After an hour or so, Steven and Connie went to bed. They cuddled as they fell asleep. In the morning, Connie and Steven got up to make some breakfast bagels; giggling as they talked, just the two of them. "Steven stop it!" Connie exclaimed as she bent over, laughing at his joke. The pan sizzled when Steven cracked the eggs, giggling profusely. "I'm sorry! I just can't stop telling the best jokes!" Steven finally got out.
Two familiar faces popped through the front door. "Hey, what are you guys laughing at?" Peridot asked as she walked to the counter. "Oh, it's probably nothing, just Steven being Steven, Peridot," Lapis said walking up to her and somehow, through all that hair, giving her a noogie. Steven finished off the 6 breakfast bagels with toasting the bagels and putting all the toppings on them. Steven and Connie both grab a plate and take them to the table. Steven begins, with his mouth full, "Do you guys want any of this?" "No thanks. I have no desire to eat," Peridot quickly responds. "Sure, I could eat," Lapis accepts the plate and sits down next to them and begins to take bites of bagel.
Aquamarine
I woke up on the couch of an unfamiliar house with Bloodstone next to me. It took me a second to clear the fog out of my head, then it all came back to me. The unsecure feeling of hiding, the terror of being found, the safe feeling of the crystal gems finally found us, and the happiness of Steven's smile when we got back to their house. I got up and made the bed around Bloodstone, then I went to the kitchen. Seeing that I was awake, Steven offered me a "breakfast bagel," I kindly accepted and sat down next to another blue gem.
"Hi, I'm guessing your Aquamarine? My name is Lapis Lazuli, but you can just call me Lapis, and this little green gem over here is my friend Peridot," the blue gem said to me as I sat down. I began, "Yeah my name is Aquamarine, you can just call me Aqua, and my friend, Bloodstone, is there sleeping on the couch." Just as I said that Bloodstone, rose, yawning and blinking. "Ya know, Peridot and I stay out in the barn, would you guys like to stay with us until something happens? By the way, it's really far away, so I normally just fly over here, carrying Peri" Lapis asked us when Bloodstone got into the kitchen. "Sure," we both said in unison, but Bloodstone continued, "so who are you any ways?" "Oh I was just telling Aqua, I'm Lapis and this is Peridot," Lapis said pointing to the small green gem.
Bloodstone yawned again and took a bagel, sitting next to me. Just then the "Temple Door" as the Crystal Gems called it glowed and split in a wavy purple line. "I SMELL FOOD!" Amethyst yelled as she jumped out of her room. "Yeah, Amethyst, I made you a breakfast bagel," Steven said to her. She hopped on the counter and literally ate it in one gulp, I was astonished. Amethyst began to yell, "NEED MORE!" and Steven gulped. She went to the fridge and pulled out foul smelling milk and eggs then downed them without a problem. She was still searching when Steven looked at Bloodstone and me and said, "Sorry about that, but she hasn't been here in a while, so I forgot to warn you."
Steven
After Amethyst finally finished her eating rampage, Garnet and Pearl came out of the temple. They told Aqua and Bloodstone more about the Crystal Gems and their adventures. Then they all set out to the barn and left Steven and Connie at the house together.
"May I have this dance, mademoiselle," Steven said as he turned on the radio and offered his hand to her. Connie took his hand and said, "Yes of course, monsieur." They danced until the sun hung low, careful not to fuse. But soon after, they stopped caring and just let the music take them.
