8:24 PM. Garnet's Apartment
"I wonder how they're doing.." Ruby asked this as she poked at her spaghetti.
She, Sapphire, and Garnet were all sitting at the kitchen table in their apartment.
Garnet had changed from her police uniform after getting home. She now wore a white tee shirt and blue jeans, and her sunglasses were in her room, on her nightstand.
Most who saw Garnet without her sunglasses would say that her eyes are rather odd.
Her left eye was of the deepest shade of blue, calming as can be.
Yet, her right eye was a dark brown. One could even say it almost takes a reddish hue.
"I'm sure they're fine, Ruby."
Sapphire sat across from her girlfriend, and even though she said for Ruby not to worry.. she was pretty anxious herself.
"You never know." Garnet was the happy medium, putting a fork full of spaghetti in her mouth. Ruby and Sapphire stared at her, open mouthed.
When she noticed that she was being scrutinized for her words, Garnet swallowed and began speaking in her defense.
"I mean, we all know Amethyst is a 'go with the flow' kind of girl, but.."
"But..?" Ruby pressured, angrily shoving spaghetti in her mouth.
Garnet sighed. "Losing your memory is a big deal, especially for Amethyst.. She loves her memories more than anyone else I know. If she was forced to forget her best friend from the orphanage, well.. it must have been a really traumatic experience."
Ruby didn't respond this time.. She knew that Garnet was right. Something that made Amethyst lose her memory had to be serious, and getting it back might not be as easy as they all hope.
"But Peridot is her best friend.."
Ruby and Garnet looked over to Sapphire as she spoke. Her light hair was pulled back into a ponytail so as to not let it fall in her food. She calmly slurped a noodle into her mouth before she continued speaking.
"I don't believe for a second that they had a falling out.. I honestly think it happened when Peridot was adopted."
"But Amethyst said that she was used to watching her friends come and go." Ruby argued. Sapphire nodded.
"Yeah, but.. those two were practically inseparable. Amethyst's never been so close to anyone else in her life before."
"So you believe that because Amethyst loves her memories so much, she subconsciously erased Peridot from her mind entirely because her being adopted was too stressful for her?" Garnet asked, starting to understand where Sapphire was going.
"More or less.." Sapphire sighed, pushing her plate toward the middle of the table. She had eaten most of her food, but only to keep up appearances. She was sure that none of them were hungry, completely wrought with worry. "I just hope I'm right and Peridot can get Amethyst's memories back.."
7:47 AM. New York Police Department
For the first time since being imprisoned, Amethyst felt warm upon waking up in her cell. Though she was awake, she kept her eyes closed in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, she would fall asleep again.
Another thing is that there's something rather heavy on top of her.. Did one of the night guards give her a woolen blanket or something?
Nah, she wouldn't have her arms wrapped around a blanket.. maybe a pillow? No, it was too heavy for a pillow. Besides, it was breathing.
Oh..
Amethyst sighed in the crook of Peridot's neck, holding her 'blanket' more tightly against herself.
Peridot's snoring was quiet, peaceful. They had stayed up so late in the night.. what time was it now?
Amethyst didn't really care at the moment. She just wanted to fall back asleep with Peridot in her arms. The cool morning air and a warm body to cuddle with.. this was the best.
Amethyst next woke up to the sound of a flushing toilet. She was on her stomach now, arm hanging over the side of the bed. The weight that was on her had vanished.
Slowly, she propped herself on her arms, looking around in time to see Peridot pulling up her sweatpants. For just a second, she thought she saw a bit of Peridot's underwear.. were they pink?
"Good morning, sleepyhead.." Peridot greeted Amethyst, turning to the sink beside the toilet to wash her hands.
"What time is it..?" Amethyst asked, her voice slightly slurred. She sat up in her bed, the blanket around her slipping halfway down her body as she rubbed her eyes.
"Last I checked, it was almost noon."
"We slept for that long?" Amethyst could hardly believe this. She'd never overslept before, at least not when she was expecting company. "Did Rose and the others come over?"
"Not yet.." Peridot turned off the water to the sink, drying her hands on the purple sweater she wore. She turned around and walked back to the bed, sitting beside Amethyst. "Garnet came in, though. Asked if I wanted to be let out, yet."
"And what did you say?" Amethyst asked, though the answer was obvious. Being sleepy just might be messing with her words a little bit.
Peridot smiled and leaned in towards Amethyst. The blonde had never initiated the kiss until now.. but she didn't feel nervous at all. She lightly pressed her lips against Amethyst's in a chaste peck, smiling as she pulled away.
Well, Amethyst had her answer.
"So.. we a thing, now?" Amethyst asked, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. Despite being the more forward one of the two girls, she still felt.. anxious.
