Heavy droplets of rain beat down on Beach City. All the inhabitants had gotten rid of the debris and shrapnel from the ship that had crashed from space. Their businesses and homes, slowly were restored and had taken a break from all the tension the day before. Everything was sullen and quiet; the grey sky loomed over the city, most reluctant to resume their daily lives for awhile.

The young man with French fry hair was catching up on his blog, and his father and brother were cleaning out some condiment bottles to settle the mood and relax. The Pizzas all stayed inside and discussed about their business plans. But when a few of the girls decided that was too stressful, they decided to just relax a bit and clean their store. They stared up at the sky where the giant ship had been the day before.

The Big Donut was empty. Repairs were being done on it, by some out of town fellows. The awkward young boy, and the lovable, chubby young woman were safely at their homes, trying to relax when they had to go back into work tomorrow. The mayor didn't do much on this day, worried he might stir up some the dirt of his fellow citizens. For now, he kept his fan quiet, calmly driving through the streets, making sure everything returned to a calm normalcy.

The washed up musician had calmed down from the day before, and spent some time alone, playing his music calmly in his van. He was working on his "Water Witch" album. Rain beat softly on his van as he played his new music.

The three magical beings inside of their temple talked about the events that had occurred just yesterday. Steven, the bouncy, happy young boy sat in his room, staring at the window. Out towards the ocean. "Lapis..." He murmured aloud softly, frowning at the loss of his friend.

Lapis Lazuli, even though angry with Stevens friends, protected him from Jasper. Dragging them down together in a toxic form, Lapis making sure Jasper wouldn't be let go so easily. And that Steven was safe. He assumed that anyway. I mean... Lapis came around to him in the end when she took the ocean; why wouldn't she do that to save him?

'Gems shouldn't being doing this...' Steven thought, kept telling himself this.

Every time he closed his eyes to rest, all he was the heart stopping moment; when Garnet, the coolest, strongest person he was close to, was subdued so easily. The way she stared at Steven as she was struck with Jasper's weapon... She was so scared. She couldn't protect him being taken...

The way Garnet broke and shattered in front of him... It was worse than seeing Pearl being stabbed. Of course that was horrifying as well, Steven still blamed himself for that, but afterwards, he was assured that Pearl was going to be fine, as this stuff does and can happen to the Gems. But... With Garnet, she was struck by a weapon Steven and the other Gems were not familiar with. They couldn't promise that Garnet was going to be okay, because they didn't know if she was going to be or not, either.

"Steven?" Called from Pearls voice, as she peaked up from his staircase. "Are you okay?" She asked with a concerning frown.

"Aw c'mon, P, just leave the poor kid alone," he heard Amethyst call to her from below.

Steven shook his head. "No, it's okay... Pearl, I'm okay. But... Maybe I could come down, if you're done talking about stuff..." He muttered softly and shyly, not wanting to make things awkward for his fellow Gems.

Pearl nodded and smiled at him. "Of course, Steven. You're a Crystal Gem too. And we love you. We want you to be okay," she assured, gesturing for the boy to come down.

Steven let out a small sigh, climbing down the staircase, the rain heavily pouring down from outside. All of the Gems were sitting on the couch, staring at him. Pearl patted the spot next to her, between her and Amethyst. The boy sat down in between them, shyly looking over at Garnet, who was sitting by Amethyst. The fusion was the first to speak.

"Steven..." She began, looking right at him "It's okay. You saved us, all of your friends. Don't beat yourself over anything," Garnet finished.

The young Gem didn't understand what she was talking about. Garnet tried protecting him, not her. He was easily overpowered, he got knocked out. But... He used his mothers shield to save his friends from the ships blast.

No, it wasn't that. It was about Lapis. He wanted her to be okay. He wanted to her to be happy. Steven gave her what she thought she wanted, but it ended up making her so unhappy. And now she was at the bottom of the ocean, trapped with that warrior, Jasper.

He looked back up at the Gems, all whom had worried looks on their faces, except Garnet. Her face was normally stoic.

"Hey buddy, it's okay," the chunky purple Gem said cheerfully. "We're all here for you, and we'll do whatever it is you wanna do for today. Does that sound good?" She smiled at him hopefully.

"Yeah, thanks Amethyst. But... For right now, I think I need to, uh... Just relax," he muttered, feeling sorry for the Gems. They wanted to help, but he just wasn't in the mood. His usual, happy, bubbly mood.

He got off the couch and made his way to the screen door. Pearl leaned forward and asked: "Steven, it's pouring out there. Where are you going?"

He turned around and replied: "Just to talk to a friend."

Steven exited the house and dismissed the rain that beat down on him. It wasn't a cold, chilly rain. It was more of a gloomy summer rain than anything. He made it to the beach, sitting down on the wet sand, staring into the ocean.

"Lapis... I hope you're okay..." He whined to himself softly, watching the waves as they kissed the shore.

His fingers pressed into the sand, and he doodled a little Lapis into the wet sand. Then he drew himself, happy and excited. He giggled, then sighed at his work.

"I know you didn't want my help... Even though I gave it to you before... But, now I just want you back," he whines softly, still staring out at the ocean.

A small wave comes up to him, and pushes out a shiny shell. He picks it up and twirls it around in his hands, looking at all the pretty colors that the water and grey light shine on it. Steven smiles, and hugs it to his heart.

Realizing now that the rain hasn't let up, he's almost completely soaked. He runs back, clutching the shell in his hands and runs back to the house. He climbs up to his room, and places the shell on his windowsill. He lets out a small giggle and smiles.

"Hey guys, I'm ready do stuff with you!" He calls down to the other Gems. They all smile at him.

"Then get down here, ya dork!"

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Wooooo. Haven't been on this site for a long, long time... This is an idea that has been stuck into my head after watching the Steven bomb episodes.