Okay, honestly, this might just be a plain and boring chapter for you guys...it kinda is. But you don't know the work I had to put up with because of this chapter.
The full story of me being angry at myself is on the update after the chapter which is below.
Again...this might not be the chapter for everyone, but someone needs to be a critic right?
Peridot woke up from her slumber and groggily rubbed her eyes. She yawned and stretched.
She noticed that Steven nor Lapis were in bed. The small gem groaned and climbed down and looked around for any presence.
"Hm...this seems suspiciously quiet." She squinted her eyes and put her hand on her chin.
Suddenly, a very high pitched noise tune played out of nowhere. She followed the noise that was coming from outside.
As she opened the door, a familiar sound came to her ears. She last remembered that sound from Steven's musical string instrument.
Peridot put her face between the wooden porch bars and looked down. She saw Steven with his human friend.
Peridot felt something heat up inside her chest as she growled. She quickly went downstairs, which wasn't a very pleasant idea, since she fell down halfway.
Steven and Connie heard her scream as she fell, they quickly ran up to her when she landed face first on the hill.
"Peridot, are you alright?" Steven asked as she picked her up from her arm. Peridot stumbled a bit while getting up, but she managed to stand up straight and wiped her face.
"That did not go according to plan." Peridot said, bitterness in her voice. She then remembered why she came down in such a hurry. "Steven, why didn't you warn me about going out with this human?!" She yelled as she pointed at Connie who was holding her violin.
Steven raised an eyebrow in confusion. "But do I really need to?"
Peridot's face was a little warm. They didn't notice it though. "Yes. In fact, you need me with you every time!"
Steven looked at Connie. They both shrug. Steven looked back at Peridot. "And why is that?"
Peridot ran out of reasons. She was speechless. Clearing her throat was the only thing she could do.
"Peridot, are you okay?" Steven asked with a smile.
Connie decided to butt in the conversation. "Yeah, you seem a little...edgy."
"No I'm not-...whatever that is, I'm not!" Peridot yelled at the two.
Steven and Connie didn't know if something was bothering her, but since she had the habit of having temper tantrums almost everyday. They didn't really think of asking what was wrong.
"O-okay?" Steven muttered as he looked at Peridot. "Do you need anything from us, Peridot?" He asks.
Peridot just looked at the two and began thinking. "Hm, yes. I want you to come with me." She suggests.
Steven scratched his head. "For how long?"
"For the whole millennium."
"Sorry Dot. I have plans with Connie." Steven said with an innocent smile.
Peridot gritted her teeth in annoyance. "Why would you go with such a lowlife being like her?"
Connie crosses her arms to her chest. "What does that mean?"
Peridot snorted a laugh. Steven just looked at the gem and sighed. "Peridot, that's not nice..."
"I'm not known to be 'nice'." Peridot grumbled.
Steven chuckled. "We all know that. But you've got to atleast try to be nice for awhile."
Peridot just turned her back and started walking away from the two.
Connie smiled a little. "Steven...I think something is bothering Peridot. Why don't you go and talk to her?"
Steven looked at Connie. He then looked back to Peridot, she had just entered the house.
He sighed. "I don't want to miss out on you Connie."
"I think she needs you, Steven. I'm not trying to say that I don't want to hang out with you. I just kind of see myself being in that situation and needing you to be there for me..." Connie said while looking down.
Steven knew she was right. He heavily sighed once more. "Alright...but I'll call you when we're done with this. I haven't been hanging out with anyone lately, since we've been busy in the temple."
Connie raised and eyebrow. "What were you so busy about?"
Steven froze as his eyes widened.
"Come on Steven, you can do it."
"I don't know Onyx. Your recipe is just way too hard for a gem like me." Steven whined as he poured some salt on the soup.
Amethyst laughed. "He's right Onyx. No one except you and Greg can make this soup as awesome as it is."
Onyx rolled his eyes back and chuckled. "You just need more practice."
Steven has been trying to make the Universe Soup, since he wanted to make it for himself. The boy sighed. "Well, I hope you're right."
Steven tried and tried, until three days, he decided to go out and take a break with Connie.
Steven laughed nervously. "Well...I was just trying to do something...practicing my sword skills..." He lied.
Connie looked at him questioningly. "O-kay...? Anyways, I'll be here tomorrow for sword practice. You don't need to come with me if Peridot still has a problem."
Steven smiled and hugged Connie. "Thanks Connie." He than let go of her. "Well, I'll see you when this gets done with."
Connie nodded. "I'll see you too Steven." She waved goodbye as the boy ran to the house. She walked away from the beach, heading towards the car wash.
Steven entered the house to see Onyx reclining on the couch, his top hat on his face. He lifted it up to see Steven. "Hey, Steven. Ready for round six?"
Steven shook his head. "Not yet, Onyx. Have you seen Peridot? I really need to talk to her." Steven asked the gem.
Onyx nodded. "Yeah, she went in the bathroom. It looked like something was bothering her."
The boy then walked towards the bathroom door, but was immediately stopped by Onyx. "Steven, wait."
