Your name is Rose Lalonde and you are tired of being so helpful.
Everyone you know comes to you for something. Everyone. You are starting to despise it. Especially your so-called friends, John, Jade and Dave. However, it's...slightly weird. Dave hasn't pestered you in quite a while. Nor has he pestered with Jade or even John, who he claims is his best bro. None of you know what he has been doing. He's been MIA for a few months now. You know that all of you are quite worried about him. He's not really the type to just...disappear off the face of the planet. Even his Bro won't answer him.
You let out a sigh, before walking over to your computer. At least you have a little over an hour, before you have to go to work. You sign into Pesterchum and look at who's online. Jade...John... D-dave is online! He hasn't been online for so long! You click into his name and begin pestering him:
— tentacleTherapist [TT] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 15:08 —
TT: Dave?
TT: Hello, Dave, are you there?
TT: Dave please answer me!
TG: s-shit lalonde i cant talk now
TT: Dave!
TT: What? What's going on?
TT: Please tell me!
TT: I can help you.
TG: oh
TG: oh oh fuck
TG: nononono
TG: l-lalonde...
TT: Yes Strider?
TG: i-im scared...
TT: What do you mean Dave?
TT: ...
TT: Dave are you still there?
— turntechGodhead ceased pestering tentacleTherapist at 15:24 —
You put a hand over your mouth. S-scared...? Dave was scared? That's not like him. What was going on? What is happening to your dear ecto-brother? You need to contact John.
— tentacleTherapist [TT] began pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 15:55 —
TT: John are you there?
EB: hey there rose!
EB: you and i haven't talked in a while!
EB: how's it been going with the book writing and all that sha-bang?
TT: It's been quite good, John. But now's not the time for that.
EB: what do you mean?
TT: I just got done pestering Dave.
EB: what!
EB: i tried pestering him earlier, but he didn't say anything to me!
EB: w-what did he say?
TT: He said...
TT: He said that he's scared, John.
EB: scared?
EB: what do you mean?
TT: I'm not sure.
TT: He ceased pestering with me, before I got to figure out what was indeed wrong and going on.
EB: rose...
EB: i'm afraid for him.
TT: So am I, John.
TT: So am I.
EB: i-is there anyway you can go and check up on him?
TT: Sadly, no.
TT: I have too much going on at this time.
TT: Why don't you go and check up on him?
EB: i-i really wish i could! but there's too much going on here with syrenea is driving me up the wall!
TT: Right.
TT: How is it going with her?
EB: good, i guess.
TT: How long have you two been together?
EB: a little over a year and a half now.
EB: ...
EB: rose! do you think maybe jade could go and check up on dave?
TT: I'm afraid not, John.
TT: Jade is too busy with her new home and her new job.
TT: I'm afraid we're all too busy to go and see our dear friend.
EB: rose
EB: what are we going to do?
TT: I'm not sure, John.
TT: I suppose we just wait for him to talk to any one of us.
EB: o-oh!
EB: okay rose!
EB: s-shit! i have to go! syrenea is screaming at me!
EB: goodbye rose!
— ectoBiologist ceased pestering tentacleTherapist at 16:16 —
Right. You completely forgot about Syrenea. Last year, around Christmas time, you all had gotten together and had a Christmas party at John's place. You all stayed until New Year's and that's when John met her. Syrenea Raeduello. A girl that seems to be his other half. Dave was crushed by them hitting it off and dating not too long after meeting. Jade was just happy that John was happy. You were too, but you also felt bad for your ecto-brother. You've known that he's been in love with John since they first met in person, when they were both fifteen. On John's birthday, to be exact. Dave flew out to Washington, just to surprise his best bro. And Dave pestered you that night, telling you that he thinks he's fallen in love with the idiot. However, John is indeed not a homosexual and Dave has been trying his hardest this past year not to interfere with Syrenea and John. Although, with the sounds on things you have no idea how much longer she and John will last. It sounds like they're having quite a lot of issues.
You turned your pesterchum to 'offline' and stood up. You looked at your watch and sighed. It's time for the book signing. Damn. You really don't want to go. You just want to sulk at home and have ONE DAY to yourself. Looks like that will never happen. You pulled on your jacket and grabbed everything you needed, before leaving and heading out towards the Coffee shop. Might as well get this over with. At least it didn't take long to get there. Only a few minutes. You pushed open the door and everyone in there screamed and waved their arms and books and all of that. You just let out a light sigh and sat at the table, purple sharpie ready in hand, ready to just get this over with...
How long have you been doing this book signing? About four hours, at least. And you haven't even had a break yet. You slammed your hands on the table and shot your head to your agent, ''I'm going to take a break now.'' She stared at you, before announcing it to everyone waiting in line. ''You get fifteen minutes, Ms. Lalonde.'' Fifteen minutes? Wow. That all? And you still have another two and a half hours of this book signing sha-bang. Oh well. You got yourself a coffee and a muffin. You sat at a table in the corner of the shop and pulled out your laptop. You didn't really do anything, though. You just stared at the screen, pretending to do something to keep people(and you manager) away from you.
Fifteen minutes later, you stood up and were about to go back to the table. Ready to keep doing the book signing. However, something interupted you. A phone call. You pulled your phone out of your pocket and looked at the number. It's...so familiar. But...why? You can't quite figure out who's number this is. Oh well. You flipped it open and greeted with a, ''Hello.''
You froze. W-what...? You dropped your phone and the cup of coffee. You looked at your manager and dashed out of the coffee shop.
NO! It had better be a lie...!
Trai: Well, where do I start? This is my very first Homestuck fanfiction(published I should say) and...uhh...I dunno if Rose is really in character, but I really really hope she is! Umm. So. Please enjoy, read and review! :D