Just a heads up: from tomorrow until the seventh of August I won't be updating because I'll be busy visiting some family members and doing awesome crap. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Spring break went by pretty fast for Karkat. All he and Sollux really did was play videogames, watch movies, watch TV, eat and sleep. They also hung out with their friends and Roxy even got them all tickets to a concert. Karkat thought the music at the concert was shit, but Roxy and Calliope seemed to enjoy it. Gamzee just seemed to have a good time no matter what and Tavros seemed a bit nervous because of the huge crowd. And Sollux was just…himself. Karkat couldn't tell if he hated the concert or not.
When school started again Roxy got even more serious about their drama project.
"It's almost the end of the school year!" she said. "So we've gotta get serious about memorising our lines!"
"I still have to finish writing Gamzee and Tavros's play." Calliope said.
"Don't worry! It'll be fine!" Roxy said. Karkat glanced at his copy of the script for him and Sollux.
"What's with this?" he asked.
"You try thinking up a modern Cinderella for two guys." Calliope said. "Of course it's a bit odd."
"Do I get to actually drink thomething or ith it gonna be a thtupid prop?" Sollux asked.
"I'm pretty sure you could bring some soda." Roxy said.
"Cool."
"So does Kanaya have our outfits planned out?" Roxy asked.
"Yeah, she's working on Calliope's dress right now." Karkat said.
"Great. Let's take a look through the prop box in the back to see if there's anything we can use." Roxy led them all to the back room where there was a giant box full of the weirdest to the coolest props. They all started rummaging through it. Calliope found a cardboard cut-out of a witch.
"This could be the evil stepmother." she said.
"That's perfect!" Roxy said.
"Aw, cool. Check out this motherfucking miracle." Gamzee said. He held up a giant clown head. He put it on and did a dance.
"Perfect! That's what you're wearing!" Roxy said. Gamzee grinned and took it off.
"Hey, KK could wear thith cape." Sollux held up a brown cape to Karkat.
"Yeah! You should totally wear that Karkat!" Roxy said.
"I'll ask Kanaya if it'll work with my costume." Karkat pulled out his phone and texted Kanaya.
CG: HEY KANAYA, ROXY WANTS ME TO WEAR A BROWN CAPE FOR THE PLAY.
GA: I See. Please Send Me A Picture Of This Cape.
Karkat took a picture of it and sent it to her.
GA: I Believe It Will Work Well With It.
CG: OKAY.
"Yeah, I can wear it." he said.
"Great. Hey, check this out!" Roxy said. She put on an incredibly long unicorn horn and posed. "I'll be the unicorn that Karkat and Sollux ride of on into the sunset!"
"You look more like a narwhal than a unicorn." Sollux said.
"Fine! I'll be a two-legged narwhal that you ride off into the sunset!"
"How about fuck no." Karkat said. Roxy stuck her tongue out at him.
"You're so boring Karkat. Have some creativity."
"Hey, Tavbro could wear these motherfucking wings." Gamzee said, pulling some orange fairy wings out of the box.
"Yeah! That would be so cute!" Roxy said, clapping. Tavros shrugged and mumbled something.
"Hey, can you six come out here for a minute?" Aranea asked. Karkat and the others put the props down and walked out. The principal was standing there.
"We've got another field trip on the second to last week of school. Get these signed and handed in this week or you can't go." She handed out the permission slips then walked out. Karkat read his and sighed.
"Oh, it's just a summer camp thing." he said.
"Sounds like fun!" Roxy said. "It's right at Beforus Lake too! We can go swimming!"
"Are we gonna go into the forest near there?" Karkat asked.
"No, we're going to a different one." Sollux said. He pointed at the map on the back of the sheet. "Thee? Thith one."
"Oh." Karkat wondered how Sollux knew which forest he'd meant.
They spent the rest of the class discussing the play and playing with the props. After school Karkat walked home with Sollux as usual and gave Porrim the permission slip. Then he went on his computer and played some games for awhile. He marked the day of the field trip on the calendar. He stared at the date and sighed. Hopefully it would go better than the skiing field trip. Being stuck inside a cabin with the same people and a limited amount of food for the whole day had not been fun.