Mmmm! Have you ever had Japanese ice cream? It is probably the best thing on Earth! I mean, you can eat it with your fingers, if you're quick. I must know how they do it. I know this will nag at me until I figure it out.

I continue to munch away at the chocolate ball of delicious. We like to come here, to the mall, after school and get ice cream from different places around and talk. Equius is one of the few people I can trust. I don't trust the people at school.

They laugh at me.

Equius doesn't do that. I trust him because I love him. He helps me calm down, especially after an attack.

I don't like to talk around certain people. They make fun of how I talk.

Anyways, let's stay out of the pity holes. Equius's family has a lot of money, so we get to do a lot of awesome things with them! His dad can get a bit scary, but that doesn't really phase me. You can get nice hugs out of all of the Zahhaks. Especially Equius. They're all like big bears. All big and gruff and act all mean and menacing, but are actually big old lug nuts. That's what my dad used to say, lug nuts. Those are the things on car's tires that hold the wheel onto the axel. Not a lot of people know that.

Have you ever had to change a tire? It's really fun! I used to-

Oh wait, my mind is wandering again… What was Equius saying…?

"…so then while we were working on the belts, one snapped on Daniel. He got quite the big burn mark where it tore a large chunk of the skin off of his hand. That is why the medical ambulance was here during seventh period. How was your day, Nepeta?" He looks at me expectantly.

"Huh?" I look up at him from my ice cream.

"Were you even listening?" he questions. "I was telling the story about why the ambulance was here today."

"Oh, yeah. My day was fine. Some tard faces stole my drawing pad during lunch… They tried to rip it up. I clawed their faces a bit and they learned their lessons, those big nasty butt nuggets."

"Nepeta, you know it is not nice to call people such names. It is highly inappropriate that you say those mean things. You should stop," he orders. Him and his silly orders. He thinks he is better than soooooo many people just because he's smart and has a lot of money. Well, that isn't true. I've been telling him that since we met, but he's a lot better now, though he does still get overly authoritative. He does have a relaxed side, but he gets angry easily. Wasn't I supposed to respond to him?

"Equius, they deserve to be called that, they stole my pad and that's just not nice and they shouldn't be treated with respect if they steal people's stuff. I mean, they were making fun of my drawings in front of the entirety of second lunch! They took certain drawings and laughed at them ripping them up and a lot of them were my favourite ones, too!" I shout, trying not to raise my voice too much since we're in the food court.

"Fair enough. But still, don't go about openly saying things like that. It is just plainly disrespectful and you should at least attempt to control your tongue while in public, if not all the time," he lectures. Sometimes I hate him.

After a couple more minutes of talking we start to walk around. All the rest is unimportant because it's just me being silly and Equius being all stern and saying stuff like "Nepeta, it is inappropriate to try to dangle off the store displays" and "You really shouldn't ogle at things we do not have the money to buy" and "Do not go into that store. There are… things that no one our age should see."

Now of course I ask how he knows about such "things" because I know what he was talking about, I have a Tumblr account. He gets all nervous and claims that he heard Damara saying something about it while she was over at his house working on a project with Horrus. What an utter load of b.s.!

Anyways, when he drops me off at my house, of course I go inside. Why wouldn't I? It's my house. Why do I even have to explain that? Some people are really stupid.

Okay, now I'm deaf. Meulin is screeching at the top of her lungs from only God know where in the house. It can practically be heard around the world, like supposedly what happened at the first shot of the American Revolution. I can't even tell what she's saying or if she's saying anything that can be translated into any form of human language. Maybe she's an alien and speaking some sort of language from a different world. I giggle at the thought because maybe my sister is an alien. If I actually say that out loud though I'd get called even worse names that I already do.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump. The screaming has died down, but she is not wasting any decibels on the stairs. She sees me and just about tackles me to the ground, squealing and jumping up and down. It's a few minutes before she calms down enough to tell me what she's freaking out about.

"OMGOGMOMGOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMGOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGMOG MMMMMMMOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Nepeta you will NEVER GUESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME TODAY BEFORE I LEFT CAMPUS TO DRIVE HOME OH MY GOOOOOODDD!" she shouts. Lots of capitals are used for expression of excitement. That's how it commonly is in children's writing and fanfictions.

I just look at my older sister, she is a couple inches shorter than me, and has the same chocolate brown skin, It looks better on her than on me. Her's is all smooth and mine looks like there are volcanoes everywhere. I pretend not to care, though. I pretend not to care about a lot of things, I think it's sort of like a defense. If I don't react they don't think it's fun, so they leave me alone. That's one of the few things that took me a while to get. She is still completely overjoyed about I have no clue what, but she has me in one of her "panther" grips. I don't want to listen to this, I'm starting to get a headache. Why can't I just go upstairs and talk to my friend. He hasn't messaged me since yesterday, I hope he's fine.

I'm knocked out of my thoughts by Meulin shaking me vigorously. "Nepeta, are you listening to me?"

"Huh?"

"Kurloz asked me out!"

"Isn't he that juggalo you've been hanging out with? Gamzee's older brother?"

"Yeah, why?"

"He gives me the creeps."

"Whatever," she sighs and lets go of me. I run upstairs and hop onto my computer, sending CG a message,

Hey, glad to be back, you guys! I hope you all like this. Please leave a review/comment. I love to read those, you know. I've been working on characterization, and I'd like to know how I'm doing. Thanks, be back in two weeks!