"Ready for your interview, Vriska?" Terezi giggles and looks at her roommate Vriska. Vriska did not seem as assume. Vriska was wearing a blue dress with a frown on her face. She did not look joyful and would have taken off the dress if it was not for a good purpose. "At least someone is interested in adopting me. Unlike you." Terezi groans and throws herself on her bed. "Uh huh...no need to be a jerk. Everyone says that I'm too...stimulated. They can't tame me!" Terezi jumps off her bed and walks back to Vriska, who is standing in front of a mirror. "Remember! You need to be nice to the couple who wants you." Terezi gives a quick advise. Vriska just keeps looking herself over in the mirror and tries to think on the positive side. She had failed to get adopted several times and knew that it was getting more complicated to get adopted due her age. It was hard for a fifteen year old to be adopted as the younger kids tended to get picked first. Vriska was not bitter about it but she just wants a home already because her biological family was shitty in her opinion. Her mother was in jail and had no chance of leaving anytime soon. Even if her mother was out of jail, she was not legally allowed to take care of Vriska. Her mother had neglected her as a child and Vriska was taken out of the house at three years old. She has been the system since then. Her father was unknown and Vriska could care less because she was going to have a new one soon...if this goes well.
"Calm down, Terezi. I've already met them before." This was definitely not the first time and Vriska did like the couple. They had a ten year old son already and a few pets. Vriska did not mind. She actually liked the fact that they were a good family that wanted her. She just kept telling herself not to screw up like the last time someone was interested in her. "Yeah, but they are judging you super hard now! They are trying to figure out if they want you or not. It's like picking the best candy in the candy shop. Is that you Vriska? Are you the chosen one?" Terezi questions and Vriska pushes her away once she get too close. "Terezi, shut up. I got this. They love me. This is just a formality now." Vriska stands tall and keeps staring at herself in the mirror. Terezi is standing close enough to where Vriska can see her in it too and she can tell that her roommate is not as happy as she is going off to the meeting. "Hope you have fun with your new family then." Vriska looks at Terezi through the reflection of the mirror. "What?! Little Terezi gonna miss me? Don't cry when I leave ya."
"Hey. You say that jokingly but it's really going to suck when you're gone. We've been bunkmates since I arrived! Damn I was only five." Terezi comments and Vriska could have sworn she heard disappointment in her voice. "I'll keep in touch with you. Don't worry, Terezi. You're like a sister to me. I wouldn't forget you that easily. Mostly because you still owe me a new scarf after what you did to mine." Terezi walks away from mirror and lays down on the bottom bunk in the bedroom they shared. "Ha! Sure. I'll get you a new one with the zero money I have." Vriska shakes head and soon sighs before looking at the clock on the wall. "Whatever. I'm heading out already. I'll talk to you when I get back. Try not to burn down the place when I'm gone." Terezi stays facing down on her pillow without a care in the world. Her only response is a thumbs up and she quickly drops her hand to the ground and doesn't move.
Vriska leaves as it was time to go already. There are butterflies in her stomach and Vriska almost does not want to go. Rejection is the last thing she needs today because she had experience it enough times already. It is sickening knowing that she is not what the average family is looking for. Yet this is different. A family wants her! Out of all of the other orphans, Vriska got picked. It was a special feeling that Vriska does her best to not take over. The adopter could always have another kid on their mind but Vriska is the chosen one. So get leaves to meet with the family once more.
It isn't until hours later that Vriska returns. By then, Terezi already ate her lunch and did a few of her chores. Yet, when Vriska walked in, it was clear by her expression how it went. "Hey nerd! Guess who got adopted?!" Vriska comes back in the room with a smile on her face. "Uh. Is it me?" Terezi questions as she is laying on her bottom bunk. She is reading a comic book and is not that shock that Vriska got picked for a family. Well, maybe a little shock. Vriska was never on the top most wanted kids list. "No stupid. Me!" Terezi glances up and sees joy on Vriska's face. Terezi knew this day was going to happen. It was only a matter of time before one of them was chosen to leave and it happened to be Vriska first. Terezi always thought it she would be first and now she doesn't know how to feel about it. Everything is just happening so fast. "I know. When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow." Vriska states simply and starts trying to get out of her dress. Terezi stares off into space once she heard the news. "Oh. Damn. Did they have the paperwork ready or what?" Vriska just laughs playfully. "Yeah. I guess they wanted me that bad! Not a lot of people can resist me." Terezi rolls her eyes and gets off her bunk and watches Vriska trying to change out other dress. "So. You really are leaving, huh?"
