Hey guys! I'm pretty sure this is the longest chapter I've written. Sorry if it's too fast-paced. I had to get somewhere in the plot. Anyway, Realizations should be updated soon. Enjoy this chapter!

VOILA! CHAPTER DE FOUR!

"Hey, Karkat!" you say with as much enthusiasm as you can muster.

"Go away, douche muffin," he growls. You aren't surprised. This is Karkat's usual response.

"No. I have something to tell you," you sing, trying to make it sound appealing and not sound gay.

"Tell what it is so I know if it's important or not." He turned to face you. You take a deep breath, planning what you're going to say without giving away your true intentions.

"It's about Terezi." You see a certain look in his eyes. Something that looked almost like... admiration? Hope? Maybe even- do you dare say it- love? You take note of it.

"What about her?" your friend asked cautiously. You were treading on unfamiliar ground now.

"I need your help to um, break her and Dave up." You wince, noticing how pathetic that sounded. Something broke inside Karkat's eyes. Did he like Dave as well? He was great and all, but this could mess everything up!

"No," he answered, his voice hard. "Don't you have a girlfriend?"

You looked at the ground bashfully at this statement. "I'm breaking up with her. I don't see how Eri-" You cut yourself off. You don't want Karkat to know you heard that conversation.

"Eridan? I don't see how either. She's kind of bitchy, no offense."

"None taken." You stand in a moment of pure silence and awkwardness. "So... are you going to help me or not?"

"No," Karkat answered coldly. He turned on his heel and walked away to his next class.

This was going to be harder than you thought.

"Joooooooohn." You sigh and slump in your seat. Besides Chemistry, you shared a Roboyics class with Vriska. You were currently zoning out of Zahhak's explanation of how you make robotic prosthetics.

"What?" you whisper back.

"I'm boooooooored."

"Who isn't? Um, Vriska," you start, gathering up the courage to say what comes next. "We need to talk."

"What is it?" Worry shines in her eyes and she grabs a hold of your arm. You want her to let go so she won't pull it off in rage.

"I think we should, um, be just... friends?" For the second time that day, you wince. But not from how your voice sounded. It was because Vriska had your arm in a death grip.

"What. Did you just say?" she asked, disbelief coating her voice. She didn't wait for an answer. Her nails dug into your skin. You bit your lip a little bit. You should've known this would happen.

"We've been dating for eight fucking months and you break up with me NOW?! In the middle of the fucking class? What kind of douche does that? You do! Well, guess what, Joooooooohn," she says mockingly, "I. Don't. Care." And she exits the room.

"Miss Serket! Come back her right now!" Zahhak says in his quiet but demanding voice. But she didn't come back. You knew this would happen, but you still did it. Why are you so stupid?

Once you exit the classroom of torture, you head to Drama with Mr. Ampora, but he insists you call him Cronos. Nothing really happened until Eridan tapped you on the shoulder. You turned around and gave him a questioning look.

"Quick question, John," he said. His older brother was currently acting out a scene from Grease. He claimed it was the best musical to ever be on stage.

"What is it, Ampora?" you asked, slightly annoyed. You weren't really paying attention to the horrendous acting, but you were planning out how to break Dave and Terezi up. You needed a serious reality check to make these plans work because the Ghost Busters wouldn't come and say that Terezi's a ghost.

"How-w did you ask V-vrisk out?" He blushed a little. So he was making a move already?

"I just went up and asked her. She likes that, I guess." He nodded with the statement. Eridan leaned back in his seat and resumed watching Grease for the hundredth time this week.

"Egderp!" You were finally out of Drama when you heard Karkat calling you.

"Egderp, you know that plan you were talking about? Well, I'm in."

You smiled widely at Karkat.

"You sure? You can't back out."

"I'm sure. I'm so sure I would go up to TZ now and ask her out to break them up."

You laugh a bit. "Okay."

"What do I do?" he asked eagerly. He was about ready to jump up and down, like a little kid on Christmas morning.

"Convince Terezi to break up with Dave."

He nodded just as the bell rang. You smiled at the shorter teen before walking in Miss Latula's Math class.

You were sitting near Nepeta. Again. She asked how Vriska reacted when you broke up with her and why you broke up with her and was there someone else. Standard things. How does news travel so fast? You sigh and get back to work on your plan outline.

It's going to need a code name...

You went to your locker at the end of the day. You survived a crush, a plan, a friend that changes his mind way too often, a break up, a desperate hipster, and a horrible reenacting of Grease. And you escaped with no homework. You'd say you did pretty well today.

You head out for the doors when you see Karkat connect his lips to Terezi's. That wasn't supposed to happen yet...

I just reread that chapter. It was so shitty. Anyway, read and review! If you hated this chapter, review! If you thought it was okay, review! If it was the best one yet, review! If I made a mistake or two, review!

i just want to take a little time and thank everyone who's reading this story and kept with it from the start. I'd really like to thank my buds TotaltotheMax, CardsofQuadrants, and colbatMneusmnye for reading over some of my stuff and getting me started here in the first place. I also want to thank all the people who reviewed and favorited/followed me or this story! It really makes me happy to think that so many people enjoy my writing!

Okay. Sap overload. So...

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Kato