Summary: After season 3, all goes back pretty much to normal, as normal as it can be for Rick and Morty and their adventures. Although, the only difference is Morty goes to school more often now that his parents have more control over Rick. He misses the adventures, but gets to be more normal and relax a little. Not only that, but surprisingly, he starts making... Friends? Well... A friend. Rick notices the lesser adventures as well, but once they go two days without one, he notices it may be due to Morty's new found "friendship." Rated T for language and safety because IDK where this story will take me :)
Chapter 1: A Peaceful Era

Morty

Since the family's rundown with the government, Morty's enjoyed getting back into the flow of adventures with Rick and not as much running for his life. The only problem is he has to go to school more, due to his parents newfound power over Rick. Morty didn't like school to begin with, and the teachers see more through the illusion Rick's given them each day with how stupid Morty is. Not to mention... Morty's a loser. Rick's not happy either, with every attempt at pulling Morty out of school rejected, he gets more and more irritable.

The late bell rang as Morty was lost in a daydream, and he rushed to his 3rd period class. Of course. Math. It had been so long since he acutally had to sit through full days of school, he didnt realize how tiring and boring it was. He also didn't realize just how stupid he was. Once again his never ending train of thought was interrupted by Mr. Goldenfold suddenly asking him a question, putting him in the spotlight as heads turned. "Ok Morty, ill give you an easy one. Whats 4 times 6? The answer should be obvious now that we've already covered multiplication!" Mortys class was the applied class, for especially *Ahem* troubled kids. That was Morty. "u-uhm I-I" Morty knew before the question was even asked he would not know the answer. He stuttered helplessly in front of the other 32 kids. "Uhm, l-less than t-t-thirty?" There wasn't a moment of silence before looks of judgment, idiot remarks, and giggles were heard throughout the class. It was going to be a long 3rd period.

As he calmly shuffled to the cafeteria, he stopped to put away his bag in his locker and grab his brown paper-bagged lunch. He wasn't expecting to be flicked on the back of the head, then someone shoved in the back of his knees, making his legs give and him fall kneeling into the locker stupidly. Brad with Jessica on his arm, along with 2 of his goonies, walked away cracking themselves up. Jessica shot a look of almost pity to him for a second as they strode away. At this point, Jessica had played with him so much that Morty didn't really try to talk to her, fearing that the teasing of Brad would get worse than it already was. His lunch had sprawled out on the floor, most of it still edible except his juice box that had exploded all over the floor as someone stepped on it. "I ain't cleanin' that up kid." The Janitor muttered as he sped past. Morty sighed. This wasn't even that bad, only the first teasing of Brad today. He grabbed some paper towel from a nearby bathroom only to come back and see another student had started cleaning it up. The boy looked skinny, with short, wavy hair. Wearing baggy jeans and a grey sweater, along with one of those stupid ball caps with a fishing logo that were so popular. Well, he thought it was a boy at first. "H-hey man, um s-sorry that was my mess. I-I'll clean it up from here but-" Morty was interrupted by his brain malfunctioning as the boy-, well the girl stood up. Once he saw her face, he realized she was definitely a girl. Morty's mistake was understandable though. Her long wavy hair was in a ponytail pulled over her shoulder so Morty didn't see it was long at first. Her clothes were very tomboy-ish, and most girls by grade 10 have larger... um.. chests. (Morty didn't mean to notice that, but a quick glance revealed she had practically none... practically. Maybe it was the sweater?) Her face was also, definitely not boy-like. She had a small, delicate face. Large icy grey eyes, a sharp yet soft jaw along with a small mouth and nose, and rounded cheeks but the bones were still defined. Morty didn't usually take in the features of people he ran into that much, but he couldn't help seeing how she was surprisingly pretty. She looked calm and cool, unlike Morty who was immediately shuffling and stuttering. "O-o-oh I-I didn't I-I'm S-sorry I-" She cut him off; "Its fine I get it. I dress this way because its comfy. I don't give two shits about others looking at me." She giggled as she said that. "Anyways enjoy your cleaning!" She was very bubbly. Morty was immediately surprised at her cool, but also nice tone. He wasn't used to people being nice let alone talking to him. She put the few paper towels she had in her hands in the garbage nearby and walked off after picking up her bag. Although Morty knew he shouldn't expect more talking, it was a short encounter, he wished he could have said something more to at least find out her name. He huffed as he lightly punched his locker. He knew he sounded like an idiot, but why did he care so much? He was never gonna see her again anyways.