Vriska picks up Terezi's feelings and does calm down enough to get a little serious with her best friend. "Yeah. I guess so. I told you that I will keep in contact. The family doesn't even live that far from here! We could still hang out." Terezi gives Vriska skeptical look. "Come on, Vriska! You know the orphanage hardly let's us go out without supervision. It's always dumb trips too. Last time we went to the fucking zoo."
"You only hate the zoo because they broke your heart when they told you they didn't have dragons." Vriska states and changed into a comfy shirt with a jacket as she looked for some pants to wear. "I know they are hiding them somewhere." Terezi points to Vriska as she knows she might sound crazy with her obsession of dragons. "I'm telling you, Terezi. The government, or the zoo, is not hiding dragons." Vriska was going to make a comment that this was why Terezi never got adopted. She doesn't though because Vriska knew it would be terrible timing. Even Vriska knows when to roll back her complete sassiness. "Are you sure? Sounds like someone who would work for the government would say! Did the government adopt you, Vriska? You can tell me." Vriska finally finds a pair of pants and climbs up to her bunk. "What? Nah...you know if you think about it, the government already takes care of us. We live in an orphanage, Terezi."
"Well, you won't live here tomorrow..." Terezi quickly brings up again and Vriska is getting annoyed with her bunkmate always being moody now. Though she does not blame her. They both did think for a long time that they will grow out of the system and not actually be adopted. "Fuck, Terezi. You know I'm not going to mess this up. I plan on staying with these guys. I like 'em." Terezi puts her hands up defensively. "Whoa! I'm not asking you to do that, Vriska. I just want us to still be sisters after this. It just bums me out that you will be gone and we didn't throw you a party or something like that. This is so sudden." Vriska rolls her eyes but knows that Terezi does mean well. "Hey. Why don't we then?"
"What?"
"Let's do it. Let's go out partying it up. It would be only right. I'm getting adopted and we could spend some time together." Vriska explains and Terezi gives her friend a curious look. She does not seem too sure about the idea but Terezi won't completely shoot it down. This would possibly be their last chance for them to have a fun time together. After all, Vriska was going to be busy with her new life. It was kind of a downer for Terezi but she knew that there is not much she can do about it now. They might as well take full advantage of their few hours together. "Where do you want to go then? The game room? We could see if we could sneak some cake from the cafeteria." Terezi offers but Vriska gives an exaggerated sigh. "Lame! Damn, I forget sometimes how borrrrrrring you can be. No. Let's go out out. Like...let's leave the grounds." Vriska had to explain as Terezi finally understands what Vriska is referring to. "Oh! Where will we go then? We don't know a lot of places."
"It's a Friday night, Terezi! We could find something for sure." Vriska went to Terezi and gave her a friendly push. "We just need to not get caught. Let's say we head out around….eight o' clock…? Should be enough time for us to hang around."
"You would pick that damn number. I will never get your obsession towards that number. Why Vriska? Why?!" Terezi lightens up a bit and shoves Vriska away. Of course this was how they would play with each other. Sure the orphanage would get mad at them for it sometimes. Apparently they would get too rough with each other but that was simply how they would play with each other. Terezi and Vriska just like messing with each other and that was how their friendship was. They did not think much of it. The works would only just complain that they had to be nicer to each other. That was not going to happen though.
"Because it is the best fucking number ever! THE best Terezi. The fucking best!" Vriska shouts as one of the social works happen to pass by and of course they forgot to close their door. Which cause the worker to hear Vriska's language. "Language, Vriska. You know we do not tolerate that kind of language around here. Apologize." Terezi does her best to keep her dumb grin hidden but was failing badly at it. She wants to laugh at Vriska and her friend knows it. Vrisak does suck up her pride and gives a quick apology. "Sorry for my language." Even though Vriska said with a slight attitude, it was still accepted as the work nods their head and continues down the hallway. They stay quiet for a moment as they wait for the worker to get far away to not hear them talk anymore. Then Terezi was the first one to speak. "Haha! You got in trouble! And yet you want to sneak out, but you get caught cursing." Terezi keeps laughing as Vriska blush at her own embarrassment. "Shut up, Pyrope! It was just shitty timing." Terezi gives a fake gasp. "Awww. You said another bad word! You need to careful or else they would put you in timeout." Vriska shakes her head as she tries to be serious. "No way. They only do that to the little kids."
