Ah, yes. A human au because apparently I need to write some more stuff that I'll eventually have to finish.. because that's just the type of person I am. I thought of this in the shower, and it stuck with me because

1.) Awkward pearlmethyst is always a treat

2.) I have an image of human pearl and human amethyst in my head and they're adorable

3.) I'm a stickler for uptight and messy characters getting together

4.) I love amethyst and pearl and love angst surrounding them (you'll see, if I decide to continue this story)

This is a WIP, and I'll see what kind of feedback I get. I may continue. I'm including other gems in here as well (I'm also in love with human Jasper, Lapis, and Peridot)

WARNINGS: idk, there are some curse words. More later.

This had been a horrible day, Amethyst decided. To begin, she had woken up thirty-minutes late for her first hour class, and then her scooter decided it wouldn't work. She had texted Garnet, begging her to have some mercy on her and come home early to take her to school; The only response from Garnet she'd received was one saying 'I told you to get a car' (she could even hear it in Garnet's nonchalant voice). Thus, she had to walk in the pouring rain.. to school.

Her day had only gotten worse from there.. Her softball practice wasn't canceled after-school even though it had been storming for the better part of the day, so she had foolishly left her softball bag at home.

THEN to top it all off she had gotten in trouble in class for doodling 'obscene' pictures. Okay, yeah, the person she was drawing in her doodle was clearly naked. But what was wrong with drawing a naked lady anyway? Didn't all the best artists draw nudes? Didn't her teacher have any respect for the female body and all the wonder-fullness it contained (Amethyst's exact words to her teacher).

She didn't care to listen.

This all had led up to her current position.. Standing in front of her locker and repeatedly hitting her head on the cool metal, and mumbling obscenities to herself.

She had been doing this for a good five minutes, until a hand swiftly made it's way to Amethyst's head- breaking up the relationship Amethyst's forehead currently had with her locker. She turned her face slowly, only to find she was looking into Jasper's very angry eyes.

"Just.. don't." She mumbled.

Jasper moved her hand quickly, and Amethyst winced as her forehead hit her locker again. "JUST DON'T!? Do you have any idea how bad we need you? Ever since Amber broke her ankle, we need a second baseman!"

Amethyst waved her hand nonchalantly, turning her gaze away from Jasper. "Ugh, can't you just have.. Peridot play second base. She's always sitting out, and grumbling to herself, she'd love it!"

Jasper gasped incredulously, as if Amethyst had just betrayed her in the worst way possible. She took a deep break through her nose, and then continued on with her tangent.

"There is a reason that Peridot is always benched, and you wanna know WHY?" Jasper asked.

Amethyst rolled her eyes, she probably knew the answer but it was better to humor her incredibly strong teammate. "Why is that, Jasper?"

"CAUSE SHE SUCKS!" Jasper yelled, punching the locker for emphasis and making a nearby freshman squeak and drop her books. "SHE SUCKS SO BAD AMETHYST AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS!"

Amethyst nodded in agreement, Peridot truly did suck. The last time she had hit, she had ran to third base- and when she was called out, she had to be carried off the field (all while screaming "THIS IS A CLEAR RULE VIOLATION!"). Unfortunately, Peridot was very beneficial in supplying the team with their things, and she had been put on the team for that reason only.

"Are you harassing Amethyst again?" A cool voice asked.

Amethyst and Jasper turned their heads to find that Lapis Lazuli had been watching Jasper's breakdown for quite awhile. Amethyst had never been so relieved to see the swimmer, who already had her bag slung over her shoulder- most likely for swim practice.

Jasper grumbled some more, frowning at Lapis. She backed away from Amethyst, but not before pointing. "Amethyst, I swear you better find a way out of this punishment- and be at practice tomorrow after school."

"You better not be late to work tonight!" Lapis called as Jasper walked away, walking up to Amethyst and placing a comfortable hand on her shoulder. Amethyst finally allowed herself to lift her head up. She turned around and leaned up against her locker.

"What did you do this time?" Lapis asked, slightly exasperated. "You didn't hide Peri's tablet thing did you? You know that she's such a teachers pet, they'll do anything for her."

"Naked women." Amethyst shrugged. "I drew naked women."

"Ooo!" Lapis winked. "May I see?"

Amethyst nodded, sticking up her index finger and digging in her left pocket with her other hand. She finally managed to fish out the crumbled piece of notebook paper that the teacher had thrown in the trash; she had barely been able to retrieve from the wastebasket. She handed it to Lapis who immediately examined it.

