AN: For Darren (kittydirk)

Thursday

"Alright everyone, please submit your papers," Dr. Egbert said in a loud voice so that everyone in the room could hear.

As Dirk Strider made his way past his professor's desk, dropping his opinion piece on the accumulating pile of bland, white pages, he felt someone shove him from behind. Dirk turned around, ready to give hell to whoever pushed him, but what he saw was a goofy face being made by his best friend, Roxy Lalonde.

"Did you do an A+ job, Mr. Strider?" Roxy teasingly asked Dirk in front of their superior.

"Hell yeah, I did an A++ job. I did such an A++ job that the fucking world champion of blowjobs had to say that I did a better job, and really fat, rich CEO guys bowed before me and said that my job was worth more than all theirs' combined."

"God dammit, Dirk, I asked a simple yes or no question! Do you see what I have to put up with Dr. Egbert!?"

"Please submit your paper, Mrs. Lalonde," Dr. Egbert said as he nonchalantly rummaged through the many drawers of his desk.

Roxy gestured to their teacher, "God, I love this guy!" she said as she jumped excitedly.

As Dirk and Roxy made their way out of the room as they always did, Roxy had a particular sparkle in her eyes because tonight their neighbouring college was having an outdoor dance. All along the campus music would be blasting and people would be grinding, having a blast, and/or getting wasted. Roxy would have to skip that last part, though; her days of drinking irresponsibly were over.

Dirk, on the other hand, was a lot less excited. He didn't have very good "people skills" because he'd lived with his famous brother for most of his life. You'd think this would make Dirk be really comfortable around others, but unfortunately, he was home alone most of the time because his bro was out doing famous people things, and nobody really acknowledged him at school. At one point Dirk had fantasized about the paparazzi stalking him home one day, then he'd become an international sensation overnight and have tons of friends, but his brother wasn't the kind of celebrity that had everyone caring about their family.

Roxy had transferred to Dirk's high school during their last year because her mom had gotten a new job. Roxy was gorgeous, she always had guys ogling her and girls asking her to join them on their various trips to starbucks, however, she always declined and every single guy who asked her out was turned down. Later Dirk would find out that Roxy was popular at her last school as well, but she never gained any true friends; Dirk was her first.

On that first day that she had transferred, Roxy had nobody to sit with. Sure, people offered her a spot at their tables, but it had made her feel awkward to choose. Instead, she sat with somebody who intrigued her; a scrawny boy with ridiculously triangular sunglasses sitting all by his lonesome. Neither of the two could recall what had happened, but somehow they instantly connected with one another and were inseparable, so naturally they chose to attend the same college.

Night fell among the small city and Roxy happily drove herself and Dirk to the college a few minutes away from their own. As they arrived, Roxy gazed in awe at the extravagantly positive atmosphere while Dirk felt the need to scuttle back into the car as fast as he could. He didn't have time, though, because Roxy grabbed hold of his wrist and started dragging him into the enormous sea of dancing people.

Once Roxy found that they were adequately submerged within the crowd, she began to dance. Dirk just cautiously bobbed to the beat, wishing to avoid looking like an utter fool.

"Grind against my luscious booty, Dirky," Roxy whispered to Dirk.

"What!? No!"

"I swear to god it'll look so cool. People will be like 'Look at those guys gettin dirty they're hot.' I read somewhere that grinding raises your sex appeal by 20%." Roxy explained.

"Why do you even care, though? You don't want any brain dead, sex crazed men anyway!" Dirk exclaimed.

"You're being such a buzz kill. Just do this or I'll hack into the school's server again and change your grades!"

Dirk knew that she was being serious, this would be no difficult task for his amazingly smart best friend, she had done it before, after all (to change her own grades for the better). She was smart when she wanted to be, but in class and during tests she rarely wanted to be. They were both considered geniuses, actually. Dirk excelled at building things whether it be robotics or complex codes, while Roxy never failed at breaking those things down no matter how tightly they may be secured.

Dirk awkwardly grinded his crotch against his best friend's butt as she smiled contently. While he was looking around, uninterested by the tush promptly rubbing against him, he spotted someone that made his heart jump.

Roxy's booty gyrations came to a halt as she felt something poking at her behind. "Wha? Dirk! Put that thing back down! I wasn't gonna grind you if I knew you were into chicks!"

"Sorry! It's not you at all!" Dirk explained

"Gee thanks."

"Just look over there!" Dirk grabbed his friend's head and turned it towards two guys grabbing drinks from a table.

"Wowee yeah you're right that one in the blue is a total cutie."

"No! I'm talking about the other in the green shirt." Dirk said, turning Roxy's head slightly to the left.

There, a tall, lean boy with tanned skin stood. He had slightly spiky brown hair and wore glasses, which was quite a contrast from Dirk, who was shorter, pale, skinny, and definitely used more gel in his spiky blonde hair. The other boy standing next to him had shaggy black hair and blue glasses. They looked strangely similar but also extremely different.

"Yeah he's stellar!" Roxy finally said. "You should go talk to him!"

"What no. He's Indiana Jones and I'm a superfluous snake that would just freak him out!"

"You're being dramatic! Here, I'll go talk to him."

Roxy marched confidently over to the two guys and Dirk could see that she instantly began chatting. Dirk waited impatiently for her to return, gazing over every now and then to check on her progress. Finally, she said her goodbyes and made her way back.

"Ok. Alright. Ok. So the tall one that gave you a boner is named Jake and the other cutie is John," Roxy told Dirk.

Dirk sarcastically said, "Wow! That's really great! Ok, let's go."

"WHAT!?" Roxy shouted. "I just did ALL that work so that MAYBE you can have a chance to bang the man of your FUCKING DREAMS and you WANT TO LEAVE!? I CANNOT BELIEVE!"

"Listen, Rox, he probably doesn't even like guys! It'd just be a waste of my affections and time. It's better to just forget about him." Dirk said.

"No. No. Sweet momma Roxy is NOT ok with this ridiculous outcome."

"Deal with it."

"Fine. Let's go."

With that, Roxy stormed off to her car and Dirk angrily followed. Once they got into the car and Roxy began to drive away, Dirk was smug, thinking he'd won. Little did he know that Roxy had made plans to do some research on this "Jake" person; her best friend had been too single for too long, and let's face it, they were both really desperate; so desperate for one another's approval and the approval of others, that it just might be their downfall.