IN GARNET'S ROOM
"What happened back by the lighthouse?" Jasper questions as she catches Garnet's wrist.
"I had a vision," Garnet says as she's stopped by Jasper's hold on her.
"I know that. Hey, look at me." Jasper pulls slightly on her wrist to make her face her but she doesn't turn. "Garn, look at me." She pulls Garnet to her chest and wraps her arms around her waist.
Garnet doesn't look at Jasper, but instead stares at her chest.
"Garn," Jasper tries again and looks down at her.
"Would you leave me if something happened to Peridot and I stopped you from hurting the guilty party?" Garnet questions softly.
"Is that what happened in the vision? Is that why you had to find Lapis?" Jasper questions.
Garnet simply nods her head. She's not one to get emotional, but that vision has her shaken up.
"I couldn't find you. No matter where I looked, I just couldn't find you. I ended up resigning as leader," Garnet tells Jasper.
Jasper pulls back to look closer at Garnet's face. She could see a lone tear making its way down her face. She lifts Garnet's chin and with her thumb she wipes away the tear. She then pulls off Garnet's shades to look more closely at her love.
"I can't answer that," Jasper says honestly. "I'd be angry and that would most likely lead to actions I'd eventually regret."
Garnet nods her head.
"Is there somewhere we can sit or lay down?" Jasper questions and Garnet summons a couch.
Jasper leads them to the couch and sits down but pulls Garnet on her lap so she straddling her.
"Garnet, I love you, you know that, right?" Jasper asks as she places her hands on Garnet's waist.
"I do," Garnet says softly.
"What can I do to prove that I'd never leave you?"
Garnet doesn't say anything and Jasper begins to worry.
"The vision really has you shaken up." Jasper scoffs and looks away from her love. "Last time you were like this, you broke up with me."
Garnet snaps her eyes up to her love's face. Slowly, she reaches out and turns Jasper's face toward her.
"In this vision, you were the one to leave me. You avoided me. You broke me. It seemed so real that I couldn't help but feel there was some truth behind it," Garnet says.
"But you stopped it. I'd never leave you and if I did, I'd die," Jasper responds.
Garnet nods her head and pulls Jasper into a hug. Jasper wraps her arms around to her love's waist and places a kiss on her forehead.
Garnet hugs her love closer and tries to calm her mind. She stays like that for a while, just holding her lover and calming her mind.
Jasper just holds her love close before she decides to lay them down. With one arm wrapped around Garnet's waist and the other behind Garnet's head, she lays them down on the couch.
Garnet looks up from their laying down position to kiss Jasper on the lips. "I love you," she says.
Jasper kisses back and says, "I love you too."
Garnet smiles and lays her head back down on Jasper's chest. She just wants to be held, that's all. She just wants her love to hold her and never let her go.
NEXT MORNING
"Oh, good morning Garnet," Steven says as she exits her room.
"Morning Steven," she says as she makes her way to him. "Would you like to go to the Big Doughnut?" she asks him.
"Yes!" he says with stars in his eyes. Garnet smiles down at him before taking his hand in hers and leading them outside.
Together they walk down the steps and across the sand toward the board walk.
"Um, Garnet?" he questions and she looks down at him.
"Yes?"
"I understand Ruby and Sapphire relationship, are you and Jasper like them?" he questions. "Just without the fusing part?" he adds.
"Yes."
"How long have you two been in a relationship?"
"Before the war, we were together for 2300 years," she pauses, "If it wasn't for the war and for how Homeworld changed their view on fusion, today would've marked 7300 years." Garnet smiles down at him as she holds open the Big Doughnut door open for him.
"So, since you two made up, does this mean y'all still only been together for 2300 years?"
"Yeah, in a sense it does," she says as she follows him up to the counter.
"Hello Steven, Garnet," Sadie says as they approach the counter. "What can I get you?"
Steven looks back at Garnet for a minute before turning back to Sadie. "Two of your best doughnuts please." He place two fingers up in emphasis.
"Sure thing," Sadie says before leaning down to grab Steven's two doughnuts. "Here you go." She hands him the bag with the doughnut.
"Wow, thanks Sadie!" Steven exclaims and hands her the money.
"Have a nice day you two." She hands Steven his change and watches as the fusion and child walks out the store.
"So, you really love her?" Steven asks Garnet as they walk the boardwalk.
"I do very much," Garnet replies.
"Did Jasper know Sapphire and Ruby?"
"She did. She and Sapphire actually were friends at one point in time. Ruby on the other hand, they never really saw eye to eye."
"Wait, so how did you and Jasper end up dating?"
Garnet smiles at his question. It was a long process, she remembers that. She and Jasper's first interaction was something different.