so I see we have a new reader. Thanks for the support and sorry I didn't post a new chapter in a few days, I was sick and I could get out of bed. However while I was gone I wrote some more chapters so I will be posting them every day for a few days so be ready for that.
"And I really like the ones that shoot up kind of spirally with the long tails" Steven explained. "Steven I'm slipping! Hold that end up a little more" Greg yelled. "Oh sorry!" Steven apologized. "Here let me carry it" I said picking the sign up. "What's this even for anyway?" I asked looking at the sign. "Its for my summer wax special! Although I don't think it was effective this year, mind as well store it for the rest of the winter" Greg said sadly. " So which kinds of fireworks do you like Obsidian?" Steven asked. I was a little caught off guard "actually I've never seen fireworks before" I admitted. "What?! really? Then your going to come with us to the fireworks show!" he decided for me. "Okay it sounds like it'll be fun" I said ruffling his hair with my free hand. "I cant wait for new years eve tomorrow! It feels like I've waited a whole year!" Steven said happily. "Well you feel that way for a reason" Greg said smiling. We got to the storage unit and Greg opened it up to reveal a mess of dangerously stacked boxes. "Uhh Greg? don't you think that's a little unsafe?" I asked pointing at the unit. "It'll be fine don't worry" Greg said blowing off the question. Greg walked up and took off the hose he wrapped around his self and tried to find a place to put it. He placed it on a lawn flamingo "hmm..." he said studying the unit. The boxes started to shake "Greg get back!" I said pulling him back by his sweater. A ton of boxes fell on the ground breaking open and spilling stuff out. "thanks! I don't know if I would of seen that" he said thanking me. "No problem, anyway why is this thing such a mess?" I asked looking at all of the junk he had. "I haven't been in here since rose-" Greg cleared his throat "maybe this is good timing! With the new year coming up I should just get rid of all of this stuff" Greg finished. Steven picked up a sweater and a leather jacket "I could take these off of your hands" he said. "That's a start but I'll need a little more help than that" Greg concluded. "I can help. I'm not super good at organization but I can help with the heavy lifting" I offered. "Thanks! But I still think we need a person to help with the organization" Greg pointed out. "I got the perfect gem for the job!" Steven said before running off. "Who do you think he's talking about?" I asked Greg. "I don't know, but more than likely its Pearl" he answered. "Anyway lets get started on moving some stuff out of here so we can see what we can get rid of" Greg decided. "Right" I said nodding and we got to work. Steven came back about an hour later "here's Amethyst!" he said motioning his arms towards her. "Surprise" she said sleepily. "Oh" Greg said stopping what he was doing. "Hey Amethyst" I said waving. "Hi" she said waving back. "Is something wrong" Steven asked his father. "No I just thought you meant Pearl" he replied. "What?! I'm not gonna let her see this!"Steven exclaimed. "And plus Amethyst's room is full of junk so she knows how to handle a mess" he explained. "What you need here is a system, something to separated the trash from the garbage" she said looking around. "Amethyst I think those both mean the same thing" I pointed out. "Look I made organizational boxes! This way we can sort things into easy categories. Keep, sell, burn" he said pointing at each of the boxes. "I don't know if we need to burn things Steven" Greg said uneasily. "Ah come on Greg what are you afraid of?" Amethyst asked nudging him wither elbow. "Uhh fire?" he said uncertainty. Amethyst laughed and walked away and started to look around for stuff. "Keep, keep, keep" Amethyst said picking up some garbage and walking over to the keep box. "Whoa aren't we supposed to be throwing things away?" Greg said stepping infront of her. "Yea I think that was the point of this in the first place" I pointed out. "No way you got some good junk in here! Like..." she said trying to point out something worth keeping. "Books!" Steven yelled. "Ah so books are cool again huh?"Greg asked walking over to his son. "Yeah ever since you guys grounded me from TV for a thousand years" Steven explained. "We did what now?" Greg said to himself trying to recall when they did that. "Can I have these?" Steven asked. "Hold on let me see those for a second. Yeah I think you'll like this one, and this one, I think we'll save this one for when your older" he said grabbing out a romance