Lapis sat down next to Peridot on the beach.

"Peridot..."

Peridot inched a bit closer to the blue gem, still not looking at her directly. Lapis wrapped one of her arms around Peridot's shoulders, and her eyes widened in shock. She hid her face using her arms, but was still noticeably blushing.

"Peridot. Can you please just... talk to me?"

Peridot felt her face bright up in a flash of warmth before hugging Lapis, the waves rolling up and down before them. She sobbed on the other's shoulder, her eyes shut.

"Peridot... Please speak to me..."

Peridot pressed closer against Lapis' body, her gem hovering only shortly away from the other's gem. The larger one stuttered. "L-L... I want to tell you something really bad but... It... It's pointless..."

Lapis took a deep breath and looked at Peridot, who was sniffling and shaking. Lapis wrapped her other arm around Peridot. The two were now completely hugging, Peridot blushing brightly and noticeably.

Lapis started crying.

Peridot's eyes opened brightly in shock and she almost instantly moved up and put her head, resting her chin on Lapis' head. Her fingers softly stroked the blue gemstone on her back, relaxing Lapis slowly.

"Aw, Peridot, you really don't have to," Lapis responded. Peridot simply purred softly. Her fact lit up, and she looked right at Lapis' eyes.

"I really, really love you, okay."

Peridot kissed Lapis on her lips before separating from her rapidly. She grabbed her chest, feeling her quickly-beating heart. She ran off back into the house, leaving deep oval footprints in the sand.

"Peridot, wait! Come back!"

"The thing about Amethyst is that she's... sort of... I get jealous whenever Jasper is watching TV or playing games with her."

Pearl covered her face. Garnet giggled a bit. "It's normal to feel that way. Believe me, I'm an expert."

The door slammed open. Peridot ran into the house, and quickly rushed upstairs, still holding her hand pressed against her heart. She screamed before dashing into Lapis' room and hiding in the closet.

"That took quite a bit," Pearl commented.

"It took a lot of time for a reason," Garnet chuckled.

Pearl looked at Garnet strangely. "Wait a minute..."

Garnet grunted. "Yeah."

Lapis opened the door. "I want Peridot," she huffed. "I need her."

Pearl and Garnet looked at each other before looking back at Lapis. "She's in your room," Garnet answered.

Lapis ran up to her room.

Jasper was once again watching TV with Amethyst, this time with Steven joining in. "COME ON PEAR, ADMIT YOUR GODDAMN LOVE TO APPLE," she screamed. "YOU'RE. MY. FUCKING. O-T-MOTHERFUCKING-P. DON'T DO THIS TO ME."

"Geez, 'Jasp. Calm down. It's just a ship," Amethyst groaned.

Jasper summoned her helmet. "IT'S NOT A SHIP, MOM, IT'S WHO I REALLY AM!"

Steven grabbed Jasper's arm. "This is how you fell down the stairs last time! Don't do it again! It might crack your gem!"

Jasper groaned and stopped her helmet from generating completely. "Fine then."