Past and Present
Chapter 10 Talks and Decisions
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Steven, Connie, and Peridot watched Greg and Rose set by a campfire and talk. They talked about a very interesting subject.
"So Greg what should we name our son?" Asked Rose.
"I...don't, maybe something with simple like Brad or maybe Tom." Suggested Greg as he strummed his guitar in thought.
"Those are some good names, but let's see what sense we can come up with." Said Rose as she looked up a the night sky for inspiration.
The gem looked at the stars and thought how they were a small part of the universe. Then Rose thought about the word star and the word universe and she took the words apart in her head and mix the letters together. She came up with a few words, until she eventually came up with the name Steven.
"How about Steven?" Asked Rose.
"Steven Quartz Universe. I like it." Said Greg with a smile.
"Why'd you give the middle name Quartz?" Asked Rose.
"Well...his your son to and I think he should get a name from both of use, since your not going...to be around, when his born." Said Greg a little sadly.
"Greg...we talked about this and we both agreed that we wanted to have a child. I know what will happen to me once our child is born, but I'm not scared. You've given me some of the best years of my life and even though I won't be around, I'll live on through a part of Steven and when Steven loves, that'll be me loving you." Said Rose as she leaned forward and kissed Greg on the lips.
Greg returned the kiss and the couple just smiled at one another as Rose put a hand to her stomach. Steven was just awed by this scene, he was both happy and sad at the same time. Connie handed Peridot the Temporal Crystal and she began to study it. Connie looked over at Steven and placed a hand on his shoulder and the two exchanged smiled. Rose and Greg eventually headed to Greg's van Greg's van for the night leaving the three time travels alone on the beach. Steven looked over at Peridot, who was still studying the Temporal Crystal.
"You figured how to get us back to our own time?" Asked Steven.
"No unfortunately, without the assistance of any technology I can't figure out the capabilities of this crystal. Unless, we find a place with the proper facilitates and equipment the crystal and it's power are useless to use." Said Peridot.
"Well there's the Kindergarten, but we can't get there without using a Warp Pad and that's in the Temple. I really don't understand how time travel works, but I think it would mess with the future if we talked to the Crystal Gems in the past." Said Steven.
"Yeah and we still have Hematite and whatever plan she had for the Temporal Crystal to worry about." Said Connie.
Peridot then told the two children what she learned from Hematite's ship computer. Connie and Steven gasped at this. They now knew they had to keep the Temporal Crystal away from Hematite, but they couldn't just simply go back to their own time without the use of her technology and they couldn't just leave Hematite in the past. Things just seemed to get more complicated by the minute. The group then decided to look for a place to rest and hide for the night. The trio made their way to the pier and hunkered down under it as they pondered their predicament. Steven's thoughts kept going back to his mom and about finally getting to meet and speak with her. Maybe Rose could help them. It was a crazy thought, but Steven decided to sleep on it and talk to it with his two friends in the morning. There was just no telling how things were going to turn out.
To be continued.