Wow, so I haven't posted in months :P I just haven't had any good ideas until now. Anyway, enjoy!

Aradia got onto the bus, and sighed as she sat down. Being a sophomore sure was a lot of work, and she wished more than anything that she could go back to ninth grade. Hell, she wished she could go back to middle school! But what made each day worth it was that this school was a private science academy, and just thinking about making her mom proud as an amazing archeologist made her more determined to finish high school with flying colors. The bus started to rumble, and she saw a figure running toward it. She lightly smiled as she realized that it was her best friend Feferi. Feferi had come to the academy just a month after school started, just like Aradia. Despite having different dreams, and working in different sections of the school, they remained best friends. Feferi hopped next to Aradia, out of breath, but smiling. Then, on came Sollux, a boy she had known since middle school.

"Hey AA." he greeted. Aradia smiled and said a small hello to her lispy friend. Sollux greeted Feferi as well, and took his usual place, which was two seats from the front. Feferi smiled extra wide at Aradia and nudged her, at which Aradia rolled her eyes and ignored her friend. Feferi had known about Aradia's little crush on Sollux for quite awhile now, and was urging her to make a move. But Sollux had already started to talk about something else, which made Aradia greatful that she didn't have to endure Feferi's constant nagging.

"So, was school boring today?" he asked, leaning up against the seat.

"No, just really hard. We had this really nasty substitute named Mr. Spades. He didn't know what the hell he was talking about the whole time, and anytime we would accidentally touch the specimen with our hands, he got super pissed." Feferi said, slumping in her seat. She was referring to the autopsy they had to do on different creatures that had died from human causes, as part of their 'save the ocean' unit. Aradia had also had a rough class period.

"Calculus was the only class that bothered me. Mrs. Paint seemed extremely angry the whole time, and if a student made one mistake while answering a question, she would rant about how she was a failure for a teacher." Aradia said. Feferi looked at her weirdly.

"That's really odd. Mrs. Paint is like, the nicest teacher in school." Aradia just shrugged, as if to say, "I don't know why she was so pissed off." She then turned to Sollux and asked how his day was.

"It was obviously a hell of a lot better than your guys' days. I didn't have any problems with any teachers. Except Eridan kept bothering me during lunch. But I fixed that issue real fast." Sollux said with a shit eating smirk.

"How'd you fix it, dare I ask?" Feferi cautiously questioned. Sollux pushed up his glasses.

"I squirted milk on him and told him to go take a swim." Sollux said. Feferi scolded him for being mean, while Aradia giggled. Truth be told, Aradia could barely tolerate Eridan at all, so she was glad that Sollux did what he did. The bus had stopped at its first stop a few minutes after they had stopped talking, and it was Sollux's and Feferi's stop.

"I'll see you tomorrow Aradia! By the way, your birthday's coming up in a few days, you need to tell me what you want." Feferi said as she stepped off.

"You don't have to tell me AA. I already got you something." Sollux said, smiling. "See ya." Aradia said her goodbyes, then thought about what she wanted for her birthday. She also thought about Sollux's present and smiled, thinking of all the possibilities. But then she focused back on thinking of what Feferi might get her. She never really wanted much. Just a new archeologist hat, like the one Indiana Jones would wear. She always envied him for that. She suddenly felt a buzz come from her pocket. Aradia brought out her phone to see that Feferi had texted her.

')(ave you decided w)(at you want for your birt)(day yet?'

Aradia rolled her eyes and smiled. Her friend was very impatient sometimes.

'Yes. I'll send y0u a link in a minute.'

And then, it happened. Aradia was so preoccupied with finding that link that she didn't notice that the bus driver had collapsed at the wheel. It was screams of panic that had brought her out of her trance. But she could hardly get a scream out herself when the bus collided with a concrete highway divider. It had been going so fast that as soon as it made contact with the divider, it had bounced back, spun out of control, and flipped all the way over. Lots of kids screamed in agony, some were hanging on the seats for dear life. But Aradia had been jarred around so much, that she was beginning to lose consciousness. She fell to the roof of the bus just before she blacked out, cellphone in hand.

'Aradia, w)(at's taking you so long? I t)(ought you said you had found t)(e t)(ing you wanted.'

'Aradia? Are you ok? W)(at's going on?'

')(ello?'