The first half of the house seemed to be full of crashes while the end side soon after began to emit restlessness. As the blue haired girl rose from her bed she walked to the stair case to rest her arms along the wooden guard rail. Looking down on the rest of the house she saw Steven flat on his butt staring up at a seething Jasper. The first few sentences seemed to be lost to her but the spectator sport was just starting from the looks of both their faces.

"You don't just do that man I understand things have been hard but no," Jasper yelled at the man sitting on the floor, mixing the end of her voice with confusion. While Steven slowly raised himself off his rear along with raising his hands each second. His face pleaded for calmness as nervousness is all that shone.

"I didn't mean to I'm so-," Steven pleaded while Jaspers loud voice demanded to cut him off. Steven kept taking steps back while Jasper followed.

"I know things are tough but I don't like that touchy feely crap," Jasper exclaimed with open arms. A loud slow clap came from along the top of the house with a creaking door just below. Looking up towards the echoing noise she spotted Lazuli with massive bed head.

"Are you embarrassed to snuggle someone you're not dating Jaspy," Lapis' words drenched with mockery and her usual smirk when it regarded the larger girl. Audible from where the blue haired girl was she heard a loud inhale as Jasper tried to calm herself down. "You're flying off the handle a little bit and I need my beauty sleep, look at your face its bright red you damn cheeto," each moment only drew more life into each word she brought forth.

"I'm really sorry you know how I am when I'm drunk and it's been a little hard lately, "Steven said genuinely looking down at his feet as he continued on. While Jasper could get a bit loud while flustered she was a kind person. Looking at the kindest person she knew in front of her in such a sad way from something that shouldn't be a problem Jasper let out a loud sigh.

"I'm sorry for yelling, I got flustered," Staring off at the ground as the low voiced words were rung out to the air beyond her. Steven staring at the giant ahead with a similar aura around him, the mood seemed dreadful it was about time for the party to restart.

Flying down the stairs Lapis ran up to both them drawing her body back as her socks slid her right up to them. With the embarrassing stop yet neither one looking at her she forced one hand much above her height and one just below her height to rest. Upon both their heads she placed her hands with a gentle smile, she might not be good with others but she at least knew these people.

Thinking back on it part of the concern might have been for Stevens girlfriend, she was a really nice person but often heard stories of Steven getting friendly with people and made her worried about their relationship. Jasper has been single for a long time though and no way would Steven and Jasper ever have even a chance of getting together.

"Jasper just be thankful that Steven didn't have the mind set to sleep in his underwear then I'd really regret not getting a picture of this last night.'' With a playfully said sentence Jaspers head looked as if it exploded. Looking left and right and up and down Holding her head as she made the rotations the white haired girl was becoming more and more of a wreck with the thought.

"Shut it Lazuli," Jasper said before playfully pushing her away, which might not have looked playful since the blue haired girl slid about a foot away quite quickly nearly plummeting to the floor with the sudden force. The air seemed to be separated with that push as the three of them began to act normal again. With moments to spare before the door once again creaked with it closing as the blonde shuffled over to them.

"Good morning guys," ending that sentence with quite an emphasized s while rubbing her eyes said the blonde. Her hair was spiked in every direction, yesterday it was kept up in the front partially spiked and a little bit spiked out in the back while today it was a tornado that the vodka got to ruin too. Spikes along each side while the in between would curl into itself with the front being pushed down with one strand sticking up.

"Your hair looks like a god damn triangle," Lapis said with a lowered voice. She sounded serious until the end on which she began laughing with her face holding a smile instead of a smirk. The face of the beholder seemed to mimic a stone statue as it remained unmoved with a bored expression. Huge black bags were laid upon her eyes too, while the dark did bring out how lightly colored her eyes were she still looked like a mess.

"Shut it you clod," she slowly said while yawning towards the end of her sentence. Lazuli thought about making fun of her for using a word like clod but she found it cute and hilarious. Stretching her arm above her head and tightly closing her eye to reopen to all eyes on her. Peridots head had been throbbing since she woke up with an enormous amount of nausea. Feeling as if her innards boarded a plane and she got left behind.