"Great. Then they would totally put you there because you always act like a brat!" Terezi jokes and walks up to the door to their room to close it. They don't want to get in more trouble after all. "Oh shut up Terezi. You almost cried last time you got in trouble. Remember that? They were going to ground you, and you kept tearing up so they just told you not to throw eggs at anything again. Man, they did not expect you to get that sad!" Vriska laughs went up to the door to give Terezi a playful push again. Terezi groans at the memory and knew that Vriska would never let her hear the end of that day. "I was only upset because if I got stuck in here then I was going to miss out on my own birthday party. Don't act like tough shit Vriska. You cried for an hour when your spider died." Terezi giggled until Vriska pulled her roommate into a headlock. That only made Terezi laugh even more as she was trying to not choke.
"Ah! The spider didn't deserve it! Say uncle you jerk!" Vrisak demand and kept a tight grip on Terezi. Yet, it was still enough for her to not die from lack of oxygen, Terezi just keeps half laughing as Vriska keeps trying to get an apology out of her. "Never!" That is the only thing she is able to choke out as Vriska keeps demanding something out of Terezi. After a few more seconds of people held hostage by her roommate, Terezi knew she could not keep up as she was starting to get tired. "Okay! you...win. Uncle. Uncle." It is Vriska's turn to laugh as she starts loosening her grip but it is not enough for Terezi to break free. "I can't hear youuuuuuuu." Yet, Terezi growls and mumbles a quick, "fuck you." Vriska laughs and knows she will win until the door to their room opens is one of the employees at the orphanage. They both freeze as the female worker cross her arms and glares at them. "Vriska! What are you doing to Terezi?" By then, Vriska quickly lets go of terezi. Her roommate takes exaggerated breaths of air. "Honestly. You two should not be playing that rough with each other. Vriska, apologize to Terezi." There is that stupid grin on Terezi's face again. Vriska glares at her friend and does give her a sorry. "Vriska, I hope you can calm down before you go to your new home." Vriska groans and rolls her eyes as Terezi repeatedly coughs loudly to make her point.
"I am callllllllm! I was just playing with Terezi. That's how we play." Vriska explains. The worker givers Terezi a look and of course her friend decides to be a little shit that day. "She's lying. Vriska is really a bully." Terezi keeps a straight face and the worker does not look happy with Vriska. "I do not want to hear about this family complaining about you being aggressive, Vriska. That is not how you play with others." Terezi finally giggles and decides to make it worse for Vriska. "Yeah Vriska. I'm so fragile and smaller than you. Calm down." Terezi stays even though she is only a few inches shorter than Vriska. Terezi happens to also be a scrawny ginger compared to her roommate. "Shut up Terezi." Vriska mumbles to her friend. She knows she lost this round but Vriska will get Terezi back for this. Yet, the employee does not look ready to get after Vriska anymore. Work needs to get down and dealing with these two troublemakers is not going to help. "Just behave. Both of you. Get your things packed up too Vriska. Your new family will be here in the morning to pick you up." With that, the worker was done with them as Terezi laughs once more. "You got in trouble. Again! You have some shitty luck Vriska."
"No way! It's you! You are a walking bad charm. You give me shitty luck. I do great on my own! Listen. Are we sneaking out or no?" Vriska ask and Terezi nods her head. "Duh! We need to have fun before you leave. Eat dinner quickly and lets meet near the back fence."
"Ok. At 8 and don't get caught, Terezi. I'm not bailing you out if you do. I'm just going to party without you then." Vriska explains as Terezi knows that there will be nothing standing in their way from having a last night together.
