As Steven made his way into the school he couldn't help looking around in awe. Everything he saw fascinated him. From the promotional posters all over the walls to the lockers lining the halls to the few people straggling the halls early in the morning. Steven being the way he was began to say hi to everyone he saw.

"Hi," Steven said to a dark skinned girl with an afro in a bun, as she was walking to her class. She looked in Steven's direction and smiled and waved.

"Hi," he tried again with a lanky boy with skull gauges.

"Ugh, freshman," the boy responded with. However, Steven's raging positivity could not be quelled. He tried again with a tall, skinny girl with short cut peach colored hair and pale white skin. She wore a white t-shirt with a blue star on the chest. Her skirt was the same blue as the star on her chest. She was turned away rummaging in her locker.

"Hi I'm Steven," he said with a smile on his face. The girl stopped what she was doing and looked around her locker door at him. He could see she had pale blue eyes.

"Hello Steven," the girl said. She had a pretty face though her nose was a little on the long and angular side She closed her locker door giving him all her attention. "My name is Pearl."

"That's such a pretty name!" Steven exclaimed. Pearl blushed slightly.

"Why thank you. I haven't seen you around here before have I?" Pearl asked. Steven shook his head.

"This is my first year of school," Steven explained.

"Oh, that explains it," Pearl said with a small smile on her face. "So are you excited for your first day of school Steven?"

"I couldn't even sleep last night I was so excited," Steven cried. As Pearl listened to Steven intently explain how his morning went she didn't see the short girl with snow white hair sneaking up behind her. The girl grabbed Pearl by her slender waist yelling "Gotcha!" Pearl yelped loudly and whirled around to glare at the girl, who was now laughing.

"AMETHYST!" Pearl yelled. She looked around with a slight blush, as more people had started to appear in the halls and she had yelled pretty loud. "Amethyst," she said quieter but with a stern voice, "you know I hate it when you do that." The girl laughed awhile longer before finally speaking.

"Aw lighten up P," Amethyst said wiping a tear from her eye. "Who's the freshie?" Amethyst asked now looking at Steven.

"My name is Steven," Steven said turning his attention to the girl who was a little taller than him. She had long hair, wild and unkempt down to her knees. She had black eyes a small rounded nose and full lips. She wore a tight fitting white t-shirt, with purple short shorts. The outfit really showed off the curves Amethyst had. She had a ring piercing in her lip on the left side Steven noted.

"It's Steven's first day of school," Pearl explained having been used to amethysts antics she was over it. Amethyst walked over and swung her arm around Steven's neck.

"Well Ste-man," Amethyst said with a smirk, "Sorry you had to deal with Pearl for that long, but the party is here now." Pearl opened her mouth to say something but the bell rang. Pearl looked apologetically at Steven.

"I'm sorry Steven we'll have to finish talking later," she said beginning to turn away and walk to class. Amethyst took her arm from around Steven and began walking away in the opposite direction of Pearl.

"And now the party's got class. But hey you should totally come find us at lunch," she yelled now running to class. Steven waved with a smile until he realized he was alone in the halls. He groaned when he realized that he hadn't even made it to his locker yet. He took off down the hall way so that he could get his stuff and hopefully not be too late to his first class on his first day.

He finally made it to class panting and sweating. All the heads in the classroom turned to look at him, including the teacher. She stopped writing on the board and picked up a clipboard.

"Late on the first day hmm," the teacher said with a look of disdain on her face. She squinted at her clipboard. "Steven Universe is it?" she asked.

Steven gulped. "Yes ma'am," he said blushing and looked at the floor.

"I am your math teacher Yellow Diamond. You can call me Miss Diamond. For now, take your seat in the front," she said pointing to the nearest open seat in the front row. As Steven took his seat she added, "And I hope that you will not make a habit of being tardy in my, or any class Steven."

Steven nodded vigorously. Miss Diamond turned back to the board and began to write down equations. In her yellow lab coat white t-shirt and black khakis, she looked pretty intimidating. Not to mention she was taller than his mom. Not by much though. She seemed to be wearing heels. All the students began to copy what she was writing. Steven pulled out his notebook and began to do the same. About ten minutes into the class, Miss Diamond wrote 5 equations on the board and turned to the class.

"Would anyone like to tell me the answers to these equations?" she asked pretending to scan the class before settling on her real target. When no one raised their hand she called on Steven. "Steven would you like to come give these a try?" she asked, her tone implying that yes he would like to answer them. Steven gulped and reluctantly walked up to the board. Steven was by no means stupid but math was not his best subject. He fumbled around the board before hanging his head in defeat.

"I can't solve it," he said. Miss Diamond looked like she had gotten the outcome she wanted.

"You can take your seat," She said disdain evident in her voice. As Steven walked back to his seat she called on another student to come up. "Connie come show Steven how it is done."

Steven looked up as an Indian girl with thick glasses walked up to the bored. She wore a white shirt tucked into a turquoise dress with a matching bow on her shirt. She walked up to the board and effortlessly solved every problem in succession.

"Thank you Connie," Miss Diamond said. Connie nodded and then walked back to her seat without a word. Steven watched as she sat in the seat next to his. He hadn't noticed her before but now he was well aware of her presence.

"Eyes to the board please Steven," Miss Diamond said unnecessarily loud. Steven hadn't realized he was staring, but now the whole class knew. Connie kept her eyes on the board but she blushed a little. Steven blushed as well and quickly faced the front. The class kept taking notes until the bell rang. Connie was the first one to leave. She scooped up all her things and ran out the door. Steven and the rest of the class trailed behind. Steven sighed suddenly drained. If all his classes were gonna be this hard he was in for a long day.