Alright, Chapter 4.

Chapter 4

Karkat's POV

Karkat was trying - he really was! - not to slap Kankri as he talked, and talked, and talked. He wasn't the only one, though. Pasora looked about ready to strangle the loud-mouthed boy. But John was just standing by, grinning at Karkat's discomfort.

"...and calling them by that name will only serve to annoy them, so you should never do that-" (Karkat really had no idea what Kankri was talking about anymore.) "-and, as you know, I have experience in this matter, so if you need any help with this kind of thing-"

Kankri stopped abruptly as Pasora put a hand against his mouth. "I think you're done talking for the day." She lifted her hand.

"But!-"

"No buts! I said no more talking for the day. So shut the hell up."

"You know, this is offensive to me, so I would appreciate it if-" Pasora punched him in the arm. "Ow!" He cradled his arm as if it were broken. "Was that completely necessary?!" He started muttering to himself about how much it hurt.

Pasora rolled her eyes. "Maybe not, but it shut you up, didn't it?"

Vriska walked up to John but stopped when she saw Kankri. "What happened to you?"

He pointed to Pasora. Karkat said, "PZ punched him."

Vriska grinned. "Niiiiiiiice. I think everyone has wanted to do that at some point." She turned to John. "Aaaanywaaaay, John?"

He lifted an eyebrow. "Yeah, Vriska?"

"Will you go to the dance with me?"

His eyes widened. "Uh... Yeah!" He grinned. "Sure!"

She hugged him and turned to everyone else. Her smile dropped to a confused expression. "What?"

Pasora was smirking and shaking her head. "I am now the only person in this group that doesn't have a date."

Karkat's eyes widened, and he blushed slightly. "I-I don't..."

She faced him. "Of course you do, KK."

"Hey," Sollux reprimanded. "Only I have permithion to call him KK. You're invading my turf."

She grinned at him. "Whatever, Sol." She emphasized that last word, and he scowled at her. "What? It's so much easier to shorten your names. I can see why Eridan does it. And, plus, I think Sol sounds cute."

Sollux rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Thure. Cute."

Kanaya tilted her head. "How do you know we all have dates?"

"Because there are certain people in the school that have either asked you or been asked by you. Like, Karkat asked Terezi, and she said yes, because though she'd asked Dave, he had already been asked by Jade. Then Sollux got asked by Aradia, and he said yes. But then Feferi asked him, and of course he said no, so... Actually, I don't know who she's going with. Probably on her own. Which, now that I think about it, has a certain appeal."

They all looked at her with blank expressions. "That...was actually quite talented," said Vriska.

Pasora shrugged. "Not really. Just common sense when you know everyone."

The bell rang for the next period. "Well, thee you guyth after thchool," Sollux said.

"Wait, I have the same class as you this period." Pasora ran to catch up with him as he walked off.

As they dispersed, Karkat walked to his class, feeling a little unnerved by how uncannily right Pasora had been. In fact, that was exactly what had happened. How did she already know them so well? Was she just really good at reading people?

Somehow he didn't think that was it.

Pasora's POV

Pasora opened the door to her apartment. "Bro! I'm home!"

"How was school?"

"Good. Boring as always, but good."

She threw her bag on the couch and walked into her room. She picked up the knife she always had on her bedside table. Sitting down at her computer, she twirled the blade between her fingers while turning on Pesterchum.

goldenDelicious (GD) began pestering twinArmageddons (TA) at ? : ?

GD: 3= H3y.

TA: what's up

GD: 3= Not much. You?

TD: n0t much myself. as usual. d0 they still n0t kn0w?

GD: 3= Y3s. I'v3 b33n v3ry car3ful, as you know.

TA: well that's g00d

GD: :)

GD: 3= Oh, som3one 3ls3 is p3st3ring m3. S33 you!

TA: bye

goldenDelicious (GD) ceased pestering twinArmageddons (TA) at ?:?

goldenDelicious (GD) began pestering twinArmageddons (TA) at 04:27

GD: 3= H3y! How ar3 you?

TA: pretty good. you?

GD: 3= Good. Sooooo, whatcha doin'?

TA: not much. ju2t 2ory of 2iittiing around my room doiing nothiing

GD: 3= :( That's boring!

TA: yeah ii gue22. oh, my mom'2 calliing me. 2ee you

GD: 3= By3! :)

goldenDelicious (GD) ceased pestering twinArmageddons (TA) at 04:32

She smiled inwardly and set the knife back on the table. I should do my homework.

She got up and walked out the door and down the hall. "Bro, I'm gonna get started on my homework!"

"Go ahead." He walked out of his room. "I'm going to have some ice cream."

"Oh, no you're not!" Pasora got up and blocked his way into the kitchen. "I'm saving that ice cream."

"Awwwww, please?"

"No."

"Fine." He walked over to her table. "Whatcha workin on?"

She sat down and began writing the paragraph she had to have finished by the next day. "History homework."

"Cool." He got up to go back to his bedroom.

"You can't just sleep and sit around all day!" Pasora called after him.

"Well, I'm not allowed out if the apartment, am I?" he replied.

She rolled her eyes and got back to writing. He had a point.

Terezi's POV

"Karkles! Come on!" Terezi ran ahead as Karkat huffed to keep up with her. She grinned and wondered why he was so slow.

"You're so out of shape, Karkles," she called to him.

"Fuck off, Terezi," he shouted back, and she giggled.

As they got closer to the school, Terezi could hear the music. "They've already started! Pick up the pace! Come on!" She ducked in through the door and slowed down to a stop. Karkat caught up to her and stood next to her, bent over, panting.

"You," he panted in between breaths, "are, WAY, too fast for a blind girl."

"Come on Karkles, it's not that bad."

"Oh yes it is."

She cackled and walked off down the hall with him trailing after her, still panting.

She paid the money and showed her ID at the entrance to the dance then walked down the stairs into the gym with Karkat, who did the same.

The gym was a huge room in the school that you could play two football games in, and the players wouldn't even touch each other. At the moment, it was filled with yelling, dancing teenagers, an extremely long snack food table, and tables and chairs set up around the dance area. Terezi noticed with approval that the school had actually gotten an official DJ this year, and the kids wouldn't have to listen to Dave Strider's mixes. Terezi admitted that they were pretty good, but a lot of kids didn't think so.

"TZ, over here!" Speak of the devil. There was said coolkid sitting with Sollux and Dirk, the other two coolkids. Terezi weaved in amongst the other teens to reach their table, with Karkat trailing after her, apologizing for running into people.

"How are you? Holding up?" she asked as she walked up to the table.

Dave nodded with his trademark smirk. "Yeah. Still irritated they won't let me play me tunes." He frowned.

"Aw. Poor Strider." She grinned.

She smelled him scowl at her, then he responded to Dirk, who asked him something. Terezi sat down, smelling the air. It was going to be a long night.

And there we are! The dance is pretty much some filler, because I'm not actually going to really go anywhere with it. Oh well. It had so much potential.

Haha. Anyway, Chapter 4. Yeah.