Firsts

The first time Ruby ever laid eyes on Sapphire was during her sophomore year. She and Amethyst were running suicides during basketball practice when the cheerleaders walked in for their rehearsal time; waiting for the basketball team to finish. Ruby felt her breath hitch when she saw the shorter girl.

Sapphire was obviously not a cheerleader. But her bestfriend Pearl appeared to be and Ruby guessed the other girl was just watching. None the less the athlete felt her heart beating faster as she watched Sapphire do her Algebra 2 homework.

"Who is she?" Ruby said out of breath as she finished her sprints.

Amethyst was heaving heavily as she leaned on her knees. "Th-the bookworm? That's Sapphire; she just moved here three days ago from Texas." The out of shape girl stood up fully. "But she doesn't have an accent or anything; her father is in the military and they get stationed a lot but I heard she's staying here to graduate,"

"I hope so," Ruby licked her sweaty lips as she grabbed her bag. "Let's go introduce ourselves," She suggested.

"You know Lapis won't like that," Her chubby friend said as they slowly approached the new student on the bleachers. "You know how crazy she got when Peridot tutored you in computer graphics."

Ruby huffed. "She needs to calm down; she knows that I would never cheat on her," She shoved her hand into her pockets. "I'm thinking of breaking up with her, honestly."

"You always say that but you never do it," Her friend pointed out.

"But this time is different," Ruby bit her lip. "At first I was okay with her jealousy because I thought she cared but now it's out of hand…She—she isn't the person she was I met a month ago; she's changed,"

Ruby recalled how sweet Lapis used to be when they first started dating. She really thought they would stay together for a while but then Lapis starting being jealous. Getting upset whenever Ruby would even smile at another girl; it was out of control and she was sick of it. Lapis wouldn't even trust her to go to practice without having someone spy on her.

They finally reached the top bleachers where the new girl was sitting. Ruby and Amethyst waved politely as the girl looked up. She was even prettier up close; Ruby recalled herself thinking.

"Hello," The girl hesitated as she messed with her pencil.

Ruby smiled. "Hey, we heard that you're a new student and we just wanted to introduce ourselves; this is Amethyst,"

"Yo," Her friend waved lamely.

Ruby chuckled as she pointed to herself with her thumb. "…And I'm Ruby,"

"Sapphire," She alerted them; brushing her blue hair behind her right ear. "Nice to meet you two; I've heard that you are the best athletes in this school and you're only sophomores," She grinned. "That's amazing."

Ruby admired Sapphire's soft smiled; wanting to see more of it. "You heard right; but it's only because we practice really hard," She shifted her bag strap on her shoulder. "Do you have any hobbies?"

"Hobbies…" Sapphire considered. "I'm kind of a ballet prodigy; I've been doing it for years and I hope to make the team next week when I try out,"

Amethyst looked away as the two gushed over each other. Her purple eyes gazed down where the cheerleaders were practicing their flips. She could faintly see Lapis land a perfect cartwheel before her dark blue eyes turned cold; she was looking in their direction.

The purple girl gulped. She watched Lapis push two girls out of the way as she approached them, saying something like; what the shit.

"Uhm," She tugged Ruby's elbow. "Angry girl friend at six o'clock,"

Sapphire watched as Ruby rolled her eyes and backed away from her. A girl in a cheerleader uniform walked up to them. The skinny girl roughly pulled Ruby by her jersey and kissed her sloppily; glaring at Sapphire in the corner of her eyes.

Sapphire looked away; dazedly looking down at her Algebra book. She knew it was too good to be true; a cute girl like this would obviously have a girlfriend. Feeling stupid; she began to shove her books into her book bag.

"I should go," She mumbled awkwardly.

Ruby, pulling away from the kiss, looked at her with sad eyes. "Oh, maybe I can show you around o-"

"No you can't," Lapis interrupted; tugging her girlfriend closer by her jersey. "You and I have a lunch date and you promised to drive me home,"

Ruby frowned. "What? No we don't—"

"It's fine I have to meet with my guidance counselor to schedule more classes," Sapphire stood up with her things gathered. "It was nice meeting you Amethyst, Ruby and…?"

