A/N: Wow, I haven't updated this in quite a while! Sorry about that ^^; I've been quite busy lately with summer school and numerous other things. I realize that the last chapter went extremely too fast, so I'll do my best to slow this one down as much as possible. Thank you again for the wonderful reviews! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Homestuck and its characters belong to Andrew Hussie.

Your name is John Egbert and you didn't get a wink of sleep last night. You were too busy imagining seeing your boyfriend. Funny, this time yesterday, you thought you were completely heterosexual. Groggily, you get up and get dressed. After getting dressed, you sit on your bed and check your phone. Nothing. Jade opens your door, stands in your doorway, and asks, "Are you walking to school with me and Rose?"

"I don't see why not." You say, yawning.

"Okie dokie," she tosses you a granola bar, "If you're going to walk to school, you won't have time to eat here. You'll have to eat on the way. Rose will be here in a few minutes, so get your stuff together!" Jade skips down the hallway, but then pokes her head in your doorway again. "Oh! And I can't wait to meet Dave!" she smiles and walks down the stairs. Any time you even hear Dave's name, you begin to smile. Then the not-so-happy thoughts come creeping into your mind. What if Dave's just looking for a quick, no strings attached, hookup? This all happened very suddenly, you recall. You'll have to talk to Dave about it at school today.

"John! Rose is here! Hurry up slowpoke~!" Jade calls from the living room. You stand up from your bed, pick up your bookbag, and walk down the flight of stairs.

"Hello, John," Rose says, calm as usual, "Good morning."

"G'morning, Rose. Gimme a sec, I have to tell dad I'm walking with you guys." You say, walking slowly toward the kitchen.

"Done," Jade chirps, stopping you in your tracks, "I told him while you were getting ready."

"Oh, thanks!" you smile at your sister.

"No problem! What are siblings for?" she flashes you a giant grin. "Are you guys ready?" You nod, as does Rose. "Alrighty! Let's go, then! Bye, Dad! See you after school!" Jade begins to walk out the door, so you and Rose follow her. You close the big, red door, and the three of you walk down your driveway. Luckily, you live within walking distance of your school, so you don't have to risk seeing those jerks on the bus.

"Oh, I almost forgot~!" Jade smirks, "Rose, do you remember that little bet we made?"

Oh, no, you think to yourself.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. What about said bet?" Rose says, stoic as ever. You feel your face heat up. You must be beet red by now.

Jade winks, "You owe me ten dollars, Ms. Lalonde." Rose sighs, smiling, takes her wallet out of her backpack, pulls out a ten dollar bill, but before handing it to Jade, she says, "Are you just doing this to mess with me? I know that your family is known for being tricksters."

Unable to take the torment any longer, you speak up for yourself, "She's not lying. Although I'm not completely sure what my sexuality is exactly, I do know that I… um, like guys, too? And I'm sort of… going out with a guy…? His name is Dave."

Rose smiles slightly, and rests a hand on your back, using the other to hand Jade the bill, "Well, I'm glad you've come to, albeit, rather simple, terms with your sexuality, and I hope that you know that Jade and I will support you no matter what."

"Thanks Rose. I'm just kind of scared about what Dad's reaction to this whole thing is going to be like."

"I'm sure he'll still love you just as much, Johnny," Jade smiles at you.

"I sure hope so," you reply. The rest of the walk to school is spent talking about seemingly meaningless things: school, grades, teachers, other friends, and the like. You get to school, and Jade will not stop pestering you. "Is that him? What about him? He's pretty cute! Ooh, him, too~!" And you reply with a soft jab to the ribs and an exaggerated, "Oh my gog, Jade, shut up!"

Suddenly you feel someone poke your shoulder. You turn around and see Dave standing there. "H-Hi, Dave!" you stutter, "This is my sister, Jade and my friend, Rose."

"Nice to meet you, Dave~!" Jade smiles widely.

"You, too." You wish he'd take off those dumb shades. You're completely unable to read his emotions with the pieces of plastic blocking his eyes.

"Hello, David." Rose smirks.

"Hey, Rose. Fancy seeing you here." Dave says.

"You two know each other?" you ask, confused.

"Yes, actually; David is my brother. Our parents separated when we were very young." Rose added.

"Yep. We see each other like once a year though, during the summer."

"That's nice," you smile up at Dave. You look at your watch. "Shit! We're going to be late to class!"

"I hope to be seeing more of you, Dave~!" Jade chirps, "And if you do anything, anything, to hurt my brother, I'll make you pay. Bye!" she grabs Rose's hand and skips off toward the doors.

"She seems like an absolute joy to live with." Dave scoffs sarcastically. He's just like his sister, you note.

"Tell me about it." You agree. You and Dave walk to your separate classes silently. You have Geometry first period, and he has Art. You wave to him and, walk up the stairs to your classroom. When you and Dave talked yesterday, you told each other about your schedules. You don't have any classes together before lunch, but after, you have Biology and English. Your first few classes seem to go by in a blur, but your class right before lunch, French, to be specific, feels like it drags on for what seems to be hours. That might be because you get to finally have some one-on-one time with Dave to talk about… things. Yeah, things. Very specific, numbnuts. Class is finally over, and you rush to your locker and get to the lunch room as fast as humanly possible. You see Jade and Rose already sitting at your usual table. You sit across from the girls and ask, out of breath, "Is Dave here yet?"

"No," Rose explains, "but I assume he'll be here very soon." She's not looking at you anymore. She's looking past you, smiling. You turn around and lo and behold, none other than Dave Strider approaching you (Rose and Jade, too, but they don't matter right now).

"Hey, Egbutt." He says, never breaking his poker face.

"Hi, Dave!" you reply. Out of the corner of your eye, you see Jade and Rose stand up. You turn around, and Jade says, "We'll give you two lovebirds some space," as she winks, walking off with Rose, probably going to sit with Kanaya and Tavros. You face Dave again. "Maybe we should go get our lunches now," you say awkwardly.

"Yeah, that might be a good idea." You swear you see him smirk the tiniest bit. You buy your lunches, and sit across from each other at the table. As you both start eating, you stammer, "Uhh, Dave? I kinda… uh, need to talk to you about something."

"Shoot." He says, with a mouth full of mashed potatoes.

"Do you mind if we, uh… take things slow? I mean just yesterday, I thought I was straight as an arrow." God, you are so awkward.

"Dude, I'm fine with whatever you want to do. If you wanna go slow, I'm cool with that."

"Really? Awesome!" you smile. He smiles a little, too.

A/N: Thank you so much for reading! I will hopefully be updating more often, I really do enjoy writing this~! I also might write some one-shots or something soon, too. :3 -Katie