Steven was bored. Garnet was off exploring a temple with Pearl and Amethyst was out with a friend. He had tried calling Connie, but she wasn't answering her phone. He sighed as he flipped through the TV shows. None of his favorite shows he liked were on, so what now. He decided to call Connie again, hoping that she was available.

"Hey, Steven." said Connie after a few seconds. "What's up?"

"Hey, Connie!" Steven said relieved. "Are you busy?"

"A little. I have a few minutes to talk." said the raven. "I'm with my big sister."

"Sister? I didn't know you have a big sister!" said Steven.

"I don't. I'm part of a big sister, little sister program." said Connie. "It's where an older person spends time with a younger person to serve as a sort of older sibling and kind of an inspiration. It's really fun. You should sign up for one. I've always wanted an older sister, so I signed up for one!"

"That sounds cool!" said Steven.

Secretly Steven had always wanted an older brother. Sure there was Amethyst who was more a big sister than the rest, Garnet who served as a mentor, and Pearl who was a mother to him, but Steven still wanted to have a brother of his own. With the shows he saw on tv and even in real life, Steven thought it would be cool to have an older male to spend time with him. Sure there was his dad, but having a dad and brother were two different things...maybe.

"It is!" Connie then went into detail about her day with Amy, her big sister. Steven's eyes filled with wonder at this. With a big brother, Steven would always have someone to play with!

"Gotta go, Connie! Bye!" Steven said quickly before hanging up.

"But...he hung up..." said Connie staring at her phone. She just shrugged it off and headed back over to Amy.

Steven couldn't wait until he's big brother arrived. After getting his dad to sign him up for one, Steven waited at home for his assigned brother to come over. Hours later, Steven was in the same state as he was before: BORED. Where was he? Did he get sick? Did he already think Steven was a boring little kid? Did he hate Steven already?

"What are you doing down there, Steven?" asked Amethyst looking down at the half gem.

"Huh?" Steven was laying down on the floor of the porch watching the clouds go by. "Oh hey, Amethyst. I was just waiting."

"Waiting on what?"

"My big brother."

"You have an older brother?" She looked surprised. "I didn't know Greg had a kid before you."

"Nope." Steven held up the paper.

Amethyst looked down at it. "So you signed up for one? I didn't know you could order an older brother. Does he look like you?"

"No. I don't know what he looks like." shrugged the half gem. "He's just someone older than me that's gonna spend time with me when you all are busy."

"Hm...Steven, I hope you weren't waiting on this guy all day because you're not getting him until tomorrow."

"Say what?" he looked down at the paper. "Oosps. Darn. Now I have to be bored until tomorrow."

"Well I'm here. Wanna go bug Pearl?"

"She's with Garnet."

"Oh right. Hm...okay let's go prank call some people."

"Ok!"

The next day, Steven was sleeping late in bed when he felt someone shaking him. He looked up. "Huh? What?"

"Steven, wake up." said Amethyst. "Someone's at the door for you."

"Who?" Steven wiping his eyes.

"I don't know, but he's really cute though. On second thought..."

"He? Tell him I'll be ready in a second!" Steven jumped out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. Amethyst barely had time to answer him once he slammed the door.

"Right..."

Pearl was in her room, sharping her weapons. She wasn't feeling herself lately to be honest. To be honest, she was a bit lonely. Sure there were three other people in their house, but that's not what she meant. She was lonely in the romantic sort of way. She remembered being in love once upon a time only to have the person she was in love with taken from her by Steven's father. Although to be honest, her crush was never her's to begin with. Before that, Pearl had been in love multiple times before meeting and falling for Rose.

There was another pearl on the homeworld that Pearl had a good, but short relationship with. The pearl had broken it off after deciding that being with a Peridot was much better, the same peridot that ended up killing her once the rebellion on the homeworld started. Pearl had also gotten into one with a gem that had ended up betraying the homeworld. There were more before that, but none of them ended well. Although she didn't seem like it, she did want to be in a loving, nurturing relationship like the one Sapphire and Ruby, Rose and Greg, and even the little obvious crushes Steven and Connie had with each other. Even Amethyst with her rude and bold nature had her little flings. Pearl hoped that she would be able to move on, but so far no one really held her interest so fair.

She sighed. "I should be in here moping all day. I know, I'll just see what Steven's doing. He always makes me feel better."

Pearl left out of her room and looked in Steven's room for the little boy, hoping she could catch him before he headed off to be with his father or Connie. She could hear the sounds of the shower in the bathroom. She'd just wait downstairs. She walked downstairs and saw Amethyst talking on the couch talking with a man. She rolled her eyes. Another one of her boy toys. Oh boy. Couldn't that gem keep her legs closed? At least this one looked like a decent one. He had short black hair, blue eyes, and had a very handsome face.

"So you're a doctor, huh?" Amethyst smiling seductively at him.

"Uh, no. I'm studying to become one." he said rubbing the back of his head.

"Well if you want, you can play doctor with me." she winked at him. "If you know what I mean."

"Uh is Steven here or not?" He seemed to be put off by Amethyst's flirting.

"I'm right here!" Steven ran by Pearl. "Are you my big brother?"

"Yep." he smiled, relieved he didn't have to speak to the purple gem anymore. "You must be Steven. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes! I've been waiting since yesterday! Let's go have some fun!" Steven ran to the door. "Bye Pearl, bye Amethyst!"

"Have fun!" Pearl waved at the the half gem.

"Later." the short gem sounded disappointed as the two went outside. "Shit. He was cute."

"Amethyst, watch your language!" Pearl frowned the younger gem.

"Whatever. He's not here anyways." Amethyst turned back to the TV and started flipping through channels. "I hope he and Steven hit it off so he can come back."

"Selfish as usual. Who was he anyways?"

"What? Had your eyes on him too?" she raised a brow.

"No, just curious."

"Steven signed up for a big brother. You know someone to hang with while we're busy."

"I see." Pearl looked outside and watched the two tossing a football to each other for a while. She smiled. At least Steven was having a good time. She remembered how Steven had mentioned wanting an older brother. At least that little wish was granted. If only her wish would come true too.