Shitshitshitshit. God fucking Damnit.

"Sup' Egderp."

"Hehehe Hey Dave."

You were confused enough as it is, you did not need your feelings for John to confuse you even more.

"Why are you up?" You asked

"Oh," He smiled. "I have weird sleeping habits. I'm awake when I shouldn't be and not when I should be. What about you."

"Can't sleep." You lied.

"...Dave?" John said after an awkward silence.

"Yo"

"...I'm sorry."

"What the hell do you mean." You asked.

"About your brother...and your apartment." He said shyly. You looked him, slightly suprised.

"Why? I mean thanks but...your dad..." You said.

"Oh, I don't remember him much. Plus Jamie and Jane are my family now. Of course I miss him, he's my dad, but...I guess its just easier to live without him." He explained.

"Oh." An awkward silence filled the room

"Uh...I gotta go back to sleep. G'night." John said.

"Night."

Soon enough, you went back to your room, slipped back into your bed and fell into a dreamless sleep.

"Morning" Jamie greeted when you walked into the kitchen. She was standing by the oven making breakfast while John and Jade sat at the table.

"Whats for breakfast?" You asked peering over her shoulder.

She shoved your head away playfully."Bacon, Eggs and pancakes. Now sit." She used a wooden spoon to gesture at the table.

Jamie set down a plate full of bacon, eggs, and pancakes and sat in the seat across from you.

"Now Dave," Jamie said. "We have to talk about school." You stopped mid-bite, the fork hovering between in front of your lips. You stared at her.

She stared back at you with dark black eyes, her contacts were in. You hated looking at her with them in. Her eyes looked lifeless with them on top of her normal gold irises.

"Are you nuts?" You asked bluntly.

She sighed. "Dave..." She looked at you again. "I know its hard. I went through it, Bro went through it, you have to go through it."

"Yeah you went through it with contacts, Bro was to cool to give a fuck, I have shades which will be taken away." You said, agitated by the thought of school. You had been made fun of because of your "demon eyes" and white-blonde hair. There was no chance in hell you were going back.

"Strider. I have no clue about Bro but when I was still in school I had a hard time too. Look at my hair, look at my clothes. You think people liked me? I fucking wish. I was made fun of to the point that I dropped out for some time. But I went through with it." Jamie said. "Please."

"Yeah!" Jade smiled "And you won't be alone. You'll have John and I!"

"Fine," You groaned. "But your writing me a note or some shit that lets me keep my shades. I swear, if I get called "Demon eyes" or "Albino" someone will be sent to hell."

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" Jamie rolled her eyes. "Now, one last thing."

"What?"

"You start tommorow."

"Fuck you, bitch"

The Next Day

"Wake up Strider, Its time for school~" You opened your eyes to see Jamie at your door.

"Don't remind me." You said, annoyed. Jamie chuckled, shook her head, and left, closing the door on her way out.

You pushed yourself up and out of bed and walked over to your bags. After digging through them you found a record tee shirt, a pair of black jeans, socks, and a pair of red Chuck Taylors. You grabbed your shades and headed out the door.

You ate a quick breakfast of cereal and apple juice.

"Catch," Jamie said, tossing him a red backpack. It had his record on the front record on the front and was loaded with folders and books.

"Here's your note for your shades." She handed you a slip of paper. You read her suprisingly neat, cursive handwriting.

Dear Teachers,

Please allow Dave Strider to wear his sunglasses in class. They are perscription and he has to use them due to us not being able afford to get his regular glasses fixed. I appologize for this.

~Jamie O'Collin

"Nice story" You commented as you glanced at the clock. "Shit don't we have to go?"

"Oh fuck," Jamie said. She hugged Jade and John and ruffled your hair, to your annoyence. "See you guys."

"Bye!" John and Jade chimed.

The three of you walked to the school. Skaia High.

It was a huge white building with a shit-ton of windows. There were football fields, basketball courts, and...holy shit is that a shooting range?

"...How the hell did Jamie afford to get us into this place?" You asked.

"By working her ass off." John said.

"She took off from her jobs to help you settle in. We probably won't see much of her anymore." Jade continued. "She works pretty hard to keep us where we are. Its really nice of her but...I miss her sometimes." She sighed.

You got your class list and text books and headed to your first class-Science. Just fucking great, your first class was your least favorite. What a fantastic way to start your day.

When you got there the ass hole teacher asked you about your shades.

"Mr. David may I ask you why you have those sunglasses on?"

"You just did ask." You replied. Snickers swept through the classroom

"Why you-" He growled. "I have to ask you to remove them."

"And I have to tell you I can't" More snickers. You handed him the note and sat down in your seat with John and Jade.

"O'Collin huh? Took another one in?" He smirked. You saw John and Jade tense up and you felt your anger rising. "If she had been smart and not gotten into that Strider and joined that gang she wouldn't have to be in the situation she is now."

"That's it" You slammed your hands on the desk and stood up, eyes flashing behind dark shades. You walked up to him and looked him dead in the face, glaring. Even behind the dark shades you could see a flash of fear in his eyes.

"Don't you talk about Jamie or Bro like that. Got it?" You growled.

"I could send you to the princepal's office for that Mr. Strider." He said.

"And I could have you fired for insulting a student's gaurdians and family. Any thing else you want to offer?" The entire class laughed.

The teacher took a deep breath. "Moving on. Today we are talking about chemical reactions."

Sorry for the late update! I ment to do it over the weekend but I got a bit...sidetracked. Ohhh...Dave is sassy XD Anyway I hope you guys like it. And thank you so much to my readers and especially reviewers. Knowing you guys like my story really makes me happy :D

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