Here's this! I think it's a collab, between my friend Merri and I, but she's the one really writing it. I'm just beta'ing and posting it because she doesn't have constant internet service.

I don't own Homestuck, unfortunately.

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"Bye, Mumma! I'm going to school!" I yelled as I shut the front door to my house. I had a feeling that today was going to just be another boring day. The near-summer sun was beating down on the grass, and even though it was only 7 am., it was nearly 75 degrees. But as they say, 'If you don't like the weather in Iowa, wait 15 minutes, it'll change.'.

Walking calmly and checking my phone, I realized what time it was. It was almost 7:30! I was going to miss my bus! Looking up, my bus was at the end of the street already, and it looked as if it had been there for a while. I picked up the pace and jogged to the yellow school bus, and nearly tripped on the stairs.

"You're LATE." The driver said menacingly, almost shouting in my face. I sighed at him and moved along the aisle sluggishly. It was too early in the morning for this crap. Picking my seat in the middle of the bus, I sat down and stared at my phone. There had to be some good games in the Android Market or something… Sadly, there were no free ones, so I went to the menu on my phone. It seemed I had a text from Dawn.

'Hey, Camille! Do you have any spare headphones I could use?' She went through headphones every week, it seemed like. I texted back quickly, 'No, I don't. And even if I did, I'm on the bus now anyway.' After about a minute of waiting, I got a simple response from her. ':c'. Her and her emoticons. They could be pretty crazy sometimes.

I stared out the window, waiting for the stupid people on my bus to get on. They were sexist, something I couldn't stand. They were Neanderthals in every sense of the word. Once they started making sexist jokes, usually I would slap them upside the head, but I think they've learned their lesson. They now sit at the front of the bus, far away from me.

After waiting a few more minutes, my friend Trevor finally got on the bus. He took the seat behind me and sat down.

"Hey, Camille," Trey - everyone shortens his name - said.

"Oiyo! What's up with you?" I said, a little over-excitedly. I finally had someone to distract me from the Neanderthals at the front of the bus.

"Tired…" He said, and he fell on the bus seat and began to sleep. I sighed sadly as the only person I had to talk to on the bus had fallen sound asleep. I guess I would have to distract myself from boredom somehow. I sat on Ao3 until our bus ride came to a close, and everyone got off, but I had to poke Trey a few times for him to finally wake up.

We walked into the school and sat down at our usual breakfast table. Dawn was sitting on her phone, completely distracted by it. I sat down next to her, slamming my backpack down onto the table, startling her. She fell out of her seat with a startled grunt, and then looked up at me.

"What was that for?" She yelled playfully, and then climbed back into her chair. I laughed at her.

"For being so easily scared, that's why." I looked at her computer, which she always had up in the morning. She was drawing something obnoxiously cute again.

The bell rang, and we all got up. It was time to go our separate ways. We had no classes together in the morning, so we usually set up a group chat on our favourite IM program, Pesterchum. After getting to class and getting on my laptop, I logged on. The bright yellow features of our IM program complimented the purple background my computer had. I picked my username, waterloggedBabysitter (I had an accident babysitting once, don't ask) and made a group chat between theDrawsassin, nyaningPony, and noloFinwe (Trey, Dawn, Jacob [who hadn't made it to school on time] respectively).

WB: Hey! Everyone? Is everyone here?

NP: Hello!

TD: I'm here

WB: Hey… Where's Jacob at?

NP: I don't know. He must be sick or something. :c

` WB: Ha. Sick my rear end. He's never really 'sick'. Just staying home to play video games.

NF: hey whate are u talking about I'm here!

TD: Oh, well speak of the devil

NF: Hey and I'm not faking it this time I really am sick

NP: Says the kid with a shiny new copy of Xenoblade to play.

WB: God, kid. You have some serious spelling issues.

WB: The word 'what' is DEFINITELY not spelled like that.

NF: Oh shute up

NF: Just shute up

TD: Shute? What are you trying to say? Shut?

NP: Hahaha. This is stupid.

NF: SHUT UP. THER U HAPPY NOW

WB: 'Ther'?

- NF [noloFinwe] has exited the group chat. –

NP: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

NP: You got him SO angry.

NP: Poor kid.

TD: Poor? Lol he isn't poor, he just gets angry by stupid crap way too easily

TD: Anyway

TD: I need to go, I have a test

NP: Yeah, I need to go too, I'm supposed to be taking notes.

- NP [nyaningPony] has exited the group chat. –

- TD [theDrawsassin] has exited the group chat. -

Since all of my friends left, I logged off Pesterchum. The rest of the school day flew by, oddly. My school day never flies by as quickly on a normal day.

As usual, I had to run to my locker and get my bag after school. My friends always tried to talk to me, but me and Trey always had to get to the bus before it left without us. Being on the other side of the school never really helped, either. Every day I've managed to make it to the bus, though. I've never missed it once, in fear of being late.

I claimed my seat in the middle of the bus. Trey looked as if he was going to be late. His seat behind mine was taken. I put my legs up on the seat for him, but the bus started to lurch forward. I ducked my head out the window, and he was chasing after the slowly moving bus. I laughed a little as he got yelled at by our crabby bus driver for not being on time, and he took a seat next to me.

"Phew… Almost didn't make it," he panted. I laughed at him more.

"What's so funny?" He yelled, seriously.

"Nothing." I said, laughing more.

As usual, I was the last one off the bus. I got home about 3:45, per usual. I only had a short distance to walk home, as the bus didn't drop me off right at my house. I cranked up my music and walked home happily. Nearing my house, though… I saw a small white case. I walked a little faster when my eye caught the bright white object on my porch.

I picked it up and read out loud…

"SBURB?"

END OF ACT ONE, PART ONE*