I dreaded today, Monday…and I HAVE to go (my brother found out I didn't go Friday so he threatened to take my phone away for a week if I didn't go Monday, he didn't ask why I didn't want to go thankfully) Over the weekend Gamzee had to practice with his band for the Winter Dance (this Friday) and I didn't get to talk to him or see him. My brother dropped me off in the parking lot giving me a thumbs up before driving off to who knows where. I had my rust-orange jacket on, it was freezing so it gave me a good excuse to wear it, and I had my hood on the whole time just hoping no one would notice me. While I was walking in the halls I glance up and see the usual purple guitar case hanging off a tall body, I couldn't help but smile to see my best friend (crush). Before I could walk over to him, some blonde guy with pointed shades walks over to him and trips him. "Traitor." He mumbled before he walked away, before Gamzee could get up a girl with short black hair walked over, grabbed his backpack and threw it across the hall, and nearly everything in it flew out and scattered across the hall. People just walked by and stared at him until walking away whispering to the person next to them "Yeah, yeah just keep walking." Gamzee grumbled as he tried to pick up some papers, I walked over to him and the second he saw me his frown turned into that goofy smile I always loved. I leaned over and helped him pick up the scattered books, notebooks, and papers. People walked by and just glanced over at us, luckily when I glared at them they just turned and walked away (for once I'm happy that I'm known as the brother to the baddest Hood in town, people won't mess with me if they know it will piss off my brother.) when I got everything back in his backpack I helped him up. "I can't believe what they just did to you." I sighed, he slumps his backpack on his shoulder opposite to the one with the guitar "it's alright bro, nothing I can't handle." He says to me, but that doesn't help at all.
pEOPLE LIKE gAMZEE, THEY RESPRECTED HIM,,,aND NOW THAT HES BRANDED THERE JUST GOING TO TURN THEIR BACKS ON HIM AND TREAT HIM LIKE SHIT?!
Knowing that just made my blood boil, a growl leaving my throat; I turned around and punched the wall "I hate this!" I growled under my breath. I turned to Gamzee "I hate what they're doing to you just because you helped me, you helped me because I just HAD to look over I just HAD to see what was happening. This is all MY fault!" There's silence between us, Gamzee just looks are me with a blank expression. "Never mind…come on lets go." I start walking away; I didn't even look to see if Gamzee was following me. I walked into the school cafeteria (it's a common hangout before classes' start.) and I walk over to a table on the far end corner of the cafeteria and sit on an empty table. I finally look up and Gamzee is sitting on the opposite side of me just looking down. He sighs "Hey bro." he starts, but quickly bites his lip, trying to think of the words "the Winter Dance is this Friday, and I know you don't like to go to any of that social stuff but, I…I need you to go this time." I tilted your head in confusion. "Why? You know I don't like socializing at those kind of things." I told him. He looked at me with a serious expression on his face "Please Tavbro, I need you to come to this one just this one time, please…for your favorite motherfucker?" he nearly whimpers. I couldn't help but smile "Alright, I'll go. Just this once and I won't be there that long." He smiles "Can you at least stay for the first song were going to perform, we've been taking request and the first one I think you're going to like, it's going to be all sorts of miracles." I couldn't help but laugh "fine, for the first song and that's it." Gamzee's smile had grown ear to ear "Miracles! So later on I'll get you a tux and-" "Wait, a Tux?" you interrupt him "if I'm only going for a few hours why do I need a tux?" I asked "Well if you didn't know tuxedos are required for dances." He smirks. I rolled my eyes "Fine." I laugh out "but I don't think I can afford to even rent one." "I'll pay for it." He answers "Gamz you don't have to do that." "No bro I insist." "Gamzee you don't have to, I'll just dress casually no harm done." He gave me the saddest attempt of a puppy face; I playfully threw my hands in the air "Fine, fine you can get me the stupid tux." I laugh out. Later on that day I tried to ignore the looks I got when I walked into my classes, and tried to ignore the harsh words others would whisper. During lunch I sat with Nepeta, Karkat, and Sollux as usual, Nepeta was going on about what she was going to wear for the dance, and Karkat was trying to convince Sollux to get a tuxedo. Nepeta turned to me "So what are you going to be doing, you know since everyone is going to be at the dance." I smirked at her "I'm going this time." All three looked at you with wide eyes of disbelief "Ha-ha nice joke Tav." Karkat says "Yeah, you going to a dace is like getting a cat to take a bath." Nepeta comments, I couldn't help but laugh "Then this cat is taking a bath." I said playfully. "What finally got you to change your mind?" Karkat asks but before I could answer Sollux glares at me "That thnob tolled you to go didn't he?" "Well he is performing as the entertainment and he said he would get me a tux and-" "Traitor!" Sollux growled at me "That thnob ith doing all thith for you, god why don't you two juth go to Vegath and get hitched." I glared at him "That 'snob' has a name, and he's my friend he doesn't like me like that." "But do you like him like that?" Nepeta asks with a grin on her face. I turned away trying to hide my blush, I hear Nepeta squeal in excitement "Oh this is just like one of your Rom-Koms Karkitty!" she squealed looking at her brother then back at me "It's like Romeo and Juliet, forbidden love, worlds torn apart by war, never able to show their love in public! Oh it's so romantic!" "Yeah but did you forget that thoth two idiotth only knew each other for two dayth he killed her couthin then they both died." "Sollux will you stop it, what is going on with you? Ever since we found out what happened to Tav you've been a little crabbier around him." Sollux gets up from his seat and glared at me "Maybe I jutht don't want to be known ath a friend to a traitor, and knowing that he hath a cruth on a thupid Upperclathmen, there nothing but trouble and they alwayth will be!' Sollux snarled at me, then he just walked away "Thee you in Computer Thience clath KK." He says before he walks off. Karkat sighs before looking at me "Don't mind him Tav, he's just being a dumbass, one day he'll see that Gamzee isn't bad." Before I could open my mouth I hear a familiar voice "Since when am I bad motherfucker?" I turned around to see Gamzee's goofy pained face, but some of the paint was smudged on his left eye, and it looked swollen. "Gamz, d-did…did someone punch you?" I asked in a concerned tone. He moves his bangs to cover his wounded eye "Yeah, some guy socked me in the eye when I went to the bathroom, but it doesn't hurt anymore. The nurse all up and checked it, its gunna be like this for a few days, hopefully it won't look like this when the dace comes around.' He shrugs
wHAT THE HELL? hE JUST GOT SUCKERPUNCHED IN THE FACE AND HES OKAY WITH IT?!
Gamzee sits between you and Nepeta "So, you guys ready for the dance? My crew and I promise to make the night all sorts of miracles for everyone." He asks "Yeah! I got the cutest olive green dress, and Karkitty has a tux already, but he's trying to get Sollux to wear one." Nepeta answers (No matter who she talked to she never judged anyone, everyone was the same to her and she never looked down at anyone for being a Hood or an Upperclassmen. She just saw them as friends no matter whom they were, it surprises me how she never lets the war get to her.) I smiled at the thought.
aT LEAST THERES SOMEONE ELSE LIKE ME AND gAMZEE,,, sOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO JUDGE ANY ONE