Karkat and Terezi got into the car John had let them borrow until they bought one for themselves. "Do you know what we're having for dinner?" Terezi asked.

"I think steak." Karkat jerked the shift into reverse and began backing up the car.

"How far is his house?"

"It's a few houses down from John's."

"Oh, okay."

"Terezi, you need to put your seatbelt on."

"Oh." Terezi turned to her right and pulled the seatbelt down and across her.

"We still need to get the cake and hire catering," she said.

"Terezi, the wedding's two months away. Don't get yourself stressed out so quickly."

"But you're looking for houses—"

"Hey, I've found some pretty fucking awesome ones already I want to check out," Karkat replied with a small smile.

He pulled up to Cole's house and parked the car on the street. "That was fast," Terezi said.

"C'mon." Karkat motioned for Terezi to get out of the car. She did so and walked up to the front door with Karkat.

Karkat knocked on the door instead of ringing the doorbell. "I'll get it!" someone called from inside.

One of Cole's brothers opened the door. He looked at Karkat and Terezi with a curious expression and turned around. "Hey Cole, it's that guy and his girlfriend!"

"Okay!" Cole came running down the hallway upstairs and slid down the banister just as his mom walked in.

"Cole Zachary Freeman! What did I tell you about sliding down the banister?!"

"Sorry Mom," Cole said, rolling his eyes. He went over to Karkat and Terezi. "Come on in."

Karkat took Terezi's hand. "Watch your step."

"I'm blind, dumbass."

"I would watch your language here if I were you," Cole said. "Cody's the only one besides me who doesn't care."

Terezi caught a whiff of what was cooking. "It smells delicious!" she exclaimed.

"It should be done by now," Cole said. He stuck his head inside the kitchen. "Are you done setting the table, Char?"

"Yeah, everything's ready. Dad just needs to finish the steaks. Why don't you go ask him when they'll be done?"

"Can't you do that?"

"Fine."

One of Cole's brothers ran into the kitchen. "What's for dinner?"

"Steak." Cole looked at Karkat and Terezi. "Oh, Conner, you remember Karkat, don't you?"

"Yeah." Conner looked a bit closer and his face lit up. "Oh, yeah! I love you, man! Like, in a bro way."

Terezi started laughing. "What's so funny?" Karkat asked.

Terezi giggled. "'In a bro way'."

Conner shrugged. "What?"

Terezi smiled. "Oh, nothing."

"Cole!"

A younger girl who was obviously one of Cole's sisters ran up to him. "Charlotte won't let me finish my show!" she whined.

"But Caroline, we have to eat dinner," Charlotte said.

Cole looked down at Caroline. "Well, we do have to eat dinner," he began, "but, we have cake for dessert."

"Yay! Cake!" Caroline skipped over to a chair at the table and sat down in it.

Mrs. Freeman came downstairs with Cole's other brother, who obviously was not happy about something. "Your father's still not done with the steaks?" she asked Charlotte.

"He said he was almost done when I asked him last," she replied.

Almost immediately after she said that, Mr. Freeman came inside through the back door with a bunch of steaks on two plates. "The steaks are ready, now let's eat!" he exclaimed.

Karkat found a seat in between Cole and Terezi. Terezi leaned over to Karkat. "What's there to eat?" she whispered. "I know steak, but I can't really recognize anything else."

"Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, and corn." Karkat took the fork off of the steak plate and picked a steak up. "Want a steak?"

"Of course, dumb—" Terezi stopped herself, remembering what Cole had said about cursing. A large grin came across her face. "Of course, darling."

Karkat rolled his eyes and put the steak on Terezi's plate. "Should I cut it up for you?" he asked sarcastically.

"I can do that!" Terezi took her fork and knife and cut the steak with no difficulty whatsoever.

"So, how long have you two been together?" Mrs. Freeman asked Karkat. "You and your fiancée, I mean."

"Oh, Terezi?" Karkat took a sip of his root beer. "Oh, I've known Terezi since we were…thirteen-ish. About…six years. But we didn't start dating until a couple of years ago."

"Ah, so a while?" Mrs. Freeman paused. "So what do your parents do?"

"Our…parents?" Terezi and Karkat stopped. "Um…"

"Mom!" Cole whispered, mimicking zipping his lips.

