Mr. Egberts House, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.

"John, come down here. While dinner is cooking, we are going to talk." John shuffled out of his room, down the stairs, and to the table, where his dad was sitting, tea in hand.

"Yeah? What is it? Don't tell me we are going to talk about the trolls again. Especially Vriska." John replied, looking straight at his father.

"John, why did you love her? She was a terrible influence. She drank with Roxy almost every night! John, I thought you would amount to more than this. Your my son. My only son. I'm supposed to take care of you. I'm not supposed to let you do this stuff." John's father put his head down.

"Dad, do you want me to stay with Dave? He offered for me to-"

"Your an adult, John. You make your own decisions now. I hope I can trust your decisions. Does Dave do- you know- that?"

"He smokes." John said. "Thats all he does. I'll call him." John pulled his phone out of his pocket.

Dave's Apartment, Thursday, 12:13 p.m.

"Hey, John." Dave said. "Things didn't go well with your dad, I'm guessing." John nodded and Dave put John on his shoulders and ran around. "Haha! Dave!" Dave slid John off of his shoulders and raced him to his room.

"Not fair! I was carrying a bag!" John said, sitting on Dave's bed. "I don't care." said Dave, scooting in by John.

"Whatever." John said, smiling as Dave put his arm around him and started tickiling him. "Haha! Dave stop iiiit!" John giggled, wrapping his legs around Dave. Before he knew it, he was kissing Dave Strider.

Dave's Apartment, Thursday, 11:23 p.m.

Dave and John sat on the couch watching a movie. "John, Vriska was right. You are a great kisser."

"You and Vriska talked about my kissing? Wha- why?!" John exclaimed. "She said if she died before you, I would be left to take care of you. We talked about many of your traits. Haha, now that I think about it.. It is kinda creepy. But your gay so its fine." Dave laughed.

"Your gay, too." John said.

"Im not gay, but my boyfriend is." Dave smiled at John and kissed his forehead.

"I love you too, Dave."

Well. That chapter escalated WAY quicker than expected.