Lapis was an enigma, in Amethyst's opinion. She was hard to get to know, and she didn't talk to many people, and didn't try to get to know a lot of people. She spent most of her time in the water as one of the star swimmers at the school. People found her cold, distant, and scary. She kind of was, but Amethyst knew that she was very kind underneath it all.

"The boobs are lopsided." Lapis commented, handing it back to Amethyst

"Eh, everyone's a critic." Amethyst mumbled, tucking it back in her pocket.

"So are you really in huge trouble, or was Jasper just over-exaggerating?" Lapis smirked.

"Well, if Jasper had bothered to listen I woulda' told her that I instead of going to detention I've taken the second option," Amethyst said- she reached in her hoodie pocket and pulled out a slip of paper. "I gotta go talk to.. Ms. Rose Quartz.. at three.." Amethyst read slowly, trying to read the secretary's handwriting.

"Uh.. Amethyst?" Lapis said.

Amethyst looked up. "Yeah?"

"That's in like three minutes.."

"Well.. shit" Amethyst grumbled.

"You should probably go.."

"Yeah, right." Amethyst nodded.

She turned away from Lapis, but not before the girl could yell a quick, "YOU BETTER BE AT WORK TOO!"

Rose Quartz's office looked and smelled exactly what Amethyst imagined hippies smelled like. It smelled like flowers, and incense. As soon as she walked in, she was surprised by the plush carpet and the colorful posters on the wall. Amethyst had always considered Garnet to be a hippy, but even she couldn't compare to the 'peace' vibes Amethyst was getting from this room.

The only person who wasn't as free-spirited as the room, was the old secretary sitting behind the desk. Amethyst had snapped out of her awestruck trance and approached the older lady, looking up at her even though she could barely see over the desk.

"Can I help you?" The lady droned.

"Yeah I'm here to see.. Ms. Rose Quartz.." Amethyst said slowly.

The lady adjusted her glasses, actually looking at Amethyst for the first time. She looked at her up and down, and then looked back down at her computer. "She's with someone at the moment, if you could just sit outside her room that would be great.." The woman trailed off at the word 'great', and looked back down.

Amethyst pulled a face at the woman when she was sure she couldn't see her anymore. She slowly dragged her feet to the waiting area, and plopped down on the chair- causing the woman to look up from her work and send Amethyst a glare (to which Amethyst gladly met with a smirk). Now that she was sitting down she could hear the quiet music in the background, it was soft and soothing.

The room was very pink, Amethyst realized for the first time. She was vaguely reminded of Professer Umbridge from Harry Potter and found herself hoping that wouldn't be the case.

Amethyst grew a bit antsy, as the only sounds in the room was the old secretary typing on her computer- and the muffled voices coming from inside the room. Both of them sounded female, and Amethyst found herself feeling guilty for trying to listen to what they were saying. In her defense, it was way too nerve-wracking in this pink nightmare.

"It's not like you.." A voice said softly, and Amethyst reasoned that it was most likely Rose Quartz's voice. She found herself feeling a little relieved that the woman sounded kind.

"I know.. I'm just under so much pressure.. It's too much-" Another one, a more familiar one sighed. She sounded confused and hurt. "I'm just not feeling myself lately, and with auditions-"

Amethyst's eyes grew wide as she briefly realized where she recognized that voice, she placed her hand on her chest as the door opened and the owner of the voice walked out.

Pearl Knight was the last person Amethyst expected to hear the words 'It's too much' from. She was always well-put-together, and high-achieving. She was the president of the student council, the star of the fencing team, and an amazing ballerina- so much so that everyone was sure if there was anyone who was going to get into a school such as Julliard, it was her.

Amethyst had found her snobby, and she didn't talk much to anyone- only regarded them with looks. She was well-off as well- she could have any friends she wanted, but she didn't seem to have many friends. She didn't seem to want any friends, although everyone on the student council had confirmed that she could be very bossy when she wanted stuff done.

Amethyst's eyes widened as the skinny girl looked down at Amethyst, with a suspicious glare- and she realized for the first time that she had been staring at her as she walked out.

"Hello, are you Amethyst?" A soft voice asked.

Amethyst looked up to see a large woman looking down at her. She was tall, with strawberry blonde curls and a kind face. She was not at all like the person Amethyst had imagined her to be; she had imagined her to have graying hair, pants that flared out at the bottom, and circle glasses on her eyes.

