Dane, Dave, Rose: 10th
Anyone else mentioned in this chapter: 9th
"Dane!"
The Strider brothers all turned around to see Jade and Jake coming towards them. Jade was running full speed towards her boyfriend.
"Oof," Dane muttered as the girl crashed into him, hugging his neck tightly. Dave started laughing at his twin's expense.
"Hey bro," Dirk said as he fist bumped Jake.
"Hello!" Jake said cheerfully.
"Rose! Roxy! Over here!" Dave called to the Lalonds as they exited their car.
Rose walked over, calm as ever. Roxy however was bouncing around with excitement.
"You managed to stay sober for your first day of highschool?" Dirk teased Roxy.
"Shut up," she said. "Rose hid all the alcohol. I had no choice but to show up sober."
Dave ignored them and continued to search the crowded front steps. Kids were milling around saying hi to friends they hadn't see since before summer break. Most groups were all human or all troll, few were intermingling. It was his second year at the school and he still wasn't used to it. At the middle school, troll and humans were seen together all the time. In elementary school it was uncommon not to have a friend who wasn't your species. Dave was jerked out of his musing when he spotted a familiar green ghost shirt. John had spotted the group too and he and his cousin were making their way over.
"Janey!" Roxy said happily, alerting everyone to the cousins' arrival. Roxy ran forward and gave Jane a huge hug. "I haven't seen you in for-ev-errrrr!" she exclaimed, drawing out the last word.
"You were over at my house last week and you pestered me yesterday," Jane reminded her.
"It's been for-ev-errrrr!" Roxy repeated, hugging her friend tighter.
"Hey John, Jane," Jade greeted them with a smile.
"Hi Jade!" the two answered.
Dave and John fist bumped.
"I'm going to get lost on the way to my first class, I can just feel it," John said.
"This place is confusing as hell," Dave agreed with him.
"Dane, you'll have to show me around so I don't get lost," Jade said with a giggle.
"I don't know Jade, Dave and I promised Dirk we'd help him out," Dane said teasingly.
"Fuck you," Dirk answered. "Jake and I are going to breeze through this place like it's not even fucking there."
"Because we are boss," Jake added.
"Damn right," Dirk nodded. He grabbed Jake's arm and dragged him off, presumably to their first class.
Jane pouted slightly because she didn't get to say hi to Jake.
"Get rid of that frown, girl!" Roxy yelled at her. "Come on, we are going to get so schooled."
She then grabbed Jane much like Dirk had just grabbed Jake and dragged her off.
"I have to go make sure they won't get lost," Rose told the four kids that were left. "I'll see you all at lunch."
"Bye," they said as she walked off.
"So," Dave started to say but was interrupted but a yelling behind him.
"Joooooooohn!"
John was then tackled into a hug by a cerulean blooded troll.
"Hey Vriska," John said, looking up at his on/off girlfriend.
Jade giggled and Dane smirked as Vriska got off of John and helped him up. Dave got the scowl off of his face before anyone could notice.
"Hey Harley. Hey twins I can't tell apart," Vriska greeted the rest of them.
"One of them has orange tipped hair, it's not that hard to tell them apart" Jade said.
"Yeah but people still have to give a shit to remember who dyed their hair, and I don't," Vriska answered.
"It's not that hard," Jade huffed.
"Whatever," Vriska said, flipping her hair. "Come on, John, let's go." She started to walk off.
John shrugged apologetically before following her.
Dave clenched his hand into a fist. Why did John even hang out with that bitch?
"So, Dave, you going to come with us?" Dane asked as he put his arm around Jade's soulder.
"Nah, man, I'll just head off myself," Dave answered.
Dane shrugged and he and Jade walked away. Once they were gone, Dave stuck his hands in his pockets and began walked towards his first hour.
"Hey cool kid," he heard an all to familiar voice say behind him. He almost smiled as he turned around.
"Hey, Rezi. 'Sup?"
In case it wasn't clear. Dane is Davesprite, hence the orange tipped hair.
