go get your beauty sleep."

"Yeah yeah, whatever." I followed him to the door. "Bye."

"See ya."

I closed the door behind him and sat down on my bed, pulling my computer onto my lap. I got on Pesterchum and saw that Terezi was online.

- -  turntechGodhead [TG] began pestering gallowsCalibrator [GC]  - -

TG: hey
GC: H3Y D4V3
TG: whats up
GC: NOT MUCH
GC: WH4TS UP WITH YOU
GC: M33T 4NY CUT3 GUYS Y3T >: ]
TG: seriously
GC: H3H3H3
GC: YOUR3 4VO1D1NG MY QU3ST1ON, D4VE
TG: no terezi i have not met any cute guys
GC: 4R3 YOU SUR3??
TG: yes
GC: BUT 4R3 R34LLY SUR3 D4V3 >: ]
TG: im done with this conversation

- -  turntechGodhead [TG] ceased pestering gallowsCalibrator [GC]  - -

Terezi's awesome but sometimes she can be extremely annoying. Obviously I haven't met any cute guys I just got here ! I mean, John's kinda cute, but in a derpy way. NOT LIKE THAT. I just can't believe that he talks to me outside of doing the project. I know I'm weird and I'm not afraid to admit it. I mean, I wear sunglasses all the time and I'm sure people think that's weird. Especially people who don't believe the whole eye sensitivity thing. I don't say many words, which probably comes off as a bit rude, but, unless I'm really comfortable around someone, I don't talk very much. So I am quite surprised that the little derp still tries to talk to me. I'm not complaining. I really do hope we can become friends, even if he is a dork, he's not that bad to be around. He seems so happy all of the time and it makes me feel a bit better seeing his smile. It's like some of his happiness transfers over to me when I see his cute buck teeth. I mean-what.

Okay clearly my thoughts are not a good place to be right now. I guess I'll just go ahead and go to bed. Get in a few extra hours of sleep. I got off of my bed and got a shower then dressed into my pyjamas. I climbed back into my bed and drifted off to sleep.

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I woke up to that blasted alarm in my ear, my hand automatically reaching over and shutting it off. I laid there for a minute, just staring at my ceiling, before pushing myself up and getting out of bed. I checked the time to see I had wasted ten minutes trying to get up. Even going to bed early can leave me tired in the morning, apparently. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, and grabbed an apple for breakfast. I still had a bit of time left, so I just decided to finish my breakfast at home. I threw the apple core in the trash when I was done with it and grabbed my bag as I headed out of the front door, locking it behind me. As I walked to school, I thought about the party John had invited me to. Why had I agreed ? It wasn't going to be fun, and I knew that. I was going to be surrounded by people I didn't know and there's no way that was going to be fun. Maybe I could just back out of it or maybe come up with an excuse for not being able to go. But at the same time, there was something about not wanting to let John down. I guess I just didn't want to mess up the possibility of us being friends. Maybe I could get through the party, just so he would be happy. I walked to my seat in first period. Yeah, I have to at least try to make/keep a friend.

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By the time Friday came around, I wasn't feeling too keen on the choice I made of going. The party was supposed to be on Saturday and I was extremely tempted to pester John and tell him to forget it, that I'm not going to go. Or make up some lames excuse like saying I'm sick. There was still that one thing holding me back from doing that. It was the fact that, despite being extremely derpy, John was a good person who actually seemed to want to be friends with me. And there was just something about someone wanting to be my friend, someone who could actually deal with me, that caused me to want to just go with it. To just go to the party. And, I decided, I would do just that. I wouldn't back out or come up with a stupid excuse, I would just go. And, who knows, I might just enjoy myself. Maybe not, but it is possible.

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>Author's Note

Hello Brotatoes ! I'm sorry this took me longer than I thought It would. I skipped a few things just because it's just the same things that constantly happen in the book. The plot will start getting better soon, I promise. Unlike the last story I wrote, I actually have an idea of what's going to happen. Well, several ideas. But anyway, things will start picking up here, I just gotta write it. I hope you have a good rest of your day ^u^

~Laurenbob .-.