After eating dinner, Terezi pretended to go back to her room. If was suspicious to the staff at the orphanage since Terezi was always running about. It was common for the staff to drag Terezi to her room to sleep. Getting the girl to calm down was always a challenge that many did not want to do even though she was a teenager now. When questioned, Terezi lied and said she didn't sleep right last night and wanted to head to bed early. It worked and Terezi grinned. She made her way around the dorm and kept sneaking about. She already made it outside. Terezi kept a low profile since they were not allowed in the back part at this time. Usually after dinner, most of the orphans were inside the play areas or watching a movie that was approved. That wasn't Terezi's plan for the night. She wanted to have a go out one last time with Vriska before someone else became her new roommate.
She keeps close to the brick wall as she kept getting closer and closer to the back of the school. Seconds later, was near the back fence that was covered by a tree. She doesn't see Vriska at first and Terezi wonders if her roommate got caught. "Vriska?" Terezi whisper and walks closer the tree. She can see shifting from the opposite side of the tree and can catch a glimpse of her friend. Terezi does her best to get to excited. "Hey. Ready?" Terezi asked as she stands near the tree. Yup. It is Vriska. Her friend is trying to remain hidden but seeing Terezi makes her relax a bit. Vriska does keep her back against the tree but a smirk on her face. "Duh. Let's blow this shit place. Just lift the fence." She points to the wooden fence near them. Two boards are clearly loose. "I go through then you. And then it's night on the town." Vriska explains with confidence. Terezi nods her head and moves to the fence. With some effort, she was able to give Vriska enough room to crawl through the hole. "Go. This crap is heavy." Terezi complains as Vriska laughs and crawls under. "Nah. You're just a fuckin' whimp."Vriska gets to the other side with ease and hold the fence for Terezi. "Come on!"
"Ok. Ok. Damn. Calm down." Terezi ducks under fence and is glad to be small for once. At least, sneaking out was not too hard this time. With little effort, she made it to the other side and Terezi jumps to her feet. Vriska let's go of the fence. "Alright! Let's go fuck up this town. Nothing can keep the scourge sisters tamed!" Vriska states proud and starts walking off with Vriska following close by.
They did end up finding a party to crash. Some high schoolers were making a huge ruckus near a convenient store about them going to a nearby party. With Vriska and Terezi being curious, they were able to follow the group of teens. They keep their distance and soon they found themselves in a house with many kids their age. Vriska quickly found her way to the booze that night, and a few seconds, Terezi was doing the same. No one at the party gave them a second look since there were too many people there. It might have also looked like there were plenty of other teenagers that crashed the party from a few other schools since some wore school jackets or hats. It isn't until more kids started drinking did that a few kids their age tried talking to them. Vriska was the eager one to start talking. She makes up this bullshit story that they went to a private school. Terezi knows this is a lie since they are forced to learn at the orphanage. Yet, that doesn't stop Vriska from making up her dream life and Terezi really doesn't blame her. Telling anyone that our an orphan will only lead to looks of pity or curiosity. Both can get annoying very quickly. So Terezi play along with Vriska's lies an the more they drink the easier it gets. Vriska is surprisingly the first one to calm down on the drinking.
It's maybe around 1am when she gives Terezi a light tug on her shirt and then mumbles a few slurred words. "Terez, I...gotta bail...this place. I-I can't be hungover. They'll know. They- they'll know." Terezi didn't her a clue about what Vriska was talking about for a good minute or so. Yet, Vriska looks ready to try and stumble back to the orphanage with or without Terezi. She was talking to a boy at the time and Terezi wonders why it was so important for Vriska to leave. In her daze state, Terezi forgot that Vriska will leave tomorrow. She forgot that Vriska will need to be presentable for her leave or else her friend will be in a huge mess. There will be no family in town willing to adopt Vriska if she is hungover on her first day with her new family. Luckily, Vriska realize this. Even though Terezi can not think straight, Vriska does have enough sense to know that she needs to get going. "Let's goooooooo, 'rezi." Vriska complains on more time.
