The gem closely watched her control pad, observing the blue planet from afar. The cluster still laid dormant in it's Earthen core, slowly forming and developing, as was normal. She had began to grow tired of her tedious job, monitoring the stupid little planet, and she'd been aching for a battle. But, she said nothing of it, desires masked by her stone expression. In boredom, she glanced out the window. All that was there was a black sky, with the same stupid little stars that she'd already memorized the pattern of.

The blue section of the Diamond Emblem glowed on her shirt, attracting her attention. She internally sighed. It was likely another damned report, just like every other time her communicator glowed.

She activated it with her voice, and waited for her commander to speak.

"Has the cluster changed since the previous log-date?" Blue Diamond's voice came through her device, staticy from the poor connection in the damned cluster observatory.

"No, Blue Diamond. Nothing has changed." She kept her voice monotone, despite the fact that she was extremely bored, and equally pissed off.

"We're sending you on a mission. Deactivate your observatory and return to base." The room silenced, the transmission ending.

"Thank goddess." She muttered to herself, sighing and running a hand through her dark green locks, which curved up and outwards from her head, similar in shape to that of a cluster of gems. The strands slightly mussed, but it was hardly noticeable. She reset the course and then shut down her pod, the air beginning to chill, as there was no heat coming from the machines any longer. She ran her hands up and down her olive colored arms in attempt to keep herself warm.

"Oh, fuck it." She grumbled bitterly. "It's not worth it." She crossed her arms over her stomach and let the pod take her to base.

"Your mission will be on Earth." Blue Diamond announced. "A Peridot has already been sent to reactivate the Kindergarten, but all she's done so far is screw around. Quite literally." She rolled her eyes. "Your job, is to take over her mission. Pretend to ally with her, then eliminate her."

The gem suddenly felt uneasy. She had no problem taking over the mission, and maybe even possibly wounding the Peridot in the process.

But killing her?

Well, that was different.

"I want her gem back in pieces." Blue Diamond concluded. "You will leave at dawn."

As wrong as the mission felt, she had no option to defy her leader.

"Yes, Blue Diamond."

Peridot fumbled with the controls in the Kindergarten. They were severely outdated, and difficult to use. She groaned in frustration, punching the dashboard. She stormed out of the control room, giving up on the controls for now. She proceeded to dismantle the drills, just for the sake of productivity. If she could figure out how they worked, she could possibly reactivate them.

She let out a stream of curses as a drill broke to pieces in her hands. "SHIT! NO!" She kicked the broken drill in anger, screaming wordlessly as it became further damaged.

"Well, there goes my mission..." She grumbled bitterly.

"We should go on a date." Amethyst suggested.

"Okay." Julianna agreed. "Where to?"

"I don't know. Just somewhere. Where there's nobody else around."

"That could be anywhere. It's like, four o' clock in the morning, Amethyst."

"So? That doesn't matter. Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know what's around here. And besides, we don't have to go anywhere."

"Pearl and Garnet can probably hear us in here, so we should at least go outside."

Julianna nodded. "Alright. That'll work." She stood up and headed for the door, Amethyst following behind her.

The water gently lapped across the sand, waves faintly glittering in the pale moonlight. Thin streaks of violet were painted over the horizon, signaling the sun's soon return. The air was cold, but the two stayed together, the joining of their hands and the closeness of their bodies blocking out the chill.

"Have you ever been in a relationship before?" Julianna questioned, trying to make conversation.

"Yeah," Amethyst admitted shyly, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. "A really long time ago."

She nodded. "How does that work?"

"How does what work?" Amethyst tilted her head slightly, confused.

Julianna sighed softly. "A relationship..."

"It's different for everybody, but it's built on trust.. And love." She wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "And I love you."

"I love you too..." She whispered, resting her face against the crook of her shoulder.

"Please don't cry.." She murmured, running her fingers through her hair delicately.

"I won't. I've done too much of that already.." She stared up into Amethyst's eyes, a warm sensation coursing through her. Her walls began to fall apart, anything she felt for Peridot dissipating into nothing as she drew closer to Amethyst.

Amethyst leaned down to kiss her, but stopped abruptly, letting Julianna make her move first.

She panicked, and turned her head downward, her hair brushing against Amethyst's lips.

"It's okay." Amethyst whispered, gently placing her hand beneath her chin, tilting her head upward.

Heart pounding, Julianna pressed her lips against hers gently, cautiously leaning against her and winding her fingers through the strands of her lavender hair. Slowly, she wrapped her arms around her neck, still with her hands in her hair. Her stomach fluttered, lungs slowly beginning to ache from lack of air, but she still held onto the embrace. Amethyst's lips were warm and soft, and so was the rest of her, and she never wanted to let go. Something awakened deep inside her, a longing she'd never known with Peridot, and then she realized it.

She loved her.

She eventually pulled away from the embrace, the burning in her lungs too strong to bear any longer.

"Wow.." Amethyst murmured, chest heaving. "That was.. Wow."

Julianna laughed softly, chest still burning from lack of air. Her cheeks flushed slightly.

"You're pretty when you blush.." Amethyst murmured.

This only made her blush darker, causing Amethyst to laugh.

"I love you."

"I love you too, Amethyst." She leaned in to kiss her again.