Our teacher decides to walk in right at that moment, saving me from screaming profanities. I sit down and look out the window. Meanwhile, Mr. Smirk Jerk, now formally known as Eridan Ampora, is trying to get my attention by whispering to me. He gets in trouble three different times. Each time I can't help but giggle. When he finally gets the hint, I turn to look at him and give him a sympathetic look. He looks so confused, I almost burst out laughing. Finally class ends and he comes up to me. "I was trying to get you to shut up so you wouldn't get in trouble. It seems you're not very good at getting hints. I bet you suck at mystery and crime solving games. But I must say, when you were confused you looked quite adorable."
He crosses his arms and smirks. "Oh, so I looked adorable to you?"
I reach over and mess up his hair. "Yes, you did. You looked like a little dejected puppy. I'm sad I couldn't use a camera. Thankfully, I have photographic memory, so I can relive that face whenever I feel down. I may as well say that your accent isn't that bad, as well." We walk to my locker. "Is there some reason you're following me?"
"Because you're right next to my locker." I see him open the locker to the left of mine-the right side is where Nepeta's locker is.
"That reminds me. Are you new?"
He looks at me like I'm stupid. "Uh, no! I've been here since school started."
"How come I haven't seen you until today?"
"One: cuz I was in a different class, but the stupid teachers realized they messed up a few weeks ago and finally put me in there. Two: I've been sick for two weeks and in the hospital." He closes his locker.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You're okay now though, right?" He nods, and I hear my locker slam. His eyes grow big as I try to turn around. "Aw man, my sleeve's stuck!"
"Heya, rich bitch!"
*sigh* "Hello, Vriska. What's the occasion? Usually, you'll just push me into a wall, or make a rude remark while walking by. I'm guessing the occasion isn't that you got that stick out of your ass, or are you mad because someone put a 'kick me' sign on your back?" She looks shocked and turns around to find it. I grab Eridan's hand and whisper to him. "Run!" He obeys, and I yank my sleeve loose of my locker in the process of running. I hear her yelling and just laugh. We run to where my next class is. "That was so much fun!" I say laughing while I'm out of breath. I start coughing.
"I feel bad cuz she used to be my friend. Why did she call you-?"
"Izulo? Are you okay?" Karkat's older brother Kankri comes up to me. "Do you need your inhaler?" I nod my head meekly while still coughing. He reaches into his backpack, pulls out a box with different student's medicines in it, and hands me a zip-lock bag with my name and inhaler in it. I basically rip it out of there. After a few seconds I'm okay.
"Thanks a lot, Kankri!" He nods his head at me and is about to leave when he suddenly turns around.
"Oh, yes. You almost made me loose my train of thought. I will give you a warning this time, since it is your first offense, but please check your privileges thoroughly next time, and do not run in the hallways. It could be quite triggering to the other students or faculty and possibly get you into much more trouble than I am currently issuing you." He tips his police hat-which he wears proudly- and exits the classroom with a light blush covering his cheek.
I blush a bit. "What was that about?"
I subconsciously tuck a few strands of hair behind my ear. "Oh, that? That was just my friend Karkat's older brother. His name is Kankri, and he's one of the hall monitors. He's usually quite strict and will lecture people for hours." I sit in my seat. and he sits next to me. I put my chin on my folded hands.
"Do you like him?"
My arm slips, and I hit my head. "Ow!" I rub my forehead. "Well, we dated for a while, but I could tell we didn't need to. Let's just say that we were drifting apart, and it was better to end it early on than to have one of us end up getting hurt in the long run."
"So basically he liked someone else, didn't have the heart to tell you, you figured it out, broke up with him, and you're still kind of sad about it." I just stare at him. "I'm spot on, huh?" I nod my head. "Yeah, whale-" The bell rings and it's time for class to start.
"Tell me later, okay?" He nods, and the teacher walks in. We have class, and I talk to him between classes. I only have my first two classes with him. I sit next to Nepeta at lunch. "Hey, Nepeta!" She just looks at me. "Nepeta? What's wrong?"
"The girls from this morning."
