Luckily, AP exams are over. But of course, there are finals…
But hey, at least I have some time to actually write fanfictions. That's good!
Pro III: Outside
"Dad, what's out there?"
"Well, what do you mean, son?"
John can't help but nibble on his lip and move a little. "Well, what's outside? I never get out of home and…"
Dad puts down his newspaper and looks at John. "Why do you want to know, John?"
"Well, I heard one of the nice maids talking about… g-going to take a fresh air break or something and then I read a book about school and–"
"John," Dad said, John immediately goes quiet. "Where is this book about school? You should know by now that school is not for you and that you are…"
"Homeschooled…" John answers and frowns. He didn't like being homeschooled.
From what he read from those books about school, there were a lot of kids around his age and aren't servants. The servants are nice but they don't have all the time to play hide and go seek or know video games all that well.
"Now, son, I'm always proud of you and being homeschooled is a privilege for very special kids. I'm proud of you being one of those privileged students and being a very special son of mine. Even though you don't understand it now, being homeschooled is the best for a child, especially you."
John sighs and moves a little. He's still confused on how he's so special that he's homeschooled and how being homeschooled is so special…
"Okay…"
Dad smiles and pats John on the shoulder. "Now hurry up and do that homework that your teacher assigned you, I need to go and work."
"Again?"
"Don't worry, son. You have one of the maids to play with you if you get lonely."
John sighs again. He likes the maids but… he wants Dad to play with him than just give him a maid to play with him and an apology cake later on…
"Okay…"
"I'm so proud of you, son…"
John watches as Dad goes upstairs to his private office room where John can never enter there at all under strict rules… John always did wander what's going on in there but could never find out since servants would keep guard and he's a bit scared of what would happen if he did find out. Dad can be scary with those other grown-ups and adults…
John sighs again.
He runs through one of the hallways, getting greetings from the passing and busy servants. John didn't want to do his homework right now. He knew a tiny, itty-bitty secret about his own home. There's a secret room that has a really, really big window. This window shows what's out there from home, the outside…
John luckily goes to the secret room without any servant around.
John gasps. No matter how many times, outside is so pretty…
There were a lot of green trees and bushes to be exact. This is the whole front yard with flowers, fruits, and fascinating bugs around. But John could see past his yard, he could see… the city. IT's a group of tall buildings, gray at day and bright at night. John didn't know much about the city but the city still makes John curious and wonders what's out there.
Why couldn't John go outside?
Is it really that bad out there?
John sighs as he looks at the far away city where cars and schools and kids around his age and people who don't bake cake are there…
Really, John wishes more than have play time with his Dad or have a day with no cakes or pies to eat is to go outside and play outside things. Is it really that bad?
Sometimes…
John wishes he wasn't special at all…
All special is doing is… making John all alone…
"Happy birthday, son! I'm so proud of you!"
John smiles with his blue and green colored braces shining out in the open. Of course, there were lots of cakes, lots and lots and lots of cake. And all the servants, workers, and maids are invited and are participating in his birthday party. And of course, there are no kids except for the birthday boy…
But John tries to ignore it as he blew all his candles with one go. He of course wished to have a friend that's around his age. Well, at least younger than what is around in this room in average… Really, John isn't picky…
All the "Guests" sing happy birthday to him as he just smiles with his green and blue braces on him.
His presents were the usual.
There's the new TV to replace the "old" one though John never really does watch TV. There are the new video games that John has to spend most of his really alone time and will most likely not play again offer completing them. There are "new" clothes made by companies that are valuable and stuff and just fits him better. And there is other stuff that is usually Dad's taste…
"Again, happy birthday, son!" Dad cheers out and gives him another whole piece of cake in front of him. Of course, it wasn't a slice of cake. No, it's an entire three-layered cake with lots of headache-causing frosting.
"No Dad! No more cake!"
"Oh just have at least one more, son!"
"No Dad, I'm full! If I eat another bite, I'll explode!"
Luckily, that stopped Dad from giving him any cake. And John couldn't help but feel excited! He found a way out of home and go outside!
Dad is going to talk to a nice gentleman with weird glasses while the servants, workers and maids will go back to their jobs as John goes to the secret passageway he found. Who knew that there's a secret exit with his window easily being unlocked with some help and a tree that he can climb down!
"Alright everyone, the party is over. All of you can go back to your post and work. If you need anything, I'll be at my office. And John, go and enjoy your new gifts upstairs."
"Okay Dad!"
"That's wonderful, son. I'm so proud of you now. Now, you know what to do if you get lonely…"
"Ask a maid, I know, Dad."
Dad nods and immediately goes to the still secret room. All the servants took off their party hat and went back to work. Some of them even start cleaning up the whole party. No one is really paying attention to the running John as he "simply" goes to his room.
John gets a bobby pin that he collected from the ground from one of his drawers and with a little jiggle here and there, he unlocks the window. A gust of wind tickles John's face as he takes the nice fresh air in his lungs. Hopefully, he doesn't fall…
He goes limb by limb, weight by weight, as he successfully transfers himself on the big and sturdy branch. This is going good… just a little kick and leap should do…
And…now!
John grabs the branch tight and takes a deep breath out. Thank God he made it! He learned that falling off a tree will most likely cause a cast and a bad, scary visit to the hospital… Now he just has to crawl to where the trunk is and…
"Bro, how is it that we are eighteen –legal age, right? –and we are actually waiting outside while Bro is "doing business". Bullshit."
John gasps as he spots two strangers –older and handsome strangers! One has weird-looking eyes that remind John of tangerines and orange while the other has red eyes. The red eyes interest John more while he looks at the two strangers.
Why are they here? No servant or worker is telling them to leave and all of them are simply ignoring them… Could they be people Dad is meeting with?
The strangers began speaking weird gibberish that sounds rough and demanding and cool… Is it a secret language like what the Germans are using in those violent movies that one of those servants watches secretly? John really did like that one American soldier in one of those movies yet they keep showing the same big bad guy with the weird and little mustache of his…
Snap!
Uh oh…
"Hey, do you hear that, Timaeus?"
"You're supposed to say it in German, arschloch."
Snap!
"Hey, what the fuck is that kid doing up in that damn tree?"
Snap! Snaaaaaaap!
"Fuck! Dude's on a bad branch! Kid! Don't move!"
SNAP!
John could feel himself scream with the top of his lungs as the big and "sturdy" branch that he was on.
Then everything goes black…
Interesting enough, I read in the Main Character Bios that Dave and Dirk Strider are 27 years old while Jake is 26 and finally, John… he's 22 –the youngest of the main four characters.
And by doing a little bit of math, using information from MSPA Wiki, John Egbert was "born" on 4/13/1996 while Dave was 12/3/1995. Easily, Dave is older than John by 4 months.
And with the information in the Convictstuck Character Bio, Dave is supposedly 5 years older than John. But subtracting the previous information above, Dave is 4 years and 8 months older than John in this fanfiction (having his birthday already 4 months before).
So that's why John is 13 when he tries to go outside while Dave is actually 18, significantly older than the lonely pranking master. This information will be important further on in this fanfiction. Yeah, it seems to be really impractical but hopefully this is helpful in a way.
Thank you for reading and I hope all of you guys did well in your AP exams!
And now there's finals...