Hi Kommun! I know it's been....almost a year since this book got touched. But, you can thank my buddy and #1 partner in crime, @dirtrock1252, for reminding me about this. So, I apologize in advance for my rusty writing skills and for the super late update.

Get yourself some Chips Ahoy, a glass of chocolate milk, and some tiny ham-n'-cheese sandwiches. And hopefully you'll enjoy!

***

Steven paused for a moment, trying to think of what could possibly be important to have even Peridot uptight. Well...actually, she was always uptight, always fidgeting and thinking of the worst possibilities, while Lapis would just lie back and watch her overexaggerate like the drama queen she was. But, it was usually during a test she swears she wasn't prepared for, or if Lapis was dragging her into something risky. Still, for either of those things, what would they need Spinel for?

"Peridot, what's happening? Why do you guys need Spinel?" He asked curiously with slight panic in his voice. "I-is she in danger?"

"What? No! Well...I don't know, it depends on how you take it. Just get your meaty asses over her STAT!!!!" With that explanation (a very vague one at that), Peridot hung up, not giving any clarity whatsoever.

Spinel, who had stopped midway to the door, looked back at him, admitting curiousity. "What did that nerd want?"

Although he wanted to correct the 'nerd' part, he decided to tell her what he knew. "They didn't give details, but, it's important that you be there."

"Are you kidding me? Steven, we literally just agreed to not be around each other. No way am I going with you."

"No, you agreed to it. Not me. I want us to try to work this out, because clearly everything that's going on is upsetting you and stressing you, and Im sorry. But I care about you and wanna make sure this situation doesn't get any worse. Who knows? Peri says that this is urgent, and if it's the Mean Pearls' doing, the earlier we get there, the sooner we can shut them down. Ok?" When she only huffs at him in response, he adds on. "So, you're telling me you'd rather risk them ridiculing you rather than finding out what they're doing sooner than later? You really want them to get away with whatever they want?"

No response.

Then, an idea hit him like a metal bat.

"You're scared, aren't you?"

That seemed to trigger her, and not in a good way. Steven knew he had stepped in a dangerous territory, especially with how she's feeling. But it was for her own good, right? And plus, he knew a scared person when he saw one.

"Watch it, Universe." She growls lowly at him.

He gulped, nervously sweating, but wasn't going to back out. Plus, he really wanted to see what was going on.

"You're scared of knowing what you'll gave to face. You're scared of the Mean Pearls, of all the students making fun of you, and you're scared of how worse your life is gonna be because of them. But, how are you gonna move on if you don't face your fears? Besides...what they're wanting to show us may be a good thing, if you let it be." That was lie he was telling himself, but who cares? "So...come with me? Please?"

Of course, Spinel wanted to kick him right in his balls for saying that she, the toughest gal in the college, was afraid, of 3 popular bitches at that. But yet, even she had to admit that he was right to some extent.

Some, not all.

She took a deep, annoyed sigh before turning around, looking back at him.

"Fine."

***

By the time the duo made it to Lapis and Peridot's dorm room, Peridot had her laptop open whilst Lapis was coolly snacking on what they assumed was a Milky Way. Spinel sighed to herself, her heart beating with anxiety with thoughts of what could be so urgent. She was already uptight from what Steven said earlier about her being 'afraid', so whatever this was made it all worse.

"Finally, took you snails long enough." Lapis remarked sarcastically, yet playfully, as they made it inside.

"Oh hush," Steven replied with the same tone of humor and made himself comfy on what he assumed was Peridot's bed (given the One Direction posters and notes scattered everywhere) and asked, "Alright, what's going on?"

"And it better be good too." Spinel added on sharply, crossing her arms.

Peridot rolled her eyes and started typing on her laptop. Soon enough, a ding ran to indicate she had pulled something up. "I wouldn't necessarily call it good, but, we still thought you needed to see this, especially you Spinel." Spinel tries to look at the screen, but Peri closed the lid about halfway before she could do so. "Before I show you...you need to promise that you won't break any of my gadgets, tear down my sacred Harry Styles or any other 1D posters, or, you know, do anything else violent because of what you're about to see."

