Welcome to Beach City!

A flash of light burst throughout the beach house. This light was caused by a warp-pad.

Since Steven hasn't fully harnessed his powers, it usually just means one thing. That three gems have arrived from a mission or are going to a mission.

But this time was different. This time there was a fourth full gem. Not a corrupted one, and not one that has retreated from it's physical form to it's gem. But a whole one. A small, smart, and definitely Green, 471 year old gem. A Peridot.

Snuggling in Steven's arms was Peridot. A gem who had just gone through a near shattered experience, but she was as cool as a Sapphire. Happier than she has ever been, ever. How you say? Why, because she was with Steven.

In the half of millennia she has lived, no one, and I mean no one, has been as sweet and nice to her as Steven was. He thought she was special, one of a kind. Not just another Peridot. Not just another cookie-cutter Homeworld gem.

Steven felt almost exactly the same way, he was overjoyed and even ecstatic that he has a new friend that he just saved. But on the other hand; it was one in the morning. He needed rest and he needed it bad.

Steven's POV

It was one in the morning. My regular bed time is 9:30. The latest I've ever been up is around 12:30! This may be a regular time for some people, but for me, it was unimaginably late. The bags under my eyes had bags.

When they all got home the gems went into their separate rooms and said goodnight to each other

"Keep an eye on her Steven." Pearl said, still slightly suspicious of her.

As soon as I was done saying good night to the gems I rushed to my bed. Then I remembered;

I remembered the cute little green gem cuddling in my arms.

As soon as I reached my bed I tried to get her up. I poked her face a few times. She opened her eyes. She looked at me with a piercing glare. And then she relaxed her eyes and put on a smile when she saw who was the individual poking her.

She then noticed the bags under his eyes and his pale face. She immediately thought the worst...

She grabbed his face and started shaking him violently.

"Steven! What's wrong with your face! Are you dying! Please don't be dying! Are friendship just blossomed! Don't leave me! Please don't leave!" She then started to cry while hugging him a little too hard.

"Peridot..?"

She looked up at him with stars in her eyes.

"Oooh, Steven! You're okay, you're okay!"

Now she was hugging him even harder.

"Peridot, I'm just need to sleep. I'm not dying."

"What does 'sleep' mean?"

"Well... Every day during night-time humans get really tired; so they go to sleep!"

Peridot was very confused to say the least.

"Then what are we sitting on."

"Well, it's called a bed. Beds are what humans sleep on."

Peridot was even more confused.

"So this... 'bed' , is like a charging station for humans?"

"Well..? Kinda? But humans can sleep pretty much anywhere and most people prefer a bed."

Peridot looked down at this "bed".

"Well, can I try this, 'sleep'?"

"Sure, Hop on!"

I sat next to her and laid down.

"Now lay down."

Peridot did as Steven said and laid down on the bed. But she just looked up at him.

"Is this right? Am I sleeping yet?"

"Not quite yet. You have to close your eyes."

Peridot did so.

"Now just relax and don't think about anything."

Steven pulled up the sheets and snuggled in.

"Nighty Night, Peri."

"You too?"

I just laid down with a smile on my face until I drifted off to sleep.

No One's POV

While Steven was peacefully drifting off to sleep Peridot realized something.

Could she trust them; could she trust him? They may have saved her life, they may have acted caring and loving but; aren't they the enemy? Aren't they the gems who overthrew the home world gems? Overthrew Yellow Diamond? SHATTERED Pink Diamond? Shes read thousands of reports about the rebellion, about the crystal gems. She wondered if she could truly trust them. If she could truly trust Steven.

She then drifted off to sleep in a sea of her own thoughts.

Steven's POV

My eyes opened. All I could see was light. A blurry, sort of haze like brightness coming from the window.

After the light faded there was only one thing I could see. A face.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" I yelled.

Suddenly Pearl ran up the stairs to his room and took out her spear.

"What happened. I swear if that Peridot did anything to y-"

"Oh right it's just Peridot! Sorry Pearl, false alarm."

After the "false alarm" Pearl's face slumped down. Well, if you need anything just tell me.

She then walked down the stairs and put her spear away.

Then I looked back at my new (wide awake) friend, Peridot.

"Good Morning Peri!"

"What does that mean?"

"It's like a greeting during the morning."

She looked at him.

"Good morning?"

"There you go!"

She got off the bed and walked down the stairs.

"What are we going to do today?"

"I don't know. I could take you on a tour of Beach City."

Peridot thought for a moment.

"Okay. Whatever Beach City is, I shall tour it!"

"Then lets go!"

"Hey now you too." Pearl said from the kitchen.

"I just cooked breakfast and I don't want all this food to go to waste."

"Pearl... come on, I'm showing her Beach City. Besides, Amethyst will gladly eat the food." Steven said with a begging expression.

Pearl looked at them with a defeated face. "Fine... but be back before night-time you two."

"Thanks Pearl!" Steven said as he walked out of the beach house with a little green gem.

Pearl's POV

"Thanks Pearl!"

"Bye! You two have fun!"

Immediately after the two closed the door Pearl's face slumped down into a frown.

"Damnit, I thought that would for sure keep them here." Pearl said as she walked to the window in the front of the house.

"I tell you I don't trust that Peridot."

"Why not?"

Pearl jumped up nearly two feet in the air.

"Garnet! What are you doing here!"

Garnet walked up to her and put her hand on her shoulder.

"But, why don't trust her Pearl."

"What if she hurts my Steven! We've known her for what, twelve hours! And we're just letting her go alone with Steven out there!"

Garnet looked down at her and thought for a moment.

"Yes. Yes we are."

"What, why!"

Garnet tapped her visor.

