When Love Has Come to Fruition
Quick Note: Please be sure to read "Does She Hate Me?", "She Doesn't Hate Me!", and "But Does She Love Me?" before this story. It is not required, but it would be greatly appreciated and may bring some insight as to what the plot of the story is to the reader. Thank you, and enjoy.
The time was just a few hours into the afternoon, and Pearl is sitting alone on the couch in the living room, a book in her lap. She had asked Connie to borrow another of her books, but had to promise to not have any writing tools in the same room. As if Pearl would ever do something as deface a book.. This particular book wasn't a textbook, but the first installment of the series, The Spirit Morph Saga, Unfamiliar Familiar. Pearl always took an interest to human fiction, even if it was dreadfully obvious.
Steven's blisters had finally healed to the point where he could walk on his own, but Pearl would not allow him to go anywhere without bandages on his feet. Not until the blisters completely healed, at least. He was out, hanging out with Connie down at the beach near the house. Pearl wouldn't let him go too far from the house either.
Pearl turned a page of the book she was reading, enjoying the plot line. It reminded the pristine gem about the shape-shifting abilities of all other gems. Even if she knew Lisa and Archimicarus were going to get married, the actions in between intrigued her. Finishing the last page of the first book, she set it neatly on the table beside the couch. Perhaps she should go ahead and return it to Connie down by the beach.. Then again, there was a possibility that sand could get kicked up and ruin the pages..
Pearl's thoughts were interrupted by a purple blur. The pristine gem was practically tackled into a laying position on the couch, a cackling laughter in her ears.
"Dang, Sweet P.. I thought you weren't ever gonna finish that book."
"Amethyst..!" Pearl whined to her girlfriend, giggling as she wrapped her arms around the smaller gem. "You weren't watching me read, were you?"
"'Course not.. I'm not a stalker." Amethyst made a joke about how when Pearl watched Steven sleep, much to the taller gem's annoyance.
"I don't do that anymore."
"Oh, I know.." Amethyst bent down, kissing Pearl's cheek before whispering in her ear. "You're much too busy doing something else~"
Pearl's face grew to a teal color, her grip around Amethyst's body tightening, a hand moving to lightly tug at her hair.
"Amethyst.."
"Mmhm..?" Amethyst pulled back just enough to be able to look in her girlfriend's eyes. Their lips just inches from each other, the couple slowly closes the gap between them. Just as their lips touch, Garnet speaks up after coming through the door of the house.
"If you're gonna do that, you'd better fuse. Steven and Connie are coming back." Pearl and Amethyst looked to Garnet in their position, the smaller gem grunting in frustration.
"Nah.. Opal is too big to be in here.." She sat up on the couch, pulling Pearl along with her, who was still blushing. Amethyst had already gotten used to being romantic with Pearl out in the open, but the pristine gem was still skeptical about it. On Earth, public displays of affection were.. looked down upon.
Just as the couple sat up on the couch, the two children came running through the front door behind Garnet, both of their hands behind their back.
"Pearl, Amethyst! Connie and I got something for you both!"
"You got us something..?" Pearl changed her position on the couch, returning to her usual, lady like posture while Amethyst laid her head on the pristine gem's shoulder, her legs crossed.
"Watcha get us?"
"Well.." Connie started talking. "You remember when you guys had to give me some money to replace my book? It turns out that my parents always keep spares.." She looked to the floor at this, a little embarrassed that her parents were so well prepared. "So, I figured that I'd use the money to get something to celebrate the new couple."
"Yeah!" Steven put his word in, stars in his eyes. "When Connie came over today, she told me about the idea and I was all for it! Of course we asked Garnet before we did anything.." Garnet smiled.
"You deserve something for what you've done anyway.. We can make more money eventually."
"Well what is it?" Amethyst asked excitedly, earning a playful elbow from Pearl.
"Be patient."
"Yeah, yeah.." Amethyst put an arm around Pearl's waist, getting as close to her girlfriend as possible without it being considered lewd. Connie continued.
"So, on Earth, we have something called jewelry.. Some people dig into the Earth and they bring back certain stones that have a shine to them. Ironically.." Connie smirked a bit before she continued. "..these stones have the same names that you guys do, and the same color."
"You're kidding." Amethyst was intrigued by this. She actually let go of Pearl, who didn't seem to mind, and leaned forward. Pearl was just as interested as Amethyst was. "So.. they have rocks and stones that are like us? Like gems?"
"Well, yes and no." Connie rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet, barely containing her excitement. It was just as hard for Steven, who was practically shaking. "These gems aren't alive like you are. They're just stones. But they do look like your own gems."
