p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I don't know, Garnet," Greg said after pulling away from his glass of iced tea and relaxing in his lawn chair. "Everything around me is moving so fast, you know? Pearl and Amethyst are a thing now, and I guess so are Lapis and Peridot? I mean, I kind of thought they already were I mean, they have been living together for quite some time, so I'm not too surprised by that… but now Steven and Connie? Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy for the two of them. If anyone, I'd rather Steven be with Connie. She's a very nice girl, and she makes Steven really happy but. I'm just an old man. I guess. I'm only forty but, old comparatively-"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm over five thousand years old," Garnet responded, also laying down on a chair next to Greg./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I meant compared to normal people. It's just hard for me to deal with all of these rapid changes, you know? I knew it would happen eventually but, I just thought that Steven would start dating a little later than this, you know? That I'd have more time to kind of… prepare myself for it." Greg let out a groan, "I'm gonna have to give him so many talks about… stuff."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Don't worry, Greg. Steven will be fine. He knows more than you think he does." span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGreg spat out his drink and coughed as he tried to catch his breath. "WHAT?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh, I um. I meant like, about respecting people and stuff."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh, thank god. Please don't scare me like that again, Garnet."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Don't worry Greg, you've got a few years to prepare for that talk. Specifically, twenty-seven months."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Um, okay. I'll have to keep that in mind."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThe two sat in silence for a few moments./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Do you think I should arrange a date for them? Like, a chaperoned one? Are they too old for that? I don't think so, since he's never really dated anyone before. Also, he doesn't really have any money to pay for the two of them. Do you think he'd be okay with me sticking around? Maybe we could go to a movie or something together-"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Greg."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Huh?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGarnet sat up, looked at Greg, and removed her sunglasses, revealing another pair of sunglasses underneath. "You'll be fine."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGreg looked at Garnet with his mouth agape. "Uuhhhhhhh… alright. Thanks."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGarnet gave him a thumbs-up and returned to her sunbathing./p