Jasper walks into a dark house.
"Jasper, you should leave," Peridot's voice rings out in the distance.
"She's pissed," Jasper stares more than asks.
"More than usual. I tried to tell her that nothing happened between you and Garnet," Peridot states.
Jasper turns to look at Peridot. Though it's dark, Jasper can still make out Peridot on the couch.
"You've never intervened like this," Jasper states.
"I never felt the need too." Peridot sits up on the couch. "Jasper, leave. Tonight is not the night for you two to be going at it."
Jasper widens her eyes at Peridot's words before balling her hands into fists.
"I'm not leaving. Especially you here with her. If I leave, you have to go to Amethyst's," Jasper says.
Jasper could just make out Peridot shaking her head in the dark.
"Even if I could, Amethyst is over Pearl's. I have no place to go," Peridot responds.
"She'll leave. I'll ask her," Jasper says and reaches to pull out her cell.
"Don't. I can handle myself. Jasper, just for tonight," Peridot gets off the couch and makes her way to Jasper, "leave."
"I'm not leaving." Jasper quickly but gently grips Peridot's shoulders. "Me and her, we gone make it through this. I don't want you here when things get bad. I texted Amethyst, she coming to get you."
"You didn't," Peridot squeaks out.
"I had to. Stay here, she'll be here in a few minutes. I'm going to talk to Lapis," Jasper says and releases Peridot's shoulders.
Jasper let's out a quick breath and turns to head toward Lapis and her room.
She's stopped when she feels a hand on her wrist. "Thank you."
..
"Babe?" Jasper says as she enters the room.
"So, you've come back," Lapis states more than questions.
"Where would I have gone? Jasper questions as she flicks on the light switch to their room.
"You know exactly where! Why are you always lying to me Jasper?!" Lapis questions as she hurls a shoe at Jasper's head.
Jasper dodges the shoe. "I didn't lie. She wasn't supposed to be there, she arrived on her own."
"I don't care! You're nothing but a liar Jasper! From the day we started dating, you've been lying about her!" Lapis throws another shoe at Jasper and follows it quickly with a glass bottle.
Jasper dodges the shoe and barely manages to dodge the bottle which nicks her shoulder.
"Stop throwing shit at me! And I have not lied to you about Garnet. What do you want from me Lapis?" Jasper questions.
"I want you to stop lying to me. I want you to love me and only me. Why does she keep sticking around?" Lapis questions.
Jasper sighs and makes her way cautiously over to her girlfriend.
"I am yours and I do love you," Jasper says.
"You're lying!" Lapis screams as Jasper steps closer to her. "Why are you still lying to me?" Lapis bangs on Jasper's chest as the latter closes the gap between them. "I know you still love her."
Jasper hears as Lapis' voice breaks and watches as tears flow down her face.
She didn't want it to happen like this. True, she still loved Garnet and that confuses her, but she truly does love Lapis.
Jasper quickly wraps her arms around Lapis and pulls her close. "I'm not lying. I do love you. And yes, I do still love Garnet, but it is you who I am with and who I will stay with."
"But why is she still around?" Lapis mumbles into Jasper's chest.
Jasper tightens her hold on her girlfriend. "I can't answer that," Jasper finally whispers.
Lapis shakes her head and abruptly pushes Jasper away from her. "I hate you Jasper! I hate you with all my heart!" Lapis screams and grabs the closest thing in her reach, which was a wine glass, and throws it at Jasper's face.
Jasper blocks the glass and steps back as Lapis began throwing anything and everything she could get her hands on at her.
"I hate you Jasper! Don't ever come back! I can't believe I fell in love with you! I'm such an idiot! Gems, I hate you Jasper!" Lapis shouts as she throws item after item.
"I'm not going anywhere," Jasper states as she blocks the last item Lapis threw at her.
"Peridot, call the police!" Lapis yells.
"Peridot isn't here, I sent her away."
Lapis looks at Jasper with pure hurt and anger in her eyes. "Why? Why would you do that!"
"She didn't need to be here," Jasper says as Lapis pushes past her and into the empty living room.
"Where is she?" Lapis angrily turns to face Jasper.
"Safe and away from us."
"Get out! Why are you still here?"
"Because you are my girlfriend and I am trying to save our relationship," Jasper says and steps closer to Lapis.
Lapis let's out a chuckle. "Save our relationship? You wasn't thinking that when you were showering over her house!" Lapis yells.
"I told you nothing happened. You can ask her!" Jasper snaps.
"Why, so she can lie to me like you've been lying to me this whole time?"
Something in Jasper snaps. Sure they've argued about Garnet a lot, but never had she not Lapis said anything bad about her. To call Garnet a liar when she's been nothing but honest with Peridot hurt.
"She is not a liar!" Jasper snaps and grips Lapis up by her forearms. "Never call her a liar."
Jasper looks into Lapis' eyes and she knows the latter can see how angry she is but she's blinded by her own anger.
"And you're still defending her! Jasper get off me!" Lapis screams and struggles in Jasper's grip.
"No! Not until you get it through your head that neither she nor I have any reason to lie to you. I'm trying to save our relationship and all you seem to want to do is argue and break us up."
"Jasper, let go!" Lapis yells and knees Jasper in her crotch.
Jasper loosens her grip on Lapis and that was enough for Lapis to break free and head toward the kitchen.
Jasper couldn't see what Lapis was doing but she was sure she heard one of the knives being pulled out.
Finally getting a hold of herself, Jasper looks up to see what Lapis was doing.
"Lapis, put the knife down," Jasper says and straightens up.
"Stay away from me Jasper or I swear, I will cut you," Lapis warns raising the steak knife in her possession.
"I'm not going anywhere, we're going to talk this out," Jasper says and makes her way slowly over to her girlfriend.
"Jasper, I'm done with you! I never want to see you again! Get out my house!" Lapis yells and swings the knife as Jasper reaches out to grab her.
Jasper retracts her hand as she feels the knife slash through it.
"Lapis, put the knife down. We are going to talk this out." Jasper reaches out again and manages to deflect the knife as Lapis swings it again. It slices her cheek instead.
"Enough!" Jasper yells and lunges for Lapis and manages to get both her wrists in her grip. Jasper slams Lapis' wrists against the upper cabinets and Lapis drops the knife.
"Let me go Jasper! I hate you! We're through!" Lapis screams into Jasper's face.
"We're not through," Jasper says and releases Lapis' wrists.
"Get out! Now!" Lapis screams.
Jasper shakes her head but backs away from Lapis and toward the front door.
"Go run to her!" Lapis spats as Jasper opens the door.
Jasper pauses after she opens the door and looks back at Lapis. "I do love you and if this relationship ends, it isn't because I didn't try, it's because you pushed me away," Jasper says before closing the door behind her.
"I hate you!" Jasper can hear Lapis scream before she hears what sounds like the discarded knife being thrown at the door.
'This really was one hell of an argument.'
Jasper sighs and begins walking away from the apartment.