"Good morning Peri," Steven bounced in place nudging Jasper with each bounce. Each bump slowly drew Jaspers view down like a tiny rabbit biting your ankles the look was annoyed and concerned. With the end of Steven's sentence the blonde visually cringed.

"Steven call me Peridot," Stating loudly while raising her head and placing a hand on her chest and as soon as it was brought up to her chest it raised once more to her head. Arching her body forward as the pain started becoming more vibrant with the loud voices surrounding her. "Darn this headache argggg," she continued the growl with her head lowered.

"I have medicine if you'd like it, also feel free to rest up more I have the day off so I'm probably going back to bed after I kick these two out." Lapis words were calm and quite pleasant as she asked, slowly placing a hand along the short blonds shoulder.

"Ahem, if it would not bother you then I'd like to partake in some medicine," Peridot said clinging to her more professional speech. While looking side to side of the two extras that seemed not to notice the comment of having to leave soon. "Also I probably shouldn't stay if I can get a ride home to Steven's so I don't have to bother them for one later." This time looking at the brunette boy as he started a conversation with Jasper about motorcycles.

Lapis had walked off to the kitchen barely able to hear the short girls comments as she shuffled through the drawer filled on the middle shelf with medicine. The top part of the drawer had three bags of bread with just the end pieces left and a thing of honey and peanut butter.

"If that's what you want sure but we still haven't talked about the moving in situation at least," she trailed off as she pulled a small bottle from the back crevice. "sober, I'm not too sure about somethings from last night." She finally finished her sentence and handed the two small white pills to Peridot who gazed at her hands before grabbing them then looking to the girls other hand… empty.

"May I have some water," slightly bewildered the short girl looked Lapis in the eyes to see a large smirk. Shifting her hands up the back of her head Lapis looked down at the girl before her with a slight giggle.

"Get it yourself," she said finally releasing her slight laugh. The blue haired girl even though sounding full of life had huge bags underneath her eyes. "The cups are in the top middle cupboard right before the microwave and just use the sink for water. This is so you can get adjusted to living here that is if you still want to." That smirk once again transformed into a smile as she spoke with the girl and Peridot wasn't quite sure why but she liked it. It felt as one piece of heaven was saying all of us can be happy for now regardless of the hard times surrounding us.

"Very well I can complete this simple task," Peridots words felt like each time she had to respond with equal energy and each time regretted her choice on speech. She wanted to talk more to them, it felt so easy when it was just Steven and after last night it felt easier to talk at least when this girl was getting on her nerves. Reaching the cupboards one crucial mistake was made that Peridot couldn't help, she was about half an inche away from being able to even open the cupboards.

Watching this spectacle Lazuli covered her mouth as she realized the trouble coming to be, with each small hop then groan from the blond came a small laugh from Lapis. Still with a little bit of care in her heart enough to reach for a cup for her she went.

"Peridot here's a cup," Lapis said clenching a small mug from the top and lowering it just above the small hands. "Your hands are tiny jeez," after looking at them she was slightly amazed at the difference between two peoples body. Then again the more she thought about it this is exactly how Jasper likely feels towards her. Peridot should stand by Jasper the girl thought to herself as she slowly gave the girl in front of her room.

"I could have got it," lying she declared back to the group of people. Her voice low and actually her mind was quite grateful to not have to climb or anything too physical, her body hurt like a bitch. Turning her body over to the sink, it had a clean metal look with no tools for consumption laying inside it. On the right was a drying rack yet again abstained from having any items in it.

"Hey Steven can I drop Peridot over at your house later tonight or could you ask Rose to pick her up later," Lapis calmly intervening in the other twos conversation. Jasper stopped half way through what she was saying with her very animated jester staring at the now talking Lapis. Arms spread out like a bear that's not quite sure what it's catching besides air.

"Okay," Steven bounced with the question along with his smile as he naturally turned away from the more so frozen giant. "What time though."

"Seven should be fine since I plan on sleeping for many hours," with a light chuckle the final comment was made. The boy's eyes went from blue skies to the trenches as the blunette started pushing him away. "Now time for you guys to get out of my house," she firmly said while pushing Steven to the door with one hand and pointing for Jasper with the other.

Peridot stood there wide eyed as the party began dispersing without her permission. Thinking over the course of action that was happening in front of her. She decided she could stay, it would be beneficial for her to learn her surroundings and at the very least learn her roommate more. As the others took off with quite a bit of reluctance and force, the blonde didn't resist staying.

