YOU KNOW WHAT, BOYS (and possibly girls, I don't discriminate)!? WE SCRINDING OUT IN THESE SCREETS! GUESS WHO'S BEEN UP BURNIN THAT MIDNIGHT OIL, DESPITE HAVING WOrk in the morning, and school, and needing to pay off some stuff, and... Wow, what am I doing up right now? Okay, that's neither here nor there. I finally finished that long AF fic of Sadie and Jasper I promised YEARS ago, and here it is! My greatest work, if I do say so myself (Simply because it took so long and I want it to be good). Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it, I relish coming back from work at 9 tonight and reading some delicious reviews! Have a great night/morning!
P.S. it got a mite wordy towards the end, there, and for that I apologize. I tried to break it up a bit.
Steven tugged desperately on Jasper's hand, leading her hurriedly down the beach. She hesitantly followed, refraining from pummeling the young gem. "Look, Rose. I really don't want to d-" "Oh no!" Steven interrupted. "You promised that you'd finally try a doughnut and meet Lars and Sadie if I could catch and bubble that corrupted gem!" Jasper growled, "I'll admit, I didn't expect that you'd handle yourself so well, but-" "Then you have no excuses!" He yelled, laughing as he dragged her through the sand.
Jasper glared up at the store with a mix of apathy and malice. Steven, in turn, looked up and smiled warmly. He lead her in with a wide smile and eyes full of stars. Lars and Sadie were conversing quietly to themselves about some anachronistic aspect of some obscure video game when they stepped in. Lars's eyes widened when he looked up to see Jasper's hulking form next to Steven. Sadie seemed just as surprised, but made an effort to greet them anyway.
"H-hey, Steven. Who's your f-friend?" Jasper could tell from her stuttering and her expression that she was scared of her. She couldn't help but feel some disdain for these lowly creatures in front of her. Steven looked into the display case and pointed at two specific doughnut while Jasper let her attention and mind wander. Lars absentmindedly bagged the doughnuts without taking his wary gaze off of Jasper. Sadie, on the other hand, returned to her usual buoyant demeanor.
"This's Jasper! She lost a bet-" "We made a deal. I don't make bets, Rose." She interrupted. Steven stuck his tongue out playfully at her while he reached for the doughnuts. He passed the bag back to Jasper as he payed for them. "She's kinda rough on the outside, but she's a great person and friend once you give'er a chance!" She scowled and took one of the doughnuts out to inspect it. "And when she's not trying to kill you anymore." Steven finished.
Sadie gave him an awkward look, but nodded anyway. "I'll take your word for it." Jasper finally took notice of Lars and asserted herself, "What!?" Lars yelped and jumped back, averting his eyes. Jasper grunted and looked back at the pink frosted doughnut in her hand, glaring at each red star sprinkle. "Rose, this doesn't look like something I'd want inside of me at all." She muttered. Sadie frowned, but Steven simply laughed. "That's because that one's mine! Yours is in the bag, still."
Jasper returned the doughnut and pulled out the other, a boston creme doughnut. She noted that it looked significantly less fancy than the first. "So you thought I'd like this one?" Steven puffed out his cheeks and nodded slowly, almost unsure of himself. Jasper sighed and looked at the pastry in disgust for a second before shrugging and biting into it. Sugary powder and sweet creme filled the unexpectant gem's mouth and she gave out a muffled yelp.
Steven, Sadie, and somewhat Lars looked at her almost expectantly, awaiting her opinion on the sugary treat. After having a second to process the tastes, she spoke, "That's… not that bad, actually." Steven broke out into a smile that was near larger than his own face. Sadie laughed as Lars wiped sweat from his forehead.
"Can we go, now, Rose?" Steven frowned, but nodded reluctantly. "I guess. I kind of hoped you'd want to stay a little longer, though." The pair turned to head out, and Sadie made to wave when she remembered something. "OH! Steven! There's gonna be a shipment coming in next week that I know you're gonna appreciate, so I'll set something aside for you when they come in!" Steven waved as they left, "Thanks Sadie! Have a good day!"
Steven looked up to Jasper as they headed back down the beach. "Well, did you like it?" Jasper mumbled her response just quiet enough to elude his hearing. "What?" Steven pressed. "I SAID YES! OKAY!? I ENJOYED THE STUPID DOUGHNUT! ARE YOU HAPPY!?" SHe growled. Her voice cracked with fury. She became angrier as Steven's face molded into a silly smile. She scowled and stomped off, followed by Steven and his silly smile.
A week passed, mostly uneventfully, and Jasper found herself coming to The Big Donut more often than she would have liked to admit. She was sitting with Connie this time, taking a break from her training, grumbling about a lack of missions or corrupted or mutant gems. "It just doesn't feel right. There aren't any popping up, but they're drawn to us. They should be coming to us and fighting us, but there's no sign of them. I know for a fact we haven't beaten them all, there were countless gems in the war." Connie shrugged and sipped at her soda. "I dunno, maybe they just figured it'd be smarter to group up or something." Jasper frowned. "That's not good, kid."
Connie was about to add on to the conversation when Sadie came in from the back room, mumbling angrily. Connie took immediate notice and piped up, "What's wrong, Sadie?" Sadie looked up, suddenly conscious of her grumbling. "Oh, Sorry, it's nothing. It's just that there's more stuff in this shipment than I thought there'd be, and it's all so heavy! Me and Lars are having some serious trouble with it all! Not to mention that they're perishable stuff so we need to get it all put away before it melts! It's just looking to be a bad time. I think we may be screwed here."
