As soon as Karkat and Terezi leave the room, you move your hands through the bars of the chair and take your phone out of your pocket. I'm glad I memorized the keyboard! You think as you type out a message to Dave, hoping he'll see it and turn around. Why are you in this situation anyways? You have no idea. Well, might as well get comfortable until Dave comes. You relax as much as you can and close your eyes, listening to Karkat and Terezi talk.

You open your eyes with a start, hearing something crash in the other room. You hear shouting, and chalk it up to Karkat blowing a gasket. There's more noise, and tons of shouting. It sounds like a fight. Suddenly it stops, and Dave walks in, his skin shining and looking confident as he strides over to you and unties the ropes binding you. He picks you up bridal style and carries you out of the house bridal style. You look up at him as you both leave the house, Karkat and Terezi unconscious.

"You came." You say in awe, staring at Dave through your glasses.

"Of course I did, I love you after all, I couldn't let you stay there. By the way," He says, looking down at you, " Thanks for the text, I never would have found you otherwise."

You blush a little at his declaration and smile, "N-no problem."

Once you're far enough, he puts you down and puts a hand under your chin so you're looking up at him. He leans in and closes his eyes. Your heart is racing, and his face is just inches from you.

You wake up, letting out a little sigh in disappointment. It was only a dream, damn it... You can hear Karkat and Terezi talking in the other room still. It sounds like they're arguing about the channel they're on or something. You roll your eyes and look out the window. It's still snowing outside; you find yourself staring at the white landscape, hipnotized by the beauty of it. Terezi walks in and slaps you out of your trance. You turn your head to look at her, your cheek stinging slightly.

"Hey doofus, you hungry? Thirsty?"

Karkat walks in behind her. "What the hell are you doing?"

Terezi looks over her shoulder at him. "I don't care what you do, but I don't want to be arrested because you let him die of something stupid like hunger."

Karkat rolls his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest. He turns around, mumbling something about girls as he leaves the kitchen.

"So anyways," Terezi is facing you again, "Are you? I won't ask again."

You focus on her, blinking the sleep out of your eyes, "O-oh... Yeah, can I get some water?"

Terezi sighs and goes further into the kitchen, grabbing a glass and filling it with water. She walks back over to you and holds the glass out. "Open." She says the one word, and you open your mouth, allowing her to tip the water into your mouth and you drink.

"Geez, I didn't want to spend my weekend looking after a brat." She scowls and puts the cup on the counter. You smile at her.

"Thank you, Terezi."

She doesn't look at you as she turns to leave, "Whatever." she leaves the kitchen and you are alone with your thoughts again. You glance back out the window, allowing your memories to take you away.

"Hey Dad!" you shout and he turns around, and you throw a snowball right in his face. You giggle and run as he chases you, a snowball in one hand and a carrot for the now forgotten snowman in the other.

"I'm gonna getcha!" He shouts as e starts to catch up. You trip over your too-long scarf and face plant in the snow. Your dad follows, falling next to you on his back and waving his arms and legs. "Come on, lets make snow angels." You follow his lead and wave your arms and legs. You giggle as your limbs move the snow around you and you create a snow angel. You turn to your Dad, leaning on your elbow. "I love you Dad." You say with that goofy grin on your face. Your Dad sits up and ruffles your already messy hair, smiling down at you through his pipe. "I love you too, son. Merry Christmas."

You look down at your chest, a little sad at the thought of your dad. Does he know your missing? Is he worried? Is he looking for you too, like Dave? Suddenly you remember the text you sent him and wonder where he is, or if he even knows you texted him. He better have his phone on him! Suddenly you remember the day you met him.

"Okay kids, time to mingle, go talk to someone~!" Your teacher was always a little too cheery. Whatever, it's first grade, you don't care. You turn to see a blonde kid in pointy shades facing you and you smile, extending your hand out.

"Hi there, I'm John, what's your name?" He shakes your hand and responds, "Dave, Dave Strider."

Your smile grows bigger and you poke the tip of his glasses. "I love your sunglasses Dave! They're so cool!" He swats your hand away.

"Shades."

"huh?"

"They're called shades, not sunglasses."

You'll try to remember that next time. "So Dave, can we be friends?" You smile at him hopefully.

He shrugs at you. "Sure, you seem okay. But I'm telling you right now, if you're not the least bit ironic I'm dropping you like a dirty animal found on the side of the road. Not just a dirty one, a rabid one. I ain't touching that shit you hear me?"

"Okay!"

All of these memories are making you sad. You wonder if Dave will ever find you, or if you'll make it out of this. Of course you will, it's not like Karkat wants you dead, does he? You squirm in your chair. Your stomach still hurts where he kicked you. You know he can get super mad, but never so mad he'd kill someone, or let them die. Suddenly your anxiety kicks up, and you find yourself hoping Dave will be back soon.