As Vlad was walking towards class, a small black blob flew past him, turned around, and then raced towards him again. Only, this time, the blob managed to stop in front of him.
"Hey, Sprat, what's up?" Vlad asked the hyper Goth.
"Nothing much, but hey! Isn't Snow's birthday coming up? What are you planning? Of course, I'm only assuming you are planning something, since she is your girlfriend and has been for, like, a year." Sprat said all of this so fast that it was nearly impossible to understand any of it.
"Yeah, Snow' birthday is in eight days. I was planning on a surprise birthday in her dorm, with April's help, obviously."
Sprat tilted his pixie stick up, sending more sugar into his system than he needed. He said, "Who's April?"
"Sorry, I thought you knew her. April is Snow's roommate, and I think you'd like her. I'm actually going over to Snow's dorm at around three, after class. How about you meet me there and we'll introduce you?" Vlad asked.
"That sounds great, Vlad! I'll see you there. Wh- awww!" he whined, looking down, his hand digging in his pocket. "I'm clean out of pixie sticks! I've got to go get some more at my dorm! Bye, Vlad!" Sprat turned quickly on his heals and ran to his dorm.
"Bye, Sprat." Vlad chuckled and resumed walking to class.
Sprat ran towards his dorm, literally aching inside from lack of pixie sticks.
A girl screamed, and naturally he turned his head to investigate, but it was just some preppy cheerleader getting tickled by her jock football player boyfriend.
Sprat looked forward again and managed to stop his legs from moving before literally tackling a girl, both of them falling to the ground.
"Ohmegod!" she screamed as she hit the ground.
"Oh, shit! Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was running. Now that I think about it, that was extremely stupid. Again, so sorry." Sprat promptly jumped up and off of the girl, allowing her to also stand up, not quite as fast.
The girl was petite, even shorter than Sprat, if that was possible. She had long, curly black hair that was falling in little tendrils down her back, stooping mid-waist. She wore a My Chemical Romance tee with black skinny jeans and combats. Heavy eyeliner, a lot but not too much, surrounded her eyes. This girl was goth, and Sprat was surprised that he didn't know her yet. But, Sprat thought, now is a good a time as ever to meet her.
He stuck out his hand, saying," Still sorry about running into you. I'm Sprat. I really have to go now though, because I really need some pixie sticks or I swear I will drop dead right now. "
Instead of shaking Sprat's hand, the girl reached into her bag and took four pixie sticks out: green, blue, purple, and yellow.
Sprat's eyes widened at the sight. It was the subject of nearly every one of his dreams: a short and cute goth girl handing him pixie sticks.
"Wow, thanks!" he managed to get out before sugar poured down his throat.
As he was savoring the sweet flavor of sugar on his tongue the girl began to speak.
"Hi. I'm April. Freshman, majoring in art. Obviously, we have the same obsession." She opened a pixie stick for herself and threw her head back, sending sugar into her system.
"Wait, you're Snow's roommate, right?" Sprat asked suddenly.
"Yeah…" April said slowly, her eyes narrowing.
"Oh, you think I'm a creeper now, don't you? Well, I was supposed to meet you in about two hours anyway. See, Snow's boyfriend, Vlad, he's my best friend." Sprat calmly explained.
"Oh, that explains it. So, where were you running off to so quickly?" April asked lightly.
Sprat laughed. "I was going to my dorm to replenish my pixie stick stash. I only brought five of them with me, for some reason that I can't remember. I ate them all in my first class without even realizing it until I was in the middle of a conversation with Vlad, so I hightailed it out of there and ran into you. And I get really cranky when I don't have enough sugar."
April giggled, and Sprat thought that she had a nice smile.
"Well, I was just heading over to read in the courtyard, so maybe if you would like to come…" she trailed off, a hopeful expression on her face.
"Sure, I'd love to! Just, I'm not really equipped for reading right now. You know, I don't have a book. Hey, how about I run to my dorm really quick, not literally this time-"April laughed at that and Sprat smiled in return. "-and I'll get my book and meet you back here when I'm done." Sprat negotiated.
"Sounds like a plan. I will see you then, then." April said.
Sprat turned around and walked to his dorm, a smile plastered on his face the whole time.