"I'd say "Welcome", but you've been living here for the past week."
Amethyst said this as she opened the door to her apartment, having received her keys from Peridot beforehand. The two enter the apartment, Amethyst's arms raised above her head in a stretch, fingers interlocked. Peridot's hands are in her sweat pants pockets while she kicks her shoes off at the door.
"Yeah, keeping your bed warm is hard work."
Amethyst turns to face Peridot as the blonde girl closes the door. Before Peridot could have the chance to turn from the door of her own accord, Amethyst grabs her girlfriend by the arm and turns her around, placing her other hand on the back of her head, forcing their mouths together.
Peridot's eyes went wide. They had barely taken a few steps through the door, and Amethyst was already pushing her tongue through Peridot's lips.
The silver haired girl pulled away before Peridot could do anything to react, leaving her girlfriend with a dazed look on her face. Amethyst chuckled and turned, heading toward her room.
Peridot could do nothing but stand there in a stunned daze. It was safe to say that she did not expect her girlfriend to play with her tongue so soon through the door. The blonde only came out of her reverie at the sound of Amethyst's voice from her bedroom.
"You coming, Peri?"
"Uh-huh.." Peridot replied dumbly, following Amethyst into the bedroom.
As she rounds the corner to stand in the doorway, Peridot's jaw almost dropped at the sight that greeted her. Amethyst had already shed her shoes and socks, taking place on the floor with her pants. She sat on the bed in just her underwear and her purple sweatshirt, but she even stretched one side of the shirt down to reveal her shoulder and tank top strap. Leaning on an arm, her other hand resting on her hip, she greeted her girlfriend.
"Hey babe.." Amethyst whispered alluringly. "Took you so long?"
Peridot felt as if she were in a trance. She stepped forward, slowly, toward her girlfriend. Amethyst shifted in position, getting on her hands and knees, head tilted up to welcome Peridot's warm kiss. The blonde bent down and took Amethyst's face in her hands, and just before their lips touched, Peridot shoved her girlfriend on the bed, away from her.
"Get a shower, Amethyst.." Peridot says, her voice nasally as she pinches her nose. "You smell like shit."
"Ugh, you bitch!" Amethyst laughed as she grabbed a pillow from behind her, tossing it at Peridot.
"Don't you "bitch" me!" Peridot smacked the pillow from the air, pointing toward the bathroom through the doorway with a laugh. "You've been in that cell for a week, smell terrible, and if you want me to kiss you, you are going to get clean."
Amethyst pouted and stood from the bed. She made her way out of the bedroom, but stopped at the doorway, turning her head to look back at Peridot. "You know, join me and we can get more dirty instead?"
"Get your ass in there!" Peridot was having nothing of it. Amethyst stuck her tongue out at her girlfriend and continued on toward the shower.
The rich girl groaned and fell on the bed, covering her reddening face with her hands. She couldn't believe Amethyst was being like this. Not five minutes through the door and she was already soliciting herself for sex. Of course she couldn't really be blamed. Amethyst's been a prostitute for several months, it became part of her lifestyle.
But she no longer had the need to do that anymore.. Amethyst quit prostituting, so she no longer has to put herself out as a sex object.
Maybe Peridot is just overthinking things. Maybe Amethyst is just happy to be able to relax in her own home, naturally flirtatious. Perhaps she really just wants to have sex for her own benefit.
But Amethyst has never allowed her clients to pleasure her. She only did the pleasuring. It was impossible for her to change that in such a short amount of time after quitting prostitution, to allow herself to partake in pleasures her partner would want to give to her.
Peridot thought and thought, sighing into her hands when she heard the noise of the shower starting. Amethyst had already gotten undressed in the time Peridot took to think.
The rich girl sits up on the bed, using her arms to prop herself up. It was hard to think honestly, when everything happened so fast. So many events in just a little more than a week. One would think that it would take months and a really bad day for Peridot to be where she is now, dating a convict. Of course it's more complicated than that, but still.
The events that lead to this moment were mismatched, odd. So many things could have gone better, Peridot could have done so much better to resolve the situation. But that didn't matter anymore.