With the slam of the front door the blonde refocused on her surroundings. Lazuli was standing across the room laying back on the door with a lengthy sigh escaping her lips. It sounded as if life was quickly fading and each millisecond of the sigh were years to her. Her eyes traveled from the floor boards of the room to the creak wavering beneath Peridots. Gazing back at the bluenette captured in each other's gaze the lines under her eyes were still prominent and without the heavy smile they were capturing.

"Feel free to do what you want but like I said I'm getting a couple more hours of shut eye." Lazuli slowly pushed herself off the door with a dreary step forward before her confident stride started back up again. "We don't have internet because I couldn't pay that bill same goes for T.V. but I do have a laptop over in the corner of the living room along with some other stuff. You could shower if you want the Towels in the bathroom are clean. Or get some more sleep right now I have a bit of a headache I just didn't want to bother Steven," She said pulling a similar container out from the kitchen cupboard.

"Very well I shall keep myself preoccupied until you awake," looking at the two slim feet ahead of the blonde she noticed them unmoving. Another few seconds go by before she brings her head up to match the eyes ahead of her. Like a trance using the buzz from lack of noises as a soothing back drop to their minds. Dark blue with a smirk and lowered eye brows, looking passively sad reluctant to change it. "Lazuli," Peridots words slid out in a low questioning manner.

"Sorry, I'm going to sleep now ill set an alarm for an hour or so," with that footsteps slowly lead away as the short girl remained standing in the kitchen. Moments pass by as she begins to feel unoriginal with a similar idea. A headache and the feeling of getting no sleep along with the end of sleep getting disrupted from yelling, she was ready for a couple more hours too.

Once more dragged by her own will into a room. This time a bit more cautious of the feel of everything around her. The walls were a light blue almost white color reminding her of the sky as she slowly approached the bed. The room kept its soft feeling as the bed fell around her body. With shoving the blankets over herself she was relaxed and quite susceptible to sleep. Vivid scenery continued to follow her as her breath evened out to a slightly slower pace.

With a slight discomfort of what probably was over a couple hours of sleeping on a brick as in the large touch screen phone left in her pocket. With an exaggerated exhale as the bright screen glares into her eyes it shows a picture of the blonde in an ugly yellow Christmas sweater. Along the sides of her are lights and other people dressed similarly. On top has large numbers spelling out the time as 2 pm.

Out in the living room Lazuli was laying across the couch with a small magazine in her hand, the magazine had various baked goods splayed across the cover. Slowly brought down to her stomach as footsteps came down the house, echoing like a ghost with barely any weight behind them. The noise might have went unnoticed if the house wasn't accustomed to silence. A similar look from before as the blonde still had the uncontained bed head the only difference were the eyes that lay beneath did not harbor as deep of bags.

The change in appearance was quite a bit different though for the bluenette for she had fixed her bed head and put on a fresh pair of clothes. Covering her torso was a dark blue t-shirt while her legs were fully covered with well fit black jeans. Eyeing up the hallway their original plan seemed it'd finally happen only a day late. Things going according to plan that quickly would probably be a first for Lapis.

"How did you sleep," Lapis casually spoke while placing the slim book on the table a couple feet away. Sitting up while placing her hands intertwined in her lap.

"Fine," She said nasally with dregs of lifeless in her voice. No longer carrying nearly as vicious a headache but she still wasn't a morning person nor an afternoon person. "So shall we discuss the living arrangement?" Looking down on the couch with a single chair nearby there was only option. Sitting across from Lazuli gave a nice straight forward view of each other for the discussion.

"Sure," she said visibly startled by how straight forward this conversation was going. "Well rent would be 500 dollars a month and any problems with the house you would come to me. It's honestly going to be like me being your landlord is all, so don't upset me and we're good. Electric and water don't worry about it, if I need help covering them I'll ask but I already have to pay a lot for the shop downstairs."

"How exactly does that whole shop thing work by the way," Peridot quickly interjected out of curiosity. Lapis had noticeably started fidgeting with her fingers while talking about this.

"It's just a bakery I started a few years back that is my job," Lazuli said calmly staring back with a blank face.

