Dave woke to the feeling of his phone vibrating in his pocket. He didn't even check his caller ID and just answered, mistake number one. "Hey Dave." a giggling girl said.
Dave sighed "What do you want Terezi?" Dave said barely above a whisper, seeing John still asleep next to him.
"Aw, I can't call just to see how you were doing?" she asked, still giggling.
"Either you are drunk or just had sex." Dave got up and went to the dinner car.
"Actually neither smartass. I found a new boyfriend, he is cooler than you."
"There is no one cooler than me, other than my dad. Besides I am going to even cooler seeing as I am going to be with Rose in Canada." he mentally slapped himself, he just made mistake number two. "Oh, tell her I said hi. Actually I will come do it myself." she said with a giggle, and then hung up. Fuck, now I have to deal with her while trying to find a job. He thought walking back to his seat. He saw John writing down some notes on staff paper. "Your latest masterpiece?" he said with a small smile.
"Why yes it is actually! I am trying to get them looked at by anyone important, but no one will even bother." John said, frowning. Dave took the book, and looked over the music. He had very little skill with a piano, he was fairly good at guitar and drums, but his greatest passion was the cello. He kept looking over the music until he reached where John stopped. "So, what do you think?" John asked.
"I think, you need to finish." Dave smiled, "Other than that, I like it even though I cannot play piano worth shit."
"What do you play then?" John said intrigued by his new friend.
If he laughs I might punch him. Dave thought then took a deep breath. "I play the cello. It is the one instrument I am truly good at." he said, keeping his poker face. "That is actually really cool. Ever played in an orchestra or something?"
"Yea, once." Dave said smiling at the memory of him and his sister in the school orchestra. That was the last time he played his cello, and when he started trying guitar. He snapped from his thoughts "Do you have another notebook with staff paper?" Dave asked. John stood up and checked his suitcase, and pulled out another book. "It is half filled with crappy piano music I have written." John said handing the book to him.
Dave began flipping through some of the pages, seeing most filled with music. He came across one that was empty, John handed him a pencil. Dave went to work writing several notes, not paying attention to the time. Their train had arrived at the station in Ottawa, Dave didn't notice until John tapped his shoulder. "Looks like this is where we depart." John said with a smile.
"Yea," Dave said walking out and into the station. "But that doesn't we can't hang out while you are in town."
"Really, you'd want to hang out with me?" John said, a small blush dusting his cheeks.
Dave wrote down his number on the front of John's notebook. "Can I keep this one?" he said holding the one in his hand.
"Sure, I will message you when I get to my sisters. See ya later Dave." John said, and started running off towards the city. John Egbert, I think I could do worse for a friend. Dave thought and messaged for Rose to come pick him up.
A/N: Yes, I have Dave play the cello because is just amazing and goes so well with piano. Yes, I know this is a rather short chapter. No, I do not own Homestuck, it belongs to Hussie.