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I really didn't expect anything special or in the least bit important to happen that night, boy was I wrong. I wasn't even going to be there and if Nepeta hadn't of convinced me it’d be a good idea I wouldn't have gone. She wanted me to come for some reason but it all scared the crap out of me because I wouldn't know anyone, except for her, there. It was entirely to scary a thought for me, being as it that I have never been good with people. But her friends scared me even more than others. They were so expressive and I..well I was so…. Boring. I was entirely to nervous when I walked to where Nepeta had instructed to go. It was in an average part of town and rather pretty if I thought about it but my mind was to distracted. I considered turning around more than once and attempted to a few times, but I felt the guilt of not going overwhelmed the nervousness of going.
When I got to the house I noticed how different it was, painted crazy colors and such. I rushed up the walk to make sure I didn't change my mind and the door swung open before I could even touch it.
“Hi Tavros!” Nepeta’s cheerful voice greeted me and she pulled me inside slamming the door behind her.
The inside was really muted compared to the outside, the walls a dark gray which sort of fit with the light brown hardwood floors. It was nice don’t get me wrong, just not what I had expected. She pulled me through the house, too fast for my eyes to retain any of what I was seeing, then stopped rather abruptly in a room which seemed to hold not only a bunch of unfamiliar faces with uninterested looks but also couches and food and sleeping bags. Lots of sleeping bags. The group sat in a circle, a pretty big one and I recognized everyone from school, yup, these were Nepeta’s friends all in colorful pajamas. This was something that she had failed to mention and I could help but give her a look before I turned back to the group in front of me. This was going to be much more awkward than I had originally thought.
“Uh….hi guys.” I said, instantly regretting it. That had definitely sounded like I knew them. God I was such a creep.
I stood there awkwardly, only a few lifted their heads and it got really quiet for all of two seconds.
“Hi Tav! Honk!” My eyes immediately followed the voice locating it’s owner just as he honked a ridiculous bike horn grinning at me. It was a sort of scary grin but in a nice way? Or maybe I was just going crazy….
Either way I was surprised, to surprised to speak because not only had he known my name but he was one of the only people in Nepeta’s group that drew the eye more than Nepeta herself. Gamzee Makara, a name that I often heard down the halls of our school, getting into fights or being one of the well-known ‘pot heads’ he was a rather popular gossip topic. It was at that moment that I realized that I had just been standing there staring at him with my mouth open; I quickly shut it feeling my cheeks warming. Wow, I felt like an idiot. He just kept on grinning then patted next to him for me to sit, I hesitated but ended up moving to his side and sitting down. I almost giggled when I looked down and saw the bottle; they were playing spin the bottle. It was silly and made me a little more nervous, with also being the only one fully clothed in jeans and a t-shirt. I tugged at the bottom of my shirt feeling like the most awkward person in the world. A hand grabbed my arm, gently tugging me up. It took me only seconds to realize it was Gamzee, he pulled me over to a corner of the room rummaging through a pile of clothing and blankets.
“Here, these are some of my clothing. They are sorta like pajams or something, they are pretty baggy. Wanna try them on?”
He held out a wad of clothing, which I took with a small nod expecting him to turn around as I changed, when he made no move to turn I did. I quickly shimmied out of my clothing putting on his. It was horridly oversized, the pant legs pooling on the floor and the top sliding off my butt. The shirt was okay but the pants..the pants were no good. I turned back greeted with violet eyes staring very intently at me. His eyes were entirely too focused and I couldn't help but stutter when I informed him of my dilemma with the pants.
“Uh.. G-gamzee, these are really big.”
He only smiled then lifted the shirt his hands gently brushing my stomach as he pulled the drawstrings to the pants and tied them in a knot
“There.” He said taking my hand and drawing me back to the circle.
Nepeta smiled and winked at me as I sat down, she was enjoying this wasn’t she? I really had fallen for another of her guises. Though I was starting to think, maybe I’d like this one. Just maybe.