"Yeah.. I'm Amethyst.." She mumbled, picking up her bag.

Why the hell did her face feel so hot?

Rose's room was a lot more softer than her the waiting area was, the colors were much more subdued. She had used pink pastels throughout the office, and there were even pictures of a curly-haired baby hanging around- and one of Rose with what appeared to be a slightly balding man. Amethyst did a double take.. How did he end up with someone as beautiful as Rose?

"Are you looking at my pictures?" Rose asked gently, taking a seat and turning her gaze towards Amethyst. "They're mainly of my son Steven, he's just a baby. Isn't he just the cutest?"

Amethyst nodded, he was very cute- with his chubby cheeks and bright smile. "Uh.. You're MS. Rose Quartz- Are you not.."

"No, me and Greg haven't gotten married yet- maybe when Steven's older.." Rose explained.

"Sorry that was-" Amethyst shook her head, blushing. "Sorry."

"It's fine, Amethyst." Rose smiled, looking down at the paper she held in her hands. "You got in trouble today, do you want to talk about that? Your teacher said you were drawing.. vulgar things."

Amethyst rolled her eyes, of course the old hag would pin her art as 'vulgar'. "I just draw things that I like.." She trailed off, her eyes widening when she realized she would have to elaborate on what she meant by that.

"And what kind of things do you like Amethyst?" Rose asked, not without kindness.

Amethyst sighed, digging into her pocket for the second time that day and looking down at her frayed drawing. "Okay, so I like girls.. and.."

She turned her head and handed Ms. Quartz the drawing, the woman took it from her gently. Amethyst felt her cheeks heating up when she realized that Rose had grown silent, and she was currently looking at her work. Amethyst could already see the look of disdain on her face; she didn't even have to look at her to know she was probably disgusted.

"The anatomy is very good."

Amethyst turned her head quickly, only to find that Rose didn't seem disgusted at all. She handed Amethyst back her drawing, and the girl grabbed it hesitantly and put it back in her pocket.

"Thanks..?" Amethyst trailed off.

Rose smiled, and shook her head. "You know.. They always send me kids to me for the silliest things- I'd recommend you not draw during class anymore, not only so you can pay more attention to your education, but I'd rather not see a talented artist such as yourself in here for punishment."

They both grew silent, and Rose looked at the clock once more.

"We still a few more minutes, Amethyst." Rose noted. "Do your parents know that you're not coming home right after school?"

Amethyst blinked, and registered the question. She chuckled slightly and shook her head. "Uh.. No. I don't really know my parents. I'm eighteen so I live with my friend Garnet, she goes to college and doesn't come back til' nighttime."

"Sorry to pry." Rose winced.

"So.. uh, does Pearl come in here often?" Amethyst asked suddenly, remembering how curious she had been when she saw the seemingly perfect girl come out of school counselor's office. "I don't really see her as they type that gets in trouble."

"No, Ms. Knight is a very good student." Rose agreed. "She comes here to talk with me sometimes, I do get lonely all the way in the back of the school. She's good company, very sweet.."

Amethyst scoffed, and Rose's face grew serious. Amethyst quickly cleared her throat and shook her head. "Sorry, I just.. heard she's a little bossy. She doesn't really talk to many people."

Much to Amethyst's surprise, Rose didn't reprimand her for rude behavior. She simply smiled, and looked towards the door.

"There's a lot more to some people than you think, Amethyst."

"So it went well?" Lapis asked, attempting to push Jasper off the of the counter- before any lingering customers could question how sanitary the restaurant was.

Amethyst had managed to snag a job at a nearby pizza place her sophomore year of high school. It had been only her and Lapis working most nights, and soon after Jasper had joined their crew, and then Peridot. After a few years, Lapis had been promoted to junior manager and she happened to take her job very seriously- perhaps too seriously.

Amethyst shrugged, handing an older man back his change. "I mean.. yeah. We didn't talk much but she's pretty cool I guess. She was really chill bout' my drawing, which was nice."

"Even though the boobs were lopsided.." Lapis chuckled, finally managing to push Jasper to the back- so she could work on making some of the pizzas. "Maybe she was too nice, and didn't want you to know the boobs were lopsided."

"Hey, sometimes boobs are lopsided." Amethyst snapped.

"Okay.." Lapis smirked.

"Boobs can actually be lopsided." Peridot confirmed, sticking her head over the counter. She was currently cleaning underneath the soda machine, because being the shortest one at the store (even shorter than Amethyst) gave her the unfortunate job of retrieving things from tight spaces.

