Gemstones

Alex

I glare at Topaz, who is happily shoveling the fork fulls of green veggies into his mouth. "Quit playing with your food and eat it" Topaz says, without looking up at me.

"Quit playing with your food bleh" I mock him, flinging a piece of food at him. R.Q. giggles next to me, and I smile, knowing that I managed to make her laugh a bit. Topaz glares at me, so R.Q. and I stop our snickering and continue to eat. I take the time to inspect Topaz, looking at his human form.

His black hair has almost invisible streaks of dark blue and green in them, his eyes a mixture of blue and green colors. He is wearing a black long sleeved shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, so I can see a couple of his green and blue scales showing a bit. They shimmer in the light and I smile when I spot them.

Rose Quartz is the smallest of us, her blonde hair with one streak of a pink/red color going right down the side of her childish face. She is wearing a pink sundress and white tights, pink socks on her feet. She has a heart-shaped birthmark right on her cheekbone, and a pink bow atop her head.

I know I'm different from my friends. I have lavender hair, the tips fading into blonde, then brown. I have violet eyes that are a shade darker than my hair, and long eyelashes. I'm wearing a purple t-shirt, and jeans, a sweatshirt over me, unzipped.

"I figured it's time for us to start blending in with the humans" Topaz says, placing his fork back down on the table.

"I thought we were doing good" I say, messing with my hair a bit. R.Q. stares at Topaz, all of her attention on him.

"Not good enough. Tomorrow, we're starting public high school" I gape at Topaz, thinking he's insane. Public school, like, girls with very little clothing on, boys dressed with giant pads and helmets, all the nightmares I had from that place after watching the movie series called High School Musical.

"No way. I'm not going there. For starters, how are we going to hide this?" I ask, pointing to Topaz's visible scales on his arms. "This is PUBLIC school too, remember how that was back in Tika? This would not be acceptable" I point the the lavender hair upon my head. Images of girls pointing and laughing at my natural hair fill my brain, and I shiver with dislike.

"Amethyst, It'll be fine. We'll make it work" Topaz assures me, and R.Q. giggles. "What?" Topaz asks the little girl, looking at her with a brotherly love.

"We get to meet new people!" R.Q. laughs in excitement, and Topaz smiles at her. Sure, if the cute one says something dangerous, everyone should just smile and laugh. If I say something dangerous? Break out the fire extinguisher, and lock Amethyst in her room. I sigh and stand up, walking into the kitchen, and place my plate in the sink.

"Oh what fun school is going to be..."

...

The bus ride to school, was horrible. The big yellow vehicle came rolling up the hill to our home, as we stood with our backpacks in hand. I climbed on, and I was met with about 30 pairs of eyes staring at me with wonder. Self confidence? Not real high right now. As I walk into the school, no one seems to notice me, which is mostly a good thing. "We have the same schedule, except your art class. Don't get lost, and don't talk to anyone about Tika" Topaz whispers into my ear, as we walk into our first class. Don't get lost? Yeah, like I can purposefully avoid that.

Topaz walks up to the teacher, talking to him about us being new students or something like that, and I smile at R.Q. who looks a bit nervous. I feel a pair of eyes on me, and I lift my eyes to spot a boy in the doorway, staring at me. talk about creepy. He has brown hair that is spiked a little in the front, and his brown eyes follow me as he walks to the back of the class, sitting next to a girl who was obviously craving attention. Jock. I think, turning back to Topaz.