All in all, Peridot could be in a weirder situation.

Despite being haunted, in a permanent state of killing herself, having literally met the physical manifestation of the Devil Himself, Peridot felt that things could really be a lot worse.

Pearl and Amethyst were great friends, and even Greg grew on Peridot. The priest visited her from time to time to see how she was holding up. He wanted to make sure Peridot's claim that Lapis was not hurting her held up. Peridot appreciated the gesture, but she told Greg time and time again that she was fine, that Lapis was as docile as a demon could possibly be.

Though friendly visits could definitely be annoying at times. Since Peridot's little episode, Pearl and Amethyst called constantly. Like with Greg, she appreciated the gesture, but being told to not kill herself almost twenty-four – seven was a tad exhausting. If anything, the constant reminders that she was obviously not in her right mind and could cave at any moment was not all that helpful; more harmful, really.

"Listen, I love you guys." Peridot said to Pearl during one of these particular phone calls. She sat at her kitchen table, shirtless and only wearing a bra and blue baggy shorts. Lapis lazily hovered in the air behind Peridot. "But please leave me alone. I'm not doing it today."

"I know, but we're worried about you!" Pearl exclaimed. "Suicide is a one way ticket to Hell. And that's not even in question after what you went through!"

"I know that." Peridot said, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I know I told you I planned on shooting myself, and I know that doing that's literally gonna torture my soul for pretty much all eternity, but I'm not even old enough to buy a hand gun yet."

"That's not helping!" Pearl practically screeched, forcing Peridot to hold the phone away from her ear. "I just want to help you, to- to make you not even think of such a thing!"

Peridot groaned. "I'll go to a fucking help group, okay?! One of those things where people sit around in a fucking circle and pour their shitty little hearts out so they can magically make them feel better about their mediocre lives. Is that what you want?"

Lapis chuckled dryly in the air, laying on her stomach. "I think that's a little too far, Per-Bear."

Peridot thought Lapis was right as soon as the words left her mouth. Pearl took longer than usual to respond, and Peridot could just make out the sound of a quiet sob when Pearl finally said something.

"…I'm sorry."

Pearl hung up before Peridot could say anything. She sighed and leaned back in her chair, staring at the ceiling. All she wanted was to be left alone. She regretted telling her friends about her suicidal thoughts in the first place.

"Not going well?" Lapis asked, seemingly sincere as she floated down to sit in the chair across from Peridot. She's slowly getting better at trying without trying, as Mephisto put it.

"I'm a total bitch." Peridot replied. "I know she wants to help me, and she's fucking terrified for me, but what can I say? "Oh, I feel better, totally not planning on killing myself anymore?" I can't lie to her."

"It's kinda her fault for not trusting you." Lapis scratched the inside of her ear with her pinky, which, in all honesty, is a completely useless movement concerning that she's a spirit. "I mean, you're one of her closest friends and you told her you wanted to put a bullet in your head. Not to mention you're haunted by a demon, a.k.a me, and she doesn't know shit about how I look or how I act aside from your vague descriptions of me. But screw it, she totally shouldn't worry about you and call you a lot to make sure you're safe."

Peridot sighed and pushed with her legs, letting her chair fall back. The back of her head hit the hard tile floor. She gasped and grabbed her head, curling into a ball and rolling on the floor, almost in complete agony. Heightened senses meant a lowered pain tolerance. Lapis hovered above the table, head in her hands as she watched Peridot writhe.

It was hard, trying to appease someone when they're so worried about someone else. All Peridot wanted was for Pearl to believe she was okay, and not to worry about anything Peridot might do. Even so, Peridot worried about how Pearl worried about her. Why did life have to be so damned difficult?

"Careful Peri." Lapis scolded, her lips curled in a smirk. "You might kill yourself doing that."

"Wouldn't make much of a difference at this point." Peridot groaned from the floor. She lay face down on the kitchen tile, her pain subsiding as she thought about the circumstances. "I should call her back."

"You should text her." Lapis corrected. "I don't know all of the phone call, but you called yourself a bitch. Meaning, she's upset. If she's as upset as I think she is, she's probably not in the mood to talk at the moment."

Peridot turned on her back, looking up at Lapis. "You watch Sherlock a lot when you were alive?" Lapis shrugged.

"Only a couple of episodes. Why? Am I that good of a detective?"

"You wish." Peridot stated flatly. She stood up from the floor and grabbed her phone from the table. She took Lapis' advice, deciding to text Pearl rather than call her.

Hey, sorry for being bitchy.

Peridot waited a few seconds before adding on to her message.

