Topaz and Emerald are practicing for the baseball game or that is what they are supposed to be doing, but Emerald is not really in the mood for practicing. Actually, the truth is that she is not in the mood to stay around Blue Topaz right now and the blue gemling noticed that. She is almost breaking her new baseball bat every time she hits the ball and that is something to worry.

Topaz throws the ball at Emerald again and she hits back so strong that Topaz can not hold it, however, it was not the first time that he can't get that ball.

"Come on boy." Emerald says angry. "I am sure that you can hold a ball. It is not that hard." She crosses her arms.

"Okay, Eme." Topaz takes the ball from the floor. "We need to talk."

"Talk about what?" She looks at him.

"Emerald…" He takes a deep breath. "What is happening?"

"Nothing." She looks at her foot.

"Come on. You know you can tell me anything." He smiles at her.

"There is nothing to tell." She crosses her arms.

Topaz stops and looks at her for a while. "Is this about the diamonds, Eme?"

Emerald doesn't look or answer him.

"If you are afraid of them, you can tell me. I am not gonna judge you. We are all afraid of them." He walks towards her.

"Why are you afraid of them?" She looks at his eyes while he sits down on the floor. "You know they are bad and want to kill us all."

"How can you be so sure about that?" She asks with anger in her voice.

"I saw them-"

"Maybe they just want to talk." She tries to defend them.

"The diamonds are bad! They are the villains. They will do whatever it takes to get us. As they did thousands of years ago."

"Maybe they have changed and, besides that, they won't hurt their family."

"Eme…" He stays in silence for a while. "I know they are your grandparents, but that doesn't change who they really are."

"You don't know that!"

"Eme, I know it is hard to accept that. Look, I am here for you, so, tell me, what is the thing that is really bothering you? I know you and I know that you are mad at me for some reason that I didn't figure out yet."

"Well, at least you can notice something that is, in fact, real." She makes a bad face.

"Can you stop that? We are not talking about the diamonds anymore. Can you just tell me why are you acting like this?"

"I am not telling you. You can find it out by yourself!" She places her baseball bat on her shoulder.

"How can I do that? I don't have a clue about what that can be…" He closes his eyes. "Look, we are friends I am here to help you with anything you need, but you need to talk to me, I can't figure it out by myself. I've already tried to do that. You need to talk to me like we used to do." He stands up.

"Why don't you use your future vision?! Maybe if you start using your powers for something useful, the answers will come easily to you." Emerald looks around and notices the rest of the team coming towards them. "Look for me once you, at least, have a clue about this situation."

"But-" He starts to talk, but decides to stop once he notices the others coming. He also notices Greg coming with everyone else, he probably arrived while they were training. The last thing that Blue Topaz wants is the rest of the team trying to make Emerald talk to him. That would be the worst thing ever for both of them. "Fine." He says the last word about the topic, for now. He will try to have a conversation with Emerald after the game with or without a clue about what is happening between the two of them.

"Hey kids." They hear Greg calling them. "Happy birthday Emerald!" He hugs the gemling.

"Thanks, Greg." She says.

"Your present is back inside the barn."

"Thanks! Are you gonna play with us?"

"My back is not the same as it used to be kiddo." He laughs. "I guess I am just watching this time."

"That is okay too. You have to cheer for my team!"

"Okay!" Greg laughs again while messing up with Emerald's hair.

"Are you ready for the game?" Steven asks the kid.

"Yes!" Topaz shouts with a fake smile.

"Nice." Steven looks around and finds Lapis and Peridot coming towards them. "Well, Lapis and Peridot are coming. So, it means that we are almost ready to start the game."

"That is gonna be fun." Connie holds his arm with a smile.

"Yes." Amethyst shouts. "And then we can finally eat something."

"You just think about food, Amethyst." Pearl rolls her eyes with a smile.

"That is who I am." The purple gem gently punches Pearl's arm.

"I know." Pearl laughs.

"We are finally here." Peridot placing Lapis on a bench next to them. "I guess we can start." She smiles.

"Alright." Pearl smiles. "Let's organize the teams."

"You just think about organizing things, Pearl." Amethyst gives Pearl a smile.

"Yeah. That is who I am." Pearl gives back a smile to Amethyst, who starts laughing alongside Jasper, Garnet, Topaz and Emerald.