Oh crap! She didn't use a cat pun. "What happened?" She turns her head, and I see a giant red mark on her cheek. "I'm sorry. I didn't think they were going to retaliate. Especially not to you. I do it everyday so I figured they would eventually come after me. I'm sorry, Nepeta."
She shakes her head. "It's okay. As purrunishment, you owe Nepeta a bag of ice." I nod, and she's smiling again. I go and ask for a cup of ice and a bag and bring it back to her. We talk for a little bit. "So?"
"What do you mean so?"
"You haven't talked to me all day, I'm in the same class as Tavros, and Karkitty is suspended. Who have you been talking to? You don't seem sad, and you usually are if none of us have talked to you. Did you find a new furiend?"
"Slow down. He's not exactly 'new.' Well, you could say that. Hmm. Whatever. I've been hanging out with-"
"Hey, Iz." Eridan sits down in front of me. I hear Nepeta suck in a breath.
"Heya, Eri-babe!" Nepeta and Eridan look at me weird. "What? You gave me a nickname, and that's all I can think of so far without saying something mean, or calling you 'angelfish.' You hate angels, so I have nothing else so far." He's about to open his mouth. "I'm not implying anything, so don't go there." He closes his mouth, and I laugh. Nepeta looks sad at me. I look up and see Feferi. I hide my face, but she doesn't even notice. She's too busy talking to one of her friends. She walks past us, and I let out a sigh of relief.
Nepeta puts her hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay? Do you need to leave?" I shake my head. "You sure?" I nod, and she gives me a hug.
"What's going on? Why did you hide when Fef walked by?"
"It's a long story."
"Well, I want to know."
"Can we just drop this, please?" He stares at me for a few second then sighs.
"I'm gonna guess that it's really emotional." I nod my head. "Okay, I won't ask anymore." We talk a bit more until the bell rings, and we all walk to our lockers.
"Being a senior is awesome! I'm glad I get to leave this hell-hole when it's half over. Hey, Nepeta, can you make me a list of people on Pesterchum? Only talking to Eridan is going to make me a socially deprived narcissist." She giggles and nods.
He pouts at me. "Aw, that's not fair to say." I've been waiting for this chance all day.
I pull his face close to mine and talk as sultry as possible. "Aw, I didn't mean to offend you, babe. I'm sorry. Maybe I should make it up to you. Would you like that?" He gulps audibly and nods quickly. "Well then." I lean closer and flick him on his nose. "Sure, like that would happen." He rubs his nose and looks so confused. "Stop it. You're gonna make me feel bad with that face."
"That was the plan. You know, it's not good to say those kinds of things nonchalantly to a guy."
"Oh yeah, and just why is that?" He pins me up against my locker and gives me an evil grin. "You really wanna go there?" He smirks, and I blush. "Well too bad for you, you're taller than me." He looks at me questioningly, and I duck in between his legs. I crawl on the floor (thankfully no one is around to see this) until I am out of his reach. I quickly grab his scarf and tie it around my neck, but I freeze.
"Give me back my scarf!" I'm still just standing there. "Uh, hello! I'm talkin to you."
"It's warm." He looks at me strangely. I start to grin. "It's so warm!" I hug it to my body even tighter. "This is so awesome!" I run over to Nepeta. "Nepeta, this is what was missing. My jacket covers my clothes, but this doesn't. Nepeta, it's so wonderful! I need to call Kanaya later and ask her if she can make-" The scarf is yanked from my neck, somewhat choking me in the process. *cough cough* "Dude, what's your problem?" I turn around to see none other than Vriska. "Aw, c'mon! I was having fun. Couldn't you have waited til later?"
"You think you got away this morning, don't you?" She looks so mad. "You made me look like a fool. That is unacceptable." She yanks on my hair, pulling me to the ground. "You think you're so funny, don't you? Well, are you going to answer me?"
"Why should I? Those are all rhetorical questions. If you expect me to answer those kinds of questions you have got to be st-" She puts her foot on my throat.
"Stop it, Furiska. She can't breathe!" Nepeta tries to pull her back, but she just pushes her away. My vision's starting to get blurry, and I'm seeing spots. Before I pass out, I feel something wet and hear someone yell.