(A/N) Yay! A happy Lappy chappy! Just wanted to let you guys know I figured out the date. It's October sixth. Also, just a warning that there's some mention of rape in this chapter. It's not descriptive it just mentions that one character was raped. If you don't feel comfortable just comment and I'll fill you in on what happened this chapter.

Lapis's pov

I pushed through freshman and sophomores alike to get to my corner in homeroom.

I was in Mrs. Agate's Homeroom, which was lucky because every other day I had her class first period.

"Excuse me, everyone?" She asked calmly, silencing the room. A girl with pink hair stood next to her, nervously smiling. "This is Mangano Singer. She's a new student here and I hope you make her feel welcome. Mangano, would you like to tell us about yourself?" Mangano smiled.

"Um, sure. Well, I'm a sophomore, and my family just moved here because of... issues at  my old school, and I'm glad to be here!" Everyone mumbled some form of a greeting before returning to their homework or conversations.

I watched Mangano talk to Mrs. Agate, shifting in the bean bag chair. Mrs. Agate scanned the room, her eyes locking on me. She pointed to me, and Mangano stared to walk towards me. I sighed.

"Damn it."

"Hey. You're Lapis?" I turned away.

"Yeah? What's it to you?" She frowned.

"Oh."

"Got a problem?" She shifted to her other leg.

"Well, it's just that when Mrs. Agate sent me over here I didn't expect you to be a jerk."

"Yeah, well when I saw a girl with pink hair I didn't expect her name to be Mango." Mangano grinned.

"Touché. But I've heard worse." I looked up at her again.

"What's your deal?"

"My deal? It's a long story I don't want to get into, Lapras." She smirked.

"Wow, the Pokémon joke. Never heard that one before." She chuckled.

"I like you, Lapis. We should hang out." The bell rung, and I stood up.

"Maybe I'll see you at lunch. Freshmen and Sophomores don't exactly have any classes together." Mangano grinned.

"I'll be there. Until then, do you know where Mrs. Topaz's room is?"

I sat down at my usual lunch table. Honestly I only had a vague idea of the names of the girls I sat with, but I knew they were popular and I knew I was one of the richer ones.

When I sat down one of the girls was talking about some girl that was in one girl's math class.

"...Of course it's true, Yellen told me!" She said, nodding her head.

"Wait, what's happening?" A girl asked, sitting down at the table with a school lunch.

"The new girl. She was raped and had to move across the country." A different girl said.

"No way!" The school lunch girl exclaimed. "What's she look like?"

"Pink hair." The first girl said. I nearly choked on my wrap.

"Wait, what did you say her name was?" Everyone looked at me. I guess the only time I spoke was answering questions with a 'yes' or 'no'.

"Her name is Mangano-"

"Did someone here say my name?"  I turned around to see Mangano standing nervously behind me.

"So you're the girl who got raped." Mangano stiffened.

"N-no! W-who told you that?" She lowered her voice, crouching down slightly.

"So it's true?" Another girl asked, peering down at her.

"P-please stop..." The girls continued asking her questions until I stood up.

"Stop it. Just stop. If she doesn't want to talk about it she doesn't have to!"

"Wow Lapis."

"Major buzzkill."

"Ugh, Damn it." I grabbed my lunch bag and pulled Mangano up.

"What are you doing Lapis?"

"Going somewhere where people respect privacy." I said through gritted teeth.

"You know your social life will be over." One girl threatened. I narrowed by eyes.

"Ask me if I care." I grabbed Mangano's hand and dragged her across the room.

"Where are you taking me?" My mind froze. Where was I taking her? I scanned the room and found the only person I thought would care.

"I'm taking you to Peridot."

(A/N) There you go! What do you guys think of Mangano? Credit to Girlneedsbooks!