"Jade, huh?" Dave whispered to himself with a smug smile on his face. He was quite excited to meet the new girl who his sister Rose was going on about. Considering that Rose is in all advanced classes, Dave never sees her, which means that the new chick is obviously smart too, which explains why they haven't met.
According to Rose, two kids just moved to their town. The dark black hair on their heads and similar skin tone apparently makes it obvious that they are related. He has already met John, he's a weird kid but no one really approaches him like that, so he can respect him a bit for that. Dave's thoughts are interrupted as the calm voice of his sister comes from behind him. "Hello, Dave," she motioned to the girl next to her as he turns to face her, "this is Jade Harley. I met her in my science class."
He scans over Jade from behind his shades. His eyes seem drawn to her big green eyes that are complimented by her tanned skin and light freckles that are haphazardly spread across her face. Her expression is nervous and Dave decides to start the conversation. "Hey. I'm Dave."
In reply, Jade throws out her hand in between both of them. Dave notices her body shaking and her face turning red. "H-hello. Nice to meet you, Dave." He extends out his right hand casually and watches as she squeaks as he shakes her hand. He can't help but to let a smile sneak from his usually emotionless act. Jade seems to relax a bit when he smiles.
Rose interrupts after looking at the watch on her wrist. "Oh dear, it seems I'm going to be late for the debate meeting if I stand around any longer. I've gotta run, bye guys." Jade's face practically explodes with red as Rose begins to walk past. Just before she passes Dave, she whispers to him. "Just go along with it. She has wanted to meet you."
He just stands still and doesn't even bother to look at Rose. She is always trying to hook him up with random girls she meets and he now doubts that this will go well. He directs his glance at Jade and watches her crack an awkward smile. He smiles just a bit in reply and walks closer to her. She looks full of distress and squeaks again as he puts his arm around her. "Let's go Harley."
"Where?" She stutters and can't seem to stop staring at his arm.
"I don't know," he admits, "we can get some ice cream or some shit, whatever you wanna do."
"Um, we can go to the coffee place," she begins, "it's pretty much the only place that I've been to, and I'd much rather be there."
Dave shrugs and begins walking. "Alright, all aboard the Dave train. Next stop, coffee shop." She legitimately laughs at his stupid joke. Girls never laugh at his jokes, so this is weird for him. When with a lady friend of Rose, he always does this. He puts his arm around her and takes her where ever she would want to go, but Jade is a little different. Usually they want to go to the park or something and discuss stupid shit, but hopefully the subject of conversation will be different.
The coffee place is really nearby, which is probably why Jade has already been there. They both walk in and Jade immediately notices the glares she is getting. She whispers to him, "Dave, why are people looking at us like that?"
Jade catches a glimpse of his eyes for a split second because of the angle she is looking at him from. "Don't worry about that, sis. It happens to all the new kids. You'll be fine."
She shudders a bit. "Ugh…"
They both walk up to the counter and an outgoing girl with chocolate skin and a huge pearly white grin cackled from behind the cash register. "Dave! What are you doing here? And who is your lady friend?"
"Hey Ter, this is the new girl, Jade. Y'know, Egbert's sister."
"Ooooohh, cool dude is already getting fresh with the new girl, huh? Go figure, she's shy. You really do like gentle girls, huh Dave?" Jade watches as Dave's straight face becomes a frown.
"Haha! I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Anyway, what do you guys want?" Terezi giggles and brushes off what just happened like she never even said anything.
Dave and Jade both order and after a while Jade feels uncomfortable. The arm around her has failed to lift off and she is beginning to feel really shy because of all the people who tend to look in her direction. Their rather simple coffees arrive and Dave leads Jade to a table near the window. "So, Jade, any interests?" He questions after they sit down and take a few sips of coffee.
She shrugs a bit in reply. "I really like science and gardening, but that's about it. Oh, also, I do my share of making music now and then. I'm not very good though." Dave's eyes widen with interest from behind the confines of his sun glasses.
"Music, huh? What kind of music?" He asks and makes sure to sound only mildly interested.
"Oh, it varies. Like I said, I'm not very good."
Dave drifts into thought and makes sure to mentally note that he should ask her more about her music later. He snaps back to reality as he finds his hand around her small wrist that is in front of his face. He hardly even realized what happened until Jade said something. "Sorry, it's just hard to know what's going on in your mind with those things on."
Jade watches carefully as Dave's expression stays perfectly still. He never seems to show if he is happy or not, but she shivers as the aura around him is steaming with negativity. Dave notices her frightened expression and puts a hand on her head out of pity. She is frail. Dave thought to himself. I need to be careful.
Her tan face sparks with red as his warm hands ruffle her messy-enough hair. A smile spreads across her face and she giggles. Dave appears to be caught off guard by the sudden sound of happiness in her voice and moves his hand away in reply. He feels warmth begin to fill his chest with the image of her smile lingering. They both take a sip of their coffee at the same moment, which causes uproar of laughter from Jade and Dave cracks a smile. Everyone around them watches the couple and a few of the people present seem stunned to see Dave Strider smiling.