The cheerleader smiled but it looked more like a sneer. "Lapis Lazuli,"

"Yeah," Sapphire started walking away. "I'll see you guys around."

Ruby watched the dejected girl briefly walk out of the gym and out of her life. She wiped Lapis's lip gloss off with the back of her hand. Amethyst followed behind her as she stormed down the bleachers; not sparing Lapis another glance.

The next time she saw Sapphire was only a week later. Lapis had given her covert orders to stay away from the new girl and Ruby found herself doing that. She didn't want to drag Sapphire into her drama so she tried to leave her alone so that wouldn't happen.

But they were bound to meet each other again in this small school. So when second marking period came by she wasn't surprised to see Sapphire in her study hall. Ruby had taken her important classes last year so she had enough credits to slack off and gain a free period.

"Hey," She spoke softly as she walked up to the single table in the library where Sapphire was seated. "Can I sit here?"

Sapphire raised an eyebrow. "Is Lapis okay with it?" Her voice had a hidden bite to it and Ruby flinched.

She looked down. "Okay I deserve that," Ruby bit her lip. "But she's home sick today,"

"…Fine,"

Ruby smiled. She threw her bag under the table as she sat across from Sapphire. The soft smile on the new girl's face gave her confidence to make conversation. That was the first time they actually spoke without being interrupted.

Another week passed of having study hall daily and by now they were close friends. Sapphire would come to her whenever she wasn't feeling right and tell her about her problems. Ruby always seemed to give her the best advice. The red girl would come to her with her problems as well. At the moment that was what she was doing.

"I mean what does Lapis want with me?" Ruby let out furiously as she and Sapphire walked down the fiction isle. "I'm always there for her whenever she needs me but the one time I can't make her stupid competition she blows a fuse! I mean I'm having my wisdom teeth taken out and that still isn't a good excuse for her," She leaned against the bookshelf; watching Sapphire pick a novel and flip through it.

Sapphire shut the book. "I guess that's pretty selfish but it's not my place to tell you what to do," She looked at her before turning around to place the book back. "I don't want to tell you to do something and then have you hate me for it,"

Ruby watched her try and reach for another book on a high shelf. "But I value your opinion," She attempted to help her. "I got it,"

She brushed against Sapphire's shoulder as she grabbed the book effortlessly. Ruby turned around where Sapphire was closer to her than she imagined. She watched light blue eyes glance at her lips before snapping back up quickly.

Ruby sighed softly; enjoying the body heat radiating off the other girl. "What should I do?" Her voice was a hushed whisper as it sent chills down the other girl's spine.

"…" Sapphire closed her mouth.

Break up with her.

Sapphire stopped herself from saying what she really wanted. Her fingers brushed against Ruby's as she took the book and backed away. Their closeness evaporated as she put some space between them.

"It's not my place,"

When word got to Sapphire that Ruby had broken up with Lapis three days later she had been nonplussed. She was happy for her friend for sticking up for herself but she also felt like it was her fault. So when Lapis sent her glares in the hallway that only increased her worry.

"…" Sapphire hesitated as she looked up at Ruby across from the library table. "I heard you broke up with Lapis,"

Ruby looked at her, nodded, and went back to her essay. "Yeah…A few days ago wh-"

"Is it because of me?" Sapphire stopped her, frantically watching red eyes widen. "Of the advice I gave or didn't give? Because Lapis keeps glaring at me an—"

Ruby scoffed; throwing her pen onto her book. "Is she serious? Look Sapph; you have nothing to do with the decision I made," She grabbed her hand and held it. "I did this because I was just sick of her bull; she doesn't trust me, gets jealous when I even look at another girl and she has a nasty attitude," Her thumb brushed the backside of Sapphire hand. "I just…I just need some time to focus on my sports and school work; dating someone right now would just complicate things,"

Sapphire took the jab to her heart with dignity. She could respect Ruby's decision; she smiled contently and pulled her hand out of the other girl's grasp. Her blue eyes glanced back to her own work; missing the saddened look Ruby tossed her way.

"How did you break up with her?"

Ruby chuckled glad for the distraction. "She uh, invited me to her house for dinner with her parents. It was going smooth until she brought up Amethyst; saying how I spend too much time with her," She frowned.

