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Chapter 5

     Eridan's POV

     Everything was back to normal about 5 weeks later...sort of. You were starting to hang out with Sol a lot more. You were working on your school work a lot more than you did before. You brought all of your grades up to at least Bs. You had a study session with Sol every week on Friday after school so you could go over everything you learned that week. You and the rest of the 12 of you started hanging out more. Things were great. Sollux stopped getting bullied almost completely. In all, things were the best they'd ever been.

     *beep*

     *beep*

     *bEEP*

     *BEEP*

     You reached over, slamming your alarm until you hit either the snooze or off button. You must've hit one, because the obnoxious beeping stopped. You sat up and glanced at the clock. Bright purple numbers read out '5:45'. You realized it was a Monday morning, and that you had  school. Grunting, you stood up and walked to the bathroom. You turn on the water of the shower and begin to undress. After about 20 minutes you were running to your room to get dressed. You grabbed a pair of jeans and a striped purple t-shirt and quickly put them on.

     Grabbing an apple, you grabbed your keys and ran out the door. You had 25 minutes until you had to be at school, and 5 until you had to go pick up Sol. You barely managed to get there on time. The two of you jumped out of your car and ran into the school. You both went to your lockers to grab your books, and got to class just on time. You sit at your desk and grab your notebook.

     You bump into someone on your way to the next class. You saw books-including your own- go flying. You feel a hard blow to your stomach and the wind is knocked out of you. Falling to the floor, you yelled out for help. The last thing you remember before passing out was a flash of red and blue and someone saying your name.

Sollux's POV

     You awoke in a cold sweat. You had another one of your bad nightmares. You look to the side to see the bright yellow numbers of your clock read out '4:38 am'. You won't end up getting back to sleep, so you decide to just get up. You shower and get dressed, wearing dark grey jeans and a black shirt with your favorite baseball team's logo on it. You decide to get onto pesterchum and message Nepeta.

twinArmageddons[TA] began pestering arsenicCatnip[AC] at 5:53 am

[TA] 2up np

[AC] :33 < *ac gets down on all furrs, crawling towards her prey. she tackle pounces pawlux and yells out "Good morning!"*

[TA] *2ollux feel2 hii2 friiend jump onto hii2 back. he 2ay2 back to her, "morniing np!"

[AC] :33 < i love it when you rp with me! hehe. so, why are you up so early? 'nother one of your nightmares?

[TA] yeah, ii woke up around 4:30 ii2h. why are you up?

[AC] 33: <  im always up right now! i wake up when the sun does!

[TA] alright...well, iim goiing to go and actually eat breakfa2t for once. 2ee you at 2chool!

[AC] :33 < s33 ya!

twinArmageddons[TA] ceased pestering arsenicCatnip[AC] at 6:08 am

     You close your desktop and walk downstairs. Your brother looks to have already left, and dad was out of town until Thursday. You grabbed some breakfast and waited for Eridan. He got there pretty late. You jumped into his car and he drove the two of you to the school. You both jumped out, ran to your lockers, and then to class. With 1 minute to spare.

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     After class, you walked out of the bathroom into the almost empty hallway. You saw someone throwing punches and kicking someone. You soon recognized the purple shirt and greased back blond hair, with the auburn streak.

     "Eridan!" You ran over to him. The attacker was nowhere to be seen. You lifted him up and ran the best you could to the office. You explained what happened and they contacted his brother, as you told them his dad was out of town(slight lie, he was coming home today. But Eridan wouldn't want to see him). After about 20 minutes, a worried 19 year old with an old greaser jacket ran in. 

     "Hey Cronus. I avoided calling your dad, as I knew ED wouldn't be too happy to see him. So I called you," you stated. He walked over to a sleeping Eridan. 

     "What on earth even happened to 'im?" He said in a deep greaser-like accent. You wondered why he talked like that. He was born in the 90s, not the 50s, so it couldn't be natural...could it? You push the thought aside and walk up to the doorway. The nurse said to wait until he woke up to do anything, that way they could do one last examination. If it turned out he had any broken bones or anything of the sorts, we'd have to take him to the hospital. You had a small argument with Cronus about whether you could go or not. He finally gave in. 

     "W-what happened?" A sleepy Eridan tried sitting up, but you held him down. He could risk getting hurt worse by moving around too much. You explained to him what happened, and Cro told him about possibly going to the ER. After the examination, they told the two of you that nothing was broken, and he had a very minor concussion. Cronus had to go back to work so you offered to stay home with him. He drove the two of you home and went off. You saw that his bed was covered in crumbs and told him to lay down on the couch for a bit while he made the bed. You helped him over to it. You sat down next to him, and rested you head on the pillow. 

     "Get some rest, I'll wake you up in a bit to have some lunch," you said to him. He followed your orders and drifted off, and soon after so did you.

I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN AGES

I'LL TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN UPDATING, BACK TO THE EVERY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY THING. SOON I'LL GET ONTO AN ACTUAL SCHEDULE

but yeah school just started so I've been quite busy!