Dave slept peaceful until 1 am when Bro came to wake him up. "No...Five more minutes." He grumbled hiding his head under the pillow and holding onto the head of his bed with dear life. "No buts kid. We gotta get our asses on the move. Or we'll never get to go see Johnny boy." He nudged his brother and tried to pull him out of bed. "nooo...five more minutes." Dave grumbled. It was a normal thing in the Strider House hold Bro would try to get Dave out of bed while the other tried to stay in the safety of his bed. This war though would only last a total of three minutes. "Dave get your rump out of bed before I cancel the flight and go back to sleep." He made a face, pulling on him some more. Dave poked his head out from under his pillow and said," I am up." He reached for the glasses sitting on the bed side table and placing them on his face. "Good, kiddo.." Bro sighed in relief and let his little brother go, heading back to his room and grabbing a set of clothes and getting changed into them.

Dave let out a sigh of relief that Lil Cal didn't join in the wake up ritual today. He sat up and stretched before grabbing the shirt he had on the floor and slipping it over his wife beater. He didn't see the need to change his clothes since they were still clean. He dragged himself out of his room and towards the bathroom in order to complete his morning routine. Bro darted off down the hall to the kitchen and started some quick coffee, before grabbing Cal from the futon and heading to his room again.

Dave went back into his room in order to grab his phone which had been charging. He also made sure to grab his backpack which was now empty of school books and the like. He placed his laptop, the movies that he got, his charger, headphones and the portable turn tables. As an after thought he saved the file that he had been working on saved it onto a usb stick and packed his tablet. Once he had the stuff he was going to carry on to the plane he slipped on his shoes shut off his computer and fan and turned off the light as he left the room. Bro did his last tasks in the bathroom and pulled on his hat and shades again, pouring himself coffee in a to go cup and shutting everything down from the kitchen to his room. With Cal in his arms, he headed for the door. "Ready Lil bro?"

"Yeah." Dave yawned out standing up and walking towards the front door in order to grab his suit case and head out. Bro grabbed his own suitcase and held the door open for his little brother, ushering him out the door so he could follow and lock it behind them. The teen walked out of the apartment and stood near the wall. Once the door was locked Dave walked towards the elevator and stood there waiting for it to come up to their floor. Bro shuffled along after him, standing groggily outside the elevator until it came up and he could usher Dave inside and press the lobby button. Dave stood inside the elevator trying to ignore Lil Cal and his creepy stare. It felt like the elevator ride took forever reaching the lobby. Once it stopped on the lobby floor he made his way out of the apartment building and towards the truck. He picked the suitcase up and placed it over the side of the truck while he waited for Bro. Bro followed after Dave with his own suitcase, lifting it over and dropping it down in the bed of the truck. Then he unlocked the doors and nudged Dave towards the cab of the truck. Dave yawned and placed his backpack behind the front seat and moved the seat back in order to sit down. Sadly for him he was forced to hold Lil Cal, but at the moment he was too tired to care.

Bro settled himself down in his seat, reaching over and strapping himself in. He glanced at Dave shortly, before giving a little nod and starting the truck and steering it towards the airport. Dave had fallen back to sleep during the drive to the airport. When they got to the airport, Bro found a spot to park and reached over to nudge his little brother awake. Dave blinked behind his shades before wiping the drool off his mouth. He stepped out of the truck still holding Lil Cal before he placed the puppet strangely on the passenger seat in order to grab his backpack out of the back. He also looked at the stuff the got at the mall and grabbed those in order to shove the bags into one of the suitcases. Bro unbuckled and leaned over, picking up Cal and climbing out of the truck. He went around back and pulled their suitcases out of the bed of the truck, setting them down on the ground. Dave shoved the bags into the closet suitcase and closed it up. He yawned before grabbing his suitcase. Before he started moving he sent a text to John. 'at the air port getting ready to leave'

John didn't reply, and Bro started to usher his brother along, locking the truck and starting to walk along with his suitcase in hand. "I'm going." Dave replied slipping his phone into his pocket. He followed his brother towards the airport doors. Bro headed inside, going to check in and all of that other airport nonsense that happens before you actually can get on the plane. The younger Strider walked towards the check in desk and waited for Bro to talk to the elderly man in order for them to pick up their tickets and to place their suitcase on the convey belt for them to be taken to the plane that they would be leaving on. "Bro, can we get something to eat?" Dave asked. Bro gave a little nod of his head and looked around before heading over to some counter to get the two of them something to eat. Dave followed the older Strider and and stood near the counter were they were selling food. He shifted his weight and waited for breakfast. Bro waited until it was their turn and ordered some food for the two of them, paying for it and nodding to his brother to go some place to sit. Dave walked towards the closet table and sat down placing his head on his arms waiting for the food. Bro walked over soon after and parked his rear down onto the seat across from his brother, setting the food down. "Here kiddo."

