Author's Notes: Chapter 15 woot, Let's go!
Chapter 15: Fitting In
The 3 brothers followed Steven as he went outside the temple. Pearl and Amethyst clinged onto his leg begging him not to leave them with Garnet. She stood with her arms crossed staring at them behind her shades. "You guys I'll be back , I promise" Steven said struggling to walk to the door. Pearl and Amethyst both let go of their grip as they were lifted and moved into the temple with Garnet holding them by their shirts. "Okay the nearest clothing store is pretty far down the pie-eer!" He was lifted by Granite and the 3 gems jumped over the town landing somewhere on the pier. Steven opened his eyes and realized they landed in front of the clothing store. "So, where is this store now that we are at the pier.." Mica questioned "Right there." he said pointing at the store. "Shirt Shop?" Amber sounded confused reading the title of the store. Granite paid no attention to the sign and walked into the store still holding Steven. The sound of poorly sounding music echoed in the air. Shirts were displayed on the walls, Pants laid on tables and the cashier was behind a desk cowering behind a large newspaper. "You should let go of him now." Amber said, "Oh yeah…..." Granite replied calmly.
"Alright, I want you all to look around and pick out things that you like." the 3 gems looked at him, Granite the first one to move walked over to a shelf with hats. Amber made his way to a couple of jackets on a wall. Mica moved around quickly looking in disgust at everything he saw. " Why do we need clothes he said looking at a shirt that read "My other shirt got banned." he had a stern face, "What does that even mean?!" he yelled throwing the shirt back where he got it from. "How about this?" Steven handed him a white t-shirt. "Try this on." Mica stared at the shirt for a second before snatching it from his hand and putting it on."Ugh, I feel like I'm suffocating in this." Mica ripped off the shirt and handed it to Steven Before roaming the store again. Steven felt something tap his shoulder, he turned to see Granite over Shadowing him holding a pair of purple pants with suspenders and a blue shirt.
"You picked out your clothes! I think there is a fitting room somewhere here…. ah there, go in there and put them on!" he tried pushing him towards the fitting rooms. A man walked out of the fitting room right as Granite stopped in front of the stall. The human was speechless he never saw someone so tall before or someone who looked to different. Granite just looked at him with a blank stare, some time passed before he carefully moved the human to the side and stepping inside the stall. Steven walked next to Amber and asked" Did you find anything you like?" " I did but at the same time I didn't. I like this jacket, but I Don't like the color of it; and this one I like the pattern but not the color. I could see it now. How the jacket I want would look like." Amber's gem started to glow as energy covered his upper body, he wore a black jacket with yellow strips at the end of the sleeves. A black collar, with a yellow strip traveling from the collar down the middle and spreading outward reaching the end of his jacket. It also had a pocket on it's left side. " I didn't know you could make your own clothes!" Steven said in excitement. Amber looked at him in confusion and stared down." Huh, I Guess I can make clothes." his Gem faintly glowed and bright orange energy formed around his body. he wore black pants with yellow stripes at the end with black shoes. " This'll suit me." Steven smiled at him and went to go look for Mica. He was trying on blue sweat pants. and he seemed to like them. {does he like feeling free?} Amber walked past Steven, he grabbed a pack of tank tops and ripped them open. "Try this on." Mica did as he was told and put on the tank top. "Yeah! This feels natural."
"You know you can't open that without buying it first.", "Well we're gonna buy it now. Where's Granite?" Amber responded. Steven jumped at the sudden sound of wood and glass breaking. He turned to the fitting room and saw Granite stepping out of the broken stall. The shirt he wore was ripped and was barely holding itself together with strings. his pants were way too tight on him and they didn't even reach past his ankle. the suspenders were just dangling on the sides. Mica burst out in laughter clutching his sides as he fell to the floor. The cashier behind the counter peered over his newspaper, resisting the urge to laugh at the stranger. "Okay Granite maybe we can have Pearl sew you some clothes big enough for you.", "Alright, 'Cause I think these clothes are too small for me." he ripped off the flimsy shirt and pants. He grabbed a pair of Extra large sweats and a extra large sweater. Granite needed something to wear, so he could wear this for now. Steven casually walked towards the counter. and asked how much all of this would be. Granite, Amber, and Mica all stood behind Steven staring at the cashier.