Connie gasped at her and Sadie winced. "Yeah, sorry. Language. I just-" "No!" Connie interrupted. "It's just that this sounds like a serious problem! I wish there was something we could do to help!" Jasper turned back, catching Connie's eye. A spark flickered in her eyes as she began to think. "Hey, Jasper could help you!" Jasper choked on her boston creme doughnut, looking at the child with a mix of anger and shock.
"W-what?" Connie clasped her hands together. "Yeah! You're really strong; far stronger than a human! You could help them out!" Connie faltered when she noticed Jasper glowering at her. "I-i mean, you have nothing else you're doing, right?" Jasper turned in her seat and scoffed. "Child, I've lead armies through glorious battle. I lead attack after attack against Rose Quartz in the war of Earth thousands of years ago. I was a GENERAL!"
"But you lost." Connie stated. Jasper's face heated up. "I- You- Wuh-" She stammered. Sadie sighed, "Well, I don't want to bother you guys with my mundane problems, but any help would be great. At this rate, we won't even be able to get half of these boxes in. Not only are they big boxes, but they're packed full and tight! Lars and I have to work together to bring in one!"
Sadie stretched her arms out. With a tired grunt she reached down for something under the counter, bring back up a bottle of water and drinking heavily from it. Once she finished she let out a refreshed sigh. "It's not running an army, but if you could help us it'd be appreciated."
Jasper looked out the window. The afternoon sun shone peacefully down on the sand, accentuated by a clear breeze blowing through tufts of grass. She felt bored just looking at it. She really had nothing to do. "Alright, if only to keep myself busy. I'll stick around." Sadie smiled and placed her bottle back under the counter. "Oh, great! Thank you! This'll go by much faster with your help!"
Sadie lead Jasper through to the back of the building where a pile of boxes sat. Lars was there as well, hunched over one of the large boxes and panting heavily. He was drenched in sweat. As Jasper stepped past the threshold from the back room she was assaulted by an unexpected wave of heat. The breeze she saw earlier and thought a cool gust was secretly a baking current.
"Hmm…" she mumbled. She looked down to Sadie who seemed to be affected by the heat already. "Why don't I bring them in so you can just sort them out. All I'll need to know is where to put them down." Lars looked up, just taking notice of their presence. Sadie smiled, "That'd be awesome." With that Sadie and Lars retreated back into the Big Donut, leaving Jasper to her work.
Hours passed in the heat, but Jasper didn't mind. It kept her busy, and to be honest that was really what she needed at the moment. Just to remain busy. Hours passed as she lugged in box after box. By the time she'd finished with the simple job the sun had begun to sink into the horizon. She lifted the last box with one arm and stepped into the Big Donut. She'd noticed, as she made her way to the back room, that Sadie was the only one working at the moment. "Where's the other on?" Jasper questioned.
Sadie looked over her shoulder as she placed the last of the frozen goods into storage compartments. "Oh, Lars? He left a couple hours ago. Said I could handle the rest. He's not wrong. The hard part is bringing the boxes in. I can handle myself alo-" Jasper dropped the box onto the ground hard. "That's bullshit." Sadie sighed. "I mean-" "No. Don't try to rationalize that. You need to be more assertive."
Sadie looked back at her. "You think?" Jasper looked down at her. "I was the leader of an army. I know so. No one will heed your words unless you dominate their attention." Jasper looked around, before perking up. "Here, try it on me." Sadie turned around entirely now, looking surprised. "W-what, now?" Jasper shrugged. "I don't see why not. I've worked alongside the Crystal Gems long enough to figure how to take orders. You just need to have a firm hand."
Sadie took a deep breath, building up her courage. Jasper stood patiently in the center of the room, waiting for Sadie's first command. Sadie hesitantly lifted her finger and pointed at a box. "P-pick that up and bring it over here. It's got the las-" "I don't want to." Jasper stated, matter of factly. Sadie looked at her dumbfounded, while Jasper returned her gaze almost bored. "I thought you said you knew how to take orders!"
Jasper scratched her head nonchalantly, "I do, but I never said I'd make this easy for you. Try again, and this time don't be such a pushover." Sadie bit her lip. "Jasper, pick up that box and bring it over he-" "Mmmyeah, that's not happening. You're still too weak." Sadie could feel heat building up inside of her now. She hated being talked over like this, being pushed aside. "Jasper." She spoke, clearly and softly. Something about her words made something inside of the gem flutter, but only a little. "I need you to bring that box over he-" Jasper opened her mouth, but could not let out even the vaguest utterance of a word before she was stopped.
"DON'T!" Sadie shouted, suddenly. Jasper felt the echo of her voice quake in her ears. A fire lit in her eyes as she looked down on Sadie in a new light. The girl who she originally saw as a lost cause and a true wallflower had almost instantly changed her personality on the spot. It was rather exciting to watch and reminded her of her superiors back on Homeworld. "Give me that." She finished. She took another breath. "If you're done, I need that box over here." Jasper decided to push again, "Bu-" "Now!" Sadie said coldly as she turned back to what she was formerly doing.