As the rich girl stared off into space, she thought about what her mother said. That she would accept her daughter no matter her sexual orientation, that she would be supportive. That meant a lot.
Yellow Diamond showed compassion and understanding.. a couple of traits that Peridot missed since being adopted. Of course Jasper and Lapis treated her like an actual part of the family. Really, they acted more like sisters to each other than best friends, or "fun buddies" considering Jasper and Lapis' relationship.
There is that old saying, 'Speak of the devil and he shall appear.' Or rather, think of the devil in this case. Peridot's smart phone buzzed in her pocket and, taking it, the blonde girl answered.
"Hello?" She asked, mentally reprimanding herself for not looking at the caller on her screen. A giddy voice answered from the other side.
"Heeeyy Peri~." Lapis' voice was slurred, and Peridot could barely make out what she was saying. "Hap.. happy.. The fuck was it again..?" Lapis' voice became muffled, and Peridot could only assume that her friend was drunk, and asking Jasper what the day was. Peridot couldn't help the smile appearing on her face.
"Happy New Years, Lapis. Are you drunk? You're still under age you know."
Lapis hiccupped over the phone, giggling wildly. "Nooooo... you're drunk.." "Babe, you're drunk. Gimme the phone."
There was a little bit of scuffling on the other end of the phone. The next voice she heard was Jasper's, tired, but satisfied.
"Hey, Miss Diamond. Happy New Years."
"Took you guys long enough to call." Peridot replied sarcastically. "Did you guys have sex all day or something?"
"Yup."
"Oh my god.." Peridot didn't actually expect an answer. "Don't actually tell me that!"
Jasper just laughed. "You asked, your majesty. I work for you, remember?"
"Whatever.. So did you guys get together? I kinda forgot to ask during all of my drama."
"Yeah, we're a thing." Jasper's voice grew excited, happy even. Peridot was starting to feel happy for her friend herself. "Lapis said she was surprised I didn't ask sooner. I took her out and we ate at a Chinese buffet. After we stuffed ourselves, we went to hang out in your room and play some of your games. Hope you don't mind."
"As long as you washed my sheets and made your own save file on Portal, I don't care."
"We didn't fuck in your bed, Peridot. Really, we didn't have sex at all. Not until this morning."
Peridot scoffed, obviously disbelieving. "The day you don't have your fingers between Lapis' legs is the day I whore myself out for money."
"You know, I take offense to that."
Peridot looked up to see Amethyst standing in the doorway to the room. A towel was wrapped around her curvaceous body, barely doing anything to cover her breasts. Amethyst's hair was still wet, water dripping onto the carpet below her feet. The blonde girl on the bed couldn't do anything but stare.
"Miss Diamond, are you still there?"
Apparently, Peridot had stared at Amethyst for so long and so intently that Jasper's words of retort to the blonde girl's previous statement fell on deaf ears. When Peridot finally heard Jasper's voice, she nearly panicked.
"Y-yeah!" She replied, almost too loudly into the phone. Amethyst chuckled and walked over to her closet, opening the sliding door to get at her clothes. "Hey, can.. Can I call you back tomorrow?"
Jasper's voice became concerned for her employer. "Is everything okay? Should I come get you?"
"No no, I'm fine. Just.." Peridot's voice trailed as Amethyst let her towel fall from her body. Her glistening skin and gorgeous ass were exposed to her girlfriend, and she acted like she didn't even care as she sifted through the shirts hanging in her closet.
"If you don't tell me what's going on, I'm coming to bring you home."
"Oh, no, you don't have to do that Jasper, really." Peridot couldn't focus under these conditions. She stood from her bed and, trying to avoid eye contact with her oh so gloriously nude girlfriend, made her way out of the room. She practically ran down the hallway, turned the corner into the living room, and leaned against the wall so that she couldn't see into Amethyst's room. "Just.. Gimme a minute okay?" Peridot asked.
"Alright.." Jasper seemed skeptical, of course. She was bound to worry about her friend. The fact that Peridot was the daughter of the woman who wrote Jasper's paychecks had nothing to do with her worry... well, maybe just a little. "Are you out of breath?"
