AN: No I do not own Homestuck. This is my first Homestuck story so if I get the characterizations wrong please cut me some slack and help me improve. I just wanted an excuse to write the beta kids without the game and all grown up. Other character will show up but they will all be human. Enjoy!


In Which A Nonfatal Accident Occurs

The Four Strangers YouTube channel is run by four very different people who have somehow managed to become best friends. Something that when they started their channel was the last thing they thought would happen.

This is a story of how Dave Strider, Jade Harley, John Egbert, and Rose Lalonde who went from accidental roommates to best friends.

Most of the videos take place in New York City where they all live though some take place in other locations depending on the who was taking the video.

Dave meets a girl and fail miserably at life

It had been 3 months, 12 days, and 7 hours since Terezi Pyrope and Dave Strider had broken up.

Dave sometimes really hated being so good at time keeping. He was over Terezi but he could tell you exactly when it happened.

Though usually he was able to forget when the breakup happened after 2 months and 3 days. Don't ask him why because he has no answer to that.

Maybe he had too much time on his hand making it harder for him to forget.

He really should stop living out of his office in the club and get a new apartment. Having neighbors might be good for him. Maybe some roommates too.

Poor Dave was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice the girl in front of him and crashed right into her.

"Shit, I am so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going and…"

Dave trailed off as he into the bright green eyes of the girl he had just helped up. Eyes that reminded him of jade eyes of the dragon statue that his brother owned.

She smiled widely,

"That's okay. Are you looking for an apartment? I just finished signing a lease with the help of Ms. Calliope inside."

Dave felt his mouth twitch. He really wanted to smile at how cute this girl was but it wouldn't do to ruin his cool kid facade now.

"Actually I was going to talk to my buddy Caliborn about that so no need to worry about me sweetheart."

His accent had reached the point that he was using the drawl he had had back in Texas.

Unfortunately, even that smooth drawl of his couldn't save him from the fury of a woman who did not care for such a term if she wasn't in a relationship.

She drew herself up as tall as she could meaning she only reached up to his shoulders and glared at him.

"I am most definitely not your sweetheart. It's rude to call me that seeing as how we don't know each other and we are most definitely not dating."

Dave could only stare in shock as she stomped off leaving him in front of the office belonging to the Cherub siblings.

Too bad he didn't manage to get a name and number before making her angry. Looks like he just had found the one girl immune to Strider charm and he would probably never meet her again.

Rose is offended but refuses to show it

Rose Lalonde gave Caliborn Cherub a very blank look. Never before had she encountered such a rude man.

Granted he hadn't tried to hit on her which was a welcome surprise but at the same time his rudeness was quite alarming.

Unfortunately he was the man who was going to become her new landlord.

"Well are you going to sign or not? If not, I'm sure I could easily find someone who wants it more."

Caliborn leaned back in his seat putting his feet on his desk obviously not caring about how rude he seemed.

Rose sighed lightly.

If she had the option, she would have looked elsewhere but she needed to move into the city as soon as possible if she wanted to prove to her mother that she could live on her own.

"Of course. Here you go."

Caliborn straightened up, took the lease, and grinned viciously.

"In your face Calliope. I got people to sign on before you did. Your roommate's my buddy Dave and you better get along with him or else I'm kicking you out. Here's the key. Move in whenever. Now get out of my office."

Rose grabbed the key and absconded. The less time spent in Caliborn's company the better.

Jade is not happy, not happy at all

Jade was so excited to be moving into her new apartment.

As a grad student for astrophysics, being able to go to Princeton was a dream come true.

Maybe it would have been easier if she had picked a place closer to campus but living in NYC was also a dream come true.

The city was so different from the island she'd lived on until she was 13. It was alive with people instead of wildlife and it felt amazing.

Jade had already looked up restaurants she wanted to try, the places she wanted to visit, and the shooting range closest to her new apartment.

As Jade bounced up the stairs to her new floor, her thoughts turned towards her new roommate: John Egbert.

The last name Egbert sounded oddly familiar. Maybe he was one of those family members who might have taken her in if Uncle Jake hadn't decided to do so already.

Oh well. Whatever the case may be, so long as he wasn't like that idiot who called her sweetheart earlier, it would be fine.

