wooo where am i going with this fic
Just when Lapis thought things couldn't get worse, she made them worse. But what was she supposed to do? Jasper was a bully, and now she had targeted Lapis. Just not the way Lapis expected, she thought. The day she punched her Jasper had said the worst things possible, and yesterday she said she was strong? Why? Lapis didn't want to think about it too much. Jasper was a weirdo and she had brought too much attention to herself this past two days. She really wanted school to end now.
She had manage to completely ignore Jasper in class yesterday. Lapis went on her day normally, and Jasper had not approached her, so it seemed that things were fine for now. Lapis just hoped time would go faster, expect in class, the only place where she could be safe from people bothering her. Biology class had ended for the day and she was going to her next class when to her surprise, the teacher had not come. That meant there was no class, since the school could not afford substitutes teachers. All the other students cheered and whooped at the fact that they had free time for a while, but Lapis just sweat with worry. She decided to do what she did when this happened. Go to the library.
The library was perfect. Nobody would bother her because everyone was to busy studying and if you talked to loud the librarian would kick you out. Lapis found a seat in an empty table and decided to stay there for the rest of the hour until the next class. She didn't have much to do, so she decided to pick a book about marine life. She was very interested in the ocean, and she loved going to the beach. It was the only place she felt at ease and safe.
Especially at night, when she could see the stars. Somehow she always felt like she didn't belong here on Earth and seeing the stars made her have hope that there was something beyond this planet, somewhere where people didn't see her as a freak, somewhere she belonged.
"Ahem" While Lapis was daydreaming she didn't notice somebody sitting in front of her. It was the girl with the green glasses, Peridot. And she was looking at Lapis with a bored look on her face. This isn't what Lapis needed, to be bothered even in the library, and she knew it probably had something to do with Jasper, seeing as Peridot didn't hang out with anybody else. And Lapis doubted Peridot of all people would need help with her homework. "Can I help you...?" Lapis whispered. She didn't want to get kicked out, she just hoped Peridot talked loud enough so she was, but Peridot wasn't dumb.
"Jasper wants to see you" Peridot said then yawned. Wow, she really didn't beat around the bush. "What are you, her lacky?" Lapis said. She didn't want to get on her badside, but maybe she could annoy her enough for her to leave.
Peridot made a disgusted face. "No!" She then noticed her voice had gotten louder and placed her hands on her mouth. The librarian seemed to not have noticed. "I'm just helping her" She then answered more calmly.
"What does she want?" Lapis asked. Peridot rolled her eyes. "She says she wants to talk to you, I don't know about what, could you just go?" She sounded exasperated. "I don't want to see her." Lapis really didn't want to. "God, she said you were complicated. Come on, I don't have all day, and now it's the perfect time for me to work on some stuff and you two with your meaningless drama aren't letting me." Lapis was going to ask why she did what Jasper told her to do, but she decided not to. If she continued on, Peridot would probably leave and tell Jasper to come here herself. "Fine." Lapis stood up. Better get this over with...
They both left the library and Peridot brought her to the gym, where Jasper was playing basketball by herself. "I brought her, Jasper. Now can you leave me alone?" Jasper looked at them and threw the ball one more time into the hoop. "Sure." She started walking towards them. Lapis tried to seem as uninterested and brave as possible, but inside she was shaking. "A 'Thanks Peridot' would be nice, or a 'Thank you for always doing what I ask you to do, Peridot' Sheesh, but what can I expect from you." Peridot sat on the bleachers and brought out her laptop, still talking to herself.
Jasper was in front of Lapis. "What do you want?" Lapis asked, trying to sound angry. "I wanted to talk to you." Jasper answered. "Too bad because I don't want to talk to you." Jasper folded her arms. "Look, I want you to hang out with us?" What did she say? Lapis looked at both girls. "Why?"
"Forget why! I'm letting you, a nobody, hang out with me and Peridot, the two coolest girls in the school." Jasper grunted. Why did this girl have to ask so many questions?
"What if I don't want to?"
"Why wouldn't you want to? If you hang out with us, nobody would bother you anymore. If people saw you walking the hallways with us, they wouldn't dare talk to you! Don't you want that? You can take revenge on all those fools who dragged you through the mud, you can finally be free of all those idiots!"
Lapis knew there had to be a reason for all of this. Did Jasper want to use her, like she seemed to use Peridot? She wouldn't just ask her to hang out with them for free. Jasper wanted something, but what?. Peridot continue to use her laptop, but she didn't have her headphones on which meant she was probably listening.
Maybe Lapis could use this to her advantage. But not like Jasper said. Yes she could probably stop people from bullying her, Jasper was right there. Maybe Lapis once and for all could stop people from bullying, maybe she could become strong enough while she hangs out with them, so intimidated by the whole school, that she would finally have the power to stop bullies. Then she could finally be free. But in order to do that, she had to win against Jasper as the strongest. Jasper was the most looked upon person in school and all she did with that power was continue to be an asshole. Seeing as Jasper seemed to really want this, maybe Lapis could trick Jasper, instead of Jasper tricking her. Lapis really thought she could do this. If she declined, she would probably never get another chance to do this.
"Come on, just say yes."
Lapis laughed internally. 'You probably think you're winning this bet, but I'll show you, Jasper, I'll turn this around and beat you."
"Ok" Lapis answered.
Jasper was smirking, but she had also made a look Lapis had never seen before. Surprise? Anticipation? Lapis wasn't sure.
"Great. Meet Peridot and me before lunch time. You can go now."
Lapis couldn't be happier to. She left the gyms with no regrets.
Jasper smiled. 'The brat had said yes, which meant we were friends now, right?'
"I can't believed it worked." Peridot said closing her laptop. Jasper went to seat beside her, putting her arm around her. "Yeah, who would have known the brat would be so gullible?"
Peridot moved Jasper's arm with a disgusted face. "Jasper, I don't think what you're doing is going to turn up well." Jasper looked at her. "Pfft, why? She's going to hang out us, she'll get what she wants and I'll get what I want."
"But, what do you want out of this?" Peridot asked. "Come on, you're smarter than that, you know." Jasper said yawning.
"Yes, I am smarter. But if it is what I think you're not going to succeed like how you are now."
Jasper raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Peridot signed and made a gesture with her hand. "If you continue to treat her like that she'll never fall for you."
Jasper made a face. Is that what she wanted, for Lapis to fall for her? Damn, Peridot did know more. "Whatever, who cares" Jasper put her arms behind her head and laid down.
"Hmm, you do?"
She was right, Jasper did care. "Ugh, fine. What am I supposed to do then, huh? I'm mean, that's the only thing I know how to do. I don't care about anyone, especially their emotions."
"Win her over."
Jasper thought about that. She could force Lapis to go out with her, but then what?
"But not forcefully."
The bigger girl looked at Peridot. "You and me both now that won't do any good. This isn't the same as forcing people to give you their money or their lunch. You want her to like you, right?"
"Why do seem to know so much about this?" Jasper smirked. "You're the last person I expect to know about "human" emotions and love"
"I read a lot. Unlike somebody." Peridot made a face.
"Ok fine. You're right." Jasper stood up and went to pick up the discarded basketball. "I'll make her fall for me, I mean not 'make' her, more like, want her to be besides me." She threw the basketball into the hoop.
"That's better, I guess" Peridot concluded. 'Let's see what happens...' She thought staring at Jasper. Who knows, maybe this'll stop Jasper from being such a mean girl, and maybe then she would let her do her work peacefully. That's all Peridot really wanted.