Ch 4.: Pearl and Onyx

Pearl watched the small fire from a distance for a long time and sighed, thinking back to all the good times they had, when Rose was still with them and Onyx still lived here. Those were great times, the five of them had. Looking over her shoulder to see no one around, except for Steven who was now asleep, she quietly went to the front door, and went out into the night.

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"Aaaaaaaaaah." sighed Onyx, as he relaxed onto the side of the rock, getting warm from the fire. "This is nice. This is soooo nice." He found some drift wood and other sticks around near the side cave entrance and made himself a little fire to keep him warm. It was good to sleep on the nice cool sand, he loved the feeling of it. As he got more relax, he took off his beanie off his head and scratched his blonde hair. It was not until he heard the footsteps in the sand did he become slightly alert. He looked over to see someone he was not expecting, still he gave his shark-like smile. "Well well, its the pearly-white girl. Come and have a seat next to me, I don't bite...anymore."

Pearl blushed a bit as she continue to walk towards the male gem and sat down next to him on his right "Hi Onyx. How are you?"

"Eh, Im good...rather be back in my room but well you know...I still have a room right?"

Pearl rolled her eyes but smiled. "Yes, you still do."

"Ah good...nobody's gone in it too I hope."

"Sometimes I do, just to clean up the dust."

"Ah, thanks." said Onyx, and put an arm over her shoulders. "So...its been on your mind lately, Pearl?"

Pearl smiled wider and looked up at him. She and Onyx had a special bond on the team back in the day. In those days, after her training, a mission that went not according to plan, or when Amethyst was on her nerves, she would use to go find him, and rant about her thoughts and problems, and he would always listen to her and tried to help her out. After all, to her, he had better sight at this than most of the gems did. He was always there to talk to, and he would never judge her.

"I'm just glad you are back, that's all."

"Ah good, at least someone on this team glad I'm back." chuckled Onyx.

Pearl sighed. "You went away, Onyx. We didnt know how long you would return."

"Hey, like I said to you a long time ago, I would come back. Just didnt know exactly when."

"Just wish you came back sooner. We missed you, especially Rose."

Onyx's smile faded, as he looked down to the sand. "Yeah...I know."

"And now shes gone, and we have Steven and...and sometimes I don't know if I'm doing the right thing." said Pearl, a bit out load. Onyx then turn to her and held her tighter, rubbing his hand of her right shoulder. Tears began to form. "I mean, I dont want to fail Rose. A part of her still lives in Steven, but I dont know if I'm being a good guardian to him. I dont really know what a human child wants."

"Eh dont worry, most people dont." chuckled Onyx. "You know, you really got to stop being hard on yourself Pearl. Not healthy."

"Ugh, I know, and Amethyst's influence on him, and learning human costumes, and-"

"Ssssssh." he said as he placed a finger on her lips. "Just take a deep breath and let it all out." and removed his fingers from her lips.

Pearl took a deep breath and let out a deep sigh. "I miss talking to you."

"I miss this too, Pearl. All of you."

"Even Garnet?"

"Let's not push it...so what else is on you mind? Come on, talk to me, we got all night."

Pearl smiled and began to talk about a lot of different things as Onyx listen. They did this all night, till the Sun began to rise.

"I better get going." muttered Pearl, getting up and dusting the sand off her clothes. "Before Garnet finds out."

"Yeah." smiled Onyx, getting up as well, stretching and finally putting his beanie back on. "We can talk more later?"

"Yeah." said Pearl, smiling. "I would like that. I'll see you later Onyx." and went back to her home.

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Pearl slowly opened the front door and peaked in to see no one around but Steven, who was still asleep. She smiled as she opened it more and went inside quietly, tiptoeing inside.

"What are you doing?" asked a monotone voice.

This caused Pearl to almost scream but covered her mouth beforehand. She turned to see Garnet, sitting at that kitchen table.

"Garnet, what are you doing here?" whispered Pearl, trying to not wak Steven up.

"I wondering why you were out all night with Onyx?"

Pearl blushed a bit of blue as she looked at the ground. "I..I...I wanted to catch up with Onyx that's all."

Garnet just sighed and shook her head. "Pearl..."

"He's not the same Garnet, he's different now. Ok, sort of the same but he's not like what he use to be. Just got to give him a chance."

"I did once, and he broke that trust." muttered Garnet. "And once trust is broken it can never be fixed."

Pearl sighed and walked to their door. "I'm going to go be in my room, got to make sure Amethyst didn't steal any of my stuff again." and with that summoned her gem to open the door and went in. Garnet stared at the door before turning her attention to a window where the shore was. What was he up too, she wondered, what kind of trick was he going to play this time...

TBC

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