YOOOOOOO I'M BACK IN BUSINESS!
The door creaked open as Pearl stuck her head inside to check on her sleeping daughter. As she began to close it, a familiar pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind.
"Lapis, I thought you went to bed," Pearl whispered, shutting the door carefully.
"I wanted to talk to you about something first," Lapis replied, her voice muffled by Pearl's shoulder.
"Is something wrong?"
"N-no, but I think we should go to our room first," Lapis told her, taking her hand and leading her down the hall. She shut the door behind them before sitting down on the bed, Pearl joining her.
"What do you want to talk about?" Pearl asked.
"I was just thinking… Maybe we should think about having another baby."
"Lapis, are you sure you'd want to do that again? I know it was so hard on you the first time," Pearl pointed out, squeezing her hand.
"It'll be easier this time, Pearl. We know what we're doing now, and we know we can handle it. And you know Turquoise would be a great big sister."
"She would, and I've been wanting another, too. But… I think we need some time to really think about this. No need to rush into something like this."
"Of course," Lapis agreed, smiling up at Pearl. "I just wanted to bring it up so we could start talking."
Pearl pulled her into a hug. "I'm really glad you did. I've wanted to ask, but I didn't really didn't know how."
"You did?" Lapis asked.
Pearl nodded.
"I was worried that you'd feel pressured into it, and I didn't want that. Not after all that you went through with having Turquoise."
"Pearl, that's so sweet," Lapis told her, reaching up to kiss her on the cheek. "I love you so much."
"I love you too, Lapis."
