Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long since the last update, I have been really busy. But now things have calmed down and I can hopefully start posting a bit more regularly again!

As you will find in this chapter I want to try and incorporate my knowledge of French into my story. If you know French, great! If not, don't fret, I will have translations down at the bottom of the story.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything related to Homestuck. All the cool stuff is owned by Andrew Hussie. I simply take his characters and reformat them into a story with less death and aliens (Not that I am complaining about those things)

Chapter 3

Lunch finally rolled around. Kanaya grabbed her food and started looking for Rose. Maybe if I just ask, it will be fine for me to sit with them. I mean, they are all pretty cool right? Kanaya found a red and white shirt running towards a table, and figured it was Dave, so that must be where they sit. She followed him to the table. Dave saw her and motioned her over. "Sup Kanaya! Do you want to sit with us?" He motioned to the table filled only with Rose, himself, a boy with glasses, and another boy with red hair and an expression that made it seem like he was pissed off at someone.

"Uh, yeah sure. That would be great." She sat down next to Rose. "So Rose, what class do you have next?"

Rose fished for her schedule in her backpack, eventually finding it and saying, "French 2. What about you?"

"Actually, same. Wow, we have three classes together in total. That's kinda cool."

The mad-looking boy piped up, "I think French is a boring language. German is a lot cooler."

Dave gave the boy a light punch on the arm. "Hey, be quiet. What language you like is personal opinion. Maybe Kanaya finds it an extremely fascinating language."

Rose looked at Kanaya, who had a multitude of emotions on her face, and realized, "Oh, you don't know these other two idiots. Let me introduce everyone. Well, you know Dave. The guy with glasses and a weird obsession for biology is John Egbert, and the grouchy one is Karkat Vantas. Karkat and Dave have been inseparable since they were little, so I'm told. The best of friends before they knew what being friends meant. Karkat, John, this is Kanaya Maryam. She is new to the state and lives a few houses down from me."

Karkat and John simultaneously said "Hey Kanaya" even though their tone was completely different.

Rose looked at the clock. "Well, I guess we should get to class. The bell is about to ring. Shall we?" She offered her arm for Kanaya to hook hers around.

Kanaya, seeing the friendly offer, smiled. "We shall." They hooked arms and walked to French class.

The two girls walked into class and sat down next to each other. They each took out their notebooks as the bell rang.

"Bonjour et bienvenue au français deux, classe." The French teacher said walking in to class. She promptly gave us an assignment to write about our summer using as much French as we remember from last school year. Both Kanaya and Rose began scribbling on their papers, smirking at each other.

The final bell rang, and the class gathered up their stuff and walked out. Rose and Kanaya fell into step with each other. "So, how are you liking Alternia High so far?" Rose asked, clearly wanting to spark up conversation.

Kanaya thought for a minute. "It's cool. It looks a lot nicer than the last school I was at, and the people are generally nicer. The last school I was at, Westwood High School, was really rough. There were a lot of gangs there, and fights broke out often."

"Oh my gosh. Were you involved in any of them?" Rose asked, seriously hoping the answer was no.

Kanaya blushed. "Yeah, I was involved in one or two, but it was because I was sticking up for my friend who was in really big trouble at the time. Anyway, the teachers and students are generally nice at Alternia. Though, I did have a run in with these two girls in my art class. Their names were Feferi and Vriska. Feferi wasn't overly rude, but Vriska looked like she wanted to kill me. Of course, I may have sassed them just a bit."

Rose groaned and put her face in her hands. "Oh no, Kanaya. Those are two girls you definitely don't want to mess with. They will do whatever it takes to get back at you now."

"Tch. I'm not scared of them. If they have a problem with me I will take them on anytime. I gotta go. See ya tomorrow." Kanaya waved and turned towards her house.

"See you." Rose called, then continued walking.

"How was your day?" Porrim called from the computer.

Kanaya closed the door behind her. "It was fine. Rose is in two of my classes on B-days, and even plays the same instrument as me."

"That's nice. I'm glad you two seem to be getting along. Anything else interesting?" Porrim asked.

"Well, not exactly a good interesting, but these two girls looked like they wanted to kill me just 'cause I sat in her seat in art class."

Porrim immediately turned around. "What? Exactly what happened?"

Kanaya hesitated, regretting telling her sister about that. "Well, I sat down in the front of the room for art class, because the board said 'sit anywhere', then these two girls came in demanding I move. I asked why and the one girl said because the other girl's grandmother founded the school. I said no, they can sit somewhere else, and the first girl looked like she wanted to murder me on the spot."

Porrim's eyes got really big. "That's awful! Did she hurt you at all?"

Kanaya watched her sister's eyes scan her body for injuries. "No. It really wasn't much of a big deal. Really, I'm fine."

Her sister sighed. "Okay, but tell me if it gets any worse, alright?"

"Will do. Whatcha doing?" Kanaya asked, pulling up a chair next to her sister.

Her older sister sighed. "Just looking for a job. There's one for an elementary school art teacher that sounds promising." Her sister got her teaching degree a few years ago when they lived in southern California, but didn't do much with it except for a minor teaching job here and there.

"Are you going to apply? I think you should. You're great with kids and you love art." Kanaya was glad her sister was actually looking for a permanent job. It wasn't anything official, but it was more than just words.

"Yeah I think I will. That way I get the same holidays you do mostly. We can still hang out a lot."

Kanaya hugged Porrim. "That's great. I'm going to go cook dinner for us, okay?"

"Sounds good." Porrim turned back to the computer, and Kanaya got up and started to cook pasta for dinner.

Rose got home to find her mother sleeping as usual. She quietly crept upstairs, narrowly avoiding stepping on her mom's cat Frigglish. She made her way to her room where Mutini was waiting curled up on the bed. The cat meowed when she walked up to the bed. "Hehe, hey Mutini. I see you had a relaxing day." She put her stuff down and pulled out her phone. She opened her messages and clicked on Dave's name.

Rose: hey dave. how was your day?

Dave: It was fine. How about you?

Rose: fine. what did you think of kanaya today?

Dave: She seems really cool. You two seem pretty close after only two days.

Rose: i know. it's kinda awesome. i have a really good feeling that this friendship will last a really long time.

Dave: That's good Rose. I'm proud of you. Hey I gtg Bro is calling for me. Probably got a puppet stuck in the toilet or something.

Rose: lol. alright i'll see you tomorrow.

Dave: Yea see you then.

Rose put her phone down and picked up her violin and began to play. She loved the feel of the strings underneath her fingers. It calmed her down. She put all her emotion into her music and played until she decided it was time for dinner.

Rose meandered downstairs and opened the fridge. It mostly contained spirits of different kinds, courtesy of her mother. She eventually decided she would just make a turkey and cheese sandwich and make herself some tea. She really liked tea.

Rose put her food on the table and went to grab her laptop. She could not stop thinking about what Kanaya had told her about her old school. It bothered her that Kanaya got into so much trouble there. It made her even more relieved that she was here in Rainbow Falls now. She sat down and searched for Westwood High School, and immediately saw a bunch of reports about gang fights and arrests. She clicked on a few links to start investigating. This is no place for a girl like Kanaya. Sure, she seems pretty tough, but she also seems to care a lot for her friends. I hope she didn't lose anyone in these fights. Rose sighed and continued to read the countless news stories late into the night.

Translations

Bonjour et bienvenue au français deux, classe. = Hello and welcome to French two, class.

Well thank you for reading yet another chapter. I hope everyone is enjoying it! I sure am enjoying writing this. Please leave reviews and likes and follow and whatever it is you guys want to do. Perhaps tell your friends? That would be nice.

~Jane