Chapter 11: filler

An: sorry it's late but you're not really mixing anything with this chapter is just to transition the story from this 10 to twelve smoothly without missing why and how I broke apart the existing couples to put everything as I saw it in the beginning. To be honest, if you just skipped this chapter entirely you'll save yourself some unfunny jokes and boring exposition. I was originally going to call this chapter "time lapse" but "filler" just seemed more appropriate.

The next afternoon the two couples were sitting on the same couch eating nachos and watching old movies. Their double date was awkward to say the least. The first movie they saw was about two people who seemed to be perfect for each other looking desperately for love only got the movie to end with them still only ships passing in the night. The second was about an inseparable couple of friends that slowly grow more distant as they go of to college get married to other people and only see each other on their respective birthdays. Then they watched a romance where the two who seem meant for each other actually get together and depress everyone in the room. Sorrow was using glass bottles as building blocks, making scale models of national landmarks and eventually running out of liquor. Sorrow fell asleep and Pity got up to tuck him in. Sitting on the couch from left to right out was Jackie, Marco, Star, Oscar. Indifference was lying across the top of the couch and Jackie turned to talk to Marco

JT: oh yeah, forgot to mention I'm going to be moving schools soon

MD: what? When? Why?

I: what school you going to?

JT: Lincoln university next week.

MD: but why?

JT: my parents didn't want to stay in the country after Trump was elected.

MD: wait, university?

JT: yeah it's an art school in England. They said I could start early because they like my parents fear what trump will do in office and want me to be as safe as the rest of their students.

OG: hey I'm taking online classes at that school they said the same thing to me.

JT: so I'll see you there?

OG: Nah my mum voted for Trump.

I: I vote for Harambe.

SB: what are you studying?

JT: I'm trying to draw my own comics and write stories about the awesome stuff I dream of doing.

I: you know they say being an author is like exposing your backside to the world. You put everything out for all the world to see. It has to be you, it has to be your own real thoughts or people will know it's disingenuous. And wether or not you really put your heart in it, it'll still hurt when people criticise you because those are still your thoughts and feelings, that was your creation and you care about it.

JT: why are you telling me this?

I: it's something you need to know if you want to succeed. You need to put everything out there for all the world to see be honest with them and you'll be respected. No one is great from the start, improvement will need to be made but sooner or later people will respect you enough to mock you and when that happens you'll know you've succeeded.

JT: how is that success if they're mocking you

I: cause they love you enough to tell you how to improve just know that not all advice is good. Don't do tailor made stories. If someone makes a request you have to want to do it and do it well.

OG: kinda like writing music

I: well not really cause as long as you sound good no one really cares what the lyrics are.

OG: what about those guys on YouTube who try to explain the meanings the songs have.

I: they're just bored and have nothing better to do.

SB: are you going to be gone long?

JT: four years at least.

I: so... I've been lurking around Facebook... and you still haven't changed your relationship status.

JT: I forgot my password

I: I can hack it.

JT: what?

I: yeah just type in your email and I'll log you in (He said handing her his phone)

MD: you never said you could hack

I: remember when I said I could read your mind?

MD & SB: yeah.

I: I can also read the internet's mind

Jackie gave him his phone back and he looked at it for the second before typing in the word "5k4t3604rd5" into the password after a bit of loading the usual home screen came up with lots of private posts (share only me) mostly YouTube videos no one else watched or wanted to watch. She immediately grabbed his phone cycled through the notifications, confirmed her status, changed her password and logged out.

Marco's phone chimed, he looked at it, smiled and put it back in his pocket. Jackie was red in the face. "If I had scrolled down, I'd of seen something you didn't mean for me to see. Right?"

"How?"

"I can read minds remember"

"Ok, I'm hitting the emergency exit to this conversation right now." She said leaving the room. Marco soon followed her into the kitchen. "Wait, Jackie, what was that about?"

"She sent herself nudes!" Came Indifference's reply. Her face got even redder and she left the house entirely. He kept Chase. "Go away, Marco! I just want to be alone right now."

"Can't we be alone together?" she stopped and turned back with tears in her eyes. "What do you think?" He stood there just looking down trying to think of a response, then he opted to open his arms and say, "it's ok I won't judge you and neither will Star. I don't think Oscar or his new music teacher care enough to judge and no one else knows."

"It was a dare."

"What?"

"Brittney invited me to a sleepover at her pace this once time and when we were paying truth or dare they dared me to post a bunch of nudes to Facebook and after I did I made Brittney eat shit for making me do that."

"You posted nudes just to make Brittney rest Shit."

"Wow, really Marco?"

"Wait I didn't mean it like-"

"See ya Marco"

"But I meant...*she left* I respect that." He said to no one.

meanwhile, inside the house, Star and Oscar were sitting stymied, completely dumbfounded that such an occurrence would unfold before them as it just had. "What just happened?" Oscar asked. "Nothing important don't dwell on it" came Indifference's reply. A soaked Janna came trudging down the stairs, "if you ask me, I'd say their relationship has just reached its expiration date."

"Oscar stop starting." Star whispered, "but she's naked and I'm a man"

"A real man would be able to keep his thoughts clean especially if his girl is directly adjacent to him." Said Indifference casually. Janna wrapped a towel around her hair and walked over to Indifference grabbed his sleeve and said, "hey Start can I borrow this?"

"As long as you return him when your finished"

"Oh I plan to."

"... to finish or, bring him back?" she asked hesitantly. "Both" came her reply. Star turned to Indifference and asked, "you ok with spending the night at Janna's?"

"It makes no difference to me one way or the other." He said while reading magical girls Apocalypse vol. 10. Janna jumped for joy dropping her towel in the process as she exclaimed, "GREAT! I'll go get the oil!"

"What?" The question on everyone's mind as Marco had slowly sauntered back in the house. "Why is Janna naked?"

Afterword: sorry I couldn't find a good place to stop, then I got writer's block and I had top do calculus while translating music into tabs, I had to practice David Bowie's "life on mars" and deal with creative differences with my illustrator while learning how to draw so that I can illustrate my own YouTube videos, and I had to record myself reading four chapters of a Very long fanfic and no-one can be arsed to help me. For those of you who wanted my excuses. By the way there's only about two chapters left before the story ends and won't be making a sequel for until the next season is completely out and I can make another semi cannon story. Until my next update Auf wiedersehen.