Finally Face to Face [[Open to Dave]]

[Jade Harley]

Dave.
He wasn't even that to her at first. turntechGodhead . That was it. Dave, came later. Trust apparently had to be gained before she got his name... He got hers that first day.
For the longest time he was just nothing more then red text on a screen. The ironic jokes, the sarcasm and the snark was all that made him who he was to her. Over time he turned into a person, actually opened up... Gave her advice that wasn't a joke that always went right over her head. Finally a real person started to form behind the red text . She got to see a picture, she finally had a face to put with the name. Years passed, she got others, she even got a webcam view of him every once and a while. Now he was a friend, one of the three most important people in her life. Yet. She still hadn't seen him without being warped by pixels of her screen. She hadn't hear a voice that wasn't filled with distortion from her ancient speakers. He had been the soul person who got her off her island and to the safe haven and she'd never even shaken his hand, let alone been in the same room as him... Fuck the same timezone either. But... That would finally changed.
There had been to much chaos when she'd first gotten there to find him, or any of her friends. Finally she'd been able to get a message through, and they'd planned to meet up in the Rec center. Simple, easy to find.

Sitting where she was waiting, she didn't know why she was so fucking nervous. She knew this boy almost as well as she knew herself, and yet the idea of him being right there, made her stomach seem to be unable to settle. She fiddled with her phone between her fingers, as one leg bounced off the groun anxiously. She even felt herself wondering if she'd recognize him. She felt like an idiot. Of course she would, she'd seen him many times... The internet wasn't going to change every feature about him just to fuck with her.
...Could it?

Sighing she leaned her head on the wall, closing her eyes. She had been early, but she didn't want to be late and miss him. Though now... He was more then late. Though, maybe she should expect it? She didn't know, this was the first time in her entire life that she'd ever met up with a “friend” before. First time for everything, right?

[Dave Strider]

Jade Harley.

Yes, she'd been green text for years. Close to ten years now, if he was doing his math right. She'd been green text and a cheerful hello and the occasional sarcasm that put Rose in her place, left him staring at his screen with his jaw hanging open like some retarded goldfish that had just been flung from its cozy little bowl and into the open living room air.

And now they were to meet.

If Dave was honest, he was more glad that she was simply alive. The meeting itself hadn't left him with any particular sense of worry or apprehension; they were old friends, meeting up to make sure the other was still alive and healthy in times of chaos.

Swinging his sword as he walked, it was hard not to feel a strange kind of excitement, though. She was his friend, possibly his best friend, if he was going to go so far as to call anyone that, and finally being face-to-face, meeting each other in meatspace together...

There she was. All messy long hair and bright green eyes, a nice bit of curve that he would be all over if he wasn't spoken for, and those teeth and glasses that had become something of a hallmark for her, and he knew, right away, it was her. Suddenly, Dave felt himself struck dumb. He had no idea what to say. Ten years of conversation, ten years of things in common, and he had nothing but a quiet "Hey."

He felt like an idiot.

[Jade Harley]

She looked up as soon as she heard his voice. She'd gotten so caught up in her own thoughts she hadnt even noticed he'd come in. She looked up him. His pale skin, dark glasses... He looked just the same.
... Except real.
She didn't know how long she stared at him, saying nothing. But he was right there. He was alive, he was safe, and he was actually here where she was. He was also the reason that she was also all of those things. Standing she didnt even think, she just through her arms around his neck, hugging him tight. She hadn't hugged anyone since she was barely 6 years old and this felt like a better time then any.
"Hi..." she said sheepishly, pulling back, a little embarrassed at the extremeity of the action, folding her hands in front of her. "Im just really glad to see a familiar face, been a long time since I could say I've been able to do that" she said with her normal toothy grin finding her face.