Chapter 3

The Date

Jet was laying in his bed, muscles aching from this morning training session. He has been in Beach City for about 3 months now and he hasn't gotten any proper rest since. Since the encounter with Red Eye, Jet has been pushing his body to the extreme. He no longer trains with his doppelganger but with Garnet instead, as she provided him with a better challenge. Their training sessions usually end up in a draw or when the other has more important affairs to deal with.

Jet sighed as he looked out the window. It was mid-afternoon and he was hoping to have a day off from adventuring with the crystal gems. He had joined their adventures from Steven having his fun with his so called cheeseburger backpack to discovering that Steven could shape-shift his fingers. Speaking of Steven, Jet has been training Steven to use his powers. So far, only minimum success and Jet let out a smile at that.

Flashback

Steven and Jet were facing each other on the beach near the temple. Jet took off his trench coat and pulled his sword from his gemstone. He noticed that Steven flinched a little at his action and Jet cleared his throat, getting Steven's attention.

"Well, Steven," He started. "Due to certain... um... circumstances I'm not allowed to go completely all out." He took a look at Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst, (who were there to supervise) who in turn smiled at him a little. Jet sweat-dropped at this. "Anyway, let's get started, shall we?" Jet bowed to Steven.

"OK," Steven said, returning the bow. "Let's do this, Jet." Jet smiled and charged at Steven. Steven was taken back by this sudden action. Jet was right in Steven's face, ready to strike but he backed off when he saw the fear on Steven's face. He sighed and shook his head.

"C'mon, Steven." Jet said, cracking his neck a little. "You have to fight back or at least, defend yourself." He heard Steven sigh.

"I know but..." Steven started to say. "It's just... when we spar, you always have this sort of sinister look on your face that makes me freeze up." Jet widen his eyes at this.

"Sinister look?" He asked, with a look of confusion. Amethyst started to laugh at this and Pearl and Garnet giggled a little. He looked at them. "Do I really hae a sinister look on my face when I'm sparring?"

"Well," Amethyst started, trying to control her laughter. "Yeah dude. You look like one of those old samurai's from japan. You need to reel it in a little." Jet sweatdropped once again and blushed a little.

"Will do then." He said, shifting his attention back to Steven. "How about if I put you in some sort of danger? There's a good chance that your gem powers might activate then..."

"No." Garnet stated, her hand on her hip. "That's out of the question." Jet ignored her and walked up to Steven.

"Hey," Jet whispered, in Steven's ear. "How 'bout you stand under that cliff? It might activate your powers..." Steven looked worried at that suggestion.

"Umm... I don't know..." Steven said, stroking his chin.

"If you do," Jet said. "I'll treat you to whatever you want..."

"Really?" Steven said. Jet nodded his head. Steven started to move underneath the cliff humming something about fry bits and pizza. While the gems were having a conversation about the location of their next mission, Jet sent a wave of invisible energy towards the cliff. That energy was enough to make severe rocks, both big and small, to fall towards Steven.

"What?" Steven said, the rocks were closing in. The gems noticed this and started to race towards Steven. It was too late as the rocks covered Steven. Garnet looked at Jet and slowly walked towards him.

"What did you do?" She asked, drawing her gauntlets. She was serious, this time. Jet smirked and pointed behind her. Garnet took a look and let out a small gasp. Steven was completely unharmed, he was covered by a pink bubble. Pearl, Amethyst and Garnet looked in amazement.

"Whoa!" Steven said, touching the bubble. "How did I do this?"

"When a gem is in danger, their power will activate." Jet stated, as he was walking towards Steven. "At least, for us half gems..." Jet and Steven laughed at this. Steven started to bang on the bubble.

"Umm... how do I get out?" Steven said. Jet looked at Steven, letting a small smile form on his face.

"We'll work on control later." He said, as he mentioned Steven to move a little towards the back of the bubble. He stabbed through it and it instantly popped.

"Steven," Jet said, as he put his sword in his gem. "This is the first big step for you. Don't worry, soon enough you'll be strong enough to take me on in a serious sparring match." He folded his arms and started to walk away.

"Really?" Steven said, stars in his eyes. He noticed Jet nodded. "But before that..." Jet turned to Steven. "Looks like someone forgetting to treat me to whatever I want..."