I appreciate that you worry about me, I really do, but I need my space. Calling all the time to make sure I'm not going off the deep end… it doesn't help. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but please call in moderation.

Now all Peridot could do was wait. Of course, waiting on a dear friend to text back was always the absolute worst when the situation wasn't positive.

"Anyways…" Lapis stifled a yawn. "Can we go do something? It's so boring here."

Peridot chuckled. "You're a demon who can practically fly wherever you want and you're bored?"

"Let's go over the list, shall we?" Lapis hovered to the floor, holding up an imaginary piece of paper and adjusting imaginary glasses. "As a demon, I cannot physically come into contact with any living being or inanimate object. With enough practice, I could, but that's not the point. I cannot talk to anyone aside from the person I am haunting at this very moment. I cannot eat, sleep, drink, smoke, or do any other daily activities that humans may partake in. And as far as I know, I can't masturbate and/or have sex." Lapis finished with a click of her tongue, then put a finger to her lips in thought. "Then again, in most forms of religion, denizens of Hell can be pretty sex crazed and have tons of orgies. If I wanna get fucked, maybe I should ask the boss man for a vacation."

"You think he'll give you a vacation before you even finish your first job?"

"That's… a good point." Lapis crossed her arms. "Wanna do me a favor and help me out by killing yourself?"

Peridot didn't answer. Her phone buzzed, and she decided to ignore Lapis and read the text she received. Oddly enough, (or not, given the circumstances,) it was a message from Amethyst.

Yo. me and P are watching movies 2nite, wanna cum?

Peridot smiled as she typed out her response.

First off, no matter how convenient, please don't spell "come" like that. Secondly, I'd love to. Am I walking or are you picking me up?

"You stop that." Lapis scolded. Peridot raised an eyebrow at her. "That… smiling thing."

"How about fuck you?" Peridot replied, forcing her smile to be wider to the point of almost being painful. Lapis stuck out her tongue, and the pair laughed.

Despite everything, Peridot felt that all would be well. Amethyst had invited her to a movie, assuming Pearl would be along for the ride as well. Peridot would apologize properly, and hoped that the couple would get the idea that she needed her space. Even with the threat of depression and suicide looming over her, Peridot could still have fun. She could still enjoy the life she had left. She could still love living and love her friends. Who knows? Perhaps she would find more reasons to not end her life prematurely.

Of course, the actions of thinking about life and death could be a trigger in itself, so Peridot pushed those thoughts to the side.

"So what did Pearl say? Does she hate you now?" Lapis asked, a seemingly innocent smile on her face.

Peridot shook her head. "I don't think so. We've been friends for a while, it'd be hard to make her hate me."

"Kiss Amethyst." Lapis suggested. "Then she'll definitely hate you."

"Amethyst is hot, but not hot enough to make her cheat on Pearl with me."

"Well you're right about Ames being hot, at least. I'd do her."

Peridot smirked. "She's engaged to a very religious woman who has her priest on speed dial. You don't wanna get mixed up in that."

"Yeah, you're right." Lapis raised her hands in defeat. "I don't even know how to describe what happened to me. Like, it felt like that fat bastard was squeezing my soul or something."

"I was surprised he hurt you that badly, honestly." Peridot paused. "Maybe we could ask your boss about it."

Lapis smirked, crossing her arms. "What, are you gonna draw a pentagram and use your virgin blood to summon him?"

"Holy shit." Peridot said. Would that work? She practically ran to her room, fully intent on taking Lapis' faux suggestion. Lapis followed, trying to hold back her laughter while she watched Peridot rummage through her desk drawer.

"You're seriously doing this?" Lapis asked. Peridot nodded, pulling a black, thick Expo marker from her desk drawer. She walked toward the blank wall in her room, across from her bed and window, the wall adjacent to her bedroom door and desktop computer. She uncapped the marker with her mouth and began drawing on her wall. One large circle, the size of her body, and an upside down star. Peridot could hardly believe that she was actually going to attempt to summon Satan like some sort of cultist. That is, until she heard Pearl's car pull up into her driveway.

"We'll do this when we get back." Peridot stated. She grabbed a black tee shirt with a green alien on the front. Peridot slipped on some tan colored sandals and made her way out of the house, clothing herself as she went.

"Those super senses come in handy, huh?" Lapis asked rhetorically as she followed Peridot. She saw Pearl step out of her car, and guessed that Amethyst was in the passengers side. "Where you headed with your buds?"

"Amethyst asked if I wanted to go to the movies." Peridot replied over her shoulder. She rushed over to Pearl, and before the taller woman could even utter a word, Peridot wrapped her arms around Pearl.

"I'm sorry."

