Amethyst scanned her eyes over Pearl at the question, looking over the loot the pale Gem held. Contemplating this, she nodded and a small smile tugged at her lips. "Sure." She agreed, walking over. "I didn't realize Ruby and Sapphire left… I woulda come out to help if you told me. Need help carrying anything?" She asked, holding a hand out to offer for Pearl to let her carry something.
Pearl smiled slightly as well, shaking her head. "Oh, no, I've got it. And the Gemlings were napping, so I didn't need help, but thank you." She turned to the door, then, casting a glance back at Amethyst. "Would you mind getting the door for me?"
Nodding, Amethyst moved forward push and hold open the door for Pearl, who quickly walked out mustering a thank you to the shorter Gem, who followed her out.
Pearl lead them outside, walking close to the shore. She set the basket of Gemlings down, then laid the blanket out across the hot sand, mainly to prevent any injuries or uncomfortableness from said sand to the Gemlings. She then stuck the umbrella into the sand, making sure it was sturdy before she sat down and took the trio from their carrier. Amethyst approached, sitting beside her on the blanket.
Scarlett squirmed to roll onto her back since she had been laid on her belly originally, blinking as she looked around, up at the bright sky. She squinted a bit, but her eyes soon adjusted. Cherry was heading for the sand, wanting to go explore. She was quite the adventurous little thing. Which, Pearl kept a close eye on her but didn't stop her- yet. Icing was laying on the blanket, content with staying under the umbrella. She was not much a fan of the heat, typical for a Sapphire.
"Hey, want me to take Icing to the water?" Amethyst offered, leaning back as she looked from Pearl to Icing, who was cuddled against the slim Gem's leg.
"Oh… Sure, if you don't mind. Thank you, Amethyst." Pearl smiled, carefully scooping the little Gemling into her hands to hand her over to Amethyst.
The Sapphire looked up at Amethyst as she was passed to her, blinking up at her. Amethyst tickled her belly, making her giggle. The purple Gem smiled and stood, carrying her off to the water. She didn't mind getting wet as she walked in to her waist, lowering Icing so she was partially submerged, careful not to get her face under. It was difficult with how small the Gemlings still were, though they were quickly growing. Icing smiled now at the cool water, more small giggles coming from her as she hit her hands against the water, which was beginning to freeze over around her. In turn, Amethyst moved her to a different spot so she wouldn't be frozen in place, ending up spinning her around which made Icing laugh.
Pearl smiled as she watched the two, watching a bit too long because when she looked back, Cherry was nowhere to be seen. Panic rose in her chest and she got up (careful to not harm Scarlett who was still laying there), eyes darting around as she searched for Cherry.
"Cherry? Cherry!" She called, hoping for the little Gemling to respond, as they knew their names for they'd responded to such before. Hearing a faint squeak, her panic subsided slightly, and she looked around slowly now. "Cherry?" She asked again, and again a little squeak sounded. But… She didn't see anything. Frowning as she looked around, her eye caught sight of the sand moving a bit. Blinking, Pearl walked over and crouched down, moving the sand to see the runt had covered herself in it.
She blinked, then laughed a bit. "I should have guessed YOU would do something like this." Pearl said as she lifted her from the sand, carefully dusting her off, and Cherry sneezed as some sand had tickled her nose.
The grown Gem chuckled and shook her head, walking back to the blanket, setting her by her sister now.
They were out there for quite awhile, playing and having fun, until the sun was going down and the Gemlings were getting tired. Just as they were heading back in, Pearl carrying the umbrella and blanket and Amethyst carrying the Gemlings in their carrier, they heard the warp pad activate. As they walked in, they saw it was Ruby and Sapphire who had just come back home. The two smiling, joyful as they had gotten to go off by themselves after a while of not getting to.
"Did you guys have fun?" Sapphire asked, seeing how sleepy the Gemlings looked.
"Sure looks like it." Ruby said chuckling as she walked over to steal the babies from Amethyst, who didn't mind.
"We were outside most of the day. But don't worry, they're not sunburnt, I remembered to put sunscreen on them." Pearl said with a smile, and Amethyst snickered.
"Because I reminded you to." She said, making Pearl pout a bit now. It was true, though.
"We trust you two wouldn't let them get hurt." Sapphire said truthfully to prevent them arguing, smiling some she added, "Thank you for watching them."
"Oh, it was no problem. I hope you two had a good time?" Pearl asked.
"Of course we did." She smiled, and went with Ruby to lay the Gemlings down, while Pearl went to put away the umbrella and blanket.
Later, Steven got home and the little family spoke of the day they each had after getting Steven dinner, while Scarlett, Cherry, and Icing remained asleep. It was nice to have 'day off' once in awhile.