CHAPTER 1: REALIZATION
"Oh my gosh I still can't believe that!" Amethyst said as she kept laughing, walking on the street's side alongside Pearl and Steven.
"I simply don't understand why you should find this whole situation funny." Pearl said, still oblivious about the real meaning of what just happened.
"Oh Pearl, so innocent." The purple gem couldn't help but snicker at her friend.
"What do you mean?" Pearl asked raising an eyebrow, Steven and Amethyst looked at each other showing the goofiest smiles.
"You really don't get it isn't it?" Amethyst asked crossing her arms.
"Oh my stars what's there to get?!" Pearl looked clearly exasperated by this whole conversation, time for Steven to end Amethyst's fun.
"Pearl, why do you think a girl would give you her phone number?" Steven asked giggling, slightly shaking his head.
"Ehm… maybe because, uhm, maybe because she found my speech about my body being a conscious manifestation of light… interesting?" Pearl asked, Steven and Amethyst burst out laughing.
"Yeah of course, because if a girl gives you her phone number it's because of a nerdy talk you gave her about your body not being real!" Amethyst hold her stomach as she continued to laugh, after a good minute, both her and Steven had calmed down, but Pearl still wore the same clueless expression as before.
"Oh my- are you kidding me?! She gave you her number because she wants you to call her!" Amethyst said as Pearl looked even more perplexed.
"Why would sh-" Pearl didn't get the chance to talk as Amethyst cut her off.
"She's interested in you, you big dumbo!" Amethyst said raising her arms in the air, this time she was the exasperate one.
"I-interested i-in m-me? What does t-that-" Pearl began rambling, Steven couldn't take it anymore and quickly grabbed her hand showing her the biggest smile she's ever seen.
"It means she likes you!" Steven said, stars in his eyes.
"Wh-wha-" Pearl's face was now completely blue, she has never been interested in human's costumes, so it would make sense for her not to understand what was happening, but as soon as she understood the sense of the whole situation, the realization hit her hard, that girl she met minutes ago gave her her cellphone's number because she liked… she liked her? Like not in a platonic way? Sh-she liked t-the way she l-looked? Just like Rose liked the way Greg looked? No, it couldn't be like that! Why would a human like her?! She was just interested in her speech about… oh my… who was she kidding? When did anyone find her speeches interesting?! Oh gosh she couldn't even think straight at the moment, she just felt an immense sense of embarrassment, and Amethyst's laughter didn't help at all. She needed to be alone, right, immediately, away from her annoying purple teammate, away from Steven's eyes, full of joy and excitement, away from… her. She just ran, as fast as she could.
"Wha- Pearl! Come on!" Amethyst yelled, Pearl was already almost out of sight.
"You shouldn't have teased her like that." Steven said, he wanted to sound serious, but he couldn't deny the whole situation was indeed, pretty funny.
"Now where do you think she went?" Amethyst asked scratching the back of her head.
"Don't know, but I think it's better if we don't follow her." Steven said as Amethyst huffed loudly.
"Oh come on! You mean I can't go after her teasing the hell out of her?" Amethyst asked as Steven shook his head, although he was still smiling.
"Nope." The young boy said slightly punching Amethyst's arm.
"Ugh, fiiiiine, would have been fun though. What's the problem anyway?" Amethyst asked kicking a near pebble.
"Well, I can guess this is the first time something like this happens to Pearl, I mean, she never really liked humans so she never spent time with them, that must be why something like this never happened, she must be scared…" Steven said humming.
"But why? I mean, you're right, she never liked being around humans, this never happened before, but… shouldn't she be like, I don't know, happy? She went out just for one evening and already got a number!" Amethyst said as Steven shrugged.
"I think it's more complicated than that." Steven said rubbing his chin.
"Pffff, typical of Pearl, making things complicated when they're not." Amethyst huffed as they kept walking, Beach City in their sight.
"Well, it's a big change, I mean, now there's someone who likes her, and it's pretty clear Pearl likes her too, maybe she's too afraid of admitting it, plus she really looks like mom and we both know how she felt about her…" Steven said as Amethyst looked at him with a surprised look.
"Man, when did you become so mature?" Amethyst asked, a nervous laugh escaping her lips.
"What can I say, I am the funky flow master." Steven said with pride as Amethyst put an arm around his shoulders and pulled him close.
"Nope, same old Steven." Amethyst laughing.
The two of them quickly reached the beach house, Garnet was outside, eyes fixed on the sky, admiring the beauty of the stars above. When Steven and Amethyst began to climb the wooden staircase, the fusion turned around slightly, a small smile on her face.
"I guess you two can enlighten me about what happened to Pearl." Garnet said in a calm tone of voice.
"Is she here?" Steven asked and sighed in relief as Garnet nodded, he wasn't really worried, though she did not like the idea of her being outside alone with no one knowing where to find her.
"She rushed past me ten minutes ago, her face was completely blue. What happened to her?" Garnet said giving a low chuckle.
"She got her first number that's what happened!" Amethyst said, Garnet's expression becoming slightly perplexed.
"A number? You mean, a human gave her his number?" Garnet asked as Steven and Amethyst looked at each other smiling.
"Her number, a girl at the concert gave Pearl her number, oh Garnet you should have seen her! She went to her a gave her a handshake, then she told her about her body being an illusion and told her she saved her world and her species, when she came back she didn't even know she got her phone number, she talked about it as some kind of code!" Amethyst could hardly breath as she kept laughing, Garnet though, was still puzzled by this news.
"Pearl, went to a human a talked to her? Willingly?" Garnet understood what happened, but could hardly believe it.
"Yep, pretty impressive from that gigantic nerd isn't it?" Amethyst asked, Garnet had now a million of question for the two, she was nearly tempted to use her future vison to see the possible outcomes of this events, but she choose not to, she was too curious about finding out on her own.
So guys this is the first chapter of my very first story! I'd like you to tell me where I can improve and obviously if you enjoyed this chapter, also tell me if you want me to continue, as you probably have already understood, this story will be centered on the development of Pearl and the mystery girl's relationship, however, I'm always open for suggestions or requests, so bring them on in the reviews, like, "BY THE POWERS THAT BE I COMMAND YOU TO ADD MORE SHIPS!" or something like that, so, don't forget to leave a comment, my soul need your reviews, without them, I'll fade into an eternity of darkness and, well, until next chapter! Hey... wait a minute, how can I even specify that the relationship Mystery Girl/Pearl is in my story if Mystery Girl isn't even in the selectable characters?! Someone will pay for this! Nah, kidding, although it would be nice to add her, as soon as that will happen, I'll add the Mystery Girl/Pearl tag, is it a tag? Well, now I'm rambling, better go, bye!