Steven looked back at him. Onyx walked up to him. "I need to tell you that we were invited to a...'ball' thingy, tonight. And I just wanna ask you if you are willing to join us?" Onyx asked the half human, half gem.
Steven thought of it for awhile. He was never told about this. "Who invited us?"
"Your friend, Connie's parents. They called Greg and said that they won some kind of earthly activity, and they won ten tickets to the ball...dance...thingy." Onyx said with a confused face.
Steven laughed lowly as he saw Onyx's face. He nodded. "Sure, I'll come. I'm sure they haven't told Connie too."
Onyx shook his head to clear his mind. "Well, your father and Pearl are with Amethyst, trying to find a suit for you and him."
Steven smiled. "Alright, thanks for the heads up Onyx. What time do we go?"
Onyx looked around for a clock, he found one beside Stevens bed. "We'll go on seven in the night time."
Steven couldn't help but snicker. He likes seeing other Gems having a hard time on telling...time. "Alright, just call me out when we're about to go."
Onyx nodded. "And make sure Peridot gets out of that bathroom, she's coming as well."
Steven heard what he said, buy he was already walking away from him, knocking on the bathroom door. "Peridot, can I come in?" He calls out for the homeworld gem.
There was no answer. No nothing. It felt like no one was even in the room. He knocked again, just to make sure. "Peridot?"
Silence. This wasn't like her. She would always reply something appreciated, or something mean. Steven had never seen this behavior from her. He just thought maybe she is having an off-day.
He sighed in defeat, then decided to walk away from the door. Before he could take one more step, he heard the door creak open slowly. He walked back to the now opened door, and push it slightly.
As he entered the room, the lights were off. He searched for the light switch with his hand and flipped it on. He saw that everything was a mess.
The curtains were on the tub. His comb and toothbrush were on the floor. Towels all over the floor. And a bar of soap was lying around in the tub.
He then noticed Peridot, sitting on the toilet, holding a plunger. "What do you want?" She asked bitterly.
Steven felt the amount of salt in her words. "Do you have a problem? I just couldn't help seeing you so problematic."
Peridot scoffed. "I am always problemagnetic."
Steven looked at her awkwardly. "Its, 'problematic'."
Peridot snubbed him. "Whatever."
Steven touched her hand, she flinched. He spoke. "Come on Peridot. You can tell me what's going on."
Peridot was biting her lip in nervousness. Why was she feeling this way? She had never felt this before. She didn't notice that she was bleeding from her mouth because of her biting.
Steven's eyes widened. "Oh my gosh, Peridot, you're bleeding!" He quickly ran to the sink's cabinets to find a first-aid kit.
Peridot got a look at her wound at the mirror and examined it. It left a dark green colored mark on her lip. And as she removed her teeth from her lip, she winced in pain.
Steven came up to her with some tissues and a cup of water. "Stay still." Steven started tending her wounds on her lips.
Peridot was just shocked at his action. She has her eyes wide open as she kept looking at Steven. She couldn't help but blush madly at this.
After a few minutes, Steven was done with her wound. He stopped the bleeding, but it left a mark. He sighed. "Don't bite your lip that hard, it'll hurt you." He said with a smooth and caring voice.
Peridot just sat awkwardly on the toilet, looking at the boy. She couldn't reply.
Steven looked at her. He smiled. "So, are you going to tell me the problem you have?" He asks.
Peridot relaxed on the toilet, then sighed. "No...it's nothing."
Steven held her hands and looked her in the eyes. "Is it because you miss homeworld?"
The small gem looked at his eyes. She couldn't read him, not even close. She finally decided to tell him what was bothering her.
"No, I don't think I miss homeworld anymore..."
Steven was surprised. Peridot had always been talking about how homeworld was better than earth. "Really? So you're gonna stay here with us?!" He asked excitedly.
Peridot pulled out the smallest smile she can. "Y-yes..."
Steven got up and gave her a hug. Peridot hesitated, but she hugged back.
Steven released her from the embrace. "So, do you want to do something?"
Peridot looked up at a blank space and began to think. "Yes...I would like for you to accompany me."
"Where?" The boy asks.
"To the 'dance' the fusion had told us." Peridot answered.
Steven was a little nervous about her request. Peridot was coming, and Connie would most likely go as well. He wanted to go with Connie, but she remembered what she had said to him.
"I just kind of see myself being in that situation and needing you to be there for me..."
Steven sighed. "I guess it wouldn't hurt..." He was hesitant. But he did it anyways. He was nervous.
Peridot had her hopes as high as it could reach. She smiled. "Great!"
She got off the toilet and walked out of the bathroom like nothing happened.
Steven watched her walk out. He didn't know what to think. He has never been this confused since...well, never.
He just sighed and walked out of the bathroom after turning off the lights. He was then met by Pearl.
"Oh, hello Steven." She greeted with a smile.
"Hey Pearl. Having a great day?" Steven asks. Seeing the bright smile on her face.