There was that mysterious flutter again. Though she ignored it earlier, she couldn't help but notice the tingling in her spine. She hoisted the box with ease and dropped it over by Sadie. "Is that all?" Sadie nodded once. "That is all. You can do whatever now." She still sounded cold. She opened the box with a box cutter from her pocket and looked up at Jasper. Sadie squinted and spoke quickly, "Is there something else that you need?" Jasper shook her head. "That's impressive. You figured it out almost instantly, and I didn't even have to demonstrate how it's done. You're a natural."
The smile that she was often known for materialized almost immediately after receiving this praise. "You think?" She nervously brushed a bit of hair back behind her ear. Jasper shook her head, "You need to be able to keep that up. You can't go breaking your stance just because you heard or saw something you liked. You've got to remain hard!" Sadie sighed, "This is tougher on me than you think it is!" She turned again to the opened box and sighed for a third time. "This is the wrong box. Can you pass me- Hey!"
Jasper had already exited the room. Sadie ran to follow her, catching her at the front counter, "Where do you think you're going!? We're not done yet!" Jasper grunted, "No. YOU are not done yet. I have no other obligation here. I've completed my objectives and you've dismissed me." Sadie was flabbergasted. The heat she felt earlier rose to her face and she balled up her fists.
"Stop!" Jasper made no sign of heeding her words. "I said…" Jasper reached for the door. "STOP!" The cold was back and Jasper snapped to attention. Something about her voice was different from earlier. Before it was just an act that she put on to simulate being a leader. Now there was genuine emotion behind her words. Jasper stopped, despite herself. "Turn around." This was new. 'She's not going to command me to get back to work? Just turn around? Maybe I can scare her off.' Jasper weighed her options lightly.
She turned slightly, looking back into Sadie's eyes. That was when it hit her. The look in her eyes stabbed deep into her mind. Her dark eyes pierced through her. "What did you say?" She wanted to sound intimidating, but Sadie could hear a wane in her voice. She was done with games and absolutely exhausted from walking back and forth between the counter and the back room all day. "You clearly heard me, now stop with the act and help me finish up. We're not done yet."
Jasper snarled, "Who do you think you are to tell ME what to d-" Sadie growled, louder, "HEY! I don't care if you were some ARMY GENERAL or something, right here and right now I'm the boss and YOU are helping me FINISH! UNDERSTAND!?" Sadie's face had grown red from the yelling and the sheer amount of anger. Jasper felt a part of herself shrink as another began to grow. It was a part she hadn't felt for a while. It reminded her of talking to her superiors. It was a feeling of pure submission to someone who was your better.
Sadie folded her arms and glared up at Jasper. Jasper for whatever reason couldn't find the strength of will to peel her eyes away. Instead, she found herself walking back into the room and taking orders from Sadie again. "Alright. This is the box I needed." Sadie looked up at Jasper, who was waiting patiently, albeit indifferently, for her next orders. "Go on and open those other two boxes. These are frozen goods in here, but we'll need to see what's in those."
Without a moment of hesitation, Jasper peeled off the tape from the last two boxes. Inside the first she found spare parts for some machine and in the other were cleaning supplies. She turned to relay the information, but came face to face with Sadie who was looking over her shoulder. She squinted into the boxes and mumbled something under her breath. Jasper, on the other hand, felt her face heating up. Sadie stepped away and dusted her hands. "Cleaning stuff and replacement parts for the soda machine. Stuff that can wait till tomorrow."
Sadie returned to the box by the freezer, putting the last of the small colored packages where they would fit. Meanwhile Jasper was lost in thought. She'd not felt this much like someone's underling since she worked under Yellow Diamond. Jasper shook her head and, after a second of hesitation, made for the door. "Hey." Sadie spoke. Her voice was soft, but still had that edge of reserved indignance. Jasper peered over her shoulder, doing her best at ignoring the chill in her back. "Y-yeah?" She cursed herself for stuttering. Sadie squinted and tossed one of the colorful bags to her.
"This's for Steven, if you're going his way." Jasper stared at the bag. It read, 'Cookie Cat Bites!' in bold pink letters and had a picture of a black cat with a blank face inside of a pink rocket. "What is it?" She asked. "Why do you care?" Sadie pondered as she walked past her. She seemed to sidle up next to her and linger there for a moment before exiting the room, as though she were testing her or something. The tingling in her spine grew near unbearable.
Sadie walked to the counter and picked up her jacket, sighing. She looked over the counter and behind it to ensure that everything was as it should. Jasper held back a moment, which Sadie took immediate notice of. She scratched her head. "I'm sorry I got so snappy earlier. I'm just tired of Lars always walking out on me, but I can never force myself to stop him. It's always intimidated me." Jasper felt a buzz of some unfamiliar feeling. 'She doesn't find me more intimidating than that beanpole of a human?' She reflected to herself for a second, just a second.
"S'at mean you're done yelling at me?" Sadie squinted. There was something about her tone of voice. "Would you prefer otherwise?" Jasper was slightly taken aback, but made full effort to hide the fact that, somehow, it did bother her that she was done yelling. The feeling that she had from being ordered around was slowly starting to dissipate, but she had just gotten used to, in fact was rather enjoying, the feeling it gave her. She squinted back at her as her answer, forcing herself to deny the sensations that she longed for to return. Sadie shook her head and left. "Well, I'll see you around, I guess." Jasper could swear she heard her mumble, "It's too late for this." as she walked out of sight.