Dave lifted his head up and looked at the food before grabbing some of it and began eating it. He looked at the bottle of water and looked a little upset at the fact it wasn't apple juice but drank it anyways. Bro snickered at that so obvious disappointment, but gave a little shrug of his shoulders and just started to eat some of the food too.

Dave kicked Bro in the leg under the table and kept eating. He hid his smirk when Bro cursed out at the pain. Bro shot Dave a look and stepped on his feet under the table, getting back to eating his grimaced in pain before going back to finishing off his food and drinking the water. Bro finished up soon too and stretched his arms up over his head, yawning. The teen yawned after Bro and slipped his fingers underneath his shades and rubbed his eyes. "So. We best go wait over near the gate or whatever, til they call us to board." The older male said. "Yeah." Was all Dave said standing up and grabbing his back pack. "So, what gate are we?" He asked. He sighed inwardly at having to pick Lil Cal up but did anyways. Bro eyed Dave briefly, before starting to nudge him along towards the next area of the airport. "Thirteen."

Dave made his way towards the moving floor looking for 13. He walked towards thirteen after what felt like twenty minutes and sat down placing Lil Cal in a seat awkwardly. He noticed that there were a lot of people staring and whispering amongst themselves. The younger Strider thought nothing of it and just pulled out his phone and took a pic of the puppet and sent it as a text to John. He then dug into his back pack and pulled out his ipod and head phones. Bro followed his younger brother to the gate and found a seat next to him and Cal in an empty chair, and tucked an arm around the back of the puppet's chair, casually reclining back in his own and getting comfortable until their plane would be ready to board. Dave slowly began to fall back to sleep with his headphones in blocking out all of the sounds from the airport. The teen was sound asleep by the time they started calling for boarding. Bro sat up and looked over at the kid beside him, giving him a little nudge. "Dave. Time to go. Get up kiddo. Gotta fly."

Dave mumbled something and let out a yawn and stood up taking his headphones off. He walked towards were the flight attended was standing and waited for Bro. Bro plucked Cal up from the seat and headed down after his brother to wait for the flight attendant to let them on the flight. "Tickets please." The woman said smiling down at Dave and looking towards Bro and Lil Cal and the smile dropped slightly. Bro snorted at her response, fishing their tickets from his pocket and handing them over to her.

"Look like you've seen a ghost, darlin." The older male drawled out. "Oh no." She said placing the smile back on her face. Dave snickered as he watched the exchange. He could tell she was creepied out by Lil Cal and he didn't blame her really. Once the tickets were taken care of they were let through to the loading bay. "Enjoy your flight." She said watching the two walk down the corridor that led to the plane. "Whatever." He gave a shrug and continued on down the hall to the plane, holding Cal carefully. "It's okay Cal man. People just don't understand what we have." He sighed and shook his head, looking for their seats. Dave walked behind Bro and shook his head at what he heard. He waited for Bro to find their seats before slipping in and taking the window seat. Bro scoffed at that and sank down on the seat next to him. "You ass. Swiping the good seat."

"You were to slow." Dave replied setting his backpack on his lap. "You better watch your little chicken ass. I'll get you back." He made that little 'I'm watching you' hand motion. Dave rolled his eyes behind his shades wishing they were the anime shades but the ones that John got him. He let out a sigh and looked out the window to look at the black sky. After looking at it for a few minutes he turned his attention back to the people now talking to each other and the kids crying because they are cranky and wanted to run down the aisles. The younger Strider slumped down in the chair a bit and pulled out his phone in order to take a picture of him on the plane in order to show John once he landed. Bro got himself comfortable and listened to the flight attendant going over the rules and what not of flying, and just did as would be expected, before closing his eyes and preparing to just take a little nap. Dave fell asleep not long after curling himself up close to the window. Somehow during his sleep he manged to switch from curling up on the window to curling up to Bro's arm.

Bro woke up from the extra touch, not having expected it, but just drew his brother in closer and fell back asleep, pretty exhausted. Half way through the trip Dave woke up to the feeling of kicking on the back of his chair and let out a groan of annoyance as he removed himself from Bro's grasp in order to look back at the person kicking his seat. Bro didn't really notice the boy peel himself away, and didn't even open his eyes. He just shifted a little and continued to sleep, like nothing was even going on. "Why are you wearing sunglasses?" The kid asked looking at the blonde innocently. Dave just looked at the kid for a moment before saying," Because." The six year old looked at the older male and smiled. "Can you quit kicking the seat?" Dave asked quietly. The elder blonde had no idea what was going on, all tucked in dreamland, cuddling up with Cal in the seat next to his brother, while he had the horrible offspring problem to deal with. Dave shook Bro to try and wake the other up. "NO I don't want to!" The kid screamed at Dave kicking the seat more. Bro peeked an eye open and made a face, waking up and groaning. All he heard was the kid screaming. So that is where he directed his attention, pulling his shades off and giving the kid a stare down. "Is there a problem, kid?"

