A/N: Hello everyone, I am back with chapter thirty-six of this story. Here, pick up where we left off last time.
Disclaimer: I don't own Steven Universe
Pearl had a terrible night's sleep. The incident with Amethyst the night before plagued her mind and she wracked her brain trying to determine what exactly was going on. The next morning came and the three women went about their days. Pearl couldn't help but notice that Amethyst seemed to ignore her. After returning home, Pearl saw only Garnet.
"I take it Amethyst is still angry." sighed Pearl.
Garnet nodded her head in confirmation.
"Oh great." muttered Pearl.
Pearl took a moment to think.
"Well, how was your day at least?" asked Pearl.
"Fine." answered Garnet nonchalant.
"My day was okay too." shrugged Pearl.
"Did you see Lapis, Peridot or Jasper?" asked Garnet bluntly.
Pearl shook her head back and forth.
"No. I didn't even bother looking." answered Pearl honestly.
Garnet thought for a moment.
"We need to solve this." decided Garnet firmly.
"Easier said than done." muttered Pearl.
Garnet let out a sigh.
"I know." admitted Garnet.
"But we have to!" declared Pearl.
"That's the enthusiasm I like." replied Garnet, with a smile.
The two walked over to the door of Amethyst's room.
"Okay, let's do this." said Pearl softly.
Pearl began to walk forward, but Garnet threw her arm up blocking Pearl.
"I think I should do this." said Garnet, "She's still mad at you."
Pearl realized Garnet was most likely correct.
"Okay." agreed Pearl reluctantly.
Garnet opened the door to Amethyst's room. Amethyst was lying face own on her bed.
"Fuck off!" called Amethyst.
Garnet shut the door and made her way to the Amethyst's bed. One there, she sat down.
"It's me." noted Garnet.
"I told you to leave." replied Amethyst.
"Her tone is softer with me." thought Garnet interested.
"Pearl is worried about you." noted Garnet.
"I don't give a shit." huffed Amethyst.
"I am worried too." added Garnet.
"I'm fine." said Amethyst.
For Garnet, that sealed it.
"Why are you made with Pearl?" asked Garnet.
Amethyst sat up.
"She had no right to dig into my business." answered Amethyst bitterly.
"But, she did." noted Garnet.
"Of course she did!" exclaimed Amethyst angrily.
"The Big Donut employees told her. She wasn't looking for anything, it came to her." explained Garnet.
Amethyst mumbled in Portuguese.
"What is bothering you?" asked Garnet.
"It's not your business." answered Amethyst.
"It is my business when it effects my friends." countered Garnet.
Amethyst groaned.
"What is bothering you?" asked Garnet.
Amethyst took a moment.
"It's...personal." answered Amethyst softly.
"She's opening up." thought Garnet hopeful.
Garnet thought for a moment.
"Amethyst, I only want to help." noted Garnet.
Amethyst thought for a moment.
"I know." said Amethyst.
Amethyst thought for a minute.
"I should be so defensive." admitted Amethyst.
Garnet let out a hum.
"I am sorry for freaking out." continued Amethyst.
"I accept that." began Garnet.
Amethyst raised her eyebrow.
"But, there's someone else you should be apologize too." noted Garnet.
"Yo P.! You can stop listening in and join us!" called Amethyst.
A thud was heard as Pearl fell to the floor.
"Too easy." chuckled Amethyst.
Pearl entered the room shutting the door behind her. Pearl uncomfortable walked over and joined the others.
"I'm sorry for freaking out Pearl. t wasn't cool of me." said Amethyst.
"It is fine. I couldn't have handled things a bit better." replied Pearl.
The two friends shared a hug.
"So...can you please tell us why you lied?" asked Pearl.
Amethyst nodded her head in confirmation.
"I had nowhere to go." answered Amethyst.
"What do you mean?" asked Pearl surprised.
"Like I said. I had nowhere to go." answered Amethyst.
Amethyst had to take a moment before continuing.
"You both have families to go back to, but I cannot." revealed Amethyst sadly.
Pearl and Garnet gasped at this revelation.
"What about your family?" asked Pearl.
Amethyst let out a sigh.
"My family is way too spread out." answered Amethyst.
"How big is your family?" asked Garnet.
"Pretty damn big." answered Amethyst proudly.
"But, none of them could take you in." replied Pearl confused.
"Nope." confirmed Amethyst.
"What about your parents?" asked Pearl.
"They're in Fall River. Big Lusophone community there." answered Amethyst.
"But, you told us you came from Belo Horizonte." noted Garnet surprised.
"I'm Brazilian and my family comes from there. But, my folks moved to the US before I was born." explained Amethyst.
Garnet and Pearl understood this.
"I only have one person nearby I know." noted Amethyst bitterly.
"You're talking about Jasper." mused Pearl.
Amethyst tensed up hearing her cousin's name.
"That's a yes." stated Garnet.
Pearl thought for a moment.
"During our...alteration. It sounded like you two used to be close." noted Pearl.
Amethyst went from tense to saddened.
"When we where kids, the two of you where friends." sighed Amethyst.
"What happened?" asked Garnet.
