Your name is John Egbert, and it is the middle of the second week of your sophomore year in high school. You walk to school; as your dad is busy, and it's not too far. You enjoy school, being as social as you are. You're proud to claim that you know pretty much everyone at the school. While you are not popular, you are not an outcast either. You're kinda in the middle somewhere.

During your walk, you notice absolutely nothing out of place. No new people either. Except for the two girls you notice walking towards the school from the opposite direction, together, alone. You don't think you've ever seen them before. The shorter one was wearing a short blue dress-you don't even know if it's allowed by the school dress code-and horn rimmed glasses. Her dark hair was cropped short at her shoulders. She seemed to be listening adamantly to the taller girl, who wore glasses with one lens darkened, a black shirt, grey cardigan, and blue jeans. They looked similar enough to be sisters. You decide to introduce yourself.

"Now, remember, stay out of trouble, and be quiet in class. Don't you dare get detention." The taller girl said. The other nodded.

"Hello, I'm John! Are you new here?" You smile brightly and stick out your hand. The taller girl looks at you coolly, then steps right around you as if you weren't there. "Do you need help finding your classes?" He asked, not deterred.

"Shove off." The tall girl says. She quickly guides the other girl around you. They disappeared before you had the chance to say anything else.

The warning bell rang, and you rush off to class. You find it pretty weird that the new pair transferred two weeks into school, but you shrug it off and pay attention to your class.

Everything went normally until eighth hour, your last class of the day. You took your seat at the second to the back row, and settle in to wait for the lecture to start.

"Pay attention you little brats!" Mr. Baje shouted. "We have a new student, Vriska." The tall girl from earlier was standing next to him. "Now go sit down behind John, it's the only empty seat." Huffing, Vriska stomped to her seat. She looked rather harassed. John noticed that the knuckles on her right hand were bruised.

"Hey, are you alright?" You ask. Vriska just sneered at him. "Are you sure, cus maybe you ought to go to the nurse?" Mr. Baje started writing on the board and snapping out the lesson. You are suddenly too busy copying down the equations to continue speaking with Vriska. At last, Mr. Baje set you to the massive amount of homework he always gives.

You turn around to see if Vriska needs any help, when you are surprised to see that she didn't take any notes.

"Do you need to copy down my notes?" you ask.

"Leave me alone!" She spat.

"Ok, just let me know if you need anything." You aren't sure what happened next. You felt a searing pain in your left cheek then you are on the floor with Vriska standing over you.

"Vriska! I will not tolerate any fighting here! Go to the office!" Mr. Baje shouts.

"I was just leaving." Vriska whipped out of the classroom.

"Get up Egbert." The teacher snapped. You follow his order. "I suppose you need to go to the nurse." He says. You nod, and Mr. Baje wrote out a pass. Holding your cheek, you staggered down to the nurse's office. You're pretty sure you hit the back of your head on the hard tile, which is why you feel so fuzzy. The nurse sighs and hands you an ice pack.

"You're the fourth boy I've seen today!" She complained. "Let me guess, a girl named Vriska?" You nod, and she frowns. You hurry back to collect your books. By the time you gather up everything you need, everyone else has already left. You throw out the now soggy ice pack.

You're heading out the door when you bump into someone. It's Vriska. She notices your cheek.

"Oh my god." She looks horrified.

"Hey, no worries, it doesn't even hurt." You say lightheartedly, covering the mark with your hand. Vriska gently moves it away. You wince a little when she touches the bruise. She draws back.

"I'm really sorry. I, I can't…" She never finishes. She's already gone.

"Hey, wait!" You shout, chasing after her. You reach the parking lot, and you see a flash of gray behind the big oak tree. You run up to it. Vriska is sitting in the shade, her long black hair covering her face. She's not crying, her shoulders are not shaking. You sit down next to her. "I'm sorry you punched me." You feel like kicking yourself. What a statement, Egbert.

"You're a dork." She laughed.

"But I'm a nice dork." He grinned.

"Yes, a nice dork." She leaned her head back against the tree.

"Can we start over?" You ask. She doesn't respond. "Hi, I'm John Egbert." You say, holding out your hand like you did this morning. This time, she takes it.

"Vriska."

Yay Spider8reath! These two are my OTP, and just...ARG. Anyway, a lot of humanstucks aren't finished, but I'm planning on finishing this one. I went back and read it after going to a writing camp, and yeesh! So I'm going back and editing this. I don't think i will for Elementalist, because I have so much written, but this one will be edited. Elementalist is still priority. Thank you for reading u