"Okay! Okay!" Terezi rubs her eyes and place her half finished drink on a nearby table. She should know better than to even be drinking at a party but it was probably going to be the last time she will see Vriska again. "'M coming." Terezi leans against Vriska after almost losing her balance. Vriska fumbles to keep her friend balance and that almost makes her fall too. "Sssssssstop failin'." Vriska complains and Terezi giggles a bit before doing something unexpected. Terezi regains her balance. She does remain close still and soon pulls Vriska close. Before Vriska could react, Terezi pulls her roommate into a kiss on the mouth. The action makes Vriska freeze. Yet, Terezi doesn't stop from trying to keep kissing Vriska. It's too sloppy for Vriska's preference and...she doesn't even know if she feels the same towards Terezi. Her mind is too clouded. The music at the party is far too loud. Maybe they should have stayed at the orphanage.
Terezi finally realized what she did. It clicks in her mind that she kissed her roommate. Her own eyes are wide and her jaw is slowly moving downward in shock. This is far too awkward and the blasting music and wild teenagers are still not enough to distract either girls from what just happened. "Did you-did you kiss me?!" Vriska almost shouts and luckily no one at the party seems to care. Well, Terezi does as she quickly blushes in embarrassment. Even though she isn't fully functioning, Terezi realized that she did something very unexpected. "Uh. Yeahhhhh? I guess." Terezi managed to say that much but can't think of much more to say though. She finds herself standing there in front of Vriska awkwardly. Her roommate looks like she also doesn't know how to react. "Uhhhhhhhh." Great. Now Vriska is lost for words. This is awkward. No this, far too awkward. "'m going." Vriska finally states and Terezi nods her head. "I'll go too." Terezi can only mumble in embarrassment as she wonders why she kissed Vriska. Vriska doesn't say anything. Instead, she placed some distance between her and Terezi. "'m getting a-a drink...for the...road." Vriska turned around and walked off to another part of the house. She sighed and opened up a can of beer that was sitting on a table. Vriska chugs it down to try and forget about what happened. Why would Terezi do that? Did she like her? Vriska didn't have clue. Did Terezi ever show hints? Maybe it was just a simple hormonal mistake. Whatever it was, Vriska feels sick. Maybe it's the booze. It might be nervousness of going to have a family or it was just the thought of leaving Terezi. Vriska does not know. She just knows needs get forget about what just happen.
Terezi maybe buzzed but she does know what she did, and I now hating herself. She feels embarrassed. Her cheeks are still burning red and she stands awkwardly in the same spot. Now Vriska will never want to see her again. Terezi had to make it weird between them. She could not control herself, and for some dumb reason, thought that kissing Vriska would end well. Terezi groans and debates if she should follow Vriska. The blasting music makes it hard to make a decision. The hot air in the room makes her even more uncomfortable as she just stands awkwardly. A few people whisper and glance her away. Some saw her action and probably feel bad for her for striking out. Terezi feels even more nervous. She feels like she is being judge. It's the same feeling when a couple is debating on adopting her or not. Terezi won't admit that over the years she started become more self conscious, but the one time she finds the courage to do something bold...it backfired. Well, she only found it in her because of the extra drinks. Now, Terezi feels like a fool. She grabs her drink again and takes a few more sips in hopes of forgetting what just happened. Terezi takes more and more sips that soon turn into larger gulps. Then Terezi brings herself to try and find Vriska. She needs to talk to her. She needs to apologize. The only thing Terezi needs to do is save her friendship with Vriska, but she can barely walk now. Terezi is not used to drinking and is already feeling the hard effects.
"Vrissska!" She calls out into the crowd because it's too dim and it's hard to see Vriska. Her reaction is slow as she bumps into a few kids her age. Before she could even say something, a hand is placed on her shoulder. To her surprise, it's Vriska. There is swaying from her roommate but Vriska still stands in one spot. "I'm here." Vriska states simply and moves closer to Terezi. A bit too close. It almost makes Terezi blush again but being drunk is making her more relax than normal. "Leeeeeeeets go." Vriska offered and leans on Terezi for support. Terezi doesn't argue and try to help to Vriska out the door. Unfortunately, Terezi needs help too. She stumbles about without any help. Yet, they are able to get out the door. Terezi's vision is blurry as they continue to walk off. Yet, she doesn't even know how to get back. Neither do as they stumble into the world.
