We began our journey into town. The smell of ocean in the air, seagulls crying out happily to each other, Jenny in the Fish Stew Pizza car, and annoyed Mayor Dewey assessing the damage of his tire, Steven... Steven. He was at the fry stand, laughing and talking to Peedee. Peedee looked angry, as usual. He hates his job or something.
"Yeah! It was awesome!" This was Steven's familiar voice. "I finally told her I liked her, and she kissed my cheek, and we sat on the beach and talked for hours!"
He must have been talking about Connie. She's so lucky. I know I'm a little bit older than Steven, but it isn't much. Couple years, give or take. Well.
"Steven, I don't get why you care so much about girls. Sure, they're fun and all, and they're nice to look at, but we are working men. We don't have time for romance." He gilded his chin and put his chest up high.
"Yeah, Peedee? We aren't men, and we aren't working. Well, we are, but still! We have a duty to our hearts." And then he made the same stupid gesture as Peedee. When they saw themselves mirroring each other, they busted out laughing.
"Hey, um, guys, let's go get donuts instead." I hated donuts, but Sadie worked at the big donut, and I wanted to rant to her too. Um, shit, I lied earlier. I have four human friends(excluding Steven.) Lucy, Jacelyn, Rochelle, and Sadie. I was okay with some other kids at Beach City, but we weren't close.
"Um, why not fries? Steven's there." Rochelle and Jacelyn were ignorant to our current friendship status.
"Guys, that's what I wanted to talk to you about!"
"Okay," said Rochelle. "So let's go get fries and talk to Steven." I let my face hit my palm. Sometimes they could be so stupid. I grabbed them by the arms and pulled them towards The Big Donut.
"Guys, you know how I had a thing for Steven, right?" I was lying. It was more than just a "thing".
"Uh, yeah, I guess," Jacelyn said, nonchalantly, slurping on her drink.
"What about it, anyway?" Rochelle asked. "Did something finally happen?!"
"Ooh, I bet they kissed!" Jacelyn gushed. They both started to squeal.
"Did you kiss?" Rochelle asked. "Or was it..."
"Guys, no! We aren't even FRIENDS ANYMORE!"
The whole diner went silent. Lars dropped a Dr. Pepper.
"Um, Sadie," he started nervously,"I'm taking a break. Can you, um? Yeah." He took off through the back door. Everyone one else carried on, business as usual.
Sadie rushed over to my side. "Amethyst, did you say you aren't friends with Steven? What happened? You told me shit was about to get good." She looked at me with more gossip-lust in her eyes than care. That was disappointing.
"We had a falling out, but it's no big deal. I took care of it." I gestured towards my arm with my head. "Like i said, none of this is a big deal, and I can get over it. For the mean time-"
"AMETHYST!" Garnet burst through the doors. "GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE NOW!"
Two centipeedles were circling Onion, screeching horribly and making Vidalia cry.
"Don't worry baby! The Crystal gems will save you!" She was a tough lady, but I could see the tears forming.
I activated double whip mode and retrieved them from my boobs.
Crink! I heard the sound of Garnet's gauntlets crash together.
"Crystal Gems, defend your people!"
She screamed her battle cry as she charged towards the centipeedles.
"I will fight for the place where I'm free! To live together and exist as me!" The piercing sound of her gauntlets hitting the rough outer shell of a monstrosity sent chills down my spine. But I couldn't let her fight alone.
"For Beach City!" I screamed, charging for the imitate threat. The centipeedles cried out in anger. Then I remembered the first time we fought a centipeedle. Steven... He saved me. He saved us. He took his prized Cookie Cat freezer and threw it at the centipeedle, electrocuting it and giving us just enough time to destroy it and teleport it back to the homeworld.
Lost in thought again, that fucking centipeedle caught me off-guard. He struck me with his tail and sent me flying into a billboard for Sprite. I was angry. Rage flamed up inside of me and exited through my ears. I literally melted the billboard behind me. I felt myself being drawn up to my feet. I darted towards the centipeedles and blacked out.
When I finally came two, I looked around to try and deduce what had happened. Big Donut was on fire, Sadie was sitting in an ambulance with a blanket wrapped around her, police were asking the bystanders questions, the two Centipeedles were dead, Garnet held her face in her hands, Pearl was pacing back and forth, Steven was... Oh no! He was face down on the sand. I ran to his side and began shaking him, trying desperately to revive him.
"Steven, wake up! Do you hear me? Wake up, don't you fucking die on me!"
"Urgh, Amethyst, chill out!" When I finally let go he was glaring at me. I could see flames in his eyes. "I just fell over, gosh! Can't you leave me alone?"
I didn't mind that he was being a dick pond. I still cared.
"Stee-man, your eye! It's black! And there's bruises all over you, you aren't okay!"
He sighed. "I was hoping you'd take the hint that I wanted you to walk away. Guess you aren't smart enough." He dusted himself off and walked back towards the house, alone. Like how I felt right now. My mouth dropped. It was a perfect O. Why did Steven hate me? Why? All I had in my heart for him was care and affection. Was that not enough? What was missing? Why wasn't I a good enough friend? What did I do? Yeah, I already knew the answer to that question.
Rochelle and Jacelyn limped over to me. Damn. They looked bad. Jacelyn's face was covered in blood, and Rochelle was walking like her ankle was broken. I think it was.
"Shit, girl, we gotta get you to a hospital!" I exclaimed.
"No, no, I'm fine. We need to be here for you now." Rochelle smiled at me painstakingly, but Jacelyn seemed to be in another world.
"Ladies," a paramedic called," You need to get in the ambulance. I'm sure your friend can ride along if she wants." My two human companions looked my way.
"Will you?" Jacelyn asked. The first words she'd said after the fight too.
"Of course I will. I love you guys." And we climber into the ambulance and drove away, Beach City getting smaller and smaller, and me feeling even worse about Steven.