Um...my attempt at AU high-school life JohnRose/DaveJade. Credit to Josiefeathergirl for certain parts.
A boy named John Egbert glances up at a girl in front of him with a slightly interested expression. Even though he's slightly below his average in English, he can get his grades up fairly quick, so he distracts himself from his classwork. The girl in front of him is named Rose Lalonde, and her mother, Ms. Roxy, is the local bar's bartender. So, basically Rose is alone at her house.
The bell rings, signalling the dismissal bell towards third period. Rose gathers her things with her usual expression of uncaring and/or boredom. John starts towards the girl he's become infatuated with, but a hand on his shoulder stops him in his tracks. He turns his head to see his best friend, Dave Strider, staring at him through those opaque lens of his. John smiles cheerfully at his best friend, beginning to ask his question before Dave interrupts him, mid-sentence.
"Egbert, just wait for the right time. Right now isn't the best time to tell the new girl you like her." Dave slings his book bag over his shoulder and heads toward the door, when a girl bumps into him, making them both fall down.
"Oh, I'm so~ sorry! I was just coming to get my textbooks for the homework. I'm so sorry again, please excuse me." The girl rushes to her desk, grabs the textbooks she needs, and rushes out. John helps Dave up and laughs in a bubbly manner.
"Come on, Dave! We don't want to be late to your brother's class again do we?" They both shudder at the thought of the experience they had just days earlier. Forgetting the mention of the horrifying experience, they both speed-walk, not Dave he walked, to the class.
The girl from earlier scurrys about, through the hallways of Sburb High, with a confused expression plastered on her face. Dave Strider notices her struggle as he turns a corner, and then starts towards her. By the time he gets to her, she starts falling to the ground making Dave dash after her. After safely catching the girl, Dave sighs.
"Girl. Wake up." Nothing.
"Hey, wake up." A slight readjustment wakes the girl. She instantly stands straight on her own two feet, blushing from head to toe.
"O-Oh, sorry, coolkid. I tend to conk out from time to time." Dave narrows his eyes at the girl behind his shades, pouncing on her mistake.
"Don't call me that, girl." She giggles at him, making roll his eyes. She sticks out her hand, forgetting about class starting soon.
"Name's Jade Harley." You hesitate for a moment, looking down the hallways for any witnesses, then take her hand. "Name's-" She giggles, then snorts.
"Oh, I know your name, coolkid! Dave Strider, right?" He nods, irritated in many more ways than one.
"So, why are you calling me that nickname?" She smiles brightly, then starts down the hallway.
Almost to John's dad's classroom, she turns halfway to meet his blocked gaze. "Because I can." Then, she opens the door and cheers out the words, 'Sorry I'm late.' Dave instantly goes after her, because that's where he's should be right about now.
Right after lunch, at their break time, Dave decides to bother Jade, leaving John to approach Rose.
The boy saw her from all the way across the courtyard. He had never spoken to her before, but today was different. Today was the day he was going to exchange his first words with the beauty he had undoubtedly fallen for. He watches the grass crunch under his feet as he approached her, but lifts his head when he stops before her. Clearing his throat he starts, "Hello," his unsteady hand raises, "My name is John."
Rose looks up from her notebook and to him, with a curious expression, but being polite, she smiles at John. "Rose, pleasure meeting you."
John fuses his eyebrows together. "We're both in second period English, remember?" Rose studies the blue-covered boy.
"Yes, John. It seems to ring a bell. I don't believe we've spoken before, correct?"
John shakes his head. "No," he drops his gaze and drums his fingers against his thighs, "but I hoping that we could be friends."
Rose giggles softly, making the boy look up quickly, his black hair falling into his eyes. "I don't see why not, John." Her soft, perfect smile was sincere enough for the boy not to question his words.
John smiles brightly at his accomplishment, then the fifth period bell rings, making Rose stand up. She begins to walk away from John, but then turns to him. "Would you like to come with me?" John nods a couple times to emphasize his excitement.
"Of course, Rose!" And, then they made their way to the next class.
With Dave and Jade...
"Why won't you leave me to do my homework?"
"Because I don't want to."
"Oh, ha ha, coolkid. Very funny."
"No, it's ironic." Jade almost scowls at the many corrections that Dave made towards her in the past 5 minutes.
"Will. You. Please. Leave me be, Dave?" He smirked.
"Hey, look. Not so hard calling me by my name is it?" Jade furiously stood up.
"DAVE! PLEASE LEAVE!" Dave slightly jumped at the sudden outburst from the, normally, overly-happy girl. Jade then covered her mouth, quickly. She turned and gathered her things, blushing severely.
"Whoa, Jade. Wait. Please wait." Jade stopped walking away from the teen following her.
"What...did you say?" She turned halfway to look at him. Dave caught up with Jade, and rolled his eyes.
"I said please wait, and I don't normally do things like that." Jade seemed to giggle slightly, but held it back.
"Well, what is it, coolkid?"Dave looked to the side, wanting to keep his cool look on, maybe that's where she got the nickname 'coolkid'. He honestly didn't mind the nickname for some reason.
"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad, Jade. I was just teasing you." Jade smiles brightly and goes to walking again, towards the last period of the day where John and Rose will be soon.
Dave followed her there, and as they reached the classroom, Jade stated, "You know teasing is a guy's way of letting a girl know you like them, right?" And, she walked in. Dave blushed for the first time in his life, along with the earlier first time appearance of the emotion of surprise/fear towards the younger.
This will probably be a multi-chapter story, so please follow for upcoming chappies!