It had been an hour since Steven had thought of the date idea. He, Garnet and Amethyst were sitting on the couch discussing where it was going to be, what he's wearing and what he should do.
"Okay, so where are we having it again?" Steven asked.
"That restaurant near the water tower? You know, where we formed as Alexandrite and tried to convince Connie's parents that we were a nuclear family?" Amethyst replied.
"Oh, yeah. I remember that. That was a while ago." Steven said as he thought about the memory.
It wasn't a particularly good one, After Connie got yelled at by her parents that she'll never see Steven again, He and Connie tried running away in a bus when a furious Alexandrite caught them and scolded them for doing such a foolish thing. Luckily, things worked out and they are allowed to see each other again.
"At least it's something we can laugh about now" Steven said with a smile.
"Focus, you two." Garnet said while writing down things on a list.
"Aww, come on Garnet. It's not like we're practising fusion". Amethyst said while stuffing chips in her mouth. And then later the whole bag.
"I know, I just want Steven to have a good time with Connie". Garnet said looking up at Steven with a smile.
"Thanks Garnet. Okay, so what should I wear?" The young Gem wondered.
He walked over to his wardrobe and opened it, staring intently at all his clothes. Almost all of course, were his signature star shirts and blue jeans. But one stood out in particular. It was an old tuxedo he had. He couldn't remember what he wore it for.
"When did I ever wear this?" He thought. It look nice, a little dusty but nice.
"Hey Garnet! Amethyst! What about this?" He called out.
The fusion-gem looked up from the list and studied the outfit.
"It looks nice Steven, very fitting." Garnet approved.
"Looks neat!" the purple gem nodded in agreement.
The warp pad went off, Pearl was back.
"Oh, hey Pearl! You okay?" The young gem asked.
The elegant gem looked over at Steven while walking off the warp pad.
"Oh! Yes, I'm okay. Thank you Steven." Pearl assured.
She saw the suit in Steven's hands.
"Um, Steven what are you doing with that old suit?" She asked.
"Steven's going on a date!" Amethyst blurted.
"He's what!?" Pearl fretted.
"Oh calm down P, it's just a date". Amethyst said with a smirk.
"Amethyst's right, it's not like Steven's going on a mission. And he can handle those." Garnet assured.
Pearl looked down, and sighed. "Of course, my little gem is growing up." She hated to admit it, she had to let him do his own thing sometimes".
She looked up at Steven.
"Okay, I'll let him go on this...date. But I want to help. Pearl announced.
"Is that okay with you Steven?" She asked.
"I don't mind!" Said a smiling Steven. He was starting to get excited about the Gems helping him out.
Garnet stood up, confirming everything they had so far.
"So what we have is reservations at the restaurant at 6:00pm, wearing a suit. Anything else we're missing Steven?" Garnet asked.
"Not that I know of…oh! Am I aloud to take Connie to the beach after dinner? Just for a walk?
"I don't see why not…Just keep her safe, okay Steven? Garnet added.
"With all my life" Steven said, blushing.
"How about I give you some lessons on etiquette?" Pearl suggested.
"Um, yeah sure." Steven said, a little unsure.
"Oh don't worry, it's just to show you can be a gentleman in front of Connie". Pearl clarified.
"Yeah, I know" the young gem said, with a slight smile.
"Okay, Pearl you help Steven. Amethyst you clean up the suit and I'll make the reservations" Garnet decided.
All four nodded and went straight to work. Amethyst wasn't all that enthusiastic in having the cleaning job, but did it anyway. Teaching etiquette to Steven wasn't as hard as she thought it'd be. He got almost everything right on the 1st try. Garnet had the easiest job, call the restaurant and book in a time. Another hour had passed and everything was done. Now all that was left to do, was to call Connie.
Steven walked over to where his phone was and picked it up, looking over to the gems for some sign of motivation.
All 3 gems looked at each other then back at Steven.
They all smiled at him, giving him a sign of encouragement
"Go for it". Garnet affirmed.
Steven smiled back. He looked back at his phone and started dialling.