The Strength That Lies Within Chapter 4: Funky Flow, a steven universe fanfic

"Steven!" Rose called for her son. She was sitting on her couch holding a piece of paper.

"Coming," Steven said, running down the stairs from his room. Stevens room was an open platform at the top of the stairs. You could see into his room from the whole house basically and vice versa. Steven had been playing video games since it was the weekend. He smiled as he approached his mother, until he saw the look on her face. His mother rarely frowned or looked angry, however when she wasn't happy her face was stoic and still. Steven gulped nervously as he stood in front of his mom.

"Steven do you know what this is?" Rose asked.

"No," he responded with.

"This is your quarterly report," she said. "Do you know what that means?" Steven nodded slowly then slowly shook his head. "These are your grades for the school year so far. Most of your grades are…acceptable, however your grade in math is terrible. Remember what you promised Steven. You have to keep your grades up if you want to stay in school."

"I know mom," Steven said. "But math is so hard and Miss Diamond doesn't seem to like me very much. I just don't get why my letters have to touch my numbers."

Rose thought for a moment before saying, "Well, it sounds like you need a tutor then."

"What's a tutor?" Steven asked.

"A tutor is someone who teaches you how to do something your bad at," Rose explained.

"Isn't that a teacher? Have my vocab words been wrong all this time?" Steven worried.

Rose giggled. "No no Steven. A tutor is similar to a teacher but a tutor is just for you."

"Oh..," Steven said. "How do I find a tutor?"

"You ask one of your friends or you pay someone to do it," Rose explained.

"Ok then," Steven said an idea forming in his head. "I know just who to ask."

"Excellent," Rose said smiling. "Now what do you want for dinner?"

The Next Day...

"And so I need to get a tutor," Steven explained to his friends. Garnet Amethyst Pearl and Ruby listened to Stevens plight. Sapphire had not yet arrived They were sitting at their usual table under the pavilion before school started. Pearl got a look of excitement on her face. Behind Pearl, Amethyst held up a hand and counted down. 3…2…1… "Oh Steven I could tutor you!" Pearl said right on schedule. Everyone laughed except Pearl who looked around in confusion saying "What?"

"Thanks Pearl," Steven said. "I've already got someone in mind though. She's in my math class and she's really smart. Her names Connie." Amethyst laughed really loudly

"GO STEVEN!" She yelled. Steven blushed a bit.

"Well anyway I'm gonna see if I can find her before class," Steven said grabbing his bag.

"Aw can I come watch?" Amethyst said getting up to follow him throwing her bag on.

"No," Garnet said grabbing Amethyst by her backpack. "Don't mess with his funky flow. Go on Steven, and good luck," Garnet said giving him a thumbs up and a smile while still holding Amethyst. Steven nodded and ran off.

Steven ran down the halls looking for Connie. Looking at a clock on a nearby wall he saw he had less than 15 minutes to find her before school started. He wouldn't dare ask her during math class for fear of Miss Diamond. And she always disappeared the moment class ended. Just as he was about to give up he saw her turning a corner down the hallway. She was holding a bunch of papers in her arms. Without thinking he called out to her.

"HEY!" he yelled. She jumped at the sound of his voice and took off down the hallway. Steven ran down the hall as fast as he could but by the time he rounded the corner she was gone. Steven sighed and looked at the ground disheartened, when he noticed a piece of paper on the floor. It had a bunch of math problems on it and at the top it said Connie Maheswaran. Steven picked up Connie's math homework and headed to class.

Steven sat in class before the bell rang hoping that Connie would show up, but she didn't appear until class started. As Connie took her seat Miss Diamond got up from her desk and instructed the class to hand in their homework. She called each student to the front one by one as she called roll. As the list got closer to Connie she began looking for her homework. She slowly realized she had lost it.

"Connie Maheswaran," Miss Diamond said. Connie jumped when she heard her name. "Bring your homework forward." Connie stood but didn't move from her seat.

"I did it but I lost it Miss," she said in a timid voice. There was silence in the classroom. Connie had never so much as turned something in late let alone not have it at all. Miss Diamond slowly looked up from her clipboard. "You lost your homework?" she said slowly.

"Yes ma'am," Connie said looking at her desk. Miss Diamond said nothing for almost a full minute, clearly deciding Connie's punishment.

"Detention," She said with finality. "Stev-"

"Wait!" Steven shouted. The entire class turned to look at him. "Connie dropped her homework in the halls when I accidentally scared her earlier. She really did do it. I Have it right here." Steven said handing the paper to Miss Diamond. She picked up the paper and looked it over checking the answers.

"So she did do the work. However, because of her own carelessness the assignment was not handed in on time. This will not affect her grade but, she will still spend the afternoon in detention. You may now be seated Steven," She said.

"But that's not fair! It wasn't her fault!" Steven said.

"Life is not fair. And since you clearly have an issue with my decision you can join her. NOW SIT DOWN!" She yelled. Steven nodded and ran to his seat. "Would anyone else like detention? No? Good," Miss Diamond continued on with the roll and homework collection before turning around to write things on the board. As Steven took out his notebook to copy what was on the board a note landed on his notebook. Steven opened it and read what was inside. Thanks. Steven glanced over at his neighbor and smiled. Connie didn't look in his direction but blushed as she wrote what was on the board. When class eventually ended before rushing out Connie whispered "Thank you."

Hey guys. Wasn't sure where to end this chapter. hope i did good. let me know if these are getting too short. Please follow and review let me know if the story is taking too long to kick start for you. i really want to introduce all the characters and how they feel about each other before i go all main story. anyway heres the next character bio.