A/C Sooo yeh this is the new chapterr c: I spent a while working on this. Its around 3000 words. Alright, I'll stop wasting your time. Enjoy! R&R. ~Morgii
Your name is John Egbert, and today is the day.
You've been waiting at the door for, like, 15 minutes. Something like that.. You just can't seem to stand still. Clasping of your hands, scratching your neck, nervously pacing the hard wood floors in front of the taunting wooden door. You realize that what you're doing is extremely un-called for. You go and for some reason, sit yourself on the wooden coffee table. Suddenly, you hear a car door slam and you jump from your perch atop the table. You still don't understand why you sat on the table in the first place. You decide to just go with it- and run to the door, nearly tripping on your own two feet. After you fix your hair for the thousandth time, he knocks. You swing the door open and there he stands, in all of his coolness. His facade of cool doesn't fool you this time.. You can tell he's nervous by his hair. It's more fucked up than usual. But it still somehow looks.. angelic, so to say. You'll have to ask him how he does it… and maybe you could mess it up more while you guys are furio-
NO.
STOP.
JOHN EGBERT GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF.
"Hey Dave!" You take a deep breath.
"Hey John." He's chuckling.. You feel like doing something courageous… Something you'll most likely regret. Your legs move under you, your arms reaching, and you… hug him. At first you hear him take a surprised breath. Then he encloses his arms around your neck. You snuggle into his warm chest, many emotions running through you.. but that isn't what you're focusing on… All your brain can process is his head resting atop yours, sealing the embrace… The light scent of some name-brand, cool-kid cologne... and the warmth radiating off his shirt-covered chest..
Maybe what you thought was wrong. This doesn't feel like a friendly hug- this is much more intimate. And surprisingly unlike Dave… But it feels…. Right. You pull away, cheeks burning- maybe he won't notice you blushing… You know he does, though. You can tell by the smirk- which looked suspiciously like a grin…- on his face. He rarely shows emotions.. At least- that's what he thinks. He let's the mask fall a little with you… You wonder why.
He strides into your house before you. The last name Strider really suits him… Lost in thoughts, again, Egbert.. You really should stop that nonsense… (though it's not like you control it.) You walk up to your room, where Dave is waiting. He's twiddling his thumbs before him on the edge of your bed… He looks- nervous. Strange..
"Hey, dude.. I've been meaning to talk to you about this.. Shit. I'm just going to say it-" IS HE GOING TO SAY WHAT YOU THINK HE IS? That you can't be friends.. YOU KNEW THAT HUG WAS A RISK. Your brain is going haywire and you barely latch on to what Dave is saying..
"I-I'm sorry for hugging you-" you interrupt. It seemed like that needed to be said, you think.
"NO! No, dude." he takes a deep breath. How can he breathe and you can't?
"I.. wanted to come out.. I-I'm gay, man. Fuck. I wish I told you earlier, bro. This is so awkwa-" You jump on him- stopping him mid-sentence. He falls back on the bed, aviators off. You're next to him, one hand resting on his hip. His eyes blink shut before you could get a glimpse of them. Sighing you touch your forehead to his.
"It's not." His eyes open to slits, a pale, red iris showing in the dark room.
"What?" he questions. Your breaths are mingling and mixing together. You're surprised you can even speak right now… let alone make coherent thoughts.
"It isn't awkward…." In fact, for you, it is the exact opposite… You've spent many an hour thinking about this moment.. And it's coming true. You take another deep breath and stare up into his eyes. He's opened them up, the capturing vibrant shade they are hypnotise you, luring you in. He starts to lean in, his beautiful, carmine eyes sliding shut. You tip your mouth up and capture his upper lip. Your eyes, still open, close shut. His lips against yours is nothing like anything you could ever imagine. He deepens the kiss and you squeal inside- like a 14-year-old fan-girl reading a cute section of a Fan-written short story. You hands find his hair, intertwining with the perfect, soft, golden locks and lightly pull him closer. He wraps his arms around your waist. This couldn't get any better, you think. You're wrong. He pulls back a few inches and stares intensely into your now open light blue eyes with his ruby ones.