"Little bit, yeah.." Peridot clutched at her chest, steadying her breathing. That stupid, damned, sexy Amethyst. "I'm good. I'm fine."
"Alright, so what's up?" "Hey, lemme talk to Peri, babyyy~" Lapis' voice could be heard, still in a drunken stupor. "No sweetie, just go lay down, okay?" Jasper declined lovingly, followed by a disapproved grunt from Lapis.
"Everything went great with Amethyst." Peridot said suddenly, in one breath. "She's out of jail for now, has to go back tomorrow, she remembers me, spending the night together in her apartment, might have sex I have no idea, can I call you back tomorrow please?"
There was a stunned silence following Peridot's little outburst. After a few seconds of this silence, of Jasper's brain catching up to what was told to her, she finally responds.
"Oh, yeah.. Sure. I'll let Lapis know everything when she's sobered up. You have fun. Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"You're the best, Jasper.." Peridot sighed, relieved that her chauffeur, understood the situation. "I'll call you back tomorrow, some time after Amethyst gets back to her cell. Okay?"
"Sounds good. Have a goodnight."
"You too.. and happy New Years." Then Jasper disconnected the call.
As Peridot put her phone back into her pocket, taking a deep breath, only one thought crossed her mind. Was Amethyst still naked?
The blonde could feel her face was red, more so than it has been in her entire life. Amethyst was just so nonchalant about being naked.. Then again, she'd have to be in her previous line of work.
Peridot sidled along the wall, toward the hallway that lead to Amethyst's room. She was actually afraid that Amethyst would still be nude. If the ex prostitute was naked, Peridot believes that she doesn't know what she'd do. It would be so amazing, but also so incredibly embarrassing. But why would she be embarrassed? Peridot saw her girlfriend topless even before they got together, when Amethyst was still a prostitute.
She didn't want to let a little embarrassment keep her from having fun. Peridot took another deep breath and turned the corner, heading into Amethyst's bedroom.
Amethyst herself has made herself comfortable on her bed. She lay spread eagle on her back, her eyes closed, wearing just a pair of purple panties and a black sports bra. Hearing Peridot enter the room, she opened her eyes and smiled.
"Hey, Peri." Amethyst greeted, sitting up on the bed, crossing her legs under her. "Did I interrupt something earlier?"
Peridot smiled back. At least Amethyst was more clothed this time.. The blonde took a seat beside her girlfriend, taking one of Amethyst's hands in hers. "No. No, you didn't interrupt anything. I was just surprised."
"Yeah, sorry 'bout that." Amethyst apologized, rubbing the back of her head with her free hand. "I forgot you were new to being around naked people."
"It's fine.." Peridot's face cooled down from her embarrassment earlier, though it was still a light shade of pink. She felt bashful, rubbing her thumb over the back of Amethyst's hand. "I didn't exactly mind."
Amethyst chuckled began to fall back on the bed. Slowly, she pulled Peridot on top of her, staring her girlfriend in her wide, beautiful eyes behind those glasses.
"I missed you, Dottie.." Amethyst whispered, gently rubbing the back of Peridot's shirt. The blonde girl could only nod in response, her voice lost to her.
Slowly, polar opposites closed the gap between them as they shared their first tender kiss of the evening.
Author's Note: I apologize for the lack of updates in my stories recently. There was a death in the family a few weeks ago, and that threw me off edge. But in light of the Steven Universe hiatus finally coming to an end, I decided to continue my writing. I also decided to inform you on the story I intend to be working on after every new chapter. So be on the lookout for the next chapter of "Hell Hath no Fury", coming either near the end of this week, or the beginning of the next.
PS: I totally called it. In chapter 6 of my Pearlmethyst story "When Love Has Come to Fruition", I made it so that Steven bubbled the Cluster, just like in the show. Well, not exactly like in the show, but the end result is the same. Part of me hopes that a member of the Crewniverse came across my story and took that idea from it, but I sincerely doubt it. Either way, it's pretty amazing.