"Did I miss something?" Peridot asks confused.

"It is just Pearl and Amethyst, being Pearl and Amethyst." Garnet places her hands on her waist.

"Alright." Peridot laughs.

"So, back to the teams." Pearl tries not to laugh. "Well, it is not gonna be a common baseball game since we don't have enough players, but we still can have fun."

"And the teams are?" Jasper asks, impatiently. "You talk too much."

Pearl rolls her eyes. "Well, here is the problem… We are in an odd number of players since Lapis and Greg are not going to play." She looks at the two, who wave at them.

"Well, that is not a problem." Steven looks at Connie.

"I see what you mean." Connie giggles.

They hold hands and suddenly a glow coming from Steven's gem surrounds them.

"Stevonnie!" Topaz shouts with a smile.

"You two can fuse?!" Emerald shouts in surprise.

Stevonnie looks at Emerald confused. It takes a few seconds for the fusion to remember that Emerald has never seen Steven fusing with Connie.

"Hello everyone." Stevonnie says before looking at Emerald. "Hello, Emerald. I'm Stevonnie." The fusion smiles.

"Hi." Emerald shakes hands with Stevonnie. "So, you are a fusion..."

"Yes."

"Amazing!" Emerald says, with stars on her eyes. "Nice to meet you."

"Alright." Pearl interrupts them. "Now, if you want me to choose the teams. It can be Peridot, Jasper, Emerald and Stevonnie against myself, Amethyst, Garnet and Topaz." She takes a notebook and a pencil from her gem. "We can use this to count the points."

"Well, that is okay with me." Amethyst says and everybody agrees.

"Alright." Peridot takes the notebook from Pearl. "So, let's begin!" Peridot walks towards Lapis.

"Count the points, Laz." Peridot kisses Lapis and gives her the pencil and notebook.

"Okay." Lapis smiles. "Good luck!"

"I don't need luck." Peridot goes back to her team. "I'm a professional."

"Of course you are." Lapis laughs, rolling her eyes.

Once they start the game, Emerald's team is the one to start since it is her birthday. The first one with the bat is Jasper, against Garnet.

Garnet smiles. "Prepare yourself, Jasper." She makes Jasper laugh.

"I don't need that."

"If you are saying…" She laughs and throws the ball. It is so fast that Jasper doesn't even notice the ball passing right next to her.

"Strike one!" Garnet shouts.

"W-what?" Jasper looks behind, at Amethyst, who is with the ball on the baseball glove.

"You know G is fast." Amethyst laughs. "And she can see things."

"Wait! Is future vision allowed?" Jasper shouts and looks at Lapis.

"Well, if you have a power or an ability you can use that." Lapis shrugs. "We are gems we have powers to be used."

"Fine." Jasper stares at Garnet. "Give me everything you got!"

Amethyst throws the ball back to Garnet. "If you want me to." Garnet summons her gauntlets.

"This is becoming serious." Stevonnie says, worried.

"Not yet." Pearl laughs. "Garnet is just joking."

"But I don't know if Jasper is joking." Stevonnie looks at the orange gem.

Garnet pretends that she is really concentrated and throws the ball.

Jasper stares at the ball and is able to hit it. Everybody is able to watch the ball travelling all over the place towards the tree where Emerald was sit earlier.

The quartz laughs and uses her spin dash power to go as fast as she can to hit a homerun. When Amethyst holds the ball and throws it towards the rest of the team, it is already too late. Jasper did hit the homerun.

"Wow!" Emerald says.

"Yes!" Jasper celebrates. "Guess we are gonna win this thing Emerald!"

"That was a homerun." Lapis shouts from the bench.

"So, let's play this seriously now." Garnet smiles.

They continue the game. Jasper hits the ball again, but this time Amethyst holds Jasper with her whip, making the orange gem really angry.

"What is this!?" Jasper shouts, looking at the whip. "AMETHYST!"

"What?" Amethyst laughs. "Lapis said we could use our weapons."

After 3 strikes they change places. Stevonnie takes the glove and Amethyst the bat.

"Come on Stevonnie!" Amethyst shouts.

"With pleasure." The fusion smiles and throws the ball.