Terezi doesn't know what happened or what is currently happening. Her senses are not clear. Her mind is rushing. "What?" For some reason Terezi feels tired, weak. "Vriska." She calls out for her friend. Maybe her friend could explain. Yet, she can only hear whimpering. A constant whine. A quiet, low one. "Vriska." This time her mind clears up a bit. Her subconscious knows something is wrong but she doesn't know what is going on still. It isn't until now that she realized that she is on her knees. Her pants are a mess. Mud covers knees and hands but there's a tint of color in it. It's too dark to see clearly though, and her pounding head isn't helping. "Vriska. Where...are you?" She tilts her head in confusion and rests her hands in the mud covered ground. Where is she? It's too dark to completely tell. The cool wind tells her she is still outside, and the disturbing silence tells her that she is far from the party. Well, it's not completely quiet. There is a groan. One that Terezi almost missed. Before she could cry out for Vriska again, she sees her friend. Vriska isn't even a yard away. Yet, something is wrong. Her friend is on the dirty ground with something sticking out of her. Terezi is confuse as she stumbled to her feet to see what is going on. "Vriska?" Getting up might have been a bad idea. Terezi's vision goes white from the blood rush as she trips next to Vriska. She stays still as her vision slowly returns back. It isn't completely normal but it's something. It is enough for her to see Vriska in the dark, but she wish she doesn't. The color coming from Vriska is red. Bright red. And the awkward thing stick from Vriska is a sharp piece of metal impaired right in her back.
The sight finally registers in Terezi mind along with the groaning and low cry from Vriska. There is a gargling starting to come from her friend but she still doesn't move. Vriska remains in her stomach and Terezi feels her heart race in fear. "Fuck! Vriska! Oh..." Terezi finds herself panicking and looks at the sharp metal shoved through Vriska. Where did it come from? Terezi frantically looks around. There is a lot of junk around them. Broken cars and trash scatters all over the place. She isn't have a clue where she's at and there is no one to help. Terezi's hand shakes and goes over the Vriska back. In fear, she pulls the broken metal from Vriska's back. Blood sprays everywhere and caused Vriska to cry out in pain. There's frantic breathing from Vriska that quickly is followed by harsh shaking all over her body. More coughing comes from Vriska as she keeps shaking. It's then that Terezi realized that removing the metal only made it worse. Help. Terezi needs to get help and fast. With that though, she jumps to her feet. Terezi runs. She doesn't have a clue where is going but she runs. Her feet move slowly as she still struggles to run properly as her feet sink into the ground at some points. "Don't! Go!" Vriska cries out finally but her voice sounds wet and forced.
Terezi knows she can't though. Her friend needs help. She needs to call an ambulance or someone. Vriska is clearly hurt severally. So she doesn't look back even after hearing Vriska crying out her her to stay. Then the literal crying from Vriska only breaks her heart even more. Terezi keeps running though. She force herself to not look back and does find an exit. It finally clicks her head that they were in a dumpster. "Shit." Terezi doesn't even know how they got there. It doesn't matter now though. Vriska needs medical attention. Terezi runs for blocks. Shops are close and no one is on the streets. She needs a phone as she keeps running even longer. The further she runs the more worried she gets. She is getting anxious and nervous. Vriska is injuries and alone. There is no phone and Terezi decides to turn back. She doesn't know what to do! Terezi is running around like crazy and her mind is going just as fast. She is still confuse as she tries to understand how Vriska got hurt in the first place.
It's all she can do as she tried to remember her away back to where she left Vriska. It hurts to breathe as she forces herself to keep running back to her friend. When she finally arrives close, Terezi sees the flashing lights and a growing crowd. Terezi is still covered in blood and mud. Right away, she gets scared. Terezi doesn't get close the crowds. She especially stays away from the cop cars. The ambulance near by keeps flashing its lights too but has not left yet. Terezi stays hidden behind a nearby building in fear. She should talk to an officer or something but her legs are shaking too much. She doesn't even remember what happened. What if they think she did it? They would send her to jail. She can't go to jail. They would think it was her. Terezi just needs to talk to Vriska. Her friend must be okay. Vriska must be alive. She has to be. Vriska is always fine. "She's...fine. Vriska just needs to see a doctor." Terezi shakes and decides to quickly leave. She will talk to Vriska later. She has to be fine. Vriska is always fine.