Hello! This is my first Steven Universe Story! I became a huge fan recently and love Ruby and Sapphire so of course I wrote this. Hope you all like it! :)

Steven woke up with a smile on his face, today was a very special day. A day that only comes once a year, yes, today is Stevens birthday. Steven sat up on his bed and looked down the stair excited to see his family waiting for him. Except no one was there, Steven frowned and got out of bed, he had slept in his day clothes because he was so excited.

"Garnet?" Steven yelled as he walked down the stairs, usually he could yell and they'd show up. But today was different. No one came out of the temple. "Pearl? Amethyst?" Steven walked to the temple door and knocked."Guys?! Come on! This isn't funny!" Steven heard a giggle from the front door, he whipped around and smirked. "Oh well! I guess I should just go outside!" He walked to the front door and smiled. He opened it and jumped out.

"Happy Birthday!" Steven looked around, the only person there was Connie, he looked at her with confusion.

"Thanks Connie, but have you seen the gems? Are they hiding? Am I going to get hit with water balloons like last year!" Panic in Stevens voice as he flinched waiting for it to happen, nothing did. Instead Connie frowned and put her hand onto Stevens, making them both blush.

"It's just me. I came to give you my birthday gift, but that can wait. You said the gems are gone? Are they on a mission?" Connie asked worried, she watched as Steven but his hand to his chin as if he was thinking.

"No, they would have told me they were leaving, and besides Garnet promised me they wouldn't go on a mission today." Steven said still holding onto Connie's hand. Suddenly a loud noise came from the beach. Both Connie and Steven ran to the noise, stopping when they saw someone. Steven felt like he's seen this person before, his eyes lit up, it was Ruby. "Ruby!What's going on? Where's Sapphire? And Pearl and Amethyst?" Steven ran closer to her dragging an excited Connie. Ruby looked back at Steven and panicked.

"Steven! What are you doing? I-I thought you were asleep! You cant be here! Not yet!" Ruby yelled frantically, but it was too late. Steven and Connie both saw the balloons and sign that read 'Happy Birthday Steven!' in a sloppy hand writing. Stevens eyes had wide with happiness and had a smile so wide his face hurt.

"Whoa! This looks amazing! Look there's a bouncy house!" He pointed with his other hand, Connie smiled and looked back to Ruby, who looked defeated. Connie notices and nudges Steven, he turns around and walks to her.

"I'll act surprised! I promise!" Ruby looked to Steven and smiled.

"Thank you Steven. Come on, they're not done yet. Lets go to the temple before you get caught."

First chapters short but I promise the rest is going to be longer :) Review and tell me what you think! -Kailey