"What?" Sapphire laughed. "You two are bestfriends,"

"I know!" Ruby agreed. "I just lost it and went off on her in front of her parents,"

Sapphire giggled. "That is so embarrassing,"

"Eh," Ruby shrugged. "Her parents actually thanked me," She grinned.

A month had passed when Ruby fully realized her feelings for her bestfriend. She had been contemplating on how she should tell the girl and even settled on not saying anything. But when she found out that Sapphire was going to prom with Lars she knew it was now or never.

Lars and Sadie had previously broken up and the boy was in need of a date. Word around the school was that he was only using Sapphire to make his girlfriend jealous. Many students believed it; they found it hard to believe that a junior would actually like a sophomore.

"What should I do?" Ruby asked; ignoring her food on the tray beneath her.

Jasper swallowed her pizza. "Man you really like her," She followed Ruby's gaze; the short girl was starring at Sapphire who sat at a table with her friends Pearl and Rose.

"I really do," She sighed; leaning her face against her hand. "Maybe I should…No," She huffed.

Amethyst finished her food and looked at her friend beside her. "Well maybe you can crash prom or something," She suggested.

"No," Ruby bit her lip. "I'm going to confront her before prom even starts." She watched Sapphire laugh at something her friends had said.

The first time Ruby ever met Sapphire's parents was on very bad circumstances. It was the night before prom when she put her plan in motion. She got her friend Greg to hang a ladder outside of Sapphire's bedroom window. Thanks to Peridot (who lived next door) she knew where the other girl lived; Ruby just hoped she had the right room.

"Hurry up Ruby," Greg said as he held the ladder down. "If we get caught I can't promise I'll stay and defend you,"

Ruby huffed as she reached the window. "Gee thanks, pal." She knocked on the glass softly.

She heard shuffling from inside the room. A dim light was turned on as the curtains were drawn; Sapphire's sleepy eyes went wide when she saw Ruby grinning back at her. She unlocked the hatch and pulled the window open.

"Ruby," She stuck her head out; hair messy from lying in bed. "It's one o'clock in the morning what are you doing here?"

Ruby swallowed the lump in her throat. "…I would have been here earlier but I had to build the courage to speak with you; and Peridot told me where you lived—I'm not a stalker or anything like that," She frowned. "I mean…"

"Calm down," Sapphire giggled. "How about you come in and tell me but…" She bit her lip as she looked behind her. "You have to be quiet; my parents are sleep in the other room,"

The other girl made room for her to come inside. Ruby looked down at Greg one more time before she climbed through the second story window. She landed on brown carpet; holding herself up as she looked around the room.

"Cute," Ruby joked; watching Sapphire sit on the edge of the bed. "Are you an only child?" She sat down beside Sapphire.

The singer nodded. "Yeah but sometimes Rose asks me to babysit her little brother, Steven." She picked at her pajama bottoms; pulling off a loose string. "So…What was so important that you couldn't just text me or something?"

"Well, I heard that you're going to prom." Ruby looked at her. "With Lars; is that true?"

"It is," She deadpanned.

"Oh," Ruby, sighed, she plucked the shorter curls behind her head. "Well you and I have been friends for a while, Sapph…and since the first day I met you I knew you were different. I mean; not even Lapis could keep me from wanting to…" She bit her lip. "Be with you,"

"I know I'm not making much since right now but I don't know how else to explain it," Ruby sighed. "How to explain how I feel about you…how well you can calm me down, cheer me up and just understand me so well. I didn't notice at first, or maybe I did, but was too scared to see it,"

Sapphire gaped. "Ruby…What are you saying?" She had waited so long for this to happen and she hoped she wasn't reading her wrong.

"I'm saying; I really want to kiss you right now," Ruby sighed; leaning her head on Sapphire's shoulder.

Sapphire felt a smile itch on her lips. "Well it's about time," Ruby frowned; allowing Sapphire to pull her by the chin and brush their lips together.

Ruby couldn't think straight. Not with full, soft, lips gliding against her own. The same lips that had haunted her dreams for weeks were now coaxing her own in a slow dance. She couldn't contain her smile.

The other girl felt it. "What?" Sapphire giggled; pulling away to enjoying the dazed look on the athletes face.