Pearl closed her eyes as she giggled. "I'm actually having a pleasant one, thank you for asking. How is it for you?"
Steven looked down. "Well...it's not really going good as I wanted it to be."
Pearl crouched to look at Stevens face, then put a hand on his shoulder. "Tell me what's the problem." It was more of an order than a suggestion.
Steven looked her in the eyes. Then sighed in defeat. "Well...the dance is what bothers me..."
Pearl blinked her eyes. "Well...you don't need to come if you don't want to. We're just coming there since Garnet told us that she sees something suspiciously wrong with that invitation."
Steven just shook his head. "No, I want to come. Its just that...Peridot wants me to dance with her at the ball. But at the same time, I don't want to miss out on Connie." The boy covered his face with his hands. "What am I gonna do?"
Pearl removed one of his hands from his face, he looked at her. "Steven, is there a reason on why you want to be Peridot's...'partner'?" The pale gem asks.
Steven nodded. "Yeah, Connie told me that; Peridot is having a problem and she needs me. And Connie thinks that if she is in Peridots place, she would need me." He explained.
Pearl smiled confusingly. "Wha?" She tilted her head in confusion. She wasn't really the super expert on human relationships, even thought she has something with Onyx, she still didn't understand it completely.
Steven groaned. "Never mind. Thanks for the help Pearl." He walked off to find other help.
"O-okay?" Pearl watched the boy leave her sight. She held her chest and began thinking deeply in the boy's words.
Steven just absentmindedly walked along the boardwalk. Thinking of what he should do about this situation.
His thinking stopped as he ran into someone. He rubbed his cheek and apologized to the person he had ran into. "Sorry about that. I was just-..."
"Hey buddy." The man replied. Steven opened his eyes to see his father.
"Hey dad, what're you doing here?" He saw that his dad was wearing a suit. But it looked kind of...tight.
Greg chuckled. "Well, I'm still in the middle of measuring my suit's size. What about you? I was about to call you later so we could start on yours, but it looks like you brought yourself here." Greg told his son while he dusted of some stray lint off the suit.
"Um...I guess I can do this now." Steven walked beside his father as they went in the store.
Peridot sat on the sand. Just thinking about what Steven had done for her earlier. She touched her lips. They were a little rough from her biting, but they were good.
She then dropped her hand quickly as she heard footsteps coming towards her.
"Hey Peridot." A familiar voice talked to her. She turned around to see Garnet with Lapis.
Peridot just turned back to the ocean and lowere her head to her knees as she hugged them.
"Is something the matter?" Lapis asks the small gem.
"Negative, just...thinking." Peridot replied.
Garnet was surprised. "Woah. Never seen you so...down."
Peridot turned to the fusion, she gripped her hands into fists. "I'm not Down!?"
Garnet and Lapis took an inch step back at her behavior. Garnet crossed her arms to her chest. "It sounds like you don't know what you are."
Peridot gritted her teeth in annoyance, but she felt the annoyance go away quickly. She looked back into the ocean. She sighs. "Look...I don't know what's wrong with me. But every time I see that other human with Steven, it makes me feel...weird inside."
Garnet put a finger on her chin and guessed who she was talking about. "Are we talking about a slightly tall, long haired, fat man?"
Peridot raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What? No."
Garnet guessed again. "Is the human our mailman?"
"What's a mailman? N-no, not that. The one with that irritating musical instrument." Peridot slightly yelled.
"Hmph...I thought you might say that."
Peridot gritted her teeth once more. "Then why didn't you say it in the first place?!"
Garnet shrugged. "You can never be too sure." She says as Lapis snickers a bit.
Peridot scoffed at this. "Do you know what's wrong with me or not?" She ordered for an answer.
Garnet and Lapis just stood there, thinking of an answer.
Then Garnet finally answered her. "I think that you are Jealous."
"Jealous?" Peridot and Lapis looked at the fusion, hoping for an explanation.
Garnet nodded slightly. "Yes. Jealousy is a feeling, you feel it when the person you like is with another person."
Peridot looked a little more confused. "W-wait, how come I don't feel this 'jealousy' whenever he's with you clo-...Crystal gems?"
"You feel jealous whenever that person you like is with another person he likes." Garnet finished her explanation.
Peridot wanted to say something, but she couldn't find the words she was looking for. She understood what the fusion explained. She still needed a solution on how to stop feeling this way.
"Well, whatever this jealousy stuff is, I need it gone right away. I can't think straight." Peridot said to the other two Gems.
Garnet knew what she was going through. But she didn't know that Peridot would feel something about Steven. Especially when he doesn't even know what a romantic relationship meant.
The fusion knelt down and rested her hand on Peridot's shoulder. The small gem looked at Garnet's shades. "Peridot. I know that you care about our Steven. And if you do, then you gotta stop being jealous. He won't like it. That jealousy will stain yours and Steven's friendship." Garnet stood back up, turned around, and walked away.
Lapis looked on. She decided to follow Garnet.
Peridot was left with hundreds of questions. She stood up and growled. "You didn't answer how I can get rid of it!" The homeworld gem lagged behind the two. She kept looking down, confused on how she was gonna deal with this sick feeling.
