4: Jealousy?

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     I stared down Jasper as my feet barely meet the ground. Amethyst watches with a look that seems like a mix of guilt and fear. I close my eyes and with all my strength, I send a punch right into Jasper's jaw causing her to drop me. I grab Amethyst's wrist and run. "YOU'RE DEAD RUNT! YOU HEAR ME?! DEAD!" She screams as we run.
Amethyst and I walk into my house and fall right onto the couch and arm chair. Completely oblivious to Lapis sitting there. "You're insane Peridot! Jasper is gonna kill you!" Amethyst yells. I feel a shift on the couch, I look up to see I'm laying on Lapis' lap. I sit up, my face burning and stained red. "I-I'm sorry!" I stutter out in an embarrassed panic. She looks at me with a look of fear. "What did you do to Jasper?" She asks, completely ignoring my embarrassing mistake. "Peridot punched her! Right in the face! It was badass!" Amethyst yells. "You what?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Lapis snaps, getting up fast and wincing. "Careful!" I yell helping her sit back down. She looks at Amethyst confused. "Lapis this is my friend-"
     "I'm her BEST friend Amethyst." She says grabbing Lapis' hand and shaking it furiously. Lapis laughs and smiles, completely forgetting about her anger towards me for whatever reason luckily. For all I know I was three seconds away from getting shot. Amethyst smirks. "So what's it like living with the cute gamer girl?" Amethyst asks wiggling her eyebrows. I blush, trying to signal her to shut up. "Cut it out Amethyst!" I snap when all she does is smirk in return. "Yeah yeah whatever. She's a cutie isn't she?" Amethyst asks, putting one arm around Lapis' shoulder and pointing at me with her free hand. I look at Lapis, her cheeks a slight shade of pink. Fuck she's cute. "Um, well.." Lapis stutters a bit as if trying to figure out what to say. "Okay Amethyst that's enough, lets play some video games." I say, quickly trying to change the subject and grabbing a controller. "I just want to forget this whole day even happened." I say with a sigh, Amethyst seemed to accept that answer.
      After hours of playing C.O.D and me winning every round it got dark, the only light coming from the TV. "How are you so good at this?!" Amethyst pouts. I shrug and smirk. "Got skills." Lapis looks at me and smiles before yawning. Amethyst smirks and grabs her jacket. "I'll leave you two be~" she says and walks out. I roll my eyes and keep playing, after like ten minutes I feel something on my shoulder. I look over to see Lapis asleep on my shoulder. She fell asleep on me?! I look down at her, her hair was in her face and her breathing was soft. She looked so peaceful. I move her hair out of her face, it's so soft and fluffy. It's in great condition for being dyed, you almost can't tell it isn't naturally blue. She's so, beautiful. I think to myself as I look at her. I try to move her, careful not to wake her, but it's inevitable as she winces and opens her eyes slightly. Her eyes are glowing from the glare of the TV, my face turning a dark shade of crimson. She stares back at me, her blue ocean eyes meeting my emerald ones. "Peridot.." She whispers softly, her exhaustion clear in her voice. No, I can't do this, I stand up before I get any more lost in her than I already had. "I'm gonna go to bed." I say as I walk into my room and shut the door.

      "Hey Peri~! Wake up! Your friends are at the door!" I hear Lapis yell. I groan as I get out of bed and throw my shirt on, I hate sleeping with a shirt so I sleep in a bra or just topless. I burst through the door and bump into Garnet. "Slow down we're not going anywhere." Garnet says with a smile. "What's up guys?" I ask, glaring at Pearl from last night's confrontation. "We're going to the lake and we figured you, Pumpkin, and Lapis would like to join us." Pearl mumbles. "Sounds fun!" Lapis says excited. By now the tension between her and everyone else had simmered down, everyone except pearl. She seemed to enjoy at least Amethyst stopping by to hang out. "Lapis, you uh- you still have your stitches in you can't swim." I say, looking at her with a don't agree with them look, any excuse not to go. "Oh, right." She says sinking back on the couch. "You don't swim either P-Dot Come on! It'll be fun!" Amethyst says. I tried to plead no, but eventually I cave knowing Amethyst would not back off. "Alright let's go!" Amethyst says grabbing Lapis and my hands before running out the door.

