Co-written by Yugiohfan163

And just to let you know today is my birthday, but this is my gift to all of you.

Peridot was sitting at the kitchen table completely engrossed in her work. If she was going to get home there were many variables to take into account. "Wind resistance, turbo velocity, material gathered, trajectory course." she muttered to herself adding the variables together. "I'll also have to calculate the coordinate to the nearest Gem controlled planet.

"You still on that stuff?" asked Jerry walking in.

"I need to get home, I have many responsibilities and I need to report the others that the others have gone missing in action."

"Others?" Jerry questioned.

"The other two Gems I was with." she replied.

"Are they anything like you?"

"In a word, no." she replied.

"Okay what can you tell me about them?"

"Jasper uses brawn instead of brains." spoke Peridot.

"Jasper, you and him didn't get along very well did you."

"Jasper is a she." pointed out Peridot.

"Oh."

"Although technically Gem's are truly genderless we all bare feminine figures.

"I see." Jerry then thought about every man's dream, a planet full of women.

"Then of course there's, Lapis Lazuli." Peridot spoke with mild distain

"Who was she?"

"An old Gem that made a miraculous return to Homeworld after she was presumed deceased five thousand years ago."

"Woah." Jerry was honestly surprised by the length of time. "Exactly how old do your people get?"

"Very old." Peridot answered as if it were no big deal.

The phone then started ringing. Jerry walked into the living room to answer it. "This is the Scrap Trap how may we be of service?"

"Hey little bro."

"Oh hey, Molly. What's up?"

"Well business is slow here at the Motel and it's crazy boring. So I thought I'd give you a call."

"Who is that?" whispered Peridot.

"It's my sister." Jerry answered.

"Jerry, is someone there with you?"

"No, no. What makes you say that?"

"Ah ha! your voice cracked, that proves your lying to me."

'Darn it I thought that under control'.

"Jerry you better tell me the truth now!"

"Alright I'll come clean." Jerry sigh. "Her name is Peri Dot."

Molly made no reply which made a shiver go up Jerry's spine When Molly was quite it meant she was shocked and what she would next was a total mystery. "Her?" came her reply.

"...Yes."

"Oh Jerry I can't believe it! you finally found a girl, I'm so proud of you! When is the wedding? Wait, have you been sleeping with her? If you knocked her up so help me-"

Jerry held the phone away from his ear as Molly went on a rant. "Woah Molly it's not like that at all." Jerry defended.

"Ooh, I need to come over right away and meet her!" gushed Molly.

"Molly that's not-" Jerry didn't even get a chance to finish before he heard the dial tone. "Well looks like were going to have compa-"

The look on Peridot's face was one of pure anger.

"...what?" asked Jerry who had no clue to the gem's anger.

She grabbed him by the shirt and lifted her off the ground. "You told her about me! What's worse you gave me that degrading alias."

"I panicked okay, my sister is not someone you want to make angry."

"Because of that, I will be discovered and taken away to be dissected!" she growled out.

"All you have to do is put on an act for her, like what we did with that cop, only more elaborate. We'll come up with some phony story to make Molly happy and when the rocket is done l'll tell her you had to leave."

That seemed to help calm her down as she put the man down. "Are you sure it will work?"

"Trust me, when Molly's happy she'll believe anything and thinking I have a girlfriend will make her as happy as a kid at Christmas."

"Alright than."

"We better come up with a story of how we met, and an excuse as to why your skin is green. If I know Molly we better do it fast."

"Well, you could tell her we met up near a corn field as that is technically true." she suggested.

"Alright that's a good start now for the rest."

Later Molly came driving Into the Scrap Trap in her red Sedan when she saw her younger twin in front of the house she parked her car and bolted out.

"Alright Jerry, where is she? Where's the woman who I hope to call my sister-in-law?" asked Molly.

"Peri!" Jerry called towards the house. "Molly's here, come on out."

Molly looked at the house as Peridot made her way outside in her human disguise. "That's peri?"

"Salutations. You must be Jerry's older sibling." spoke the Gem.

"Uh, yeah." Molly replied with an awkward smile. "I have to admit your not what I was expecting when my brother told me about you. Although he didn't really tell me anything about you other than your name."

"Yes, Jerry can be a little...blunt." spoke Peridot, trying to keep the conversation casual.

"Uh, hey how about we all go inside and talk?" Molly suggested.

"Very well." Replied the disguised Gem walking back to the the house

"You sure know how to pick'em Jer." Molly spoke sarcastically.

"You don't like her?" Jerry questioned

"She's green, talks like a robot, and has a weird taste in fashion. Although I guess I just need to get to know her a little better."

"Ya think?" came Jerry's sarcastic remark.

Once inside they were inside the sat down in the living room.

"So how exactly did you two meet."

"My car broke down around the area of the corn field. Jerry was driving by and gave me a lift. Jerry was already towing something here so we had to go back for it, but once we got back it had been taken." Jerry and Peridot hoped Molly would buy their lie.

"Wait, someone just took our car?" Molly questioned in disbelief. "Doesn't anyone in the world have a single shred of dignity left?"

"Apparently not," Peridot replied. "and with out my 'vehicle' I'm stranded here, with no way back home."

