Chapter 9:
After Steven and Connie finally separated from their kiss, the temple door opened up revealing Pearl and Amethyst running up to Steven whilst Garnet just walked. "STEVEN!" Both Amethyst and Pearl yelled as they embraced the little boy.
As Steven was being hugged to death, Garnet ruffled the boy's hair while smiling and said, "I knew you could do it, Steven."
Steven just let out his signature laugh as he returned the hugs to the gems. Pearl was crying her eyes out while Amethyst just let out one singular tear. Garnet was just smiling like crazy more than anything. During this amicable exchange, Connie just stood off to the side feeling out of place.
A sudden ring * ring rang through the room, effectively killing the mood. All four gems looked towards Connie as she started digging through her bag all the while blushing like mad. Once she finally grasped it, she pulled it up to her ear and answered. "Yes, mother?"
After a few seconds of conversation Connie finally returned her phone back with a sad look spread across her face. "I have to go. My mom says it's too late and I should be getting home now."
As Connie was just about to leave the beach house, Steven yelled out, "Wait!"
Connie turned around just in time to see Steven pull out of the other gem's grasp and jump down next to her. Steven then quickly kissed Connie one more time before she could leave. Once again blushing, Connie smiled and said goodbye as she exited. Only when Steven once again turned around did he realize the gems watched him kiss Connie.
Garnet had a knowing grin on her face, Pearl was flabbergasted even though she knew he's kissed her before, and Amethyst has shapeshifted into Steven and was making kissy faces while having her arms wrapped around herself. She quickly turned back into herself though when she was bonked in the head with one of Garnet's gauntlets. "So," Steven said a little awkwardly. "Wanna hear about what happened in my gem?!"
The three other gems quickly agreed, and so Steven went and layed down on his bed to start the story. "Well, first of all when I woke up, I was in complete agony." He started.
"Wait, what? Gems shouldn't feel pain while regenerating." Pearl interrupted.
"Please save all comments and questions until the end." Steven politely stated. "Now back to the story. Where was I… oh yeah! Okay, so I was disoriented at first when I woke up. Then I tried to remember what happened right before I got to that place. Oh, by the way, the room was like, an endless floor with light pink clouds hovering above the ground. Okay, so, when I finally realized I got poofed, I was super happy about it and yelled out my realization. Then, I heard a soft giggling sound coming from behind me. I turned around, and right there in front of me was... my mom."
By this point, Pearl was in tears while the other two were caught off guard. "You met Rose?" Amethyst asked.
"Um, yeah. She said she's been in there since she gave up her physical form to have me. She did say that she was happy to be a part of me though." Steven added. "So, after talking to her, I felt myself rising and shapeshifting or something into different things before becoming normal me. Well, besides the clothes though."
Now the other crystal gems noticed Steven's apparent change in clothes. Seeing how much Steven looked like his mother in that moment, they couldn't help but just once more embrace Steven. Pearl once more just flooding in tears and the others just saddened a little. Steven felt home in that instance, and he didn't want to be anywhere else.
A/N: New Chapter! Yay! It's 3 minutes delayed, but I did have a long day, so you guys can forgive me, right? Anyways, Please Review!
-ComputerHogger