Chapter 6: Connie, James, and Pearl, and Steven!
" C'mon P, it's my turn to go on a mission with Ruby! You got to go on one with her, why can't I!?" Amethyst argued at Pearl. Ruby looked up with a sour look on her face. They had been at this nearly all morning, Ruby was starting to get annoyed with her teammates. Amethyst really wanted to go on a mission with Ruby, but Pearl was as concerned as ever. Despite not having future vision like Sapphire, Ruby practically saw that part coming. Even if Pearl didn't know her, she most definitely knew Pearl.
"Because you two are disaster waiting to happen!" she squawked at her, Amethyst mimicked her mouth using a hand. Pearl fumed for a second. She wanted to look good around Ruby, every so often she'd forget that Ruby was technically Garnet. If that doesn't say how long they had been fused for then what did?
"A disaster, it's not like we're going to blow up or something." Amethyst joked giving a shrug.
"That's exactly what I'm afraid of!" Pearl exclaimed as she flung her arms up into the air. Ruby grumbled to herself as she turned her head to look at the counter. There was a brilliant red bubble with most of a blue gem in the inside, it made her a little angry. But at the same time she had to wonder what Sapphire was thinking in there.
Ruby I want to come back and fuse with you so much. But if I come back now I'd be a monster. I don't want to scare you, Steven, or James. Having him see a distorted Garnet would be awful. But thank you for rescuing me again, like that first night. It takes me back to when we went to the Earth colony. I remember when I found out about my guards I was so happy to see you again, but I couldn't show it you may have been arrested.
But now we're here, I guess such is fate, our fate. Our fate I soon hope comes together again.
Please Ruby be safe.
"Come on Amethyst, let's go." Ruby commanded as she walked over to the teleporter, technically I am still half of Garnet.
A flash of blue light sprung as it was Pearl alone in the house with the two boys on the beach. Connie called earlier saying she was coming over to the house.
Pearl looked out the window, what she was about to do might not be the best idea, but it'd be worth it. She only got to do it rarely, but each time was absolutely amazing.
She took one step back and inhaled slowly as her gem gave a soft blue glow. Soon the only thing touching the ground were her toes. Twirl after jump after pirouette, Pearl danced upon the house's wooden floor. As she finished she gave a small bow and looked up to see a holographic Rose Quartz smiling while giving a small applause.
"Pearl that was lovely!" Rose and Pearl's voice said in unison as Pearl gave a smile.
"Hey Steven, I- who's that?" James looked as Steven turned around to see Connie running towards the two boys. She came to a stop at the two as her and James's attention was solely focused on Connie for the moment. As the two met eyes, James blushed feeling a small knot in his stomach.
"Oh that's Connie. Hey Connie, this is James." Steven butted in to moment, but not intentionally though. No one could experience what James was experiencing right now.
" Hi James." She put a hand forward offering a handshake, James took it with a smile as he was lost in the warmth of her hand. Obviously he had felt it for too long as Connie made a slightly uncomfortable face. "Okay, you can let my hand go now." She said half smiling. Embarrassed James quickly put his hand back down to his side tightly.
Steven gave James and odd look but decided to just shrug it off for now. It was time for all of them to have some fun together. "So Connie, a few days ago I unlocked the multi-player setting on Mini Golf quest, you guys want to try it out?" Steven smiled.
"Sure sounds fun." She replied as James gave a nod in agreement with her. The three of them ran into the house immediately.
As soon as the door opened, Pearl jumped as the hologram poofed away from existence. Still on her tiptoes Pearl turned around to look three children coming in the house from outside. Fortunately for her, none of them had caught a glimpse of what she had done while she was alone in the house.
"Oh Steven, James, Connie! How are you?!" she said trying to act as if nothing had happened with a blushed on her face, and it was a very deep blue blush.
"We're fine, we just wanted to come in to play some Mini Golf quest. Have you ever played it?" James looked up at Pearl curiously.
Pearl gave a small grimace. "Uhm no I haven't." actually, she had sworn off video games all together after a certain incident involving an arcade unfolded. Amethyst on the other hand, just didn't really understand how they worked. Garnet was on the opposite side of the spectrum From Both Of them and really liked them, at one point one of Steven's smaller devices (and a few of the games for said device) had gone missing. To this day no one supposedly knew where it was…
"Woah, Steven how did you do that!?" Connie gazed at the screen wide-eyed. Steven had unlocked a secret level, on the inside of the windmill.
"I found a way to get in online. You just tilt your swing at the windmill's entrance. It's supposed to get you a second storyline." He explained as the screen loaded, it was taking a long time for it to load.
"What even is the plot of the game?" James looked as the loading screen seamed to only have loaded a little bit more than when he last looked up. He was laying on the bed as Steven and the other guest were sitting on the floor beside each other. Barely paying attention to the game, James stared at Connie. He watched as her and Steven laughed aloud, but to be honest James focused much more on Connie than Steven. He smiled as her laugh rang through his ears.
"Your swing." Steven said handing over the controller as player two little up on the screen. The three watched the swing with intensity. As the virtual ball was hit with the putter it bounced on the sides of the Crystal walls. A perfect hole in one came as the three cheered.
James put his left hand for Connie to give him a high five. As she reached up with her right arm there was a buzzing sound, and the only thing touching James's hand was plastic. The three looked at a now fuzzy TV, Connie's controller has been pulled out of it socket. Eyes met, this meant that all the progress of the game was now completely gone.