Working for Real (Part 2)
Hello again peeps! Welcome to another exciting chapter of 22k! Plus we'll be breaking the 10k word marker soon!
Rose glances down at him and asks softly "Are you alright?" She kneels down and pokes his shoulder and smiles as he rolls over and chuckles back at her. He winces as he forces himself up "Yeah I'll be fine. I suppose I should have known by now that it's not the best idea to try and get the jump on you guys." Amethyst glares at him and exclaims "Yeah dude, that wasn't cool. I could have really hurt ya!" Rose glances back at her and then back to Greg before she nods in agreement. "It was sweet of you, but let's not do something like that again alright." Greg blushes and runs his hands through his hair before he states "Anyway how have you guys been? That last mission must have really been a doozy for it to have taken you so long." Rose smiles softly at him and shrugs before she states "It was just..." She was interrupted by Amethyst who seemed to be excited to tell this story "Well ya see Greg we went into this cave system. And there was this gem monster right! And it looked like a mole, it was really fast so whenever we'd get close to it it would dig another hole!" She made several random hand motions as she tried to explain the story. "We'd lose track of it since it'd just connect to another tunnel! It only took us a few hours to actually poof the thing, cause we're just awesome like that! But then we had to find our way out. Which was hard because of cave ins and stuff like that. But we got out eventually!" Rose glances down at Amethyst and laughs before she nods and adds "Yes...That's pretty much how it went." She then shrugs and rolls her eyes apologetically at Greg for the gem's confusing retelling of their adventure.
Greg raises a brow at this and just shrugs before he smiles at Amethyst and lets out a loud whistle "That's quite the story. It's more exciting than anything I've been up to for sure." Amethyst grins at him and cackles before she exclaims "Darn tootin!" Rose glances down at her and states "You know Amethyst I think that Pearl could use a hand with organizing the bubbles down in the temple. Why don't you give her a hand with that?" Amethyst glances up at Rose before the large woman winks at her and states "I know you have your system with your room. I'd imagine that expertise would be very useful to Pearl." Amethyst grins and salutes before she transforms into an owl and flies off. Rose lets a sigh of relief and turns her attention to Greg before she smiles at him and states with a calm yet embarrassed tone "Sorry about that. Amethyst can get a bit...Energetic at times." Greg winks at her and states "Hey I get it. No need to apologize." She winks back and states "And I did enjoy your surprise."
Rose nods and looks down at him before she states affectionately "So how was your day?" Greg simply shrugs and states "Eh... It was fine, kinda slow without you here but you know how it goes." He rolls his shoulder again and cracks his neck. Rose nods slowly and places a hand on his cheek she then pulls him into a hug. Greg yelps and exclaims "Whoa there! What's the trouble?" Rose blinks and blushes before she states "Nothing! I just am glad to be back, that was a long... Long mission." Greg smiles and wraps his arms around her neck "Well we have a bit of time to talk about it if you want to Rose." She holds him tighter for a moment before she hears him wheezing, and lets him out of her stranglehold of a hug. Greg coughs as he falls to the ground and gives her a thumbs up before he opens the back of his van and motions for her to sit with him.
Rose goes into the details of the mission which by the sounds of it had been a fiasco. Pearl had made herself a nuisance during the entire ordeal, commenting on everything which went wrong, Amethyst had spent her time getting into every dangerous situation that she possibly could have gotten herself into and had destroyed her physical form three times, even with Garnet's abilities they had just barely been able to hold their own against the monster that had created the labyrinth. By the time she had finished the story the sun had crept over the horizon and was slowly starting to descend into a glorious sunset. With her tale done Rose falls back against the floor of the van and covers her face with her hands. "It was supposed to be a simple mission, but it took us five days." Greg glances at her and wasn't quite sure what he could add so he simply takes her hand. "Hey ya know it could have been worse! You guys might not have been able to come back at all. I mean honestly someone could have been seriously hurt!" She glances at him and takes a deep breath before she nods and returns to her usual cheerful demeanor. "That is true I suppose. Who knows what might have happened had we not managed to capture it, the tunnels could have collapsed, and with how you humans like to build your cities on every piece of land in sight, someone might have been hurt." Greg snickers and yells "Darn us humans and our odd tendencies of expanding out into where it would cause an issue for you gems!" Rose nods "Yes your people do tend to cause a great deal of problems for us in our work..." Greg blinks as he notices the seriousness in her tone only for her to give him a kiss on the cheek "But at the same time it is your people's planet." He blushes and smirks at her.
The couple sits there in the back of the van watching the sun set before Greg rubs his neck. He then glances at Rose and states "Hey Rose I have a question for ya. How often do you guys go on these missions?" Rose blinks and glances down at Greg before she shrugs and states "We leave when they come up...Why do you ask?" Greg shrugs and states "Well I was thinking that since you're away so often it would probably be a good idea for me to go get a job down in town. Of course it will cut into our us time...But I have to eat." Rose blinks and states "Well...How often would you be away?" Greg shrugs and states "Probably most of the day for most of week, our jobs generally have specified hours, and they don't just pop up when they pop up." Rose sighs and states dejectedly "Oh." It tore Greg up to see her like this, but he didn't really have much of a choice on this one, "I mean! It's not like town is that far away, so I can come by during lunch. Besides the night is where it's at! What do we need daylight for am I right?" Rose snickers at him and nods slowly. The two of them stare into each others eyes for a long moment before they return their attention to the stars.