Hey

I have lots of things that need to be done.

This is not one of them.

But I'm doing this.

:)

That represents how my life is going right now.

(Takes place after the first ending where Pearl doesn't die.)

Wait I should also mention I'm Pearlmethyst trash :3


The afternoon sun shone brightly over Beach City, promising a hot day for its citizens. The majority of the town would be outside, playing and laughing with friends and family. Pearl was able to enjoy these days once again, able to bask in the sunlight rather than shun it.

So, it was quite a shame when a mission had been called for the gems, one that even called for a 4 hour hike each way in the rainy tropics. But, Pearl wasn't going. Her depression had shrunk down to a bit more than laziness, which kept her inside and on the couch. None of them gems had complained. Sitting on the couch was much better than leaning over the bathroom sink... With a bottle of vinegar...

"We'll be back tomorrow." The teams leader, Garnet, informed Pearl. The slender gem nodded, taking another sip from a popcorn-tomato smoothie, which even Amethyst called disgusting. "Amethyst is going to be staying at the temple with you while we're gone." Pearl nodded once again, knowing that Amethyst wasn't exactly there to keep her company.

It had been less than a week since...you know what had happened, and everyone was still on edge. It wasn't that the gems didn't trust Pearl, it was that they cared for her. The extra care was, to be honest, getting incredibly annoying for Pearl. She knew everyone was being delibrately nice to her, and that they didn't 'forget' to buy vinegar on the grocery order.

And she knew the code words and phrases they'd use, as Steven isn't exactly a master of language. For example, Amethyst was the 'watcher', which was what they called the gem who stayed with Pearl at all times to make sure she didn't try and kill herself again. 'Looks' was code for 'I think she just looked at the fridge or a hammer in a gloomy way'. Very creative.

Amethyst, being the assigned 'watcher', took a seat next to her on the couch, a sketchbook and pencil in hand. "What's going on?" Amethyst asked, trying to start up a conversation, and obviously trying not to mention the existence of 'the incident'.

"Nothing." Pearl blandly replied, scrolling down her Tumblr page. Amethyst awkwardly nodded, as this wasn't a conversation day. The two gems sat in silence, each occupied with their own thing.

The day grew dark, making way for nightfall. "So... you just gonna, keep, doing whatever it is you're doing?" Amethsyt asked, finding herself failing for words. Pearl shook her head, closing the laptop. "I think I'll sleep." She responded. "Garnet said it'd do me good."

Amethsyt shot her a thumbs up, before hopping off the couch and working to pull out the couch. She threw a pillow on the makeshift bed, and added a blanket after that. "There." Amethyst stepped back to take a look at the couch, which was transformed into a bed.

"Thank you." She genuinely replied. Pearl sat down, closing the laptop and laying it beside her. She pulled the blankets up to her chin, her face buried in the pillow. Getting up to turn off the light, Amethyst took a seat at the kitchenette, having her ususal late night snack. Looking back to the pullout, Pearl was already fast asleep.

Maybe Pearl was getting better.


Standing in front of the bathroom mirror. That's not me, is it? She's so... So sad.

The bottle of vinegar is raised.

What am I doing? Wait- what are you doing? STOP!

Why would you-I-we do that!?

Thats not me...

This isn't happening...

WAKE UP!


3:44am

Thats what the clock said when Pearl woke up, panicked and in a cold sweat. Her heart pounded rapidly in her ears, breathing shallow.

"Yo P, what's wrong?" A sleepy voice asked. Amethsyt woke up as well, as she'd fallen asleep at the counter. Mere seconds after the question was asked, the waterworks began. Tears flooded down the slender gems face, dripping onto her blankets. Amethyst was taken back by this, looking towards the warp pad and praying for Garnet to come in and save the day, as she was the one who usually calmed Pearl down.

'Think, Amehyst! Whats Garnet usually do to calm her down!'

Amethyst drew a blank, standing there like an idiot while Pearl's beginning to think that vinegar would be really helpful right about now. "It's okay," Amethsyt stated, sitting on the couch next to Pearl. She wrapped her arms around the pale gem, letting Pearl cry into her shoulder.

Fidgeting around, she adjusted herself so Pearl sat in her lap. "I-I-I 'ad a n-nightmare." Pearl stuttered through the steady stream of tears that poured out of her eyes. Not sure of what to say, Amethyst silently sat there, rubbing Pearls back as she's seen Garnet do.

'For fucks sake, Amethyst, think!'

The two sat there, one sobbing and the other sweating. Gears clicked in amethysts brain, giving her an idea. Whether it would work or not was the other question.

"Let's go in the garden," Amethyst softly sang, "You'll find something waiting."

"Right there where you left it, lying upside down," Pearl joined, singing the next verse in a shaky tone.

"When you finally find it," The two girls sang in unison, "You'll see how it's faded, the underside is lighter when you turn it around,"

"Everything stays," Pearl sat up, wiping stray tears from her face, staring at her feet to avoid eye contact. She looked up, her eyes meeting Amethysts.

"Right where you left it." Amethyst looked away, hiding the blush that quickly covered her cheeks.

"Everything stays," Amethyst leaned back to lay on the bed, eyes glued to the ceiling.

"But it still changes," Pearl followed suit, also laying on her back.

"Ever so slightly, daily and nightly," Pearl shuffled closer to Amethyst, laying her head on the smaller gems chest.

"In little ways," Amethyst wrapped her arms around Pearl, pulling the petit gems closer.

"When everything stays," Pearl finished in a talking voice, her face buried in Amethysts chest, the latter gems arms wrapped protectively around the former.

"Thank you, Amethyst."