Lapis was outside playing with the small child of Sapphire and Jaime. Amanda was an adorable little child and Lapis just wanted to eat up the little half-gem. She was cute cute and soft and bubbly in her nature. She had begged the blue gem to allow her to care for the baby for the day. Sapphire was a bit hesitant about giving Lapis her baby. Although she trusted the taller gem, her maternal instincts made her question just about everyone who was near her baby. After a bit of prodding from Jamie, she handed over the baby to Lapis as well as a list of instructions to care for the baby before fusing with Ruby and heading off with Jamie for some private time.

Lapis had taken the small child to the beach where the two of them made sand castles in the sand. Amanda was wearing a pink frilly sun dress with a smiling sun that was wearing a pair of sun glasses as well as a white sun hat while Lapis was wearing a dark blue bikini top with a pair of shorts. Steven had gone off to spend some time with his father for the day while Pearl was on a date with John. Lapis smiled as the small child patted the hill of sand they had piled up.

"It sort of looks like a castle...maybe...well it's close enough." said Lapis as she placed a small flag on top of it. Amanda only cooed in response as she waved around her yellow pail. "I wish I could have a little girl or boy like you. I wonder if Steven wants children."

Amanda just picked up the sand, letting it fall through her fingers. Lapis just smiled as she started making a trench around the "castle" while Amanda beat on her red bucket with her pail. The older gem gathered up some sea weed and sea shells and decorated the castle with them. Using her powers, she made the water flow into the trench she dug up.

"There all done!" she smiled. "What do you think, Amanda?"

"Gah!" she cooed.

"Come on, Amanda." she picked up the small child in her arms. "Let's go play inside sweety."

As she watched the little girl play on the floor with her toys, she couldn't help but to pretend to be mother to the half gem. She fed her, burped her, played with her, rocked her, and put her into bed. Lapis liked playing pretend with the small child, although deep inside she longed for one of her own. Maybe a child with Steven's eyes, facial features, and especially his personality. Sapphire was so lucky to have such a beautiful baby. Suddenly the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Lapis. It's me Steven!"

"Oh hey, Steven. You still with your dad?"

"Yeah. I just wanted to call in and check in on you while he's in the bathroom."

"I'm fine. I'm babysitting Amanda." said the blue gem as she pushed the hair out of the same child's eyes as she napped on Lapis and Steven's bed.

"I'm surprised she let you babysit. She's always so protective of her especially since she's started crawling.. Then again she is a baby."

"Is that how Pearl does with you sometimes?" asked Lapis.

"Not as often as before." said Steven.

"I see." Lapis was about to speak to her husband when she heard the small child crying. "I've gotta go. Amanda's crying."

She picked up the small child and patted her back. "There, there, puddin'. Auntie Lapis is here. I'm right here."

Amanda whimpered as she pressed her face into the gem's shoulder. She rocked her and sang her a little song until she fell asleep. Pearl came into the room. "You're really good with her, you know."

"I guess I am." she smiled down at the sleeping infant. "How was your date?"

"Amazing as usual." said Pearl smiling with a dreamy expression on her face. "We went to the movies to see that new movie John wanted to see. Personally I don't really see the appeal of those kinds of movies, but I did find something to keep me occupied the whole time."

"If your hair says anything about you, then I can figure what it was." said Lapis teasingly.

"My what?" Pearl felt her hair. "I suppose it is a little wild from...you know."

"In the theater?"

"Of course not! I'm not some animal and there were too man people there anyways. Besides do you not know how filthy those theater seats are?" Pearl shook her head.

"Pearl, do you think Steven wants kids?"

"I don't know. I know John does though. They'll come later though for us once we have the time for them."

"Hm...how did you feel when Steven was born?"

"Kind of nervous to be honest." said Pearl. "Rose was our leader and I was so scared of messing up so I mainly left majority of everything to Greg because I was afraid that I'd do something wrong or accidentally harm him."

"How'd you get over it?"

"Well I used both my experiences with my own daughter and Greg's help to care for him too." admitted Pearl. "Even if Steven's not mine by blood and he's 18, he's still my baby and always will be."

"I hope when we have kids it'll be like Steven." said Lapis as she covered up the small child.

"I'm sure they'll be lovely little things. I'll see you later, Lapis." With that Pearl left out of the bedroom, leaving Lapis to read a book on earth fish that Steven had given her.