well christmas season starts soon so I think i'll start making this story go into winter, what do you guys think? this next chapter will not have much new. it is just the same thing as last chapter but from Dexter's perspective. hope you all enjoy!

After what happened yesterday Dexter was looking forward to talking to Amber again. after his lesson from spyke, (which was 2 hours!) he decided to go to bed early. but he didn't sleep well. he had a pleasant dream about him and Amber on a turf war team winning every match. it was a great dream but it turned to a nightmare in a second. in one of the matches in his dream octolings blew through the wall of the kelp dome and took Amber away, when he finally got to her she had ink dripping from her mouth and she was motionless. he started screaming her name and panicking then he woke up, sweating and gasping for air. he collected himself and tried to go back to sleep, when that didn't work he got up and walked around his apartment. when he rounded the apartment for the 50th time he decided to go outside and take a walk. besides it was only 4:52 who would notice? so he put on some sweatpants and a black anchor tee, slid on his zombie hi horses and left. when he got outside he decided to go sit on a big patch of grass next to the building,then he just leaned back and observed the sky. the stars were shiny dimly over the still black night sky. he also noted the moon since it was half full. it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen, "almost as beautiful as Amber…."

then he started to mentally argue with himself.

"Does she think of me as anything more then her friend?"

"of course not why would she?"

"There is nothing wrong with asking, she hasn't shown any signs of hating me yet."

"she hasn't really shown signs she likes you either."

"why am I arguing with myself? this is dumb."

then he started to doubt himself.

"what if i'm too dumb, what if she's using me? I remember what happened last time I loved someone, they used me until they didn't want me, then they threw me away like trash."

by this point Dexter was starting to shut down. "that won't happen again, it can't."

Dexter stopped staring at the stars and stopped shutting down. then he whispered "of all people….. why her?" Dexter knew what would eventually happen and yet he let himself get attached to Amber. he went back upstairs and went to bed. then he fell asleep.

Dexter arose the next morning uneasy. he needed to know if Amber felt the same way about him as he did her. so he looked at the time, it was 9:00 so he decided to start by texting her, "Hey Amber how are you feeling? I just wanted to clarify some details about our "meeting" at noon. 2 questions, 1-are you sure you can make it? and 2-we never clarified what diner we would meet at." he hit send and immediately had second thoughts. "what if she thinks i'm desperate!?" then he received an answer, " 1- I can manage. 2- let's meet at 8-bit fish diner." he was ecstatic. he immediately said "great i'll see you there!" he started to prepare by first taking a shower, he heard his phone go off while in the shower but didn't reach it before it went to voicemail. it started ringing right away again so this time he got to it in time. "hello?"

"Dexter are you ok?"

"what? y-yea I'm fine why?"

"i'll explain at lunch, stay safe. bye" he took this opportunity and asked, "Wait! amber, is this a date?" she took a while to answer back so he was actually scared to open up the message when he got it, but when he did, "maybe….do you want it to be?" so he slowly wrote, "I would prefer it that way." and crossed his fingers when he hit send. and when he got his answer he was happier than he had ever been in his life. (which was not much.) the text said, "then yes, this will be a date,see you then Dex." he sent his goodbyes and went on getting ready. his huge smile never left his pale white face. (wearing a gasmask blocks sun from his face most of the time and you could tell!) the time was now 9:35 and he had plenty of time to get ready so he took his time. when it came to clothes Dexter is just like a 3-year old in a candy shop. he wants everything but doesn't know exactly what to pick. in the end he decided to wear black jeans (totally classy.) and his school shoes, but for his top, he wore a white shirt (the games one. not just a plain white shirt.)

you may think it was unclassy but it was the fanciest he could afford. not only was he kinda ok at turf wars, but Spyke refused to give him any money, he said that he should learn to support himself. he's gonna hate the day Spyke leaves him but he knows it will happen soon.

getting that thought out of his mind, he went to go to the diner, it was 11:15 after all. "should have some time to talk to Spyke first, he has good advice." he mumbled as he left the beige apartment.

once he got outside again he was immediately happy. it was his favorite season, fall, the temperature outside isn't too hot or too cold so he was fine in just his shirt. while he was walking he noticed the trees, just starting to turn all different fall colours. he also noticed that when the wind blew some of the leaves would fly off and gently land on the black pavement, or the pale white cement sidewalk. when he turned into Spyke's alleyway he felt warm and at home. unlike most inklings who didn't like Spyke or simply were creeped out by his Tall stature.

when Spyke saw Dexter walking towards him he grew a big smile on his face. Dexter ran up and greeted him with a traditional bow. (Spyke had taught him culture.) Spyke gave him a gift and when Dexter saw it he jumped with joy, it was a super sea snail! After thanking Spyke for the wonderful gift he gave him the news, "I'm here because i need some advice. i'm going on a date soon and I need some guidance." (Spyke didn't teach him to be humble, in fact Spyke hated it when he was humble. it's just something Dexter naturally did.) Spyke was surprised and said, "well first tell about this girl."

"oh, she's cute and great at turf wars, and sh-" Dexter was cut off "I mean, what is her personality?" so Dexter answered "she hates people helping her, she has a hot temper, and she is competitive." Spyke thought for a moment and said, "be yourself." Dexter thought it was a joke, but it was not. Spyke was very serious about this. so he just said, "thank you for the advice, I have to go now." so he bowed once again before exiting the alleyway. when he ducked out of the alleyway he looked at his phone and saw that it was 11:25 A.M. so Dexter started picking up the pace to get to the diner on time.

when he got there it was 11:29 he was relieved that amber wasn't there yet.

so he went and sat in a green booth in the corner of the restaurant and started mentally preparing for his first date.

I'm just gonna start by reminding you this is my first story ever so don't get too upset if the next chapter is bad. I have managed to get help from a really good writer himself so it shouldn't be that bad. things are gonna heat up in the next chapter so be ready. (or maybe they won't who knows.) thank you everyone who has read up to this point. I know it's hard to keep interest but hey, you'll find a way. SEE YA GUYS IN THE NEXT CHAPTA!