My Little Alien

Sleep, Such a beautiful word. You can say it in different languages. Dormir. Sommeil. Schlafen. It was just a gentle word. As if in any language, especially in English, it would soften one words, to open a new state of mind. To put one mind at ease, it surely did, for Peridot Salazar, as she did not want to get out of bed that day.

She loved the warmth of her bed, the way it made her feel like she was safe from all of outside. She hated the first day of school, she hated to start new in a different school where she didn't even know anyone. Then again, it was better than staying in a house full of homophobic parents, and a father who drinks way too much. She just didn't want to go to school where she knew she was going to be a victim of bulling like every other school she went too.

Sighing the sixteen-year-old, finally managed to get out of bed. She didn't want to hear her parents, complain about her missing the bus on the first day of school. She got dressed and ate breakfast, running out of the house without a word. Peridot made it to the bus, nodded to the bus driver and went down the hall of the bus slowly. Everyone seemed like they were glaring at her. She felt very uncomfortable. Finally, finding a spot in the back of the bus, she sat down and looked out of the window, putting on her ear buds, blaring Pierce the Veil.

Peridot set her backpack down next to her feet, which were covered in an old battered pair of once black converse, now sun bleached to a light brownish color. It went well with her outfit, as she was wearing a long sleeve plaid shirt, which was in her favorite shade of green. It was in a size bigger than she normally wears so she can hold the end of her sleeves in her hands when she got nervous. To go with it all she was wearing black ripped skinny jeans that were ripped at the knees, her hair was long bleached blond hair that was tied up in a messy bun, and her glasses were placed perfectly on her pale caramel skin.

The bus dropped the kids off 10 minutes before the bell was going to ring to notify the kids, school was about to start. She had gotten her schedule yesterday, so she knew exactly what classes she had. The first class of the day was band, Concert Band. The small town of Beach City, didn't have a marching band, as only the school was small. She walked through the halls of kids, watching them talk and hang out, as she made her way towards the band room.

When she got there, she introduced herself to the band director, Mr. Onyx. She told him how she played the Clarinet since the sixth grade, which paid off because at the end of her freshman year she was announced to be section leader, and first Clarinet. His response was that the school notified him of that, and she was going to be put on first Clarinet, expect that she had to prove to him that she was material to be a section leader.

The first hour of school wasn't that bad, her teacher was nice, and discussed the type of music they were going to play. Once he was done, he said they could socialize and have free time for the remaining minutes of the first hour. She mostly just sat in the back of the room listening to her music.

Once the bell singled the kids that it was time for second period, Peridot got up waved goodbye to Mr. Onyx and walked to her locker to put her folder away. When she got there, there was a group of friends chatting in the corner. One of them was a short Latino-American girl, with light brown skin, pale dyed lavender hair that was up in a pony tail, she was wearing a black batman shirt, and pale blue ripped jeans. In the back of her pocket, was a cracked I-Phone. She was the loudest of them all, was the only reason why Peridot paid attention to her so much. Shaking her head, she put away her music folder and walked right passed the group of friends, to her second period class. Advanced Math, with Mrs. Rose Quartz-Universe.

Rose Quartz-Universe was the nicest lady she has ever met. She was sweet, and cared about all of her students. When she walked into the classroom, she was talking to a light skin girl with blond hair that reached the small of her back. Her bangs covered her eyes, and she was wearing a beautiful blue summer dress. They were laughing and smiling at each other. Mrs. Quartz-Universe was a tall beautiful lady with dyed pink hair that matched her pink dressed. Peridot felt like she was going to enjoy this class a lot.

After the bell rung to start second period, Rose already had a test ready to the students after she took roll. She explained how the test was to show her where everybody was out in math. And if they should be there are not. Her voice was like honey to Peridot's ears as she spoke. By the end of the class, Peridot was the first to hand in her test and walk out of the classroom with a smug look on her face.

She walked to the female's locker room for her next class. Her gym teacher, Mr. Obsidian, made everyone strip down for the first day. Which Peridot refused to do, for many reasons. When Mr. Obsidian saw her not down in her PE clothes he started to go off on her. “Who are you?” He snapped at her, making her flinch.