"Oh, for fuck's sake-"

"Hey, you can either promise and see it or you can stay in the dark." She challenged. "Your choice."

Annoyed, Spinel looked towards Steven's direction. He gives a nod.

"Fine, fine, I won't break your toys. Just show me already. " She finally agrees reluctantly. Peridot opens her lid once more to reveal the secret, and when Spinel saw what is was, she had a feeling that her promise would've been broken real soon.

She had pulled up the school's board, where students could make any sort of post they wanted. On it, she could see a few notifications Peri had been getting, ranging from students she was following and some posts making fun of her geekiness (shoutout to the #GeekGang). It all seemed normal, amusing even, especially seeing a notification popping up about Liam Payne's hairstyle pop up for a second. However, despite the humor and geekiness of the notifications, she had no choice but to focus on the image in the center.

It was picture of Spinel, although half-drunken, and judging by the lights and everyone else, it was at the party. However, she wasn't alone; not in just the sense of her being at a party, but, she was on top of someone.

And boy, were they tonguing it out.

She was cupping an unfamiliar boy's cheeks, kissing him, and he was kissing back with his hands on her lower back. She didn't remember any of this, nor the guy she was kissing. Just lookin at it made her sick...but it wasn't the worst part.

It was the caption.

*Get it while you can, guys, this slut known as Spinel Stiles is up for sale~ DM for her room number!*

There was over 100 comments on that post, most of them calling her vulgar names like a whore or a slut. But then there were the perverted ones; saying they've heard she gave good head, wanting her to get on her knees for them, even asking, "Does she have an OnlyFans?".

And it was fucking disgusting.

That and it makes her wanna set everyone she knew on fire.

Spinel clenched her fists, her blood boiling faster and hotter than lava. She had the urge to grab Peri's laptop and snap it in two, but she couldn't. After all, she had nothing to do with this. Taking her anger out on Peridot wouldn't help.

"HYAH!!!"

Taking it out on the wall did though.

"Hey!!" Peridot screeched, grabbing her hair anxiously. "God, look at that whole! The Diamonds are gonna kill us!!!"

Spinel was seething too much to care. "Fuck the Diamonds, if anyone's gonna do any killing, it's ME!!" She threatens angrily, punching the one once more and kicking a dresser. Steven made sure to keep his distance. "And I promise, whichever puta posted that shit, I'm gonna turn her vagina inside out! Speakin' of, lemme see what bitch posted it!" She demands, and Peridot easily let her see the laptop. Was it out of fear? You bet your ass it was. She was already fearful of normal Spinel, so an angry Spinel was just horrifying.

"...."

Curious, though still scared for his life, Steven asked carefully, "Who is it? Was it-"

"That bitch Marigold..." Spinel muttered eerily under her breath. "I should've fucking known. Who else would 'SweeterthanHoney' be? I swear, her head is 5 miles up her own ass." She then took a deep breath and calmly popped her knuckles. "Easy. I'll just snap her like a twig. She weighs, what, 7 pounds? Esa perra se va a arrepentir de meterse conmigo..."

Steven had no way of knowing what the goth latina had said, but he knew her well enough to know it wasn't anything peaceful.

"Wait a minute Spinel---" he intervened before she could do something drastic. "Come on, who do you think will take this seriously? This is Marigold we're talking about, we shouldn't take what she says to heart! I promise, " he starts and puts an assuring hand on her shoulder. It starts to gradually untense. "Everyone will forget about this sooner or later."

"No offense Steven," Lapis contradicted. "Buutttt...this is college. That means literally everyone here is an asshole. And when something like this happens, no one will let them live it down unless something bigger happens-"

She pauses abruptantly.

"That's it!!!"

"What's it?" Peridot inquires with confusion, having no idea what her lover what talking about.

