**Peridot's POV**
I woke up, feeling sore. Any movement I made was painful. Memories of the previous night came flooding into my brain, and I realized why I was hurting. But something else was bothering me.. What if Jasper tells the public about me? Would they even believe her? Probably not.. Most people dont even believe in werewolves..
Or... Would they? I started to panic. I did my best to not wake Lapis up, but I failed. She groaned and stirred before turning her body some and greeting me with a smile.
"morning, Peri." she said, yawning.
"h-hey... Sorry if I w-woke you." i stuttered, trying to be calm as possible. She looked at me worriedly.
"whats wrong, Peridot?"
I didn't want to admit it, but even if I tried to lie myself out of this situation, she'd know. I had no other choice.
"im just... Scared.. What if Jasper tells people about me? What if they believe her? What if the government comes searching for me to do experiments on me!? What if-"
She interrupted me by hugging me tight, but gently.
"shhh.. Its not gonna happen.. No one is gonna believe her. They'll think she's crazy. No one is gonna come for you.." she comforted me, petting the back of my head.
I hugged her back, and started crying a little. She rubed my back, shushing me, and telling me 'its okay' repeatedly.
"shhh... Its alright, Peri.. Its gonna be okay... You're okay.."
I just cried more into the crook of her neck. This went on for about an hour, and Lapis never left me. Not even to go the bathroom. She just rubbed my back and whispered positive affirmations to me.
After I finally finished my crying, we cuddled close for a while longer.
She'd occasionally ask me questions like "do you need anything?" or "can i get you something?". But I just told her to stay with me. And she did. Like all the other times I needed her.
"mm.. Im kind of hungry." I finally spoke, looking up at her.
"for..?"
"..You." I muttered under my breath.
"what was that?"
"stew."
"what kind?"
"any kind."
"you sure?"
"yeah."
She got up and went straight to the kitchen, and I heard pots and pans being moved around.
I laughed a bit at the joke I made moments ago, and then blushing at the lewd thought. I face palmed myself.
Stop thinking like that, Peridot!
I shook off the thought and got kind of cold a few minutes later, and I wanted her with me again. I wanted to get up, but I was sooo comfy. I was debating whether I should get up and be cold for five seconds, or stay under the covers. I groaned and got up, shivering as the cold air circled me.
Is it winter in here, or what?
I limped to the kitchen and hugged Lapis from behind. She jumped a little bit.
"heh.. Hey, Peri." her voice soothed me, and I almost melted. She held my hand with one of her's while stirring the food in the pot.
I nuzzled into her back for more warmth. We stayed like this for a while until the sweet aroma of chicken stew filled my nose.
"that smells really good." I complimented her, raising my head to look at the pot.
"trust me, it tastes way better than it smells."
I smiled and watched her pour some stew into a bowl with a ladel.
She set it to the side and poured some more into another one, which I assumed was for herself.
"there ya go." she pointed to one of the bowls.
"thanks, Lappy." I smiled and took mine, along with a spoon. I sat down at the table, and Lapis followed. She starred at me, waiting for me to take a bite. I took my spoon and scooped up a bit. I took my first bite and slouched in my chair.
"Lapis, this is SO good!" she smiled and began eating her's as well. She took only a few bites, and I had already finished my bowl. Lapis looked at me in amazement.
"someone's hungry." she joked.
"you can have more if you're still hungry. Hell, eat all of it if you want!"
I looked at her like she was god, and quickly ran back to the stove, making a new bowl. I'd say around 10 minutes later, I finished the whole pot. Lapis gave me a look of 'wooooow' and I smirked at her.
"you said I could eat it all."
She giggled.
"yeah, I just didn't expect you to actually eat all of it."
"i have no regrets."
We both giggled, and I soon fell into a food coma.
-time skip to on a school day-
((sorry for not doing this before lol))
I was walking through the halls to my next class. Math. I had always loved math, and I was pretty good at it. I was early so I just sat in there getting my stuff ready. 5 minutes had passed and the bell rang.
Students came flooding in and alot of them immediately started staring at me. But.. Why? I shrugged it off and went on with the class. However, people began whispering and pointing at me. I was getting pretty annoyed, and I did my best to ignore them.
After the bell rang, I gathered my stuff and walked out the classroom. The next class I had was with Lapis, which made me a little happier.
I was walking when someone out of no where walked up to me.
"hey, wolfie." her voice sounded way too friendly. She was quite short. Shorter than me actually, and she had a british accent, with light blue hair. She was wearing a blue skirt, blue socks, blue everything. It looked like she liked blue as well as Lapis.
"pardon?" I asked.
"you're the wolf who beat Jasper up."
Oh no...
"im sorry, but i dont know what you're talking about. Werewolves dont exist. Even if i was a wolf i could never beat up that brute." I lied, as my heart started beating faster and faster.
"you cant keep it a secret to us now, wolfie. Everyone knows. Even the teachers."
"know what??"
"stop playing dumb, wolf-"
"look i need to get to my next class."
I shoved past her and walked to english.
Jasper must've told them.. Ugh...
I entered the class right as the bell rang, and ran to sit next to Lapis.
"hey, Peri." she greeted me, and kissed my cheek.
"h-hey.."
She looked at me worriedly.
"whats the matter?"
"there's a rumor about me being the wolf that beat up Jasper..." I said more quietly.
She looked a bit scared now, as kids stampeded into the classroom. Jasper came in last with a huge cast around her fore-arm.
"what happened, Jasper?" the teacher asked.
"i got attacked by a wolf." she said, looking up and glaring at me.
"there are wolves around here? Oh my.. Well, go take your seat." She pointed to a random open seat which fortunately wasn't close to me and Lapis.
Half the class had passed, and Jasper was glaring at me the entire time. I was holding Lapis's hand for comfort, and I gripped it tighter everytime I looked at Jasper. I was terrified at that point.
Lapis seemed to notice my distress so she scooted her seat closer to mine, and wrapped her arm around my waist. I relaxed a bit, but my anxiety was still through the roof. There was a door that lead outside, and it was just a few seats away from us. I wrote a quick note which I was gonna give to Lapis.
Lapis, can we just leave after this class ends? We can go through that door over there.
I drew an arrow pointing towards the door.
I passed the note to Lapis, and she read it. She looked back at me and nodded.
After the painfully slow hour passed, me and Lapis grabbed our stuff and headed out the door. I sighed in relief and walked with Lapis to our dorm.
"we dont have to go to school for the rest of the week if you want. If we make up a really good excuse, then they wont make us do extra work." she explained, wrapping her arm around my waist again.
"yeah.. That'd be great."
She smiled and continued to walk. Everything was good for a few moments.. But that soon changed.
As we were walking, a black car which looked beat up, and old, pulled up in the parking lot. We had never seen a black car here before.. Especially not a hunker like that.
We both starred at the car, wating for someone or something to step out.
Two men, both in all black, with black sunglasses, got out of the car. They both had no eyebrows, no expression, and the same exact hight.. They looked around for a moment until they saw us. Or.. Specifically me. They started walking towards us, and I started shaking.
They both had guns with them, and looked to be working for the government.
They were men in black.