"How did you start that at such a young age," The blonde said quite impressed with owning a whole business and house at such a young age.

"Well This whole thing is like a rent to own sorta, I kinda," Her sentence was slowing down with less confidence in the words. "Got this whole building in a deal with Steven's parents they bought this place when he won that lottery thing for some money. They wanted to move to a nicer place that they found and no one was willing to buy this place. At first I turned it into a part way Bakery while living with them and sold to lots of people along the side walk and such, it very quickly grew from there though." Peridot had been friends with Steven for a while and he never once had brought up this place to her.

"Now Greg isn't the best with money as I'm sure you probably know, He did kind of drown the first boat he got within three trips. Well after buying the new house he lives in and fixing up that car wash to be also a repair shop, he kinda." Along telling this story Lapis' eyes had drifted down acknowledging her own hands, after a silence for a few moments she continued on. "Went broke and their family isn't looking too great on wealth, the house they own is expensive and so is the shop. Steven lives with them to help Pay for it and have a place to live, they also kind of rely on me paying rent though too. Greg has been so stressed out and I can kill two birds with one stone if I pay them a little bit more they have more money for themselves and I pay off the house sooner."

"Wow that's a lot of things," Peridot would have shuffled back if the chair wasn't catching each of her movements. That was a lot of information to just have been thrown at her with a dapple of confusion thrown into the mess laid out in front of her. The darker look that seemed to be taking over face of the girl on the couch, made her feel slightly uneasy.

"Yeah but you won't have to worry about any of that stuff that's just for me." She said bringing her eyes back up dragging her face back into a smile. "Since it'll be the first in only a few more days we could start by bringing your stuff over tomorrow or even for the rest of today," Confidence returning to her voice as if injected with life.

The conversation dragged on for half an hour or so as they began to decide on a plan. Both being weary as they acknowledge the fact of not knowing much about each other. In the end they decided that Peridot would return home for the day and gather up all of her things and tomorrow they would start bringing everything over. The 30th of June she would move over and pay all of her bills such as a safety deposit and rent.

With all of the things done that they had even met for, all that was left was for Peridot to go home and start packing, however Lazuli and her agreed to spend time until around eight hanging out to at least get to know one another while sober. A quick text sent to alert Steven she wouldn't need a ride and a text back full of smiley faces and hearts was received.

"So it's three thirty and I still haven't eaten want to go out for a bite," Lazuli said cutting off Peridot as she ranted about how Rose forced her to sleep at a reasonable hour. The blondes' eyes widen as her mouth hangs open thinking about the day. Hands dropping to her stomach as realization sets in, finally closing her mouth before responding with a bit more dignity.

"That would be acceptable."

"Pizza work for you," Laziness stained her voice making it apparent she didn't want to cook nor think too much about what to eat. Quite shortly after she sprang up from the couch walking over to the front door placing on a slim pair of dark blue slip on shoes. Waiting patiently with Peridot fumbling around the house in search of her shoes. Moments pass with the door wide open to another warm day splaying the light across the house through another pore.

Once exiting the door with quite a bit of elegance Lazuli prances down the stairwell along the side leaving shockwaves along the poor skittish feet. Peering back up to the top was slow movements looking as if they were fumbling over the nervous air they produced. With wide eyes and slow movements several minutes had passed by before the slow steps finally fell upon the concrete.

While following the blue haired at a distant they stepped inside the first floor of their home. This brought back memories of yesterday's food for Peridot and a daily life for Lazuli as she slid behind the counter smirking and winking at Sadie. With a quick open of the register and a twenty dollar bill between her fingers she began walking away.

"Hey you're not supposed to rob your own place y'know," Sadie said calmly watching Lazuli walk away. Placing her hands on her hips with a damp rag hanging along the counter beside her.

"You know I'm good for it, I'm just tired of eating bagels for a month straight and going to get some pizza with my new roomie. See yah Monday" As that sentence left her mouth Peridot felt a tinge of sadness with it, this has happened several times while listening to Lapis I guess she just felt bad. Then again she was a girl that was living with a friend that wouldn't accept money.

The day flew by with pizza here and re arranging some of the houses things to be accessible to both party's there, it had hit eight o'clock fast. A deal was a deal in Lapis' head and it was time to get the short one home.

