A sigh of relief escaped the woman when Peridot finally accepted her FaceTime request. Sure enough, the mini green alien blinked in only minor surprise as the screen flickered to life with the laggy image of Debbie's face.
"Oh, hey Debbs'." Peri murmured quietly, "What's up?"
"Not much, just got back from town. You were right; between my scrapyard and fruit trees and your guys' vegetables, sales were a hit." Debbie smiled slightly, "But that's not why I called. I heard from Steven that something might have happened with Lapis. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, remember those Rubies I told you about?"
"The ones you played baseball with?"
"Yeah, them. One of them crashed on earth." Peridot sighed and settled on the couch with a frown, "Navy, I think? Yeah, Navy. She stole our ship and put Lapis in a mood."
"In a mood, huh? Isn't she usually in one of those anyway?"
"Debbie." Peri admonished with a glare.
"Sorry, sorry. That was rude, my bad." Debbie muttered and ran her fingers through her hair. "You two've grown really close, y'know?"
"You think so? Really?"
"Yeah, I'm sure of it." Debbie smiled, though it was somber. "To be honest, you two really...I dunno. Sometimes I'll think of Garnet, and it makes me sad."
"Garnet makes you sad? Why?" Peridot raised a brow, a slight smirk on her mouth.
"Not quite." The ginger snorted. "No, sometimes I wonder if you and Lapis-."
"Whoa, whoa, no! No, no, no, no, no!" Peridot screeched, "No way! Lapis would never! She...she wouldn't- oh! It's complicated!"
Debbie raised a brow, "Oh?"
"Look, I wish I could tell you Debbs. Really, I do. But I wouldn't want to...y'know?"
"No, that's okay. I get it." Debbie shook her head. "Tell her I said, hi. Oh, and I'll bring your split of the earnings tomorrow, kay?"
"Sounds good, see you tomorrow, Debbs."
"Yeah, see you later, Peri."