"What are you doing here?!" He exclaimed as the pair stood outside his little shack.
"Jamie, why are you so surprised? I thought Barbara told you that we were coming. Besides it's a bit rude to act like that when your parents visit. Is there a probably with that?" His mother asked.
"N-no. I mean you came out of nowhere. I would've tidied up if I knew you were coming." Jamie's father glanced inside and notice the huge mess inside. "Geez son. I knew that you were working, but this is ridiculous. But I guess you get this when every day is filled with your type of personality."
Jamie nodded with an embarrassed smile. "By the way, we also came here to meet your assistant. You never sent a picture, but your letter has definitely got our attention. Is she pretty, oh is she nice?"
"Mom! I was going to meet her today after I was done." His mother grabbed his arm and dragged him out. "Then let's go! I want to see the nice lady that has my boy so smitten."
"Same."
Jamie broke free from his mother's grip and stopped them. "A-Actually since you're here, I'd like to spend some time with you guys and here what's been going on back at home. To be honest to hear what've been up to." He pushed them toward the boardwalk and wanted to plan on how they were going to meet Lapis.
Once they reached the boardwalk, Jamie calmed down and started to talk to his parents. "We've wanted to visit you especially after you got rejected at Kansas, but we've been so busy with work that we didn't get the chance."
"It's fine dad. Since the Mayor gave me the position of Beach City's Drama department I've been having a blast, plus I can finally pay you back for the bus and plane tickets to Kansas." His dad smiled at him and patted him on the back.
"No keep your money. We both knew once you started working on the plays here, you didn't have to pay us back. If you didn't do anything with that talent then I would've made you pay personally." Jamie laughed nervously at the serious tone in that last sentence before hearing panic behind them.
A green being went right up to Jamie and smacked his leg. "AH! Jamie I need your help!"
"Peridot? Why do you need my help?" Amethyst's laughter could be heard and Peridot climbed up Jamie's leg and all the way to the top of his head. "Ah! Peridot, why are running from Amethyst? And why are you covered in purple paint?"
Right on cue, Amethyst appeared with paint on her arms and face. "Come on Peri, it's just a painting. Vidalia didn't mean to accidently hit you with her paint."
"I am not coming back with you. That Vidalia carries a dangerous weapon that mutates the very texture it touches. Or painting as you call it." Jamie facepalmed at the smaller gem's complaint as his mother wiped off some purple paint off his neck. "Jamie, who are these people?"
"Oh, these are my friends. The purple one is Amethyst and the green slice of pie is Peridot."
"Yo." Amethyst greeted.
"Has your vision sphere been damaged? I am a physical manifestation of light, not some baked pastry!" Peridot retorted. Jamie pulled Peridot off his back and gave her to Amethyst. "First of all no and second of all, I thought you knew sarcasm. Garnet gives it to you all the time."
"No she doesn't. She only puts a slight change in tone when she gives a serious answers to my questions," She paused and realized what he meant, "That perma-CLOD!" Jamie walked back to his parents who was giggling amusingly at the Peridot's temper tantrum.
"S-so do you deal with this everyday?" His father asked. Jamie laughed nervously as he saw Amethyst holding back Peridot from charging right to the temple. "No...more like I deal with the gems like a few times per week. It became more frequent when I started dating Lapis."
The shine in his mother's eyes caught his attention and soon found his mother holding a notepad. "Speaking of this Lapis girl, what's she like, is she nice, funny, dramatic? Give me something my son!"
"How long has she-"
"Ever since you've sent that letter. She started packing the minute she finished, but I stopped her when I reminded her that you got work. Until Barbara e-mailed us about your more roomy schedule."
Jamie slumped over and looked at is mother who had a raging fire in her eyes. 'Whoa, I forgot where I got that fire from.'
The mailman/actor breathed in and wiped off whatever paint was left on him. "Well I guess I can tell you about Lapis." A sudden boom was heard and a large cloud of sand rose from the beach. The family fell to the floor as the sand covered Jamie and his parents.
Pushing up, the trio put their heads above the sand with Jamie coughing up sand. The actor looked to make sure his parents were alright before something hard hit the top of his head. The object fell to the floor and Jamie saw it was a round gem with a green center.
An orange hand picked it up and bubbled it. "Take that clod, perfect defense my-" She paused to see bodiless head of Jamie. The two stared at each for a minute.
"Your what?" Jasper jumped back and summoned her helmet. "How can this be possible? I know that humans can live after decapitation, but how can you speak? Is this a trick?"
Then Jasper's eyes widened to dinner plates as her mouth was agape with horror. "Oh no, Lapis is going to seal me into the ocean if she finds out what happened to you!"
"Excuse me Miss, but what about this Lapis? I do want to find out."
"Honey!" Her husband responded. Jasper looked at the other bodiless heads and tapped the bubble. "Okay either that gem hit me so hard I'm in a delusional future predicted by that fusion or these particular human beings are immortal."
Jamie decided he saw enough and pushed his way free from his sandy prison. "None. We just got buried." The human realized his mistake as he saw the broken look on Jasper's face before she grabbed the collar of his shirt. "You, pathetic runt! How dare you give a fright like that! What's stopping me from breaking your arm?"
