Dave awoke the next day to find his chest pain was still there. For a moment he contemplated calling a doctor, but wrote it off as himself being "stupid". He reached for his shades that where placed on his bedside table.

"Ugh, this is going to be a long day."

He peeled himself from his bed and began his morning rituals for getting ready for school. Take a shower, find clean clothes, eat breakfast, and then go to school. It was the same thing every morning except sometimes Bro would come at him and try stiffing. Dave usually lost those ones, he usually lost all of them. Today he really was not in the mood for a fight with his brother.

So, the boy crept out of his room and booked it out the door. Not even giving Bro a chance to initiate the battle. He was home free now, just had to make it down his long ass stairs.

"We really need an elevator." He mumbled and made his way down the tall flight of stairs. He was thankful and going down was easier than going up for once, he was still half asleep and not ready to try and make it up his stairs. That problem was for "future" Dave. This is "now" Dave. And he just wants to get to school, slam his head down on a desk, and sleep some more.

~Jump to John~

John's head was currently buried in his locker. He was admiring his Nick Cage poster that was taped there by Dave as a joke. "Dave is such a joker!" he chuckled.

He pulled out of his locker and looked around for Dave, it was odd. Usually he was here by now, he must not be feeling well this morning. He made a note to himself to try and cheer him up on the chance he was upset. He took another glance at his locker making sure he had all of the books needed.

"Heyyyyyyyy, your that Egbert kid right?" a snarky, yet perky voice sounded in Johns ears.

He jumped and hit his head hard on the top of his locker. His attitude quickly changed when he saw who was right in front of him.

"O-oh, um, hey there Vriska. H-how are you doing t-today?" he was visibly shaking. It was Vriska Serket. Johns long time crush and the only girl he had ever confessed to. His heart was beating a mile a minute.

"John, I didn't come here to make small talk. Your friends with that Strider guy rightttttttt?" She smirked.

"Yah, we're best friends!" He said gleefully. His anxiety and fear lessened by the mentioning of his close friend Dave.

She made a happy smile at this, "When you see him can you tell him to meet me by the football field after school?"

John was a little more than confused by this request, but he agreed to it regardless. He let out a breathless sigh he didn't know he was holding in as Vriska walked away.

He was left with a whirl wind in his mind. What could Vriska have to talk to Dave about? As far as John knew Dave pretty much hated Vriska. John never really knew why his friend hated Vriska so much, but never really bothered to ask.

The day started and John had told Dave of Vriska's "invitation". And after a few minutes of talking him into it he finally said he'd "see what was up". John was nervous. Did his crush have a crush on his best friend? That was stupid thinking, but it was possible.

Vriska and Dave where both pretty popular, They would be the schools power couple. Now that John was thinking about it, the probability was looking more apparent. And he wasn't happy about it.

"Mr. Egbert? Are you being bored by my lesson?" The teacher's voice was laced with sarcasm.

"Oh! S-sorry Mr. Ampora!" John was brought back from his thoughts to hear his class mates laughing at him, but only for a minute. It was finally last period. But he had been tangled up in his thoughts for most of the day, not really giving a damn about his lessons. He just wanted to know what was going on!

He saw kids filing out of the room and realized the bell had wrung. Woops. He gathered his things and ran out the door quicker than he ever had. He knew Dave had already gone, due to a prier conversation, and that he didn't have to wait for him or pick him up or anything. But John wanted to know, so he decided a small peek wouldn't hurt right? Right!

He made his way to the field only to see that Dave was holding his cheek and Vriska looked mad as hell. She was shouting, but John could only make out a few lines.

"What do you mean no? I'm THE Vriska Serket, boys die to get with me."

Dave was silent, too silent.

She scoffed, "Is this about that little band nerd you hang around with? Is that why you won't go out with me? Too afraid to hurt him?" Her voice was snarky and annoying. John could tell that Dave wanted to punch her right then and there but he was holding back. He also noticed that at the mention of himself Dave noticeably tensed his whole body. At that he began to walk away, quicker than his usual stride. He didn't even notice that he passed by John. Vriska did though.

"Oh, what do YOU want home wrecker." She folded her arms across her chest.

"I-I, um. I'll talk to Dave for you, if you want." He smiled weakly.

She smirked and cackled, "You better, it's not fair to keep him all to yourself and not use him to his fullest."

John only nodded and watched as his long time crush walked away.

He fell to his knees, he started shaking. Why? Why did he have to be right all the time!?

A/N: I think I'll leave it off there. I know that the title makes no sense right now but it will next chapter. It really will. The next chapter will also be a lot longer. I'm very sorry for the wait on this chapter. I hope that you continue reading. Thank you very much to people who have reviewed and stayed with me! I'm starting chapter 3 right now. I'm so very sorry for how long it has taken me to write this, but my mind has been a bit preoccupied with getting ready for a con I'm going to this Friday. Also, updates will be coming a lot faster now that I actually have internet at home. Thank you to those of you who have stuck around this long!