jasper pov.
Jasper had a great life, and she knew that, even though she was only 14 years old. She had been born powerful. Ever since she was young, she was always the strongest in her school's sports teams. She was born a winner, a warrior, no one could stop her. That allowed her to trample over people smaller than her, and in school, she ruled.
She hated people who were weak. Looking at other kids who were smaller than her, with their small hands and small heads, their nervous laughter, their endless sobbing when she pushed them against the lockers. It made her sick. She would walk down the hallways and people would look at her with fear, which is exactly what she wanted. She felt powerful, stronger than everyone. As it should be.
But it was strange. She would tease and play with those squirming nerds but she still felt that something was missing. Their lunch money, their new gifts from their parents, she would take them from them. Pushing them and laughing when they fell to their knees. Winning against everyone in sports. But it was never enough.
That's when she noticed her. As usual, the math classroom was a commotion of ruckus coming from the students, papers flying and laughter, the shouts from the teacher to stop and pay attention. It was a typical day. Jasper sat in the back with her feet propped up on the table playing with a pencil on her nose, while to her left sat Peridot, using her laptop and wearing headphones to keep the noise out. The teacher warned that she would put all of them in detention if they continued, and proceeded to go out and tell the principal of the chaos. Every day occurrence.
Jasper noticed four kids approaching the seat of the blue haired girl who sat in the corner. She was so bored that she decided to listen in on their conversation. The four kids were asking the blue haired girl if she had done their homework. The girl proceeded to take out four sheets of paper from her bag. The four kids smirked and grabbed the papers. "Hey! You wrote my name wrong! You can't even remember my name? Good thing you actually do the homework though" Said one of the kids. Jasper expected the girl to respond with an apology. She had seen this scene many times, after all she should know since she had done some herself. But to her surprise, the girl just looked down without saying a single word. "Oh well, what could we expect from you. You better start working on the English assignment too, I don't want another F" The four kids proceeded to laugh and go back to their seats.
Jasper continued to stare at the girl. The girl just sat with her head down and continued to write on her notebook. She couldn't believe it, she had seen some weaklings, but this girl had to be the worse! She had no reactions and seemed completely emotionless. What was the fun of bullying a girl like that? She would do whatever people told her to do. The teacher arrived with the principal who came to give us a lecture. Jasper still stared at the back of the head of the blue haired girl. What was her name again...? She should remember. Oh yeah, Lapis Lazuli.
The days passed on and Jasper continued her routine of intimidating the school. It was practically the same, expect now every time she saw the blue haired weakling she would stare at her. She didn't understand why, probably because she couldn't believe how weak someone could be. Sometimes the other girl looked back at her and they established eye contact, but then the girl would quickly look away. She had never talked to her, but she could see right through her. Lapis was so predictable and weak, that she didn't even bother to bully her. She would not waste her time with a weakling like her who already had enough people who stepped over her. Even though Jasper thought this, she would still stare at the other girl when she saw her.
One day when class had ended instead of running to get out of school, she waited for everyone to leave. Jasper knew Lapis was always one of the last ones to leave because Peridot told her, who also left late. She told Peridot she would stay with her this time, which Peridot found suspicious. Lapis had stood up and was about to leave the classroom when Jasper decided to make her move.
"Why do you let people walk all over you?"
The blue haired girl turned around and looked at her, her eyebrows churning. "Excuse me?" Said her soft voice.
Jasper continued to smile. "You heard me. Do you enjoy being treated like a punching bag, being used as a maid, and not being able to stand up for youself?"
She could notice the smaller girl getting angry. So she did have emotions, huh? "Why do you care?" It was amazing to actually see her talking back at someone, and it being at her made Jasper feel what she was missing. She would not stop now, she wanted to see what else the girl would do. "I don't. I'm just wondering how can someone be so weak."
"If you didn't care you woudn't be wondering why"
This was it, this was what she was missing. There was something about this girl who she had been looking at this days that made her feel things. Lapis would do what people told her, she would stand silently as people insulted her in her face, and that irked Jasper off, but the way the smaller girl had a soft presence to her. Her blue bangs against her cheeks and delicate hands; she was the complete opposite of Jasper. And Jasper found it mesmerizing. She wanted to see her get angrier, she wanted to see all the faces that could appear on her usual monotone face. Jasper wanted them all to be directed at her, she wanted to be the only one to see her this way.
"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." Jasper stood up from her chair and strode to where Lapis stood. She knew this last words would be the turning point. "And honestly, it's pathetic."
Before she knew it, she was on the floor. She felt her nose running, and found blood all over her fingers. She looked up at Lapis, who still stood with her fist held high.
"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."
After that, the girl left the room. Jasper still sat on the floor, trying to figure out what happend. She heard Peridot telling her she deserved it. She laughed at that and stood up slowly. Yeah she deserved it, it's exactly what she wanted. To see those bright blue eyes stare at her with raw emotion. She couldn't stop the words coming out of her mouth. "Man, that brat isn't just pretty, she can pack a punch too." And it was all directed at Jasper. Just what she wanted.