"Thank you, P-dot." Amethyst smiled.

"Peri is only saying that cause her boobs are lopsided." Lapis confirmed.

"Hey my boobs are not lopsided!" Peridot practically screeched, earning some concerned looks from the some of the patrons.

Amethyst smiled slightly, before turning back to the front. She leaned up against the counter, resting her chin on her hand- thinking back to the conversation she'd had with Rose, and trying to block out the dispute Lapis and Peridot were currently having. Apparently, Pearl talked to Rose often- by the way Ms. Quartz spoke about her. But what could she possibly need advice on? How to be even more perfect?

That thought managed to make Amethyst's cheeks warm up. Not that Amethyst though she was perfect.. No, she had to have some kind of issues if she had to talk to the school counselor every week.

Amethyst was caught up in her thoughts until she heard the door chime go off, indicating that someone had entered the restaurant. She lifted her gaze away from the floor and nearly fell down, she hadn't noticed that she had been walking backward until she accidentally ran into Jasper who barely kept the hot pizza from falling on Amethyst's head.

"What the hell, Amethyst?" Jasper snapped.

"What the hell is Pearl Knight doing here?" Lapis mumbled, speaking before Amethyst could.

Peridot and Jasper both looked up. Sure enough, the girl who Amethyst had been thinking about was placing her book bag on a nearby chair and looking around. She seemed very uncomfortable. Amethyst figured it was because she had never been there before- she wasn't someone you saw around town much, even though the town was tiny and everyone knew everyone.

"Does she even eat pizza, she's does ballet.." Peridot trailed off, crawling across the floor and peeking over the counter, attempting to be discrete. "Ballerina's don't eat pizza."

"That's a little rude.." Amethyst mumbled.

"Come on the girl weighs like eighty pounds, soaking wet." Lapis rolled her eyes. "She doesn't eat pizza."

"She at least weighs ninety-two pounds, she would be dead if she weighed any less than that." Jasper insisted.

"Actually I weigh 110 pounds." A voice snapped.

Amethyst's cheeks warmed up more, if that was even possible. She had failed to notice that she, Jasper, Lapis, and Peridot had formed some sort of huddle as they discussed her weight (which was rude, probably the rudest thing Amethyst had ever been part of); they had failed to notice that Pearl had walked up to the counter.

Their group suddenly dispersed, Jasper running to the back and almost tripping- Peridot quickly got back to work with cleaning under the soda machine. Lapis had mumbled something about inventory, which left Amethyst whose cheeks were still unbearably hot.

"Can I order?" Pearl asked slowly.

"Y-Yeah of course!" Amethyst's voice cracked (her voice cracked, she wanted to die).

"I just want a salad, and a water- that's it." Pearl said quickly, reaching in her bag and pulling out a credit card.

"Okay, a salad and a water- sounds good." Amethyst said, clearing her throat. "D'you want any.. Ketchup- I mean.. sauce."

"For salad?"

"I mean dressing!" Amethyst squeaked, she suddenly had the urge to punch herself in the face. "I meant dressing."

Amethyst looked up and found herself shocked at the fact that Pearl was smiling- even if it was slightly. Her cheeks grew warm again, and she was starting to think maybe her blood pressure was rising, because this was pretty unnatural.

But she was actually looking at Pearl's face for the first time. She realized that her eyes were blue, and she had freckles on her cheeks- and a small freckle on her forehead (Amethyst found it a little cute but she would never say that).

"That's three dollars." Amethyst said, her mouth feeling dry.

"You have my card already." Pearl said slowly.

Amethyst looked at her hand, which sure enough was holding onto Pearl's credit card. She had been so preoccupied by the fact that Pearl had a damn freckle on her forehead that she had completely forgot about the fact that she had taken Pearl's card from her.

"Oh, yeah- right." Amethyst nodded, swiping her card quickly.

She heard a small chuckle from Pearl, and for some reason her heart fell to her stomach- but she somehow managed not to drop her card when she handed it back to her.

"It'll be out in just a bit." Amethyst said, and her mouth felt dry and she barely managed to moisten her lips.

"I'll be waiting." Pearl replied.

Holy shit.

Amethyst spent the rest of her shift in the back, practically begging Lapis to take her position on cash register. Lapis agreed, reluctantly, mumbling about the fact that she had to carry everyone's weight. Luckily for Amethyst, it was Lapis who served Pearl.

