I got Karkat and headed for the doors. That's where I saw him. Cronus Ampora. He was waiting for me like he said, which I did not expect. "Hey, chief!" He called, a wide smile on his face. "Hello, Cronus. This is my brother, Karkat." Cronus almost stopped smiling but waved at Karkat anyways. "Nice to meet you..." He said awkwardly, not expecting me to have a brother, obviously. "Nice to- ... meet you, too." Karkat said with a pause.
He probably didn't want me to go into another rant on how his choice of words could be triggering to others. He had already heard the same thing with different words three times this week. Karkat should know by now that it is extremely rude and actually one of my own triggers, yet he will curse anyways. I always found it hilarious when he and father would get in fights and then see their faces go from anger and annoyance to just plain begging me to stop. Anyways, back on topic...
Cronus put an arm around my shoulder and started to lead me out. "C-Cronus...!" He chuckled. "You know... I'll just catch a ride with Gamzee and Tavros... " Karkat said and hurried off. I wished he hadn't. Now I was alone with Cronus.
We went to his car with me hiding my face in my sweater. There were snickers behind me. It was probably some other goons laughing at the fact I was a "nerd" with a "jock". I sighed and got in the car. This is going to take forever and I know it.