Connie gets up as she hears a knock at the door. She opens the door only to find little Steven, in a suit and carrying flowers and a chocolate box. "Happy 15th Birthday, Connie!" Steven said happily, "I've come to take you to the movies, milady," as he bowed. He hands her the flowers and chocolate and she sets them on the coffee table. She looked him up and down and said, "Thank you! I will be ready in 5 minutes, please sit down and make yourself comfortable." As Steven sat down, Connie ran upstairs. When she got to her room, she looked questionably at her closet. She picked out a sparkly mint green dress and changed as fast as she could. She then brushed her hair and ran down stairs. Steven gasped as he saw her glide down the stairs.

As they entered the movie theater Steven pulled out his wallet and went up to the clerk. "Two for Dogcopter 5, please," Steven said and the clerk looked up. Aren't you a little young to be watching PG-13 movies without your parents?" the clerk questions. Steven reads her name tag to see that her name is Angie. Steven simply states, "Well, for your information, I am 16, I know I don't look like it, but you can see my driver's license if you would like." He pulls out his driver's license out of his wallet and hands it to Angie. She accepts it and looks closely, examining it. She hands it back to him and says, "Ok, that will be $14.84, thank you for your service." Steven heads back to Connie with tickets in hand. When he gets to her Steven says, "I hate it when people mistake me for 12, I know I haven't grown since I was 14 and even then I didn't look my age, but can't people just believe me?" Connie rubs his back and comfortingly says, "It's okay, I still know how old you are, I don't care about how old you look." "Thank you, Connie. I… uh… never mind…" Steven says then trails off. Connie kisses him on the cheek and then drags him into the movie.

After the movie, Steven told Connie that the gems were trying to find a gem called Aquamarine, that sent a help signal, and they would be gone for the day. So they went over to Steven's house and started to watch the 5th season of Under the Knife. As the last episode was drawn to a close it was almost nightfall, so they said their partings and Steven dropped her off at her house. He got home and went to bed, grumbling about not seeming his age, but seconds after his head hit the pillow he was fast asleep. He woke up at about midnight and saw a pink glow lighting up the room, he lifted up his shirt to reveal his gem glowing full force. And that's when it happened.

Connie woke up to the sun shining in her face and a loud knock on her bedroom door. It was her dad, "Sweetie, your friend Steven just came by, he wants you to come to his house later," he said. "Okay, Thanks Dad," Connie replied. She got dressed in her usual clothes, but didn't go for the wedge sneakers since she didn't want to make Steven feel any smaller than she already does, being almost a foot taller than him. She went to the bathroom to get ready and as soon as she got out, she ran to Steven's house. But she slowed when she saw him on the beach looking at the horizon.

Steven was not the short cheerful, 12 year-old she saw yesterday, but a mature looking 16 year-old. She looked at him and as she got closer she realized he was taller than her and had more chiseled looking features. She now noticed that he also had long curly hair and he was starting to grow facial hair. He turned around and saw her, "Hey, Connie!" he exclaimed. Connie said, "Hey, Steven. How are you?" "I'm alright, come sit down with me!" Steven yelled back. Connie responded by running over to him and sitting down on the blanket he had laid out on the beach for them. "You certainly have changed," she whispers to him. He then responds with, "Yeah, I don't know why though, it happened last night. I am happy with it though, I missed being taller than you." Connie then leans her head against his chest and breaths out, "I kind of missed being shorter too, I'm glad you grew. It means we can go out together without people staring." But she sees her mistake and corrects it by saying," Not that I didn't mind it before, it was just awkward when we did stuff together, even if I didn't mind you not aging fast enough to keep up. I just… it's just… oh, forget it…" She was blushing so much, her face was almost as red as a tomato. And she was quickly shut up by Steven tilting her head up to gaze into her eyes, those beautiful hazel brown eyes, and he whispered, "I know what you mean." She closed the space between them and pressed her lips against his. When they broke apart, Steven smiled and Connie nodded saying, "Yeah, I love you too." She playfully pushed him and got up to go into the house.

She looked up and realized that the sun was setting. "It's getting late," Steven said "Do you want to stay here for the night?" Connie nodded and pulled out her new phone her parents got her for her birthday. She dialed her parent's number and waited for them to pick up. "Hello? Is everything alright, Connie?" her mom said in a panicked tone. "Everything is fine, Mom, do you think I can stay over at Steven's for the night, he offered and it's getting late," Connie said into the phone. "Sure, as long as the other gems are home, I don't want you two kids there alone," her mom said condescendingly. Connie thought for a moment before saying, "Yeah the gems are here, they just got back from a mission in fact so, see you tomorrow? Love you." Her mom immediately said, "Love you too, sweetie, see you tomorrow for sure." Connie hung up the phone and hugged Steven, putting her head on his chest.