"Well actually Jasper, I rather not have you break my arm. I need that for flare." Jamie explained. Jasper growled at his excuse and dropped him. "I'm going to pretend you gave a viable excuse and go home. I'm too tired for this." She walked off with Jamie pulling his parents out.
"Um, son was that woman going to hurt you."
"No, she wasn't. I wouldn't blame her if she did. She's still growing accustomed to Earth culture." His parents looked at him questionably and Jamie sighed tiredly. 'With all what's going on I wouldn't be surprised if we ran into anymore of the gems.'
"Jamie!" A voice that was the first actual relief he felt today. Steven Universe, Connie Maheswaran, and Lion were walking toward them. "Oh my gosh, Jamie is that a lion?"
He calmed down his parents. "Don't worry he's harmless. To humans at least." The two children and gem beast arrived at the two boys did their signature greeting. "Oh that's sweet, Jamie. It's no surprise you're a friend to all children."
"Oh, Steven, Connie these are my parents. They're visiting today and we've been...busy when we saw Peridot, Amethyst, and Jasper."
Steven looked at Jamie and found the massive amounts of sand falling out of his hair and the purple stained shirt. "I can tell. We saw Jasper walking toward the temple and grumbling about...decapitation."
"Yeah, I caused her dilemma, but I'm glad you're here Steven. You see my parents want to meet Lapis." Connie gasped at the situation as did Steven. "It is a huge deal for their parents to meet the girlfriend/boyfriend. They want to know something about Lapis and I want an outside opinion. Can you-"
He didn't have to finish his sentence as Steven walked past him and began praising Lapis. Jamie and Connie watched him with awe at how he went on about Lapis. Jamie's mother was writing down things excitingly as his faster listened intently.
"Steven does know how to tell people about his fun buddy." Jamie observed.
"He does. Ah, it's good he met my parents otherwise I would be in your situation." Connie answered back. The girl noticed Jamie's grin and realized what she said. "W-wait I didn't mean it like that! Me and S-steven aren't you know...you get what I mean."
The girl covered her face in Lion's pink mane as Jamie patted her on the head. The two just enjoyed the moment of peace before Steven came running back. "I told them everything Jamie! They were a bit surprised to find out you were dating an ancient alien from the distant past, but afterwards they got used to it." Steven explained.
"Jamie, we're ready to continue our day. Your mother's pacified until we meet your love in person." Jamie took a moment to rub off any remaining sand before hugging the two kids bye. "Alright, I'll see you two around."
"Bye Jamie!" The two said as the continued their ride on Lion. Jamie joined his parents and the family didn't encounter any other Beach City Weirdness (except for Ronaldo, but that's normal) and enjoyed their day together.
Finally Jamie was taking a picture for his parents as they sat down eating some food at Fish Stew Pizza. The two both held their pizza far from their face, but stretched the melted cheese as far as they go. Their son laughed at their confused expressions as the camera snapped at the moment.
'This was fun. It's actually nice to spend time with my parents. Imagine if Lapis was with us. I bet those would accept her on the spot!'
He stopped at that moment and saw the happiness in his parent's eyes. They still held the confused expression, but could see the deep love they shared. He put down the camera and clutched the part of his shirt on top of his heart.
Jamie wanted that so badly. To act crazy and young even as his age grew. Part of him wanted that so no matter what he could be as ageless as his lovely gem and be with for an eternity.
"Hey Mom, Dad." He said.
"Yes Jamie?" They asked. Jamie pulled out his wallet and quickly paid for the food. "I want you guys to meet Lapis. Right now actually."
The shine in his mother's eyes returned as his father nodded to apparently to approve the action. The family got up and walked alongside the beach. The sun was now at its highest as Jamie and his family made a turn near the cliffside and found three people there.
Garnet was relaxing on the sandy floor, Pearl was holding a blue bubble with gem fragments, and finally Lapis was moving her hand making the waves lap more gently against the beach.
"Finally, we gathered the rest of the gem shards. I'm going to send it to the temple and go inside my room to rest."
"You do that. I'm going enjoy the sun." Garnet replied before darkening her shades. Lapis didn't say a word until she glanced at the cliffside and found Jamie standing there nervously. The gem quickly got up and flew to Jamie as fast as she could to meet him.
The fusion smiled at her enthusiasm towards their mailman and returned to trying out a nap. The blue gem tackled Jamie and luckily it didn't make them fall to the ground. "Jamie, there you are! I saw Jasper return more annoyed and when I asked, she simply replied with your name. I was worried and wanted to find you, but we had to find the remains of a shattered gem and…"
She stopped to see two people watching them happily. "Um, Jamie who are these lovely people?"
"Oh, we've actually wanted to meet you for a long time. We are Jamie's parents." The gem froze at the news and immediately stepped away from Jamie. She gave a quick yet messy curtsy as she tried to gain her footing.
"I-I'm Lapis Lazuli. It's a pl-pleasure to meet you, I wasn't aware you were coming."
"It's fine Lapis. What you really need to be aware is how you're going to come up and see if you're what my little boy needs in his life."
Jamie looked at his mother in shock, but Lapis shut his mouth. "I'm sure I'll impress you."
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Well that's the chapter today. Requests are always open and as always I'll see you around in the next chapter. Actually next story arc is gonna be kinda dark so be warned for two chapter arc to come by. So leave a review (specifically any future one-shots/story arcs or constructive criticism) and fav/follow if you want to be kept updated.