Amethyst hits it, but, before the ball goes too far, Peridot uses her limb enhancers to hold it with a green light that surrounds the ball. Before Amethyst can finish the homerun, Peridot stops her with the ball.

"You're out!" Stevonnie shouts.

"What?!" Amethyst looks at Peridot.

"Sorry Big A, but I need to win this time." The green gem laughs. "It is my daughter's birthday."

"Alright P-Dot. This is war now." Amethyst smiles and they continue the game.

When the game is almost at the end, Emerald's team needs just a homerun to win.

"It feels familiar." Pearl looks at Garnet.

"Yes." Garnet agrees with a smile.

Emerald is with the bat and Blue Topaz with the ball. Topaz stares at the green gemling.

"You can do this!" He tells himself. "Just take her advice, use your powers…"

He throws the ball and Emerald hits it really hard. He tries to jump as high as he can to hold the ball, but it is not high enough. He is really upset when he watches Emerald give him the same angry face from earlier. She can hit the homerun and win the game.

"And the birthday team wins." Lapis shouts from the bench.

"It was a good game everyone." Garnet says.

"We should do it more often!" Pearl claps her hands.

"I agree." Peridot places her arm around Lapis.

"Now, let's go eat. I am hungry." Amethyst shouts.

"You are a gem, you don't get hungry." Peridot rolls her eyes.

"Well, Lapis, Emerald and Topaz eat when they are hungry and they are gems." Amethyst crosses her arms with a smile and looks at Peridot.

"Emerald and Topaz are gemlings. They eat to help their gems make more energy and Lapis is pregnant, she eats because the baby's shell needs nutrients and-"

"Alright, Dot. I got it." Amethyst interrupts her. "Let's just eat okay? Stop being a nerd." She walks towards the barn.

Lapis looks around and finds Emerald looking at her new necklace. "You can go with the others, I am gonna talk with Emerald. I owe her an apology."

"Just call me if you need." Peridot kisses Lapis's forehead and walks towards the barn. "Let's eat so. Just don't eat the cake Amethyst!" Peridot runs right behind Amethyst, making Lapis laugh.

The ocean gem looks at her daughter, who is looking at the barn now.

"Eme." Lapis calls the kid.

"Yes?" Emerald asks, a little bit uncomfortable.

The ocean gem takes a deep breath. "I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to talk with you like that. I'm so sorry. I truly am."

"I thought you were mad at me… But, I didn't know why-"

"I was not mad at you." Lapis places a hand her daughter's cheek. "It was a gem thing related to my pregnancy. I didn't want to do any of those things I did earlier… it was stronger than me."

"I… understand." Emerald looks at her feet.

"Do you forgive me?" Lapis asks, worried about the answer.

"Yes, I forgive you. Just… don't do that again. It's really scary." Emerald hugs her mother.

"I promise you." Lapis hugs Emerald back, while the blue gem starts to cry.

"Are you okay mom?" Emerald asks, worried.

Lapis smiles and wipes the tears out of her cheeks.

"It's nothing. It is just that, with all this things happening lately, I've missed a calm moment with you." Lapis takes a deep breath. "And so I was worried. I thought that you would call me a monster again…"

Emerald hugs her mom stronger than before. "I would never do that again."

"You know, after all these years, I denied the fact that I was once a monster, but I can't say that I wasn't one. I'm always afraid of the possibility that I can become a monster again."

"I know you will never be a monster. You're my mom." Emerald looks at Lapis. "Now, we should go eat my birthday cake before Amethyst does it. Do you want me to call mama?"

"No, I am fine." Lapis smiles. "I just need to go slow."

"Okay." Emerald looks at the barn and starts to think about what happened between her mothers and Amethyst. "Mom?"

"Yes?" Lapis looks at the gemling.

"What happened between you, mama and Amethyst in the past? You know, what mama meant when she said that you got over 'something' years ago?"

The blue gem looks at her daughter and then at the barn. "Well, a short answer is that Amethyst liked your mama, but she wanted to be more than friends with her. Amethyst said that she loved Peridot, but, your mama told Amethyst that she loved me. Our quartz friend didn't really like me back in that time, so, she didn't accept that Peridot was in love with me because she thought that I was, well, a monster…" Lapis looks at her daughter again. "Then, I decided to check the reason why your mama was taking so long to come back from her conversation with Amethyst about that situation and, when I did it, I found they kissing inside Amethyst's room. Actually, Amethyst forced that kiss, but I didn't know that." She takes a deep breath. "I got so mad that I didn't wait for your mother to give me an explanation. However, in the end, I found out about what really happened inside that room."

