The school day was over and Stuart leaves the school to look towards the parking lot. He sees a large dark purple van with a painted white inverted cross.

Murdoc is talking to Eclipse, laughing with him as he jumps into the van. Eclipse gets in as well but glares at the bluenette before slamming the door shut.

Stuart sighs sadly and walks off the school grounds and down the sidewalk. It was strange, walking by himself without Murdoc. Since they were kids, they were inseparable. 'But they seemed to have so much in common with Mudsy, they would be great friends for him.' thought Stuart.

Maybe even better friends than him.

He sighs sadly and enters his house to drop his backpack. His parents wouldn't be home for an hour and a half, plus no Murdoc to hang out with. Stuart walks into the kitchen to grab a soda before heading upstairs to his room.

He shuts the door to grab his keyboard and plops onto his bed. He plays a few tunes to distract himself, but they all just turn out sad. Fed up, he puts the keyboard back to lay on his bed.

It was fine, Murdoc would come back later and they can hang out then. With a yawn, Stuart rolls over and shuts his eyes, a nap sounded great.

*~* GORILLAZ *~*

Stuart was brushing his teeth with his pajamas on. He'd had dinner a few hours ago and was now getting ready for bed. Murdoc never showed up, he must still be hanging out with the Goths.

With a sigh, Stuart exits the bathroom and enters his room. It was still empty, making the bluenette even sadder. He gets into bed and pulls the covers over his body. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

He was sleeping for awhile when he hears a knock at his window. Blinking his eyes open, Stuart sees the clock reads two forty-three and yawns loudly. The knocking continues and the bluenette gets out of bed and opens the curtains.

There he saw Murdoc and opens the window. "Hey sorry, we were drinking and passed out." slurred Murdoc. "Alright, did you have fun?" asked Stuart. "Fuck ya I did, they liked a shit ton of my music, we drank and traded a few Satanic secrets." laughed Murdoc.

Stuart smiles, happy he enjoyed himself. When Murdoc turns away to grab his night clothes, he frowns then. Murdoc had fun, so he'd no doubt want to hang out with them again. 'Maybe even not come back at all.' thought Stuart.

Murdoc changes into his PJs and crawls onto the bed. Stuart joins him and the two lay down for sleep. Murdoc's out in a second but the bluenette finds he can't sleep.

What if he loses his friendship with Murdoc? He eventually closes his eyes and returns to sleep.

- NEXT MORNING -

Smoke raised through the air as Stuart and Murdoc smoked their cigarettes. They were on their way back to school, another day of middle school. Murdoc laughed with Stuart over a new prank idea when a loud honk sounds.

The two look to see it was the Goth's van. Eclipse was driving this time, rolling down the window with loud metal music playing. "Hey Murdoc, want a lift?" asked Eclipse. "Nah, school ain't too far, Stu and I are fine." said Murdoc.

"Alright, see you at lunch." said Eclipse. "Got it, better bring the booze when school let's out." said Murdoc. Eclipse flashes a thumbs up and drives off. Stuart frowns a bit as they continue on.

"So, you guys are hanging out again?" asked Stuart. "Ya, sorry I forgot to tell you, but this time I promise, I WILL be back later to hang out, we still need to finish those action movies we swiped." chuckled Murdoc.

The bluenette laughs at that as they enter the school grounds. They enter the school and get to their locker to get ready for class. 'Murdoc is still my best friend, he can have other friends, that's fine.' thought Stuart.

It was fine, so why didn't it feel fine?

A/N: Murdoc and the Goths are getting along better, poor Stuart is feeling like a third wheel. Will things now change? Stay tuned and plz review.