"I-I-I-I-I-It's Free…" the cashier said in a squeaky voice all he wanted was for these people to leave. "uhh... * Steven watched the man shiver behind his newspaper.*well okay, you guys let's go back to the temple I'm sure they're waiting for us." The 3 brothers and Steven exit the store and walked down the pier. The Cashier melted in his chair as soon as the people left the store. He saw a note on the counter and it read. "Sorry about the mess, I'll come back and pay for any damages. - Steven Quartz Universe." He cowered in his seat at the thought of those 3 monsters coming back to the store.
Stevens stomach growled, "Do you guys eat?" he asked. "Eat? What's that?" Granite asked. "Well, eating it when you eat food." Granite looked at him with a blank face. Stevens stomach growled again, this time a bit louder. "I feel like eating pizza. You guys want some?" The 3 Gems shrugged and followed Steven into "Fish Stew Pizza." "Hi Kiki, can I get a large everything pizza?" "Sure Steven, it's $8.50.". Steven paid for the pizza and waited at a table. He notice the 3 gems were at the door waiting awkwardly. Steven tapped on the table motioning them to come sit down. Mica and Amber pulled up a chair and sat down, Granite pulled a chair and was trying to sit on the chair but it was too small for him. so he decided to sit on the floor instead. He was tall enough to match Mica who was sitting on a chair. Jenny came by with a large pan with pizza on top. "Here you go one large everything pizza." she placed it in the middle of the table it's aroma filled the air making both Steven and Micas mouth water. Mica spoke with saliva dripping from his mouth "So, this is pizza? Looks weird, but I like it!" "Can I get you anything to drink?" she asked "Dr. Pepper would be nice." Steven replied.
"And you three?" "oh, we'll just get what he's having." Amber quickly said. Jenny walked back to the kitchen to fetch them some drinks. "So, when can we start eating?" Mica asked excitedly. "We gotta wait for our drinks, plus the pizza is still too hot to eat." Mica sighed in sadness, resting his chin on the table staring at the pizza almost as if in a trance. "Here you go Jenny came walking towards them with drinks in hand. after serving them their drinks she left them alone to enjoy their pizza. "Now, we can eat." Steven said rubbing his hands together before taking a slice. The 3 gems also rubbed their hands together copying Steven. Steven took a slice and so did the others. Steven enjoyed his pizza, as if he would dislike his favorite pizza in beach city. Amber gave no reaction to it, he showed that it tasted funny but he didn't mind. Mica had flavor exploding on his face as he took more bites out of his slice. Granite didn't seem to like the pizza and placed it back on the pan, where Mica quickly snatched it and ate his second slice. Granite smacked his mouth with his tongue, the taste of pizza was still there, He looked at Steven drinking his "Dr. Pepper." Granite copied Steven drinking his soda. His eyes widened at the sudden taste. The soda bubbled and fizzed as he drank. Savoring the drink but also taking large gulps.
"Wow, you really like soda." Steven Commented, Watching the Gem. After finishing his slice of pizza, He was quick enough to grab the last slice of pizza before Mica could get his hands on it. Kiki noticed Granite sucking on his straw taking in air, as his cup no longer had soda. Without thinking twice she grabbed another tall glass of Dr. Pepper and walked over to the table, she place the drink in front of the giant gem, he looked up at Kiki nonchalant saying "Thanks you.". Her face turned a Bright red as she quickly walked away not saying a word. She fled into the kitchen and hid from the group's vision, leaning against a wall. He heart was pounding and she didn't know why, Did she have a crush on the larger person? She wondered.
