It had only been about two hours since he fell asleep, and Karkat's pesky alarm disrupted his rare slumber. It was time again for him to get ready for school. As he got ready, Karkat revisited his first few weeks at the new school and they weren't too bad.

The harassment only occurred on the bus and it was actually kind of harmless. Sure it was annoying but all the guy ever did was push Karkat's head slightly as he walked by and him "fresh meat". Plus, Karkat had managed to make a few friends, well really only three. Aside from Terezi, he met a boy named John Egbert, a total nerd and a connoisseur of movies. Correction, a connoisseur of bad movies. They met in science class when the teacher paired the two up for a lab. John wouldn't stop babbling about how much he loved Nic Cage. Somehow, Karkat cursing him out caused the two to bond in the office.

Then there was Dave Strider. He met this cool kid through John. Dave was as cool and ironic as one could hope to get, the maker of online comics you've never heard of, and incredibly charming in his own stoic way. In Karkat's mind, he could care less for the blonde, but John and Terezi seemed to like him.

After his little reflection session, Karkat turned on his TV to see the weather report for that day. The over joyous weatherman reported that the sun was going to be showing all day today…delightful. The weather dictated what Karkat would wear that day. If it was sunny, he would be forced to cover up in long sleeves or a hoody. If it rained or was simply cloudy, he was free to wear what he pleased.

Albinism was a bitch like that. Karkat's friends always questioned him on his clothing choices on nice days, but he never told them the truth. 'If I did they would probably think I'm a freak' he thought, 'everyone else did.' He hadn't told anyone about his albinism since elementary school, the kids were frightened by his red eyes and made fun of his white hair. It didn't stop there either. All throughout middle school he was bullied. That's actually the reason his father moved him to Skaia high.

Karkat threw on his jeans and his hoody, shaking his head free from his thoughts of the past. He proceeded to the bathroom to groom himself and he took a long look at his reflection. His candy red eyes inspected his hair and a growl came from his lips when he noticed his black hair was returning to its natural ivory state at the roots. Because of the contrast of black and white it was extremely noticeable. Karkat rummaged through the cabinets searching for hair dye but he came up empty handed. Well shit. Now he'd have to stay home and do it later. He sent a quick message to his friends to let them know he "caught something" and wouldn't be there today. 'Man today is going to be so boring…' Karkat wished he could be someone else right now.

-Be Terezi-

Terezi's phone vibrated, alerting her that she had an incoming message. She pulled out her phone and pressed the button on the side that made her phone read the message to her through her headphones. It turns out Karkat was sick and wouldn't be at school today. She responded into the microphone of her cellular and it typed out her 'G3T W3LL SOON', quirk and all. Technology sure is a blessing!

She turned back to John and Dave who had received the same message from the "sick" boy.

"Man, I hope Karkat gets better by tomorrow. We have a lab in science." John whined.

"I'm sure he will." Dave reassured his friend.

The bell rang throughout the school, starting another day of learning. Terezi lifted herself from her seat and extended her walking cane.

"Woah, where'd you get that sweet dragon cane Terezi?" John sounded surprised.

"John, I've had this all my life…"

"Wow really? Wait, why?" Terezi could practically see John scratching his head!

"Dude," Dave scoffed, "Tz is blind." Oh! That's right, she had only told Dave.

"How come I've never seen you use that then?" John questioned.

"Because you and Karkat always rush off to class before I can even get up!" Terezi stated matter-of-factly.

John's response was a simple "yeah…". More and more students began leaving the cafeteria and dave had moved to terezi's side to walk her to her first block, which was English. Yes, English. With books and writing. She might be blind but that didn't mean she wanted special treatment! Terezi had her mother talk to the principle into letting her take normal classes and do her graded assignments online. The only thing she had to do in her classes was answer the questions she knew off the top of her head.