Chapter 11
“Lapis,” Bleu calls into the end of the phone.
“Yes Bleu,” Lapis’ voice answers on the other end.
“I got bad news. Like real bad news.”
“Okay. Calm down Bleu.” Bleu heads Lapis’ words and begins her breathing exercises. “Now, what happened?”
Bleu swallows and finishes her exercises. “Pearl kissed Amethyst.”
The other line is quiet for a minute, but Bleu can still hear the light rasping that is Lapis breathing.
“Okay, it was just a kiss right?” Lapis questions.
Bleu shakes her head before realizing Lapis can’t see her. “No, they’re like dating now. I don’t know what to do. I want to tell Peri, but I don’t want to hurt her and since you’re her closest friend,” Bleu trails off.
Lapis on the other end is sitting right across from Peridot who is too busy playing her video game to pay attention to the conversation.
“It’s okay, I got it. Thanks for telling me,” Lapis says.
“I’m sorry,” Bleu says.
“Don’t be. I’ll tell her. See you tomorrow Bleu,” Lapis says before handing up.
Once she hands us, Lapis glances over at Peridot and her heart breaks slightly but she forces the pain away.
“Hey Peri, what’s that?” Lapis questions eyeing the game.
“It’s this techno game I designed. I’m just making sure that all the components work and that there’s no glitches. Who was on the phone?” Peridot answers without looking up from the game.
“Just Bleu.” At Lapis’ statement, Peridot glances up at her with an eyebrow raised. “She didn’t want anything. Just wanted to see if we were going to the game tomorrow.”
“I’ll go,” Peridot says.
Lapis smiles at Peridot. How long can she go withholding this information from Peridot?
“Hey Peri?” Lapis asks after sometime.
Peridot hesitates to answer but then pauses her game and looks up at Lapis.
“Garnet’s going to the championship in two days, want to come with me?” Lapis asks nervously. She hopes Peridot doesn’t catch on. She’s not a big fan of contact sports, but there’s something about Garnet’s demeanor that draws her in. Could someone who really doesn’t talk much be as good as everyone says they are?
“I’ll have to check my schedule. I might have to stay late to finish my robotics project for robotics club.”
Lapis nods her head and doesn’t ask nor say anything else for the rest of the night.