"I know, bro. I know." Dave drawls. He leans back down and kisses you again. You lean back to tease him. "Tsk Tsk Tsk. Not too far, cool kid." Of course your nose decides to snort at that moment and Dave bursts out laughing. Laughing? Dave? He is laughing so hard he falls of the bedside onto the floor. Before you know what's happening, you end up face first into Dave's chest, your legs wrapped around his waist and you realize that he's blushing bright red. You laugh, wondering if it's because he's embarrassed about falling? Or pulling you down with him? You snort again, laughing as you lean down and lightly kiss his lips, distracting Dave while you grab his wrists both in one hand, and proceed to tickle him. You know tickling is his one weakness.. and that may or may not be from previous circumstances. Dave is now laughing so hard tears are streaming down his reddening face. You start giggling as well. You got so distracted you didn't notice Dave wiggling out of your legs' grasp. Dave jumps up and runs down stairs.
"Hey! Get back here, Dave!" you call. You quickly run downstairs and start searching for him.
"Daaaavveeeyyyyyyyyyy!" you yell.
"Boo." He grabs you from behind and tosses you over his shoulder. You start yelling and kicking- playfully of course- struggling in his tight hold. At least the view is nice, you think. He carries you to the living room and plops you on to the plush, brown sofa.
"Stay." he commands. You sigh, giving in to what he says. he leaves to the kitchen while you're left there on the couch. Looking to your left, on the brown, oak coffee table is a photo of you and Dave in grade 9. It was grade nine graduation- everyone was dressed up really nice. Dave looked extremely handsome, you think. Black, cool kid pants, Black Blazer, and his favourite long-sleeve t-shirt under it. You are standing next to him in the picture, In a black suit, rental from Stitch in Time, the tailor in your city. You sigh again.. Thinking about that day. You were, again, lost in thought as Dave comes back with popcorn and a couple movies.
"Hey, bro. You cool, dude?"
"Yeah.., Just a little distracted." you reply. He relaxes an arm over your shoulder and leans in to see the photo.
Laughing, Dave says "Bro I totally remember this.. You were fucking adorkable" He uses his other arm you turn your chin to him. He hadn't put his glasses back on, your face lightly illuminated by the glow of his eyes... Staring, captivated once again by the colour; you lean in.. drawn to him, maybe. He catches your mouth in a kiss. You sigh in your mind.. You've always dreamed of this.. you just never thought it would ever come true.. A real relationship with, the one and only, Dave. Fucking. Strider. You can't believe this is happening. A few minutes ago you were bros, and now you were kissing? It seems unrealistic but just to be ironic (You've been learning from him), YOLO. You pull back a few minutes later, remembering why he was here, anyways.
"Maybe we should start watching the movies?" you say enthusiastically.
"Sure, bro. I brought some Nicolas fucking Cage movies. I know you love them, Egderp" He was right. You're obsessed. Like he is your cocaine. Nicholas Cage is your cocaine… Cagecaine... This is so un-cool Dave would obviously disapprove.
"You're right, as always cool kid. Always 'in the know', so to say."
"Of course I am, well, not always, but close enough, right?." He gets up, and the lack of heat from his arm leaves you feeling chilly. You decide to get up and get a blanket while dave sets up Face/off to watch. You go to the closet and pull out a big, fluffy, blue blanket. When you get back to the couch, Dave had brought some pillows, the popcorn is set on the coffee table, and Face/off is paused on the TV. He turns to face you and grins.
"I got a blanket." you announce, flopping onto the sofa, next to Dave.
"Sweet." he responds. You lay the blanket across your laps, and snuggle into Dave. Dave's arm falls around your waist and he starts the movie.
