Steven Universe Of The Creek

Chapter 7 Homemade Cookie Cat To Trade

Craig, along with his friends arrived at The Trading Tree as they sat together at the stump. With multiple kids lining up to trade in, Craig and the others weren't really in the mood to trade in even if they have the items Kit would approve of. Then Omar arrived, noticing Craig not being in the line just when he's about to trade in something.

Over the last two hours, Craig couldn't get over the photo itself, despite not taking it one hundred percent. He can't even tell if Steven's hiding a secret that's either bad or for his own benefit.

"You think you'll have the chance to see it in your own eyes tomorrow?" Kelsey wondered. "Tomorrow may be all about your family, but what else can you do?"

"Being on my best behavior?" Craig sarcastically replied. "Even if I had the chance, I don't want to ruin everyone else's day, including Steven's."

Kelsey and J.P. are clueless for their best friend's family reunion tomorrow. "I doubt your family would ever scold you."

"My brother is still gonna talk to my parents about what we did today and I doubt getting grounded would help me at all."

Then Omar sat next to Craig, much to their surprise. "I'm here Craig." He spoked. "So what did you capture on your phone?"

Craig handed his phone to Omar to show him the photo. Upon looking at the blurring image of Steven himself, he became surprised with his belly button. "Do you think his belly button's pink?" J.P. asked.

"I don't think so, it looks real to me."

"Can you guess what it is?" Kelsey added.

"Possibly a small pink medallion, but I doubt it would fit in his belly button."

"And I doubt Steven is famous for buying those types of jewelry." Craig commented. "This is gonna be harder to believe."

At the creek, Steven went through multiple spots just to find Craig. Not only that, he came across more children enjoying their time at the creek, as if it's the reason why the neighborhood had been too quiet.

"I really need to focus on my priorities right now." He said to himself. Luckily he saw Craig and his friends sitting together including the kid he just met earlier. Unlike the previous spots he went to, the Trading Tree made him witness a line of children trading in items. Although it's only the least of what the creek has to offer.

"I think I'll just let Steven know that I'm not coming after him, but I doubt he'll believe me for what I did." Craig receives his phone from Omar. "In fact I don't think he wants anything to do with me."

"True, but you can't say the same thing about yourself." Upon hearing Steven's voice, the four children turned their attention to the grown teenager. They would expect that to happen outside the creek, but inside especially by the Trading Tree felt bizarre. "Please tell me you haven't shown anyone of that photo you took?"

"No?" Craig blinked. "I'm keeping it between me and my friends."

"Why are you here?" J.P. asked.

"I'm here to tell you to delete that photo, trust me, it's really really personal." Steven placed his hand on his head. "I'm not in a good mood right now, so will you please delete it?"

Craig didn't want to make Steven even more cross, but he refuses to let this opportunity pass him by. "Can we please make a deal or something?"

"Sorry but no, it's not gonna happen."

"Hey, he's not gonna expose it to anyone, he's not that kind of person." Omar defended his friend.

"Yeah, what's preventing you from revealing your belly-" Kelsey took notice of the children in line, turning their attention to Steven himself. Steven then took notice of being the center of attention, which only made him even more concerned.