It wasn't like she was nervous, but she couldn't have Pearl thinking she was a gigantic nerd. She wasn't Peridot- she was smooth, and nonchalant. That's the kind of person she was (or wanted to be).

She had been a giant idiot in front of Pearl. It's not like pretty girls made her nervous often (not that she would say Pearl was pretty..), but for some reason she was being an idiot and if she had stayed up front, there was no doubt in her mind that she would have done something even more stupid. She would have done something like accidentally throw salad on Pearl, or spill water on her.

So she had spent the rest of the night keeping inventory. She was in the middle of counting pepperonis, when Lapis had thrown a broom at her- barely missing her head.

"What the hell?" Amethyst snapped.

"We're closed, and it's time for you and me to clean up." Lapis snapped, when Amethyst pulled a face she continued. "Shut up, Ame. I don't feel like getting out of here at one in the morning, I have swim practice in the morning- and I don't wanna drown."

"I have softball practice tomorrow!" Amethyst whined.

"Swimming is more dangerous, I could drown." Lapis drawled. "Not to mention I worked up front for you, because you're a gay mess who can't deal with pretty girls."

"I DO not think Pearl Knight is pretty!" Amethyst yelled.

"Uh-huh.." Lapis smirked, walking away.

Amethyst grumbled to herself as she grabbed the broom and the dust bin, making her way to the front. It surprised her that Lapis even trusted her with cleaning the lobby, since Amethyst was known for her half-assed cleaning (something that Garnet didn't seem to mind so much).

She tried not to complain too much, as she ran the broom over most of hard-tiled floor. For the most part she didn't even look down at the floor, but rather at Lapis who was also half-assing her work in the back- looking down at her phone and mumbling things like 'Peri, you idiot'. Amethyst cleared her throat loudly, and Lapis quickly put her phone in her pocket- nearly dropping it.

"She does all of the work, that's rich-"

Amethyst's cleaning was interrupted as the broom hit something soft. Amethyst quickly looked down, only to see that there was a book bag under one of the tables, along with a bag that Amethyst quickly recognized as the one Pearl had carried with her just that day. "Uh, Lapis!" Amethyst called quickly. "Yo, Pis!"

"What, Amethyst!" Lapis snapped. "Can you please not call me 'Piss'!"

Amethyst ignored her. "Did Pearl leave today?"

Lapis smiled, and wiggled her eyebrows. "Why you wanna see if you can follow her home. Good luck, she like she lives in a damn mansion and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let you in."

"No!" Amethyst said quickly. "She left her stuff here."

As if on cue, Amethyst heard the bathroom door open from down the hall. She walked backward a bit, leaning back. Sure enough, Pearl was still there- after closing times. She was mumbling herself, and leaning on the wall slightly.

Amethyst dropped her broom and approached her, smiling a bit. "Hey, we're closed.. and your stuff was still here. I thought that- holy shit, are you okay?"

She looked pretty out of shape. She was a pretty pale girl, but she was even more pale- almost clammy. She was sweaty too, and Amethyst could tell that she was shaking even slightly.

"Hey are you okay?" Amethyst said again, reaching out to grab onto her shoulders when she had teetered forward just slightly. It was a bit awkward, considering that Pearl was a lot taller than Amethyst, and Amethyst's arms were nowhere near long enough to keep Pearl at a distance. "Talk to me."

Pearl looked up, and Amethyst could see how big her pupils were, which concerned her even more. "I'm fine.. I jus' needa get home.. rehearsal morrow'.. mom.. dad.. gonna' kill me.. if I mess up-"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Amethyst said slowly.

"You're very pretty." Pearl slurred.

Amethyst squeaked, but shook her head. "Are you drunk?"

Before Pearl could answer Amethyst's question, she fainted. She fell on top of Amethyst, successfully knocking both of them down. Amethyst yelled as she fell onto her back, and Pearl's dead weight was over her body.

The girl she may or may not find kinda sorta cute was passed out on top of her.

Pearl Knight was on top of her.

What if she was dead? Amethyst's eyes grew wide at that thought, the first time a girl was ever on top of her and she could be dead. Amethyst gently rolled Pearl off of her, lying her on her back.

She was breathing, Amethyst realized with a breath of relief.

But they needed help.

"LAPIS!" Amethyst practically screamed. "Lapis, you need to call 911!"

Amethyst is a big gay mess and I love her

Will Pearl be okay?

This is WIP

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