Jasper ambled down the hallway in between classes without much to do. She didn't want to hang in the dorm and like hell she would study if she didn't have any upcoming tests. Besides, she got plenty of studying done when she forced Peridot to hang out with her. The smarter girl didn't really seem to want to have much to do with her. It wasn't like they had much in common, just tutoring and school events.

There was a loud crash down the hall and Jasper sped off to see what had happened. She stopped in front of the doors to the dorm's showers. There was a sign put up that said, "Currently being cleaned."

A voice could be heard from inside, "Well, that was unproductive."

That was Peridot's voice. Jasper was immediately disappointed in herself to be so familiar with the nerd's voice. Ignoring the cleaning sign, she slipped into the showers. Looking around, she saw Peridot's things on the bench near the entrance and as she turned the corner, she spotted a bucket at the end of the long aisle of shower stalls.

Quietly as she could, Jasper crept up and decided to spy. And she was certainly happy she had because Peridot looked quite different than normal. Her hair was somehow managed to be messily pulled back into a little ponytail, her glasses were missing and she was wearing a skimpy tank top and shorts. She was kneeling on the floor with a large sponge and a spray bottle of chemicals.

Without thinking Jasper reached over, grabbed the removable shower head and blasted it on aiming straight at Peridot's ass.

Peridot screamed in surprise and jumped up. When she saw who it was, her face crunched up in anger. Jasper resisted the urge to aim the shower head at the other's chest.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Peridot complained.

Jasper shrugged, "It was supposed to be funny. You're such a buzzkill, Peri."

Suddenly, Peridot's eyes widened, "Crap, my phone!"

She dug into her pocket, checked her phone and sighed when it seemed to be working. She stuck it back into her pocket and grabbed the sponge off the floor.

"Sorry…" Jasper said quietly, "Is there anything I can do?"

"No, I'm finished now," she answered as she dumped the bucket's remains down the drain.

Jasper followed Peri as she walked back to the entrance, where she put the cleaning supplies under the bench.

"I didn't know you were in charge of cleaning out the showers," Jasper spoke, trying to start a conversation.

"Mmmh, yeah," she answered passively as she went out the door and returned with the cleaning sign.

Peridot sighed heavily when she saw her thoroughly wet shorts.

Jasper scratched the back of her neck, "Yeah, sorry agai-"

She immediately stopped talking when the other began to take off her shirt. Turning red, Jasper looked away quickly, "What are you doing?"

Peridot looked over at her perplexed, "I'm going to take a shower. What else would I possibly do when I take off my clothes here? In the showers?"

"Oh, right!" Jasper stood there, sheepishly looking down at her feet. She had plenty of practice showering around other girls but not one she actually found attractive. Goddamnit why did she like Peridot like this?

Peridot undressed and wrapped herself with a towel while Jasper continued to have a gay crisis situation turning away from her.

"I didn't take you for someone who would be respectful of nudity," Peridot mused.

"W-well, I know you don't like me, so I thought you wouldn't want me looking."

"How did you come to the conclusion I didn't like you?" she questioned as she collected her soaps and loofah.

"You don't?" Jasper turned around quickly in shock.

That was a definite mistake. Even though she was showing less skin in that large towel than her previous outfit, the fact that it would be so easy to just rip it off and shove Peridot up against the wall and…

Peridot blushed lightly, "What's that face for?"

Jasper quickly shook the dirty image out of her mind, "Nothing…"

Clearing her throat and picking up her things, Peridot headed over to a stall. Jasper politely stayed a distance away from the curtain for her own good.

The entrance door opened and Jasper peeked around the corner. It was Pearl.

"Peridot?" she called as she walked around to the stalls.

"Yes?" Peridot answered, sticking her head out from the stall.

"Oh, sorry." she apologized as she gave an awkward side glance to Jasper, "I was just curious if you were finished cleaning, yes?"

"Yes. Showers are all yours."

"Thank you," she smiled before turning back around to prep for her shower.

Peridot moved back into the stall, fixing the curtain closed.

"Peridot?" Jasper quietly inquired, trying to start a conversation so she wouldn't feel weird just standing outside her stall like some stalker.

"Mmh?"

"So, if you don't hate me, how come we don't hang out?" Jasper nervously asked once she heard the shower turn on.

"And do what exactly?" Peridot asked.

That shut Jasper up quick. It was obvious they were two different people, but she wanted desperately to just be with Peridot. I mean, sometimes it might just be a sexual reason but whenever she felt horrible about that she would look at that cute nerd's face and her heart would just melt. Was she just some love sick puppy or something?

Jasper tried quickly to come up with anything. Studying was an obvious answer but there was only so much of that she could handle before her head burst. And something like asking her to come to her football practice would probably result in Peridot being bored out of her mind. Going out to get something to eat? No. She could just see Peridot sitting there with a look of disgust on her face as Jasper ate like a pig.

"Damnit…" she murmured, clenching her fist.

Something poked her arm and she looked over. It was Pearl. In any other situation, Jasper would have made a snarky comment about her small boobs in that revealing towel, but Pearl leaned up and cupped her hand around her mouth and whispered.

"Ask her what she would like to do."

And with that, she backed off and headed for a stall.

Jasper swallowed harshly in embarrassment, but decided to take Pearl's advice.

"U-umm…what would you want to do?" she sheepishly questioned.

Peridot took a moment to reply, "Well, I'm pretty busy this weekend…but maybe you could help me in the greenhouses. You like dirt, right?"

"O-okay!"

Jasper was ecstatic. She was going to hang out with Peri, even if it was watering some stupid plants.