"Hey I'll walk you home now, sound good," Lapis said calmly from the living room to the still messing with the kitchen Peridot.

"Wait, wait, wait, we're walking," Peridot voice rung loud across the house with the accusation of exercise.

"Yep let's go," calmly gesturing her hands to the door, while she didn't mind walking or anything like that she still didn't trust this area that well past ten at night.

Jaw wide open slowly closed into a stern face as she solemnly walked past the taller girl. The serious demeanor dropped quicker than a man carrying an elephant, after leading the charge down stairs. Once again timid steps could be heard but this time all Lapis would have to do to see them would be to look straight ahead. A sly smirk approached her face as she reached forward to touch Peridots shoulder before vanishing along with pulling her hand back.

"Calm down Jasper has been on this thing it's not going to break with us on it," Lapis reasoned with the girl ahead of her yet like rain on a rock it was going to take more than one drop to weather out her fear. The short girls' steps began to increase in speed with subtle grunts here and there per step.

They began walking down to the beach side with Peridot walking along the side of Lapis one step behind. Surprisingly enough only a few beads of orange caressed the sky over the sea to the right of them. The sand dipping down between steps with color drawn in from the light on the ocean while the closer it got to the side walk it turned into almost a dark blue. The right was ocean the left was town like they were walking the line between civilization and freedom.

The dark haired girl kept her eyes looking into the sky tracing it for any sign of alternative light, knowing the path ahead was just a long straight shot past the mountain ahead. The mountain could be seen anywhere in town and didn't go too high up but just enough to look like it was clipping into the bottom of the sky. Skylight wasn't able to reach that far however so the rocky patch just stole from the oceans depths with the deep blue falling along its sides.

Not a word goes by for over half of the walk with Lapis stuck head in the sky and Peridot observing the lost explorer ahead. The explorer seemed as if she was stuck in the twilight of happiness and tranquility. Walking around all day with this girl she knew that those long legs traveled fast but during this time they took their leisurely time. A break into the silence of wind and waves as the blonde started uttering words at her.

"Ahem, it has been a good day and I appreciate you showing me around and other sorts of things." Seeming a bit forced the further her words dragged on and still almost uncaught by the ears of the other one.

"Don't worry about it," once again just a calm response without much life behind it but plenty of kindness. Peridot felt it kind of odd how different she sounded talking to her, as if her lines couldn't be kinder yet neither could they be worse to a friend. A friend I guess that is a bit of a stretch considering we've only just met, she finished her though gazing onward.

The mood doesn't shift as they night goes on the pleasant heat turns for a slight chill, The mountain now obscuring the town along the side and the sand in-between drawing closer to the waves.

"So I'm going to start heading back since the house is in view, I'll see you tomorrow after work. Just come in the Bakery tomorrow if you get there before I'm done and I'll hand you keys to unlock the front door." Those eyes had been shot down like Icarus before Peridot now to gaze back at her, leaving behind the now star filled sky. An hour and twenty minute travel to get here.
"Alright well I do have work to get done too," losing the staring contest Peridot brought her eyes up with her statement. Slowly the girl in front brought her hands above her head with a long stretch pulling her head backwards.

"You can do yours whenever you want thought right, since you work online." She questioned now gazing back down with curious eyes.

"Doesn't mean I want to catch up on two days and move in all at once," a drop of annoyance sputtered on to each word.

"Well anyways I'll see you tomorrow I'ma run back now," peeling her head in the direction they once came from. A long beach route covered in a deep blue as if space was now crashing into the ocean leaving sand as the cold path.

"Run," Peridot questioned with a concerned look on her face as if the several mile walk wasn't enough. Lazuli slowly turned her body back while stretching her back and sides to finish off their conversation.

"Yeah the walk here was too easy and I have to stay in shape to keep this killer body," With a flash of her smile barely visible in the dark and more so pronounced in the life participating in her words. Not completely aware but questioning was whether Lapis winked at her while saying that or if that was just the dark playing tricks on her while she was looking. Steps became louder then quiet as a distant noise of life was pushed out for the darkness with the only light on her back from the house. She hoped that she did wink, maybe a step away from their awkward friendship.