Reaching Apartment 413 in the Sburb building, Jade took out her key and unlocked the door and opened it to see the same jerk from earlier in the day.

"You!"

He looked up in surprise at least that's what it seemed like but it's hard to tell with his shades on before saying,

"Sup, I take it you're Rose."

Jade was taken aback. Maybe this wasn't the same person as this morning. Nope definitely him because who else would wear those stupid shades and was an albino.

"No, I'm not. My name's Jade not Rose."

A voice came from behind her,

"And I'm John Egbert and this is Rose Lalonde. You're obviously Jade Harley and you must be Dave Strider. We're going to be roommates for the foreseeable future thanks to a mixup with the lease."

John and Rose came into the apartment behind Jade and as the door closed behind them, they had no idea what was in store for them.

Rose's amethyst eyes looked on passively as Jade bristled at the thought of having to share her apartment with Dave Strider.

John rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly while Dave's eyes widened because when he had wanted a change he had not meant this.

The door closed behind them and the accidental roommates stared at each other with no idea what was in store for them.

John's turn

"Hey dad. I moved in safely though I've ended up with three roommates instead of just one. There are two girls and one guy: Jade Harley, Rose Lalonde, and Dave Strider."

John couldn't believe the day he had just had.

He'd signed a lease expecting to live with only one other person but instead it ended up being a four person lease thanks to Cherub siblings' mistake and competitive streak.

"I see. And how are you planning on getting to know them?"

Leave it to Dad to make him think about how his plan had been changed.

"I have no idea. At first since my roommate was going to be Jade I was going to go with her to the Museum of Natural History but Dave and Rose are natives to this area so they're probably not interested in that."

"Well I definitely think you should go with Jade seeing as how her father and your mother were siblings."

"Wait are you telling me that Jade's my cousin?"

John was a bit shocked but how awesome would that be if he was actually related to Jade.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I would have taken her in if it weren't for the fact that her uncle on her mother's side took her in first."

John immediately opened his door to yell,

"Hey Jade did you know we're cousins?"

She yelled back,

"I thought we might be related but it's so awesome that we actually are."

"Hooray. You two are related. Can you keep it down some people are trying to sleep?"

"What did you say Strider?"

John quickly absconded back to his room before he got caught in the middle of another Harley-Strider argument. That was the fifth one they'd since moving in.

"Sorry dad. I was just telling Jade. Anyways, what should I do to get to know Dave and Rose?"

"Hmm. Well when we wanted to get to know people when I was your age, we talked face to face but I hear video diaries are something people enjoy doing nowadays. Maybe the four of you should make a blog together or something like that. It might bring you all closer if you have an activity like that in common."

"Dad you are a genius. I love you so much right now. I'll talk to you tomorrow okay."

"Okay son. I'm proud of you."

As John hung up, he couldn't help but get a heavy feeling in his throat. He had never thought it would be the case but he missed his dad a lot. He shook of the feeling and entered the kitchen.

He found Rose there drinking a cup of tea while reading a biography of H.P. Lovecraft.

"Oh hey Rose. Do you mind getting Dave while I get Jade? I had an idea I wanted to share with everyone."

Rose carefully marked her place in her book before getting up from her seat.

"Since you were so polite I shall. I take it you also want to get to know your cousin a bit better."

John grinned,

"Yeah. Thanks Rose. I can tell you're going to be an awesome roommate already."

A few minutes, a heated staring contest, a nervous cousin, and an empty teacup later…

"So what's this grand idea of yours Egbert?"

John smiled widely,

"Since we're all strangers, why don't we create a vlog to get to know each other. We can set up a YouTube channel and everything."

Jade considered the idea,

"That sounds like a lot of fun. I think we should do it."

"Well, it does seem interesting. I will do it as well."

Rose did think it would be an interesting experiment at least.

"Eh. Why not? I'm in. Though we're not calling it something stupid like Accidental Roommates and their Adventures."

John deflated slightly because he was originally going to suggest that when he was suddenly hit with an idea.

"The four of us are strangers so why don't we call it The Four Strangers?"

And that is how The Four Strangers YouTube channel came to be.


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