"Come on, pick up." His phone was on standby, waiting for an answer.
Steven spent almost a full thirty minutes trying to get an answer from Connie, but it kept going into voicemail. He wanted to know if everything that was happening was okay to her.
He turned his phone off after he got sent straight into voicemail once more.
He sighed, then felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned to the victim and saw his dad.
Greg smiled at his son. "So, you still on about that problem?"
Steven nodded. "Yeah, I just can't find the solution to it." He said hopelessly.
"Son, you're still young. Thinking stuff like these can make a kid grow older faster." Greg said, sadness in his eyes. "That's what happened to me. The kid who thought he would be ready for the real world and go through it as a rock star. But look at me now, old and boring."
Steven felt the need to smile, so he did. "You're not boring dad. You're the best dad ever!"
Greg looked at his son. Heat crept up on his cheeks as he rubbed the back of his head. "Oh really, shucks."
The two shared a laugh as they waited for their suits to come.
After a few more minutes, it finally arrived. "Here you two go, two fine looking suits." The owner said as he walked back to his shop.
Steven and Greg waved him goodbye and went in the van. They strapped their selves in and Greg began driving.
"So, where are we heading?" Steven asks his dad.
"Well, since we're done with the suits, we might as well check in the Gems if they're ready. We've gotta leave at six."
Steven just nodded. "Okay. I just hope nothing goes wrong."
Greg shook his head. "Uh-oh. Don't jinx us now kiddo. We need all the luck we have to have a great night. This might be once in a lifetime."
Steven quickly bit his tongue, immediately regretting what he said.
The two kept silent through the whole ride. They were too tired after getting their suits. And something tells them they need a lot of energy when they come to the dance.
The sun was almost going down. They had an hour left before they leave for the dance.
Amethyst, Garnet, and Lapis were all in the living room. Having their normal conversation. Which involved their plan on what they would do if everything went bad in the ball.
Pearl stayed in her room, trying to finish Stevens suit for their trip under the earth.
Peridot just kept thinking in the bathroom. She didn't know what the solution was to her problem.
"Gah, stupid earth feelings. Why did I get myself caught up with this." She said as she punched the wall. Immediately regretting it.
She shook her hand up and down to lessen the pain.
A knock on the door got her out of her thoughts. "Peridot, if you're in there, you better come out. When Steven comes back, he'll have to use that." Amethyst's voice came from the other side of the door.
Peridot grumbled. "Whatever..."
She grabs the doorknob and opens the door. She pulled it and went out of the room after closing it.
A knock came from the screen door, then it opens to show Steven.
Peridot froze in place as he stared right at her. He smiles. "Hey, Peridot. Aren't you supposed to get ready?"
"I am ready." She replies.
Steven got a nervous feeling once again. "O-oh..." He slowly walked towards the bathroom, passing by the other Gems who were looking on.
Peridot just walked up to Stevens bed and sat there, completely dumbfounded by what just happened a few seconds ago.
Garnet, Amethyst, and Lapis just looked at each other.
"That was really awkward." Amethyst spoke.
Lapis nodded in agreement. "I agree."
Garnet just nodded. Then a question pops into Amethyst's head. "Hey, where is Onyx?"
"Looking for me?" A proud voice came from the temple door. The three looked behind them to see Onyx. He was wearing a jet black suit, and a bow-tie, which isn't even tied. He had a white shirt with a collar, and his top-hat. It was just a standard formal clothing.
Amethyst snickered. "Dude, you do know that we can wear our current outfit right?"
Onyx's shoulders dropped. His face turned from proud to unamusement. "Really...?"
Garnet and Amethyst nodded. Onyx groaned as he pulled his face in frustration. "I spent hours trying everything I have in my mind that can suit me."
"That suits you." A sweet yet timid voice said to the dark gem. This made them look at Lapis.
The ocean gem backed up an inch as her face flushed with a deep blue color.
Onyx gave her a teasing smile. "Do I Lapis?" He slowly walked towards her, she backed up in nervousness.
She kept looking at his teasing eyes as she stutters. "I-I-...y-yes. You d-do." She finally ran out of space as she tried to back up on the wall.
Onyx cornered her on the wall. She just stared at his eyes. She didn't even notice how hot her face was going. Onyx pushed his face forward, mere inches away from her face.
He softly whispers. "Thanks. But you look amazing." He planet soft kiss on her lips, making her feel like she was as high as a bird could reach. She snapped out of her trance and remembered what he said. She looked at her dress, she hadn't changed a bit.
Her face went hotter than before, she figured that he was saying she looked amazing even though she didn't change.
Onyx popped his collar up and fixed it. He walked towards the temple door, going in Amethyst's room, hoping to find a mirror. He turned around. "Well, I'd like to stay, but I need to check how awesome I look." He walked in, the door shutting behind him.
Steven lifted his finger. "Onyx, there's a mirror in my-...bathroom..." He was too late. The dark gem had already went.