Pearl was shocked, to say the least. She had intended to be the first to apologize, to assure Peridot that her privacy was hers and hers alone. Well, hers and Lapis'. She never would have expected Peridot to be the first to admit she was wrong. Even Amethyst stared wide eyed with surprise. Peridot pulled away, looking Pearl in the eye.

"I was selfish. I was annoyed because you called me so much, but I didn't think about how you'd feel if you called one day and I didn't answer. I can imagine how afraid you would be."

"Where's this coming from all of a sudden?" Pearl asked, still in complete and utter astonishment. Using context clues, especially from the last phone calls and texts she received, Pearl didn't think Peridot had given much thought, if any, to exactly how afraid Pearl was.

"I just…" Peridot paused, gripping her arm. "I heard you pull up and something kinda… clicked in my head. I panicked, and wondered what I'd say to you. When I came out here and saw you, I just wanted to make things right. Heh, this is probably how you felt when you insulted my parents."

"Oh sweety, no." Pearl pulled Peridot into another hug. "I was wrong to call you so much. Being so persistent, it could go one of two ways. More than likely, if I continued, I probably would've driven you to suicide myself."

"Don't you dare blame yourself." Peridot ordered. "If- if it does happen. You're gonna be the furthest from being at fault."

Pearl and Peridot held the embrace for just a few more seconds before Peridot pulled away. She looked passed Pearl to Amethyst. "What movie did you guys wanna see?"

"Oh dude!" Amethyst exclaimed excitedly. She described the movie as Peridot and Pearl entered the car, Peridot behind Pearl. "I talked Pearl into watching a skin flick!"

"No way." Peridot said in disbelief. When Pearl stayed quiet, hoping to ignore the conversation as she focused on pulling out of Peridot's driveway and heading on their way, Peridot repeated herself. "No way!"

"Yes way!" Amethyst said, smirking. "Took a helluva long time to convince Pearl to watch a movie like that, and even longer to let you join in!"

During the exchange, starting from when Peridot hugged Pearl, Lapis remained quiet. Despite wanting Peridot to kill herself, she didn't want to interrupt a tender moment. But now, as she "sat" behind Amethyst and beside Peridot, she smirked. It was her time to shine.

"Oh, Peri, I think Ames here is trying to get in your pants."

"Pfft, only if she wasn't engaged." Peridot replied, and Lapis stuck out her tongue. "But why did you wanna invite me to something like that?"

Amethyst shrugged. "I like porn. It doesn't really get me off or anything, it's just hilarious. You ever seen "Gay Brothers?" Oh my god, it's so fucking funny."

"I know that one." Lapis explained to Peridot. "It's this dude laying in bed, jacking off, and his brother comes in and he's like "Anthony?!" And the dude jackin' it, Anthony is all like "It's gotta get that big dick of yours." It's pretty funny."

"Maybe we can watch one that Lapis won't spoil for me." Peridot said, pretending to be annoyed.

"Hold on." Pearl started. "I almost forgot she was haunting you. What was the context of what you said earlier, about "if she wasn't engaged"?"

"It was nothing, really." Peridot brushed off Pearl's question. "So we're not going to a theater? I'm pretty sure adult theaters are out of business since the internet exists."

"Yeah, we're headed to our house." Amethyst confirmed. "You wouldn't believe the blooper reels that some porn can have. Hell, sometimes it's not even sex. We might watch a vid of a chick having her tits slapped by a piece of meat over and over again."

The car began to slow to a halt as Pearl turned into her and Amethyst's driveway. The couple's house was seemingly smaller than Peridot's. When she had first seen the house, Peridot was surprised to find that it was smaller than her own. She had figured that Pearl and Amethyst, being two people, would want a larger, more comfortable abode.

"We sleep in the same bed anyway." Amethyst had explained. Peridot thought that was reasonable. Comfy didn't necessarily mean large.

"Aside from the… pornography." Pearl seemed to despise even saying the word. She turned in her seat as she parked her car to look at Peridot. "Please tell me what that context about your earlier comment. It's eating at me, and I'd rather not live one of those drama shows in real life."

Peridot sighed. "It's nothing, Pearl. Lapis here made a joke that Amethyst was trying to get me in bed because she invited me to watch porn with you guys."

"And you said what you said because…?"

"She's hot." Peridot said nonchalantly. "If you weren't together and I was a "friends with benefits" type of girl, I'd totally go for it."

"Aww, Peri! That's so sweet!" Amethyst said, putting a hand over her chest.

Pearl clicked her tongue. "Alright. Let's go pick out a movie." She turned off the ignition and exited her car. Amethyst, Peridot, and Lapis watched as Pearl practically stormed into the house, fists balled at her sides.

