*~Across The Universe~*

Rose Quartz cheerfully walked the corridor of Beach City High School, as she usually did. Her ringlet curls bounced with her step, and she had a glitter in her eyes, almost like stars. Walking beside her were her three friends, Pearl, Garnet, and Meteor following close behind. Pearl had a small smile on her face, and followed Rose with a similarly cheerful, and very graceful, dance like spring to her step. Meteor walked along shyly, almost clinging to Pearl, but not quite. Garnet strutted, her face showing no discernible emotion, especially with her shades covering her eyes.

Their destination was the cafeteria of the school. The four took their seats at a table together, and Rose rested her head on her hands, with a big grin on her face.

~u~

"Okay, just keep your cool...You can do this...Just...keep calm. Be yourself." a 16 year old Greg Universe said, looking in his pocket mirror, before closing it, and putting it back in his pocket. It was his first day at Beach City High School, and he couldn't be more nervous. He was far from calm. He took a deep breath, let it out, and slowly walked through the door of the cafeteria, and walked with a certain swagger, to show he was classy, cool, and confident.

However, that was soon disproved, as he unfortunately didn't notice the wet floor sign in front of him, and slipped, falling straight into a bunch of trash cans in the corner of the room.

The teens at the nearby tables burst into uproarious laughter, but did nothing to help him. Greg blushed, frowning a large frown, and sighing. On his first day of school, he managed to embarrass himself in ways that he was sure no student at this school would forget. He was almost blinded by his embarrassment, and struggled to stand up, but only fell back into a pile of trash bags. He groaned.

"Do you need a little help?" asked a beautiful, silvery voice.

Greg looked, and saw a vision of beauty, a tall, curvaceous girl with long, dark pink hair in big ringlet curls. She wore white, and had an overall angelic appearance.

Greg took her hand, and she pulled him into a standing position.

"Thanks." Greg flashed her a smile.

"I'm Rose Quartz..." She said, with a sincere smile.

"Greg. Greg Universe." Greg patted some dust off of himself.

"Do you need a place to sit for lunch? You can sit with me and my friends. I'm sure Garnet, Meteor, and Pearl wouldn't mind..."

"Thanks..."

"Come with me!" Rose led him to the table, where Garnet, Meteor, and Pearl were all sitting talking. Pearl was the first to notice Greg standing beside Rose.

"Who is he, Rose?" Pearl had an almost disgusted look on her face.

"This is Greg Universe!" Rose said, in an excited tone, as she took a seat next to Garnet. Greg took the last empty seat at the table.

Pearl didn't seem too terribly welcoming of Greg. "Does he really have to sit with us?" She said, with a slight cringe.

Rose slightly frowned.

"I don't mind him sitting here." Meteor shrugged.

Pearl turned towards Meteor, and then looked back at Rose, and sighed. She glanced to Garnet.

"I don't mind either." Garnet said in her deep, British accented voice.

Pearl sighed again. "Okay fine. He can sit here." Pearl frowned, and took a sip of her tea.

~u~

Almost as if it was fate for Greg to come to Beach City when he did, the very next day, fliers were posted for the Annual Beach City High School Talent Show were posted on the bulletin board near the entrance of the school. Greg gasped. He immediately signed up.

He went to tell Rose about this immediately, and went to go find her in the hallway, when a boy with blonde hair, a shift smile, and a look that could murder approached him.

"I see you signed up for the Talent Show." the boy said

"Yes, I did." Greg said, shrugging

"I'm Marty, and I'm sure that talent like you could use...an agent..." Marty said, trailing off a little.

Greg seemed a bit confused, as Marty had never heard any of his music. "...I'm Greg Universe..."

Greg was pretty good, musically. He couldn't quite compare himself to the legends, but he certainly had a certain talent for music.

But how could Marty know this? Seconds before, he had never met him. Greg was a little dubious of Marty's intent.

"Well, you should hear some of my music first..." Greg said. He reached into his bookbag, and pulled out a cassette tape. "Here's a little work in progress I'm making." He handed Marty the tape.

"I'll give it a listen." Marty pocketed the tape. "Come with me." he said in a tone that was suspicious enough to Greg.

Yet Greg followed Marty anyways.

Marty walked up to a group of three teens, who were chatting and smiling, at least, until Marty walked up. The moment he did, the smiles faded. "Greg, this is Kofi, Bill, and Vidalia"

Vidalia blew a bubble of gum, popped it, and pulled it back into her mouth with her teeth, crossing her arms. "Cool hair, I guess." she slightly shrugged.

"Thanks..." Greg said, tilting her head, and rubbing the back of his hair.

"Let's eat lunch together and discuss your music, and the money—I mean joy that can be made with it." Marty put his arm around Greg, giving his shoulder a slight squeeze, and a shifty grin appeared on his face.

Greg joined the group for lunch, despite having planned to meet up with Rose.

~u~

Rose wondered where Greg was. She looked around the cafeteria for him, and when she couldn't find him, she sighed, and went to join her friends.

"So, where's Greg?" Pearl asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm not sure..." Rose supported her head with her hand, slightly squishing her cheek, and pouting a little. She took a sip of her strawberry milk.

Near the end of lunch, Greg ran over to their table. "Oh gosh, I'm sorry I'm late!" he sat down next to Rose, who immediately perked up, and smiled.

"Hello, Mr. Universe!" she smiled

"Mr. Universe? I like that...maybe that could be my stage name...speaking of which, I signed up for the talent show!"

"That's amazing!" Rose said with a smile "What are you doing?"

"I'm singing a song that I'm currently writing at the moment..."

"Singing? That's cool!" Rose smiled wider.

"Well...Well, I can sing too!" Pearl blurted out of nowhere, sneering.

Garnet and Meteor chuckled. Pearl looked at both of them, and frowned. Rose let out a slight giggle as well.

Pearl blushed, and sighed crossing her arms.

A/N: This is chapter one of an AU I just kinda came up with out of nowhere. It's a little bit based off of "Brooklyn Baby" by Lana Del Rey. I hope you enjoyed! I'll try to get my next chapter out as soon as possible.