Jasper was laying in her bed looking at the ceiling. It was Friday night, the night of the dance, and she was bored. She couldn't get her mind off things, she needed a distraction.

She called Peridot. She answered the call in one ring but stayed silent.

"I'm bored."

"What do you want me to do about it?"

"Let me come over."

"...Fine."

Jasper hung up, smirking. As much as Peridot criticized her, in the end she would always do what Jasper said.


"Who cares about the dance anyway? I've already gone to them past years and they're all the same." Jasper said shoving chips into her mouth.

"Well, you know I don't." She moved her eyes to Jasper then continued playing.

Jasper almost threw a chip at her but decided not to. "Not wasting any chips on you." She ate it.

"You better not touch anything with those greasy hands. If I find even a speck of dorito dust in any of my stuff you're never coming over again."

"Whatever." Jasper throws a chip and catches it with her mouth.

Jasper didn't truly care about the dance. She only wanted to go if Lapis would have gone with her, but seeing as the girl rejected her and she decided to never bother her again, she decided not to. People would wonder why Jasper had not gone, but she didn't care. She'd rather spend the night lounging around Peridot's room watching her play video games than being at some dance. At least this kept her mind off Lapis. She still thought about her, which she thought was at least ok. She wouldn't mention her to Peridot so they acted like things were back to when the two of them hanged out together alone. It was kind of strange, but Jasper liked having another person in their group, even if Lapis hated them. It was nice to listen to someone else who wasn't Peridot. Maybe next year they'll meet another person who's good enough to be in their group. Well, that is if their is still a group, considering Jasper is going to fail the grade. Peridot would move on to her last year of junior high and Jasper would be stuck in another lousy eight grade. She would regret it, but she didn't care. She couldn't do anything about it anymore, it's not her fault teachers gave her F's all the time.

"Why am I playing with this clods? They don't know how to shoot anything." Peridot threw her controller down.

"If I played I'd help you, but you don't want me touching your stuff with my big greasy hands."

"Like you're any good. You're aim is horrible, even in a video game."

Peridot received a pillow thrown to her face. "Take that back."

"I don't even get how you're in the basketball team, honest." Peridot started taunting her, trowing the pillow back.

"Cause of my good looks, what do you think?"

"Are you still thinking about Lapis?"

Well, that was random. "Why ask that now?"

"I don't know, considering you got rejected so foully by her. You, Jasper, who everyone adores and respects got rejected by Lapis Lazuli."

"Knock it off. I'm over it. I'm not talking about her ever again."

Peridot snorted and turned back to the game. "If you say so."

Jasper threw the empty bag of chips to the floor and laid down on the bed. Why did Peridot have to be such a mind reader...

"Truthfully, I wanted to tell you because I heard her talking to the Steven boy after I left class today."

"So?"

"So, he was asking her to go to the dance with him and the 'Crystal Gems'."

Jasper was curious, but she didn't want to admit it.

"So what? She wouldn't go with those nerds."

"Oh, I think she did. The Steven said he would stay by Lapis's side now, and I heard her saying that she might reconsider going."

Jasper wasn't mad. In fact, she was kind of glad that Lapis was getting the guts to go to a social affair. Yeah, she hated those dweebs, but if Lapis preferred going with them than with Jasper, she didn't mind. She had decided to not get angry over her anymore, she would let Lapis live her life. She's wasn't a part of it.

"Good for her." Jasper yawned.

"Wow, seems like you really have gotten over her."

Far from it, Jasper thought. But she would tell no one.

"Jasper, did you clean your hands before laying on my bed?"

Jasper turned around to Peridot, showing Peridot her dirty hand full of dorito crumbs. "Oops."

"Jasper!" She received a book thrown at her face. "Why do you always do this to my things!?"

Jasper roared with laughter acting like everything was fine. But it wasn't for Jasper. She was going to fail the grade, people would look down upon her, they'll mock her, she'll get angry and she'll return to her bullying days. And worst, she was never going to talk to Lapis again. But it had been all her fault. Maybe someday she'll learn.