Those words repeated themselves over and over in her head, but somehow she couldn't understand, or she didn't want to.
"we're moving" Her mother had repeated for a third time now, seeing as her daughter failed to comprehend what was exactly happening. But this time she did, only nodding quietly in response. The room suddenly was silent, what was only a minute felt like an eternity. The teenager swallowed that bitter taste in her mouth, her gaze falling to her mother's. She did try her hardest to hide her anger, but the change of expression on her mother's face made it obvious that she wasn't doing a good job.
" why?" she finally responded, the sudden sound of her voice surprising her mother. " your father was transferred, we don't know if it's permanent or temporary, though." Her mother responded, her hand gently laying on her daughter's shoulder. But the teenager quickly shook it off, biting her lower lin in an attempt to contain her anger, she was sure it'd draw blood, but she didn't care.
" You know he's doing it for you, Peridot. Please try to at least be happy for him" " That bastard is doing it for himself!" She suddenly shouted, instantly regretting it when she saw her mother flinch at the tone of her voice. She sighed and shook her head, pinching the bridge of her nose.
" When?" Peridot said calmly, she knew her mother only tried to make her feel better, there was no use taking the anger out on her. "Tomorrow, I already got you out of school, all you need is to pack your stuff. I would help but your father asked me to pack up his" Ask? Or told her to do it? Peridot thought to herself, but she refrained to actually make the remark ,she already seemed upset about the whole situation. " Okay… Do I have time to say goodbye to my friends?" Her mother just gave her a small nod in response, her gaze lowering to the tiled floor.
"I'm sorry" her mother muttered, the teenager sighed again, this wasn't her fault. Peridot just flashed a small smile to her in a quick attempt to reassure her but it failed to stay long enough for her mother to notice and she quickly left.
The blonde slammed the door of her room behind her, locking it. She honestly didn't understand why she was so upset about the situation, change maybe? Having to start all over? That didn't seem so bad, she could be a completely different person without anyone knowing who she was before. Her friends? They were assholes anyways, she loved them though.
" WHAT?!"
Peridot nodded. Watching as one of her friends had a little mental breakdown, it was amusing to say the least. One of the others tried to calm her down but she punched his shoulder, Peridot was sure her friend was about to beat the living hell out of everyone but after a moment of fighting she finally calmed down, all Peridot did was just watched, her expression emotionless the whole time.
" You're actually moving?" she said in between heavy breaths, chugging down a water bottle another had fearfully offered.
" Yup, why would I be joking?" She said, an eyebrow arching. " I don't know! Maybe your sense of humor finally improved?" her friend just sighed, shaking her head. There was a moment of silence, only noise was the tap tap tap from Peridot's laptop. The sound seemed to bring her friend more on edge, she swore that with every click of the keyboard her friend's eye seemed to twitch.
" I'll miss you, y'know? I'll miss you and Alex, and this place" looked at her surroundings, the Junk Yard, yup, this is where her friends and herself usually hang out. Peridot would usually sit on top of a broken car on her laptop and her friends just played stupid games, or tell ghost stories. Yeah, she'll definitely miss this place. Peridot hopped off the car and embraced her friend in a light hug, which surprised her cause Peridot wasn't really the type to hug.
" I'm gonna miss you, asshole." "me too, idiot."
SOME TIME LATER
The day went by fast, it was about 9:46pm. Cold night, and she walked home pretty quickly, she wasn't the one to get home at this time but she got caught up in spending her last day with her friends. She slowly opened the door of her house, she did intend to be quiet as to not disturb her parents but as soon as she entered, almost immediately she as engulfed with the noises of both of them arguing with each other. She groaned loudly and quickly tried to make it to her room but—
"You're late, Peridot" Her father said in that hoarse voice of his, Peridot just huffed, if looks could kill her dad would be--
" I was hanging out with my friends, why do you suddenly care?" "You're my daughter, of course i'd care" Peridot just scoffed at her father and went upstairs to her room, not bothering to respond. It was stubborn of her, course, but what has he ever done for her? Now they're moving, to make matters worst. The teenager threw herself on her bed and just texted her friends until she passed out, tomorrow was going to be a long day.