"I have future vision, remember? She's not gonna hurt him in the near future."

Pearl looked down.

"Yeah; yeah, you're right. I shouldn't be overprotective to Steven. He can handle himself."

"That's right, he can handle himself."

Garnet looked at her and walked away into her room. But right before she did, she turned her head and said something.

"Make the right choice Pearl."

She then walked into her room.

"Make the right choice? I am making the right choice, I trust Steven but I don't trust that Peridot no matter what she says. I know she's up to something."

She then walked out the door into Beach City.

Peridot's POV

Steven closed the door behind me.

"Are you ready to meet the nicest people ever!"

I looked at him with stars in my eyes.

The nicest people ever! How does he know this? How did he measure this? I must know.

"How do you know they're actually the nicest people ever? Did you make a point system for the amount of niceness they emit? Or are they ju-"

Steven put his finger on my mouth. I stopped talking immediately.

"Peri, calm down. They're not actually the nicest people ever! They're just the nicest people I know!"

"Oh."

"Well lets go! First stop, the Big Donut."

I began to walk down the steps. But I noticed he wasn't going down them with me.

"Wait if we're going out into Beach City then you have to hold my hand. I don't want you running off and getting lost now."

I looked at him with a glare.

"You don't trust me?"

"No! It's not that! Just in case, so you don't get lost. I got lost in Beach City a few times before."

I looked down at his welcoming hand. I was defeated.

"Fine." I said with a defeated look.

I grabbed his hand and we were finally off.

About two minutes later we arrived at the Big Donut.

"What is that!" I said pointing at the large torus shaped object.

"What? Oh that, that's just the Big Donut."

I looked at him with a perplexed look.

"Doughnut?"

"Yeah a Donut! It looks like that thing but really small. It's sugary and sweet!"

"What does that mean?"

"Well it means! uum... It means."

He looked at her confused eyes staring intently at him. His face began to blush.

Before she could notice he moved his face where she couldn't see it.

I looked at him. I was even more confused than before.

"What's wrong?" I moved my hand onto his cheek and gently pushed in her direction.

He looked at me with an embarrassed look.

"Oh, I get it. Sugary and sweet is something very important to you. You don't want to talk about."

I looked down with an embarrassed look.

"Sorry. I'm just not accustomed to this world yet and I-"

Steven cut me off. He began to laugh at me. At ME the great and lovable Peridot!

I looked at him with angry eyes.

"What's so funny!" I yelled.

He looked at me and immediately stopped laughing.

"Oh. Sorry Peri, it's just. Sugary and sweet are just flavors. It's what the donut tastes like."

I looked at him with an embarrassed look, less embarrassed than before, but still, embarrassed.

He looked at me for a second.

He then hugged me.

"It's okay Peri, I didn't mean to laugh at you. You didn't know what it was and that's not your fault. I promise I'm gonna show you everything about Earth you possibly want to know! But let's just get breakfast first, okay?"

"Okay, let's get this 'donut'."

I hugged him back. But only for a few seconds!

We entered the building a mere 15 seconds later. On a mission. A mission to "eat the donut".

There was two humans behind the counter. One had a weird device around her head and ears that was blaring noise. In addition to having the device she was rocking her head back and forth. The other one was just waiting behind the counter.

The yellowish haired one nudged the human with the device around his head.

She then looked at us.

"Oh my god! Steven has a green girlfriend!" She began to laugh very hard and obnoxiously for some reason.

"Why is she laughing." I whispered to Steven.

"Oh that's just Lars being Lars. He's a boy by the way not a girl." He whispered back.

Sadie hit "Lars" in the arm. "Knock it off!"

"Hey Steven! Who's your friend?" The yellowish haired one said.

"Everyone! I'd like you to meet my new best friend, Peridot!"

"And her name is Peridot! This just gets better and better!"

What did he just say about my name!

"Shut up, you, you Clod!" I yelled pointing at him.

He stopped laughing for a second, then he continued doing so.

The yellowish haired one hit him on the arm again but noticeably harder.

"Okay! Okay! I'll stop."

Steven walked up to the counter.

"I'll have two donuts please."

"Sure Steven." She said back.

She grabbed two donuts out of the counter.

"Here you go Steven."

He handed over some green paper and said goodbye before grabbing my hand and walking out the door.

"Ready to have the best donut on Earth!"

"That's a hyperbole, right?"

"What does that mean?"

"It means exaggerated a lot."

"Oh, then yeah, probably."

We awkwardly stood there for a few seconds.

"Let's go eat." He said, breaking the silence.

He gently tugged on my hand and walked to a nearby bench.

We sat down next to each other and he let go of my hand. He opened the bag of confectionaries.

He pulled out two and gave one to me and he kept the other one for himself.

"Now, lets dig in."

He put the donut in his mouth and began to move his jaw.

I looked down at my "doughnut". What do I do?

He saw me just looking down at my doughnut.

"Do you know what to do?" He said, his mouth full of the "donut".

"No."

"Okay, okay. Wait a second" He swallowed the donut in his mouth and continued to speak.

"Umm... Just do this. Put the food in your mouth, bite down, pull the donut out of your mouth, and then just start chewing the food until you can swallow it."

I put the doughnut in my mouth and bit down and did the rest.

It tasted... good? I think sugary is a correct word to describe it.

"Do you like it?"

I shook my head up and down lightly.

We ate the rest of our doughnuts quite quickly.

"What do you want to do now?"

Hey guys! Sorry about the long wait, unfortunately I think this might be my last installment. I know, I know, wtf. I'm not a very reliable writer. I think I'm much more suited to do one-shots, hmmm.. Well, ta ta my readers. Xoxo