A/N: I haven't really been feeling happy, which is how I'm getting all these chapters in. I want to add more details, but then I have to remember that this is a prequel.
It's like, if I added more logs, then these details would be in the first story. Just assume everything that happened here, Sapphire talked about it in the million other logs she had.
This chapter is a lot lighter than the last ones.
Enjoy.
It was Jenny's voice.
On the outside of the door, despite the proctors telling the four to get away from the door, they stood there. Ruby was standing from a distance.
"Ruby, you should go." Buck says, "I don't think Sapphire would like to see anyone else."
"You got it," Ruby nods, "I'll be at the Mechanics building if you need me."
She leaves, a feeling of regret and sadness in the pit of her stomach, but she keeps walking. The more she walked, the deeper the pit.
She walks back.
"Sapphire, please come out." Ruby sits down. She knows she's covering the vent.
"You don't know me, but..." Ruby continues, "We're here for you. I'm here. Maybe one day we'll talk, but just know that you're not alone. You never were. Just know that we are willing to be there for you and help you. We're your friends."
Sapphire sits quietly.
"Please talk to us..."
Then there was footsteps. The sounds fading away. Sounds like they were leaving.
Sapphire stands up, grabs her bag, and slings it on her shoulder.
She opens the door. Only to see Jenny, Buck, and Sour Cream on the other side.
"Sapph!" Jenny said, relieved and happy. She grabs Sapphire and pulls her into a tight hug. It was warm and it made Sapphire loosen up a bit.
That was none of their voices. Sapphire then nuzzles her face into the crook of Jenny's neck. A genuine smile in a long time.
"YOU FOUR, GET AWAY FROM THERE!" A proctor yelled.
In the Metal Shop building, Ruby sits there. She was sitting with two other boys who were tinkering with a metal contraption with two wheels.
She was messing with matches, burning every stick out, careful to not burn anything else. The matches were given by the teacher, because she looked bored.
She might never tell that it was her talking through the door. She isn't of importance.
After school, Jenny, Buck, and Sour Cream were waiting on Sapphire in front of her last class. She decided to go to her last class, as destructive as that is.
She was the last one to leave her class, Anatomy.
"We'll drive you home, Sapph," Jenny says with a big smile, "I got my license over summer. Let's go."
"Are you sure?" Sapphire evades, "I wouldn't want to-
"Don't be silly, Sapphire," Jenny grabs the smaller girl's hand.
They huddled around her, protecting her. Ruby was nearby, pushing up her glasses on her face, and looking straight ahead. She fixed her shirt, which was a black shirt with cartoon-y looking fire designs on it.
Sapphire saw her in the corner of her eye, noticing how stern her face was.
"Is she okay?" Sapphire asked the three.
The three looked at Ruby, who was speedwalking and her back was stiff.
"She's always like that," Jenny lied.
"Are you sure-
"Let's go!" Jenny kept pulling, "We can all get pizza!"
Sapphire sighed, wondering what was up with her, but she turned away.
It was Jenny's family's restaurant. Fish Stew Pizza, the best of the best in the small little town they live in.
"Don't worry about my parents," Jenny waved her hand, "Kiki will cover me today too. So we all hang out!"
Sapphire sat next to Jenny. Sour Cream and Buck sitting across at a booth.
"Why were you in there, Sapph?" Buck asks.
"I don't want to talk about it," Sapphire avoided, "And it's better if I don't."
The three shared the same feeling, the feeling of doubt, but after everything Sapphire went through, it's better not to pry.
She's the only person they know who has been through hell and back.
"Do you want to know who was talking to you through the door?" Buck asks another.
"I might already have an idea who that is."
Sapphire had a warming feeling in her stomach.
"Yo, I got an idea," Buck continues, "We should totally paint a wall or somethin. Make art, man."
"Good idea," Jenny encourages, "What about something with flowers!"
"I came up with this thing called "Guitar Dad,'" he keeps going, "because of that car wash guy. He used to be famous."
Sapphire smiles, the aroma of pizza filling her senses.
Jenny was texting on her phone.
"Ruby is feeling jacked today." Jenny clicked her tongue.
"That's a first." Sour Cream lifted off his headphones.
"She's more upset in... in an angrier way," Jenny explains, "Even when she's sad, she's still angry about it!"
The three goes onto the rant of Ruby's emotions, Sapphire was still balling up all her emotions in her seat. Ruby was a rather interesting individual. Through her friends, Ruby is a loud, talkative, and anger-filled shorty with a lot to say. However, when she sees her around, she's avoiding everyone and more focused on getting to wherever she needs to be.
Sapphire sighs, not really wanting to think of it any more.
With Ruby, she was sitting next to her father, wearing a long shirt and sweatpants, watching Saw II, no matter how bad it is.
"What's wrong, kiddo?" He asks her.
"Nothing, it's a girl at my school," Ruby answered gloomily, "I don't think she's okay."
"What makes you say that?" He fixes his glasses, pushing them up. "You've never been so sad before."
"It's something about her. I know she needs a friend and I want to be. She just has so many people against her, I don't think she expects a lot from anyone but Jenny, Buck, and Sour Cream."
"That's what happens when someone is going through the toughest part of their life and being young as well. I don't think she knows how to properly deal with them. I'm not saying her feelings are ridiculous. Everyone on this earth has every right to be sad."
Ruby nodded. Sapphire needs all the support she can get from her friends and, possibly her family?
"You're right, dad," Ruby finally said.
"What did you do over summer, Sapphire?" Jenny asks the distracted Sophomore, "Besides hanging with us once in every never."
"I just stayed home. I had nowhere to go, so... I was just home."
The three looked at each other, then back at her.
"Sapph, we want to be here! You have to loosen up, get crazy once in awhile!" Jenny stands up, grabbing Sapphire hands and lifting her up from her seat.
"Let's go, you guys!" Jenny called for the other two, "Sapphire needs a break!"
"Yeah, let's get going!" The two teenagers stood up and the group ran out of the restaurant.
They ran off along the boardwalk, sun in their skin, light late summer breeze.
"Where are we going?!" Sapphire was still being dragged away with them.
"It's kind of far, but we'll get there!"
They were able to run off for so long. Their feet running on the hot sand, feeling it through their shoes, and reaching their destination of the beach.
The sun in the horizon, the ocean rippling and going up and down the shore, the sounds of the ocean and the sky being orange and red, it was so peaceful. The most peaceful Sapphire has felt in her life.
"Come on, Sapph!" Jenny lets go of Sapphire's hand and starts taking off her jacket, "Let's go for a dip!"
All three started to undress, taking off jackets and shoes, and run into the water. Sapphire was hesitant at first, not wanting to take off any article of clothing, so she instead ran into the water fully clothed, shoe and all, not a care in the world.
Everyone started to splash water at each other and laughing without a care in the world.
Sapphire hasn't felt so light on her feet in a long time.
It's only a short happiness, but she'll always remember her friends doing anything to make her happy.
A/N: Yeah this is all I could think of. Once Jenny, Sour Cream, and Buck graduate, then everything from the first story comes to play.
Until then, review and shit.