Granite quickly drank the glass of soda that was left in front of him. Looking out the window Steven said "Well it's getting pretty late we should head back to the temple. Steven Granite, Mica, and Amber all got up , and left the restaurant. Caught by surprise again Steven was in the arms of Granite as they soared through the sky nearing the temple. Landing with a thud and kicking up sand Steven covered his eyes. "You guys gotta stop doing that.", "Sorry." Granite replied calmly placing Steven down. Running up the wooden staircase and bursting through the door he yelled "We're back!" Steven stopped in a dark room, the lights were off and the gems were obviously not home. "huh guess they're on a mission. "Well,*his sentence is interrupted by a yawn* its night and I'm pretty tired.". "I feel fine, I wanna explore this city some more." Mica said enthusiastically. "Can we do it tomorrow? The sun is going down, and everyone else in beach city is going to sleep."
"A large frown appeared on Micas face as he threw himself onto the couch crossing his arms. " What is sleep?" Granite asked. "Well, sleep, is like… sleep is… I really can't explain sleeping, you kinda just do it." Granite looked confused. "Look I promise we'll explore more of beach city tomorrow, right now I need my sleep. You guys can sleep on the couch for now until we find somewhere you can sleep-" "I don't think we need to sleep." Amber said "Oh well umm-" "Listen Steven, just go to bed you had a long day, get some sleep. " Amber said gently moving him to his bed. He climbed into his bed and snuggled into the covers and quickly fell asleep. Granite walked around the temple taking note of everything he saw, but one thing in particular caught his eye. A small black box was on the floor, it had a glass screen and a few buttons on the bottom and was connect to the wall with a wire. He started to press the buttons on the bottom of the box, expecting for something to happen and it did. The screen of the box flickered and lit up bright. A man in the screen was talking about a statue and how old it was. Granite seemed to be mesmerized by this and sat in front of the box and watched in a trance. "This sucks, I wanna go see more." Mica whined. "Well we can't, you heard him everyone is asleep." Mica grew frustrated and walked out the door. Amber chased after him. "Where are you going?" "Exploring!" "Mica!" He stopped and turned, Amber was face to face with him. "I don't mind you going on your own, but do not do anything, do not touch anything, you are going to face things we know nothing about." Mica locked eyes with Amber until turning and leaping towards the City. Amber gave a sigh before looking around. The sound of crashing waves hit the beach.
The porch was partially lit, Amber wondered why, there was no light source near by so how could he see? He looked up and saw the night sky glow with thousands of white dots in the sky. Amber was taken in by these dots. They felt so familiar to him as if he seen them before. The screen door creaked open and startled Amber, Garnet was at the entrance. "Where's the smaller one." She asked. "You mean Mica?" She nodded in response. "He went to go explore the city." Garnet did not respond. she leaped towards the city. Amber huffed, before turning back to the stars above. His eye caught a particular dot, one that glowed green and not white like the rest. It was much too small to be noticed by just looking into the sky. Staring at the green dot he thought to himself {Why can't I remember}
Garnet landed on top of a building she listened closely and heard a can being kicked. She closed in on the sound and found Mica walking down a street kicking a can.
"Guess he was right, everyone is asleep." He stopped and looked at his surrounds. He was somewhere between the neighborhood and the stores. He stood underneath a sidewalk lamp, which beamed down at him. Across the street he saw an elderly woman carrying groceries. She looked like she was in a rush. A strange shadow seemed to stalk her from behind. It followed her from behind and seemed to gain speed it picked up the elderly woman, her groceries spilled onto the floor as she was taken into a nearby alley. Sure Mica wasn't educated about this new world but something didn't seem right. He had to investigate.
Garnet watched from a distance. She was following Mica but also seen the elderly women get snatched, she watched as Mica walked to the alley, she would watch what he would do, and if things were to get out of control she would take control…
Author's Notes: You guys are lucky, I forced myself to write this chapter :P even though I almost fell asleep on top of my keyboard. Check my profile daily to find news on the next chapter update and any stories that may come in the near future.
