(sorry for the hiatus)

Lapis sat in what used to be her usual sit on the roof, her hand placed on her cheek staring at the endless blue sky. There were no clouds, and in a way, it reminded Lapis of the sea. She hadn't gone to the beach for a long time, hopefully she can go this summer, at least until she moves. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. She hadn't been able to sleep well this past few days, staying up studying and thinking about the future. She was so distracted and tired she didn't notice the door to the roof opening.

"Of course we'd find you here."

Lapis turned her head to where three girls stood. Her old bullies. The one who had spoken had her hands on her hips. Lapis turned her head back to the sky.

"Hey! We're talking to you!"

Lapis closed her eyes and sighed. She stood up, ready to leave the roof. The three girls stood in her path.

"You must be pretty happy with yourself, huh?" One of the girls said pointing her finger at Lapis.

Lapis looked up at them, her eyes unflinching and emotionless. "About what?"

"You know what we're talking about!"

Lapis rolled her eyes. "I really don't."

"We're talking about Jasper!" The three girls said in unison.

Lapis stared at them for a few seconds without speaking. "...What about her."

"You did something to Jasper! She's not the same."

"And how is that a bad thing?"

"What did you say?" They said, surprised at Lapis taking back to them. This was just like that time.

"I'm really not in the mood to deal with your shit." Lapis turned her head away from them, ready to leave.

The three girls were seething with rage and before Lapis knew it she got punched in the face and was left unconscious.

Jasper was at the gym playing basketball. The coach had decided not to kick her out since she was the best player on the team, but he told her she had to get better grades next year. She said she would.

"Hey Jasper; some girls are looking for you." One of her teammates told her. She turned around and saw the three girls who bullied Lapis standing by the door of the gym, smirking. She couldn't care less about them. "Ignore them." Jasper told her teammates and continued to play.

"We beat that girl, Jasper!" One of the girls shouted to her. Jasper turned around and rolled her eyes. She threw the ball to her teammate and walked over to them. What the hell where they blabbering about?

"She won't ever bother you again, Jasper. We beat her down to the ground." The girls smirked, looking at Jasper with anticipation.

"What girl?" Jasper asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That blue haired dweeb."

The three girls stood smirking expecting Jasper to tell them something. Before they knew it, Jasper grabbed one of them and pushed her to the wall. "Where is she? What did you do to her?"

The other two girls stood shocked at Jasper's reaction. The girl who Jasper was holding struggled and looked at her. "We...thought you would want that."

"Want that!? Are you three blind!?" She screamed at the girl. "Where is she!?"

"We left her on the roof." One of the girls said nervously. Jasper let go of the girl and left the gym.

When Jasper opened the door to the roof she found Lapis laying on the floor with blood all over her face. She had a black eye and was completely out of it. She crouched down next to her, holding her head. She tried to wake her up, but nothing. Lapis was unconscious.

Jasper gritted her teeth in anger. She wanted to beat those girls and show them a lesson, but not now. She grabbed Lapis in her arms bridal style and carried her to the infirmary.

Lapis opened her eyes and found herself laying in a bed. She looked around and saw she was at the infirmary. Her face hurt, especially her eye. She tried to remember what happened but all she could remember was one of the girls punching her in the eye. She touched the outside of her left eye, she could feel it swollen. How did she get here? She doesn't remember coming here after.

"You ok?"

Lapis looked at the door. Jasper stood leaning there, her eyes focused somewhere else.

"What happened?" Lapis asked.

Jasper wouldn't look at her. "Those three idiots came to me saying they had beaten you down. I guess they expected for me to congratulate them or something, but I got angry at them and demanded to know where you where. I found you laying on the floor of the roof unconscious and I carried you here."

Jasper was worried that Lapis would be angry at her once again for interfering in her life, but she just couldn't leave Lapis there.

Lapis looked at Jasper. She had still not talked with Jasper. Maybe this wasn't the right time, but she didn't want the other girl to leave.

"I'm sorry if you didn't want me helping you. I just couldn't leave you there without doing anything, considering they did it because of me. I'll be leaving now, if you want."

Jasper was about to leave when Lapis started speaking. "Wait." She turned around. Lapis looked at Jasper with a determined face. She couldn't bare looking at Lapis's face all hurt and what she wanted was to stay by her side, but she wouldn't if Lapis didn't want her to.

"I need to talk to you." She told Jasper. The other girl raised an eyebrow and walked over to her, sitting in a chair next to the bed. Lapis propped herself up from the bed to get a better view of Jasper.

"...Thank you." She told Jasper.

Jasper did not say a word, not trying to look at her. Lapis wanted to speak to her once last time to mend things for herself. Guess things didn't go as planned. She touched her eye.

"Wow...beaten up on the last week of school." Jasper still wouldn't look at her, not wanting to intrude. Jasper said it was the three girls, she remembered that, but Jasper had said they had done it because of her. What a surprise. They still looked up to Jasper and hated Lapis.

Lapis sighed. The conversation she had hoped to have with Jasper wasn't going to go this way but she still needed to do it. "Jasper...I don't forgive you for all of the things you've done. But I won't hold a grudge against you forever. For the good of myself."

