junior high au thing idk i just wanted to write about lapis and jasper in school

Life for Lapis Lazuli was hard, and she was only 13 years old. She had transferred to various schools, no different from each other in her opinion. In all schools she was pushed around, bullied and used for people's convenience. In her new school, she received the same treatment. People saw her as a pushover for being small and thin, and since she never talked back to people, they decided she was going to be their newest victim. Not everyone treated her badly, but to her the people who ignored the way bullies treated her and just watched from the sidelines were the worst.

There was a clique of three girls, all different from each other, who were in her classroom. One was very rowdy and would bother the pink haired one alot, but overall they made an excellent team who seemed to always be at people's disposal. So then, why did they ignore her? Why did they just look at Lapis when other students bullied her? They were known to be helpful, to be compassionate. So why did they not help Lapis? Maybe because she didn't want their help. She didn't want someone else standing up for her, that would make her feel weaker.

Not everyone treated her badly, though. There was a younger boy, who sometimes hanged out with the three girls, who was very sociable and was truly, a nice person. Even though he was friends with them, he noticed Lapis, and he talked to her. When she was sitting alone in lunchtime, he would sometimes sit and eat with her. Those were the few times she smiled. He was the only person who treated her like a person.

He wouldn't be there for her forever though. Lapis's rage and anger towards her bullies and classmates who ignored her grew each day, and one day it burst.

Class had ended for the day and as always Lapis waited for the other students to leave the classroom first, that way she could leave by herself when no one was around. She sat in the last left seat of the top row, and behind her, way in the back, sat two girls who Lapis hated most of all. When all the students left, she noticed those two were still in the classroom. Peridot, the small lanky one was typing on her laptop, completely disconnected from her surroundings. Jasper, the bigger muscular one sat with her feet on the table, looking directly at Lapis, with a smirk. The last thing in the world Lapis wanted was for that big beefy jock to start bullying her.

Jasper was known for being (possibly) the strongest person in eight grade. She was mean, tough and had a great smile. She would bully younger students for their money and was always around her only "friend" Peridot. Nobody knew how they got together, considering their personalities were far apart. A rumor goes that Peridot and Jasper once were paired up for an assignment together and they realized they were both alone and intimidating, so they made a great team. Even though Jasper was a bully, she had never bullied Lapis, let alone talk to her. She did as everyone else, not care and ignore. Lapis could tell she was different though. She could tell someone was looking at her sometimes and when she would look at who it was, she found everyone else busy with their own lives, and Jasper looking straight at her.

Lapis was about to leave the class room when she heard the deep voice which had never been directed at her. "Why do you let people walk all over you?"

Lapis turned around to look at the other girl. "Excuse me?" Her voice cracked a little as she almost never used it in school. "You heard me" Jasper was still smirking, and Peridot was still typing. "Do you enjoy being treated like a punching bag, being used as a maid, and not being able to stand up for yourself?" Lapis gripped her book bag harshly.

"Why do you care?"

"I don't. I'm just wondering how can someone be so weak."

The only sound in the room was Peridot typing nonchalantly on her laptop. On a different day, Lapis would have just walked out of the room and ignored the person, but today she was tired, tired of not saying anything, and hearing her call her weak was enough to take matters into her hands.

"If you didn't care you wouldn't be wondering why"

Jasper laughed. "I guess your right. It just amazes me how weak some people in these school are, and let me tell you, I've seen some weaklings. But you, I've never seen you once talk back to someone, or even tell somebody "no", it's like you hate yourself so much that you can't even find the guts to stand up for yourself." She stood up from the chair and slowly walked to were Lapis stood. "And honestly, it's pathetic."

That was the last straw. She didn't know her at all. Lapis didn't hate herself, everybody else did. She didn't stand up for herself because she didn't see the point of it, everyone would always keep on bothering her. They would make fun of her, they would talk behind her back, and why? What had she ever done to them, and especially this girl, who was she to tell Lapis all of this things? She was nobody to her, and she didn't know her at all. Over all, she was tired of being seen as weak, when she knew she was stronger than anyone.

Before Jasper could come up with another insult, Lapis punched her straight in the nose. The other girl fell down to the floor, pushing some seats in the way. Not a single sound came from her mouth, but the typing had stopped. Jasper's hand went up to her nose, she was bleeding.

"You think I'm weak, don't you? You think you're stronger than me? You're not. And I'm sick and tired of people like you acting like their better than me. If you ever bother me again, know what's coming for you."

Lapis clutched her book bag and left the room. Jasper was still on the floor staring at the door. Peridot closed her laptop and stood up. She really didn't want to handle one of Jasper's rage section, so she went to see if she could calm her down. But to her surprise, Jasper had cleaned her bloody nose and was smirking. "No offense, but you got what was coming to you." Peridot sighed. Jasper laughed, the sound echoing around the room. "Man, that brat isn't just pretty, she can pack a punch too." Peridot raised an eyebrow. "Come on, we better leave before the janitor kicks us out."