Steven sighed. He looked back at the other gems. "I'll get ready in a minute, everyone ready?" He asks.
Garnet nods. "Yes. We just need to get Pearl and wait for you, then we can go."
Steven nodded. He then walked towards the bathroom door and opens it. He enters the room and started to get ready.
Pearl just sat there on one of her water platforms. She was thinking very hard. She couldn't find the right materials for Stevens suit.
Maybe there was no material that could reduce heat for a humans body. She never knew what she could use, and she didn't want them to know that she couldn't find a way.
They just couldn't leave Steven behind. He'd be upset and go unannounced anyways.
She suddenly felt like she was being watched. She looked to the right and found the culprit. It was Onyx. He waved at her. "Hey P!"
Pearl looked away from him. "Hello..."
Onyx made a curious face and walked up to her. "Something bothering you? You should be on your best mood tonight." He sat down beside her.
Pearl grumbled. "And I don't think it'll be happening. My mood is a little bit mixed up."
Onyx just tilted his head in confusion. "W...whatever you say."
"Onyx..."
Said gem looked at Pearl. Her voice sounded like she was more confused than him. "Yeah?"
Pearl took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled. "What do you feel about the two of us?"
Onyx was caught off guard. He wasn't expecting that kind of question.
Pearl looked at his face. She thought she had jumped the gun. But he answered anyways.
"Well...if you're talking about you and Lapis, then I still don't know. There is something inside me that's fighting. It hurts. And it's hurting Nyx too." He gripped his untied bow-tie and threw it on the water.
Pearl saw how much pain he had on his face. All these bottled up feelings were still in there. And she knows that it will take a long time to release those feelings.
"Look, Pearl. I can't make this decision if there is still something fighting within me. I love both of you, I really do. And I know that you two feel the same." He paused for a moment, then continued. "I don't even know if I'm...me."
Pearl reached for the bow tie and made him face her. She clung the tie on his neck and started to tie it. "Don't say that. Of course you're you. You're still the same Onyx I know and love the first time I saw you."
Onyx smirked. "So, you fell in love with me when you first saw me?"
Pearl's face went from pale to a shade of turquoise. "W-well...it sounds like what a simpleminded person would say. But-...yes..."
Onyx kept his small smile, but it didn't last long. He continued to look down as he began thinking as well. He laughed softly. "Why do you have to make me think so much Pearl?"
Pearl pulled her head back. She took it as a very nice way of saying 'why would you make me feel bad'. She finished tying his bow-tie and he looked down on the water to look at himself. He adjusted the tie and smiled. "Thanks Pearl. I feel stupid not knowing how to tie that on my own."
Pearl replied with a hug. Onyx was surprised. Just a second ago, they were just having a normal conversation. Now it quickly turned. He just kept his smile and hugged her back.
She hugged tighter and began sobbing. She tried not to let her tears on his suit.
"I'm sorry..." Pearl shakily apologizes.
Onyx patted her back with his metal hand, while he held her head with his normal one.
They sat there. Just enjoying each other's company.
Steven finally got out of the bathroom, wearing his fresh and new suit. He looked at the Gems that were looking at him.
Garnet walked over to him and gave him a huge smile. "You look handsome." She said with her usual straightforward voice. But her voice was a bit picked up.
Steven blushed, flattered by the fusion's complement. "Aw... Stop it Garnet. You make me blush." He held his face.
Garnet smiled wider and held his hand. They walked towards the living room, and sat on the couch.
Steven suddenly looked at the other three gems. They were just staring back at him. Lapis got a closer to him and inspected his suit.
"You look great, Steven!" She complements.
Amethyst waves her hands. "Yeah bro. You look fresh."
Steven giggled. "Thanks guys."
It all came down to Peridot. They all looked at her, she recoiled with nervousness. "W-what are you looking at?"
Garnet decided to take it straightforwardly. "Do you have anything to say about Steven?"
Peridot's eyes widened, as her face flushed a dark green shade. "Wh-wha-...why?"
The other Gems just looked at her, silently. Her heart started to race. Her throat was getting dry, she wanted to say something, but she couldn't.
Steven smiled at her. "It's fine, Peridot. You don't need to."
Peridot calmed down. A knock on the door interrupted their little... "Conversation".
Steven ran to the door and opened it. It was Greg. "Hey everyone, you all ready? We need to go now." Greg said to the Gems and his son.
As if on cue, Onyx and Pearl stepped out of Pearl's room and greeted the others.
"You guys ready?" Onyx asked all of them.
Amethyst grumbled. "It's not like we have a choice... do we?"
Onyx shook his head. "Nope. Let's go then."
They all walked out of the house, walking down the stairs and stepping on the sand. They all looked at Greg's van, which was beside Lion.
Greg got in the van and laughed nervously. "I'm guessing we need to sort out the spaces here?"
Onyx nodded. "Yeah, we do." He began thinking and looked at the other Gems behind him.
"Okay, so Steven and Peridot will be on Lion, which isn't a problem." He said as the boy went to his pink friend and got on.