End Flashback

Jet started to close his eyes until he heard a knock at the door. Jet stretched his arms and walked towards the door to see who it was.

"Oh, hey Amethyst." Jet said, looking at her. He noticed that she wasn't saying anything and that she had a visible blush on her face. "What are you looking at?" Jet looked down and notice that he was in nothing but his boxers.

"Sorry!" He said, running towards his room.

"Is this way you wanted your own place?" Amethyst asked, as she closed his door. Jet and Amethyst have been hanging out with each other more frequently. He hangs out with the other gems but he tends to hang out with Amethyst a bit more.

"Well..." She heard him say. "I am a guy and I like having my own space. I've told you before that ..."

"Yeah, Yeah... you're a loner. I got it." She said interrupting him. She looked towards his room. "You almost done in there?" Jet walked out as soon as she said that. He was fully dressed (in his usual trench coat, black slacks and black tennis shoes) and was ready to go.

"So." Jet said, opening the door for her. "Where shall we go today, mi'lady?" Amethyst knew that he was joking but she couldn't help but to blush at this. Jet noticed that and smirked, he liked teasing her.

"Ugh. I don't know." She said, as she noticed Jet locked the door behind him. "You wanna just walk and talk?"

"Sounds good." Jet said, as he folded his arms. As they walked slowly on the beach, neither of them really spoke a word. One could say that they were merely enjoying the others company. It was about 10 minutes, until Jet spoke up.

"So..." Jet started, looking up in the air. "I know I said I'd be here a little while but I think it's about time I leave." Amethyst stopped walking and Jet did as well.

"Why?" Amethyst said. "You just got here and now you wanna leave?" Jet was a little taken back by Amethyst's reaction. He was, of course, joking but he wanted to see how far he could take it.

"This city doesn't need me." Jet started. "It already have protectors. I usually go to cities that need help..." Jet said, as he started to walk away. He noticed that Amethyst drew out her whip and looked like she was ready to attack.

"You can't leave," She said, her voice cracking a bit. "You're like one of the few people that understands me. If you leave, that'll be like another person walking outta my life." Jet noticed that she started to tear up.

'Shit...' Jet thought as he started to walk towards her. He felt guilty, it was only a suppose to be a joke to get a reaction out her. This wasn't the reaction he was expecting.

"Sorry." He said, pulling her into a hug. Amethyst blushed and started to hug back. "I didn't know that statement would make you cry." Jet was going to regret what he was about to say. "I was only joking... just to see what you would do."

Amethyst pulled away from the hug. "You What?" She hit Jet in the stomach, making him stumble back a bit. "I can't believe you... jerk." She started to lash her whip towards him but he caught it just in time. He pulled her into another hug, making her blush once more.

"Sorry." Jet said, once more. "I really mean it. It was a cruel joke. I took it to far... friends shouldn't joke like that..."

"Yeah, you shouldn't." Amethyst said, pulling away from Jet. Jet looked at her in bewilderment and wonder why she responded the way she did. Jet shook the thought from his head and started to walk back towards his home. It was awkward for them to continue taking their walk now.

"You coming?" Jet said when he notice Amethyst didn't move. She nodded her head, apparently lost in her own thoughts. Jet walked with Amethyst to the temple when they were greeted by Garnet at the front door.

"Hey, you two." Garnet greeted. She then shift her attention towards Jet. "So, training again tomorrow morning?"

"Nah, not this time." Jet said, shifting his attention towards Amethyst. "I've done something terrible and need to make up for it. Garnet, could you give us a moment?" Garnet nodded and headed back inside. Amethyst stood there with a look of confusion on her face.

"Like I stated," Jet said, when he noticed her look. "I need to set this right. How 'bout we spend the whole day having fun tomorrow? We can go to FunLand and hang out and stuff. So, what do you say?"

"Like a date?" She said, raising an eyebrow. Jet blushed a little at her saying that.

"Yeah, I guess..." He said, scratching the back of his head. Amethyst shrugged her shoulders.

"Fine." She said, as she started to head inside. "But I'm not dressing up."

