Love, Baseball and Ballet

Chapter 7: Morning After

"I'll take you home," Ruby whispered; her forehead resting against Sapphire's. "You're going to have a killer headache and we have school tomorrow,"

"My parents can't see me like this…" Sapphire wrapped her arms around broad shoulders lazily. "Can you carry me? I'm about to pass out,"

Ruby picked her up effortlessly, bridal style. "Then text your parents and say you're staying at Pearl's or something and you can stay with me. My mother is at work and won't be back until Thursday."

"Mhm," Sapphire trailed off; drifting off into a deep sleep as she leaned her head against Ruby's chest.

The red girl sighed softly as she walked out of the room; being careful not to hit the blue girl's head. Ruby cringed when she passed by the room Amethyst was in; they were still at it, their voices being muffled by loud music as she reached the steps. She quickly noticed that Greg and Rose were finished with their song and walked over to the stage.

"Rose," Ruby shouted over the music.

Her friend's eyes widened. "Is Sapphire okay?" The junior ran to the edge of the stage and rested on her knees in concern.

"Yeah; she got drunk an-"

Rose gasped. "Sapphire doesn't drink!"

"I've noticed," Ruby chuckled softly. "But uhm; she said her parents can't see her like this so can you call her parents and just say that she's at your place. I'm taking her to my house because my mother is out of town,"

Rose looked her up and down as she decided. Ruby itched in her spot as the pink woman continued to observe her; she couldn't blame Rose. She had just recently met Ruby a few days ago; for all she knew Ruby could be a rapist or something.

After a few more seconds Rose hummed. "…I trust you not to do anything," Rose approved. "Make sure she gets some sleep; we have a Physics test tomorrow and she's already studied but she needs a good rest," She grinned when Ruby nodded. "Alright I'll see you at school."

Ruby waved goodbye before she shoved passed the crowd and made her way outside. She took in the fresh air; glad to be away from the stuffy dance floor. Ruby walked to the curb where she parked her car and unlocked the door; placing Sapphire in the back softly so that the girl was spread out on her back.

"Ruby," The red girl jumped; quickly closing the door and turning around to face Jasper. "Are you leaving already?" Her larger friend frowned.

The short girl nodded nervously. "Y-yeah I'm pretty tired and we have a game tomorrow, so…" She trailed off awkwardly.

"I guess but don't you want to take Amethyst with you?"

Ruby swallowed; not wanting to be the one to say this. "I heard Amethyst and Pearl…Together," She sighed when Jasper shrugged. "In your room Jasper, they are having sex in your bed right now-"

"What!" Jasper shouted. "First Peridot and now this? Aw man I got to go," She turned around and ran back inside.

Ruby sighed; looking in the back to make sure Sapphire was safe before getting in the driver's seat.


Sapphire's light blue eyes opened slowly; looking around the unfamiliar room. There was a small open window to her left hanging over a long mahogany dresser cluttered with perfume bottles and baseball trophies. To her right was the door leading out of the room and what appeared to be a walk in closet in front of her on the other side of the room.

The bright skies outside the window let her know that it was morning. Sapphire sat up, wincing, when her head started pounding.

She looked down at the white bed sheets that weren't hers and frowned. "Wh-where am I?"

Memories of the party flashed through her head in broken pieces. Loud music from Rose and Greg, Lapis getting on her nerves and a beer bottle in her hand. She shoved the sheets away in disgust when she remembered getting roaring drunk; having a horny Sour Cream lead her up the stairs in Jasper's house.

She looked down at her cloths from last night, relaxing but still feeling jittery. She had no idea whose house she was in.

A clacking sound was heard down stairs in the mysterious house. She could faintly smell eggs and bacon; she kicked her legs over the edge of the bed and walked out of the room barefoot on the soft carpet. Her hands gripped the side of the wall trying to keep her balance.

She continued down the hallway until she reached the stairs, descending slowly. On her way down her gaze was captured suddenly on a picture in a golden frame. A child, around the age of six, stood with who appeared to be her father on a baseball field. The girl was grinning brightly; she and her father wore the same genetic facial expression.

The girl and her father were both in matching white uniforms. His arm was around her neck and the child's was around his waist.

"That's my dad," Sapphire jumped; looking down the stairs to see Ruby smiling softly below.

Sapphire couldn't hold in her sigh of relief when Sour Cream was not the owner of the house, no. Just the girl she was crushing on who she wasn't supposed to have feelings for; the same girl who probably carried her home drunk.

The ballerina started shaking; who knew what she said or did.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you; come on," The red girl grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the picture.

