At lunch, Cronus was sitting down at his table across from his new friends. Kurloz Makara and his girlfriend, Meulin Leijon were the cute mute and deaf couple. Latula was the weird skater chick, with her auburn hair and weird shades. Then there was Kankri, the boy in the red sweater who would never shut his yap. Sometimes Cronus envied Meulin, because she couldn't ever hear anything the short man was saying.

A woman sashayed through the room, a petite version of herself beside her and nervous, though composed. Cronus arched an eyebrow as the woman stopped by Eridan's table, and soon the girl was sitting by Eridan before the woman began marching over to their table and sitting beside Kankri.

"Nice of you to join us, Porrim," Kankri said. "I was just giving one of my lectures."

"I'd rather not listen to it," Porrim said, licking her lips as she leaned over the table. She grinned at him. "I don't believe we've met. I'm Porrim. My sister, Kanaya, and I just moved here from France."

"Explains the accent," he said. "So you know Kankri here?"

"She's actually staying at my house," Kankri said. "Foreign exchange students need places to stay, afterall. Karkat and I were completely willing to allow them to stay."

Cronus nodded in understanding. "She's sitting next to my little brother, actually. Glad to see they're getting along." He stared a moment longer before getting up. "I'm going to go say hey. I'll be back in a second." Walking off, he waved at Aranea and her friends before heading past Vriska, where he overheard on their conversation.

"He fell, I swear on my life!" she was saying. "The clumsy idiot just fell right over. Why do you think I have something to do with it?"

"Becauthe of the thing you're planning with Dave, that'th why!"

Cronus walked up behind Vriska, towering over her, a smile on his face but anger in his eyes. "Hey, squirt," he said. She whirled around, all eyes now on Cronus and her. She glared at him and hissed, "Don't you have friends in your own grade?"

"V-What's v-wrong v-with v-wanting to see my fav-worite little sister?" He asked.

"Nothing, I guess," Vriska said, shrugging. "We were just talking about Mini Ampora a bit ago."

"So I ov-werheard," Cronus said, glaring daggers into the young Serket. "Telling ev-weryone about that little shov-we you gav-we Eridan, huh?"

"I didn't shove him," she said.

He crossed his arms over his chest. "Then v-what v-was it?"

"He fell! I already said that!"

"I saw-v it!" Cronus said. "Don't ev-wen lie to me, V-Wriska. Ev-wen Aranea saw-v you push him."

"I knew you puthhed him, you thtupid bitch," Sollux said. "Not only ith he the new kid, but your brother!"

"Step-Brother, lispy!" She snapped. "Get out of here, Cronus. You're throwing off my cool vibes and I don't need your shit right now."

Cronus glared down at her. "I'm v-watching you."

"I've swallowed things bigger than you," she growled back.

Cronus turned on his heel and headed off towards his brother, smoke fuming from his ears as he plopped down at the table next to the muscly guy with the ponytail, broken sunglasses and tank top. Eridan glanced up, and then he did a double take, asking, "Cronus? W-What're you doing here?"

"V-Wriska pissed me off," Cronus said. "But I came ov-wer to see you." He looked at the girl in the green blouse. "I'm Cronus Ampora. I just met your sister and I figured I'd come ov-wer and introduce myself."

"Hello," she said quietly, smiling. "Kanaya Maryam. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"Pleasure's all mine," Cronus purred. Eridan blushed and said, "Cro, stop flirtin' w-with my friends."

"He's fine," Kanaya said. "I don't find anything wrong with his greeting."

Eridan rolled his eyes. "If you insist. W-Wait, you w-were talkin' to V-Vris?"

"Yeah. She v-was tellin' that lispy kid about how-v you fell v-when v-we all know-v she pushed you. I sw-vear, I hate that bitch." Cronus said, slumping over.

"Puuurrrrrrrrhaps she's just trying not to get a bad reputation," Nepeta suggested, leaning forward so she could see Cronus past Equius.

"Maybe," he shrugged. "Point is, I'm going to kick her ass for pushing you. Her reputation is going to take a major hit, and I'll be dealing that punch v-with a smile on my face."

"Cro, it's not that big a deal," Eridan said. "I'm fine! See? Just a couple scrapes. A few-w scars w-won't kill me."

Cronus shrugged. "Just be careful, okay, little man?"

"Got it," Eridan said, giving a wink.

