Connie was the one to run after him. She was so shocked by what just happened, she couldn't believe it!

Steven was different now. She knew that. She also figured out that he must've been a full gem now. That made her upset. She wanted Steven to be a hybrid. It's what made him special. She could understand him better when she was still somewhat the same species as her.

She wanted all of this to go back the way it was. But she knew that it wouldn't happen that way.

So she ran after him. she had no idea where he went. She ran and thought, were would I go if I needed to get out as fast as I could. Steven could probably jump and float away if he wanted but he probably wasn't thinking straight so she went straight towards town.

She ran to the big donut. She looked in and saw Sadie talking to Lars causally. He wasn't here.

She kept going to the next place he goes to. She went to the fry shop and saw a boy sitting boredly at the counter. He looked up when she ran past.

She went to Fish Stew Pizza. Everyone was just eating casually.

"Urgh!",she growled. "Steven! Where are you!"

She looked around and saw nothing. She sighed in defeat and walked over to a bench by the ocean. under the boards, she heard a noise along with water beneath the docs.

She looked through the cracks in the boards and saw him. He was curled up against the edge of the boardwalk. He was sniffling his nose.

"Steven! hang on I'm coming!",She yelled under and then ran to the ocean. she jumped off the edge of the boardwalk without hesitation and plunged into the cold water.

She surfaced the water and started paddling to the underside of the boardwalk. She swam into the dark water and went towards him.

He didn't even notice her going up to him and he jumped when she touched his arm. The water was shallow here so she was able to step back when he jumped.

"Steven, I'm here. It's okay. Your alright now.",she assured him and placed her hand on his arm again. He didn't jump this time so she went in for a hug.

"Connie... I'm sorry. I don't know what happened. I'm not me anymore! I want to go back. To the old me."

"Steven, this is you now. It's okay. We'll get used to this together."

She broke the hug and stood half up. If she would have stood up, she would've hit her head. She put her hand out for Steven to grab. He looked at it and then grabbed it hesitantly. She pulled him up. He wobbled a little bit but he stood on his own. She pulled him out of the underside of the boardwalk and swam by him to the outside of the beach. The sun was bright and they sawn to the soft Sandy beach.

When they got on dry land, Steven sat down. Connie sat next to him.

"What will I tell my dad? will he still think of me as his child? what if I-"

Connie shut him up and kissed him. She never kissed anyone other than giving her parents pecks.

She put her mouth on his and kissed. She was hesitant and didn't know what to do but once he kissed her back she knew she did something right.

She pulled back, scared of making him uncomfortable.

She looked into his eyes and he had a blank expression on his face. He was clearly not focused on what was going on. She lightly touched his hand.

He shook his head and looked at her. "You meant it hey?"

"Meant what?", she was also in bliss from the new experience.

"That you loved me. You said it earlier. When I was ya know.."

"Oh! yeah, I did mean it. Are you okay with it? I don't really know wh-"

She was cut off by Steven kissing her. It was almost funny that they keep cutting each other off with a kiss.

He let go faster than she did. Probably for the same reasons. She looked into his eyes. They were older. They were still his. He was hers.

She kissed him again and this time deepened the kiss. She just wanted to keep going. She wanted more. It was hard for her to stop but she didn't want to mess everything up. She pulled back for a breath and whispered to him, "we have to tell your dad about you."

"Yeah in a minute." he grabbed her hand and held it and looked into her eyes. "I loved you since I saw you in that parade. I never had the guts to tell you. I had no idea that you felt the same."

She looked at the sand and blushed, "I wasn't sure if you would feel the same way I felt for you too."

Connie got up from the sand and offered her hand to him. He grabbed it without hesitation.