Sapphire let Ruby lead her to the stool at her kitchen island table. She looked at the dirty cooking tools in the sink and a bowl filled with batter remains. A glass, filled with apple juice, was placed in front of her; but not without a coaster.

"Rose told me that you had to test today so I wanted to cook for you," Sapphire's heart melted when a plate of pancakes, eggs and bacon was placed in front of her. "Plus breakfast food helps with hangovers." Ruby grinned; sitting across from her at the granite table.

Sapphire sighed; not having the courage to look at the girl. "Look, Ruby, I'm so sorry about last night…I swear I never drink and I was just angry a-"

"Hey," Ruby grabbed her hand across the table. "Don't worry about it; before anything else you and I are friends and I've got your back," She rolled her eyes. "And I had to stop Sour Cream from bringing you to an empty room and…" She waved her hand lazily.

The blue girl shuddered. "Thanks for stopping that," She picked up her glass with her free hand.

Ruby just smiled and went to eat her food. Sapphire was about to follow when a memory from last night came to her. A deep blush rose to her face.

'I kissed her,' Sapphire gasped; she shakily placed her full glass back onto its' coaster.

Ruby raised an eyebrow; watching juice spill out from the sudden movements. "You okay?" She quickly used a napkin to clean the spill.

"Y-yeah…No no, not really," Sapphire shook her head. "I just thought about last night and how you carried me upstairs and then I tried kissing you but you pulled away but then I pulled you back and then we…"

"Kissed?" Ruby finished; looking amused at the girl's rambling. "Yeah we did…"

Sapphire groaned; tugging her hair in annoyance. "I'm sorry; I shouldn't have done that,"

"Oh," Ruby pulled her hand away.

The blue girl grabbed it quickly. "N-no that's not what I mean," She tried to rephrase it. "I wanted to, I really did, but Lapis likes you a-"

Ruby scoffed. "I told you I don't care about her," Ruby leaned over her food so that they were inches apart. "I like you," She closed the gap, proving her point, and pressed their lips together.

Sapphire closed her eyes automatically and leaned in. Brushing her lips against baseball player's slowly; savoring the kiss while it lasted. A soft giggle passed through her when a wet tongue ran over her bottom lip.

She pushed Ruby away lightly by her shoulder. "No tongue; I didn't brush my teeth yet,"

"So," Ruby grinned; placing a chaste kiss on her lips. "But I guess you're right, so eat your food and then brush your teeth so we can finish." She winked playfully.

Sapphire blushed; picking up her fork and knife to cut her pancakes. "I didn't know you could cook," She ate one of the sliced pancakes and moaned. "Ruby, these are so good!"

"I make the best pancakes in town," The red girl smiled; picking at her eggs. "But seriously I have to know how to cook; whenever Jasper and Amethyst are over they eat everything in my house. So therefore I had to learn to make things from scratch," Her eyes softened. "And my father taught me a thing or two,"

Sapphire finished swallowing before speaking. "Was that you and your father? In the photo,"

"…Yeah." Ruby mumbled. "He uh, taught me and my friends how to play when we were younger. Before then this town didn't have a baseball field so he kind of built one; that's why it's called the hop." A soft smile formed on her face. "When my dad was younger people used to call him rabbit because of his big ears and teeth; so the hop seemed necessary,"

Sapphire smiled. "That's so nice; you two must be really close."

"We were; he uh died a few years ago when he was in the army," Ruby stood up with her plate that was still covered with food. "Now it's just my mother and I." She turned around and started washing her dish; dumping her leftovers in the garbage disposal.

Sapphire, not very hungry any more, stood up. "I'm sorry to hear that,"

"It's fine, Sapph, he died serving his country." Ruby felt arms wrap around her waist; Sapphire was leaning her head on her shoulder. "It's fine really," Her face flushed at the feeling of her breasts against her back; knowing that it wasn't intentional.

"I still feel bad," Sapphire sighed; her breath tickling Ruby's ear.

Ruby giggled, turning around to face her. "Don't feel bad, it's fine…Now," Her gaze fell to the girls lips. "Go shower before we're late," She flicked water at the long haired girl.

Sapphire flinched, making the red girl snicker, before she wiped the water off her face.

"Fine," Sapphire gave her one more kiss before backing away; she pointed to her unfinished food. "Wrap that up for me so I can eat it later."

Ruby nodded. "Yes m'am,"

Sapphire grinned and walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Her instincts led her to the bathroom at the end of the hall. She leaned her back against the door and looked around; admiring the salmon colored walls and the soft white carpet beneath her toes. Her hands blindly locked the door before she grabbed a random towel from the rack and undressed.

