Lapis woke with a start. She hadn't even realized she had fallen asleep. She practiced "sleeping" a lot when she was stuck in that damn mirror. She looked at her surroundings. Her *ahem* books were laying on her chest and Peridot was no where to be found. She tucked the graphic novel under the couch cushion and stretched. The sun was shining bright outside as she stepped out into it and let it warm her blue skin.
"Morning Lapis!" Peridot jumped down from the top of the barn.
"I was watching the sun rise. Earth really is quite beautiful."
Lapis smiled and nodded, "Yes it is. What I have seen of it so far at least."
Peridot stretched her short arms up and then touched her toes. Lapis couldn't tear her eyes away from Peridots...lower quarters. Finishing her stretch she snapped back up and jumped in the air. Lapis looked away quickly, hoping she wasn't caught. Peridot gave her a sly look as she saw the blush on Lapis face.
"Soooo what do you want to do today?" Peridot asked leaning up against the barn.
Lapis shrugged her shoulders.
"Well that's not very helpful Ms. Lazuli. Come on, anything in the whole world. What do you want to do?"
"Do you want help with your meep morp?" Lapis asked and Peridot stared at her incredulously .
"You want to help with my meep morp?"
Lapis nodded.
"Okay!"
Peridot ran inside, with Lapis following behind. Lapis liked being behind Peridot. It was a nice view.
"Okay! So what would be really helpful Lapis is that you are um...taller than me...and can reach the top of the sculpture." Peridot was rummaging around in a box of metal pipes and connectors. "I'm trying to recreate a miniature version of a roller coaster I didn't get to ride on with Steven and Amethyst."
Peridot looked a little disheartened after this statement but recovered quickly. But not so quickly that the ocean gem didn't notice.
"Why couldn't you ride on this...thing?"
"I...don't meet the exact height qualifications to ride on that particular one."
"Oh...that seems stupid."
"I think so as well. But human rules are human rules. And Steven says we should follow them."
"Right."
"Sooo could you please attach these tubes to the connectors at the top?" Peridot asked as she handed the pieces over to Lapis.
"Sure."
Lapis stood on her bare tippy toes and began to work. Peridot examined her and her...work and then grabbed a few more pieces of tube to start below her.
"I'll be right underneath you so please be carefu-OOF!"
A pipe slipped out of Lapis arm and careened down onto Peridot's gem. "OH NO PERIDOT!" Lapis chucked the rest of the pipes she was holding and scrambled to the ground hovering over what was her roommates body. Her form became oblong, and stretched out, then small and round.
"Perri! PERRI! Let me see your face!" She pried Peridots hands away and wished she hadn't. Her gem was cracked.
"Hold on Perri! I'm taking you to Steven."
In one swift movement Lapis had Peridot cradled in her arms and her wings shot out as fast as lightening. She took off from the barn floor and out the roof they went.
"Almost there!" Lapis could see the temple.
Garnet and Steven were already on the porch waiting for their friends. Lapis landed and Garnet held the door open for them. She carried Peridot inside and laid her on Steven's bed.
Lapis held onto Peridots hand and cried. With one last loud gasp Peridot poofed. Lapis sat in shock looking at the green gem on Steven's bed.
"What...what happened to her?"
Steven jumped on the bed and licked the Peridot gem. The crack melded together but no Peridot appeared. Lapis turned to Garnet.
"What is going on? She wasn't hurt, just her gem. Why did she poof?! Why isn't she back now?"
Garnet stared at the gem on the bed and sat in silence for a minute. "I can't answer that right now. But she will be fine. I promise."
Steven pointed to his forehead and mouthed "future vision"