She looked down at the colorful package again and decided that that was as good a time as any to head back to the beach house. The eyes on the cat seemed to stare up at her, as though they were expecting something of her. She shuddered under their eerie gaze and turned from the dark cafe and began to head back to the beach house.
There was very little to do after she'd handed off the pack of Cookie Cat Bites to Steven. As expected of him he was elated and remained very excited for quite a bit of time. Jasper was used to his jovial nature by now and could bypass it. She had to, in fact, as her mind was elsewhere. Constantly did she find herself in a place where she couldn't help but dwell on Sadie's actions but more than that her own. Why had she fallen so easily to her, swayed so hard to the words? What was it about the way she spoke that demanded her utmost obedience in such a fashion?
There was almost no reason for it, dare she say there be no reason at all for it. Sadie was but a human! A physically and mentally inferior specimen and not to mention not in the slightest terrifying. Definitely not the type who would invoke an air of respect to those around her. Especially not from someone like Jasper. And yet she did just that. Every word and order felt like a direct command from a superior, but Jasper had very few superiors in her life. The only ones who would count as such would have been the Diamonds and Sadie was nowhere near close to anything like them.
The way she talked, the way she walked, the way she held herself around people or alone. She couldn't compare in the slightest, so why did she elicit such a response? Jasper couldn't figure out why it happened, but she knew for a fact that she liked it. She also knew she wasn't okay with liking it. It made no sense to her and, by extension, must have been wrong. It made her feel oddly, especially under the circumstances of having no one around to vent her frustrations to. She was left feeling like she never had before and having no way to explain it and no one to explain it to. Jasper was so utterly lost in her own whirlpool of agitated emotion and puzzling desires that she hadn't even noticed the day go by.
"Jasper?" Connie spoke softly, almost warily. "Hmm?" Came her distracted reply. "You've been... a little out of it all day. Steven mentioned that you were really focused on something yesterday. Are you alright?" It was just then that Jasper fully realized that she was in the middle of Connie's sword practice. She acted as a sparring partner with her frequently since she could block her attacks better than a hologram and tended to force her to make smarter choices by punishing bad swings. However she also noticed that her body was riddled with cuts and slashes, far more than it usually would be. She never had this many nicks even by the time they were finished.
"I'm fine." She lied. Connie nervously dropped her stance. She'd done this before, carelessly, and had Jasper knock her onto her back, as punishment for thinking practice was over, far too many times to do it confidently. "Maybe we should take a break for a while." She winced and took up her stance again hastily, expecting an attack from her aggressive sparring partner, but was shocked when none came. Instead, Jasper sighed and said, "Yeah. Let's do that."
She rubbed the cuts on her arms as she stomped out of the sky arena. "Where are you going?" Shouted Connie as she ran to follow her. "For a walk." Connie barely made it onto the warp pad before Jasper warped back to the beach house. She tromped off of the warp pad and past Steven and Pearl who had situated themselves in the kitchen. Pearl was looking over a cookbook while Steven was eating a bag of Cookie Cat Bites. Pearl looked up from her book and Steven from his bites in surprise.
As she opened the door Pearl yelled, "Where do you think you're going!? Connie's practice isn't even over yet!" Jasper growled, but made no motion to stop. "I'm going for a walk!" Pearl ran to the door as Jasper stomped down the beach. "Don't harass the towns folk!" Pearl turned around and placed her hand on her forehead. "Oh, that gem is going to cause all kinds of trouble knowing her…" Steven looked at Connie as she sat down next to him. "I don't know…" Connie sighed. "She seemed really preoccupied with something. I rarely get a hit on her when we practice, but this time I cut her a bunch. I hope she's alright."
Jasper trudged through the sand, trapped in a maelstrom of thought and anger. What right did Sadie have to make her feel like she was inferior? She wouldn't stand for it! She was infuriated. So much so that, when she looked up and saw herself in front of the Big Donut, she had no chance of stopping herself from letting out a furious shout.
Jasper barged through the doors and saw Sadie handing Sour Cream, Jenny, and Buck some doughnuts. She looked over their collective shoulders and called out to her, "Oh! Hey, Jasper! Hold on just a second." Jasper growled and pushed past the cool kids, who were already moving to leave. Through mixed grumbles of dissent, Jasper shouted, "HUMAN!" Sadie did not seem off-put by her yelling. The mere fact that Sadie hadn't seemed unnerved by her volume, rather she seemed to take it in stride, only further fueled the fires of her anger. Jasper slammed her hands against the counter, not enough to crack it, but to send a message.
She had been so ready to put her in her place, and would have had she not spoken first, "I didn't see you the other day, but I wanted to say thank you! Your acting really helped me out!" Her hard exterior soon softened as the implications behind Sadie's words clicked into place. A new anguish formed in the back of her mind. 'She was doing all of this, playing me for a fool, like a puppet, without even realizing that it was happening?' She mused.
"A-act?" She muttered. Sadie nodded as she shuffled some of the doughnuts around under the counter. "Yeah! Y'know, when you pretended to be submissive and lazy to help me figure out how to handle Lars! It really helped me out, and things have been running a lot more smoothly now! Though…" She trailed off as a stream of pants and footsteps came from the walkway behind the counter. "Sadie…" He began. Jasper noted a distinct shift in her demeanor immediately. "C-can I t-take a break real quick?" Sadie looked over her shoulder at him and asked, "How many of the boxes have you cleared out?"