The towel was thrown over the shower door as she got inside and turned the water on; making sure it was warm enough before she let the faucet loose. A sigh escaped her when it collided with her tight muscles; this was just what she needed.

Her blue eyes, now visible under wet parted bangs, shifted their gaze on the shampoos and conditioners on the shower shelf. She decided to use a lovely strawberry scented one that smelt just like Ruby.


Ruby looked at herself in her full length mirror on the wall in her room. It was a tradition for the baseball team to wear their jersey whenever they had a home game and she was sticking to it. A long white jersey, falling past her waist, greeted her. Along with black shorts and nike flip flops; white socks covering her feet.

"I said I'll help you clean up after the game, Jasper," Ruby mumbled loud enough for her friend on speaker phone.

When she was satisfied with her clothing she walked away to her dresser and grabbed a black hair tie. She lazily pulled her curly locks into a high ponytail; looking around the room for her duffle bag.

Jasper grunted, the sound of shuffling was heard on the other line. "I know; it's just that Amethyst totally dipped when I confronted her about cleaning with me, asshole,"

"Oh yeah," Ruby spoke eagerly. "What did they do when you caught them in bed together?" She couldn't lie; she was dying to know what kind of excuse her purple friend had made up.

Jasper scoffed. "When I barged in Pearl totally freaked out and ran past me; she took my blankets with her might I add,"

"Wow," Ruby chuckled; not noticing her bedroom door open.

The orange girl growled over the line. "Not funny Rub's…Amethyst didn't even care, honestly, she just got dressed like she wasn't just fucking Pearl in my bed, my bed!" She was getting worked up far too early, Ruby noted. "I looked at her for an explanation and she said; what? I told you we'd find somewhere else,"

Ruby broke into a fit of laughter; holding the side of her stomach to ease the pain. "Oh w-" She looked up to see Sapphire standing in her door; nervous.

She had somehow found a pink cotton robe to wear from her bathroom closet it seemed. Her old cloths were folded nicely under her left arm; the sweet scent of her strawberry shampoo drifted to her nose. Long blue hair was visibly wet, falling down Sapphire's shoulders in the most perfect way. Bright blue eyes were no longer hidden from concealing bangs as those were tucked behind small ears.

"…Wow," Ruby stuttered; taking in the natural beauty.

Jasper replied. "I know; she's unbelievable I swear I'm going to get her back,"

Ruby nodded, forgetting that her friend couldn't see her. Sapphire, blushing softly, smiled at the welcome reaction. She pointed to her cloths silently; not wanting Jasper to hear her.

"Cloths, right," Ruby snapped out of it and opened her drawer.

"You're still not dressed?" Jasper spoke. "You should be fully rested; didn't you leave the party early,"

Ruby selected a pair a denim skinny jeans and a short white sleeved shirt. "I did," She said quickly; handing the cloths to Sapphire carefully. "Do you uhm…Have any underwear to put on?" Her voice carried out to the ballerina in a whisper.

"Y-yeah," Sapphire blushed.

Just as the older girl was about to walk out Jasper spoke again.

"I'm surprised you didn't hook up with Sapphire last night,"

Ruby cursed under her breath when Sapphire froze halfway in the doorway. The older girl turned around with an eyebrow raised; expecting an explanation.

Ruby shook her head to deny it all. "I-I don't know what you mean," She coughed; wishing her friend would just drop it.

"Dude, stop being modest," Jasper chuckled. "You need to step up your game and just do it already. She obviously likes you; I bet she could bend in all the right places if you two e-"

The red girl grabbed her phone; face set aflame. "I have to go, Jasper, I'm going to be late," She said furiously. "I'll see you at school; bye!" Her thumb pressed the end button.

She tossed her phone on the bed angrily as she slowly faced the older girl. Ruby took in her usual stoic face, nervously.

"Th-that…I wasn't," She huffed. "Jasper and Amethyst just really want us to get together…I-I've never told them about anything between us so they've been trying to get involved; I'm sorry,"

Sapphire nodded slowly. "It's fine; I know you're not like that, but Jasper's not wrong,"

"Wha-" The red girl frowned.

"I'm, very, flexible," Sapphire winked; turning around on her heal as she walked out of the room with a new sway in her hips.

Ruby gulped.


Slow chapter but I just really wanted to post something and I'm working on Crystal Gems Online so that should be updated later in the week. Please tell me what you think and I'll see you guys later.