Chapter 6

By the end of the chapter, you will see what I have in store for you next time. ;)

After Steven left the Car Wash easier that day, Greg was thinking about how things are going on with Steven and his problem. He hates it when his son has so much stress to carry on his shoulders. He is just a kid for peat sakes. He knows his destiny is to protect the world like his mother when he grows up, but come on. Not to mention he's also thinking that the Gems themselves blame him for his mother not being around. He couldn't believe he could even think such a thing. He always thought that the Gems blame him for Rose not being around, not Steven.

'I wonder Steven sorted things out by now. Maybe I should go check up on him.' he thought . Then he climbed into his van and he set off. As he drove, he couldn't shake off a funny feeling that something is not right. He didn't know why, he just felt like it. He decided shook it off and continued on.

Soon he made it to the house and that feeling was back. It was strange. It was more noticeable then before. By the time he made it to the first step up, he almost didn't want to go up. But he did anyways. The feeling got stronger and stronger at every step. When he made it to the top, he immediately heard -

"What have I done!" It sounded like Pearl.

"What have you done?!" That time it was Amethyst.

"Stop talking you two and let's talk about this!" Now it was Garnet.

That's it, he's going to see what was going on. He barged in, all three of them looked at him surprised. Greg could see the expressions on their faces. Garnet had a rather shocked and confused look. Amethyst had a sad, and also angry look in her eyes. And Pearl, oh man, she was a train wreck. She was tears in her eyes and shown guilt on her face.

"Um... what's going on? Where's Steven?" Greg asked. He was starting to get worried.

"Why don't you tell him PEARL!" Amethyst blurted out. A small tear streamed down her cheek.

"Tell me what? What's going on here?" Greg said. He was beginning to get agitated. Would they please just spit it out? Then Garnet stepped forward and said-

"I think Steven will not be coming back to us."

"What do you mean he's not coming back! What happened!" Greg shouted, he couldn't believe on what he just heard.

"IT"S ALL MY FAULT!" Pearl yelled out, tears we're just gushing from her eyes.

"You got that right!" snapped Amethyst.

"Hey, you felt the same way!" Pearl replied sharply.

"Knock it off you two!" reprimanded Garnet.

"WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON!" It came from Greg. This made the whole house silent. After what seemed to be hours, Garnet told Greg the whole story. By the time they finished, Greg was just stunned by this. Pearl continued to ball her eyes, claiming it was her fault. Amethyst was hiding her face so one would see her cry. Even Garnet was shedding a tear beneath her shades. This left Greg in a state of panic. Where did Steven go? Is he coming back? Did the Gems really felt this way? All these questions we're spiraling in his mind.

Back with Steven

Far away from the house, Steven was still running. He was still crying as well. He never felt this depressed before. His three caretakers, the ones that treated him like a brother, or maybe even a son, had just stabbed him right in the back. He didn't know if it can be healed as well. He just continue to run. He didn't know where to go, as long it was as far from his old home. Eventually he decided to go to the same cliff he and Ronaldo had that talk after Peridot's ship came down.(Full Disclosure) He couldn't explain why he chose that place, but it's where he goes to think to himself.

When he finally reached the top of the hill, he then collapsed on the ground and just cried some more. After a while, the crying stopped but he still lied on the ground, motionless.

'It was me,' he kept thinking to himself. 'It's my fault.' He continued to lie there, not caring anymore. He finally raised his head up to look at the view. The lights in the town shown from down below. He felt nothing. He looked to the left to see the ocean. It was going in and out of the shore. He heard the waves crash on the cliff below him. He still felt nothing. Then he looked to the right; something caught his eye. It was shining a little bit in the moonlight. He then crawl over to see it up close. It wasn't too far from where he was at. When he got to it, he knew what it was.

The object was a sharp, average sized knife. He looked down at it. In that moment, a thought came to his head.

'To be, or not to be, that is the question.' he thought.

That's right. I'm going there. XD

If you don't know what's happening, then look up what "To be, or not to be" actually means.

See you in the next chapter. Bye. :)