Lapis was now grinning mischeivously. "The only way Spinel is gonna be free is if someone else gets into a worse situation...and you know what, we can turn this around on the whore!"

Intrigued, Spinel stopped her raging and listened. "Go on..."

"So, you know how Volley used to be part of their gang?"

Steven and Spinel recalls her tellin them about it, which they had to admit, they were shocked at. Volley was so kind and warm-hearted. Why would she be apart of something like the Mean Pearls?

"Well," Lapis continued. "She's told me that Marigold plans on being a model and Luni is setting her eyes on photography and drawing. Plus, they're super close, and I mean super hot lesbian close. Volley also said she once walked in on Luni making a nude photgraphy session with Mari-"

"First of all, fucking ew!" Spinel gagged in disgust. "And second of all, what the hell does this have to do with anything!?"

"Ah, it has everything to do with this, my latina friend." Lapis smirks. "It's a frequent thing, I think. Luni and Volley take an art class together, so if I can get her to give me some info, and if Luni and Mari just so happen to have made a private project..."

"Lapis, we are NOT exposing them like that!!" Peridot objected, now understanding. "Don't you understand how illegal that is?! Not to mention embarassing!"

"That's the point, nerd." Spinel corrects her. She smiles, though maliciously, at the idea. "I say we do it."

"I will admit...as wrong as it is, it's great payback for what they did to Spinel." Steven agrees, nodding.

Peridot, who was conflicted with the whole situation, tried to convince them otherwise. "But think about what you're doing! I get you wanna get her back but...that's taking it too far! And illegal! I think...but you might wanna consider this, carefully, and knowing how impulsive you are Lapis, you definitely don't wanna go through with this!"

Lapis groans and puts an arm around her shoulders. "Listen, Peri. I know you're a goody-two shoes intellectual, but, just think for a moment. Think about how many times she's called you a nerd, geek, four-eyes, bug-eyes, m*dget, fuckface, those types of things. And then there's her making fun of your One Direction obsession, yada yada. Not only that, but she's blackmailed one of your friends, putting her up for false advertisement. You say what we're doing is illegal, but, her basically prostituting Spinel is even worse."

No one really thought about the prostitution thing.

However, the short blonde was still not convinced that this was safe, or even worth the risk for that matter.

"I...I still don't know about this..."

*Vmmmmt, vmmmmt*

A series of long vibrations started erupting  from Spinel's pocket. She takes it out, letting out a "Who the fuck?" at the unknown number before answering. "New phone, who dis?"

"Hey baby girl, I saw your little advertisment  on the board, and I got a question for ya." A young male voice told from the other end, making Spinel scoff in disgust.

"Whaddya want, asshole."

"Ooh~ Spicy, I like it. I just wanna know, are you a cowgirl? Because I can see you riding me~"

"¡¿Qué carajo?!" Spinel curses loudly at the perverted comment. "The fuck did you just say to me, pervert?!"

"If you let me come over, I'll have you coming back for more ;) So whaddya say, baby?"

Steven gulped, having a feeling that Spinel would blow and throw the phone down, and start destroying the mini statues of One Direction Peridot had lying around. He was in a dangerous territory, he knew. And he expected nothing less than for her to blow. Lapis, usually being the tough lay-back girl in the group, took a step away from her as well, now gaurding some of her girlfriend's belongings from destruction.

Now, Spinel had took a deep breath, smiled even.

'Wha- is she smiling?' Steven questioned in perplexion. Why is she smiling when some perv is making a move on her? Was this because she might've actually wanted to hook up with him??

E w . . .

"Hey, pal...I would take you up on that offer...honestly, it would be such a pleasure." She replies sweetly, not showing any signs of aggression.

There was encouraging chorus in the background.

"Haha! I knew that post wasn't total bullshit!" He brags, his voice going macho. "So...what time works for you~?

Then Spinel looked at her phone screen, looking as sweet and soft as a muffin.

It was then that Steven knew that this was all a false alarm.

