An: I'm sorry if this story seems all over the place, but I have my ideas. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I haven't forgot about Connie. Please leave reviews, they give me more motivation to write and I love to hear from you.
Everything was a mess. Rose started doubting her choice of Steven being there. Garnet was unstable, Amethyst was still poofed, Greg was no where to be found and Pearl was in her room.
"They're falling apart without me." Rose sat on the couch and stared endlessly at the floor.
Suddenly the warp pad glowed and two gems showed up.
"I'm sure Steven will love it." Lapis talked to Peridot.
"I hope so. I spent a lot of time on it." Peridot said stepping off the warp pad with Lapis.
"Hello?" Rose stood up confused.
"You." Lapis clenched her teeth.
"Is that Rose Quartz?" Peridot yelled pointing at Rose
"Yes it is me, Rose Quartz." Rose responded.
"Oh my stars!" Peridot gasped.
"Why are you here?" Lapis formed fists.
"I'm just here instead of Steven while he heals." Rose explained.
"Until he heals?" Peridot questioned.
"Yes." Rose frowned while looking down. "Are you Crystal Gems too?" Rose questioned not clueing in this was the Lapis and Peridot Garnet was talking about earlier.
"No." Lapis dramatically stated.
"Hey! I am a Crystal Gem!" Peridot yelled at Lapis.
"It's nice to meet you." Rose smiled with stars in her eyes.
"Peridot, let's go." Lapis grabbed Peridot's hand.
"Wait!" Peridot snatched her hand away. "When is Steven coming back?" Peridot walked closer to Rose Quartz.
"I-I don't know." Rose answered.
"Peridot, I'm going to leave without you!" Lapis yelled standing on the warp pad.
"Wait." Rose walked over to Lapis. "Did I do something wrong?" Rose questioned seeing the anger on her face.
"Did you do something wrong?!" Lapis yelled while laughing.
"She just asked that Lapis!" Peridot said not getting the point.
"It's not like she shattered a Diamond or started a war." Lapis held her hand to her face laughing angrily. "Or you know, got me trapped in a mirror for thousands of years!" Lapis screamed and spawned her water wings.
"I-I." Rose was speechless.
"Lapis don't go! We can talk about it." Peridot begged as Lapis walked out onto the deck.
"Peridot, I don't want to be around her." Lapis tried to be nice to Peridot, but she flew away.
"Lapis!" Peridot yelled looking up to Lapis who was now a little speck in the sky.
"I'm sorry about your friend." Rose softly spoke standing behind Peridot on the deck.
"She'll get over it." Peridot hoped.
"I don't understand what she is talking about." Rose was confused. "Could you explain it to me?" Rose asked.
"Sure!" Peridot loved teaching. "I need my chalkboard!" Peridot loved her chalkboard. "I will be right back." Peridot ran to the warp pad and warped away.
"Okay." Rose smiled a little. Peridot was so cute.
"Rose." Garnet came out of her room.
"Yes?" Rose responded.
"I see you met Peridot and Lapis." Garnet smiled a little.
"They're cute." Rose giggled.
"That is the Peridot I was talking about earlier. She is the newest member to the Crystal Gems." Garnet remembered back to her and Rose's talk.
"Oh now I remember." Rose thought back. "Lapis isn't a Crystal Gem?" Rose questioned.
"She is starting to warm up to us, but she is really only still here on the Earth for Steven." Garnet explained.
"She doesn't like me very much." Rose frowned. "Why is that?" Rose asked Garnet.
"I would tell you, but Peridot wants to explain it to you. She is very excited." Garnet adjusted her shades.
"Oh, right." Rose almost forgot that Peridot was going to teach her.
"I will leave you two alone. If you need me, I'll be in my room." Garnet walked away as the warp pad lit up.
"Thank you." Rose smiled as Garnet went back into her room.
"Great, you're still here!" Peridot said excitedly as she struggled with the chalkboard.
"Would you like some help?" Rose asked walking over to Peridot who was still on the warp pad.
"I can do it myself." Peridot snapped a little.
"I didn't mean to upset you." Rose stepped back a little.
"I got it all under control." Peridot soon let go of the chalkboard which rolled down the stairs and fell on the ground. "Noooo!" Peridot yelled.
"It's okay. Look it is still in one piece." Rose giggled a little and lifted up the chalkboard.
"Thank…you." Peridot hated when people helped her. She wanted to do things on her own.
"You're welcome." Rose smiled and sat down on the couch again.
"I can't believe I'm teaching Rose Quartz!" Peridot laughed looking at Rose who sat on the couch.
"Why is Lapis angry with me?" Rose asked.
"If there are any questions you have to raise your hand! Steven taught me that." Peridot explained.
"I'm sorry." Rose didn't know that so much could go on in the fourteen years that she was gone.
"Now to get started." Peridot rubbed her hands together. "Lapis was caught up in the middle of the war you started." Peridot drew Lapis's head. "She got poofed from one of your soldiers." Peridot drew and "x" through Lapis's head.
"Many Gems got poofed during the war." Rose teared up.
"She was then placed into a mirror." Peridot drew the mirror. "A gem stepped on it and it cracked her gem." Peridot drew cracks on the Lapis's gem. "Pearl then picked up the mirror and kept it in her gem." Peridot explained. She was trying her best from what Lapis told her.
"Pearl couldn't have known she wasn't cracked all the way through!" Rose gasped.
"No one knew I assume. She was stuck in the mirror for thousands of years." Peridot frowned and erased her drawings.
"She hates me." Rose stood up.
"Steven set her free and that's why Lapis is here protecting him." Peridot explained.
"I can't fix this." Rose cried into her hands.
"Lapis is still trying to get over it." Peridot explained. "Steven healed her gem, but not her mind." Peridot was closest to Lapis and Steven.
"I need to talk to Lapis." Rose looked at Peridot.
"She doesn't exactly want to see you." Peridot nervously said.
"Understandable." Rose frowned.
"She would talk to Steven." Peridot added.
"I don't know if Steven is coming back." Rose held onto her stomach not noticing Garnet standing outside the Temple door.
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