A/N: This chapter was kind of short, but thanks so much for getting this far and continuing to read! -Mali

Amber looked around the spare house; she was trying to collect everyone's belongings so that they could leave earlier on Sunday morning. Soon enough, all of the belongings were collected and placed into their proper places. The tan gem looked at the clock, it was two o' clock in the morning. Her body had gotten used to sleeping so she felt a bit more tired than usual. She wandered drowsily to her room and crashed on the bed, instantly being wrapped around by Luca's arms. Amber smiled and fell fast asleep in her lover's warm embrace.

In the morning, everyone hopped in the car and headed on home. They stopped along the way at an old restaurant filled with foreign faces. All kinds of foods were served there from Oriental to Middle-Eastern types. Luca and Amber ordered safe, getting rice and soy sauce while the caretaker and Turquoise ordered several strange types of foods. After everyone had finished, they were stuffed. The group decided to go for a walk along the boardwalk. A flock of seagulls flew right into them, trying to see if they had food, but they had eaten it all.

When their stomachs had settled, the group got into the car and finished their drive home. Amber had fallen asleep by the time they had pulled up to the driveway. Luca carried her inside to her bedroom and tucked her in, whispering something about school tomorrow. Turquoise sat down at the kitchen table and talked with the caretaker and Luca for several minutes. After Luca went to bedroom, he heard Turquoise and his uncle chatting about the vacation. He put up the painting of him and Amber on the beach, and looked at his hand. Two dangling earrings lay next to each other in his palm.

He smiled at them and put them in a safe place, hopping into bed with his lover, almost instantly falling asleep. In the morning, Amber yawned and stretched, taking herself to the bathroom. She brushed her hair, making it slightly longer just to see if her lover would notice. Whilst walking to bed, she stared at Luca for a few seconds, deciding against waking him. The tan gem went to the kitchen and started to make a breakfast of Belgian waffles and cinnamon spice. Luca came out to the kitchen and kissed Amber good morning, helping her set the table.

Several minutes later, Turquoise and the caretaker made their way out to the kitchen, sitting themselves down. Turquoise yawned rather loudly and placed her head on the table.

"Feels good to be home doesn't it?" the caretaker said after yawning.

"Yeah," Luca said, "Sure does. Except for the fact that we have school today."

"But school is amazingly educational isn't it?" Turquoise asked, "You learn new things every day."

"It is, but you have to do homework and the day is pretty long," Amber said, "And then we have to go to work until later."

"True," Turquoise said, smiling, "But it's worth it isn't it? Getting a human education?"

Amber and Luca nodded and began to serve breakfast. When they sat down to eat, Turquoise had been almost finished. The light blue gem gave the rest of her food to the caretaker and stood up, running to the barn. After Luca and Amber had finished their food, they went outside to check on Turquoise. She was sitting on the bench, manufacturing something small.

"What are you working on?" Amber asked, placing her hand on Turquoise's shoulder.

"It's a destabilizer," Turquoise said, "I want to be able to defeat Chrysocolla if she ever comes our way again."

"You mean we can't beat her the fair way?" Amber asked.

"She is too strong for all of us to take, she was only able to be defeated by a few gems, Pearl, Garnet, Azurite, and human bullets," Turquoise said, "Destabilizing is about the best we can do right now."

"Okay," Amber nodded slowly, "Well, we have to get to school."

"Bye! Have a great day you two!" Turquoise called out as Amber and Luca left the barn.

Amber grabbed Luca's hand and the two walked fast paced to school. The second they entered the gate, Amber was tackled by Rita.

"Oh my gosh! I missed you so much!" Rita said, hugging her best friend, "Oh. It's you, you treated her nicely on your vacation, didn't you Luca?"

"Yeah," Luca nodded as he watched his lover hugging their good friend.

The three continued to walk to class, finishing the school day with a relaxing schedule. After school, Amber, Luca and Rita walked back to Luca's house. Luca had invited Rita over for dinner as he had the day off from work. Amber made beef stew and poured tall glasses of orange crème soda. After she had dished out the meals, Amber sat down in between Rita and Luca.

The caretaker took a taste of the savory stew and smiled. He thought it was good along with everyone else so Amber went ahead and tasted her stew.

"It actually turned out pretty good," Amber said.

"Yeah," Rita said, "It's amazing!"

"I'm glad you think so," Amber said, finishing her stew and taking away everyone's now spotless bowls.

Luca put on a movie about dogs as Amber almost sat in his lap. Rita gave him dirty looks from time to time, but whenever Amber would look to her, she would smile. The caretaker and Turquoise went to their room to go to bed, leaving the three to watch the high definition movie. Amber soon fell asleep on Luca's shoulder, leaving her lover and Rita to stare at each other awkwardly.

"Are you really serious about her? Because she is serious about you," Rita whispered to Luca.

"I am," Luca said, continuing to look at Rita.

"Then, you have my permission to be with my best friend in the whole entire universe," Rita said, smiling, "Doesn't mean that I won't kill you if you hurt her."

"Okay," Luca said, stroking Amber's orange hair, "Well, I am going to put her to bed."

"Alright, I am going home," Rita said, "Good night Luca."

Luca turned off the TV and picked up Amber, being careful not to disturb her. He placed her under the covers and turned off the light, hopping into bed with her.

In the morning, Amber walked to the kitchen to make breakfast. She carefully stirred the eggs into the rice as they steam cooked. Little by little, the people of the house came to check on what was going on. They sat at the table and tasted their food. Something was off about it, but no one could quite put their finger on it. Amber tasted it and cringed, muttering something about raw egg. She took the dishes away and threw them in the garbage, dumping the bowls in the sink. The tan gem then made several omelets for everyone. She succeeded this time and her family had big smiles of satisfaction.

Once everyone had finished, Amber and Luca headed off to school to spend a long, boring day there. Afterwards, the two went to work for several hours, returning home to Turquoise making dinner. The light blue gem made spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread as a side. Amber hugged her and taste tested the pasta, smiling at her friend.

"It's good," Amber said, "I can't wait till dinner!"

"Me either," Luca said, sitting down at the kitchen table.

"Hey Amber?" Turquoise asked after several moments of silence.

"Yeah?" Amber replied, sitting down next to Luca.

"We may need the destabilizer even if Chrysocolla doesn't come by. It can be used for almost any gem," Turquoise said, frowning.

"I know," Amber said, "I just don't like the idea of splitting a gem apart."

"True," Turquoise said, "But sometimes, you just have to do it."

The light blue gem served the food and called the caretaker from the couch to come to the dinner table. After everyone had eaten, Turquoise went out to the barn, not to be seen for the rest of the night.

Amber and Luca laid down in bed and talked for hours on end. They talked about what they wanted to be after they finished high school, where they wanted to go and live and so many time consuming things. Amber kissed Luca on the cheek after her fell asleep and put her head on her pillow to look up at the ceiling. Did she really want to live forever? Did she want to eventually leave her lover when he got to old to exist? Did she want to experience any of these bad emotions? No, she never wanted to leave anyone she loved behind. She wanted him to stay with her forever even though she knew he would never be able to. Amber said to herself quietly that she would enjoy as much of Luca as she could for as long as she could, closing her eyes.