The ground had been shaking for ten minutes already, was there an earthquake happening? There couldn't be… at least, Amethyst thought it was a bit impossible. "If you don't want any bacon to go with your pancakes, keep sleeping." Lilac knew how to get her girlfriend up, and that was when Amethyst remembered; she had snuck out to have a movie night, but passed out in the comfort of an old bed, and a set of loving arms. "Wow, you must really hate my bacon."
She groaned before rising lazily from the bed. "I love your bacon, but you really need to find something less cruel to get me out of bed."
Lilac smiled before kissing her on the forehead, scooting into the bed. "And you need to stop emptying my fridge every night, but I know that's not going to happen any time soon." She passed Amethyst a large plate of food, consisting of a small stack of banana pancakes, a mound of bacon, and a piece of toast. Amethyst had already begun to munch down on the pancakes, wrapping the bacon strips inside them. Lilac had settled on a piece of toast, but barely ate any of it. "Hey, what's wrong? You don't look so good."
"…nothing, I'm just not really…feeling…" She had released a massive burp, and Amethyst couldn't help but burst into laughter and tears while Lilac blushed horribly.
They had met at the donut shop, where Amethyst had noticed a wallet fall from a tall, slightly chubby, tan girl. Lilac had been grateful and invited her to lunch, and she couldn't refuse. Lunch had led to a trip to the beach, and then to her small cottage by the water. "I've never had this much fun, and I didn't catch your name, so…I'm Lilac."
"I'm Amethyst, and I had fun too, so…maybe we could do this again tomorrow?"
"…I'd like that, and I think your name is just as cute as you." That was the night where Lilac had given her first kiss, and had spawned their relationship. They had spent most of their time painting, with Lilac as the painter and Amethyst as the needed helper instead of the model… especially after joking about eating some fake fruit, and then proceeding to choke on a plastic grape.
"Let me just toss the dishes into the sink, and then we can get going," Lilac pinched her lover's plump cheeks before rushing out of the room with the plates in hand. Amethyst finally had a chance to take a in the mirror. Her hair was disheveled, and a small hickey was forming under her ear. "Can you grab my headband, it's on the desk!" She'd have time to hide the evidence later as she ran out the door, band in hand.
"You don't really have to do this, I mean, I can walk back myself." The girls had wheeled out Lilac's bike, and were getting settled on it. "Now you're being silly; I want to take you home because I'm your girl, and I want to meet everybody." She didn't know how to respond to such kind words, and held onto Lilac's waist, burying her face into the girl's shoulder. "Besides, if you were embarrassed to be seen with me, you wouldn't be holding onto my waist so tightly."
"Hey, any of you guys seen Amethyst? I haven't seen her at all today." Steven had noticed her disappear the night before, but was then distracted by a videogame.
"I'm sure she's fine, after all, usually she's back by lunch." Pearl had continued slicing cucumbers for a salad, but wondered where her fellow gem had run off to this time.
"Or she could be at her girlfriend's house." Garnet was the first one to find out about Lilac, mostly due to Amethyst explaining how the heck she ended up covered in lipstick marks when she had returned home early in the morning. "Girlfriend…like a friend who's a girl, or…?" Pearl had frozen slightly, stopping mid-slice as she gave Garnet a questioning look. Yet the sound of a powerful motorcycle had caught their attention. Steven was already running out the door, chatting up with a blue-haired girl standing next to Amethyst.
"Wow! Your bike looks so awesome!" The motorcycle was covered in snakes, dragons, and flame designs. "I guess you must be Steven, Amethyst told me how cool you are. Maybe I could give you a ride on this sometime soon." His eyes had gone as wide as his smile in excitement.
When Pearl stepped outside, she began noting every detail; how her eyes matched her hair, and how the girl wore a floral dress, even when riding a motorcycle. More importantly, how she was taller than Amethyst, tall enough to make the purple gem stand on her toes in order to leave a peck on the lips. 'Maybe she'll tame her.' The thought of a calmer version of her had Pearl carry a smile.
"So that's what Garnet meant by girlfriend."