My Little Alien

Amethyst had parked her car a little ways from Peridot's house that night, and walked the rest of the way to the side of her house. She grabbed a pebble and threw it at the curtain covered window. When it didn't work she growled, and went to the tree jumping and grabbing the first branch. She might have been a big girl, but she had strong upper body strength. Pulling herself up she swung herself up, she kept climbing until she made it to the branch that was aligned with Peridot's window.

She knocked softly on it, which actually got Peridot's attention. She opened the curtains before opening the window. “What are you doing up there?” She whispered. She was excited to see her girlfriend, but she was amazed on how she even got there, and why she didn't even go through the front door.

“I told you I was going to come back. Plus I didn't want your parents to know I was here, so they wouldn't butt in. I wanted some alone time with my girl.” Amethyst said. “Move over.” She grabbed the branch above her head and swung to the window. She almost yelled when she missed her footing and her hands went out and caught the sill, as she slammed into the side of the house.

“Oh my god Amethyst.” Peridot grabbed her hands and with all her strength tried to pull Amethyst up Amethyst hooked her feet on the side of the house and helped as well. Amethyst landed on Peridot with a bang. The heard running upstairs and a knock on her door.

“Peridot, are you okay?” Called her dad.

“Yes, Dad. I'm fine. I rolled out of bed by accident.” They heard his footsteps descend when he heard she was okay. Amethyst lifted her up off Peri a little, both of her hands-on each side of Peridot. “I'm glad you are here. I never thought you would come back.”

“Of course, I am. It's a Friday night.” Amethyst giggled. “A new episode of Camp Pinning Hearts, is on tonight. Want to watch it?” She asked getting up and helping Peridot up. Peridot had stars in her eyes as she ran and jumped on her bed. She grabbed the remote and turned her TV changing it to the channel.

Peridot patted the bed side beside her, Amethyst took her shoes off and crawled next to her. She pulled Peridot close to her, letting her head rest on her chest and hand on stomach. Amethyst's arm was behind her neck, and one wrapped around Peridot's waist. The new episode of Camp Pinning Hearts started to air.

Amethyst's hand went to Peridot's hair and started to twirl it around her finger as they watched the episode. It was just a habit of hers, as she couldn't stay still for more than a minute. Instead of watching the episode, Amethyst was staring down at Peridot like she was the most beautiful thing in the world. She giggled making Peri look up and blush at her. “What are you giggling about?” she asked her girlfriend.

“I was just admiring how beautiful you look while you watch your favourite show.” She whispered kissing the top of her head as her girlfriend rolled her eyes and laid her head back on her chest. Not long after, the episode ended. Peridot shut the TV off leaving them in the dark. She went to move when Amethyst held her down. “No, I like it like this. It's peaceful.” Peridot scooted up so her head was leveled with her girlfriends.

“I can barely see you though, Ame.” She whispered and giggled a little. However, it is quite peaceful when it's just us.” She kissed Amethyst's cheek as her hand found her partner's hand. Their finger intertwined as they laid there in the peaceful quiet. “Hey, Amethyst, ever thought about running away?”

“Yes, and I have once. Then, I was sent home, even after the police saw bruises on my body. They didn't really care too much. Why Peri? Thinking about running away?” Amethyst looked into Peri's eyes. She felt her shrug.

“I don't know, multiple times I thought about running away. Then, I think, where would I go? I have nowhere to go if I do runaway. I have no relatives that live near us. Most of them are in the Philippines or across country.” Peridot sighed as she squeezed Amethyst's hand. She then felt her lips on hers, before she could kiss her back, she spoke up.

“You could always run away to my house. I am always here for you. No matter what, Peri. Sapphire, Ruby, we are all here for you. If you can't come to my place, go to Pearl's or even Rose's. We will keep you safe. We love you. Especially me.” Amethyst whispered in her ear as she kissed right under it.

"I can't help it. I don't want it to go away. I don't want to let go of you. I don't want to lose what I have here, but I can't hold on much longer, Amethyst. It's getting unbearable to live with. The pain, and suffering I have to go through with. Here, at school. It too hard." Amethyst smiled ever so slightly, like a uninhibited child, as she gazed down at her.

“You won't have to go through with it alone, Peri. Baby, I got you. I promise. I will not let anything happen to you.” She put a hand on Peridot's cheek to make her look her in the eyes, before kissing her tears away. She then made it down to her soft lips, with her plump ones, kissing her softly. Sweet it was in one sense, honey-sweet, and sent the same tingling through the nerves as her voice did.

Feelings ran through both of them, as they laid there kissing each other. The kiss was full of passion for one another. Amethyst's hand went to Peri's side, pulling her close to her. She didn't know exactly what she was doing, but it felt right, when she nipped Peridot's bottom lip, almost asking for permission to explore her lover's mouth. Which Peridot abide by opening her mouth and letting Amethyst's tongue explore every inch.

Peridot could feel Amethyst's warmth burning through her clothes and hers. She ran her fingers along her arm—soft skin. The feel of scars on her upper arm made the soft skin a little rough. However, it was an imperfection that made her seem even more perfect. They pulled away from the kissing so they can get air back into their lungs. It didn’t stop Amethyst’s hands as they fumbled to move Peridot’s hair aside to kiss her ear. This was the first time that Peridot felt Amethyst’s hands so unsteady before.

