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Steven stood outside with his phone, texting Connie.
Steven: Did you get the papers printed out?
Connie: Yeah.
Steven: Good. Meet me at my house. We have another place where we can look for clues. Bring you're sword.
Connie: Okay, I'm on my way.
Steven waited for a second and the. Went back inside the house. He saw Pearl sitting on the couch, thinking deeply.
"Oh, hi Pearl." Steven greeted, smiling. It seemed Pearl didn't hear him, and if she did she wasn't paying attention to him.
"Pearl?" Pearl jumped up as she finally noticed Steven.
"Oh, hello Steven..." Pearl returned the greeting, only for her to turn her head away from him again.
"Pearl, I think it's time to talk to Amethyst. You've waited enough." Steven suggested, only for Pearl to cock her head towards him.
"I don't think I'll ever have the courage to apologize to her. I'm just gonna screw it up just like I did when we were back in the Kindergarten. But this time it's worse." Pearl stated.
"But Pearl, there's too much tension between you two, and it's starting to effect me and Garnet. You guys are gonna have to make up, or else we'll never get past this." Steven explained. Pearl's mouth twitched as she closed her eyes.
"Heh, you really do sound like her..." Pearl mused, her mouth turning into a small, yet sad smile.
"If only she were here..." Steven was a little annoyed at Pearl for starting another conversation about Rose.
"Pearl, please stop." Steven pleaded. Pearl looked at him with a glare.
"If it weren't for you this all would have never happened. This is all you're fault! The only thing you manage to do is screw thing up for us! Rose should have never gave up her life for filth like you!" Pearl snapped, getting up and walking towards Steven. Steven backed away as Pearl kept getting closer.
"It's not my fault that I'm here and she's not! How can I take the blame when it was her decision!?" Steven fought back.
"You're right, this isn't you're fault, it's you're incompetent Father's fault. If it weren't for him, Rose would still be alive and we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now! The only thing you've done is tear us all apart!" Pearl screamed.
"Pearl, that's enough!" A voice that belonged to Garnet yelled. Garnet stood at the temple door, seeing everything that had just transpired.
"No, you don't get it Garnet! Every time I look at Steven I'm reminded of how much I HATE him! You should too! He took Rose away!" Pearl yelled.
"It's in the past Pearl. Rose choose this, and you should respect her wishes." Garnet calmly stated.
"Wishes? What wishes? These "wishes" we're because of Greg! You should have thrown him over the fence the moment we saw him!"
"You're obsession over Rose needs to stop! This has been going on for too long!" Garnet exclaimed, this time a little irritated.
"Deep down you know I'm right Garnet! You wish we had Rose over Steven, don't you!?" Pearl said with a smirk. Garnet just stayed quiet.
"What's wrong with you Pearl! Am I just a shadow of my Mom to you? I never even got to see my Mom! So please, just stop!" Steven exclaimed.
"Steven's right Pearl! You control you're own destiny! Not Steven, and not Rose! YOU are you're own Gem! You need to act like it!" Garnet yelled.
Pearl stayed silent, speechless. Tears began to well in her eyes as she ran back to the temple door, summoned her door, and entered it.
Steven sighed as a tear trickled down his cheek, but he quickly swept it away.
"...Hi Steven." Garnet greeted, trying to forget the conversation that had just happened.
"Hi Garnet."
Garnet nodded in response and went back to the temple door, opening it up and going back to her room.
Steven soon heard a knock on the door and found that it was Connie. Steven opened the door and Connie entered. She had her sword with her, which was good.
"Hey Steven, what do we have to do now?" Connie asked, sitting down on the couch.
"Remember that place I told you about that had all of those gem mutants? The place that the gems called, the Kindergarten?" Steven asked.
"Yeah, why?" Connie questioned.
"Well, that's the place where we'll have to search for clues next. Let's see if we can find out any information on Peridot now. I'm taking my phone to take pictures of any evidence we can get."
"Okay, but can't we just ask the Crystal Gems to help out? I mean, we are going to a place filled with danger. Plus, by the way you describe it, it seems genuinely scary." Connie explained.
"It is scary, but don't worry, we can handle anything The Kindergarten throws at us." Steven stated confidently. "Besides, I don't want the Gems stressing over anything else. We're already going threw a bad situation..."
"What situation?" Connie asked, curious. Steven ignored her and walked towards the warp pad.
Connie got the impression that he didn't want to talk and quickly followed him. Steven raised his arms half way up and warped them.
A/N: Yes, I did use a bit of Garnet's quote in Friendship to Pearl. A quote I do not own, I simply used it and added a few new things. Also, the next chapter is when things really pick up. These past 3-4 chapters have been pretty dull, but after this one, not any longer. If I get 5 reviews, I'll update faster, as usual. You don't have to though, it just helps me get inspiration to write more. Hope you all enjoyed this semi-rushed chapter. Improvement will be in the next chapter! Promise!