     I sat on the a rock with my feet in the water, I hate swimming, I hate showing off my body in a swimsuit. Lapis was talking with Pearl and Garnet as I just looked at her. She wasn't swimming but she borrowed a black swimsuit from Pearl that fit her decent since they both are pretty skinny. It was pretty revealing, I couldn't help but blush as I stared at her. She was skinny, but unlike Pearl Lapis had curves, like a perfect figure. I look away feeling the blush on my face becoming overbearing. Lapis leans back onto a towel, once she does Amethyst jumps out of the water and puts a cup full of water onto Lapis' hair. "Hey!" Lapis yells before bursting into laughter. "What? I didn't get your stitches wet!" Amethyst says smiling. "Fuck off shorty." Lapis smirks pushing her back into the water before flipping her off. I don't know why but something about her teasing Lapis pissed me off. Why is she being so cute with her? It was obvious Amethyst had a thing for pearl. Unless she was using Lapis to get to pearl, which only pissed me off more. Lapis was more than just a way to get a girl's attention. Wait, could it be that I'm jealous? No, I'm not. There's no way I am! I barely even know Lapis enough to be jealous. She is just another Diamond Authority member! She is like Jasper! She is dangerous! Right..?
     Ugh, who am I kidding? She is nothing like Jasper. Not even close, you couldn't even tell she was a Diamond member if you looked at her. She's amazing and beautiful and- "Peridot?" I get snapped out of my thoughts as I look over and see Lapis sitting next to me. Her skin shiny from the water and her eyes as beautiful as ever. "Y-Yeah?" I stutter, trying to avoid looking at her. "I asked if you were okay. You seem bored." She says looking at me. "I'm fine I just, I don't like the water." I mumble. "Can you not swim or something?" She asks. "No it's just-" before I could finish Pumpkin jumps in the water in front of us. Splashing both of us and soaking my clothes. "Pumpkin!" I snap. I see Lapis' bandage soaked and jump up in a panic. "We gotta change your bandage, you're soaking wet." I say picking her up and carrying her to my car, just like I did that first night I found her. "I still can't believe someone as small as you has the strength to carry me." Lapis says with a soft giggle, but I don't even acknowledge it.
     I look down and notice her looking up at me, her smile had faded away. I try to ignore it, but it wasn't easy. She is in my arms, in a bikini. I nearly drop her when the thought finally processes into my mind. Why did I pick her up anyway? I barely even know her yet it's like my mind is in overdrive! I put her down in the passenger seat and take her bandage off, cringing at the cut. I wrap a towel around her to dry her off. "Peri? You're soaked too you know." I ignore her and continue to fix her bandage. "Peri?" I continue to ignore her. "Peridot!" She shouts this time, I look up through the water on my glasses' lenses. "Your clothes are soaked." She pouts, putting her hands on my shirt. I panic and move away from her slightly. "I'm fine." I say taping the bandage to her torso. "So you're gonna walk around covered in water?" She asks. "Yes, I don't wanna change." I say monotone, hiding my fear of both her stitches getting infected, and her in general. "Why not?" She asks raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms. "Because I don't!" I snap. My outburst makes her flinch, but she just sits there in silence and stares at me. She goes to put a hand on my shoulder and I move away. I've always hated how I look, especially in swimsuits. But Lapis made me feel even worse. Not only am I extremely short you can add flat as well. There's no way I'd ever want Lapis to see me in a swimsuit. Not with the way she looks. I'm staying in these soaked clothes. I shake those thoughts and walk back to where everyone is. "I'm gonna go home can one of you guys drive Lapis when she is done?" I say. "I'll drive her." Garnet says before Amethyst can object. "I wanna drive her!" Amethyst whines, I growl. I walk back to my car right past Lapis and get in. Before anyone can say anything I drive off.

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