He walks with his head held high and a smile on his face. He greets and waves at everyone he passes by even though You doubt he knows their names. He doesn't care if they ignore his greetings and if they greet back his smile grows wider. Sometimes you wonder if his mouth hurts, you think smiling this much would be painful but no, it never leaves his face. At Least, you think it's painful, you can't smile for a minute without your mouth going numb, though that doesn't matter really since you don't smile that much. His hair always has this messy bed head look to it, like he doesn't even try to tame it, unlike you. Your hair has been suffocated by gel and hair products alike. Gotta look good, not so much for others, but for yourself….okay maybe one other. That one other being the glasses wearing, blue eyed boy you've just been staring at as he walks past your locker. You almost miss his greeting but you're quick with a nod in his direction, hopefully he didn't notice you practically eye fucking him just now. You don't think he did since he can be pretty damn clueless, also he's kinda occupied with his noble mission of greeting every single person in the hall. Hes a very social person, and you? well you're okay with just hanging out with your half sister but because of this, it's almost impossible for you to drop hints or even try to get the dork alone long enough to let him know he has a nice ass. that's mostly his fault though, he's just too damn nice! Who wouldn't want to be friends with him.? Which is why he's almost always with someone, rarely alone. Then again, you two have hardly talked so it would probably be really fuckin weird and creepy if you told him that. Damn. This is probably never going to be anything more than a Stupid crush. Stupid stupid stupid fucking crush goddamnit-

"Dave, why are you hitting your head against the locker?"

You didn't even notice rose walking toward you.

"I've got it bad, lalonde."

Thats all you say because its true and she knows exactly what you're talking about. she literally figured out like seconds after your little crush on John happened. John motherfuckin Egbert. adorable little shit.

"c'mon let's get to class before we're late." she pats your back and smiles at you because she's been exactly where you are now. She had a crush on her best friend, kanaya. Turns out she liked her just as much and now they're together. You have never seen rose as happy as she is when she's with kanaya. you think that's great and you're truly happy for her, But you don't think that's gonna happen with you. Her and kanaya already knew each other, you and John are practically strangers. Maybe if you would just…I don't know talk to the guy…?

Yeah. You can do that. I mean how hard can it be.?haha right…right..? Yeah you think you can do that.

But for now, you'll just head to class with rose.

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You start walking to your fourth period class, the class you share with John. When you enter he's the first person you see, surprisingly he's alone. He's staring out the window he sits by, nows your chance, please don't fuck this up. You continue to chant that in your head as you slowly make your way toward him…

Almost there.

Just a couple more desks wow is it getting hot in here or is it just you.?

what is that loud thumping, is that your heart damn.

Just one row away and you…

Abscond the fuck out of there and take a left towards your desk.

Conveniently you sit in the row next to his towards the back which makes for a nice getaway.

God way to mess up quite possibly your only chance.

Your forehead meets the wooden desk immediately after you sit.

Maybe you hit your forehead a little too hard cause now your heads throbbing and someone's at your side.

"oh my god dude are you okay.?"

Holy shit. It's John.

You lift your head up.

"uhh…yeah I'm okay."

That's not quite true.

"really.? Cause that was pretty loud. I mean, i know school is kinda boring but giving yourself a concussion just to get out is a bit over dramatic, don't you think.?!" he laughs and you can't help but chuckle a bit yourself.

"yeah, guess you're right. But like, it's math class. It's not that uncommon to try an injure yourself enough to leave during math."

You try to sit up and lean on your hand but your elbow slips and you fall out of your chair a little. Way to go strider. So smooth.

John laughs some more, a bit harder now," haha c'mon now maths not that bad.!"

As soon as you pick yourself up you can't even bring yourself to be embarrassed, he just looks so happy and cheerful right now. Shits contagious, now you're laughing.

"heh jokes aside, are you sure youre okay.?"

"yeah, no worries, im good man." He sounds genuinely worried. That makes you pretty happy, and also feel kind of like an ass for making him worry.

"alright good.! I'm John by the way, I don't think we've been properly introduced before..?"

"oh uh hey I don't think so…im Dave."

He puts his hand in front of you and after a few seconds of wondering what the hell hes doing you finally realize, take his hand in yours and shake it. After contact your face started feeling a little warm.

"nice to meet you Dave.! Try not to hurt yourself before schools over, you seem pretty cool and I think it would be great if we hung out sometime! Yeah?" his eyes are practically shining with hope and his smile is so big and bright, how can you possibly turn him down?

"yeah, yeah that sounds great. Nice meeting ya too John."

He waves goodbye then walks back to his desk. Looks like class is about to start.

That's when you notice practically everyone in class staring at you. You quirk your eyebrow.? You thought people stopped staring at you once you mentioned your shades were a necessity and all that jazz. They eventually look away, some smiling, others chuckling quietly. What the hell. Is your crush on John that obvious fuck. Then it occurs to you that these guys probably saw you fall out of your chair like the fucking idiot you are. Yeah, that's probably it. Whatever, it was worth it.

Oh damn you did it.

You actually did it, you talked to John.

Four for you man hell yeah.

Gonna go out for a celebratory walk in the park and maybe yell at the top of your lungs on the rooftop holy hell you're so happy right now.

Wait.

He wants to hang out with you too.

You're doing it man

You're making this happen.

Haha yeah speaking of which you still need to make a new comic strip, SBaHJ has been on hiatus for about a month now..? Eh you'll get to that eventually, John definitely take priority here.

You don't think you'll be able to handle being alone with John though, as great as that would be, and you especially don't want to hang with his friends around either…

Maybe you should invite rose along when the time comes.

Yeah, that sounds good, you're sure she'll be up for it, she'd never leave you hanging.

You hope you'll get to hang out with him soon.