Rick

He was ALMOST done. Twist here, hammer there, and... Hes missing an ingredient. Rick was in the middle of making a new gadget that could make any alcohol taste great. It seems like Ricks idea, but surprisingly it was more Mortys. After another complaint after taking a swig of his flask Morty suggested "C-c-can't you just make it taste g-good or something? A-aren't you a genius Rick?" Rick shot it down because he didn't want to admit it he was probably gonna do it. "Because MORTY. I prefer to go the old fashioned rout and drink my alcohol straight. Because i'm not a pussy MORTY." Secretly though, here he was making a gadget that could fool your mouth into thinking the stronger the alcohol, the better it tasted. The only thing he was missing before it was finished was a special fruit, the main part in fooling your taste buds. There was no replacement, no getting around it. Not to mention for this one ingredient the planet was dangerously close to the new galactic government. Rick sighed. He hated to admit it but he had to bust Morty out of that idiot concrete building. Jerry was at an interview for some sad advertising job, and Beth was home but Rick knew if she caught him he could bullshit her into letting him go get Morty. He was pretty sneaky anyways. Rick opened the garage door and shouted "I'm gonna get more beer!" Into the hall quickly before he flew out on his spaceship. He assumed she would buy it. Even if she didn't he was already gone.

He parked a ways away from the school, Morty's parents had warned the teachers that they didn't want him leaving with Rick anymore unless he had a note signed from them. Ugh. Rick rolled his eyes to himself as he began walking. That made this much more a pain in the ass than it had to be, because he couldn't just pretend he was Morty's guardian now. Rick portaled through the outside wall into the gym, he celebrated with himself that there wasn't a class in there. "Boo*burp*yeah." Rick muttered to himself. It must be lunch time. He swiftly made his way through the halls, only running into one teacher who ignored him. She must not have been one of Morty's teachers. Rick shuffled into the janitors closet nearest to the cafeteria and threw on one of the extra janitor tops and hat. It was stupid, but he knew there would be some teachers in the cafeteria and didn't wanna risk getting caught. he wasn't going through all this crap because he missed the adventures with Morty, Pshh. He's the greatest Rick. He just needed his brainwaves...

He slowly made his way into the cafeteria, mopping every now and then to fool the idiots around him. It wasn't hard to spot Morty, he was always alone. Bingo. Rick got close enough to him and whispered "Psst Morty! Come with me Morty! Meet me outside the gym doors in 5 minutes Morty!" Then quickly mopped out of the cafeteria, hoping no teachers caught their quiet planning. He hoped Morty would comply and not be a little shit.

7 minutes later, Morty being the slowpoke, finally met Rick outside the gym. "Alright Rick but my parents better not find out! They're already really strict about our adventures now." He said exasperated. "Wow, you underestimate me Morty! We've done this a mill*EURGH*ion times. Sure the getting you out of school part was harder but the adventure will be the same. *Rick swigged his flask* We need a quillfruit." Rick said carelessly. "Where do we get that?" Rick didn't answer, he wanted to wait till they were in the car to tell him that it was on the more dangerous side. They slid into the ship and rick took off. "Its on Yurvon III, we gotta be careful. It may be a little close to the new federation." Said Rick, eyeing him, waiting for Mortys reaction. "Alright" Said Morty, surprisingly mono toned. Rick was surprised, but assumed he had a bad day or was bored. Morty was usually fine with missing school for adventures anyways. "Soooooo." Rick started awkwardly. Usually Morty was asking questions, or they were bickering, occasionally joking pleasantly. But he was just looking out the window. He didn't seem sad but lost in a daydream as usual. "How's it feel being back at school so often? You still talk to that Jessica bitch?" Morty huffed, annoyed. "I d-don't like her anymore. Schools just a place for d-dumb people, like you said, a-a-and I don't expect to actually make any friends or talk to any girls." Rick noticed it almost seemed like he was telling himself that, repeating it like a lesson. "Hmph, t-thats awful suspicious Morty, you sure you aren't talking to aaanyone?" Rick teased. "A-a-alright screw off Rick." Morty laughed and turned away from the window. Success! Rick thought to himself. They joked the whole 35 minutes to Yurvon III.

Morty

"AAaAaAAAAAAAA" They screamed as they ran from a Plumphimite. It was basically a large porcupine, like a bear... bearcupine? Morty continued screaming. Rick didn't tell him they would have to pluck the spiny fruits off the back of this creature! It obviously didn't like that, seeing how Morty was once again running for his life. Luckily Rick haphazardly portaled to whatever co-ordinates were in his gun. Morty didn't care where, Morty would much prefer to live. Unluckily Morty realized he did somewhat care as Ricks last portal was in the gym where he first came in. They dove out of the portal, rolling into the center of the gym screaming. Panting, they looked up to see at least 20 teenagers looking in awe at the two scuffed up strangers that suddenly tumbled into their class. The gym teacher, which was sadly Morty's period 1 gym teacher, told them off and ranted about how his parents were going to hear of this. As Rick began explaining and pleading in an attempt to keep her quiet, Morty looked around, hoping none of the too popular kids/bullies were there.
Before he could look to far, he saw her.
HER.
That girl! The Tomboy! She seemed just as surprised as Morty as they made eye contact. If she didn't before, she defiantly thought he was a weirdo now. But at least he had her attention. Maybe this time he could talk to her more.

Hope you like it so far, REVIEW please! I would like to know what y'all think. Just gonna go with the flow on this new story ;)