"Did you forgive Amethyst?"

Lapis takes a long breath. "Yes, but, I can't forget what happened. I will always remember that she still cares for your mama."

"But, they are friends. Shouldn't they care about each other?" The gemling asks, confused.

"Yes, but even knowing that Amethyst is just your mama's friend and that she will never take her away from me, I am still afraid of the fact that I can lose her for someone better than me." Lapis continues her walk.

"She loves you, mom. I'm here to prove that fact. I'm the product of that love and, besides that, love is the most powerful feeling of all. It's not something that you can replace." The green gemling jumps on the air and flies next to her mom.

Lapis sigh. "When did you get so smart?"

"I'm trying to make you feel better." Emerald smiles.

"You succeeded." Lapis looks at the sky and after at her daughter flying next to her. "What do you feel when you look at the ocean?" She suddenly asks.

"What?" Emerald looks at her mom, confused about the question.

"What do you feel when you look at the sea?"

"Well... freedom, I guess. Why?"

"Because I regret the fact that I didn't help you to have that freedom. I always kept you in the same place. I am too protective and I know that is a problem."

Emerald didn't have an answer for that. She always wanted that freedom, but she couldn't have that because her parents didn't let her leave Beach City in all her existence.

"We should talk about something else. I don't wanna ruin your birthday again." Lapis looks at the barn. "Congratulation for the game, I wish I could have played with you. Nice homerun in that end."

"Topaz missed the ball during that jump. It was easy." Emerald categorically says. "And the team worked well."

"I see. Both teams were great. It was funny to see all of you playing with powers."

"Yeah, that was new." Emerald laughs. "I thought that we would start a war there. A baseball war would be funny." She stops to think about it for a second. "Or not, well, that was a horrible idea." She laughs, making Lapis laugh again.

Next time Lapis and Emerald look at the front, they find out that they already got to the barn. They hear laughs coming from the inside, which is a good sign. Lapis walks towards the laughs when she recognizes Peridot's voice, telling a joke and Emerald follows her mom. However, she stops when someone touches her arm and holds it. Emerald looks scared at the person, but when she realizes who it was, she makes a bad face.

"Emerald." Topaz makes a frown. "We need to talk."

"I know, so, you found out?" She sits on the ground.

"No, but I need you to answer me. I don't wanna make our friendship go this way down the hill." He takes a deep breath. "The diamonds are coming and we can all die. I don't want to die knowing that you are not my friend anymore."

"So, you really want to know about your mistake, don't you?" She tries not to defend her grandparents again.

"Of course." He sits next to her. "I wanna make it up to you."

"So, you couldn't make your powers useful, fine, so, I am gonna tell you." She gets angry. "You ruined my mission. You didn't give me enough time to find answers about myself. I was inside of my mother's room when they came and everything became a mess."

"What should I have done? I can't control time."

"But you could use this future vision of yours and find a way of making them take more time to find me. You should have lied better." Emerald crosses her arms. "Because of you, I couldn't go until the end of that place. You were not good enough. You could have told them that I was training in a cave, so, I could have more time to look around the diamonds' place. You could've been more like your mom and think faster about what to do to give me more time."

"Eme, I shouldn't have lied to them in the first place. When I saw your mother freaking out when she didn't find you, I couldn't lie to them anymore. I didn't tell them where you were, but I felt so bad for doing that. I couldn't do anything else for you back there. I gave you the map and told them that I didn't know where you went! That was everything I could have done."

"You could have tried!" Emerald looks away from him. "You could have been more like your mother. She wouldn't let anyone down. She would do anything to complete a mission or make any of us feel better."

"She wouldn't lie." Topaz looks at his hands.

"How can you know that?" Emerald looks at her necklace. "You are nothing like her."

"I know." He whispers, starting to freeze the ground "The- the only thing I can do is to say I am sorry, Emerald-"

"Of course is the only thing you can do." She stands up. "You can't come back in time." She goes inside the barn.

