Chapter One: Steven's Sick

Steven wandered out into the bathroom. He sat on the toilet and scooted the nearby garbage can over to barf into. He had gotten sick from eating expired Halloween candy that he had found in the fridge. ''Oh, why did I have to eat those?'' he thought. Then he barfed into the can. ''What will the other Crystal Gems think of this?'' The kid stayed in the bathroom all night, eventually falling asleep.

The next day, Steven woke up with a miserable stomach ache. He fixed himself up and walked to the living room. He lay on the floor, moaning, and waited for the Crystal Gems to appear, or at least one. Then Amethyst came. ''Steven, what are you doing here?'' she asked.

''Uhh... I found some Halloween candy that was stale... and I must've gotten sick. Can you tell the others about this?''

Amethyst yawned. ''Maybe, if I'm not too tired. Don't worry, I'll stay with you and make sure no one disturbs you.''

''Who's gonna disturb me?'' Steven said.

''I don't know.''

Steven sat up. ''Are we gonna do anything fun, Amethyst?''

''Yeah!'' said the purple-skinned gem. ''We could play video games, or maybe we could watch TV, and I'll read some bedtime stories too, if you feel like it.''

''Today's gonna be great, I know that already!'' said Steven excitedly.

Amethyst got excited too. ''Great! Let's start off Sick Day 2014 #1!''

Pearl warped into the living room. ''Amethyst, what are you doing here?'' she asked. ''It's 4:00 in the morning!''

''Steven ate some expired candy,'' she told Pearl. ''Do you know where the medicine is?''

''I'll see if we have it...'' The grumpy gem walked off to the medicine cabinet. Steven nudged his belly, which was hurting. ''Ohhhh! Why!?''

Inside the cabinet were a bunch of pills and crap. Too bad there wasn't any pills to stop today's problem. Pearl closed it, and walked back to the living room.

''Bad news, everyone,'' Pearl started. ''We ran out of that Pepto-Bismol thing Garnet got when she went to NYC.''

Steven fainted, while Amethyst sighed.

''Should I go to the pharmacy, Pearl?'' she said.

''If you're gonna find something to fix Steven's stomach problem, go ask Garnet when she wakes up.'' Amethyst went to watch TV as Pearl continued. ''She knows a friend who'll make a potion. It's easier to do that than going to faraway places, Amethyst, because you might pick out the wrong drug!''

''Alright, I'll ask her.'' answered Amethyst. ''There's nothing on TV.''

Pearl turned to Steven and started to lecture him. ''Now Steven, you must know that expired goods are bad for you.''

''I'll try to remember that, Pearl.'' said Steven.

''But wait, there's more I've got to tell you.''

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