novel. "Really Greg? you read those?" I said laughing. "Hey don't make fun of me" he said looking embarrassed. "I guess I don't need these old dumbbells" he said taking them from the keep pile and dropping them in the sell box. "Ah come on don't you wanna get yolked" Amethyst said transforming into a hairy wrestler and then tackling Steven. "Hey calm down you two, you're getting off topic". Greg walked back into the unit "Oh no how did this happen?" he said picking up an broken photo. "The photo of you and mom" Steven described. "I'll buy you a new frame Greg so don't worry" I said knowing he was getting sentimental. "thanks man"he said with a tinge of sadness. "Hey I found something that definitely doesn't belong with all this junk" Amethyst said picking up something. "Is it the deed to my uncles mansion?" Greg asked as he ran over. "Something better" she said placing down about eight VHS tapes. "Little butler?" Greg said astounded "Where have you been all these years?" he asked with tears in his eyes. "Little butler that's you" Amethyst sung. "Amethyst, who's little butler?" Steven asked whispering. "Ah man Steven we used to watch these all the time when you were little. You gotta see this" Greg said grabbing an old TV and VHS player and plugging them in. "Hey I'm still grounded you know" Steven said turning around. "Yea Greg I don't know if that's such a good idea" I said agreeing with Steven. "Come on one for old-times sake" Amethyst insisted. "Okay but just one" Greg said giving in to peer pressure and put in a tape. "No! Grounded!" Steven said covering his eyes. "Shouldn't we finish cleaning the storage unit?" Steven asked. "Yeah If I recall correctly that was the whole point of this endeavor" I pointed out once again. "Ah man! Is this the pilot? They didn't even have the dog yet!" Amethyst said giggling. "Yeah! They just had a cat named money!" Greg said laughing until he saw Steven. "Hey Steven its getting pretty late why don't we just call it a day? We can pick this up again tomorrow" he said. "Uhh okay. See you tomorrow dad" he said walking out. "Hey Steven wait up ill walk with you" I said putting down a box. "Okay" he said sounding a little sad. "I cant believe that we stopped what we were doing just because of an old sit com" I said sounding severely pissed off.
The next day we walked to the fry-man restaurant. "Can I get two breakfast only breakfast specials please?" Steven asked Petey. "Sure. Ronaldo! Can I get a double order of hash browns?" Petey said yelling into the store. "Are you sure you can eat that all by yourself Steven?" I asked concerned if he was eating to much junk food recently. "Its not all for me, some of its for my dad" he explained. "Oh" I replied relived. "Hey Petey are you going to the fireworks tonight?" Steven asked. "Yea I hear its supposed to be pretty darn spectacular" Petey said pointing at the poster with mayor Dewey on it. "Mayor Dewey been setting up all morning, there are gonna be blue ones! I love the blue ones" Petey explained. "its gonna be so awesome" Steven said with a fist pump. "Hey lets get going to the storage unit" I said with a smile. "Okay" Steven replied. "Hello? Guys?" I asked while we walked in. I heard the show they were watching "You people have to much money" Amethyst and Greg both laughed hard. "What a surprise little butler does it again!" Amethyst pointed out. "You can always count on little b" Greg concluded. "Heh yeah everything's always great with him" Amethyst said quietly. "one more?"she asked Greg. "Do it!" he said nodding. "Hey" Steven yelled. "Oh Steven! What are you doing coming over so late?" Greg asked. "Umm guys its like eight in the morning" I said with a disappointed tone . "Oh wow I guess we lost track of the time" Greg said rubbing the back of his neck. "You never stopped watching little butler?" Steven asked astounded. "Seriously guys? Its not that entertaining to watch" I said crossing my arms. "When you get to season three it really starts getting good. That's when that uptight neighbors the Richingtons move next door" Amethyst explained. "You wanna get started?" Steven asked his father. "Oh yeah" Greg said as he started to stand up. "Wait this part is super funny" Amethyst said tugging on Greg's sweater. They both laughed really hard. "I guess the storage unit can wait" Steven said now even more sad. "Yea buddy that sounds like a good idea" Greg said not looking away from the screen. "Alright snacks" Amethyst said grabbing the hash-browns Steven got earlier. "Lets go Steven they're too addicted to the show and there not going to stop" I said with some held back anger. "Okay" he said and we walked out.
