IN THE HOUSE
"Garnet!" Steven calls as Garnet steps into the house. Garnet smiles at him. "You're okay! Does that mean you rebubbled Jasper?"
At his statement Pearl and Amethyst stopped what they were doing to stare at the duo.
"Garnet, what is he talking about?" Pearl asks.
"Yeah, G?" Amethyst lets out.
Steven turns toward Amethyst and Pearl and says, "I wanted to talk Jasper but when I tried to talk, she got mad, Garnet and she fought, Garnet told me to run and come back here and not let y'all go to her." Steven struggles to regain his composure after quickly telling Amethyst and Pearl.
"Garnet! You did what?!" Pearl exclaims.
Amethyst just stares wide eyed at Garnet. 'Did Garnet really allow that to happen?'
"Garnet, what happened? You didn't crush her gem, did you?" he asks worriedly.
"I didn't crush her gem and she's no longer a problem," Garnet says.
"Garnet, what do you mean, did you let her go? What if she contacts Peridot or worse, Yellow Diamond? Garnet, I'm not prepare for another war." Pearl starts rumbling off.
"Garnet, what happened between you and Jasper? Where is she?" Steven questions.
"I don't know," Garnet finally lets out as Lapis makes her way through the door. "I don't know where she's at and I may not for a long time."
"Garnet, what happened between you and Jasper?" Steven asks.
Garnet doesn't answer but instead, for a while she takes in the faces of her team, the people she is supposed to lead and protect, the reason Jasper left her. She looks at them and tries to fight the brokenness she feels inside knowing Jasper is out there but they can't be together.
"We're fighting history," she says and everyone in the room furrows their brows at her statement except Lapis.
"Woah, G, you and Jasper got history?" Amethyst asks.
"It's a little more than history," Lapis mumbles under her breath too low for anyone to hear.
Visibly Garnet appears to be herself but underneath her shades, she's worried about how they're going to take this next bit of information. "We loved each other."
At her statement, everyone is quiet as they take in what Garnet just told them; Pearl, Amethyst and Steven, trying to comprehend and Lapis, waiting for her to say she already knows.
"You loved each other?" Pearl slowly lets the words roll of her tongue as if repeating them out loud will help clear things up. "You and Jasper were in a relationship?"
"More than 5,000 years ago," Garnet says.
'5,000 years?' Steven thinks to himself. "Isn't that when the war started?" he asks out loud.
"I ended things right before the war when your mother announced her rebellion and after finding out that Homeworld was going to kill Ruby and Sapphire."
"That's why she's hurt. She still loves you," Lapis lets out as everything becomes clear. The reason why Jasper is so angry and why she's hell-bent on destroying the fusion.
Garnet nods her head slightly. "And I her, but it doesn't matter now. She's gone and she's not going to do anything. She denounced Yellow Diamond."
"How do you know? She could be fooling you," Pearl says.
"You may not understand, but I trust her that she's telling the truth. I could feel it, see it and sense it. She's lost and Yellow Diamond is no longer her leader."
"Garnet, that doesn't mean she's not still bound to serve Homeworld," Pearl shoots back.
Garnet doesn't say anything, she doesn't know what to say. Steven looks between Garnet and Pearl, and though he can't see it, he can tell Garnet is hurting.
"I'm sorry Garnet. I'm sorry you're hurting and I'm sorry about Jasper," Steven lets out, shocking everyone.
Quickly, he rushes over to Garnet and wraps his arms around her leg.
"T-Thank you Steven." Garnet offers a small smile to the boy and ruffles his hair before moving past the others to head to her room.