"Thank you for introducing yourself to me, Cronus," Kanaya said. "I'll be sure to come over with my sister some time so we may perhaps hang out."

"Sounds delightful," Cronus said. Eridan nodded in agreement, and then Cronus headed back towards his table. Sitting down, Cronus grinned at his friends. Kankri was ranting to Porrim, who looked extremely bored of his conversation. Meulin was leaning forward on her elbows, pretending to look interested, which amused the mute beside her because Kankri thought she was actually listening. He tried to turn out the nerd beside him, but he found it difficult due to the fact that Kankri kept dragging him back into the conversation. At least things weren't too bad. The conversation was a topic Cronus could actually get into: music.

"Hey, shut up a second, Kankri, I just remembered somethin'," Cronus said. "There's a pool party this weekend. You're all invited. I'll be doing the music, so I hope you'll all come."

"Sounds fun," Porrim said. Kurloz looked to Meulin and quickly signed to her the plan, to which she nodded excitedly. Grinning, Cronus leaned forward on his elbows. Kankri started talking about how Karkat had told him about the party already, but Cronus stopped listening. Instead, he looked forward to the weekend and all the fun that was guaranteed to come along.

He turned his attention to Porrim. She was beautiful, there was no doubt about that. She had long black hair and while she was small, she had an hourglass figure that Cronus was not shy about running his eyes over. Her skin was the color of a light caramel, and her features were small and pixie-like. She had a dazzling white smile and the deepest jade green eyes Cronus had ever seen. He felt a small smirk creep onto his face, and when he looked, he saw Kankri shooting him looks out of the corner of his eye while he continued lecturing.

When he finally left the table, he stuck beside Porrim, and a little man in a sweater was following behind them. Cronus said, "You know, you're gorgeous."

"Oh, really now?" she asked, a smile playing on her lips.

He nodded. "Really. And did you know that you have the prettiest green eyes I have ever seen in my entire life?"

Porrim smiled. "Well, I'm glad to know." She stopped outside her classroom. "Thanks for walking with me. I'll see you around, okay? Wait, give me your phone." Cronus handed it over, and after she tapped in a few buttons, she handed it back. "Call me tonight?"

"You've got it," Cronus said with a wink. Porrim smiled and headed into class, and Cronus had started on his way when a particularly irritating and small individual grabbed his wrist and said, "Stop flirting with Porrim."

Cronus turned. "V-What're you going to do, short stack? Lecture me to death?"

Kankri rolled his eyes. "Get this through all that hair gel and into your thick skull: don't flirt with Porrim."

"Yeah right, v-whatev-wer. See you this v-weekend, Kankri," Cronus said, jerking his hand away and heading around the corner to his classroom, and out of the sight of a small and disappointed Kankri.

After school, the Ampora-Serket family piled into Vriska's car and began driving off towards this house, this time with two extra passengers: Meenah and Feferi Peixes. The two oldest girls were actually a couple, which threw Cronus off a bit, considering Aranea and Meenah seemed to be polar opposites. He shrugged it off, letting it be and choosing to ask about it later. As for Eridan and Feferi, they were chatting along happily while Vriska slumped over her squished corner and pouted because Aranea wouldn't let her drive with Meenah and Feferi in the car. Cronus made an attempt to socialize with the youngest child, but she only snapped at him, telling him to mind his own business. Shrugging, Cronus ended up looking up at the sky and relaxing his shoulders, running chords and songs through his head.

At home, Eridan and Feferi went up to their room to study. Meenah immediately ran for the pool, a frantic Aranea following her. Vriska slammed herself in her room. And Cronus was left alone in the living room. His mind wandered over to the youngest Serket, and he debated going to talk to her. However, he'd most-likely earn a shoe to the face, and so instead he went to his room and strummed his guitar, going over his songs in preparation for the weekend.

As he lay there, strumming his guitar, his mind began to drift. Looking over at his clock, he saw it was midnight. He missed dinner, and everyone was asleep. Sneaking downstairs, Cronus slipped silently into the kitchen and grabbed the blue food coloring from the kitchen. Silently, he grabbed Vriska's toothpaste and squeezed in some dye before squishing the paste around a bit to mix it in. When he found it looked exactly the same when pressed out of the tube, Cronus put the cap back on and headed back to his room.

Vriska had blue teeth the next day, and no one would be forgetting that anytime soon.