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Gym didn't go as bad as John thought. They just did stretches and fooled around with the basketball. He was happy that he had Jade and Dave but he couldn't help the feeling he got when he saw that Karkat wasn't in his Gym class. After Gym was over Jade hooked him by the arm. "Dave we can't leave our little princess alone! Who knows what might happen to John!~" Jade teased. "Yeah, don't want little princess John to get molested in the halls now do we?" Dave said, taking Johns other arm as John groaned. "I'm about as much as a princess as you Harley!" John whined as they begun to drag him towards his last period. "I'm not the one who needed a knight in shining armour today now was I?~" Jade teased before laughing and looking mischievously at Dave. Jade and Dave then broke out in chorus singing "Pretty princess John, our little princess John, saved by his knight in shining armour!~" John face palmed. "Why am I even friends with you guys again?" John whined. "Because you love us!~" Jade exclaimed before going back to the song.

When they got to Johns last period Jade patted him on the back. "You go get 'em princess! We'll be rooting for you!" Jade said with a grin as John chuckled. "Yeah, yeah. Thanks guys. I'll message you guys on pesterchum later!" John said as he went to the door. "Bye dude!" Dave said, taking Jades arm in his, in replace of Johns. "Talk to you later John!" Jade replied happily before skipping down the hall singing "We're off to find the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz!"

John slipped into his class happily. "You're the new student right?" the teacher at the front of the class said, to which John nodded. "Take any empty seat." the teacher said, flicking her wrist towards the class. John quickly scanned the area and grinned brightly as he saw someone he knew and started skipping over to him. Before he got there though someone stuck their foot out infront of him and tripped him. The whole class arupted into laughter as John blushed and scrambled to pick himself up. "Mr. Trenis! Go to the principles office right now!" the teacher yelled at the boy who tripped John. As John stood up and say him he froze. It was one of the guys from that morning, and he was smirking devilishly at John. "Why should I? The boys a fag!" the boy snapped. There was the sound of a chair flying back and as soon as John blinked the boy was being held up by his collar by none other than Karkat Vantas. "You want to say that again fucker?" Karkat snarled at the boy, who was slightly trembling in his arms. "Mr. Vantas please! Let him go this instant or your both going to the principles office!" the teacher yelled, hurrying over. Karkat huffed and dropped the boy back onto his seat before turning around and grabbing Johns arm, dragging him to the back of the classroom. "Mr. Trenis, you will go see the principal right now!" the teacher yelled grabbing the boy by his arm and dragging him out of the class.

John could only sit stunned when Karkat shoved him into an empty seat in the back and sat next to him growling. "Stupid fucks, picking on those who can't fight back." Karkat grumbled, bringing John back to reality. "Uh I can fight, I just choose not to! But um... Yeah... Th-Thanks again..." John said, his face getting a bit pink at the end as he looked away from Karkat. "If you can fight then Sollux isn't a piece of shit." Karkat grumbled. "I don't know any Sollux, but I do know I can fight! I just don't like hurting others if it's not necessary!" John snapped back, turning to glare at the troll. "A scrawny human like you? Yeah right. I'll believe it when I see it." Karkat chuckled. John just stared at him a few seonds confused before shaking his head. "I don't get you, one minute you're nice and the next you're an asshole!" John said. John could see Karkat chuckle and roll his eyes in the corner of his eyes. "I try to actually help those who need it you dumb fuck." Karkat said short and sweet as the teacher came in and gave them their assignments. There was a little while of silence, the two working on their papers before everything that the boy who tripped John said came to him. John quickly turned towards Karkat, all ready finished his work. "Look what that guy said, I'm not gay. I'm far from gay!" John sputtered, feeling his face heat up slightly. Karkat gave him a bored look. "Ok? Why the ever loving fuck do I care? You could be attracted to god damn woof beasts for all I care. Besides I'm a troll if you didn't fucking realize, and we don't have 'genders' like you human fucks do." Karkat said, finishing up his work. "Yeah, yeah, I know. Trolls are pansexual blah blah. I just thought I should say it." John said turning back around to face the front, laying his head on his arm that he had propped up on the table.

Another round of silence came before John spoke up. "You know whatever happened between you and Dave has nothing to do with me right? I can't control Dave and I don't know what all happened between you two but I'm not apart of it. Plus I can see why you'd be mad at Dave, he stole the girl you loved." John said, not facing Karkat. Karkat turned towards John and just stared at him. "Why the fuck are you talking about that? You're right it has abso-fucking-lutly nothing to do with you. I don't want your symphony you god damn nooksniffer!" Karkat growled low and John turned to look back at him. "It's not symphony you jerk! I just understand is all! And what the hell is a god damn nook?!" John hissed at him. Karkat looked at John first in confusion and then in disgust. "You're a god damned motherfucking idiot! You don't just ask what a fucking nook is you piece of shit!" Karkat snarled, glaring into Johns eyes. "Well you shouldn't have brought it up you ass! God why are we even fighting?!" John snapped back. "Because you're an idiot who decided to ask a god damn stupid question!" Karkat snarled. John rolled his eyes and tore a piece of paper from his notebook, scribbling something on it before folding it up and putting it on Karkats desk. "That's my pesterchum name. If you want to talk you csn message me, even if you don't want to be friends." John said a second before the bell rang and he hopped up. "See you Karkat!" John said as he scurried out of the class and towards his locker.

When John got to his locker it was surrounded by Dave, Jade, and Rose. "How did you guys-?" John began before Jade interrupted him. "I got it from the office, told them my cousin had my keys." Jade said happily as John opened his locker and shoved some papers into his back, some into the locker, before putting it on. "So are you up for some pizza John?" Dave asked. John shook his head sadly, looking at them with apologetic eyes. "Sorry, can't. Gotta get home and do my homework. Who would've thought I'd have so much on my first day?" John said with a small chuckle at the end. "Aw, but I really wanted you to come with us!" Jade whined. "Jade he has work to do, as do you and Dave, only he's making the smart decision and doing it." Rose said matter-of-factly. "Homeworks boring though! Besides I can get it done later!" Jade whined. "Look guys I gotta get home but I'll talk to you all on pesterchum later alright?" John said, slowly inching away. "You better!" Jade said, wrapping her arms around John in a big hug. John laughed as he hugged her back, then quickly detached himself from her, waving down the hall waying back at them.

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John had just finished all his homework. It had seemed like a lot but it all was actually pretty simple. He was about to leave his room to see if there was anything edible other than baked goods in the kitchen when he heard his pesterchum beep. He pulled up Pesterchum and saw he had a message from someone whos chumhandle he didn't reconize.