"What?" It took Mrs. Freeman a few seconds to get the message. "Oh, okay."

"So, how much have you two gotten planned for the wedding?" Mr. Freeman asked to change the subject.

"We've gotten most everything planned," Terezi said, "but we still need to do a few more things."

"Like picking out a flower girl dress," Karkat told everyone, but directing it toward Caroline.

"Yay!" she exclaimed. "I can't wait to throw the things!"

Everyone laughed. "They're flowers, Caroline," Conner said.

"Yeah." Caroline smiled.

After eating and talking for a while, Cole stood up. "We have cake," he said.

"What kind is it?" Karkat asked.

"Red velvet."

"Red…velvet?" Terezi perked up. "I'd like a slice!"

"Haha, 'kay." Cole began cutting the cake.

He handed out small plates and placed a slice of cake on each one. Terezi inhaled deeply to smell the sweet scent of red, but was disappointed to find it wasn't her idea of red.

"This isn't red!" she exclaimed without thinking first. "This is more of a maroonish velvet cake!"

"Wait…" Cole stopped. "How can you tell?! You're blind!"

"Terezi!" Karkat whined.

"Terezi, have you been lying about being blind all this time?"

"No!" Terezi sighed. "It's…it's a long and complicated story. It'd be best to explain it later."

"Yeah," Karkat agreed.

"Wow." Mr. Freeman was staring and Karkat and Terezi, as were Mrs. Freeman and Cole. "I can't believe it."

Mrs. Freeman nodded.

"It's a dream come true!" Cole turned to Karkat. "I swear, you just keep getting more and more awesome!"

"Can…can I show you my eyes?" Terezi asked. She had already told them.

"I'm scared," Mrs. Freeman whispered.

"Go ahead," Cole said, extremely interested.

Terezi sighed and took off her sunglasses. She opened her eyes and Mrs. Freeman gasped.

"Oh my," she sighed.

"Now that is freaking awesome!" Cole exclaimed.

"And that proves I am blind." Terezi put her sunglasses back on. "So yeah. We're not from here, and I'm blind and can smell colors."

"So I'm guessing it's easy to work and such, since you can just smell the colors of your surroundings and paint a picture in your mind," Mrs. Freeman said.

"Exactly." Terezi looked at the clock. "It's getting kind of late… Oh, um, Mrs. Freeman, we need to figure out a date when we can go shopping for Caroline's flower girl dress."

"Oh, yes." Mrs. Freeman looked back into the kitchen. "I'll have to check my planner to see when we can do that. I'll be right back."

"Okay." Mrs. Freeman went into the kitchen.

"Caroline has been very excited about being the flower girl in your wedding," Mr. Freeman told Karkat and Terezi to keep the moment from getting awkward. "You heard her tonight at dinner, she keeps saying she can't wait to throw the 'things,' as she calls the flower petals."

"That's hilarious," Karkat said.

Mrs. Freeman came back into the den. "I can do this Saturday, sometime in the afternoon."

"I'm free then," Terezi replied. "Would one o'clock be fine?"

"Perfect." Mrs. Freeman wrote something down in her planner. "Do you want me to pick you up from your apartment?"

"That would be great. It's apartment 1C."

"Okay, great. I'll be there at 12:50 this Saturday."

"12:50."

Karkat looked at the clock. "Oh gog, it's already 8:15?" he exclaimed. "I think it's time for us to get going."

"Alrighty then."

"Thank you so much for dinner," Terezi said. "It was very good."

"You are so very welcome," Mrs. Freeman replied.

"Oh, one more thing." Karkat scratched his neck. "Please don't tell anyone about…us. I don't want anyone to freak, and we could possibly get fired from our jobs, and…yeah."

"We promise to keep it secret," Mr. Freeman said.

"Of course, dude." Cole smiled. "See ya at work tomorrow."

"See ya."

I based the Freemans off of these people that go to our church :) They have like 5 kids or something, and their oldest daughter who's 20 now, got married June 23 (which is actually Karkat and Terezi's wedding date too!) She's actually already expecting her first child in March... Anyway, a lot of the things Caroline says is based off of the family's youngest daughter who is 5. And she was a really cute flower girl in the wedding :)

I don't know when the next chapter will be up. I'm aiming for this next week, but I'm not sure. School and shit.