Ugh, school. To Nepeta, school was an inconvenience. Especially today, when all she wanted to do was go home and look at her shipping wall. It had become her newest obsession, or at least, it was something to keep her busy while her mom and sister were away. She sighed and tuned out the teacher, who was lecturing them about keeping quiet.
We're middle schoolers, we know this already! she thought as she took off her hat to pick at random fluff balls on it.
"...and you will each be assigned a pen pal to work with. Your pen pal will live across the country..."
Wait a minute, what was the teacher saying? Nepeta perked up, actually tuning in to what the teacher was saying.
"You'll all be drawing names from a hat to determine your pen pal, so I shouldn't hear any whining." the teacher said sternly, taking an upside down top hat from her desk and placing it in front of another student.
"Pick."
This ritual of students picking went on for about three more minutes before it got to Nepeta, who was jubilant about this exciting opportunity to meet someone new. She reached her hand in excitedly, which pissed off the very grumpy teacher. She finally pulled after what seemed like an eon to the teacher, who gladly left her table afterword. She stared at the name in her hands.
Gamzee Makara. Huh. Interesting name.
After Nepeta had gotten clarification from the teacher on what they were supposed to do, the school day was over, which meant she had to start on her first task for the pen pal project: Call your pen pal. The teachers had already notified the teachers in the West coast that the pen pals had been chosen, so students should expect a phone call from three to six o' clock in their time. Nepeta ran home excitedly to show her sister.
"Wow, I never got a pen pal in middle school. You sure are lucky." she said as she did her homework and updated her Tumblr.
It was about two hours later, and Nepeta couldn't stand waiting anymore. She picked up her cellphone and dialed Gamzee's number. She bounced up and down and waited for Gamzee to pick up.
"Hello, motherfuckin Makara residence, Gamzee speaking." a boy's voice spoke from the other end.
"Hi Gamzee! It's Nepeta, your pen pal!"
A short silence followed.
"Oh yeah! I almost all up and forgot we had pen pals! Wow, what a miracle it is to finally talk to you!" he said. Nepeta giggled. He was kind of strange, but she liked that. She could tell that they were going to become very great friends in time.
"So Gamzee, what do you like to do?" she asked, as part of the assignment required her to.
"Hm, well I like to throw down some sick fires with my best friend Tavros. And sometimes I just stare up at the ceiling and think of all the miracles in this world. Oh, I also bake a little bit too. What about you?" he asked.
"Well, I like to draw, and write, and role play with my friend Equius!" she said.
"You sound motherfuckin interesting." he said, and Nepeta said he sounded like a fun guy too. The next question on their list was what their favorite animals were. This was easy for Nepeta to answer.
"My favorite animal is a cat!" Nepeta said. She had liked cats ever since she was born.
"That's cool. My favorite animal has to be a a goat, because those animals are just so chill." he said. They decided to ask one more question on their papers before calling it a night. The question was about their favorite colors.
"My favorite color is olive green, it's a very pretty color." Nepeta told her pen pal.
"Alright. Personally, every motherfuckin color is my favorite, but if I had to chose just one, it would be indigo, because it's bright and catchy." Gamzee said.
"Okay got it. Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow Gamzee! Bye!"
"Talk to you later, sis." he said before hanging up. Nepeta sighed. He was very friendly, and she couldn't wait for tomorrow to come.