"Listen, it'd be swell if we actually did get together. You sound experienced enough, confident, even. But there's one eensy bitsy detail you forgot about me, Mr. Macho..." She says cutely. Her face goes from cute to dark in a split second before she started telling him off.  "Listen here, and listen real closely..." She then clears her throat before rampaging. "No quiero tener nada que ver contigo ni con esa arrugada excusa que llamas pene. Sugiero que tu trasero no me llame de nuevo, o juro por Dios que vendré y te cortaré 2 pulgadas y prenderé fuego a tu cuerpo. ¿Es eso jodidamente comprensible? ¿mmm?"

silence.

"Buena."  She says in her sweet tone once more. She casually hung up the phone and put it back in her pocket after powering it off. "Alright, whose up for a good game of switcharoo with Luni and Marigold?"

Although traumatized, everyone, including Peridot, agreed.

***

Eventually, Lapis caught up with Volley and asked her to look after their two playmates. Of course, she questioned her intentions, asking "What? Lapis, did you just ask me to stalk a Mean Pearl??". Lapis had replied, "No,Volley. We're askin you to stalk 2 Mean Pearls!" Either way, she wasn't all that convinced to do something to risky. When she asked why Lapis herself couldn't go through with it, she simply replied,

"Ehh, I'm kind of cool with them. Can't do it."

So, after some hard consideration and a talk over frappe's, Lapis used her powers of persuasion to get the one-eyed beauty to give in.

They had met up in Steven and Spinel's dorm for privacy. That and there was the convienance that if Spinel got pissed off again, she'd break her own things instead of others'.

That is, if Steven hadn't Latina-Proofed his stuff.

Volley was laying down on her stomache on Spinel's bed (she thought it was dark and mysterious) with a frappuccino in hand. "Alright, even though the way you worded what you wanted me to do weirdly, I got something that should help you." She explains.

"How much?" Spinel inquired, popping a small peice of watermelon bubblegum in her mouth.

"A lot." She replied casually. "We have an assignment where we present an art peice to the class, and knowing Luni, she'll aim to take first place. I've noticed they leave their dorms for the cafe early in the morning before classes start. So, during that time I went in and, as expected, there were...quite a few nude paintings of Marigold. So you should have no trouble getting one and using it to replace the real peice with it. I can check tomorrow to see which one she's using for class."

"Sounds good to me," Lapis says casually. She stretches her arms. "We could get this thing done this week. When is she supposed to present?"

Volley tapped a finger on her chin. "I think the Professer said...next...Monday? No, no Tuesday. Early on Tuesday. You can then sneak in their room and get the painting then."

Worridly, Peridot asked her, "Um...none of them are too...uh..."

"Explicit?" Volley finishes the stuttering young adult. "They're nude, so I don't know. I will say this; Mari is bare e v e r y w h e r e-"

"TMI!!! TMI!!! DAMN!!!" Spinel gagged dramatically, giving obvious motions for her to shut up. "God don't put that image in my head, PLEASE!!"

Volley started laughing. "Ok, ok! Just get ready and meet me at the cafe, alright?"

"As long as you don't say anything about naked Mean Pearls, I'm down." Spinel agrees.

"Same goes for me." Steven, quiet before, says to Spinel. He turns to her and puts a hand on her shoulder; he could've sworn her once cold face turned soft. "And don't worry about a thing Spinel. We'll take care of this for you. You won't have to worry about this anymore."

Looking down away from him, she replies only to where she herself can hear.

"Muchas gracias, Mistah Universe..."

***

Hey Kat Kommun~!

Almost been a year right? Well, I got side-tracked in Mending Hearts and such, so you know. I apologize, mi amors, so please don't be too mad at lil' ol' me 🥺 Ya'll are probably tired of me saying the same BS, but, I'll try to update more often :)

So, Spinel is being put up for sale by the Mean Pearls, surprise. But of course with the help of her Senpapi Chulo, she should be able to get her revenge sweet and sound, right? Or will this blow up in their faces?

Who knows~? ;)

Keep calm and sleep on~!
-Kat