Through staggered breaths, Lars forced out, "Seven… All seven…" Sadie nodded and said, "Alright. That's all I needed you to do for the moment, so you can take your break." Lars smiled and made for the door, but before he could so much as place his hand on it, Sadie spoke out. "But I better see you back here in 30 minutes." Lars looked back, seeming worried, and chuckled, "C-come on, Sadie. Can't I have a little more time?"
Sadie's gaze turned ice cold and he winced. "Fine. I'll be back in 30." As he left, Jasper felt that same tingling sensation growing in her stomach and riding up her back. "Thanks again for helping me out, Jasper. I know you didn't have to." Jasper looked back to the short blonde before her, but couldn't find any words to say. "Ah! I forgot. If you don't mind I wanted to ask if you could stick around!" Sadie saw that she looked confused, so she walked to the back room and waved for Jasper to follow suit. She did.
"See, Lars is good with his hands. Pretty good with all sorts of technical and machinery stuff. Things like that. But, in all honesty, he's kinda frail. He can't do much of the heavy lifting that I need to get done, and frankly even he would prefer this to counter work." Jasper looked into the room and saw a few piles of assorted parts for various machines, from cooling units to soda machines. "He can install the stuff, but it can all be rather heavy so he has trouble with it at times. Saves us money since he can get it done, but if he drops it because he can barely pick it up that costs us more than if we hired someone to do it for us."
Jasper could tell where this was going before she even finished her thought. "That's where you come in, see? You're far stronger than anything we could even hope to be. You don't have to worry about stamina or fatigue or things like that at all." She looked over her muscular body with scrutinizing care. Jasper practically felt her eyes tracing over every feature of her body and only then became aware of the cuts that practice with Connie had left. Sadie nodded affirmatively, "Well, looks that way to me anyway."
She made her way past Jasper and back to the counter out front. "Why don't you think on it over a Boston Creme? I never did give you a reward for helping me out that night." Jasper finally found her tongue when Sadie said this. "A reward? What am I, a dog who's performed a trick? What makes you think I'd even take up your offer at all, let alone take the time to think about it?" Sadie shrugged as she handed Jasper a doughnut over the counter. She reluctantly took it, but hesitated to eat despite how much she wanted to. "Well, if I heard you properly a two days ago you don't really have much else better to do, do you? Besides, I doubt this'd take you long enough to complain about it. It'd be so much easier if you just cooperated and got it done."
Sadie's tone sounded more like she'd already had Jasper working under her. She didn't know how to take them. The feelings that Jasper despised had become so rampant in her mind that she was already under the impression that there was no way out of this. It was like dealing with an even more obnoxious and attractive version of Steven. There was simply no way to turn her down.
She growled and bit into the doughnut, pretending to mull it over. After a second she opened her mouth to speak, "Fine. But under my own terms." Sadie smiled and placed her hand on the counter. "Knew I could count on you." Jasper forced back a shiver. "First things first. I'm not wearing that silly uniform." Sadie looked down at her own shirt, and Jasper could swear that she saw hints of disgust. "Fine." She said. "Second," Jasper continued. "I retain the right to leave whenever I want to." Sadie smiled and said, "And I retain the right to tell you whether or not I can let you!" Jasper frowned, but said nothing in response.
Sadie smiled up at Jasper and held her hand out in a grandiose triumphant manner. Jasper snarled inwardly, but took her hand. She noted that touching her hand rekindled the feeling all over again, but couldn't bring herself to pull away. The world seemed to fall away as time suspended itself in this moment. It really wasn't as bad as she thought it was before. She was truly beginning to enjoy the moment. Sadly, much to her sorrow, the moment was broken as Sadie pulled her hand back. Through her smile, she said, "It's great to have you."
Jasper had been dwelling on those words all day. 'It's great to have you.' She knew what she meant, but she didn't realize just how true that was. Of course, neither did Sadie for that matter. After Lars came back, Jasper had absentmindedly aided him in upgrading and fixing the soda machine, vending machines, and freezers. The time past quickly, despite Lars's constant complaints and Sadie's just as constant commands.
The door closed, snapping Jasper out of her reverie. She looked around to see that the light outside had fallen to darkness. Jasper took note of her surroundings, finding herself seated at one of the tables at the front of the store. She must have closed her eyes after the work was over and lost track of time. Sadie wasn't at the counter, but she could hear her in the back, moving boxes around. Jasper stood up, but looked down as a stray circular object caught her eye. The item in question was a doughnut.
Without thinking, she picked up the pastry and bit into it. The sweet filling pleasantly spread over her tongue, bringing about a satisfied sigh. The sound of boxes being shifted suddenly became a loud clattering. "Aww, dammit!" Shouted Sadie. Jasper walked to the back room and saw Sadie rubbing her arm next to a couple of fallen cardboard boxes. "Are you unharmed?" Sadie sneered sharply up at her, leaving Jasper slightly taken aback. "Clearly I'm not." She sighed. "Man, that hurt." Jasper felt heat rise to her face, but ignored it. She stepped into the room and picked up the boxes.
