The next day Karkat found out that he was grounded for the rest of the week and they'd run out of his favourite cereal. So he was stuck having stale Cheerios that had been in the back of the cupboard for awhile now.
"Here Karkat. I signed that permission slip." Porrim said, handing it to Karkat. Karkat nodded and stuffed it in his pant's pocket.
On the walk to school he ran into Sollux. They didn't really talk at all, just walked and stayed silent. When they got to school Tavros and Gamzee were waiting for them at the entrance. They waved to them as they approached.
"Solbro, Karbro! You got the permission slips signed yet?" Gamzee asked. Karkat nodded and pulled his out. Sollux had his as well, and so did Gamzee and Tavros. "Great! Let's go hand them into the office now!" So they went to the office and dropped them off in the box. Then they went to homeroom and chatted a bit before going to class.
In science class Mr. Ampora gave them all a project and some homework. Karkat was beginning to hate science class. While they worked on the project he went on a rant about how magic isn't real and there is only SCIENCE!
"I disagree with that!" Karkat turned and realized Calliope was in their science class. She was standing up and looked like she'd just realized what she'd done.
"Excuse me?!" Mr. Ampora exclaimed.
"Uh…I-"
"I motherfucking agree with her!" Gamzee said, standing up. Calliope looked relieved and Mr. Ampora looked pissed as hell.
"Wwhat is wwrong wwith you twwo?! Magic is fake as shit!" Wow, a teacher actually swore. Cool.
"No it's not!" Calliope insisted.
"That's right. Miracles are magic my bro. And miracles exist!" Gamzee said.
"U-um, maybe you shouldn't make him mad…" Tavros whispered. Gamzee just smiled at him and shook his head.
"You believe in magic too, right Tavbro?" Tavros nodded, though he glanced at Mr. Ampora nervously.
"Well…yeah."
"You're all idiots! There's no such thing as magic!" Mr. Ampora was screeching at the top of his lungs.
"Yeth there ith." Sollux said, raising his hand. Mr. Ampora's face was turning purple. "Ha-ha. Look at hith fathe." Karkat just sighed. What were they all doing? This was going to get them all in detention.
"Hey, do you guys have any glue sticks?" Roxy asked, walking into their classroom.
"This is the fucking science room! Wwhy the hell wwould wwe?!" Mr. Ampora screamed. Roxy looked surprised.
"You don't have to shout. Jeez. What's goin' on here, anyway?"
"We're trying to convince this motherfucker that magic and miracles are real." Gamzee said. Roxy grinned.
"Cool! They so are!"
"NO THEY'RE NOT!"
"YEAH!"
"NO!"
"YEAH!"
"NO!"
"YEAH!"
"NO-"
"Excuse me, but will you all please BE QUIET?!" The class went silent and turned to see the principal standing there. She sighed and glared at everyone, including Mr. Ampora, who was trying to regain his composure.
"Ms. Peixes, I can explain-"
"Nope! You four students and you two all get detention and you, Mr. Ampora, come by my office after school." She pointed first at Karkat, Tavros, Gamzee and Sollux, then at Calliope and Roxy.
"Meenah-"
"Shut up!" she snapped, cutting Mr. Ampora off. "Now be quiet!" She left, slamming the door shut.
"I'm not even in this class." Roxy said. "I just need glue-sticks for the art class."
"This. Is. A. Science. Class." Mr. Ampora said slowly. "Get. Out!" Roxy shrugged and walked out of the room. "Evveryone else, finish your stupid projects!"
Science class was pretty boring after that. They all did their projects quietly and after that they just went on their phones. They were pretty sure they'd get into more trouble if they tried to talk. During lunch Calliope apologized to them.
"It's not your fault." Roxy said. "That jerk was just asking for it."
"But now we all have detention…" Calliope said.
"Cool it Calli. It's totally worth it." Gamzee said, patting her head. Calliope smiled and nodded.
"Okay. Thanks."
"Sure thing." Karkat rolled his eyes, then noticed the brief change in Tavros's and Roxy's expressions. What the heck? It didn't even last a second though, so he probably imagined it.
"At leatht we'll have thomething to do after thcool." Sollux pointed out.
"Yeah, I'm still grounded." Karkat grumbled.
"What did you do this time Karbro?" Gamzee asked.
"We thet off paint-bombth downtown a couple dayth ago." Sollux said. Roxy burst out laughing.
"That was you guys?! I still haven't been able to wash it out of my clothes!"
"Thorry 'bout that." Sollux said. But he grinned like he wasn't. Gamzee laughed too.
After school they all sat in detention in their science classroom. Mr. Slick was supervising them because Mr. Ampora was getting grilled by Ms. Peixes or something. Mr. Slick didn't seem to care much about what they did, but he said if they tried to talk he would stab them. So instead they texted.
CG: THIS IS STUPID. NOW WHEN I GET HOME I'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO ANOTHER RANT FROM KANKRI! AND I DON'T EVEN DESERVE THIS FUCKING DETENTION!
TA: he 2ure doe2 talk a lot.
CG: WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THOSE 2'S?!
TA: what'2 wrong wiith them?
CG: AND DOUBLE I'S? SERIOUSLY?!
TG: karkat, thathts' rude.
TG: *that's.
UU: Does he really talk that mUch?
CG: YES! HOLY FUCK HE DOES!
TC: YeAh, He DoEs HaVe OnE mIrAcUlOuS mOuTh.
CG: WHAT THE FUCK?! GAMZEE, THAT JUST SOUNDS MESSED UP.
TC: KaRbRo, I'm PrEtTy SuRe YoU'rE tHe OnLy OnE wHo ThInKs ThAt.
TA: yeah kk.
CG: FUCK YOU!
TA: gay.
CG: OH JESUS! SOLLUX, YOU CUT THAT OUT!
AT: uHH, CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP FIGHTING?
TG: yeha guys.
TG: *yeah.
TG: stop fihgting!
TG: *figitnig
TG: fcuk!
CG: HOW THE HELL DO YOU MANAGE TO MAKE SUCH STUPID TYPOS?!
TG: don't be ride karkat.
TG: *rude.
UU: Yeah, everyone stop getting into argUments. Smile! ^u^
CG: I AM NOT FUCKING SMILING LIKE THAT!
UU: TnT
TG: karkiat!
TC: KARBRO!
TG: *Karkat.
TC: KaRbRo, YoU mOtHeRfUcKiNg ApOlOgIzE.
TG: yeah!
CG: FINE. I'M SORRY.
UU: Apology accepted. ^u^+
CG: WHAT THE HELL IS THE PLUS SIGN FOR?!
UU: That's my hand, waving. I'm waving to yoU positively to show I accept the apology.
CG: OH. WHAT THE HELL?
TG: i thing it's cute.
TG: *think.
UU: ^u^+
TG: *U*+
CG: OKAY, THAT ONE WAS JUST STUPID.
TG: XP
"Okay, time for you idiots to get home!" Mr. Slick snapped. They put their phones away and left the room. They passed by the office and saw the principal yelling at Mr. Ampora. They smirked and kept walking.
"Therveth him right." Sollux said.