That girl.

There's definitely something about her.

I mean, it's not just about the pink hair ...

But what if -

"Hey P, whatcha doing?"

"Huh?"

I turned around, startled.

Amethyst was casually walking up the arm of the temple.

I cleared my throat.

"Laundry. As you can clearly see.", I said keenly, enunciating the fact by neatly folding up the red shirt, I was holding to my chest, and putting it down on the washing machine.

Perhaps a bit more forceful than necessary.

"Ha, I didn't know laundry required so much blankly gazing into the night sky."

I felt color rising to my cheeks.

"W- well, I was just thinking about how much fun we had at the concert today. We should definitely do that again some time."

"Oh yeah.", she said knowingly, while taking the last steps unto the large stone hand I was standing on. "Fun times. Some parts were definitely worth remembering. Or should I say some people."

She nudged me "in the ribs", as humans would call it.

All the while wearing her Amethyst smile.

The one she makes, when she knows she's in trouble.

Or when she knows she has the right to be sassy.

For once I wished, it was the former.

"Yes, that too, I guess. Did you put Steven to bed already?", I asked, a little more coldly, than I intended.

"Sure did. Dude, fell into bed like a rock.", she said, letting her arms drop. "Must have been pretty tired after all the excitement. And you know I'm not just talking about the loud music or the dancing fans, so don't go trying and change the subject."

"It has been quite the crazy night hasn't it?", I said quietly, looking away.

A few silent seconds passed, that felt more like minutes, than anything else.

Then, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up. Amethyst was looking into my eyes, concern written in her face.

"Hey, Pearl. You know you can talk to me, right? You seemed so excited when we were on our way to the concert. Trying new things, all brash and ready to take on the world. I was so happy to see you come out of your shell and get around a bit for once. And the way you talked to that mystery woman. Man, I've never seen someone so smooth in my life.", she said with a grin and I couldn't help but smile along a little as well.

Her face fell again.

"But then, on our drive back, you were just all distant and sad. What happened?"

I let out a heavy sigh, walked over to the edge of the platform and slid down onto the stone. Amethyst sat down next to me and together we watched the calm waves quietly wash ashore for a moment.

Knowing, I wasn't getting out of this heart to heart and that I very well needed it, I gathered the courage to tell her the truth.

"I just don't know. All these feelings are so confusing. How can I be so entranced by someone I practically know nothing about? At first it just felt so great. Living in the moment and just going with the flow for once, but on our way back I thought a little more on it. I mean, we don't even know each others names! And then all these thoughts for Rose started coming back. Is it all just, because they look so much alike?"

"Pshh, so you like big women with long pink hair. Big deal."

"Amethyst, that's not helping!", I shouted, but immediately regretted it.

"Sorry, it's just … I thought … I thought I had finally moved past these feelings and then … and then this happens!", I yelled at the beach, raising my hands to the sky.

"It's okay, P. You know I've never had a … you know, a thing like that", Amethyst said, vaguely waving her hands in front of her, "but she was important to me too. And that will never go away. For both of us."

"I don't want it go away. But I thought I could at least finally move on with my live."

I paused, looking away.

"I guess I was wrong."

"Pearl, look at you! You've done a whole lot of moving on. You made up with Greg, you went to a rock show with us. You drank a freaking juice! If that's not moving forward, I don't know what is."

I didn't know what to say after that, so we just sat there quietly for a bit longer.

"But you know what's really gonna do some moving on? You should call her."

"Call her? Oh, right the phone thing."

I briefly considered this. It made me excited and nervous at the same time.

"Right now?", I asked unsure, blushing again.

This got a laugh out of Amethyst. "Not now. Tomorrow. I'm sure Steven wouldn't mind us taking his phone for this, but humans gotta sleep, remember? Even a rocker like her."

"Oh … right."

"Anyways", she said, standing up," you should probably find something to take your mind off of all

this stuff until then. I'mma go nap somewhere. Nothing else going on, right? Maybe you should try that to." She started walking down the arm back to the temple.

"No thanks. I think I have something better in mind."

"Suit yourself.", Amethyst replied, waving at me without turning around.

Before she could vanish below the edge of the hand I quickly shouted:

"Oh, and Amethyst."

"Hmmh?" She looked back.

"Thanks. For everything."

That got an even bigger grin out of her than before.

"Heh, who would have thought, it'd be me handing out the awesome relationship advise. We usually got Garnet for that."

That got smile out of me as well.