"oh, no, you don't have to. I can get it." Jasper raised a hand to stop her. Sadie stepped back, hand still on arm, and solemnly waited. "Do not misunderstand me, hum- Sadie." She corrected herself. Jasper lifted the boxes and placed them upon the shelves that they had fallen off of. "I could snap you like a twig. Easily." Sadie gulped and stepped back. "But you've made me feel something I've never felt before. Something not even my superiors on Homeworld have made me feel. I don't know how to describe it, but it feels hot. Deep within my being, I can feel this burning sensation, yet it doesn't hurt. It… tickles." She spoke these last words like they made her less of a warrior.
She made to sit down, then Sadie pointed to a chair. Jasper took up the seat and let her head sink down. "This feeling is so hard to place. The more I think about what it means, the farther I feel from placing it. It's ENERVATING!" Sadie rubbed her arm again, more nervous than pained at this point. She was starting to put together vague pieces to Jasper's puzzle already, but waited patiently for her to finish. "It makes me feel so weak! I have no control over it, and it only happens around you! I can't even bring myself to taking you out of the picture so you stop plaguing my mind! What did you do to me!?"
Sadie sighed and looked away. Jasper growled and slammed her fist onto her knee. "Don't you ignore me! I deserve to know what's going on here! Don't think I won't break yo-" She stopped, suddenly, as Sadie started to chuckle. "You've just got a crush." Jasper looked alarmed. She placed a hand on her gem, "What!? I'm cracked!?" Sadie waved her hands. "No, no, no. Nothing like that." She stepped forward and placed both of her small hands onto Jasper's huge one, pulling it away from her face. "See, you've got feelings for me. That's all."
Jasper scrunched up her face. "Feelings? Like, emotions? I have feelings for everyone, though most of them consist of anger." Sadie shook her head. "No that's- Aw, geez. I don't know how to explain this to you at all." Jasper watched Sadie expectantly, almost worried. She'd never had this happen before and yet Sadie seemed so familiar with the feeling. Sadie shook her head. "Here, why don't I show you what I mean." Jasper nodded, hesitantly. "Alright, what are you going to do?"
Instead of answering her, Sadie waved for her to come closer. Jasper squinted but reluctantly complied until she was nearly four inches away from Sadie's own face. Sadie bit her lip in thought for a second, contemplating what she'd do, exactly. Jasper, ever impatient, began, "What no-" However, she was cut off as Sadie closed the distance between them, locking lips, closing eyes tight, and placing a soft hand against Jasper's cheek. Initially, Jasper tried to pull away, but couldn't bring herself to do so.
The heat and fuzziness from before blossomed all over her skin. Jasper stared down in disbelief; disbelief at her own lack of action and disbelief at the fact that she was enjoying the moment. The heat grew in her chest and cheeks as her eyes instinctively closed and she finally let herself fall into it. Time seemed to stand still, but the world spun faster than it ever had before. Jasper's mind filled with buzzing thoughts that never stood still long enough for her to make sense of them.
Suddenly, just as fast as all the white noise began, it stopped. The world stopped spinning, the thoughts stopped coming, and the room, which was already silent, felt empty. Sadie pulled back from their short connection and pushed a strand of Jasper's hair that stuck to her own away from her face. Jasper blinked open her eyes, looking down on Sadie in a mix of confusion and absorption. "What...?" She tried to say. "That was a kiss." Sadie answered matter-of-factly. "A kiss...?" Jasper echoed. Sadie looked dumbfounded. Her own blush subsided as a dawning realization hit her. She began to chuckle. "Why are you laughing?" There was a pang of doubt in her tone. Sadie's giggling ebbed a little and she said, "Well, Steven said you guys weren't from around here, but I'm starting to believe he meant the Earth altogether!"
Jasper nodded slowly, "Yes." Sadie's eyes went wide. "Wait, you're serious? I thought you guys were just into some kind of obscure anime and were lost in your roles or something! Wow, that's..." Jasper waved her hands. "Whatever, what's this crush business then? You still haven't explained it! Though..." She paused. "That kiss wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." Jasper placed a pensive hand against her chin. Sadie caught herself staring at her face, she was pouting, a look that didn't seem to fit her masculine demeanor. Her blush returned. Sadie bit her lip and took out her phone. Sadie stared at it, clicked a few buttons until she got to her messages, and knit her brow. Jasper looked up, "Are you go-" Sadie interrupted her by lifting a finger.
Jasper closed her mouth, instinctively now, and waited. Sadie turned around and placed her phone on the table. "Alright, I have time for this. I'll show you something pretty great." She looked over her shoulder with eyes unlike her own from before. Her eyes were hard and cold and they pierced through Jasper very being, almost staring through her. Her body burned under their scrutiny. "But you're going to listen to everything I say. I've never had this kind of control over a person before, so there's no chance I'm letting it go now." She stepped up to Jasper, who inadvertently pushed back against the chair to move away. "You're an alien, huh? Does that mean anything? Can you do anything particularly special?" Jasper knew that this was an honest question, but she couldn't help feeling criticized in the back of her head.
"I can change summon my gem weapon." Sadie shook her head, "No, no, nothing like that. Some more... aesthetically pleasing." Jasper thought for a second. "I can alter my physical form." This made Sadie smile. "That's perfect, actually." She stepped around Jasper, staring up and down at her muscular arms, back, and legs. Jasper could swear she felt her eyes tracing over her body like lasers. She closed her eyes, nervously awaiting orders she had no idea why she wanted to get. Hours seemed to pass under Sadie's scrutiny, but it was less than five minutes before she spoke next, "Alright. I've got it. Stand up." Jasper did as she was told. She gasped as she felt Sadie's hand begin to wander over her arms and then down her back and legs.