"I'd like to think so." Peridot answered. She let out a chuckle, resting her shoulder on Amethyst's shoulder. "I wonder what my mom's gonna think.. being the girlfriend of a prostitute."
"Ex-prostitute." Amethyst corrected, draping her arm over Peridot's shoulder. "I'm thinking of going into a different line of work. Maybe Pearl can get me a stocking job at the convenience store she works at."
"I thought you loved your job." Peridot was surprised, really. She was fully prepared to let Amethyst keep her job as a prostitute. She knew that Amethyst would refuse any loans from Peridot, even if they were together.
"Well, I love you more."
It felt good.. to hear Amethyst say that. Peridot wrapped her arms around Amethyst's torso, giggling like a school girl as she cuddled up as close as possible to her girlfriend.
"I love you too.."
The new couple sat in silence for a few minutes, just enjoying each others company. It was odd, to think about it.
Peridot had hired Amethyst to take her virginity a little more than a week ago, and now here they were.. Peridot was still pure, and she was dating the prostitute she hired. How many people can say they've been in the same circumstances?
"You called her your mom.." Amethyst stated out of the blue. Peridot looked up at her girlfriend, confused. Why would she bring up Yellow Diamond at a time like this?
"Well yeah.. why wouldn't I?"
"Just that whenever you talked about her, you'd always call her your 'foster mother' or something like that."
Peridot felt a her face heat up and she hid her face in Amethyst's neck.
"I told you.. we had a pretty emotional phone call."
"So that one conversation changed your whole opinion on her?"
"Sorta.." Peridot did think it was rather silly, now that the words were coming from someone else. But she still felt.. better, after speaking to her mother like that. Peridot had never admitted anything about her personal life to Yellow Diamond before, and with how well she took the information from yesterday, well.. it boosted Peridot's self esteem and her opinion on the woman.
"Well I'm glad.. Parents must be nice to have."
Now Peridot felt a wave of guilt along with the silliness.
"I'm sorry.."
"It's fine." Really, Amethyst didn't mind. As far as she cared, the woman who raised her in the orphanage was her mother. She wondered how Alex was doing.
A knock on the holding cells door brought the girls from their thoughts. Garnet entered the room, followed by Ruby, Sapphire, and Rose.
Peridot and Amethyst stood from the bed, smiles wide as they greeted their friends. Well, Ruby and Sapphire were their friends. Rose was more like an acquaintance to Peridot.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Amethyst greeted everyone, a hand on her hip.
"Not much, just lettin' you out for the day." Garnet wanted to be straight forward and not beat around any bushes. Taking her keys from the belt of her uniform, the police woman opened the cell door and let it swing open.
"Is that allowed?" Amethyst asked. Not that she wasn't thrilled to get to see all of her friends again on New Year's Day, but.. she didn't want Garnet to get in trouble.
"Doesn't matter.. higher ups approved it." Garnet explained, crossing her arms as she smirked.
"Yeah, so get your asses out here." Ruby rushed Amethyst and Peridot, obviously excited. "We got so much to talk about!"
Amethyst really didn't need any more incentive than that, and Peridot was just as excited. The couple eagerly ran from the cell, joining their friends in the outside world.
The group is walking down the street toward Amethyst's apartment. Ruby and Sapphire are hand in hand while Amethyst and Peridot just walk beside each other. Rose and Garnet are walking together behind everyone else. Amethyst had just asked Garnet if it was right for her to attend a party while on duty. The police woman shrugged.
"I'm technically doing my job. Think of it as escorting a criminal."
"Right.." That was such a Garnet answer.
"I still don't get it." Peridot stated, turning to look back at Garnet. "What sort of higher officials would approve letting out a prisoner without any sort of plea? I'm not complaining, but still."
Surprisingly, Rose was the one to answer Peridot's question.
"Oh, I called an old friend last night.. She has a lot of power in the city, so I asked her if she could do anything for Amethyst. It's strange.." The tall woman furrowed her brow. "As soon as I said that name, she said everything would be taken care of. I didn't have to beg or anything."
"That's pretty sweet." Amethyst grinned, holding her hands behind her head as she walked. "Even the big shots know about me."
"What was her name?" Sapphire asked. She and everyone else were rather curious as to who this 'higher authority' was.
"It's rather silly, honestly." Rose started with a chuckle. "She has a color as her first name and a gem as her last name, can you believe that?"
"No.." Amethyst and Peridot stopped in their tracks simultaneously, staring up at the taller woman.
"Yes, really." Rose took the two girls' reaction as surprise to the fact that anyone could have a color for a name. But she didn't know that they already knew who Rose's friend was just from that information.
"Her name is Yellow Diamond."