Vriska POV
John asked you to go to his house. What did you do? You said yes. It's not like anybody will miss your presence at your house, but you are still going to a boy's house. Sure it's John, he probably just wants to get to know you or something. Seriously? What is up with him and trying to figure out your whole life's story? You don't even like thinking about it, why would you like talking about it?
"Vriska?"
You snap out of your thoughts at the sound of your name. "Hmm?"
John laughs. "I said, are you sure it's okay you come over? I mean, you didn't call your parents or anything."
You shrug. "Its fine, but you do know I have many things I could be doing. I probably shouldn't stay long."
"What do you have to do?"
"Stuff."
"Stuff?" He laughs.
"Yes, you don't have to know what I do every second of my day." You point out.
"Actually, I have no clue what you do with your spare time. We don't have any classes together, so I don't even know what you do during the school day. So, stop making me sound like a creepy stalker or something!"
"Then stop acting like one!"
"W-what?" He stumbles. "How am I acting like a stalker?" He asks flustered.
"Come on," you cross your arms crossed your chest "It's like you have to know everything about me."
"Well, that's because I like knowing this about my friends. You know, to get to know them?" He states as if it's obvious.
All you can think about is the fact he referred to you as his friend. Have you seriously made friends in a place you don't belong? Have you adapted to this new life after only two weeks? No. You can never belong anywhere again. If you are lucky you will find people who accept you, but you will never fit in. You don't deserve to. You don't deserve a friend like John; someone who forgives you.
You take a deep breath to clear away all the unwanted thoughts. "What if I don't like people knowing about my personal life?"
"Not even your friends?"
"Not even my friends."
"Why?" He pushes.
"Because."
"Because why?" If he keeps pushing…
"Because I don't like talking about myself." You grit your teeth and hope he will back off.
"Why?"
"Because!"
"Because why?!"
That does it. You turn to him, hand raised and clenched into a fist, but before you can complete your swing you look at his face. His blue eyes are wide behind his dorky glasses, he's afraid of you. You see his cheek, after two weeks there is still a little discoloration. You close your eye. You never meant to hit him and you never want to hit him again. He's annoying, but he doesn't deserve to be hit.
You open your eye when he grasps your still raised fist. He uncurls your fingers and then entangles his fingers with yours. He lowers your hands so they are by your sides and smiles at you. "Come on, my house is just around the corner." He leads you towards his house in silence, never letting go of your hand.
You get to his house and he has to let go of your hand to unlock the door. It has been forever since you have held hands with anybody and you liked it. You wish you could grab his hand again, but instead you just step inside as he lets you in. He shows you to his bed room, you throw your bag to the side and plop down on his bed, making yourself comfortable.
"You sure make yourself at home," He laughs and sets his bag on his desk.
You lay back and prop yourself up on your elbows. "Yep!" You smile at him and he stares at you a moment before getting back to emptying out his books.
You look around his room. The walls of full of movie posters, most of you recognize. "You don't happen to like Nic Cage?"
John turns and smiles at you. "He's the best actor in human history. Do you like him?"
You suppress a huge smile. "He's okay. Do you have any of his movies?"
"You name it." He motions to a case full of dvd's and you jump off the bed to inspect them. He has like every known Nic Cage movie. You pull out a few you haven't seen before and read the summaries. "We could watch one if you want." He says as he comes up behind you.
"Umm, okay." You shrug, hiding your excitement.
He takes the movie and looks at it. "Oh, this is a good one."
With that, you both sit down on his bed and turn on the movie.
John POV
She kissed you. You sit there on your bed with your hand on your cheek. Right in the same spot she hit you, she kissed you. You didn't know what to say. You had never kissed or been kissed by a girl, so you let her get up and leave without an explanation.
This isn't what you had planned at all. You had planned just to hang out. Maybe you could get to know a little more about her. If you told her all about yourself, you were hoping she would open up a little too.
You guess Vriska did open up in some form. She kissed you after all. Does this mean she likes you? Should you ask her out? Would that make her open up? You have never had to deal with any of this before. You grab you laptop and log on to pesterchum. You relax a bit when you see Rose is on.
ghostyTrickster began pestering tentacleTherapist
GT: rose!