"You know, Jasper, you don't look that bad at all. In fact, dare I say you've got quite a beautiful body. Although, I've got to admit, there's something kind of important to my needs that I would believe you just don't have." A pang of fear grew in Jasper's chest. "W-what? What am I missing?" Sadie kept running her hands over Jasper's legs, but lingered as she traced near her crotch. "I wonder, how familiar are you with Human anatomy, Jasper?" Sadie looked up at Jasper with a stare somewhere between desire and defiance. Jasper smiled triumphantly. "I know everything there is to know about Human anatomy, as well as a vast majority of the animals on this planet. I learned these things among many other as I'll be tra- ahem, spending an indefinite period of ti-"
Sadie cleared her throat, signalling she had heard enough. Jasper bit her lip, catching her hint. "Just like on Homeworld." She thought. Sadie smiled, "Then of course you are aware of how certain male and female anatomy interact, yeah?" Jasper was piecing together what she was saying long before she began this course of action. Originally when she came to Earth nothing disgusted her more than human biological needs, but for some reason this one human before her brought about a new interest. Jasper nodded and Sadie stepped back. "Do you need a visual aid or something or-" "N-no. I should be fine."
Jasper raised her hands out over her legs and took a deep breath to futilely attempt to steady her racing heart. Suddenly a light began to sprout from between her legs. The light seemed to take a solid form, growing into a protruding mound and taking on an orange tint. Sadie watched in awe as the mound thinned out a bit and stretched to a near ten inches of length. When she thought that the transformation might have been over, she was shocked to see the light widen as well, until finally the light flashed, leaving behind an orange cock, with dark orange stripes and a pair of testes to match. Jasper finally opened her eyes and looked down at her new part in a mix between shame and pleasure.
Sadie's mouth hung slightly ajar as she slowly took in the beauty of Jasper's full mast that lied before her. For a brief second her facade had fallen. Sadie's face flushed as she gazed down at the length before her. Jasper's face became equally red, but she seemed more resigned to the fact than embarrassed by it. In all honest, for some reason, she couldn't wait for what was coming next. Sadie stepped forward and placed a hesitant, wavering hand over the head of Jasper's newly formed, and rather sizable, cock. She graced over it with her fingertips, slowly trying building up the courage she had had earlier that night. "W-well? Are you gonna-" Jasper began but cut off soundlessly as Sadie wrapped her fingers around the shaft. Finding her resolve once more, she looked up defiantly. "Th-this is gonna do just fine. I was just admiring your handiwork."
Jasper grimaced as unknown, but not altogether bad, sensations ran from her member and straight to her chest and head. She took in the warmth from Sadie's embrace and shuddered. "This is how human's feel? This is insane…" Jasper thought. Sadie was slowly working up her confidence again, moving her hand up and down in languid motions, letting her fingers drag against the warm skin of Jasper's length. She was starting to become familiar with the bumps and ridges of it, as though it were some odd new object that she had to memorize lest it erase itself from her life permanently. Every stroke sent more and more vivid shocks of pleasure through her, as that was what she'd finally identified this feeling as. She'd only ever really felt it after a good fight or when she was being reprimanded or praised by a superior.
Sadie pressed her other hand on Jasper's stomach, causing her to step back without thinking. Sadie pushed up against her chest and kept her stepping back without breaking their connection. From her vantage point, looking up from her chest, Jasper's cock sat precariously next to her face, over her shoulder. The heat that radiated off of it lit a fire of equal, if not greater, power inside of Sadie. She wrapped her hand firmly around the base of the shaft and rose up the entirety of the length straight to the head, basking in the hollow gasps that eked from Jasper's mouth. The sounds almost sounded flimsy or weak. They empowered Sadie and pushed her further into her confident facade once again.
Jasper kept moving back, like a robot given a set of instructions. It felt rehearsed, despite the extemporaneous responses that she was supplying for the situation that she'd found herself in. It wasn't until she slammed against the back wall that she realized that she was retreating. She opened her eyes, unaware that she had closed them in the first place, and saw that Sadie was looking up at her like an owner looks down at a pet. Sadie's hand moved up and down her length, leaving a ghost of a warmth that kept . It made her feel almost as though she were less of a person, and yet it made her feel like she was being completed at the same time. In fact, the latter feeling far overpowered the former.
So much so that she didn't even try to stop the feeling of longing as Sadie pulled away for a second. "W-what? Why did yo-" Jasper began. She watched, unable to move from the wall, as Sadie stepped back and pulled a chair up. She must have known where the chair was already, because she never broke the stare that they held. In as sultry a fashion as she could manage, Sadie unzipped her blue jeans and pulled down both the pants and her panties. With the restrictive cloth finally tossed aside she sat up on the chair and waggled a finger for Jasper to come closer. "I don't imagine I need to tell someone who's looked into us human's anatomy as much as you what to do next, do I?"