"I don't expect you to." Jet said, turning around. "Have a good night." And with that, Jet jumped from the temple to the beach. Amethyst let out a sigh and touched her gem.

'What's wrong with me?' She thought as her gem started to glow. 'Am I falling for this guy?'

The morning sun was always a beautiful thing to witness but not for Jet this time. He was snoring lightly as the sun started to rise. He was mumbling in his sleep something giant hot dogs and leftover sake. He always had strange dreams like that. He was still snoring until a loud boom startled him awake. He quickly drew his weapon from his back.

"Who's there?" He asked, still half sleep. Not hearing a response, he stretched his limbs and looked out of the window. What he saw was Garnet training against a doppelganger of herself. He sighed tried to go back to sleep but with all the noise she was making he couldn't. Jet decided he might as well get ready for the day as he grabbed his toothbrush and headed to the bathroom.

After spending 15 minutes in the bathroom, Jet picked out what he was going to wear for his "date" with Amethyst. He throw together a solid black t-shirt and black sweatpants, he also threw on black sandals as well. He looked at his clock and notice that is was a little after 7 a.m. He knew that Amethyst was still sleep (even though she didn't need to) at this time so he decided to watch T.V. until it was time to get Amethyst. As he flipped on the T.V. he channel surfed until he landed on a show called "Crying Breakfast Friends".

'What the hell?' Jet thought, as he watched a pear and piece of bacon cry their eyes out. Jet was instantly annoyed. 'Next!' He quickly changed the channel and the current show was a little better. It was a show about a samurai rabbit and frog. He left the channel there and ended up falling asleep to it.

About 4 hours later, Jet woke up with a start. He hopped up to check on the time. it was a little after 11 a.m. he sighed a breathe of relief, he thought he overslept. He didn't want to piss off Amethyst again, not after yesterday. He headed to his front door and headed towards the temple. He looked around the beach to see that Garnet and her doppelganger went all out, as there were debris everywhere. he shook his head and jumped towards the temple front door. He knocked 3 times before Pearl answered the door.

"Well, hello Jet." Pearl stated. "Are you here to see Steven?" Jet glanced inside to notice Steven was still sleeping.

"No," Jet said. "I'm actually here to see Amethyst. Is she awake yet?" Pearl raised an eyebrow. Jet turned his head a bit embarrassed that Pearl was looking at him like that.

"I'll go see." Pearl said. "Please come in and wait while I do." Jet playfully bow to her.

"Yes, mi'lady." Jet said, letting himself in. Jet went to sit on the couch to wait on Pearl to get Amethyst. Jet could hear Steven's light snoring above him, as Steven's bed wasn't that far from the couch.

"Amethyst." Pearl said, knocking on the star door that connects to each gem's room. "Jet's here to visit you." Suddenly, the purple gem started to glow and the door opened. Jet stood up and whistled.

"Wow." Jet said, looking at Amethyst. "Little changes makes a big difference." Amethyst was wearing her usual attire but she was wearing purple earrings (her hair pulled back a little to show them off) and purple bracelets. Even Pearl was surprised at Amethyst's appearance. Amethyst was blushing at them two of them staring at her.

"Can we go already?" She said, rushing over to Jet. Jet held his arm out and Amethyst, blushing like mad, held on to it. Pearl started to giggle a little and Amethyst shot her a mean look.

"Have fun you two!" Pearl said, as the two headed out the door. Jet give her a thumbs up.

Jet and Amethyst spend the rest of the day just having fun at Fun-land. They played a couple of arcade games, even though Amethyst didn't understand a majority of them. They also rode on whatever ride that they could and generally having a good time. The sun was starting to set and Jet was starving, he didn't want to eat it Fun-land because of their "overpriced" food.

"Amethyst." Jet said, looking at her. "I'm hungry, where do you wanna eat at?" Amethyst pointed at a building in the distance. From where she was pointing, it was in the direction of Fish Stew Pizza.

"Pizza, huh?" Jet said, nodding his head. "Sounds awesome! Let's go!" Jet started to walk in the direction of the restaurant. Amethyst smirked and started walking as well.

It didn't take them to get to Fish Stew Pizza and Jet's stomach growled noisily. He heard Amethyst giggle and he blushed as a response. He opened the door for her and was greeted by a man who had a weird shaped Afro and was wear a green shirt with an apron over it.