He looked at Peridot and offered his hand. "Come on, Dot. We've done this many times now."
Peridot nodded. She jumped up and rode the beast. She hesitated, she didn't know why. She hated feeling this way. She wasn't even sure if she was herself anymore.
Onyx continued. "Okay, Garnet. You don't mind being on the van, do you?" He asks politely.
Garnet shrugs and jumped up on the van, making a slight bang on it. "Hey, be careful Garnet." Greg knock on the van's ceiling.
Onyx looked at the other three. He was then knocked to the ground by Amethyst. "I call shotgun!" She runs inside the van, locking the door immediately.
Onyx stood up and looked at her. He groaned. Then sighed. "Well, Lapis, Pearl, you two sit in the back. I'm just gonna have to sit up with Garnet, I guess." He looked back at Amethyst, who had a wide smile on her face.
Pearl didn't really agree with his decision. "Onyx, if you want I can-"
"No, Pearl. I'll be fine." He smiled halfheartedly at the two.
Pearl groaned and walked to the back of the van. But Amethyst decided to brag about her victory. "Yeah, you got shut down!"
Onyx chuckled and came closer to Amethyst. He then grabbed her head and ruffled her hair. She laughed at this. Onyx let her go and sighed. "Alright you get to ride shotgun. But remember to roll your window down, you might scare people."
Amethyst just stuck her tongue out. "Whatever gramps."
Onyx replied with a bigger smile.
He tapped the van with his hand, jumped on it, and called out, "alright gang, let's get this show on the road!"
Greg stepped on the pedal and the van started to go. Lion followed, with Steven and Peridot on.
The gang went straight to the ball they were invited to. They were going to have to be on their best behavior.
Unless, there might be a rampaging gem that Garnet was talking about.
After an hour of awkward silent driving, they made it to the ball. It wasn't as near as Greg thought it would be.
They all gazed at his big the place was. It was bigger than the beach house. But not surprisingly, it wasn't as big as their mountain-statue. Theirs was bigger, but they couldn't believe how round the place was.
Three people came up to them. It was Connie and her parents.
Steven waved happily at his best friend, she returned it with a smile.
Steven felt glad, she was still appreciating his presence. But she still didn't know about the problem with Peridot.
He turned to Peridot and excused himself. "Peridot, I'll be right back. I need to talk to Connie for a moment."
Before Peridot could grab him and disagree with what he said, ha already ran to Connie and started talking. Plus, Onyx grabbed her hand, so she could not chase after him.
Peridot quickly went from hurt to anger. "Get your touch stumps off of me!" She silently yelled at the dark gem. She didn't want to yell, or else Garnet would make her pay the price.
Onyx looked at her sincerely. Peridot stopped because of this. She looked into his eyes and tried to challenge them.
Her gaze was just as terrorizing as they can get. But there was something about his gaze. His dark spheres were just...pure. It looked so cold and...empty. It looked like the eyes of a cold blooded killer.
Peridot swallowed a large lump in her throat and then sighed in defeat.
Onyx stopped his gaze, and smiled. He knelt down so he could talk to her properly. "Peridot. I know what you feel."
Peridot just looked away. "How come?" She asks.
"Garnet filled me in while we were driving here."
Peridot crossed her arms to her chest. "So what? You can't do anything about it anyways."
Onyx chuckled lightly. "I actually can."
Peridot looked at him. She didn't believe him. "How?" She asked, she still hoped for atleast one answer.
"Oh no. You'll have to figure that out yourself."
Peridot groaned. "Why are you earthlings so difficult?!" She pulled on her hair.
Onyx put his metal hand on her hand, calming her down a bit. "Peridot. You may not understand what you're feeling right now. But if you feel it, and you don't like it, then try to stop what's causing that feeling."
Peridot looked up and thought about what was causing it. "Stop Steven?"
Onyx shook his head. "No, silly. Your mind. It's the one that keeps telling you to be jealous. You can't have him by yourself. You need to stop this or things might get worse."
"What will get worse?"
Onyx continued his speech. "If you don't stop feeling jealous, you might even go as far as hurting Connie or even Steven himself. He'll think of you as a selfish gem, he'll start to hate you. And you'll regret it."
Peridot never knew how difficult a human could be. But since it was coming out of a fellow gem's mouth, she knew he was right. And she knew she had to do it. Even though it would hurt. "Alright...fine." She grumbled.
Onyx smiled at her with his eyes closed. Showing her how much of a smart gem he was. "By the way, I borrowed something from you."
"What is it?" Peridot asked.
"Oh, I'll tell you tomorrow."
Peridot just shrugged it off. And looked away from him.
"Okay Gems. Remember what we came here for." Garnet reminded them after the Maheswarans had left their radius.
They all nodded. Greg had already came in with Steven, Connie, and her parents.
"Okay, let's have fun!" Onyx exclaimed as he ran towards the building. The others followed.
Entering the ball, they were pretty impressed on how the interior of the building looked so old-timey. They were then call to the theatre.