…
The movie's nearly over and your legs are resting on top of Dave's lap. Dave has both arms secured around your waist and your head is on his shoulder. You sigh, looking up. You notice he hasn't put his glasses back on. Shaking your head you snuggle sleepily closer to him, looking back at the movie. You love Nicolas Cage. Almost as much as you love Dave. Wait. Did you just think that? Do you love Dave? It started as a harmless crush.. but is it more than that now? Do you really love him? Yes. Yes you do. You love everything about him. His persona, his style, his voice, his smile, his hair, his eyes, his arms, his lips, and every freckle on his face. You love Dave Strider. and that's a fact.
…
You wake up to a Jade smiling in your face.
"HIIII! OH MY GOD! YOU TWO ARE JUST SO CUTE! Are you guys dating? Awwww I knew it! I knew it! I so saw that coming. Bec even thinks it's adorable. OH! I NEED TO CALL ROSE SHE'LL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THI-" You hit her with a pillow. She falls back and laughs.
"So you admit it! You love him. Aww. I'll be right back." She scampers off to the kitchen, holding her cell phone. You sigh, shaking your head. Jade is just so cheery. It makes you smile. She's like your sister to you, so you're used to this.
"What just happened?" Dave groggily asks.
"A wild Jade appeared." You laugh. Dave just grins and sits up. You both fell asleep sometime last night. You remember him kissing your nose and whispering something. You can't remember what it was, though. You were already half asleep. Oh well.
"YEAH! I KNOW! THEY ARE! IT'S SOOOO CUTE! MHM. COME OVER HERE! YEAH. OK SEE YOU IN TEN. BYE BYE!" You overhear Jade speaking- you mean squealing- on the phone. You start to smile too. Jade runs in and slides to a stop.
"ROSE IS COMING IN TEN MINUTES! AWWW YOU'RE CUDDLING!" She jumps onto the couch next to you. She lays down across your laps, smiling up.
"Continue?" Dave snorts which turns your smile into an uncontrollable laugh. While you're laughing so hard you cry, Jade starts to giggle and even Dave is chuckling. This is the thing with Jade. Wherever she goes she brings happiness and random, funny quirks that make everyone laugh. And it's awesome, you think.
"Sooooo?" she questions.
"Whaaaaat?" you respond.
"Are you guys a thing? Like together? Like a couple? It's adorable, don't be afraid to tell me, amigos." You look at Dave and find him looking back. You both smirk, knowing the answer.
"Yeah-" you both say simultaneously only to be cut off by:
"YESYESYESYES I KNEW IT. I KNEEEEEEEEW IT" she jumps up and starts running around with her arms like an airplane
"I KNEWWW ITT. HAH. WHEEEEEE. CUTECUTECUTECUTE!" she squeals. A permanent smile is pasted on your face now. This continues on for maybe several minutes when there's a knock on the door. Jade yells "I'LL GET IT!" before either Dave or you could talk. Jade usually wasn't this peppy but as soon as she saw you guys together. You wonder why. She's yelling about how she 'knew it' and how we're 'adorable'. Maybe she guessed we liked- or love as my case may be.. She is really good at that kind of stuff, you think. But the adorable? You think about it… You don't know. Maybe you are. You'll have to ask Rose about that. Looking over at Dave again you see him smirking at you.
"What?" you ask.
"Nothing. You just look mighty adorkable when you first wake up, bro." He kisses your nose. This is so unlike him it's ironic.
"SEEEE! I TOLD YOU!" Jade and Rose walk in. Jade's black hair flying everywhere as she spins around clapping while Rose looks pretty happy.
"Yes, you did. I could have told you, but that would have ruined the surprise, wouldn't it. It took you both so long to open your mouths. But now that you did, congratulations. How shall we celebrate?" Rose says, rolling her eyes but then smiling. Typical.
"How about we go to Starbucks or something?" you smile. Jade runs out the door, the hinges squeaking.
"I'll take that as a yes.." you laugh, heading out the door with Dave, holding hands, and Rose trailing behind. You all pile into your Sedan and get on the road.