"She's totally jealous." Lapis said, floating out of the car behind Peridot.

"She shouldn't be." Peridot replied, then turned to Amethyst. They walked together toward the house. "I mean, I'm not planning on stealing you from her or anything. That'd be impossible."

"She'll get over it." Amethyst assured. "She's just kinda protective is all. You know she got us kicked out of a restaurant 'cause she hit a waiter who flirted with me?"

"No shit?" Peridot asked, following Amethyst into the house. The inside was even smaller than the outside. The living room and the kitchen were connected by an doorway, and the only other doors lead to the bathroom, the only bedroom, and outside. There was a sliding glass door in the kitchen to lead to a small back yard, but aside from that, it wasn't all that glamorous. Of course, the house itself was about as spotless as one would expect when someone like Pearl lived their. The decorations were slim to none, aside from a crucifix above the T.V and a few choice verses from the Bible framed along the wall. A picture of Pearl and Amethyst sat on a nightstand beside the couch. Pearl was practically beaming in the picture, proudly brandishing the engagement ring Amethyst had given her. Peridot couldn't but be infected by Picture Pearl's excitement.

"Yeah, no shit." Amethyst confirmed. "Let Pearl tell you about it." She made her way to her bedroom, most likely to rummage through the porn she had.

"Tell you about what?" Pearl asked from the couch. She had taken a seat and crossed her arms and legs. She was obviously not in too good of a mood.

"Well first of all…" Peridot started. She continued standing, not wanting to be rude and sit without permission in someone else's house. "You know I'd never do anything to harm your relationship, right?"

"Yes I know." Pearl said with a sigh. She uncrowded her limbs and leaned back in the couch, making herself more comfortable. "I know, and I shouldn't be jealous. Just the very thought of possibly losing her, to anyone… it hurts."

"Well you've got nothing to worry about." Peridot assured. "Anyways, tell me about that waiter you beat the shit out of."

"Please watch your language in this house." Pearl requested.

Lapis hovered in front of Pearl. "Pussy, cock, bitch, shit, damn. Damn you to Hell, Hail Satan!"

Peridot ignored her demon. "Alright, your house, your rules. Does that apply to Amethyst too?" Pearl nodded. "But not towards porn, apparently."

"Videos and actions at the moment in this house are entirely different." Pearl stated. "And before you even mention my and Amethyst's more intimate actions, we are engaged."

"Alright alright." Peridot gave in. "Anyway, tell me about that dude you beat up."

"I was hoping you'd forgotten that…"

"So it did happen?!" Peridot finally gave in and sat beside Pearl on the couch. "You hit a waiter for hitting on your girl?"

"In my defense, he was incredibly obnoxious!" Pearl exclaimed. "I may have gotten us kicked out, but I wrote a very strongly worded letter to that place. Mentioned him by name too, so I hope he gets what's coming to him."

At that moment, Amethyst entered the living room again, carrying a single DVD. Peridot guessed it was a burned disc because it had no cover image of any kind.

"Get ready to laugh, guys." Amethyst said, sliding the disc into the player and grabbing a remote. "You are about to witness the greatest porn blooper compilation on the face of the Earth."

After Amethyst sat beside Pearl, Lapis made herself comfortable. Well, as comfortable as she could be, being an intangible being. She laid herself across the three other girls, propping her head up in Peridot's lap. "Does someone have any popcorn? I could go for some popcorn."

"I forgot you were here." Peridot said, looking down at Lapis. In all honesty, it was easy to forget something existed when it usually hovered above and out of sight.

Amethyst pressed "play" when the screen came on. "Oh yeah, it's a two way deal with you. Wherever you go, Lapis goes, huh?"

"I can't say I'm particularly happy about that." Pearl stated. The video started, and the scene was of a woman zipping a man's pants down to free his penis. "But I guess I can't make her leave, can I?"

Peridot shrugged. "Guess not."

"I am really close to your crotch right now." Lapis said randomly.

Peridot's retort was interrupted when, while the woman on screen had a dick in her mouth, the camera man screamed "WOO SUCK THAT COCK!"

Lapis snorted, which made Peridot laugh, and in turn started a domino affect. Even Pearl, who Amethyst didn't think would sit through five minutes of naked men and women, chuckled.

Despite everything, while laughing, Peridot thought she could be in a weirder situation.

Author's Note: Hey guys, this story is back too! As always, tell me what you think. I personally think the middle was a little rushed, not enough actions, too much dialogue, but hey, it works for now. Anyway, I hope you enjoy, and please don't hesitate to leave me any sort of critique or review.