"Welcome to Fish Stew Pizza." He said. "What can I get for you?" Jet was looking at their menu, their prices seem reasonable to him.

"Can I get a medium pizza with two large soft drinks?" Jet said.

"What can of soft drinks would you like?" The man said, writing down Jet's order.

"Any for me." Jet said, his attention shifted to Amethyst. "What drink would you like Amethyst?"

"Same for me." Amethyst said, twirling her hair with her finger.

"OK." The man said. "So, I have a medium pizza with two drinks. What kind of pizza?"

"Any." Jet said, trying to soothe his growling stomach.

"OK, that'll be $14.95." The man said. Jet reached in front of his pockets to grab his wallet. He gave the man 3 five dollar bills. The man gave him his change and the two sat at a table towards the back. Jet looked at Amethyst and she seemed to be in thought.

"You OK?" Jet said, getting her attention.

"I'm fine." She said. "Just thinking... that's all." Jet raised an eyebrow at her.

"I'm not boring you, am I?" Jet said, folding his arms. "If am I.." Jet leaned closer to her, making her a little nervous. "What can I do to make this enjoyable for you?" Amethyst blushed at this.

"Nothing..." She said. voice crackling a little. "I wonder how long the food's gonna take..."

'Cute.' Jet thought, as he watched her reaction.

The two had small conversations as they were waiting for their food. Jet talked about his father and his intense training regiments he had to do. He also talked about his school days and the fights he got in. Amethyst would talk about the days that she would prank Pearl and the time she spent around Rose. Before they knew it, their order was ready.

"Order up!" The man shouted. "One medium pizza and two soft drinks!" Jet and Amethyst went up to the counter to get their order. Jet carried the pizza and his drink and Amethyst carried her drink. The two sat in the same seats.

"Can I ask you something?" Amethyst said. Jet nodded his head as he opened the pizza box. "Have you ever been in a romantic relationship before?" Jet coughed at that.

"Why?" Jet said, as he grabbed a slice.

"Just wanna know." Amethyst said, grabbing a slice herself.

"Well, yeah..." Jet said, taking a bite. "It didn't end well though..." He trailed off.

"What happened?" Amethyst said. She was interested and Jet could tell. He didn't want to tell her the story because of how it made him feel. Jet took a deep breathe and looked outside the window.

"I was dating a normal girl," Jet said, putting his slice down. "or at least I thought she was. I was in the 11th grade at the time and I was a hard guy to approach. I didn't have that many friends and the only true friend I had was a nerdy guy named Josh. To cut the story short, she left me for my friend Josh..." Jet felt a surge of anger boiling in him.

"She was evil. She mocked me and told me that I was too weak for her." Jet said, his eyes turning a fierce red. Amethyst noticed his eyes changing color but remained silent. "But...that's the past. There's nothing I can do..." Jet eyes returned to normal and he took a sip of his drink.

"Sorry dude." Amethyst said.

"Like I said it's the past..." Jet said, looking out the window again. It was getting late and he knew he had to get to bed early in order to resume his training schedule. "You wanna take this to go?"

"Sure." Amethyst said. picking up the pizza box. Jet grabbed their drinks and said goodbye to the man at the counter.

The walk back to the temple didn't take long. Jet walked Amethyst up the stairs of the temple. Amethyst grabbed a key from under the welcome mat. She unlock the door and mention for Jet to come inside. He looked up to where Steven's bed was and it was empty.

'I wonder where Steven is?' Jet thought, as he put Amethyst drink on the kitchen counter.

"Well." Jet started. "I had fun. How about you?"

"Yeah!" Amethyst said. "We definitely gotta do that again..." There was a moment of silence between the two. Jet was the first to break the silence.

"Alright then." Jet said, grabbing one of Amethyst's hands. "Have a good night, mi'lady." And with that, he kissed Amethyst's hand. Amethyst blushed wildly at that and didn't have a response. Jet smiled and started to walked out the door.

'Wow...' Amethyst thought, her gem starting to glow brightly. 'That guy...' Amethyst helded on to the spot where Jet kissed her at and headed to her room, a smile clearly intact.