The whole time your four are travelling all you can hear is Rose talking to an unaware Jade who's looking off into the distance and talking to herself. Dave grabs your free hand while you're driving. You sigh for the thousandth time today.
"What's up, bro?" Dave asks.
"Nothing bad." you reply. "Just thinking about how I've dreamt of this for a long time and it's just happening now." You pull up at a red light and look over to Dave, smiling. He looks as though he's deep in thought.
"Penny for your thoughts?" you ask.
"Just thinking about how I dream of the same stuff as you, Egderp. Well.. that and me dropping sick beats with Bro and Lil Cal." He smirks. You're surprised by this. Dave dreamt about you? Wow. We both liked each other.. It seems that Rose was right-
"Of course I was. What else do you expect from me, John?" Rose smiles. How did she? You don't know. You decide to just go with it.
"WE'RE HERE!" A sudden burst from Jade jolts all of you. You guys just laugh. These Jade outbursts have been coming more, and more often, you notice. You shrug it off.
Everyone gets out of the car. Dave comes over and opens the door for you. You smile and step out. He lays an arm over your shoulder and walks with you into Starbucks. Before you get to the door Dave stops you.
"Hmm?" you sound. He leans down and quickly kisses you.
"I'm happy we got that coming out shit over with, bro. Now let's go celebrate." You see him wink through his shades. Dave's been acting so unlike himself… maybe it's only you noticing? You don't know. But now you've been smiling so much today you wonder if you'll ever be able to stop. You two walk in, again hand in hand, and order. You take a white hot chocolate, Dave gets an apple juice, Rose gets a smoothie, and Jade gets this huge, complex order that sounds like a language only her and the cashier knows. All as usual. After sitting down with your name-tagged drinks you look around. The smell of coffee, busy moms, and business men is in the air. Ah, Starbucks.
"So? What's it like being totally in love? I bet it's fantastic. Y'know love is one of the best feelings ever like I wish I loved someone- OH YEAH I DO- you guys, of course! I'm being so silly lately. Maybe that's from the, like, 17 coffees I had this morning. I've gotta pee." Jade skips to the bathroom. All of you laugh, well, Dave just lifts a corner of his mouth into a tiny half grin with a chuckle. Good enough.
"So that explains her behaviour." Rose sighs, shaking her head.
"Yeah, I noticed her outbursts being more- random- and frequent." you smile.
"Yeah." Dave responds, looking out the window, still half smiling. Jade comes running back.
"Ok. I'm good now." she smiles widely, plopping herself in the booth.
"You're sure?" Rose laughs.
"Yep! Anyways Dave and John! What's your ship name? I'll think of one.. JohnDave? Perfect." You roll your eyes.
"Very original, Jade." you say.
"I know." she laughs. You missed this. You guys hadn't hung out in a while. You've all been pretty busy. You don't know why or what with. Whatever. At least you're here now.
"After this do you guys want to go see a movie? I heard a new supernatural movie came out." Rose questions. All of you agree and finish your drinks. Jade and Rose leave the door but you and Dave take a little while.
"Hey, John?" Dave turns around to look at you.
"Yeah, Dave?" You raise an eyebrow. One of the things Dave can't do. Dave tries to raise a single eyebrow for a second then gives up with a frustrated look upon his face. he sighs.
"I- I wanted you to know that… I, uh, like you, bro." he grins a little "You're just too adorkable for me not to." You're face is beaming.
"Dave. I've liked you for the longest time. I'm really happy we're together now." you raise your empty drink container you were about to throw out. "Cheers to us?" you ask. He chuckles and taps the rim of his empty juice to your drink container.
"Cheers."
A/C So? Did you like it? c: I sure hope you did xD I spent a while on it. SO yeah! R&R and expect me to upload in the next few days. And thank you to everyone who's read, favorited, reviewed, and followed! I couldn't believe it c: 369 reads O: I love you guys! Have a FANTABULOUS DAY ~Morgii
