Look at me spoiling all you guys with 2 chapters in one day. Sorry the last chapter was so short. Also, this one ends in a bit of a cliffhanger, so be warned. B)
By the time I had flipped my phone shut after ending my conversation with Rose, I had already made it back to my house, so I decided to wait till the next day to talk to Karkat again.
I opened up the door, and saw Jade lying down on the couch watching some show about dogs on the Animal Planet. Remote in hand, she turned the volume down a bit, and looked up at me.
"Hey John, how was your sleepover with Karkat? Did you guys have lots of sloppy makeouts?" she asked, adding a teasing giggle at the end.
I already felt my face getting hot.
"Wh-what? No! Actually, I need to tell you something." Jade paused her show and sat up straight. "Really? Did he finally confess to you or something?" she joked, holding a hand over her mouth to cover her obviously sarcastic smile.
I sat down next to her. "Well, that's the thing, he actually uh, kind of did.." I rubbed the back of my head with my hand nervously.
Her hand dropped, smile not leaving her face. "Oh. Wait. Did he really?" she bounced up with excitement. "That is soooo cute!" her hands met each of her cheeks as she squealed in delight.
"What do you think I should do about it? I'm trying to get as much input as I can here. I talked to Rose about it earlier too."
"Well, what did she say?"
"She said I should go for it."
"Well, obviously she would have. And you know what I think? I think you should totally go out with him. You guys are so adorable together." She said as she nudged my arm with her elbow and gave me a sly wink.
"But…but what if someone judged us? Or looked down on us? Or-" I was cut off by a hand slapped over my mouth.
"John, you're rambling. Love is not what other people think, it's about what you think. Go with what your heart tells you best."
She took her hand off my mouth, and I reached forward and hugged her tightly.
"Thanks, Jade."
She hugged back, patting my back slightly. "You're welcome, John."
I let go and began to walk to my room. "Oh, and don't tell anyone about this yet." I said, looking back at her.
She had taken her usual position back on the couch, and she turned back at me and made a zipper motion over her mouth with her fingers. "My lips are sealed!"
It was only a matter of seconds before I propped open the laptop on my desk and started up Pesterchum.
The screen came up, but Karkat wasn't online. I kind of figured he wouldn't be. Dave was online though, and since I didn't have much to do, I decided to chat him up.
- ectoBiologist [EB] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 13:38 -
EB: hey dave!
EB: what's up?
EB: uh, dave?
EB: hello?
- turntechGodhead [TG] is now an idle chum! -
TG: whoa her there man sorry about that
TG: i was busy
EB: doing what?
TG: tz is over right now and we may or may not have been participating in intimate activities
EB: eww, dave, c'mon! tmi
TG: sorry man cant help whats true
TG: anyway what have you been up to
EB: i dunno, nothing exciting, really.
EB: i got back from karkat's a bit ago.
TG: so vantas finally grew a pair and made a move on you huh
EB: who told you something like that?
TG: dont play dumb with me egbert rose told me everything
EB: dang girls and their rumor spreading.
TG: its also pretty obvious
TG: it has been for a long time
TG: aw man i gotta go
TG: more hot makeouts await
EB: ew, dave. ew.
TG: see ya
- turntechGodhead [TG] ceased pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 13:53 -
Since no one else was online, and there was nothing else to do, I decided to close his laptop and take a quick nap. I was still pretty tired from waking up less than an hour ago. I took my glasses off and set them on my desk next to my laptop, not even bothering to change into pajamas. I lied down on the bed, pulling the covers over me. I closed my eyes, and slowly drifted off into sleep.
I looked around. I was trapped in some sort of room, but there were no walls, no ceiling, just white. Everywhere. Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me calling my name. "John…" I looked behind myself and saw Karkat holding out his hand to me.
I turned around all the way, subconsciously walked towards him, taking his hand in mine, and pulling him into a passionate kiss. Our lips parted and were followed by a quiet "I love you." From Karkat. "I love you too-"
I leaned in to kiss him again, but I was soon cut off by a soft knocking sound.
I jolted awake, as I heard Jade calling me. "John, can I come in?"
"Mmm…yeah, sure." I said as I put my glasses back on my face. Everything was extremely blurry without them.
She opened the door, holding a leash that was attached to the collar of our big, white dog.
"Sorry to interrupt your nap. I was gonna take Bec on a walk in the park, did you wanna come, or…?"
"Sure, I guess. I should probably actually do something other than sleeping. What time is it?"
"It's about 6:00pm. Why?"
"I dunno, just…wondering." I sat up and slid the blanket off my lap, then stood up hastily. I slipped on a pair of shoes and a jacket and quickly combed my mess of hair. By the time I got downstairs, Jade was already at the door, waiting to leave.
"Bye dad, we're leaving!" I yelled to my dad, who was in the kitchen baking. Of course. He gave me a simple wave goodbye before we headed out the door. The park wasn't too far away, in fact, it was actually a very short walk from our house. About 5 minutes.
The park was actually really nice in the evening. It wasn't too warm, nor too cold, and the breeze made it feel just right. It was Spring, so the trees blossomed with beautiful flowers and few petals fell softly to the ground as the soft wind blew throughout them. It wasn't too dark yet, so the mood was nice, and I felt at peace.
But I had still wondered to myself what the dream I had before was about. Why would I just suddenly have some dream about Karkat where I kissed him? Nothing really made much sense anymore.
Jade and I were walking for what seemed like forever, but then I stopped at the sight of a familiar figure in the distance.
"Karkat…?"
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