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Chapter 5 Lapis sings

'Steven time for dinner' Lapis called to him from the kitchen 'alright' he called back. He paused star fox adventures and by the way he'll add that the game was different from the others, weren't they supposed to just be space ship shooters well it wasn't that bad at least. He went downstairs 'I made your favorite spaghetti and meatballs' she told him when he got down there. 'Thanks Lapis you're the best' he told her 'I know right what would you two do without me' she said, he just smiled while his father jumped in 'hey I can cook and clean and stuff' they both just stared for a few seconds before they burst out laughing while his dad went a little red and turned back to the tv.

He made his plate and sat down at the table with his father and soon lapis joined them with just a pepsi, the news was on as well and as he was eating a breaking news report and of course it was what happened earlier, 'as you can see here it seems extreme damage has been done…' he suddenly tuned it out thinking 'It took them this long to get out there and do this' he thought 'this is just how unreliable Philadelphia news is' Lapis was thinking something different though 'isn't that where you walk to get home' she said looking at him closely, his father looked away from his plate to look at him as well 'yeah normally but I went to the library remember' he told her 'right' she told him in a suspicious way. 'ah crap she knows I'm lying' he thought, his father also gave him a look but turned back to his food and tv.

Lapis just sighed 'alright if you say so', steven suddenly felt pretty bad but he just didn't know what was going on and he didn't want her getting hurt but he knew he could make it up to her. He ate the rest of his food, washed off the plate and put it in the sink and looked at Lapis 'hey lapis' he said she turned to him with a frown 'would you like to sing for me while I practice my guitar, her eyes lit up and she nodded enthusiastically and said 'of course I will' she told him.

They walked downstairs to the shop and went in the back where they couldn't be seen by the people walking on the street the shop was closed though so no one would be coming in at least. In the back there was just an old couch and all of his dad's personal stuff set up and ready for use, 'what song are you going to sing' he asked 'Im just going to start and you can come in with whatever you feel is right' he just sighed but smiled along with it, she always liked to do this where he'd have to do this judge himself what sound he had to come in with, it wasn't that hard it was just sometimes a pain. He stopped with his thoughts though as lapis started singing

This is Lapis
Back from nether
And I'm never taking orders from the jaws of the likes of you, because I know much better
And every part of me is saying, "Don't let her."
I'm done following all of your rules
Come at me with your crass you diabolical fool
Let's go, just me and you
Let's go, just right on cue

As Steven listened to lapis sing her song he couldn't help but admire her song and her voice it was very beautiful and he loved the song a lot 'she probably wrote it inspired from when she served homeworld' he thought

Va-a-a-a-lor
O-o-o-o-of
Va-a-a-a-lor
And it's stronger than you
O-o-o-o-of
Va-a-a-a-lor
Va-a-a-a-lor

Then the song soon ended and he couldn't help but smile one of hid largest, goofiest smiles and she looked at him and laugh 'did you like that song steven' she asked 'yeah I did when did you right that' he asked 'only a little bit it's kind of inspired by my life' she told him 'yeah I thought that. She looked at the clock on the wall it read eight-thirty ' I think you should go get your teeth brushed steven you'll be going to bed for school tomorrow, she told him 'aw come on lapis I'm fifteen now can't I stay up a little longer than that he asked her pleadingly, she just rolled her eyes 'um no because I know how you are when you don't get your full eight hours' he just rubbed the back of his head sheepishly 'yeah you may have a point' he really was like a sloth anytime he didn't get his full sleep.

So they both went upstairs and he went into the bathroom while lapis sat in the chair next to the couch where his dad was sitting, after he was done brushing his teeth he looked at himself in the mirror he did this almost every night but it wasn't because he liked looking at himself, he mostly looked himself in the eyes the windows to the soul they say or the windows to the past, he didn't like the thought of people seeing his past, hell he didn't like seeing his past though lately he had been for some reason dreaming it more and more ' IF ONLY YOU DIDN'T EXIST SHE'D STILL BE HERE' he recoiled from the mirror all of a sudden where the hell did that come from, never had it just jumped into his mind like that he thought, though it was then that the lapis started knocking on the door 'Steven are you alright your spending more time in there than usual' she sounded concerned as he unlocked the door she gasped for some reason though when she saw his face and he brought his hand up fast thinking something was really wrong and he figured out why as his hand touched something wet, he was crying, crying without even noticing he was.

'Steven' lapis said bringing him into a hug along with his dad 'nothing is your fault, nobody here blames you for anything' she told him soothingly, his dad added to it to 'she's right kiddo nobody blames you for anything' steven just let the tears fall 'I know I know' he said 'its just hard for me you know to remember'

'Oh steven you shouldn't have to remember because you know it's the truth'.

I don't know if this is really as good as the other ones but yeah the song that lapis is singing is her version of stronger than you it's on youtube if you want to listen to it, I didn't put the full version in because it just didn't feel right just copy and pasting someone else's song, I could have written my own but it probably would have sucked considering I haven't written a song in a while. By the way visit my profile to see my social media and twitch which I'll be live streaming every Friday if you want to ask me anything or just hang out with me and my friends,