"So...I can't be mad at you now. Not when you helped me. Even if..." She licked her lips. "Even if...for the longest time I've hated you because of the way you were. The things you would do, what you almost did to Steven..." She looked down. "I can't...truly believe that you've changed. But...you are a better person. At least to me, now."

"No one else would have helped me, I'm sure. I don't know why you would do it, though...if it's because..." She looked at Jasper. She had not wanted to say this, but she wanted to be sure of everything between them before it was her time to leave.

"Do you really like me?"

Jasper's eyes widened and she looked away from Lapis. Lapis stared at Jasper. She was acting the same way she did when Lapis was around her, when they hanged out together. Lapis knew she had told Jasper to not bother her but she at least wanted her to answer her. Jasper had her hair up in a ponytail and she was wearing her basketball uniform. She probably just came from practice. Lapis thought she looked pretty nice.

"Please tell me."

Jasper turned to her and their eyes locked. "You're...moving, right?"

Lapis nodded. She figured Peridot would tell her. It was inevitable.

Jasper sighed and scratched her neck. "I...really do like you. At least, I think I do. But...I'm not sure if it's what you said. That I only like you because...I found you interesting. Not because I actually care about you..."

Lapis continued to look at her silently, waiting for her to go on. "I...do care about you. After what you told me, I promised to never bother you again. But I couldn't keep you off my mind. After all the things I've done to you, I thought I never deserved to be around you again. I still...think about you." She puffed. "God, this is so unlike me."

Lapis smiled. Somehow, Jasper had become a part of her life. A bigger part than anyone had ever had. No one had ever confessed to her. No one had ever even talked to her because they were interested in becoming friends with her, except Steven. Even though Jasper was a complicated person, Lapis couldn't help be intrigued by the girl. She was becoming more courageous, and she couldn't miss this opportunity to talk to her. She would probably never meet anyone like her again.

"You're the second person who ever had any interest in me, even if it had been because you despised me." Lapis said.

Jasper continued to scratch her neck. "...Sorry, for all those things I said to you...I was an idiot." She closed her eyes.

"Well...it doesn't matter anymore. I'm leaving, which means never having to deal with those three or..." Lapis touched her lips. "You..."

Jasper sat silently for a while, thinking.

"...Do you have a cell phone?"

Lapis stared at her. She did have one, but just in case of emergencies. She never used it, seeing as she never had any friends. "Yeah..."

"...I'll give you my number. Then we can stay in touch. That is, if you want to."

Lapis smiled and nodded. "Sure."

Lapis couldn't deny that it felt nice to have someone liking her. All her summers had been dull, with her alone wondering with anxiety what her next school would be like. But now, she could talk to someone. Someone who would listen to her, no matter what she said.

Jasper scribbled her number on a piece of paper and placed it on the table next to the bed.

"You know, at first I thought we were really different. That's why I bothered you. Now I realize we're not so different after all. We both don't have friends, we're both strong, and we're both complicated." Jasper said smirking. Lapis smirked back.

"Guess that's why we've been alone for so long."

"Also, about those three, the principal found out what they did. They're probably getting expelled. I just hope they don't transfer to your school."

"I doubt that." Lapis said. She wasn't happy that they were getting expelled, just relieved that she wouldn't have to deal with them any longer.

"Do you still have some exams left?" Jasper asked her.

Lapis nodded. "But I don't think I'll be able to take them in this conditions." Lapis touched her eye. "...This is going to take some time to heal."

Lapis saw Jasper's worried face. "I'll talk to the teachers. They should understand if the principal told them of the situation. No one should see you like this, and you should just think about resting." Jasper stood up.

"What about you?" Lapis asked her. Jasper smiled. It was a different smile from her usual smirk where she showed off all her teeth. "I'm failing anyways."

Lapis tried to smile back and when Jasper was about to walk away she grabbed her hand. Jasper looked at her surprised.

"Guess I'll...see you around." Lapis said staring at Jasper.

"Yeah..." Jasper said uncertainly. "If you need anything...text me."

They stood for what seemed forever looking at each other. Lapis still held Jasper's hand.

Jasper leaned down and with her other hand gently moved away Lapis's hair and kissed her on the cheek. Lapis closed her right unhurt eye when she felt Jasper's lips brush against her cheek. The taller girl leaned back up and without a word left the infirmary.

Lapis was alone once again, but she didn't feel lonely. She reached for her backpack and opened it to find her discarded cell phone. She flipped open her phone and looked for the paper Jasper had left. She entered the digits into her phone.

She stared at her phone, looking at her almost empty contacts page. Only some emergency numbers and family members stood on the list. The name "Jasper" seemed foreign and out of place in the page. She clicked it to write a text. Lapis had not given Jasper her number, which meant she would receive this message without knowing who sent it. Lapis wrote her first text in what seemed ages.

"I'm never letting you go."

When asked if she wanted to add the contacts into her favorites, she said yes.

The End

well, that's it. I might write an extra chapter if I feel like it but for now this is it. i never expected to get so far into this story and there are some things im still iffy about and some mistakes but overall im glad with out it turned out for a story i didn't even plan to continue. I hope everyone enjoyed it also! this isn't the last of the kind coming from me hopefully