She trailed her nose across her jaw, inhaling the smell of mix weed and cigarette, of her. Amethyst released a pent-up breath, the sound like music to her ears. She could feel her heart beat and breath quicken. Peridot stroked her cheek and kissed every inch of her neck until she moaned again. “Shh,” She whispered in her ear, her own cheeks heating up.

“That was you dork.” Amethyst giggled, they seemed to share each breath, each heartbeat. It felt as if the universe disappeared and all that remained was the two of them, holding each other. However, the feeling didn’t last when Peridot’s bedroom door open to reveal her two parents.

The hand that was under Peridot's shirt, disappeared leaving behind the once warmth of it. Amethyst jumped off the bed quickly and grabbed her shoes. “What in the name of the lord are you two doing?” Yelled her father. “Who the hell let you in here?”

“I don't know, what gave you the impression that you can barge into your daughter's room, without knocking?” Amethyst asked as she slowly back up to the window, she opened it and jumped out barely managing to grab a tree branch when Peridot's father ran at her. She dropped her shoes on the ground.

“I better not fucking see your face around here again, bitch.” Snapped Peridot's father as he slammed the window shut along with the curtains. She flinched as she heard Peridot cry, and her parents yell. Shadows danced on the curtains as things indescribable happened in the room. The branch started to crack under her weight, her eyes widened when it finally snapped. She screamed as she fell branches breaking underneath her, she landed on her side, pain shot through her body. She knew she must have broken a bone.

She slowly got up, pain went throughout her whole body. Looking down at her arm, she could see it swelling up, as it bruised. She definitely broke her arm, and might have sprained her ankle in the process. She felt hot liquid trickle down her face. She must have scratched it on the fall. She winced with every step she took, but she finally made it back to her car. Amethyst grabbed the phone that she left in there, and dialed Ruby's number.

“Hello?” A sleepy voice came on the other end of the phone after a couple of rings. “Do you realize how late it is, right? It's past 12, Amethyst.” Ruby sounded annoyed.

“I need you to..” Amethyst groaned as she moved the wrong away. “I need you to meet me at the hospital. Please.” Tears were started to swell in her eyes, she didn't know how much of this pain she could take anymore, along with how worried she was of Peridot.

“Amethyst, what happened?” It was Sapphire on the line this time.

“I'll explain when you get to the hospital.” Amethyst hung up and started her car. Black dots were covering her vision from the pain, she bit her lip as she drove. She didn't even know how she made it to the hospital without dying though. She saw Sapphire and Ruby in the emergency room, with a weak looking Rose that was leaning against a tired Matt. Pearl was there too. She didn't need all of them. “Why did you get Rose out here?” She asked as she limped over to them.

“I was worried, Amethyst. I wanted to know what happened.” Rose sounded weak before she fell on the floor. Some nurses ran over to her, and helped her in a wheelchair, “I'm okay thank you.” Some nurses then walked over to Amethyst and started to examine her. They also put her in a wheelchair, but this time they pushed her into the back room. “Oh, I hope she is okay.” Rose took a deep breath. She was getting weaker and weaker.

“Yes, me too.” Sapphire said and sat down next to Rose on the cold hospital floor, holding her hand in hers.

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Peridot was lying on her bedroom floor bruised. Everything hurt her, after the beating she received from her parents. She lets the tears fall freely as she managed to curl up in a ball. She hated her life, she hated her parents, she didn't want to exist anymore. Within an hour her parents would come back in and try to apologize, and like always she will forgive them.

However, not this time. She wasn't going to take anymore of it. She wanted out. She couldn't take the beatings, the bullying, she couldn't take life anymore. Slowly getting up, she winced as pain crashed through her body, as she stumbled out of her bedroom door to the bathroom. She opened it and slammed it shut behind her, locking it.

She took a deep breath as she sat down against the bathtub. Running her hands through her hair, her tears fell between her legs and on the tile floor. Peridot leaned forward wincing as she opened the bottom cupboard under the sink. Moving some shampoo bottles and other things she found what she was looking for. A cool metal box. She sets it on her lap, opening it slowly. She found a flask and a bottle of pills.

Peridot knew overdosing on pills were painful, but at this point it didn't matter anymore, this type of pills put you to sleep anyway, so any pain that awaits wouldn't affect her. She grabbed the pill bottle, and the flask, taking two of them out, she opened the flask and took the pills. She did it another four times, making it a total of ten pills. Taking another drink from the flask she set it down, before laying down in a ball next to it.

She heard knocks on the door, and worried voices. She heard her mom apologizing. However, her mind was spinning as a smile crept onto her face, she was started to feel drowsy after a bit, from the pills. The banging was getting louder, it was her dad this time. The doorknob was wobbling, just when she was losing all feeling of the world and slipping into the darkness of sleep, the door was slammed opened. “Honey, call 911 now!!” Yelled her dad as he picked her up off the ground.

Peridot was too dazed to fight, to daze to do anything. It felt like a big dream to her. The last thing she remembered was her mom on the phone crying. Then, sirens outside. Everything just went black on Peridot.