Later that day "Like this?" Pearl asked as her and Garnet put on the jacket and sweater from earlier. "Yeah you guys are killing it" Steven said with his thumbs up. "You guys look stupid" I said chuckling. "No they don they look good" Steven said trying to defend them. "Whatever you say" I said with some sarcasm. "Oh and here's some pots and pans, we gotta make a lot of noise" Steven said handing the other two each a pot and pan. "Me and dad do this every year. I brought some for Amethyst, they should be here any second" he said looking down. "Why would she come with Greg?" Pearl wondered. "Are they hanging out again?" she asked herself. "What do you mean again?" Steven asked her. "They better not be watching that dumb show" Garnet said sounding a little annoyed. "Little butler?" he asked them. "Unbelievable! They really are" Pearl said sounding astonished. "Okay can someone explain? I'm a little confused right now" I asked. "They used to disappear for days watching those obnoxious tapes over, and over, and over until..." she trailed off. 'until what?" Steven asked now worried. "I don't know, one day they just stopped" she answered. "Just out of no where? With no reason?" I asked myself before I face palmed. "I should of stopped them when I had the chance. Steven lets go and see if we can get them to come" I said standing up. "Good luck with that, even Garnet couldn't get them to stop before" Pearl explained.
We walked from the beach to the unit to find nothing has changed and the sounds of little butler coming form inside. We both walked in slowly. Whats that? I heard Greg ask. "I'm missing the fireworks!" Greg yelled standing up. "Shh" I said pulling Steven to the side so we could watch what happens. "Its past midnight! how did I get so sucked into this show again? Its like everything else just disappears" Greg said starting to walk away. "Whoa whoa don't go! We're having a really good time!" Amethyst said. Stepping in-front of him. "Here look, I've got the two part Hawaii special" she said trying to bribe him. "But Steven really wanted me to do new years" Greg pleaded. "He'll be fine he's Steven, he's tough" she said nonchalantly. "I wanted to be there!" Greg said loudly. "Here here it would have been like this" she transformed into Steven. "Whoa fireworks! Hey dad come on lets watch some little butler!" she said trying to act like Steven. "Amethyst you know how I feel about shape-shifting" Greg said now sounding a little angry. "Jeez sorry, I was just trying to cheer you up" she then turned into Greg. "Oh that's right I forgot your so sensitive"leaning into him twirling her hair with her fingers. "I know you like making me uncomfortable but its not funny. I cant stay here and humor you! I have to be there for my son!" Greg said standing his ground. "Well what about me huh? I had someone who was always there for me until she started hanging out with you!" she yelled pointing at him. "Don't do this Amethyst! Seriously!" Greg begged. "I'd bet you'd stay for her" she claimed. "You wouldn't" Greg said seeing if she would go any further. "what? do this? She transformed again but this time she turned into... rose. "This is insulting to the dead" I whispered to myself "Hey Greg! Turn around! Check it out!" she said trying to bait him into turning around. "I know you're doing it! I want to be friends again I really do, but I cant let you do this to me again" Greg pleaded with his hands over his ears. "Lets go Steven you don't need to see this" I said grabbing where Steven was only to find he wasn't there. "Stop!" Steven yelled jumping on the top of the bed the other two were sitting earlier. Hi eyes widend when he saw what Amethyst had morphed into. I put my hand on his shoulder and pulled him in for a hug. "Steven go back to Pearl and Garnet" I told him. I looked up from the hug. "Greg go with Steven. we'll talk later" I said pointing out of the storage unit. After the had left and were out of earshot I turned to Amethyst. "Amethyst what the hell was that!? Do you know what kind of trauma you could of just given to Steven? Not only that you disrespected the dead!" I said yelling at her. "What do I care huh? I don't have anyone but myself! Because he took the one person that was there for me!" Amethyst said like it was an excuse. "That still gives you no right to mess with Steven's or Greg's mind by morphing into rose!" I shouted back. "I'm about sick of you telling what to do!" she said pulling out her