"Hey, birthday girl!" Amethyst shouts hugging Emerald when she gets inside.

"Happy birthday to you." They start singing to her. She is glad no one heard her conversation with Topaz. When the song is finished, Emerald blows up the candles with a forced smile.

"So, what did you wish for?" Lapis holds her daughter's hand.

"I can't tell you. It won't become true, mom."

"Yeah, Lapis. That is a birthday rule." Amethyst jokes.

"I know, Amethyst." She rolls her eyes with a smile.

"Hey everyone." Peridot calls, holding her tablet. "We should take a picture." She shows the tablet.

Suddenly Stevonnie unfuses and Steven runs towards the green gem. "Good idea, Dot! One more to the memory book. Everyone, get together!" Steven hugs Connie.

After placing the tablet on a position that would capture all of them in the picture, Peridot picks up Emerald and places a hand on Lapis's waist. Jasper messes up with Amethyst's hair, while Pearl is next to Greg, placing an arm on his shoulder, making a rock salute with Amethyst, one that Greg showed them a while ago in a rock show. It makes him feel younger and cool again. Garnet is next to them, looking for Topaz.

"Wait, where is Topaz?" Garnet crosses her arms, while looking around.

"I am here!" The blue gemling suddenly appears and jumps on his mother's arms.

"Garnet, press the button." Steven smiles.

"Right!" Garnet walks back to the group.

"One, two, three… everybody says 'GEMS'!" Peridot smiles.

"GEMS!" Everybody shouts with a laugh.

"So, do you really have a memory book?" Emerald looks at Steven while getting down from her mother's arms.

"Yes. Actually, we have one. It is a memory book that everybody puts pictures on it. Pictures of when we are all together or just some of us are together. It is amazing. I started it when I finally realized that I should keep all this happy moments safe somewhere I could go when I needed. With no risk of forgetting them. Everybody liked the idea and then we started the memory book."

"How come I didn't know about it?"

"We were planning to tell you and Topaz about it… in the future."

"Can I see it?" Emerald jumps. "Before that future?"

"Of course you can." Steven messes with Emerald's hair. "I guess you will like it. There are a lot of pictures of you there."

"Thanks Steven." She hugs him and looks at Connie "So, how is it?"

"What?" He asks, confused.

"You know, fusion."

"It is something unique. It is kinda hard to explain. You need to have the experience to understand the feeling. It is something not easy to put in words. Being one person, but also being two is wonderful." He looks at Connie too.

"I want to try that, one day." She smiles. "It looks nice."

Lapis is with her back against the wall of the barn, watching Emerald's talk with Steven, from a distance. She is so concentrated that she doesn't even notice when Garnet stops next to her.

"Hello."

"Hey Garnet." Lapis looks at the fusion, surprised.

"How are you?"

"I am okay now…" Lapis takes a deep breath. "At least I know that I will be able to sleep at night."

"I see. It is about the babys. Isn't it?" Garnet crosses her arms.

Lapis looks at her, shocked. "So, I was right." Lapis starts to freak out. "So, what Peridot said can happen…" She shakes her head. "Forget what I said about sleeping tonight."

"It is a possibility, but remember that the future can change." Garnet tries to make Lapis stay calm.

"I wish I could know how to change it." Lapis looks at her belly. "I'm so worried. All I want is for them to be safe."

"I know you will find a way." Garnet smiles.

"Do you think?" Lapis looks at Garnet.

"Yes." She removes her visors and looks at Lapis's eyes. "Do you remember when Sapphire was pregnant and she almost miscarried?" Garnet asks and Lapis agrees. "Remember how you and Peridot worked so hard to find a solution?" Lapis nods in agreement. "There is the reason why I believe you will find a way. Topaz is here because of you and your kids or kid will be here because you will work for that to happen." Garnet smiles and places her hand on Lapis's shoulder.

"I guess I will be able to sleep again." She places her hands on her belly. "I already love them so much. Two or one." A shy smile shows up on Lapis's face.

Topaz said that Garnet would never lie, but that day Garnet didn't know if she was really telling the truth. She wasn't sure if there would be one or two babies in the end. She didn't want to make Lapis and Peridot suffer… She told herself that she was lying for the team. She was trying to do the best for everyone.