“Peridot Salazar, sir.” She spoke quietly and he looked down at his list.

“Peridot, where the hell is your clothes?” he snapped and once again she flinched at the loudness of his voice.

“I don't feel comfortable stripping down, sir..” She mumbled, looking down at her feet, her hands in her lap, clenching down on her sleeves. Her breathing was a little rigid as he kept yelling at her. Her heart was beating, as panic attack was starting to form.

“Don't feel comfortable? That is loads of bull crap. Give me five!” He snapped and turned around to tell the other kids to stop staring. Peridot took a deep breath and got down on her hands and knees doing the “female” push-ups. “What was that? That was the most pathetic push-ups I have ever seen, in all my years teaching here.” Students started to laugh, before getting cut off by the bell.

She was glad third period was over, there was one more period to go before lunch. Holding one of her arms, she walked out of the gym. Her arms were throbbing, she hoped that nothing was reopened from straining herself with the push-ups. Her fourth period class was Advanced Chemistry with Mr. Tourmaline Sanchez. Peridot ran up the stairs to the next floor of the school, as she got to the top, somebody set their foot out and tripped Peridot forward. With a hard grunt, she managed to land on her side.

She looked up to see who had tripped her, it was a girl with long flowing white blond hair, she was wearing a varsity football jacket that was orange and black; the school's colors. She was buffed with wide shoulders that shook with her laughter that came out rough and deep. “Watch where you go next time, nerd.” She spat at her, her Mexican accent could be heard clearly in her voice, before getting slapped on the arm by a much smaller female compared to her. The female was wearing a light blue dress, with her dyed blue-violet hair that looked lovely with her pale white skin. She was wearing light blue flats.

“Jasper, what did I tell you about bullying kids?” Her voice was soft as she talked to the other female, named Jasper. They looked like they were dating.

“But, baby, it's fun. To watch their scared face as they fall to the floor.” Jasper wrapped an arm around the small female, and kissed her lips deeply. The female pulled away and shook her head sighing. She walked over to Peridot, who still managed to be on the floor.

Putting out her hand, Peridot grabbed it and pulled up with more strength than she thought the girl had. “Are you okay? I'm Lapis Lazuli.”

“Peridot Salazar, thank you for helping me up.” Lapis nodded, looking Peridot up and down, which made her extremely uncomfortable. “I have to get going, don't want to be late. Thank you again ...” She turned around and left in a hurry, she didn't like socializing, he took her anxiety up the roof. She could barely handle the hundreds of students in high school each day.

When she got to her fourth period class, which was Advanced Chemistry, she was welcomed in by Dr. Maheswaran, that was setting place cards with student's names on them. She was already forming the seating charts. Peridot found hers with her name on it in front of the classroom. She sat down and was ready to listen. Chemistry was her second favorite subject in school.

The girl she saw in the hallway, being loud with her friends walked in and sat down next to her. Looking down at the name card, she saw that her name was Amethyst Pedroza. That was a really pretty name. Hopefully, she was going to be an okay Chemistry partner. Immediately, Amethyst was on her cracked phone scrolling through, ignoring the teacher. She then put it away as the teacher walked around handing out a piece of paper and explaining what it was for.

Once she was done, she told everyone to write a later to her, explaining how they were as a student, their favorite hobbies, subjects, things she should know about, and stuff like that. For the rest of the period it was quiet, other than the scratching of pen and pencil on paper. Peridot finished and handed in her letter to the teacher and sat back down. Next was Amethyst.

“I feel like you are going to be a troubled kid.” Mumbled Peridot to Amethyst. “If you are going to be my partner, do not be on your phone in the beginning of class, got it?” She whispered to Amethyst who smirked and looked at her with a cocked eyebrow. She noticed that her lips were covered in light purple lipstick as she let out a soft giggle.

“I'm a lot of things, dude, but one of them is not a troubled kid.” She smirked, and stood up, once the bell had rung for lunch. “Well, it was good talking to you sweetie, I have to run and catch up with my friends for lunch. Hope you have a very good first day of school.” She snickered and walked out of the classroom, leaving Peridot clenching her jaw. What a bitch. She thought.