Note: Oh my gosh you amazing readers! Almost 400 views already for my first time fanfiction with an OC and everything! I was afraid you guys were gettin bored with Ella, so I decided to switch it up a little! Here ya go, a bit of a view back home. Decided to do it in second person based off an amazing fic by Darkfairiesdance, called The First Time You Saw Him. Check it out. Anyways, the Waste of Space (aka Andrew Hussie) created Homestuck and all the characters but Ella and Cuz, those are mine. This is also strongly based on a recent rp. Read and review, I'm still giving you guys a chance on that deal I made last chapter!

Author== quit the boring stuff and switch the POV over to Cuz.

You are now Cuz. And man, did that kid grow up fast. One minute you're carrying her sleeping self up the stairs to her room and tucking her in; the next she's demanding to know about your ties with Dirk! Whoops, you mean Bro. Eh, fuck it, they're your thoughts anyway.

Anway. Back to Dirk. You haven't talked to any of your childhood friends for...well, a long time. But Dirk...Dirk was special. He was so cool while still being classy and smart. Goddamn he was smart- you always felt ignorant next to him. You really did try to be optimistic and happy for him when he started dating Jake...but even after they broke up you two were just further apart. And eventually, your daily talks dwindled to monthly, and then yearly, until finally they just stopped. You haven't heard from him since all five of you found the kids you would raise. Eighteen years you haven't talked to this dude, and yet you still had a crush bigger than the orange soda factory.

You picked up your phone again and steeled yourself.

-sweetBro [SB] has begun pestering timaeusTestified [TT]-

SB: wow, long time no see dude.

TT: Oh my god! Will? How long has it been, my bro?

You chuckle under your breath; he hasn't changed a bit.

SB: it is i, the best bro of your childhood. how's life man?

i mean, we've all got our own kids now! and they all met under some twisted circumstance over pesterchum like we did.

TT: They ain't exactly kids anymore bro. But it does seem like an out-fucking-rageous coincidence that they all met over Pesterchum like us.

SB: speaking of us, how're the others? we kind of lost touch after i moved to colorado with the kid.

TT: They're all fine. Roxy's drunk all the time, no surprise there, Jake moved to Egypt for an international range of experience of "adventure," and Janey is the head of Crockercorp.

SB: wow, that is totally expected for all of them. but what about you? how's my best bro?

TT: You know me. Lettin' loose my ill beats at clubs after midnight, covered in bitches on the off-nights, bein' incredibly cool, same old same old.

SB: that lonely, huh?

TT: It's just not the same without the lil' man around, y'know? And soon he'll be going off to college...

SB: yeah, i was just thinking about that. i call her kiddo and ruffle her hair and make fun of her, but she's really not a little kid anymore.

TT: I totally know where you're comin' from dude. Dave ain't thirteen anymore, he's got his own life and his own goals and I'm startin' to feel kinda useless.

SB: dirk strider? useless? no way man that will never happen.

TT: Haha, just like old times!

SB: yeah...old times.

TT: 'S the matter?

SB: ...i was remembering how we drifted apart after you started dating english.

TT: I was thinking about that, too.

TT: I'm sorry bro. I really, really am.

Well. Maybe he did change after all...

SB: i'm sorry too. i got so caught up in you and jake that i sorta just gave up on you.

TT: ...Why would you get caught up on Jake and I?

Fuck.

SB: you guys were spending so much time together, i was being an idiot and was convinced you didn't have time for your best friend anymore.

SB: of course now i know i was being a blockhead.

TT: Will?

SB: yeah dirk?

T: Did you really think of us as best friends?

Double fuck. This is what you were talking about when you said Dirk was smart.

SB: ...yes. i was definitely just your best friend.

Shit, why don't you just hand him all your bitter, still romantic feelings on a silver platter? He can take down your goofy defenses like nobody else, and you hate it and love it at the same time.

TT: ...

SB: ...sooo...

TT: So.

Neither of you type anything for awhile. You because you're in the middle of a head-desk, Dirk because he's probably waiting for you to respond. Which is definitely a thing you are going to do. Finally you lift your head off your desk and you're hit with the best idea. Ever.

SB: hey dirk? maybe us grown ups should have a meet-up too.

TT: That is the best idea you've had all day. Where?

SB: ...i know roxy's place is pretty big... but i dunno how good of an idea that is.

TT: I think she can probably control herself.

TT: No matter how drunk she is, she's always been able to tell what's important.

SB: fair enough. now we just have to get rox to agree.

TT: She and I are practically siblings, she'll go for it. Plus she'd never pass up the chance for a party.

SB: also true. i guess i'll take care of janey and english.

TT: Naw, I'll get the Brit. You'll have your hands full with Crocker anyway.

SB: ok, i can handle that.

TT: Cool. I guess we can finally see each other again, huh?

SB: eeyup.

TT: Sugoi.

SB: dude who even says that.

TT: Oh dude you have no idea. This is only the beginning.

SB: oh joy.

TT: So much joy, just you wait. I guess we have some childhood friends to convince, huh?

SB: i guess we do.

TT: Sweet. See you later Will.

SB: yeah. lets do this.

TT: We're making this happen.

-timaeusTestified [TT] has ceased pestering sweetBro [SB]-

You laugh and sit back. Your name is Will Stein and you have a reunion to co-organize with your best bro. Whose heart is definitely going to be yours, damn it. If it is the last thing you do.

What could go wrong?

(note: I hath completed chapter nine! Little change of scenery there, hope you liked that. Reviews, people! They are the currency that gets you a sequel. Though I guess that's a pretty weak bribe... Fuck it, just review alright? ~kandyblood smiles hopefully and goes to get her summer homework done~)