A/N: okay so this is my first fic, so sorry if anyone seems OOC or if this just sucks in general.

but anyways, please enjoy my fic! ^u^

Be Dave

Your name is Dave Strider and Jesus Christ if these pants don't fit in this duffle bag you're going to fly off the fucking handle and okay there it goes.

You get the bag to zip after a couple tries and toss it over your shoulder along with your backpack, which is stuffed with a couple of shirts and toiletries. You make your way out of your apartment to your truck. Once you're there , you toss the bags in the bed, hop in, and drive to school half an hour early.

Your name is Dave Strider and tonight you and your three friends are running away from your homophobic town during your school's homecoming dance for a wild adventure.

And it's gonna be fucking awesome.

When you get to the school parking lot, you find that John-your date for tonight- and Rose are already there. All that's left is Karkat and you can tell them the plan.

"Dave!" John exclaims while he tackles you in a hug. What you're not blushing. It's just cold out, yeah that's it.

"Sup man." you say, hugging him back.

"Has Karkat arrived yet?" Rose asks, sauntering up to you and John. She places her bags in the back of your truck.

"Not yet," you reply "He texted me about twenty minutes ago, so he should be here in a bit."

A second after you say that, a black Subaru roars into a parking space, and a car door slams shut.

"FUCK, IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THIS SHIT." Karkat storms up to you with a travel mug of coffee in his hand, and tosses his bags in the back. "TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR SHITTY LITTLE PLAN, DAVE, SO WE CAN KINDLY GET ON WITH OUR GODFORSAKEN LIVES."

"Morning to you, too." You say. "But anyway, here's the deal."

"When we get home from school, we just act completely normal, get ready for the dance et cetera, et cetera. Before we leave, we set out the notes on our beds- you guys wrote your notes, right?" The three nod in agreement. "'Kay, good. Once we all get here tonight, we're gonna meet at the flagpole right outside the gym. Once the crowds have died down a bit, we hop in ol' Lucy here." You give your cherry red truck a pat. "Then we'll drive up to Prospit to Roxy's house. It would take six hours non-stop, but we're gonna have a shit ton of fun tonight, which is why I asked Bro to get these babies made." You reach into your back pocket and whip out four fake ID's.

"I'm now Ben Johnson, age 22."

"John, you are now Dan Robinson, age 22."

"Rose, you are now Elizabeth Schmidt, age 21."

"And Karkat, you are now-"

"JACK GOFF?! FUCK YOU." Rose and John chuckle.

"Haha, yea I told Bro to have fun with yours." You smirk. Karkat just gives you a death glare.

"Once we're going, we're gonna do whatever our young hearts desire. Wanna go bowling? Why the fuck not. Wanna spray paint Walmart? Sure. And with these," you wave your fake ID around "We can get into any club we want. We can get shitfaced if you really want to. This night is ours."

John looks pretty excited about it, Karkat's still scowling at you, and Rose tentatively sips at the tea she brought.

"Well that's it. See you guys later."

Rose says goodbye and walks away, and when Karkat starts to leave you yell after him, "Later Jack Goff!" which earns you a middle finger. You snicker.

John walks up next to you and says "I can't believe we're actually doing this."

"Yeah, but it's all worth it. Can't stay in this shithole, pretending to be who we aren't." You say. "Like seriously, it ain't my fault I'm bi. People should just be able to fuckin' deal with it, but apparently these assholes here in Derse can't."

He shrugs, "That's true, but as exciting as this is, I'm just gonna miss everyone. Jade, Gamzee, Tavros, heck I'll even miss Eridan a bit."

"Haha, yeah, I'll miss him making a fool out of himself trying to impress girls."

"Like that time he tried flexing during swimming and slipped on the floor?" the brunette laughs.

"Dude, that was hilarious. His chin was bruised for, like, three weeks!"

"Haha, I know! Well, see you later Dave!" John says, parting at the hallway.

"Later, man." You wave to him.

In your first period class, you think about your life here in Derse. You've lived here your whole life. Your brother, Dirk- or Bro as he likes to be called- raised you after your parents died in a car accident when you were four and he was fourteen. He taught you everything you know- fighting, irony, DJing, acting cool, staying tough, scarring you with smuppets. He was gay himself, so he was understanding when you came out as bi when you were thirteen.

What you didn't realize is how unaccepting Derse is to people like you. Here, you'd get beaten to a pulp if people found out your sexuality. That's why you were going away, and that's why Bro's letting you go. He and his boyfriend Jake have also been considering leaving this place.

You like Jake, he's a good guy. After you came out, he introduced you to his cousin, John, who is also gay. John is by far your best friend. You love everything about him. His goofy smile, his bright blue eyes, his taste in shitty movies- everything. You were thrilled when said he'd be your date for this whole adventure. You've been crushing on him for years.

John introduced you to Rose and Karkat a few weeks after you met. Rose is lesbian and Karkat's bi, too. Rose is pretty cool, when she's not psychoanalyzing you or talking about the latest wizard porn she's read. Same goes for Karkat when he's not pissed off at everything. You guys have been friends for four years, and you honestly wouldn't have it any other way.

It took you a while to sell them on the idea of tonight's escapade. John was the hardest to crack, but you managed to talk him into it.

You're pretty fucking excited for tonight. You can't wait to see what it has in store for you.

Hell fucking yes. You guys are gonna fuck shit up.

A/N: well there's chapter one! i hope you liked it! i'll try to upload a chapter a day until i go on vacation and then once school starts back up.

see you next chapter!

-smc