CHAPTER 4: FORGIVING THEIR MISTAKES
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry… please… forgive me…" Peridot said as she kept her eyes low.
That was it, Lapis turned around and stared at her, what she saw in those green eyes, those eyes that she remembered being cold and emotionless, were filled with sadness, shame, regret… and tears. She saw the spots that had been repaired on her robotic parts, and the memory of what Peridot had done for Steven, came to her mind, her hatred made her blind, but not anymore. Now, Lapis saw Peridot in a complete new light, she wasn't a heartless being, no, she was a gem capable of loving and caring for others, she was just afraid, afraid of what gems more powerful than her could have done to her, but Peridot would have never had to suffer that kind of fear again. Lapis rushed towards her, which made the green gem tense, but then, as she reached her, she embraced her tightly.
"I… I'm sorry too, it's true you… you have hurt us… but… you changed… and risked your life in order to save Steven… that is all what matters now… let's leave the past in the past…" Lapis said as Peridot became less tense.
"T...thank you…" Peridot whispered.
"Don't worry Peridot… you are safe now… you will no longer have to be afraid…" Lapis said as she felt a pair of arms embracing her tightly and drops falling on her shoulder.
That was the moment when the door shut open and Steven remained motionless, staring at the two gems hugging each other with stars in his eyes and a bright smile on his face. But the beautiful moment didn't last long when Connie entered the house.
"Steven?! What is Lapis doing here?! Oh my… is that Peridot?!" Connie shouted in disbelief.
"Hehe… ehm… I thought that showing you was the best way to make you understand the situation…" Steven said as Connie stared at the two Homeworld's gems.
"Steven why are they here?! Did… did they do something to the gems?!" Connie cried as she gripped his shoulders.
"What? No! Connie, Lapis and Peridot are with us now!" Steven said as Connie's eyes widened.
"What?! Steven how can they be Crystal Gems if all what they have done is hurting you and your family!" Connie shouted pointing at them.
"That's not true! Lapis protected us from Jasper and Peridot did the same on Yellow Diamond's ship! It's true… they have done some bad things… but would it be right to forget all the good things they did for me just because of their mistakes?" Steven said as Connie's expression softened.
It was true, Peridot and Lapis had changed and even if Connie couldn't still see it, she couldn't deny that, what Steven just said was true, it wouldn't have been right to condemn someone just because of some mistakes did in the past.
"For… for what it's worth… I'm sorry for what I did last time we met… I… I don't expect you to forgive me but I want you to know that now I'm changed and… and I think I can speak for Peridot too when I say that we will never let anything bad happen to Steven… not after what he did for us…" Lapis said as Peridot nodded.
Connie remained silent for a moment, now she understood, indeed, Lapis and Peridot did try to hurt Steven, but now, something changed, something was different, she could see in their eyes that Steven managed to change them and if he believed in them… then… maybe she could do it too.
"W-well… since Steven trusts you… I think I could try to do it too…" Connie said cracking a small smile.
"Hey! I've got an awesome idea! Why don't we show the town to Lapis and Peridot together!?" Steven said waving his arms in the air.
"Ehm… s-sure why not…" Connie said as she looked at the two gems who exchanged looks before nodding.
"Ok, first stop, Beach City Funland!" Steven said as he took Connie's hand and opened the door.
"Ehm… Steven… what exactly is… a funland?" Peridot asked as Connie and Steven snickered slightly.
"Well… it's a place where friends hang out to have fun all together with many kind of games! Like roller coasters, an arcade, a teacup ride, even if it's not really my favorite, bumper cars and a lot else!" Steven said as he turned towards Peridot.
"Ehm… I… I don't-" Peridot tried to speak, uncertain about Steven's idea of spending time all together in some kind of human amusement site, but before she could finish, Lapis grasped her floating fingers and dragged her towards Steven and Connie.
"Come on Peridot, it'll be funny, plus we are with Steven, what could possibly go wrong?" Lapis said as Peridot smiled slightly.
"Here we are! What do you think?" Steven beamed happily as they reached the entrance of Funland.
"Nois-" Peridot tried to say but was interrupted by Lapis who nudged her in the arm.
"It looks pretty funny, doesn't it Peridot?" Lapis said as Peridot rolled her eyes.
"Yeeeah… of course…" Peridot answered as Steven began to guide them through the park.
"Try to be a little more enthusiastic about this Peridot…" Lapis whispered taking some distance from the two kids.
"I don't know if you noticed Lapis… but… this isn't really the kind of environment I'm used to frequent…" Peridot said staring at the ground.
"Mine neither… but… Steven gave me my freedom… I don't know what would have happened to me if he didn't help me and I'm glad about the choices I made in order to protect him… even if it meant to go against what it used to be my home…" Lapis said giving the green gem a sad smile.
"I… I'm glad too… about what I have done…" Peridot said looking at her scratched robotic limbs.
"Steven is truly someone unique… he fights in order to protect the ones he loves and he doesn't care if his enemy seems unbeatable... before meeting him I always saw life like something cruel and meaningless… but… now… thanks to him… I know that this life can also be wonderful… now Earth is our new home… and if it's the place Steven fights for… it can't be so bad… don't you think?" Lapis said staring at the sky.
"I… I think that too… it's… it's nice to live in a place where you don't have to be afraid of everything and everyone around you…" Peridot said cracking a little smile.
"Ok guys… we are here! The roller coaster!" Steven beamed happily as they entered the line of people waiting for having their turn on the amusement ride.
So guys here is chapter four! I hope you have liked it and I hope you will be happy to know that now we are going to continue our story regularly, so… well… go celebrate? Anyway, the next chapter is going to arrive soon and now I'll leave you with a message from my coworker: Hey guys Shelton ez here just letting you know we're very sorry for keeping you guys up like this. It's just I had little problems with the computer... ok no, that's an understatement, my laptop is totally broken! It's horrible! A whole month of progress and data lost!... sob sob. Anyways we eventually found a solution to get this right. So now I'm going to pass this along to my friend here, take it away Marvelguy.