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"Come on come on come on..."
Josephine tapped her foot against the chair but failed to think of anything serious to write about. She sighed, taking a moment to inspect her pencil very closely. She was technically supposed to be doing things that were a lot more productive. There wasn't any appeal in actually doing that though so she sat at her desk and wrote horrible rhymes and doodled music notes. She wasn't sure who was home right now. Lizzie might be. A somewhat irritating jingle alerted her as to a new message on Pesterchum. She had a feeling it was Piper. Her suspicious were proved correct.
FP: joey? what's up? i didn't even sssee you today!
DS: i'm being deeply poetiC. You?
FP: avoiding gammie. the usual. who's over right now? can i manage to sneak in or no?
DS: give me a second. i'll check.
FP: ok.

She stepped down the stairs sideways, back pressed against the wall. Who was there? Okay, silence. This was going well. Stay like this. After a few seconds she failed.
Walking down the stairs sideways should have seemed stupid from the beginning. The fact she had to fall flat on her face to learn that was somewhat depressing and made her feel as if she had reached unnatural levels of stupidity. Kanaya was here. She was talking to, uh...Eridan? Yes, that was definitely Eridan. Alright then, whatever. If she wanted to waste her time on such a strange creep, then that was her business. Was it just them here? Maybe. She crept past them and moved on to the living room. Wait, what? JOHN. WHAT THE HECK NO. She resisted the urge to kick him out of her house. Apparently he was here for Vriska, since they were having a conversation. She didn't bother to listen in on it. Probably nothing cool anyway. Alright then.
"THE *censor* ARE YOU DOING?"
Oh beautiful. Just great. She turned around to look at Karkat."It's my house. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"She countered.
"I ASKED YOU FIRST. I EXPECT AN ANSWER AND I PROBABLY WON'T EVEN TELL YOU AFTER THAT SO TRYING IS A WASTE OF TIME."
"...I'm trying to see who's at home right now. Is everyone just over here? I'm not seeing much of anyone else and-"
"HONK!"
"OH HOLY SWEET MOTHER-"She spazzed slightly and tackled Karkat like that was going to help her. Obviously random noises didn't appeal to her.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET OFF OF ME!"
"Yeah...yeah okay..."She spaced out a little after she stepped off of her companion. She felt like she was forgetting something. Oh yeah...Piper.. Joey darted upstairs to see how many messages her friend had sent.

FP: seeing anything?
FP: you're taking forever. hurry up...
FP: i'm going to show up at your door, joey. no matter who is there.
FP: JOSEPHINE KIDWELL.
FP: JOSEPHINE ANN KIDWELL.
FP: ....uuuggghhh...
DS: back. yeah, sorry. okay, so. Kanaya, Eridan, John, Vriska, Karkat and Gamzee are here. i didn't actually see Gamzee but he scared the crap out of me so he's definitely in the building. you can arrive at any time if you see fit.
FP: john?
DS: i didn't know he was here either. MY HOUSE IS BEING OVERRUN. Ugh.
FP: i'll be there soon then.
DS: alright. be warned, karkat seemed especially cranky today.
DS: *idiotic and ignorant towards the needs of humanity
FP: wow.
DS: see you sooN.

She sat back from the laptop and impatiently awaited Piper's arrival. That annoying jingle returned.

TG: josephine
DS: what do you want, Strider?
TG: are you with piper
DS: no i'm not. why does it matter?
TG: it doesnt
DS: then why did you ask?
TG: i just wondered
TG: how else am i supposed to start conversation
DS: you're not. i like...never talk to you. EVER.
DS: i'd like to keep it that way.
TG: i feel so loved right now
TG: you have no idea
DS: i'm sure.
DS: i now have guests so i'm going to bid you farewell before you start rapping or something.
TG: who
TG: what kind of guests
TG: joey you stop ignoring me
TG: i asked you a question
TG: fu*king answer it
TG: now
DS: YOUR GIRLFRIEND THAT'S WHO NOW GO AWAY
TG: wait what
TG: who do you mean
DS: I MEAN PIPER YOU STUPID NOODLE OH MY COD
TG: youre spending way too much time with eridan
DS: shut up
DS: go away

The doorbell rang. She slammed her laptop shut and went to answer the door. Karkat had already done so. The look on Piper's face was priceless. He was just staring at her. She was wide-eyed and petrified.
"Hey Piper, dearest."Joey greeted."Dave's been bugging me. A lot. You gotta get a handle on that boy, I'm telling ya.."
"Since when is he my problem?"She protested, throwing her coat on the couch.
"Since I called you his girlfriend. That's when."
"You did what?! THAT IS JUST...oh my gosh.."
"Yeah. He seemed to like it though. I think. Maybe. I don't know but...getting you here took some effort. I had to...walk down stairs and...look at Eridan for several seconds...hard stuff there."
"Quite."Piper replied, rolling her eyes.
"hi piper!"John waved enthusiastically from where he was still sitting with his patron troll.
"Hey, John."There was no way of explaining it, something about the way that he did everything was just dorkier than the common way. Even how he waved seemed a little bit off for some reason.
"So, how was school today?"
"You didn't even GO?!"Piper stared her down, appalled.
"Eh, no..."She skipped over to the fridge and checked its contents."GAMZEE. HOLY CRAP MAN. WE'RE OUT OF FAYGO."
"wHaT?!"
"YEAH!"
"tHaT's NoT rIgHt."
Her short exchange aside, she repeated her question.
"It was fine. Just boring."
"Cool."
"Yep."
Their day was somewhat eventful after that. They played video games, trolled people on the internet, and Piper gave a speech on being sanitary for some reason. Afterwards they mused on how during the entire speech Joey and Gamzee were sharing the last Faygo they had managed to find in the back of the fridge. Seeing her flip out about it was pretty funny.
'OH MY GOSH WHY WOULD YOU EVEN... DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HE HAS PROBABLY-....ew...'
Her passion about cleanliness aside, the entire day seemed pointless in comparison to the days they spent battling monsters and whatnot.
Of course, there's nothing more fun than destroying your house during an immature game of hide and seek. She wondered about Dave a few times though. What had he said....?

TG: im not going to go away
TG: ever
TG: josephine
TG: joey
TG: josephine ann kidwell
TG: you answer me right this minute
TG: this is your sister speaking
TG: answer
TG: now
TG: what the fuvk joey why wont you answer???
TG: im going to rap
TG: yes
TG: right now
TG: in 3
TG: 2 1/2
TG: 2
TG: 1 1/2
TG: 1
TG: josephine seriously

He probably gave up ages ago.