TT: Yes?
GT: i need your advice on something! Something very important!
TT: And that something would be?
GT: well, there's this girl I met at school and I had her over.
GT: we were watching City of Angels and then she kissed me on the cheek!
TT: I am confused as to why my assistance is need.
TT: Do you like this girl?
GT: i don't know!
TT: Why did you invite her over if you don't like her?
GT: well, I like her as a friend, but I don't know if I like her like that.
GT: you know?
TT: Yes, I understand that you are conflicted, but I don't know if I can be of any help. These things you need to figure out for yourself.
TT: I can't simply tell you whether your feelings towards this girl is more than the friend you consider her as, but I can tell you that if you are getting worked up over this, you care about her and the relationship you share.
TT: Thus, I would say it is your best bet to pursue your growing relationship with her.
TT: If you find yourself wanting to pursue a deeper relationship, then do so. Do not be afraid, she has made her feelings noted; now it's your turn.
GT: :(
GT: I am confused.
GT: so what you're saying is, if I care about her, I should date her?
TT: Not necessarily.
TT: When I say relationship, I mean you should become better friends with her.
TT: And if you find you like her in a romantic way, then make that clear.
GT: oh, okay.
GT: but how do I find out if I like her in a romantic way?
TT: Like I said John, I can only help you so much with that.
TT: You yourself have to decide if you care about her romantically.
TT: Those are feelings that I cannot explain to you. All I can say is that you just have to take a chance sometimes.
TT: There is never a positive way to figure out love. You just have to go with your gut feeling.
GT: so I should date her?
TT: John! That's up to you!
TT: I don't have the ability to know what you think about her!
GT: Rose, you're not helping me here.
TT: ….
TT: Did you like it when she kissed you?
GT: a little.
TT: Would you like it to happen again?
GT: it would be nice, I guess.
TT: Then go on a date with her!
GT: really? You think so?
GT: What if it ruins our friendship?
TT: I can't be sure whether asking her on a date would ruin your friendship, considering I have never met or even talked to the girl.
TT: But considering she kissed you, I would assume she would enjoy going on a date with you and it would not ruin your friendship.
GT: so, that's what I should do then?
TT: Like I said, it is your own decision to make, but I would ask her out if I were you.
GT: okay... sounds easy enough... I think...
GT: speaking of though, did you ever ask that girl out?
TT: You mean the girl who was trolling me?
GT: yes, her.
TT: Well...
GT: Well what?
TT: I did get to meet her in person.
GT: really?
GT: What happened?
TT: That is sort of a personal subject for me.
GT: oh
GT: I see
GT: can I ask if you guys are together or something?
TT: If you must know, yes we are a couple.
GT: :D
TT: She lives quite a ways away though, so our relationship is hard to maintain.
TT: It is work, but she is an excellent partner, and I could not ask for anyone better.
GT: That's so cute!
GT: How did you know you loved her?
TT: I just enjoyed having long conversations with her.
TT: She is very intelligent and we seemed to understand each other.
TT: It just came naturally, you could say.
GT: I see...
GT: so if Vriska and I are a good couple things should just come naturally?
TT: Assuming Vriska is the girl we were talkking about earlier, I would say somewhat yes. Things might be tough, but together you can overcome your troubles together.
TT: The thing that will come naturally, is your feelings for her.
TT: It seems you care about her and her wellbeing, so that part has already come naturally.
GT: i guess.
GT: relationships are just so hard for me to figure out.
TT: Just go with your instinct.
GT: okay, that sorta makes sense.
GT: thanks Rose!
GT: I think I know what to do now.
GT: I guess I will talk to you later!
TT: Bye then.
GT: bye! And thanks again!
TT: Any time.
GT: :)
ghostyTrickster ceased pestering tentacleTherapist
You put down your lap top and grab your homework. You start doing math problems, but you can't keep from thinking about Vriska. Tomorrow you will work up the courage to ask her out. You put your pencil down and bring your hand up to your cheek again and let a small smile form on your lips as you think about hers.