Back at the beach house Steven climbed up the small steps before flopping on top of his head kicking his sandals off and falling into a light sleep, all his muscles were aching all over from carrying so many heavy boxes all afternoon. He suddenly noticed Amethyst standing at the foot of his bed.

"Hey Amethyst, what's up?"

"First off it's not Amethyst, it's mom. Second, what did I tell you about your sandals?"

"...Um, that pink isn't a boy color?"

"Not that, don't leave them on the floor like this."

"Oh, right, sorry about that. It, uh, won't happen again?"

"Good. Glad to hear it."

Steven slipped off his bed to properly put away his sandals, Amethyst soon noticed something poking out from underneath his pillow. Closer inspection revealed it to be a magazine of some sort, the pages inside were of sexy women dressed in different costumes posing in very erotic poses.

"Steven, what is this?"

"Nothing! Nothing. It's nothing." Steven said snatching the magazine out of her hands.

"...Uh-huh, anyway you better go wash your hands before you come for dinner."

"You made dinner?"

"Of course, it's Tuesday so you know what that mean."

"Taco Tuesday!"

Steven went to wash his hands before excitedly returning to see a plate of delicious looking tacos waiting for him on the counter while Amethyst was washing the dishes. Steven wasted no time bitting into the first taco, his taste buds tingled with the blend of sweet and spicy...then it became really spicy.

"Uh, Ameth-I mean, mom?"

"Yes son?"

"Please don't mind me asking but what did you put in this?"

"No worries, if your wondering I used my special ingrediant."

"Which is?"

"Fire salt of course."

"F-F-Fire salt!?"

Steven's face turned a vibrant shade of red as he held his throat gasping for air feeling his throat blistering up from the intense heat, he soon fell to the floor.

"Steven! Hold on! I'm coming!" Amethyst said rushing over to the dying boy.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" was all Steven could say as his tongue started to melt.

"I knew I used too much fire salt. Here, let me help."

Holding Steven's head in place Amethyst started to blow in the boy's mouth to ease the pain, a quick flash from the teleporter and Garnet stood there to see them.

"...I'm not even going to ask." she said before turning and entering the temple.

Later that night Steven was up watching a TV movie marathon of the newest season of Lonely Blade the series when Amethyst stood in front of his view.

"Steven, time for bed." she said crossing her arms.

"One second, right after this movie."

"No, not after. Now."

"One second, I want to see the ending."

"Steven, I said go to bed. Right now!" she said in a more stern voice.

To be honest Steven didn't know how to react, Amethyst usually was the main Gem letting him stay up all late at night.

"Um, okay."

Steven climbed into bed and got settled underneath the covers.

"Goodnight Steven, I love you." Amethyst said before kissing him on the forehead.

~The next day~

Steven woke up bright and early excited to be the first at the Big Donut shop and receive the first freshly made donut of the day. After quickly showering, brushing his teeth, and putting on a fresh set of clothes he darted towards the front door.

"Oh Steven." Amethyst called out after him causing him to skid to a sudden stop, he turned around to see her standing behind him with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Aren't you forgetting something?" she said pointing at her cheek and waiting patiently.

Steven looked a bit uncomfortable as he kissed Amethyst on the cheek before rushing off.

"I'll be back later!"

"Have a good day!"

A half hour later Amethyst was doing Steven's laundry when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

"Hey Amethyst, is Steven around?"

"He just left, he should be back soon."

"Oh that's right, every Wednesday morning he's at the Big Donut. Totally forgot about that, and I just bought these movies tickets to see Heat Signature 8."

"Heat Signature 8!? The one where the crew gets infected by a mysterious virus and they have to find a cure before the submarine bomb goes off!? That Heat Signature 8!?"

"Yeah, you know about the series?"

"Know about it? I love it!"

Greg looked down at the tickets before looking back up at Amethyst.

"I don't suppose you'd like to go with me?"

"Hmm, well I was planning on doing so more yoga today, but why not?"

~At the Beach City movie theater~

Greg and Amethyst sat in their seats with their drinks and popcorn while enjoying the latest movie blockbuster of the summer, the film was filled with suspence, horror, and a few jumpscares. Despite being a fearless crystal gem warrior Amethyst held onto Greg's arm for dear life at almost every jumpscare, finally the film ended with a romantic love scene between the two main characters who were stranded on an island and was watching the burning submarine slowly sink to the bottom of the ocean. Greg was surprised to see Amethyst tear up a little after watching the scene, is this seriously the same fearless Gem that fought in the great Gem War and defeated Jasper?

