All of us were still looking out at the ocean, thinking about Malachite and the destruction that the crash caused. "Well that could have gone a lot worse." Pearl said trying to be positive. Neon Green fire was around all of the Beach and the upper cliff where the lighthouse was. There were piles of broken Gem ship debris everywhere.

"Could've gone a lot better too." Garnet said looking around.

"Steven I got your message! Steven, what happened?!" Connie voice said nervously over the phone. I think it was because we were Gems, well half-Gem too, that we could hear her voice even though she wasn't on speaker.

"We won!" Amethyst yelled happily, grabbing Steven's shoulders taking him out of his trance. Amethyst thrilled Steven around laughing happily.

"Is that Amethyst?!" Connie asked confused and Steven smiled. Lion placed his head on Steven's forehead making Steven laugh nervously. "What's going on?! You said that there's some kind of giant space hand and you all might die?!"

"Woohoo!" Amethyst yelled ruffing Steven's hair skipping over to where the rest of us were.

"Connie you're not going to believe what happened!" Steven said and Lion huffed and walked away putting his butt in Steven's face making him grimace. "Where do I even start?!"

"I see you P!" Amethyst yelled happily and hugged Pearl making her move left and right. Pearl had a startled look on her face.

"It's a madhouse over here!" Steven yelled looking over at poor Pearl smiling.

"Amethyst! That's enough celebrating!" Pearl yelled. There was a familiar sound of Steven's father's car beeping making all of us stop and Lion jump into the air disappearing. Greg's car, now that I actually paid attention to it was a 2-door 1980s hatchback. There was a sticker on one of the back windows that read "dad on board" which was over another sticker that said "!USED!" in all capital letters. That car's interior had five seats, a radio and a tape deck. The car was pretty large and had a beautiful design that had "UNIVERSE" in dark purple on the passenger side and paintings of the Earth and shooting stars. Though the most defining feature was that long dark orange stripe that ran across the car.

"STEVEN!" Greg yelled from his door.

"DAD!" Steven yelled happily. "Connie I have to go but I promise I'll call you back!" He hung up the phone and lifted his hands up into the air shouting "DAD'S BACK! DAD'S BACK!" I could feel the jealousy rise as the father-son duo gave each other a large hug. I had forgotten that Garnet was next to me because she picked me up.

"Garnet!" I blushed embarrassed. She laughed lightly and threw me up into the cry like a parent does a child. I screamed as she kept doing it and eventually I started laughing, the laughter turned into tears and she placed me back onto the ground. I hugged her around her waist and I could feel the seriousness of the situation getting to me, it took me a second to realize I was shaking. Well… panic attack. I held my breath trying to calm myself down as Garnet started messing with my hair by braiding the already braided locs.

I heard loud music coming from Steven and Greg's direction and realized that Greg was also panicking inside his car. Steven must have told him what had happened. I felt my eyes get heavy and the next moment I woke up, it was morning. When I opened my eyes I noticed I laying on the couch.

"Aw come on!" Amethyst whined.

"No whining." Garnet said. "We need to start learning up the debris."

"Garnet is right! People are already coming back into town!" Pearl said looking down.
"We gotta keep them off the beach." Steven said glaring already at the window. "If any humans got access to Gem technology they could really hurt themselves." He pulls down the shades of the window. "Maybe we should shut them out… for good."

Seems like Steven is going through his own kind of… adjustment to the situation. In a weird kind of way that didn't suit him. Though maybe it was because he felt a connection to beach city… I felt a wave of dark emotions push into my head which I tried to push down. Of course a constant reminder of the lack of knowledge I had about, what I was confused me more. What am I?... Who am I?... I looked down at the pillow as they continued to talk.

"You know, we did have a fence…" Pearl said thinking about what Steven had said. "Let's get a new one! With barbed wires!"

"Yeah and this time let's built a moat…" Amethyst said and covered her face turning it into a crocodile. "I could be… the crocodile! Jazz hands!" Pearl rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"No…" Garnet said.

"Why not?" Amethyst asked her face the same.

