A/N: Alright, this is it! This is the end of Young and Beautiful! Man, I am so glad I can finally put this thing to bed and move on to Diamonds are Forever. For now, enjoy!
When the Crystal Gems found Greg several hours later in an empty barn a few miles away, he'd been stripped down to nothing but boxers and was visibly trembling from... something. He also seemed to be mumbling something to himself, but it was very unclear.
"Greg?" Rose asked cautiously. "What's the matter?"
"Venus..." the twenty-year-old would-be rocker was muttering. "...make my wish come true." He broke down into a sob.
"Whatever happened here clearly traumatized him." Pearl observed. "As for what he's saying, I have no idea."
"You think Zoisite might've done this?" Tanzanite asked curiously.
"I don't know. I can't really tell."
"Well, hurry up. We've got to get him back to the house!"
Tanzanite, Pearl, and Rose carried the young long-haired human male with them back to their original location inside the Zimmerman house and set him on the couch. Rose stayed behind to look after him while the others went off to try and find Zoisite again.
"Greg, are you okay?" Rose asked him sweetly.
"No, just leave me alone." he grumbled before turning away from her.
"Please talk to me. I promise it won't be so bad."
"Oh, like you would know! Having some man with crystal eyes try to hurt you like he did me! I don't even know why I'm still alive right now. I should be dead right now... like my parents, like Uncle Jared..."
It was then that Rose realized what he was talking about. "I'm sorry you had to go through all these terrible things. I know what you're thinking, though, and it's not the answer."
He sniffled. "It's not?"
"No, Greg. Life is precious. It's unrelenting, yes, but it's also very wise and uplifting. My mothers taught me that every life that has ever come to being has to be cherished and appreciated in order to be understood and fully realized. Yes, there will be times when you want to end it all because something set you back by several miles but you must be strong. Not just for yourself, but for all the people that have come into your life and stayed there because they care. Can you be strong for us?"
He asserted, "Yes. Yes, I can."
"Thank you," Rose's voice started to crack. "You have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that."
She locked him in a tight embrace and tears of joy began to slide down her face. Now she knew how remarkably lucky she was to have him in her life.
A/N: Yeah, this final chapter's shorter than what I usually put out lately, but I thought it would be nice to end the story like this. I'd like to thank everybody who read this for latching on 'til the end. You guys are great! Also, Doustravaganza 2015 is underway on Tumblr and I'd like for everybody to vote for Trollface-Mastah to win. (Yeah, I entered too, but I still want him to win.) Good luck!