The next morning Peridot had set her alarm ten minutes early. This time she awake and was now ahead of schedule. Walking down the stairs she saw Pearl. "Why hello Peridot. Was that who I think it is? The person I saw you with last night?" She said with a smug grin.
"Yes. I found my soulmate. They aren't as bad as I thought they'd be." She replied. "And here I thought they'd be a total moron with nothing in common with me." The two walked out the door. Pearl already had a cigarette lit up and she went to take a puff. She blew ashen gray smoke out away from Peridot in courtesy. "That's good. You should be happy if anything. Mine is…well they're gone. I haven't seen them since they left. Five years ago. I can only assume they're either dead or have forgotten about me." She lamented. "Anyways, enough of that you should get going. You don't want to be late again do you?"
She was right. The two bid each other a farewell. Peridot briskly walked to her work. Maneuvering through the crowd effortlessly. There she spent most of the day reviewing reports. She was wondering what could happen in the future if she was to be with Jasper. "I suppose it couldn't be too bad." She thought. After all, Jasper was a bit abrasive but at least honest. Across the street was Lapis waving at her. She ran across the street dodging some cars. "Hey, you're not late today." She stated. "I'm late ONE time and everyone gives me grief. How fabulous." Peridot said sarcastically. Lapis only giggled at this statement. "Well it's just so uncommon of you to be late. You're almost always working." Lapis said. Peridot merely hummed in agreement. They walked through on of through one of the front revolving doors. Both making unimportant small talk. The two went about their work day. Lapis copied and typed away reports onto the computer. Peridot reading them and analyzing for mistakes. This dragged on until it was time for lunch.
Lapis sighed and stretched her arms. She began to pop her joints. Spinning around to face the hall she turned her chair to see Peridot was standing there. "Oh, hey. Ready for lunch? Where do you want to eat?" She said. "Yeah, let's just go to the same diner from before. It's not that far from here." Peridot replied. The two walked towards the elevator and pushed the first floor button. The walk was rather short or time passed quickly because of their chatter. Entering a diner they sat at a window booth. You could see the corporation from Lapis' angle. Both of them talked about work or interests. The duo shared a goal of vacationing somewhere in Europe. Particularly in Belgium. As they sat they talked about Jasper. With Lapis making a comment that if she tried something Lapis would find her and swoop in to give her a surprise kick to the face. Peridot could only laugh as Lapis made an exaggerated scene of the comment. It was mindless chatter from then on for about 15 minutes as they ate. Lapis had ordered a grilled fish sandwich and Peridot had the same as before, the club sandwich. While taking a sip Lapis asked Peridot a personal question.
"When will you and Jasper marry?" she asked. Peridot nearly choked on her drink. With water running down her chin she stared at Lapis with wide eyes. "I don't know! Why are you asking?!" she whispered harshly. Her face was turning pink. Peridot hadn't thought about that she just met Jasper yesterday. "Oh, just wondering." Lapis replied with a smirk. Clearly amused by Peridot's reaction to her question. "Well we won't marry that soon. I want to get to know her before either of us lives with each other. If even that." Peridot replied calmly. While wiping her face she gestured to the waitress to pay. "I'll get it." Lapis said as she pulled her checkbook out of her blue purse. As she paid Peridot had left to wait at the front door. Lapis approached and they began to walk back to work. "So, will I be the maid of honor?" Lapis asked with a sly smile. Peridot responded with cute angry face. This caused the other to laugh once more. Walking into the corporation they didn't see Jasper pass by. The large woman was getting bored and wanted a thrill but she had to wait until sundown. Lapis and Peridot had already went back away to work. They worked until the sun started to set but still Peridot wanted to be just a bit ahead.
"Can we stop now? We've done more than enough." Lapis said. She yawned and stretched her arms and legs. "Fine. Just let me finish this last one." Peridot replied. "It'll be Sunday tomorrow and it's both our day off isn't it? Want to visit at my place?" she asked.
"I'd like that but what about Jasper? Shouldn't you spend some time with her?" Lapis asked. "She is you soulmate and you wanted to get to know her more. Call her and ask"
Lapis was right they could visit some other day. "Alright. I gave her my number but now I just realized I don't have hers." Lapis mentally face palmed. "Well, I'll guess we have to wait and see, huh?" she said. "Well I'm going to leave now. Will you be fine alone?" she asked.
"Yes. I'll be done soon just go ahead. Lapis left with a small bye. She went into the elevator and the doors closed leaving Peridot alone. She was nearly done but had to revise for mistakes. As she did so she grabbed her small black purse. After submitting her work she shut down her computer and went into the elevator. The lights in the lobby have dimmed. Peridot sighed relieved to have a day off to rest tomorrow. While walking out she didn't feel like cooking. She decided to walk to the diner she liked to grab something to eat.
Meanwhile, Jasper was choking out a man. This one was rather interesting. He knew she was following him and could fight back. Even with that being said Jasper was stronger and reckless. Making her unpredictable in what she'd do next. The man gave up and went limp. She made a wicked smile and took out her knife. She stabbed him repeatedly. Just then a gasp was heard. There in the entrance to the alley was her. Peridot's horrified face said it all. Jasper froze and dropped the man. "Peridot…." jasper said. Peridot took off running with jasper stumbling to get up after her. "Peridot! WAIT!" Jasper roared. This made Peridot break down while running. With tears running down her face she headed for a four way road. "Peridot stop! Look out!" Jasper screamed. This caused many people to turn and witness an accident.
Time slowed for Peridot as she turned to see a truck heading for her. She closed her eyes and braced for impact. It was in vain as she was hit and rolled over the top of the car. As soon as she was hit the car stopped short. The driver got out panicking as Jasper went over to Peridot. She was bleeding both external and internal. Her ribs and limbs were either broken or fractured badly.
Peridot couldn't really see. Her vision was blurry and all she knew was that her whole body hurt. She could see Jasper's face. It was twisted with worry. It appeared as though she was crying. She was slowly succumbing to fatigue. The last she saw was the sky and then darkness.
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Peridot woke and shot straight up. She was in bed. Laying back down her eyes glanced at the clock and she realized something.
She was late.