"So," Jade begins, "what are your interests?"
"Well," Dave clears his throat, "I enjoy photography as a hobby and actually make some sick beats on my turn tables."
Jade laughs and shows off her wide smile. "It's kind of an ironic sense of humor that I get from you!"
Dave looks at her with wide eyes and is practically beaming. Most people would consider it not much of a compliment, but Dave has never felt so flattered. Across the room the two both hear a maniacal chuckle at her comment. Dave glares back at Terezi in reply and then quickly turns back to Jade and softens his face by being greeted with her big green eyes.
The two teenagers stare at each other contentedly and slowly begin to lean in. All of the people around them seem to vanish as they inch closer and closer to each other. The two both begin to close their eyes, preparing for a kiss, but it is interrupted by screaming that brings them back to the real world. "Will you guys get a fucking room?! Can't a jackass get some relaxation for once in his cruel life?" The voice screams.
The two turn their heads to see an angry-looking boy glaring at them. Jade notices John standing next to the angry boy and waves eagerly. "Hey, stupid girl, don't ignore me." The face of the unfamiliar boy grew red in anger.
"God dammit Karkat, you fucking idiot. You have to come near me every time that something good happens in my life, huh?" Dave's bored expression becomes a scowl.
"Will you stop bringing that up?!" Karkat's expression lightens into a more embarrassed look and his eyes lead to Terezi behind the counter. She waves and he clears his throat nervously in reply. "This time, the fucker behind me told me to stop you two. He didn't want his sister's first kiss to be lost to a stupid fucker like you. I understood his concern when I saw you being the idiot he was talking about."
Dave's face gets a bit red and he frowns. "What? Sorry to break it to you, but John doesn't have to run his sister's life." Dave sees from the corner of his eye that Jade nods furiously.
"Jade, you don't even know him! He is a total douche!" John begins speaking.
"I bet he isn't as bad as you John." Jade scowls and Dave chuckles at the shocked face that John makes.
John begins a big speech about how he is so much better than Dave. Jade doesn't even listen; she just sits there and sips the rest of her coffee like a good girl. In the middle of his ranting, Jade gets up and interrupts him. John glares at her. "Hey- listen to me when I'm talking!"
"I'm older than you, John. I know you deny it, but it's true. Let me do what I want to do." Jade scowls at John. She admits, losing her first kiss to a guy that she knew almost nothing about was a bit crazy, but she is months older! That must mean something. Plus, she is much more mature compared to him. She is really immature and she is still more mature than her brother. "Now back off, retard."
All three of the men stay completely still as they watch the usually shy and timid girl storming off after shouting out rude expressions as such. Both Dave and Karkat feel their hearts skip a beat and John just scowls. "She's such a child!" John frowns. "And you, Dave! I can't believe you almost kissed my sister! How could you do that?! I thought you were my friend!"
"Whatever dude. Your sister is a fucking goddess. She pulled me in with her motherfucking siren call. Have you seen that girls face before, dude? God dammit it was like a fucking boner party in this place." Dave grins and watches and John gets even madder.
"Shut the fuck up, dude! I don't fucking care!" Karkat and Dave watch as John also storms off. Karkat glances at Dave and sits across from him and stares at the empty cup that Jade left.
Dave raises an eyebrow and stares at Karkat. "Who the fuck was that girl?"
"Jade Harley. She's pretty cool." Dave replies.
"God dammit, she had an attitude." Karkat chuckles.
Dave looks confused for a moment and then realizes what is happening. "Oh no dude. No fucking way, you get your kitty mitts away from that hot piece of ass. She's mine dude."
Karkat scoffs. "Yeah right. She's obviously easily manipulated, which is the only reason she almost kissed you."
"Dude, I'm telling you, I heard a beautiful voice singing to me, making me come closer. I was almost killed dude. I was trying to sail my damn boat peacefully like the sailor I am, but then I heard that sweet sound and had to check her out."
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." Dave sighed. "Aren't you still trying to wrap Pyrope around your finger anyway?"
Karkat turns red and glances over at the girl with light brown hair that is talking to a customer. "Well, yeah, but come on man. I admit, Harley's got a bite to her. I like it."
"You claim that you only like fierce girls, so why don't you date Meenah? You guys are both idiots, it's a great idea!"
"Why don't you fuck yourself, you tool." Karkat blushes at the mention of Feferi's older sister, who in fact is sporting a crush for Karkat, and he stares out the window to think his complicated love life over.
Dave rolls his eyes and gets up. He throws away both his and Jade's empty cups and begins walking. The door rings a cute bell as he walks out and he hears Terezi scream "COME AGAIN!" as he leaves.