"Well, where are you from?" asked Molly.

"You could say I'm from... up north."

"So your like what Canadian?" Asked Molly.

"Yes I'm Canadian." Peridot lied

"Well, I can see you two need some drinks. I'll go get them." spoke Jerry using an excuse to get out of the awkward zone.

"I don't mean to sound offensive, but what up with your skin."

"No offense taken, you see when I was born the doctors found that there was a defect in my liver." If Molly fell for the first part of their lie she would believe the rest for sure.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." apologized Molly, feeling like a fool for bringing it up.

"It's quite alright. I've been stuck with it throughout the entirety of my life. After a few years you get use to explaining it."

"So are you and my brother planning a long relationship?"

"Since my vehicle was stolen I'm stuck here, but hopefully if all goes accordingly I should be on my way soon.

"That's too bad. I was hoping my brother might have found that special someone."

"Special someone?"

"Someone he can spend the rest of his life with." she replied. "Through the best of times and the worst."

Molly then chuckled before looking at the ground. "Dad always told us about how it was the one thing worth living for." Her smile faltered as she looked to Peridot. "Did Jerry ever tell you what happen to him?" Molly was unaware the person in question was about to walk in but stopped at hearing her words.

"No, he never brought it up." admitted Peridot.

"Seven years ago our dad worked in this very scrap yard. One of the bigger scrap piles fell and he wasn't able to get away. He just barely survived, but he got multiple metal poisonings and bits of shrapnel stuck in his body. The doctors said that he only had a short time left to live. No one took that harder then Jerry since he and dad were always so close.

Peridot looked down at that as she knew this was very sad for the girl. She herself was never really the emotional type, and not many Homeworld Gems were either.

"Jerry took ownership of the Scrap Trap a few days after dad past away. Everyday I watched Jerry work out in the yard I couldn't help but feel terrified. I became so afraid that I couldn't watch him without thinking of him getting killed, so I moved out."

Peridot nodded to show she could continue.

"Our mom moved out to California after dad died and used the insurance money plus her life savings to retire with our aunt. With no one to watch him I came by every afternoon to see if he was okay. But as time went on I guess I started to mellow out and visited less, but I still can't help but worry about what might happen to him if he keeps living here on his own."

"Hey." Jerry came in after deciding he had enough. "I got the drinks."

"Thanks." nodded Molly accepting her drink with Peridot doing the same.

Peridot eyed the drink but took a sip of it to keep up appearances. It wasn't as bad as she thought in fact it was actually quite pleasant.

"So, I miss anything?" asked Jerry.

"Not really." Molly replied. Hey how about we hookup that new game system of yours so I can kick your butt like I did when we were kids.

"Uh, I actually got rid of it. Turns out it wasn't in english."

"Oh well do you at least have your old one because I wanna show Peri whose the better twin."

"Yeah, me." grinned Jerry as he went to go get it.

Peridot looked at the device and noticed the similarities between it and the outdated computer she turned into.

"Ready to lose sis?"

"I was just about to ask you the same thing little brother?" grinned Molly as the game started.

The game started with the title 'Mega Metallic Mayhem' each player chose one of twenty robotic characters to fight with.

Molly chose a harlequin themed bot that had a feminine build with red lipstick on, and armed with a rapier.

While Jerry went with one that had muscular army trooper design with a knife.

Peridot watched as the two fought. Molly's was faster but Jerry had power. The battle ended with Jerry's robot picking up Molly's battered and dented bot by the arm and ripped it in half.

"Hah! I am the king!" boasted Jerry.

"You just got lucky." Molly muttered.

"Yeah right" grinned Jerry.

"May I try?" Peridot asked.

"Go ahead." Molly said still upset about her loss.

Peridot took the controller and selected another female with a reptilian theme.

"Ready?" asked Jerry.

"Yes."

Jerry took it easy on her until she had fully mastered the controls, which didn't take long, and soon enough she was kicking his butt.

"Woaho go girl!" Molly cheered

She drove him to the edge were his bot fell off and into the grinders below.

"I believe I have won." Peridot smirked smugly.

"Dang you're a dynamo." Molly gave her a playful punch. "Have you ever played this game before?"

"No, as a matter of fact this was the first time I have ever played a video game."

"Really? But you're playing like a pro I've never seen anyone other than me beat my brother at this game."

"I'm a quick study."

"Woah, it's getting late." Molly said after looking at the clock. "I should get home."

"Alright. Great to have ya come by."

"Hey how about you and Peri come by my place this Saturday?"

"Uh, sure."

"Great bye Jer."

Jerry waited til she was out the door before sighing in relief.

"Well looks like we're going to my sister's Saturday."

"We need to focus on building my rocket." frowned Peridot.

"Look if we don't go Molly will get suspicious."

"At this rate I never get home."

"So when do we start building?"

"I still need to work on a proper design. However that will be simple enough."

"And we already have the materials."

"I'm going outside to map out the stars and better indicate my location."

"OK." nodded Jerry.

Peridot turn back to her original form and looked to the stars above. "Many of these look familiar, and if I cross reference my current data with maps from five thousand years prior-"

*Bang*

Peridot jumped at the noise. Someone else was in the Scrap Trap.