AN: So yeah...This is my summer camp homestuck thing. I had the idea from a picture that I saw and i'll try to gt around to posting it later. But anyways Read and review I hope you like it :D

Chapter 1

John's POV

I boarded the summer camp bus and looked around for a seat. The bus was pretty crowded and he couldn't see any open seats. I shuffled down, the bus isle hauling my duffle bag behind me and trying not to hit anyone with it. Looking for someone I could sit with. No one else was wearing their camp Sburb t-shirts, so I felt like a bit of a dork. As I walked down people scooted over, or placed their bags on the seat or something, it was pretty obvious they didn't want to sit with me. I felt my face flush with embarrassment. Was I really that bad? I kept going further and further into the back of the bus, still unable to locate a seat.
Then finally I found one kid who didn't look like he was blatantly dismissing me, and he was wearing an Sburb t-shirt too! Actually it didn't look like he noticed me. Maybe he was asleep. It was hard to tell because of the large mirrored sunglasses he wore. He had pale blonde hair and a large amount of freckles all over his nose and cheeks. He had a pair of black studs in his ears and a his head phones in.
I paused in front of his seat and tapped him on the shoulder awkwardly. "Um... Uh can I sit here?" He looked up at me surprise registering on his face. So he was awake. He paused his iPod and tucked it away into his bag.
"Sure. Go ahead." He shrugged and grinned. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you!" I sat down next to him and stuffed my stuff onto the floor. I ginned at him. "I'm John Egbert by the way!" He smirked.
"Dave Strider. Nice to meet you." He said with a nod. Then they both went quiet. Say something John! My dad had sent him to this stupid summer camp because he wanted me to make friends.
"So... Um uh.." I asked, and then lurched forward as the bus started up and began moving forward. "Whaa!" I yelped and braced myself against the seat in front of me. My stuff sliding forward. I scrambled to grab it from sliding down the isle.
"Whoa there. Don't hurt yourself." Dave said, helping steady me.
"Thanks. Sorry I'm not quite used to all this"I said with a gesture to the bus.
"Yeah I noticed that. Is this your fist time going to Camp Sburb? Cause I haven't see you here before."
"Yeah this is my first time... What about you, have you been here before?"
"Hah! Oh yeah. I have been coming here for years. My bro is a camp counselor so it all works out." He said with a shrug.
"Thats awesome!" I said with a grin.
"Yeah, it's pretty sweet I suppose. I can show you the ropes when we get there."
"Really?! Thank you!" I smiled wide. Maybe this wasn't going to be as bad as I thought! I mean I had a friend and he was a veteran of this camp!
"Don't sweat it dude. I don't mind taking you under my wing. You can bunk with me and shit since, I'm guessing that you don't have a cabin mate yet."
"Thanks! Thats really nice of you." I felt a warm fuzzy feeling of happiness. Making friends isn't as hard as it's made out to be.
"So what about you? Why did you just suddenly come here? 's not all that great..."
"Oh!" I paused thinking up a reason besides 'my dad wants me to make friends'. "Um.. I dunno. My dad just signed me up for this out of the blue. If he hadn't I would probably already be half way through my Nic Cage marathon."
"Oh man! That guy is like... The shittiest actor ever to grace the silver screen with shitty acting!" Dave said with a laugh.
"NO WAY!" I shouted, clenching my fists. "Nic cage is the greatest actor alive! He is a genius!"
"Wait... You were serious? Oh my god!" Dave said shaking his head and smirking.
"Of course I was! I would never joke about Nic Cage! I own like all of his movies."
"Then your taste in movies must be awful."
"Just stop talking. Stop talking right now. Just watch out. I might go into a... Nicholas Rage!" I said, but I couldn't stop myself from giggling at the pun.
"Oh Jesus that was lame." Dave said but I saw hime laugh a little too. "Your a weird one. You'll fit in at camp Suburb after all." I tilted my head in confusion.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
"You'll see." Dave said with a sigh. He grabbed his iPod out of his backpack and I assumed that meant he was done talking to me for the time being. But then he offered me one of his ear buds. "Wanna listen?"
"O-oh! Sure!" I said taking the bud gratefully and stuck it in my ear. We listened to his music for the rest of class and he actually had pretty good taste in music, despite his lack of education in quality film.
When the bus pulled up to the heavily wooded area, where a large sign proclaiming "CAMP SBURB" I had assumed that it was just a typo, them misspelling suburb, but it looks like Sburb it was the actual name. I was surprised at how few kids got off the bus. It was just me, Dave, and like three other kids I didn't know. I looked at Dave with curiosity. "Yo Dave. Where are they going?" I asked as we watched the bus drive away.
"Oh. They're going to their camp." He said simply.
"They aren't coming to Camp Sburb?"
"Psh. No not many people do come to Sburb."
"Oh... I see." I said, still be fuddled. This couldn't be all the people here... Right? "Is there something wrong with Camp Sburb?" I asked finally. I had been getting the feeling that people had something against it ever since I got on the bus, 3 hours ago.
Dave thought about it for a second then shrugged.
"No. There's nothing wrong with the camp. The camp itself is actually pretty chill. It's just the people here are a bit weird."
"Weird how? You don't seam weird."
"Weird as in, not socially accepted. I'm not weird, but people just think some things about me are not acceptable."
"Like what?" I asked, I couldn't imagine what could be unacceptable about dave other than his unadulterated coolness.
"Like the fact that I'm gay." Dave said flatly. I was a bit flummoxed by this new discovery. I had nothing against gay people it was just really... Unexpected.
"R-really?!" I coughed out,
"Yep. I'm gay. Homosexual. A homo. A queer. Straight as a rainbow. Whatever you wanna call it." He clearly seemed to have no problem with accepting his sexuality.
"Oh, uh, cool!" I stammered. He flashed me an bemused smile.
"Yeah. And I'm not even the weirdest one here. We have 3 kids with criminal records, one of which is also a drug addict, there is also a blind girl, a girl who has a an obsession with cats and roleplaying, one boy who is a wheel chair, one of the counselors who is always, I repeat always drunk. Hmm... There are more but those are the first that come to mind." I felt my jaw drop. MY DAD HAS SENT ME TO A CAMP FULL OF WEIRDOS! I thought fighting panic. "Chill dude you look like your about to shit a brick."
"No I don't! I'm just concerned about my personal safety at this camp!"
"Naw man. It's cool. Don't worry. I'm pretty sure Jake would beat the shit out of anyone who broke the rules."
"Is that supposed to reassure me? Because it's not working." I said, wishing my PDA had cell phone service.
"Just give it a chance. I think you'll like it." Dave said and put his hand on my shoulder and guided me through the gate and into the camp. I walked with him nervously. What was I getting myself into?