"Greg, Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst…" Rose stood in the living room in confusion. "Where's Nora...or Steven? Where are we? We do you all look different? Greg, what happened to your hair?"
Nobody knew what to say, it was so much for everyone.
Greg crossed him arms and looked around for a moment. "Um, Rose? What's the last thing you remember?"
"I felt this warm sensation, and that's when I knew our little human was coming… Why? Is something wrong?"
"It seems as though Steven's human body couldn't handle the wreck, so the only part that survived was him gem. Meaning Greg's part is gone, so Rose was all that was left." Pearl thought out loud.
"Steven? Wreck? Gone? Pearl, what are you talking about?"
Garnet took a step closer to Rose, removing her visor as she did so. "You had a child, Steven. You left, so he could take your gem. Steven lived his life with us and Greg, for 14 years. We built this home around the warp pad for Steven, and Greg lived in his van." Garnet held Rose's hand. "Steven got into an accident with his friend and he poofed because he hurt himself saving her. We didn't know what would happen since he's half-human, but it seems as though the gem regenerated back to you."
"Oh my. So Steven was here?"
Greg looked at Rose, with some tears in his eyes. "Yes Rose, he was here." He went over to the kitchen counter, grabbing Steven's baby book/photo album. "Steven Quartz Universe," he said, flipping through the pages of the book. "That's our little man."
The group gathered around, as they all went through pictures of Steven, reminiscing about him. "He looks so happy, was he happy Greg?"
"Well most of the time, he sure loved being a gem," He looked over at Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. "He was so excited to live with the gems and fight."
"Remember when Steven's gem first summoned his shield? That was wonderful." Pearl's eyes lit up in excitement all over again.
"Yeah, and it bounced all over the house!" Amethyst got so pumped over that memory.
"He tried his best to use his powers once he was able to summon his weapon. I'm very proud of him," Garnet wiped a few tears from her eyes, thinking of Steven.
"Wow, Steven was such a big part of your lives." Rose started tearing up too, thinking of the son she never met. "I wish I could've met him."
"Without Steven, I'd still be a roadie, trying to make it big. Sure, I didn't know how to be a dad...I still don't. But he was my Shtoo-ball, and he made me so happy." Greg missed Steven terribly. He was a part of him, and life wouldn't be the same without him.
"Steven...he knew about...most things that happened during the Rebellion. He tried so hard to fix what you left behind." Pearl thought about how much Steven took on all the time. It worried her that he was doing the wrong thing. But Steven was right, it didn't matter what Rose would've wanted, what mattered is what Steven wanted.
Rose's eyes grew wide. "He didn't have to do that, did you try to stop him, Pearl?"
"I tried, we all did. But it didn't matter what we wanted or what you would've wanted, it was his choice. Steven told us about Bismuth, he knew that you shattered Pink Diamond… He still loved you, he wanted so badly to have known you like we all got to."
"I know, I wanted to meet him too...but we couldn't both exist."