"And we figured.." Steven spoke up again. "..that if there's ever a time where you two can't be together, we would give you something to remember each other by. So.."
Connie and Steven brought their hands forward, earning a gasp from both Pearl and Amethyst. In Steven's hands, held up for Amethyst, was a single pearl necklace. It had a silver chain, attached to a silver ring which surrounded the pearl, holding it in its place. Connie, holding her gift up to Pearl, had an amethyst ring. The ring itself was pure silver, a small, round stone very similar to Amethyst's gem engraved in the ring.
Pearl was speechless. The ring.. the gem in it looked just like Amethyst's. Slowly, she picked the ring up from Connie's hands, slipping it on to her third finger. It was only luck that she guessed the ring finger. Silently, she just stared at her hand, at the ring placed upon her finger. It was truly a wonderful gift..
Amethyst had a bit more of a reaction. She took the necklace from Steven, laughing in happiness and excitement.
"Wow, little man.. This is awesome!"
"It was Connie's idea.." Steven blushed, rubbing the back of his head.
"But it was your money to begin with." Connie patted Steven on the back, causing both of them to laugh. Amethyst slipped the necklace over her head, fixing it so that her hair went over the chain. She lifted the gem of the necklace, staring at the pearl just as Pearl is doing with her amethyst.
"Hey P.." Amethyst said, chuckling. "We're wearing each other."
"Yes.. I guess you can say we are." The purple gem wrapped her arms around Pearl, kissing her cheek before resting her head against the taller gem's shoulder once again. Pearl smiled widely and held Amethyst's arm with the same hand that the new ring rested on. The pristine gem looked at the two children.
"Thank you two so much.."
"It's no problem, really." Connie waved the thanks away with her hand.
"Yeah, it's the least we could do for you! Oh!" Steven turned to Garnet. "We should get you something too, Garnet! There are stones like Ruby and Sapphire too!"
"Thanks, but I think they'll be fine with me." Garnet shrugged off Steven's offer, smiling. Well of course Ruby and Sapphire would be fine. They practically are reminders of themselves when they're Garnet, which is practically all the time.
"Aw, alright.." Though Steven was just a little disappointed, he understood.
"Wait, Steven.."
Pearl had a sudden thought. She was appreciative of Steven and Connie's gifts, but..
"Where did you get these..?"
"Okay, before you get mad, Garnet carried us there!" Steven knew exactly what Pearl was thinking. She was worried that he had to walk a long way to be able to buy this jewelry. "We went to the edge of Beach City. It's the only jewelers in town."
"Well.. alright. As long as Garnet carried you. Thank you Garnet." Pearl's suspicions were instantly pushed aside. She was glad that Garnet was there to assist the children.. "Well, I guess I can give you a few more minutes before you have to come in and rest, if you want."
"Woo! Come on Connie!" Pearl's words made Steven happy, and that's all that mattered to her at that moment. He did such a good thing for her and Amethyst..
"Oh, Connie." Pearl stopped the girl before she could follow Steven. The pristine gem stood and walked passed Amethyst to the table beside the couch. She lifted the book and turned, holding it out for Connie, who took it. "Thank you for letting me read it."
"It's no problem.." Unconsciously, Connie opened her book, rifling through the pages for any markings.
"The book's clean." Amethyst spoke up, laying herself down on the couch in Pearl's absence. "I made sure of that."
"Oh.. okay. Thanks Pearl!" She smiled apologetically up at the taller gem before heading out the door, Garnet following behind to make sure the kids stayed safe.
Pearl looked down at Amethyst, a smirk on her face.
"So you were watching me read.." Amethyst chuckled and shrugged her shoulders, trying to act cool despite her blush.
"Well yeah, I guess. Been pretty boring without you in my routine lately."
"Routine?" Pearl scoffed, crossing her arms. "All you do is eat and sleep."
"Exactly." Amethyst gave an almost sultry look to Pearl, who's turn it was to blush. "O-oh! W-well.."
Pearl was flustered, and that was a win in Amethyst's book. She stood up, grabbing Pearl's hand, leading her to the temple door.
"Come on.. let's go see if our new bling can work with Opal."
Author's Notes: So, I plan on making this story last quite a bit longer than the others. Though I may make a few innuendos regarding Pearl and Amethyst's more 'intimate' life, there will be no sexual situations whatsoever. In this story, I'm going to write as if I'm making a T.V show. A Christmas special will occur, as well as Valentine's, Halloween, and so on. Thank you all again so much for all the support you've been giving me, and I hope you enjoyed the first chapter to a long running series. So long for now.
