Chapter 10 Beauty in Everything

AN: sorry this update is so much later in the day but im a busy gal... just kidding I was working all day :/

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^Tuesday December 20th 2016^

**** 8:50 PM****

Garnet had been standing in Pearls room for nearly thirty minutes, and in ten more she would have to leave. She didn't want to leave Pearl alone with whatever was going on, but she just wasn't close enough to the girl yet to know what to do.

She'd thrown the flower out as Pearl had said to, but after that she hadn't gotten a response from the girl.

"Pearl, can you please tell me what's going on?" Garnet asked again moving closer to the dancer.

Silence was her only answer.

"Do you... want me to call your mother?" She asked, a new question this time.

Pearl thought on that for a moment. Her mother had probably felt this way before.. when her father left them. So she nodded to Garnet, who nearly beamed at getting a response at all.

"Can I use your phone then?" She asked pointing to the forgotten cell phone on the side table. Pearl nodded again then went back to watch people, less, now that it was dark, but still a few.

"Hello Pearl, I was wondering when you would call." Came the sarcastic answer after two rings.

"Uh, no this is Garnet. I'm a volunteer at the hospital..." Garnet said awkwardly.

"Is Pearl alright?" Blanche asked, all amusement gone from her voice.

"Well, she's fine, physically... but she's just sitting in the window, and she won't tell me what's wrong and she wanted you so..."

"I'm on my way. Will you, stay with her until I get there?" Garnet could here rustling around in the back round as Blanche presumably gathered her coat and things.

"I would, but I'm not family and visiting hours end in five minutes... I'll stay as long as I can."

All she hear was a click in response.

"I called your mom. She's coming right now..." Garnet said rubbing her arm awkwardly.


Blanche arrived in less than seven minutes, she'd been driving very fast and would have gotten a speeding ticket if she'd been caught. When she got there Garnet was still in the room but she was being asked to leave.

"Thank you, Garnet right?" Blanche asked, completely disregarding the orderly.

"Anytime Ms. White" The young woman smiled and left, looking back at Pearl as she did.

Blanche just gave the young man a death glare and he left right away.

Blanche singed deeply as she look to her daughter, tiny next to the huge window. Hooked up to so many wires and cords.

"Pearl?" She asked quietly, when she didn't get a reaction she moved closer.

"Can you tell me what happened?" She tried again, this time Pearl spoke back, but she neither moved nor looked at her as she spoke.

Her voice hard and cold, "how did you feel when father left you?"

Shocked by the sudden question Blanche hesitated before answering. "Well, it hurt, sure, but more I felt like, I wanted to understand why he was leaving, so I demanded that from him, the why, and it honestly didn't make me feel any better." She said, slowly and softly.

"Why did he..." Pearl asked, sure she'd been born, but she was only few years old when her father left them. Never to be seen or heard from again.

"He said the stress of having a family was to much for him." Blanche chucking hatefully.

Pearl turned to look at her mother, a new sudden rush of tears in her eyes.

"Oh sweetheart, your father leaving was not about you, he was, seeing someone else..."

Pearl just shook her head so Blanche went to her side and pulled her into a tight hug.

After a few minutes of silence Pearl broke it.

"That's exactly what she said to me..." she whispered.

"Who? Rose?" Blanche asked, pulling out of the hug to gauge Pearls reaction speed. Pearl simply nodded.

"I'll kill her..." Blanche growled.

"No... she just... she didn't want to be with me even before the cancer but she left when I got it..." Pearl explained, not really sure why she was defending her older ex- girlfriend.

"I'll fire that bitch..." Blanche murmured.

"No! that's illegal mom! You could get in serious trouble for that!" Pearl exclaimed.

Blanche huffed, "Well I sure as hell won't be going easy on her anymore, I'm going to make her life a living hell as soon as I go back to work." she said, leaving no room for arguments.

The small dancer just sighed.

"She told me that the cancer was to stressful for her. Then she left and got in the car with Greg Universe."

"Oh baby..." Blanche mumbled as she pulled pearl into her arms


^Wednesday December 21st 2016^

When Pearl woke the next morning she felt even worse than she did the night before. Her head was throbbing her stomach rolled just from waking up. She pulled her eyes apart ever so slightly. Looking around the room to see if anyone was around. Her mother was reading in the corner and she saw Amethyst sitting on the end of the bed.

"Hey P..." Amethyst mumbled not making eye contact.

"Ame?" Pearl asked, she didn't understand what was wrong.

"I uh... i understand if you don't want me to be around anymore..." she sniffed, crying but trying to hide it.

"Why..?" Pearl asked, looking to her mother for some assistance, but she got none.

"Ya know... cause Rose..." she explained however briefly.

Ohh, Pearl thought, that's what she meant...

"Well that's not your-" she started but just speaking four word had her stomach rolling, she turned to her side and puked into the plastic bag next to her bed. Blanche walked to her side calmly, wiping her face with a tissue. Than she looked to Amethyst.

"I think what Pearl was trying to say was that you aren't your sister and you shouldn't have to answer for her stupidity." She looked at Pearl for confirmation and got a nod in response.

Amethyst smiled at them, "just wanted you to know P, I punched her in the face for ya..." the smaller girl smirked and Pearl smiled slightly before shutting her eyes and laying back down.

"I gotta head to school but I'm coming by with Sky after and see you then." She said, squeezing Pearls leg before she left.

Another knock at the door had Pearl groaning. "Breakfast time miss Pearl!" One of Pearls favorite nurses called in her kind voice carrying a tray of food.

"Opal..." she groaned, the smell of the food actually nauseating her. "Icant..." she slurred.

"You need to eat sweetheart, it's important you get nutrients to help you fight this." Opal said, placing the tray on the table and pulling Pearl to sit up with pillows all around her.

"I'll throw it up Opal..." she mumbled, looking to her mother.

"You need to eat Pearl." Her mother said, agreeing with Opal.

"Look I'll make you a deal," the young nurse said. "You eat half your breakfast and I'll take you to the kids playroom, they have kittens coming in today" The tall woman smirked at the reaction Pearl tried to hide.

"I just think if i eat it I really will puke it up..."

"How about you just try.." Opal smiled at her and she did.