The kid fell silent and looked like he was about to cry. Dave turned back around and let out a sigh. The teen chose to pull out his laptop and tablet in order to draw some of his shitty comic. He placed the small table down and began setting up his laptop just as the flight attendant was making her rounds with drinks and breakfast. "Good morning is there anything I can get you?" She asked the two blondes. Bro gave the kid a little nod and turned back around in his seat, looking up at the woman and giving her a tired little nod. "Coffee would be great." He muttered, slipping his shades back on and letting out a little sigh. This flight was not over yet, damn. "apple juice." Dave replied softly. The woman nodded and grabbed a bottle of apple juice and began to pour a cup of coffee. "Would you like Cream and Sugar?" She asked. "Yes, thank you ma'am." He replied with a little nod, too tired to try and wrangle his accent, so it slipped out when he spoke. She giggled while make the coffee. Dave watched and just let out a sigh and rolled his eyes when his apple juice was handed off to Bro before the elder got his coffee. Bro passed the juice on down to his brother, taking the cup and giving her a little smile. "Thanks. This'll do a lot of good."

The blonde took the apple juice and began to drink it. "Is there anything else you would like?" She asked. "Hm..I can't think of anything at this point. But we'll catch your attention if we think of anythin." He glanced at his brother. "Alright, then enjoy the rest of your flight." she replied shooting the older Strider a smile. The teen was busy drawing until the kid from earlier placed his head over the seat and went "Whatcha drawing?"

Bro nodded at the woman before taking a long sip of his coffee and letting out a sigh. He glanced over at the teen and the kid, raising a brow. "Nothing." Dave replied closing his laptop. "AWWWW...But it looked like so much fun. My mommy won't let me draw because this one time I drew on the wall. She got real mad." The kid said looking disappointed when Dave closed the snorted, shaking his head a little and casually glancing behind him for a moment, before looking back at the kid. "Well then your mom better be ashamed. Who knows. Could've been the next Picasso like my kid over here."

The kid smiled and went back to Dave. "Hey how come you don't talk much? Did I say something bad?" The kid asked. "Nah just tired." was Dave's response. He took a long look at his brother before going back to his coffee and looking at the head of the seat in front of him, just listening. "Oh okay." The Kid said excitedly before sitting down and pestering his mother. "Why don't you take another nap, kiddo." Bro suggested, glancing at Dave. Dave just let out a yawn before trying to get in a comfortable position in order to fall asleep. The teen ended up curled in a strange position before falling asleep. Bro watched him squirming around in his seat for a good spot, smiling a little and closing his own eyes for another little rest too. "At this time all electronic devices and seat belts must be put on. Also we are arriving in D.C. a little ahead of Schedule. As always we would like to thank you for flying with us." The captain said coming on over the intercom. Bro stirred and opened his eyes at the announcement, sluggishly strapping himself in and looking at his brother, nudging him once again. "Hey. Almost there. Put your seat belt on Dave."

The teen woke up quickly and slipped his seat belt on and putting away his laptop and closing up the table. He turned his head to look out the window as they began to see pieces of the city from the sky. The excitement was totally obvious, and made the elder Strider snicker under his breath, sitting still and waiting for the plane's descent. "Bro, look at how small the cars are." He said watching the cars driving on the high way as the plane made it's decent. Bro looked over at the window and gave a little nod of his head. "Yeah kid. You think your dorky little best bro'll be up by now?"

"I am sure he didn't sleep all night." Dave replied. The blonde sat back just as the plane made it's touch down and was waiting to get off the plane. A part of him hoped that John would skip school and come met him at the air port. He gave a little nod and waited patiently for the flight attendant to tell them they could finally get off of the plane. It'd definitely be pretty great to finally get to an actual bed, and get to chat with John's dad. "So is papa Eggies comin to grab us or am I callin a cab?"

"I dunno, John told me to text him when we got in." Dave replied. He was currently hiding his excitement at seeing John. "Oh. Well okay kiddo." He nodded, and after some seriously boring waiting, they were finally taking off out of the plane. "Stick close kid. Don't want to lose you."

Dave nodded and texted John after they were off the plane and out of the corridor.

TG: guess were i am right now

John was just barely getting out of bed, and when he got the text, he let out an odd noise. "Yes!" He quickly responded.