Steven decided to sit down beside Peridot, since he had the talk with Connie already, and she wanted him to fix things up with Peridot.
But he noticed that Peridot didn't talk to him as much. She hasn't talked since they first came in. He decided to start a conversation. "Uhm...hey, Dot."
Peridot had been staring at the stage after she sat down. Honestly, she couldn't see anything.
"Peridot?" The human boy waved his hand in front of her face.
She blinked twice and responded. "Uh...what is it, Steven?"
Steven pulled out a small smile. "Are you okay? You haven't been talking much, it isn't like you to do that." He said calmly.
Peridot just cleared her throat. "W-well, I was just...thinking."
"About what?" The boy got curious.
The homeworld gem didn't know what to say. She couldn't tell him that she was 'jealous', it would be stupid to say it right in front of him.
Or was it?
Steven noticed she began spacing out once again. He giggled. "Peridot, the show is starting." He shook her as the curtains opened.
Behind the curtains, was a person Steven knew personally. It was his mailman/actor friend, Jaime.
He smiled and was about to yell for him, but he was held down by Garnet. "Steven, I know you want to do it, but we need to be on our best behavior, remember?"
Steven sighed and nodded at the fusion.
Thirty minutes in the play. Onyx noticed strange movements from backstage.
He saw some weird blue figure on top of the lights. It had been messing with the lights, flickering and turning it off permanently. Making the technicians to go check up on it. But the play still...played.
Onyx decided to check it out. He looked to his left to see Lapis, who was beside Pearl.
He tapped Lapis' shoulder and whistled for Pearl's attention. They both look at him. "Hey, there is something wrong backstage, I'm gonna go check it out."
"I'll come with you." Pearl requested. Lapis looked like she wanted to go too.
Onyx shook his head. "Don't worry, I won't be long." He slowly got out of his seat, looking for the passage backstage.
He found a door that says 'backstage'. "Oh, that's easy enough." He opened the door and felt someone following him.
It was Amethyst. "Amethyst, what're you doing here?"
Amethyst groaned. "Hey, I was bored there. So I followed you."
"Fine. But make sure no one sees you." Onyx continued to sneak through the place, going straight into the backstage.
They both climbed up the ladder which led them to the blue figure. It was draining the light source from the lights. "Hey ugly!" Amethyst yelled at the figure. It was loud enough to be heard by it, but not the people below them.
The figure turned. It was a corrupted gem. It looked like a anthropomorphic octopus. It was light blue, and it didn't look happy.
Onyx smiled then summoned his sword. "Finally, a good stretch for the muscles." He jumped, but he was blocked by a wooden sun, used for background props.
Onyx held on to the rope it hung by and tried not to drop his sword.
Amethyst growled at the corrupted gem and summoned her whip. She flicked it towards the gem and it wrapped around one tentacle.
It suddenly released an electric surge from its body, and went to her whip. She let go of her whip, but the electricity shot from her whip, electrocuting her.
Amethyst's vision went black as she fell down towards the floor.
Onyx saw this. He quickly unsummoned his sword from his left hand, and then grabbed her by the leg. "Ugh...this is gonna be harder than I thought." He struggled to hold on the role and hold on to Amethyst at the same time.
The corrupted gem jumped on the wooden sun and was ready to electrocute Onyx.
The corrupted gem touched his metal arm and began sending electrical surges through it.
Onyx just closed his eyes. But he remembered that he didn't have hisbreal right arm. He looked at the corrupted gem cockily. "Who's smart now?"
The corrupted gem poofed into smoke. Onyx closed his eyes, shielding his eyes from the smoke.
He opened them back up to see his counterpart. "Hey, Nyx. Never knew you'd come out."
Nyx just face palmed. "Well, I wouldn't have if you weren't in so much trouble."
"Nah, I had it all under control." Onyx denied.
Nyx helped him up the platform behind the wooden sun. "You're welcome." Nyx said bitterly.
Onyx brought Amethyst up, who was still unconscious.
The platform suddenly moved down. "Oh this is bad." Onyx commented.
Nyx grabbed him and Amethyst and then jumped away from the platform.
Before they knew it, clapping started and people were whistling.
After the play, Steven ran up to his actor friend. "Jaime!" He greeted.
Jaime looked down, surprised to see him. "Steven? Did you go all the way here just to watch me act?" Jaime asked the boy.
Steven laughed nervously. "W-well...we were just invited here."
Jaime's expression didn't change. "That's okay. The last time I went to your house to deliver your mail, your mailbox was full."
Steven shrugged. "I guess Amethyst forgot to take it out."
The two laughed for a moment and then finally said their goodbye's.
After awhile, the dance had started. The Gems just sat on separate tables, while some danced on the dancefloor.
At the time, Steven and Connie danced while they talked. Connie's parents had to as well. Garnet, Greg, Pearl, Peridot, and Lapis just sat on their chairs.
Onyx and Amethyst just ate most of the food from the buffet.
After Steven and Connie were done dancing, they came back to their tables.
