It was after Lapis and Jasper's departure when Peridot decided to do some rearranging. She knew she had to attend the first years meeting soon, so she had to try and decorate quickly. Luckily for Peridot, she loved to decorate.
She started by moving over and throwing her messily packed bag onto her new bed. The bed felt slightly scratchy beneath her and seemed to give off a loud screech every time she moved; but despite her new hatred for her new low-budget dorm bed, Peridot knew she'd have to get used to it.
Peridot started to unpack her luggage and arrange things into piles. Books, clothes, and work appliances; she preferred to keep things in order, it made her feel a little less shit about herself.
Their room was a pretty tight squeeze. It was a small box room with two narrow beds with little to no space between them including two tapered wardrobes on either side, a reasonably sized on-suite bathroom and a desk that needed a good clean down. Peridot had gathered that Lapis had made slight effort with her side of the room as Peridot's stare landed upon the various band posters that were applied hastily upon the ugly beige wallpaper of the dorm.
Peridot's side of the room however was pretty much empty. She had no pictures of her and Amethyst to hang around, and she couldn't exactly hang posters of her favourite anime on her side of the room without being judged. Peridot concluded that she should just sort out her wardrobe and claim the desk. It wasn't that hard and according to Peridot's schedule, would only take around twenty minutes.
The sound of the dorm-room door opening brought Peridot to sharp attention. She turns her head in quick agitation but is brought to relief to find Amethyst standing in the doorway offering Peridot her immense carefree grin.
"What up P-dot!" she greets, strolling in the room before throwing herself onto Lapis' bed. This makes Peridot jolt up, her hands outstretched as if to say for Amethyst not to go anywhere near Lapis' bed. But she knew whatever she said would just be pushed aside as a joke.
Peridot sighs at the thought. "Nothing more than usual" she replies dully, "I was trying to sort out my clothes before I was interrupted."
Amethyst snorts with laughter. "Ahh whoops! My bad!"
Peridot then watches as her friend stretches herself out on Lapis' bed which causes Lapis' blue luggage bag to fall to the floor making Peridot flinch with irritation. Peridot tries to ignore her friend's sloppy behaviour by trying to move onto a new topic; it would make Peridot calm down a little.
"So.. how's your new room mate?" she questions, moving herself over to sit on the opposite bed to Amethyst.
"Oh she's GREAT!" Amethyst pulls herself forward in excitement and swings her legs round to face Peridot, "She's called Garnet and OOOHH DUDE she has this AMAZING eye tattoo on her forehead! Man she's the coolest."
Peridot felt a slight pang of jealously at Amethyst's comment about this 'Garnet', but she tried not to let it get to her. She starts to pick away at the small scab she had on her hand to try and disguise the envy that she held. "She sounds nice" Peridot replies bluntly, "And my roommate is great thanks for asking."
"Oh yeah! Dude, I completely forgot! How is she?" her purple-haired friend pauses for a moment, "Is she hot?"
"What?" Peridot's head quickly averts upright, her cheeks strangely heating up. "Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?"
"Well...is she or isn't she?" Amethyst shrugs.
Peridot's gaze falls back onto the now picked off scab on her hand, trying to avoid Amethyst seeing her flush. "I guess you could say she looks...attractive to some. But she means nothing to me."
"Dudeee, you could pull her in ol' Peri style!"
"Amethyst I don't like her that way!" Peridot persists clearly flustered, "Stop teasing me, I mean- I've barely even spoken to her!"
"Eh. Whatever."
Amethyst heaves herself off of Lapis' bed with a small thud and starts to make her way to the door with both hands deep in her pockets. But as she's about to grab the scuffed door handle to leave, she stops herself as a thought sprang to mind.
"Hey Peri- I forgot to mention...Garnet invited me to this party tonight to celebrate us newbies arriving y'know anndd, I was wondering if you wanted to come?"
Peridot's eyes shift to meet with Amethyst's kind offering ones. The consideration of accepting this offer flickered about Peridot's mind before being slowly dampened by her low self esteem. Peridot had soon arrived at her answer.
"No thanks" she replies, walking over to Amethyst.
"You sure you don't wanna come?" Amethyst cocks her head, "There's gonna be drinking, girls, boys, and possible sex?"
Peridot blinks in slight disgust, thinking about the endless possibilities and turnouts of the party. But she concludes and ends up shaking her blonde bob, making her glasses slip slightly down her nose. "I'm definitely gonna pass."
"Ah well, if you're feeling up to it later, text me yeah?" Amethyst then strides out of the tiny dorm and gives Peridot a small wave without taking a second glance back. Peridot gives a half faint smile after Amethyst but her purple friend has soon disappeared down the hall of dorms.
The party sounded...fun? Peridot had never been to a party, nor had she got drunk or even had...sex. But if Amethyst said that everyone was going, would it be worth giving it a shot?
Peridot places a hand to her forehead and wipes the few beaded sweat drops that dotted there. As her hand falls back down to her side, her eyes follow. Her gaze falls upon her alien themed watch upon her wrist and realises the time. It was five minutes till the newcomers meeting. A flood of alarm flushes through Peridot as she rushes to grab her notebook and pens that she had inside her bag and makes a quick exit; all thoughts and opinions of the party now pushed to the back of her mind.