Ruby shook her head. "I just really like kissing you…But what about Lars?"

"We're just friends; he and Sadie are fighting and she refused to go to prom with him," Sapphire wrapped her arms around strong shoulders. "He means nothing to me." Her blue eyes looked down at Ruby's parted mouth again.

"I trust you." Ruby wasted little time to kiss the girl again.

A warm tongue traced Sapphire's bottom lip. Her mouth parted slightly to allow the other girl entrance; their tongues met automatically. Brushing and rubbing against each other in a sloppy dance.

Ruby groaned as she placed her hands on Sapphire's hips. She pushed her weight down on the girl as she moved to straddle her waist. Her calloused hands fiddled with the bottom of Sapphire's night shirt.

Ruby pulled away from the kiss; licking away the string of drool that was left behind. "C-can I?" She tugged her shirt to emphasis.

"Please," Sapphire moaned, pulling her back in for another heated kiss.

Red hands slowly moved under her shirt and briefly traced her flat stomach as they traveled higher. Ruby pulled away from plump lips to kiss the left side of Sapphire's neck.

"…Ruby," She gasped when a hot tongue circled the spot under her ear; her hands tightened.

The basketball player smirked growing more confident, she moved her hands higher.

"Oh," Sapphire arched her back.

Ruby groaned; she hadn't expected her to not be wearing a bra. But when she cupped each breast in her hands she couldn't be more grateful. She took the time to feel the soft flesh under her palms; admiring how they spilled out of the cracks in her fingers. Who knew Sapphire would be so gifted in such an area compared to her small structure.

Ruby didn't have a chance to go any further when the door was shoved open.

"What the hell!" A deep voice boomed loudly; the lights flickering on.

Sapphire opened her lust filled eyes to see her father standing at the door in his boxers. The large man looked angry and confused while her mother stood behind him; a blush on her face.

Sapphire whimpered. "You should run now…" She untangled her fingers from thick curly locks.

"R-right," Ruby hesitantly pulled her hands away from the luscious breasts and climbed off of the girl. "I'll call you!" She shouted; running to the window when Sapphire's father advanced to her.

She barely made it out when a large hand made to grab at her. Ruby waved her arms and tried to get her balance but it was futile; the ladder started falling backwards. She landed on the freshly cut grass that did nothing to stop her fall.

"Stay away from my daughter!" The angry man hollered; causing neighbors to turn their lights on. "Now get out of here before I kick your ass!"

Ruby stood on shaky legs. "Y-yes sir," She squeaked; grabbing the ladder and running behind Greg who had been long gone upon her taking too long.

Sapphire bit her lip. Looking down at her hands as her father continued to berate her in the kitchen.

"You're smarter than this, Sapphire!" He continued. "Does this have something to do with us moving around constantly? If it is then you don't have to act out you can j—"

Sapphire looked passed her parents and outside the transparent screen door that led to her backyard. Her eyes caught movement in the bushes; Ruby emerged from them and brushed off the stray leaves. She was wearing a plain white shirt, black basketball shorts and white sneakers; her signature headband holding her curls back.

Ruby looked at her a smiled; she motioned for the girl to come outside.

"And I don't know wh—"

Sapphire stopped her father mid sentence. "Y-yeah punishment, grounded, can't speak to her again…I understand," She walked between them and opened the door to her backyard.

Her parents frowned and turned around. They silently watched as Ruby hugged her close and pulled away to hand her what appeared to be her missing school work. Sapphire then pulled her in for a quick kiss; parting to giggle at the other girls expression.

"Either she really cares about our daughter or she's an idiot," The father mumbled with his arms crossed.

Her mother slid her hand through his arm. "Come on Aero, we used to be like that when we were kids,"

"Alice," He scoffed. "I never snuck through your window at one o'clock in the morning."

Alice smirked. "Just let them have their fun; you already banned her from going to prom,"

"Fine," He sighed; watching the two speak quietly. "But I want to have dinner with her so I can pick her brain and see what her plans are with my daughter,"

Ruby kissed the top of Sapphire's head lovingly.

Alice smiled. "She's in good hands,"

This was a request from one of my readers. They wanted to know how they met so I pulled this together and it seemed cool. Hope you liked it.