Terezi followed Karkat back to his dorm for two reasons, one: she still wanted to bug him and he needed to go and get his wallet for lunch, and two: she was curious about his roommate, Sollux.

Terezi poked Karkat in the cheek playfully as he unlocked the door to his room. The two were blasted by an onslaught of heavy rock music and the almost inaudible sound of someone typing lines of computer code. Karkat covered his ears and grimaced, "Do you have to play that bullshit so goddamn loud!?"

Sollux went to his iTunes account and paused the music. He spoke in a lisp "Calm your tits KK, it's only Breaking Benjamin. There's a lot more stuff that I could be playing instead. Who's the chick?"

Terezi grinned and giggled "I'm Terezi Pyrope. You like Breaking Benjamin too?"

"Fuck yeah, they have some pretty good songs." Sollux replied with a smug grin.

Karkat made a face at Sollux and Terezi elbowed him, "You two should really play nicer."

"You should really shut the fuck up."

"KK, you need to treat your girlfriend better."

Karkat's cheeks began to burn "She is not my girlfriend!"

"Then why is she in our room?" Sollux seemed to be enjoying himself.

"I wanted to meet you," Terezi said simply, "Karkat complains about you a lot."

"Oh he does, does he?"

"Oh yes," Terezi smiled. "Now let me feel your face so I can see what you look like."

Sollux was a bit startled by this remark, "What?"

"I'm blind, dummy." She pointed at her eyes, "I have to feel you so I know what you look like."

"Uh... well, okay. I guess."

She found Sollux's face and he took the face-groping like a man. He was obviously uncomfortable, but Terezi didn't mind. After all, that was usually the general reaction.

"You sir, have a nice face." She grinned and his face began to grow a little warm under her hands. She removed her hands hand clasped them together behind her back.

"Uh. Thanks. I guess." Sollux turned back to the computer and adjusted the volume to a lower level. He began to play Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin, only at a much more reasonable level. "I should probably get back to work; this web page isn't going to write itself."

Karkat threw his hands up in the air. He grabbed his wallet from the night stand, "Let's just fucking go."

He grabbed Terezi's hand and hauled her out the door. She giggled as they marched off to the café a short walk off campus.

Terezi felt a little paranoid about leaving the partial safety of the campus, but she decided to make Karkat her look out. They sat down and talked over Panini's and pasta. All was well... for now.

Days went by and nothing new occurred. Terezi could feel her paranoia growing a little out of control. She made sure that her schedule was somewhat erratic, taking different routes to class and visiting Dr. Rose semi-regularly. She knew that all of it was just a waiting game, but she didn't know how long Vriska would wait. She knew Vriska was impatient, but she didn't think that Vriska could be this patient. It was a waiting game that Terezi knew she was losing.

She was always with Karkat or Kanaya, and sometimes even Sollux, since they actually both had a few classes in common. Mostly, she stayed with Karkat because he was the person she began to feel closest to. She wasn't really sure what their relationship status would be. She wasn't really even sure if he had the same feelings for her, that she did for him. They had kissed, sure, but in the end, it was just a kiss. But then again, as the Killers once said, "It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss." Perhaps it could be the beginning of something more. After all, Karkat had recently taken up walking her to all, if not most of her classes and helping her study more.

Time flew by and about a month into the school year, she pulled up her Pesterchum, like she did everyday and found one user on. The only one that she had been watching for about a full month.

arachnidsGrip began pestering gallowsCallibrator at [14:31]

AG: Terezi you've made a 8iiiiiiiig mist8ke.

AG: You got too close to your precious "Karkles".

AG: You now have a 8ig decision to m8ke.

AG: You or him.

GC: WHY 4R3 YOU SUCH 4 FUCK1NG S1CK FUCK

GC: YOUR3 JUST J34LOUS TH4T 1M M4N1PUL4T1V3 W1THOUT B31NG D3C3PT1V3

GC: YOUR3 4 SH1TTY M4N1PUL4T1V3 B1TCH

AG: Are you saying that I'm shitty AND a manipul8tive 8itch?

AG: 8ecause I'm not shitty at 8eing a manupul8tive 8itch.

GC: HOW D1D YOU FUCK1NG SURV1V3 TH3 F1R3 4NYW4Y

GC: YOU SHOULD B3 D34D

AG: Modern health miracles. :::;)

AG: Also, I know someone who goes to your college.

AG: He's majoring in ro8otics.

AG: He fixed me riiiiiiiight up.

AG: You h8ve a decision to make now.

AG: I'll 8e expecting it as soon as possi8le.

arachinidsGrip ceased pestering gallowsCallibrator at [14:43]

Terezi 's heart raced. She slammed her laptop shut and quickly pushed it away from herself. Vriska knew where she was. Vriska knew who she could hurt. Vriska was going to make her pay.