EB: dude you're early! there should be plenty of time for us to come get you before i have to be in school!

TG: awesome we are getting our bags now

EB: i'll tell dad! he won't have time to be mad!

TG: cool ill let bro know

"dadbert is gonna get us" Dave said. "Cool. We'll wait in here for now. It's fuckin cold as iced balls out there."

EB: okay! i'll see you in a little while!

TG: dude it is fucking cold here.

"yeah." Dave replied rubbing his arms.

EB: i told you it would be, dork.

"The sweaters are in the suitcases?"

"Yeah I think in yours." Dave responded to Bro.

TG: i didnt think it would be that cold

TG: how long until you get here

"Well then let's pry that shit open and bust those suckers out."

EB: fifteen minutes?

TG: awesome

Dave opened the suitcase and grabbed a sweater and threw it on feeling a little warmer. Bro followed suit, smirking at the obnoxious pattern on his sweater. Meanwhile John was surely getting chewed out while nervously tugging his fingers through his hair in an attempt to calm the huge mess of it, in the car on the way to the airport. "I can't believe you didn't inform me, John. What were you thinking? And I am sure David followed along." Dad Egbert said harshly. He was upset that his son went behind his back and planned something like this. Dave snickered and took a picture of Bro in his sweater. He closed up the suitcase and waited for John to show up.

"I'm sorry dad. But it was really important! You know how important it is even! Ugh! I should have brushed my hair. Bluh. I'm sorry. But don't blame Dave! It was um. It was my idea, don't get mad at him. Please, dad. It's just. We're magnets, you know?" John huffed, scowling at the visor mirror. Bro ignored Dave, chilling with his suitcase and looking around, waiting for the Egberts. The elder egbert and let out a sigh. There was nothing he could really do now that the Strider's were here. He pulled into the air port and turned the car off. "We will talk about this later." He replied. Dave was currently playing fruit ninja in order to pass the time while waiting for John. The blonde haired teen didn't notice the Egberts coming into the air port. "Yeah. Of course dad."

John was chewing on his bottom lip, fiddling with his glasses and looking for the blonde brothers. But oddly enough, even with their..Lovely sweaters, he didn't notice them until Bro gave a little hand gesture towards them. John's father walked up to the other and held out his hand, "I trust yours and David's flight went well."

Dave paused his game and looked up to see John and walked to the other, "Sup."

Bro glanced at the older man's hand and took a hold, flashing him a smile. "Sure did."

John beamed at the other boy, giving a little wave and standing there awkwardly before throwing his arms around Dave. "You're here!"

"Of course I am fucking here, why wouldn't I be." Dave responded a little surprised by the hug.

"Well we can continue this at the house, let me help you with your bags." Dad Egbert replied grabbing one of the suitcases while John and Dave talked to each other. "You really are. Hehe. Gosh this is going to be so much fun I can't wait!" John squeaked a little, tugging Dave along with him towards the car. Bro eyed him briefly before grabbing the other suitcase. "Thanks for the help Egbert."

"You can call me James, If it wouldn't be to much trouble I would like to speak to you once the boys are taken care of." He said leading the small group to his ford eclipse.

"Neither can I, Man it feels like my balls are freezing." Dave said walking with John towards the car. "James huh? Cool. And nah. I'm totally open for a little one on one verbal exchange." He nodded. John wrinkled his nose. "Dude! TMI!"

James said nothing as he unlocked the car and then popped the trunk. "nah TMI is if I told you that I just masterbated while thinking of you on the plane." Dave responded deadpanned. Bro followed him around to the back to put the other suitcase in the trunk. John reached over and socked Dave in the arm. "Dave! That is so gay!"

"No homo." Dave replied pushing John. Once the suitcases were in the trunk James walked to the front, "Alright boys get in the car." He said getting into the driver's side. "Yeah it is." John rolled his eyes and climbed in the back seat. "Uh. Dad? Can I skip school to stay home and hang out with Dave?"

Bro glanced at the boys before getting in the front seat. James let out a sigh knowing that this was going to happen. "Fine but you better make up all of the work that you miss." James said giving John a look in the mirror. "No it ain't." Dave replied buckling his seat belt. Once he felt the car move. John broke out a sort of sheepish grin, whacking at his best friend. "Ummm. Can you call me in sick too? So I won't get in trouble for missing the band performance at the rally?"

Bro rose a brow and looked at the younger blonde in the backseat, strapping himself in. James let out a sigh and glanced towards the elder Strider. "Can you please put your seat belt on." He asked nicely. "Who is the dork now." Dave replied. Bro turned his attention back to the older Egbert. "Roger that captain." He saluted the man and buckled himself in. John elbowed Dave and turned to look at him with a huge grin. "This is going to be so much fun."