A cold wave washed over Jasper and she robotically shook her head and stepped forward. It had been millennia since last she had felt so much like an underling. Even when she worked with the Crystal Gems it was only out of mutual interest and she was treated as an equal, if not a better. Here, however, she was completely walked all over, and she loved every second of it. Jasper brought her huge frame low on the ground to get the proper angle to perfectly please her short superior. As soon as she brought her face close enough, she took an involuntary breath, long and drawn out, and basked in the new pungent aroma that assaulted her. It was nothing like she'd ever experienced and it damn near made her lose all conscious thought, but still she began to work, knowing her place was that of one who must please and takes pleasure in pleasing. In this regard, ironically, she found herself questioning whether or not that Pearl really knew what she was missing out on by rebelling.
Sadie's constant gasps and squeals let Jasper know that, however clumsily she did her job, she was doing well enough to please her superior. A flick her, a lash there, and a push deeper every now and then and Sadie let out an affectionate moan. But that wasn't enough for her. Not really. She knew deep down that Jasper's body was capable of so much more and she would push her every breaking point to find out just what she could truly do. She grabbed the back of Jasper's head and tugged at her hair, pulling her deeper into the gap between her legs. "Come on, Jasper, I know you're body can do way crazier stuff than that! I'm so close, I just need one more push!"
The wasteland that was her blank mind suddenly filled with never ending ideas of what she could possibly do. Most of the many things she thought of, however, would have more than likely killed or hurt her. There was one rather simple idea that she had, though. With a sigh, and many an idea pushed to the back of her mind, she simply stretched out her tongue and writhed around inside of her mistress. The sudden increase in depth and motion sent Sadie's unsuspecting body into raptures, causing her body, muscles and skin, to tremble uncontrollably. The sound that she made, something between a gurgled squeak and a shrill groan, inflated Jasper's already large ego to astronomical new heights.
Jasper kept up her ministrations for somewhere around 10 more minutes, until Sadie was nearly nothing more than a whining, teary eyed mess that gripped tightly into Jasper's mop of hair. Sadie's grip finally loosened and Jasper took that as the sign to pull back. As her tongue slithered out, Sadie whimpered weakly and slumped over. Sweat ran down her neck, drenching her shirt. She breathed heavy, short puffs, slowly catching her breath and building up her stamina again. Jasper sat with her legs folded, hands on either knee, waiting patiently, and watching her regain her composure. As Sadie's breathing gradually evened out, a warm smile grew on her face, followed by a lasting blush.
"Th-that… that was incredible, Jasper. Th-thank y-you." Jasper recognized a change in her tone. No longer was she still putting on the air of superiority, but she was just regular old Sadie, and yet, somehow, the feeling that she was her better lasted. Jasper nodded gruffly. "Yeah, it was nothing. The experience was… interesting. You humans have some pretty incredible experiences you get to have." Sadie slid off of the chair and onto the floor. She crawled toward her large partner and grabbed hold of the dick the still rested bare between her legs. "Oh, it's not over yet. It's your turn, Jasper. You didn't think I'd just let you get away with gettin' me off, did ya?" Jasper shivered as the warmth of Sadie's palm returned.
"N-now, you don't nee-" Sadie looked up at Jasper with a face of slight indifference and defiance. "I didn't really ask, Jasper. You helped me and now I'm returning the favor. You've earned as much." Jasper shut her mouth. In truth, she was incredibly curious and relished experiencing firsthand the pleasure that humans experienced. She closed her eyes as Sadie caressed her length, barely wrapping her hands around it's width. The heat that she gave off was nothing compared to the heat that Jasper's body could withstand, but it was still easily the most intense feeling she'd ever had. It wasn't long before Jasper herself began to moan just as Sadie had earlier. She was surprised that she wasn't able to maintain her composure. A millennia of discipline and training gone to waste in one night.
Sadie smiled up at Jasper, who's eyes were still firmly shut. She gripped tightly onto her knees, as Sadie had with her hair. Oddly enough, where she thought this would help with resisting the pleasure, it only seemed to amplify them. This realization didn't hinder her like she secretly hoped it would, but pushed her even further toward whatever building feeling was coming. Waves of unknown pleasure crashed into Jasper, one after the other, leaving her panting for air she knew she didn't need. Sadie watched happily as Jasper's muscles tensed and her cock twitched. Proud of her work, Sadie decided it was time to finish her off just as she had for her.
She leaned down and tried to take as much of Jasper's length into her mouth as she could manage. The immediacy of the action and warm wetness was more than enough to send the teetering Jasper careening over the edge of pleasure and into a world of pure bliss unlike anything she'd ever encountered. With a mind numbing yell, she was done before she even knew what was going on. Jasper's mind went blank, and her body limp, as she fell lifelessly to the floor, now warmed up by their romp. Sadie climbed up onto her chest and curled up on her large frame. Sadie let out a contented sigh and said, "This was a very nice night, Jasper. Thanks. I think I kinda needed it." Jasper had no words to say. Instead she simply stared up at the ceiling.
She didn't fully understand what had happened, and she wasn't sure if she really wanted to. Jasper only knew that maybe it was for the best that Earth and it's humans were spared all those years ago. A thought crossed her mind and her mood lightened as she pushed it away to relax on her bed of marble and hair. Spent and tired, she was ready for a well deserved rest. Sadie, herself, looked about ready to sleep as well. She pulled out her phone and gave it a quick look over before putting it back in her pocket. With a final sigh she uttered one last thing before passing out, "Wake me up in ten or twenty so you can help me get this mess cleaned up."