It was late in the afternon when the two started leaving the movie theater when they were spotted by Vidalia and Yellowtail.

"Amethyst! Greg! Over here!" Vidalia waved from across the boardwalk.

"Vidalia! How are you?" Amethyst greeted hugging her best friend.

"Me? Look at you, you're smoking hot. I knew you could shapeshift but this is a whole new level for you, why the sudden change?"

"Oh you know, Steven getting around that age so I thought he would need someone to closely watch over him so why not look the part?"

"Watch over him? He's 17 years old now Amethyst, he's not a baby anymore. You should just worry about having fun, speaking of which me and Yellowtail were just heading back home. How about you and Greg come over for a quick drink or two?"

"Um, well, you see I don't really drink that much-" Greg began but was cut off by Amethyst.

"We'd love to." she said holding onto Greg's arm tightly nearly crushing the bone.

At Vidalia's house all four were sitting in the living room with large wine glasses in hand telling funny stories to one another, all except Greg who mostly sat there quietly not daring to take a sip of the alchoholic beverage. Not wanting to embarrass Amethyst every few minutes when no one was looking he would dump the contents of the wine glass into the nearby potted plant or behind the couch only to have it refilled by Vidalia each time. Amethyst on the other hand was downing glass after glass of the drink like there was no tomorrow, Greg wondered if Gems could even get drunk. Just then Onion came down stairs crying holding up his favorite blanket which has been torn through the middle,Vidalia quickly placed her wine glass down before helping her son tape the blanket back to together. Onion thanked her in his bizzare language before hugging her and heading back upstairs.

"Wow must be nice to still have a little one to care for." Amethyst said.

"Yeah, it's hard work sometimes but it's worth it to see their happy little faces."

Amethyst suddenly relived a past memory of Steven as a small kid calling her "Mama Amethyst" for the first time, she smiled to herself.

"Heh, yeah I still remember teaching Steven how to ride a bike. He almost ran into a telephone pole, good times."

"Cheers to good times" Vidalia said raising her wine glass again.

"Cheers but I think I've had enough to drink already."

"Nonsense, live it up Greg. Consider this your victory drink, for being a good-no, a great dad for Steven."

Yellowtail nod his head in agreement, after Vidalia refilled his glass again Greg looked down at the drink and sighed aloud.

"This one is for Steven, bottoms up!" he said beforw guzzling down the drink.

It was a quarter until midnight before Greg and Amethyst started heading home both completely drunk and laughing like goofballs, thankfully they made it back to the temple beach house safe and sound. Steven was already in bed snoring away, Greg and Amethyst sat on the couch quietly giggling to themselves when Amethyst sighed aloud and placed her head on his shoulder.

"Greg, you really are a great guy. You know that?"

"Thanks, that's very nice of you to say."

A minute passed as the two sat in blissful silence when Amethyst spoke again.

"Greg...you know I still like you, right?"

"I like you too Amethyst, if we didn't we wouldn't be friends in the first place."

Amethyst shook her head.

"No...I mean...I...like-like you."

Greg fell silent for a minute but suddenly started laughing.

"That's just the booze talking Amethyst, I'm sure it'll wear off in a few."

Amethyst shook her head again.

"Gems can't get drunk Greg."

That's when Greg suddenly pieced things together.

"Amethyst...what are you saying?"

The purple gem started to blush a bit.

"I don't know, I guess I've...always felt this way. Heh, when we were arguing a few years back in the storage room about you taking Rose away from us...I...was just really jealous of her."

"Jealous? Of Rose?"

"You fell in love with her, instead of me." Amethyst said pouting a bit and crossing her arms.

"Is that...is that why you insisted on watching over Steven?"

She nodded.

"It was my way of finding out what it was like to be a mom...*sigh* since I never had one."

"Amethyst...I...had no idea."

"It's not your fault...I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"...No, you're right. You're totally right. Steven needs a mom, and what better replacement than someone who cares just as much about Steven as she does."

Greg held onto her hand.

"...Greg?"

"...Amethyst..."

He held onto her chin before kissing her on the lips, a surprised expression appeared on her face before a single tear fell down her cheek.

It was a tear of pure joy.