whip. "Amethyst don't do this, I don't want to hurt you" I said getting ready for a fight. "I don't care!" was all she said before she tackled me out of the storage unit. "Amethyst I'm going to give you one last warning to stop other wise I'll be forced to hurt you!" I told her. "I thought I just told you that I don't care" she said cracking her whip at me. I dodged them easily enough but I don't think she was trying to hurt me. I'm alone here with no one else. Pearl wont stop yelling at me for every little thing I do and Garnet always takes her side even if she's wrong" she stopped attacking and started to cry so hard it looked like waterfalls were coming out of her eyes. I walked slowly to her. "No!" She whipped at me but missed. She fell to her knees balling. I finally got to her and she looked up. I looked in her eyes and saw all of the bottled up rage and sadness pouring out of her. "What are you gonna do something?" she said still trying to act tough. I knelt down to her and hugged her as hard as I could. She was so surprised she dropped her whip and her hands fell to her side. "Amethyst we all have lost someone we loved at one point. I know the how you feel all too well" I said starting to tear up. "You don't know anything!" she yelled. "You feel as if all you had was taken from you and your all alone with no one to lean on when your down. You think no one else feels this way? We all do and its not good to keep it bottled up inside. Trust me it will eat away at your soul and affect others around you" I explained now starting to cry with her.
I sat there with her in the middle of the street for over an hour until she fell asleep on me. I picked her up "whoa, your a lot heavier than Garnet" I whispered. I carried her to the beach house. I walked up the stairs slowly and crept through the door. Pearl was pacing back and forth in the kitchen, Garnet was sitting at the bar with Steven eating some ice-cream. Pearl stopped and looked at me "where have you two been!" she yelled. "Shhh!" I said while I put Amethyst on the couch to let her sleep.
The next day I was sitting on the couch next to Amethyst reading a book Steven had recommended when she woke up. she sat up yawning and stretching her arms. "Have a good nights rest?" I asked not looking up from my book. She blushed now remembering what happened the night before. "Y-yeah I guess" she stuttered out. I closed my book "look if you ever need someone to talk to about ANYTHING I'm here for you okay?" I said with a smile. "Thanks man" she said happily. "Hey don't thank me yet, you still have to make it up to Steven and Greg." I said returning to my book. "Your right! Oh what am I gonna do!?" she wondered. "Why don't you help Greg with something?" I asked her. "Like what?" she asked now confused. "What was the whole point in going to the storage unit in the first place?" I asked her. "To clean it up" she answered. I just stared at her for a moment until she face palmed "duh! Can you help me take Greg's stuff into my room so he doesn't have to throw anything away?" she asked me. "Sure, that sounds like a great idea" I said closing my book and putting it on the end table. We walked to the storage unit and opened it. We looked at each other and nodded "lets get to work" she said. After a couple of hours of working Steven and Greg came just as we were getting the last few boxes. "Hi Greg whats up?" I said putting down a hug tower of boxes. "I don't believe it!" said looking amazed. "I'm so sorry about the mess" he apologized. "Was this your idea Obsidian?" Steven asked. "No it was Amethyst's" I replied pointing my thumb back into the unit. Amethyst came out with the last box and noticed that everyone was stating at her. "I-I just thought we could take all this stuff back to the temple, it can fit in my room that way you don't have to throw anything away" she explained blushing. "but you can keep this" she said running over to Greg and handing him the box that she had. Greg opened it and pulled out the picture he had found earlier but it was in a new frame. "Thank you Amethyst" Greg said as she walked away. And we all walked back to the temple. "Who wants some breakfast?" I asked. Steven and amethysts stomachs rumbled. "I thought so"
whew! That was a chapter huh? I thought that was a good one and I had fun writing it. Remember if you have some advice or some criticism about the story please don't hesitate to comment. Thanks in advance and see ya next time.
-Joe