"You always say you'll be the crocodile.." Pearl said with her hands on her hips making Amethyst turn back into her original self and glare at her. "But you never commit!"

"No fence either." Garnet said.

"Garnet!" The two Gems whined.

"Steven needs to see his father and his friends." She said and turned her body over to me. "And I think it's better for Suha too." I whined when I heard my name but didn't say anything.
"No I don't." Steven said walking away from the mirror. "I can't keep clinging to the vestiges of my humanity." He placed a hand on the wall. "It's time I got serious." The jingle from Steven's phone went off as well as it vibrated The phone was in his pant's pockets. He cringed childlessly, making the demeanor he had before nullified.
"Steven? Why is your communication device playing that song?" Pearl asked.

"It's Connie trying to call me." Steven answered and Amethyst picked through the blinds. Steven's face darkened. "But I can't face her anymore…"

"So you're just going to ignore her?" Pearl asked taking a step forward in concern. "Forever?"
"It's the responsible thing to do." Steven said crossing his arms in defiance.

"It's the stupid thing to do." I muttered making him pout at me.

"Well it's gonna be pretty hard, cause she's coming up the steps right now." Amethyst said making Steven and Pearl look at her.

"What?!" Steven yelled in panic. There was a knock at the door and Steven moved himself from view heading towards the window.. Pearl opened the door with Garnet standing behind her.
"Oh! Hello…." Pearl said awkwardly trying to pretend she didn't know she was already coming. "Connie…"

"Is Steven home?" Connie asked as the door window opened a few meters from the door and Steven tried to sneakily open the window and move his body through.

"I'm just really worried! He hasn't been answering his phone!" Connie exclaimed as Steven snuck behind her. "What's going on?!"
"Eh…. I don't know…" Pearl said. "I don't understand your human relationships. So um… goodbye!" Pearl said and closed the door on her. Garnet waved and walked away while Connie turned around.

"STEVEN!" Connie yelled and I moved over towards the door as Connie ran after Steven. I pushed the door open and watched their exchange. Connie continued to yell Steven's name as he hid behind leftover thumb of the hand while she looked around confused.

"Are you in trouble?! Is something wrong?! DId I do something wrong?! Why are you avoiding me?!" Steven didn't answer and she took out her phone and dialed his number. The jingle went on for a split second and Steven turned it off, not giving Connie enough time to locate him. Connie looked around the debris.

"Steven I know you're here! Why are you hiding from me?!" There was a pause and Connie read a message from her phone, but I was too far to hear it. She called Steven. "Steven?!" Steven said something to her and Connie's face turned into anger. "Say it to my face! Say you don't want to be friends anymore! If- If you can do that, then I'll leave you alone! And I'll just go back to having no friends! But I won't believe it until you say it to my face!"

Steven climbed on top of the thumb making Connie lookup and jumped down. His face was still looking at the ground. "Well?!" Steven lifted up his face and tears and snot ran down his face.

"I still want to be friends!" Steven yelled pitifully. They spoke to quietly for me to hear but Connie gave him a hug and they sat on the beach. Some minutes passed and eventually Greg drove over and spoke to Steven. I could see that all of them were smiling and they got into the car and drove away playing a nice tone. I looked inside the house and noticed the Gems were gone. I looked down at the beach and whipped some tears away from my eyes.

Now that I was alone, I could finally allow myself to release some of my feelings.

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The Little Prince - "Equation" - English version + Lyrics

Camille and Hans Zimmer

"[Intro]

Minus 2 by minus 3

6Y you end up with 5

X plus 3Y times 2XXY

Rewrite equation one

[Verse 1]

Have I made you cross?

Have I made you sad?

Have I made you proud, Mom?

Will I ever know

How white is the snow?

Does it matter after all?

Will I ever learn

How to fly like birds?

Maybe

In an hour

In a day

In a week

In a thousand weeks

In a year

In a million years

[Verse 2]

Are you good as gold?

Are you far from hope?

Are you well?

Hello, Dad?

Will I be a brave

Will I be a bright

Will I be a good grown-up?"