Rising Tides (Human!lapidot)

Chapter 4

Lapis tapped her foot patiently as she waited for her bus. Her house was very far away from her school, on the edge of beach city and she didn't own a car. Lapis sighed and sat down on the cold metal bench, getting out her iPod and plugging in her earphones. She scrolled through her playlists, finally settling on one and hitting the shuffle button. A bunch of other people she recognised from school stood beside the bus stop, chatting about classes and homework. Lapis glanced at the time, breathing out as she saw the bus in the reflection of her phone. She was going to be on time!

"The second day will be better" she muttered, stepping onto the bus and showing the driver her bus pass. He nodded and she walked forward to sit at the back. "Its always better" she concluded, watching the group of teens heading upstairs.

Lapis spent the rest of the journey listening to her music and staring out the window. She watched as passers by zoomed past and when the bus finally stopped at her destination, she turned off her music and silently stepped off.

"Lapis" the bluenette turned on her heel towards the voice. It was Steven. Lapis smiled as the boy ran up to her, enveloping her in a tight hug. She hugged back.

"Hey Steven" seeing the young, happy boy had immediately lightened lapis' mood. "Hows school?" She asked, feeling it was necessary to made conversation before she went to her classes.

"Its OK I guess" by now, Steven was so excited he couldn't stay still. He was dancing around lapis, a goofy grin on his face. "I made a new friend, her name's Connie!"

"Awesome, you'll have to introduce me sometime" Lapis couldn't help but grin as she noticed his cheek were growing red.

Steven nodded and ran off without another word. Weird. Lapis walked into the main building before checking her timetable. German first? Oh no. She had been forced to pick a language as the school had said it'd help in the future so lapis picked German, already knowing the basics and all.

"German in room... 4?" She looked up and spotted a door with the number 3 on it. She turned around and walked down another hallway and spotted the room. Walking in, she saw the teacher guiding students to the back of the room. Great, a seating plan. She walked slowly towards the back.

The bell rang seconds later and a couple more people rushed into the classroom. Once everyone was there, the teacher stood up from her seat, holding a seating plan in her hands. Lapis gulped, she didn't want to be sat with one of those annoying girls in her class. Or the boys, they were rude, smelly and all around disgusting. Lapis zoned out as names were called. She saw peridot slide into the seat second to the back and secretly hoped she was next to her. Nope, instead garnet sat next to her, a blank expression on her face. Garnet adjusted her shades and set out her things, saying nothing.

"Lapis" she was broke out of her trance to see the teacher pointing to the desk behind peridot. Lapis smirked and sat down, making sure to make noise when she did so. Peridot jumped slightly but didn't turn around.

"Pearl" Lapis quickly turned towards the group at the back, seeing pearl grinning mischievously. Lapis mirrored the grin, pulling her chair out for her and gesturing to it dramatically. Pearl chuckled and sat down. They high-fived.

Amethyst wasn't so lucky, getting seated next to Jasper. She had opened her mouth to complain but Jasper punched her arm. Lapis saw peridot wincing.

As soon as the seating plan was established, the teacher handed out of books and gave the class textbook work to do. It was pretty easy, just finding the translations to words.

"Hey Peri" Lapis hissed, kicking Peridot's chair with the tip of her foot.

Peridot spun around, narrowing her eyes at the blue haired girl "I told you not to call me that".

"Calm down" Lapis held her hands out "just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out with us at lunch".

Next to her Pearl nodded and looked over to Garnet, who had turned around. She stuck her thumb up and smiled. Peridot's cheek had grown darker. Lapis couldn't read Peridot that well but she looked a mix of confused and honoured.

"Okay?" She replied. It was more of a question than an answer but the small group took it anyways, all grinning.

"It'd be nice to have another technician in the group" Pearl chuckled.

Peridots eyes widened slightly. "You?" She asked, pointing a finger and the strawberry blond girl.

Pearl wearily nodded "yes, is that a problem? She raised an eyebrow, suddenly regretting the decision.

Peridot quickly shook her head, realising she had hit a nerve. "No, of course not" she glared at her feet, turning even redder.

Still frowning, Pearl got back to work and the others turned back around. They spent the rest of the lesson in an awkward silence.

The bell broke the awkward silence. Everyone got up, packing away their stuff and walking out the classroom. Lapis was happy to have most of her classes with her friends. And Peridot. She wasn't sure how to feel about the blonde. She was rude, sarcastic but really cute??? Lapis sighed, frustrated. This was hard.

"You Okay?" Pearl was by her side, walking along the corridor beside her in a steady pace.

Lapis nodded, not wanting to talk. Pearl instantly dismissed it, turning to Amethyst and chatting. They would make a really good couple. Lapis smirked to herself. She could almost see Amethyst blushing. Or maybe it was just her imagination...

She shook her head slightly, watching Peridot in front of her. She was walking fast, hands buried in her pockets. Her hair looked even messier today, thinking about it made Lapis feel weird. She just met the girl, what the heck?? Lapis tried to get the feeling out of her system, instead focusing in on her companions conversations. Yeah, that worked. For now.

Sorry for the super awkward and boring chapters, the whole book won't be like this! It'll mostly be based out of school, I'm just kind of... Setting it up?? Honestly, this is boring to write but after the next chapter it'll change :D

Another note: I'm thinking of posting either undertale oneshots (or something along the lines of oneshots) or another lapidot based off one I've recently read on my ArchiveOfOurOwn account and I was wondering what you guys think??! Oh god please comment something, I need inspiration D:

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