Peridot woke to the feeling of something poking her in the side.
"hmm uh what?" She opened her eyes tiredly in the dawn light. Lapis waved her hand in front of peridots face. Peridot blinked and causally turned her head to lapis. Lapis held her hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh. Peridot had hair pointing every which direction. "What?" Peridot asked and tilted her head in confusion. Lapis giggled. "That's some bed head peri! You look like a sea urchin!" The blue girl laughed. Peridot blushed and quickly fixed her hair with her hands. "Your adorable." Lapis chuckled.
"ahem."
Peridot and lapis turned to see amethyst, pearl, and garnet standing behind.
"Hope we weren't interrupting anything..." Amethyst said a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
"err no. Why?" Peridot said sitting up.
"We need to talk about your housing arrangement." Pearl started.
"Well then Wheres steven? Doesn't he get a say in this?" Lapis argued.
"Steven is out with connie right now, plus we don't need him tangled in with your err... relationship condition." Pearl continued.
"First of all, where is jasper?" Garnet asked sternly.
"Dead." Lapis's voice made the room go almost silent.
The gems turned toward her.
"Dead? Poofed or..." Amethyst started.
"Dead. Shattered. She, she tried to kill peridot, I had no choice."
the gems were silent for a minute. Pearl coughed and tried to break the tension.
"Well... Do you have anywhere you could go?" Pearl asked.
"No... I kinda blew up the ship..." Peridot said quietly.
garnet adjusted her visor. "Well, it looks like there's only one option..."
"Oh no no no no they are not staying here!" Pearl squawked.
"Their the enemies!" Amethyst hissed.
"But peridot isn't a diamond gem anymore!" Lapis shouted.
all eyes turned to her.
"Listen, I'm not for yellow diamond anymore... Not since the mirror."
She looked over at peridot.
"And I don't think peridot is either, not at heart at least."
The blue girls eyes rested on peridot.
Peridot looked back. After some time she answered.
"If lapis isn't then I'm not either." She answered.
"but!" Pearl wined.
Garnet held up her hand to shush her.
"I have made my decision."
She turned to the blue and green gems.
"They can stay."