"I don't have a freaking clue!" exclaimed Amethyst.
Pearl was taken aback by this.
"I...I just don't know." said Amethyst exasperated.
Pearl and Garnet shared a glance.
"It's okay Amethyst." said Pearl softly.
Amethyst let out a soft chuckle.
"Ya know." began Amethyst, "I remember this one time from 2003..."
In a nice home, two young girls where glued to the television set. Jasper Silva and Amethyst Torres where watching one of their favorite programs - WWE Monday Night Raw. Calling the action was legendary semi-retired wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler and the fellow legend Jim Ross. The cousins watched in interest as wrestler Kane chased Shane McMahon throughout the arena. Shane had just jumped inside his limousine.
"He trapped himself!" exclaimed Amethyst.
"Once Kane gets him, Shane O'Mac is done for." said Jasper.
Unable to enter, Kane crawled through the sun roof entering the limousine.
"Kane is big and powerful. He'll rip Shane apart." mused Jasper.
Suddenly, Shane escaped through the driver's door and put the limousine in drive.
"He escaped!" cried Amethyst amazed.
"What's he doing?" asked Jasper perplexed.
The two girls watched in confusion as Shane seemed to meddle with the car.
"Have a nice trip!" cried Shane.
Shane released the break causing the limo to drive into a parked semi. The limo smashed into the parked truck causing a great deal of damage to the limo with Kane still inside.
"Holy Schmoly!" cried Amethyst and Jasper in unison.
After a few moments, the screen cut back to the arena where a "holy shit" chant had started. Lawler and Ross where left stunned by what had transpired.
"That as awesome!" cried Amethyst.
"Totally!" cried Jasper.
The two cousins began discussing the event enthusiastically.
"I'm so glad we got to see that together." said Amethyst.
Jasper nodded her head in agreement.
"Me too." agreed Jasper.
As she finished, Amethyst couldn't help but get a bit emotional.
"Are you okay?" asked Pearl worried.
"Yeah." answered Amethyst, "It's just, we used to be so damn close." mused Amethyst.
"And you have no idea what happened?" asked Garnet.
Amethyst shrugged her shoulders.
"As we got older she gradually started bullying me more and more." answered Amethyst honestly.
Meanwhile, at another home a trio of women where gathered in their living room. Jasper was watching bodybuilding videos while preforming curls with a dumbbell while also drinking beer. Lapis was seated next to her sitting quietly and ready to grab a beer for Jasper if need be. Finally, Peridot sat in a nearby reading Wired magazine.
"Jasper, can you please lower the volume a tad?" asked Peridot humbly.
Jasper shot her a angry glare.
"It's just I'm trying to read..." began Peridot.
Before she could finish, Jasper got up and ripped the magazine from her hands.
"Ahh!" cried Peridot in fear.
Jasper then ripped the magazine into pieces and tossed the debris on the ground.
"Now you're finished." said Jasper.
Jasper sat back down and returned to her previous activities while Lapis remained silent.
"Sakit sa asno." muttered Peridot under her breath.
The video soon ended.
"That's enough for the night." decide Jasper.
"Um Jasper, I want to ask you something." said Lapis softly.
Jasper thought for a moment.
"Go ahead." said Jasper.
"What is your issue with Amethyst?" asked Lapis.
Peridot's eyes became as wide as saucers.
"There's no way she's that reckless." thought Peridot worried.
Jasper mulled this over.
"It's not your business." answered Jasper.
"It sounded like you and Amethyst used to be closer when you where younger." noted Lapis.
Jasper grabbed Lapis by her shirt.
"Drop it." ordered Jasper coldly.
"Okay." agreed Lapis.
Jasper let go of Lapis and began heading upstairs.
"We're having sex in a little bit. I just need to get juice." stated Jasper.
Jasper marched upstairs leaving Lapis and Peridot alone.
"You put up with a lot of her abuse." mused Peridot.
"You're the one who had her magazine ripped up." replied Lapis.
"It was last month's issue anyway." sighed Peridot.
Peridot began picking up the magazine pieces.
"Besides, I don't have physical relations with her either." said Peridot.
"It's not bad." shrugged Lapis.
A smirk crossed Lapis' face.
"She has a strap-on she calls Malachite." noted Lapis cheeky.
Peridot groaned in disgust.
"I really didn't need to know that." said Peridot disgusted.
Lapis giggled a bit.
"I'd rather have gone with that Pearl than hear that." said Peridot.
Lapis stopped sudden hearing that.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Lapis worried.
"My car had problems and she offered me a lift. I rejected it." answered Peridot.
"Good." said Lapis relieved.
"I wouldn't risk it." said Peridot.
"I'm horny! Let's go!" called Jasper.
Lapis sighed and headed to the stairs.
A/N: That is where we'll end this chapter. The wrestling segment between Shane McMahon and Kane really happened on October 6, 2003 and I could not do it justice. Check it out on YouTube. I chose that because the difference between the smaller Shane and the big, monstrous Kane was a great metaphor. Also, I hope you liked the Malachite reference. I was considering whether or not to add fusions and decided against it. Next time, our three protagonists plan and we learn more about Pearl's relationship with Rose. Please review.