Rising Tides (Human!lapidot)

Chapter 3

Peridot jumped slightly and turned towards lapis. Her eyes widened and she shuffled back on the bench. Lapis took this as an opportunity to sit next to the smaller girl. She set her bags down and stared into Peridot's bright green eyes.

"So" Lapis tried to make casual conversation though it was a little awkward as she could literally feel peridots glare "why are you here? You don't seem like the drama type". Lapis wasn't one to judge but it was a little strange she would be at auditions.

Peridot let out a sharp laugh and leant back against the wall, placing her hands neatly in her lap. "I'm not auditioning, I'm working backstage" she rolled her eyes as she went on "I work there every year... Not like you've noticed".

"So you're the techie" Lapis asked. Peridot gave her a small nod, frowning. "That's cute" she grinned as the blondes cheeks began to grow red. She got flustered so easily, all she had to do was complement her. Maybe that wasn't a good thing though...

"Stop calling me cute!" Peridot raised her voice slightly, making people turn towards their general direction. Peridot glared daggers at Lapis. She was now leaning forward on the bench, making herself look even smaller.

Lapis raised her hands up in defence, slightly scared the Peridot would snap and lunge at her. "I'm sorry, just trying to make conversation".

Peridot didn't reply. She stood up, grabbing her bag and walking out of the side door, leaving Lapis on the bench, looking puzzled yet determined. The blonde made her way to her car, sliding in and starting it up. She turned on the radio, listening to it as she reversed out of her space and onto the open road. Taking a left, she smiled as one of her favourite songs came on. She tapped along to the beat with her fingers.

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When she arrived home, she jogged to her room and dived into her bed. She buried her face in her pillow, trying not to think of how horrible her day had been. That blue haired girl was always in her mind and it made her feel weird. Peridots phone buzzed and she raised her head from her pillow and flipped it over so the screen was visible. Her mother was trying to call...

Peridot pressed the 'answer call' button and held the phone up to her ear. She could hear shuffling and muffled voices coming from the other side. Wherever she was, it sounded busy and peridot knew that this call would not last long.

"Peridot?" Her mothers voice came slightly muffled from the other side of the phone.

"Hi" peridot was well aware how her voice sounded. She sounded very tired and impatient. Which is exactly what she was.

"I though you'd never pick up! I just called to see how you were doing" that was a lie. She was calling because that's what parents were supposed to do. And she was never around so a phone call was the only time she could actually bond with her daughter. Peridot was pretty sure she didn't care about how she was doing.

"Whatever" peridot mumbled, mostly to herself but she guessed her mother had heard. She didn't care, she'd said a lot worse.

"Just wanted to remind you to take your meds and to stop pulling all-nighters to play that dumb game! School is very important, do you want to get a good job or not?" Oh great, now she was giving her a lecture.

"Yeah, I do" Peridot rolled her eyes and sat herself up in a comfortable position before turning on her Xbox. "And I'm fine, actually, I've been getting good grades".

There was no answer for what seemed like an eternity. She could hear her mother's voice but it was very faint. Someone was yelling at her. Telling her to hurry up?? She was probably at a meeting. Peridot sighed, wondering whether or not to hang up.

"Well, nice catching up with you, darling! I have to go now" her mother spoke quickly, she seemed out of breath "got an important meeting coming up, love ya" and with that, she hung up.

"Love you too" Peridot answered sarcastically. She threw her phone into her pillow a looked back up at her TV.

The Xbox logo was on the screen. She grabbed a controller and selected a game. Peridot glanced back angrily at her phone before standing up, changing into a pair of shorts and a shirt and going downstairs to raid the kitchen. Not like she had to, this was her house. Her mother was never around because of her stupid job. She had to pay for the food, the electricity. It sucked.

Peridot didn't have a job, she sold computer parts and other electronic things online, and that was how she made most of her money. She also fixed computers but that business hadn't really started up. She tried to advertise it but nobody had seemed interested. Peridot frowned and grabbed a bag of popcorn and a mountain dew before making her way back to her room and wrapping herself up in her blankets.

She played for hours, filling herself up on junk food. When she checked the time, it was already 3am. Peridot ran a had through her hair, debating whether of not to keep playing or go to bed. What did it matter? She was always tired. She gave up and threw the controller onto her messy floor and turning off her game console.

The small blonde did her normal routine, brushing her teeth, trying to tame her messy blonde locks before they got even more out of control and failing, taking off her glasses, placing them on her bedside table and then, finally, sliding into her bed and closing her eyes. A familiar blue haired girl popped into her mind and peridots eyes shot open.

"Noooo" she moaned, burying herself deeper into her duvet. She held her head in her hands. This kept happening throughout the day, why now?? Why Lapis?

"Not now gay thoughts"

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