Dave wakes to his phone asking to read a text message. "Yes" he mumbles sleepily. A rare smile spread across the young Strider's face, when he heard the text was from John. It had been only a few months since that night and John had texted him everyday. Every morning Dave had woken up to a text from the blue eyed boy. Every day Dave found a reason to smile. Dave almost forgot about the darkness clouding his vison. Almost. Dave figured the message would be the same as the one that woke him up everyday. "Good Morning, Dave. How are you?" But today was slightly different. "Good Morning, Dave. I don't have school today. Did you want to hang out?"
Dave rolled over to his back, "Reply. 'Yes. Did you want to come over?'"
A few minutes later came the reply. "Yeah. Oh, I have something for you."
"Reply: 'Come over whenever. Something for me?'"
The reply came faster then Dave thought. "I'm already here. I was waiting until you woke up." as soon as the automatic voice finished reading the message the doorbell rang.
Dave sat up, trying to keep his heart from beating too fast. "Reply: 'Be right there.'" Dave rolled out of bed, on any other morning he would have never gotten up at this ungodly hour of 11:30 am, but today was different: Blue eyes was here. Dave was dressed in a matter of moments, just some jeans and his broken record shirt. He left the red and white cain by his bed, he didn't need it to answer his front door. He brushed he's bangs off of his dark shades.
"Who's here?" Bro leaned his head on his door frame.
"Go back to sleep, Bro, it's just John."
"oh your new boyfriend?"
"No, just a friend." Dave sounded a little disappointed to Bro, but the older Strider just shook his head and went back to bed.
Dave pulled the door open and revealed John Egbert bouncing on his heels.
"Hi Dave." John's happy voice made Dave smile but years of cool-kid training turned it into a smirk.
"Hey John. Come in." Dave said stepping out of the way of the shorter boy. John was 5'1, short to Dave's 5'5 frame. John seemed to bounce into the room. Dave shut the door. John spun on his heel, grabed Dave's hand and place a cd case into Dave's hand. Dave knew it was a cd case, he had felt hundreds before this.
"What is it?"
"A CD, silly." John smiled. God, how Dave loved that smile.
"I know that. What's on it?"
"Its a mix I put together myself. I thought you would like to hear my new songs."
"You write music, Egbert?"
John face flushed, "Yeah, sometimes. For special occasions."
"I'm a special occasion? Or is the bat vision?"
"Bat vision?" Dave's joke about his blindness seemed to go over his head for a moment. "oh, your eyesight. No, I totally forgot about it."
Dave shook his head, and a smirk found its to the young Strider's lips. Someone actually forgot about his handicap. He was special to John. That thought alone made Dave want to smile for forever. John's voice brought Dave back to reality.
"What's that?" Dave turned to see what John was pointing at. Dave sighed picked up the puppet and started walking towards Bro's room.
"Its Cal. Ignore the puppets their my Bro's." Dave said as he opened his brother's door and blindly threw Lil' Cal into the darkness. Dave waved John to follow him into his room.
"Why is so dark back here?"
"Really, Egbert, did you forget already?" Dave turned suddenly and John ran into him again.
A count of three and John remembered. "oh."
Dave stared at John for a moment. Lost in his own thoughts again. This boy, John Egbert, could actually forget about the one thing that had constently plagued the young Strider for his entire life: Dave's failing eyesight. John took a step toward Dave, trying to see the blonde's eyes through the dark shades.
"Dave?" John asked uncertain of what Dave was thinking. A moment of silent understanding and then Dave's hand on John's head.
"What's with that tone, Egbert? Scared of my charm?" Dave smirked. John felt a little light headed with Dave's fingers ruffling his dark hair. All too soon Dave pulled his hand back and it left a strange feeling in the pit of John's stomach. Perking up, John ignored the feeling and smiled.
"Your charm could never scare me away."