Unexpectedly, Steven took Peridot's hand and dragged her down to the dancefloor. "W-whatre you doing?!" Peridot asked him, slight embarrassment in her voice.
"I just wanted to dance with you. Didn't you want to dance with me too?" Steven looked at her innocently.
Peridot looked at him with hesitant eyes. She sighed in defeat. "Fine..."
Steven took her hand and placed it on his shoulder. He took the other one and held it with his own.
Peridot felt sick. But the weird feeling from her gut was slowly washing away.
The the just moved smoothly in silence. Only the music in their ears.
Peridot just kept looking down in embarrassment.
Steven decided to crack open the truth. "Peridot...I know you're jealous..."
Peridot wasn't surprised. "How, did the fusion tell you?" She said with a slight humorous tone.
Steven shook his head. "No, I just know it. Because you haven't been yourself lately."
Peridot just looked over his shoulder, ignoring his gaze.
"It's not a good thing to be jealous, Dot. And you know that I love all of you that are in my family." He said with a smile. "And you don't know how happy I am to see every single one of you everyday."
Peridot wanted to cry. But she didn't want to show weakness. It was pointless. He was right, just like what Garnet and Onyx told her. Jealousy will get her nowhere.
She slowly embraces the human/gem boy. Steven chuckles and hugs her back.
"...thank you."
"Don't worry, Dot. Everyone will be here for you."
In the middle of their conversation. Onyx decided to pull Pearl on the dancefloor and sneakily danced behind Steven and Peridot.
He heard most of it, and he knew how grateful Peridot looked.
Onyx was victorious in the inside. He looked at Pearl, who had no clue what he was so happy for.
"Don't give me that look, Pearl. You know you wanted this." He teased.
Pearl smiled back at him. "I do. But I don't understand what you are so happy about."
Onyx rolled his eyes back. "Oh, you'll know soon."
After the dance, the Gems said their goodbye's to the Maheswarans. The they headed straight for beach city.
It was a boring night for the others, but it was a pleasant one for Peridot.
She finally got it off her chest, with the help of Steven. Again, it was always him who solved her problems. She couldn't be more glad.
An hour had passed, the gang had made it back to the temple. Greg decided to park his van on the beach, next to the temple.
Steven, Peridot, and Lapis collapsed on Steven's bed. Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet went to their respective rooms. While Onyx just laid down on the couch.
He waited and waited, until they all fell asleep.
Lapis wasn't having a good rest. She tried to pry her eyes open, but it was just a blurry vision.
But she felt like she was just picked off the bed. She rolled to her right to see Onyx.
He carried her like a bride. She didn't know what he was going to do.
She tiredly spoke up. "What's going on?" She rubbed her eyes.
Onyx looked down. "Well, I didn't get to dance with you earlier...so..."
He put her down on the ground. Lapis felt sand on her feet. She noticed they went outside.
Onyx took a familiar looking tape recorder from his unchanged suit. "Isn't that Peridot's?"
"Yeah, I borrowed it from her. I just wanted to record the song they played in the ball." Onyx explained as he pressed the play button.
The song started slowly and just continued with a medium tempo.
Onyx offered his hand to her. She accepts.
"Did you you know this would happen?"
Onyx shrugged. "Well...it's kind of a mix between yes and no." He grinned nervously. "By the way, did you have a good time at the ball, or even the play?"
"Honestly, It did not satisfy." She answered.
Onyx cleared his throat nervously. "Oh, o-okay." He scratched his neck in nervousness. "L-Lapis. I'm sorry I didn't get to dance with you earlier. It's just that, I took Pearl out of instinct so we could dance and have fun, and eavesdrop on Stevens-...uh..."
"Stevens what?" Asked a curious Lapis.
Onyx waved his metal hand. "Nah, nothing. It's nothing."
He gripped her hand firmly with his left one. Making her know that he was really sorry.
"It's okay, Onyx. I'm not really into fancy structures and fancy food. I'm happier here with my family. Because you guys make me feel free." She confessed.
Onyx exhaled. He was holding his breath, waiting for her forgiveness, or a big slap in the face by the ocean.
He stared at her eyes. "Would you like to dance with me?" Onyx asks.
Lapis gave him a tender smile. "I would love that."
The dark gem spun her, then they danced, and dance until the song had finished.
It wasn't such a bad night after all.
Hey guys and gals.
Okay, this sucks.
This chapter was already done last week, but my memory got wiped and everything went out of control.
So I had to re write it. And decided to add 3k more words so I don't disappoint anyone on how long it took to get this out.
This chapter is a bit awkward for me. And people might hate it, everyone can be a critic if they'd like.
My chapters/stories are all improvised. I think of the plot then write random stuff through the...writing process. I don't have the while story planned. It's all coming from my brain and my fingers.
It was really awkward writing this. But I hope some of you would like it...somehow.
Luv u peeps
-Onyx
(Btw, I was so pissed when I realized that my memory got wiped that I just drew a scene so I won't forget what I wrote. So if you guys want to see my ugly drawing (you probably don't) then just ask me in the reviews er...pm me. K thanks bye!)