The Forgotten Gem(PLEASE READ THE REWRITTEN VERSION!)

Chapter Eleven

Author's Note: Hello!  Here's the news, recently I made a new book and it's called, "Just a Bunch of Sketches" and it's exactly what it sounds like... a book bunch of artwork..... anyways...once again thanks for reading my story! Please read all the way to the end...
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{5,750 years ago}
"Isn't she just marvelous, Coral? A bond like theirs is so powerful and loving....To be that close with someone you love...it's quite an experience." Rose spoke, with an admirable voice. I looked at our newest recruit. Garnet. A fusion, so raw and new. I smiled to myself. I wanted a relationship like that, one that was strong and made of love. A thought slid into my head. I looked behind me, to find a suspicious pearl, eyeing me and Rose. My eyes locked with hers for a moment. The awkwardness was soon received by the both of us, we turned our heads away in embarrassment. I could feel my face heat up. Ugg! This feeling again. It had came back....every time! I turned my head slightly back again, trying to seek another look at her. Her appearance was simply stunning. Her outfit was different from when we first met. Her appearance was different now, she didn't wear a dress but a sort of translucent top, which gave her sort of elegant look. It was hard to believe that a gem I once hated soon become the one that I....what was the word? ...Admire?....no....Appreciate?...."Coral, what are you looking at?" Rose inquired. My train of thought was cut off instantly. I turned my head to face her once more. Rose Quartz had a different outfit too, no longer did she wear the Homeworld uniform, she wore a flowing pink dress that seem to resemble large rose petals that draped over her body to form a beautiful dress.  My face flushed a dark shade of red. "Nothing...!" I stuttered. Rose looked at Pearl, and then back at me. She smiled and let out a small giggle. I felt like my head was going to explode with dread and embarrassment. I ducked down my head. Rose wanted to place her hands on my shoulder as an act of reassuring me, but she hesitated. I too backed away a little. I nodded. I knew the rules... No physical contact....I looked at her again, I nodded. We both knew. I shuddered at the terrible memory from last time. I dared not to bring it up again. "You like her, don't you?" Rose asked, her voice was soothing to hear. My heart began to race. I didn't know how to respond....what was this feeling? Did I like her? What did she mean? As a friend? As a soldier? I sure did appreciate her hard work...My insides felt like they were going to twist and flip upside-down. "I...I just..." I murmured...my head was counting again. 30 seconds. Rose looked at me, she smiled and sighed. "it's all right if you don't want to talk about it...I would understand if this conversation made me uncomfortable....." I interrupted instantly, "No, no it's just that...my insides feel all weird....I can't look at her without turning all red and nervous...I don't understand....what's wrong with me?!" I asked her desperately, I was so confused. It only ever happens with Pearl and never any other recruits...was I broken? No... I can't be... I felt like screaming. Why was everything so complicated?! 2 minutes 3 seconds... Rose laughed. "It's alright... you don't need to feel bad..it's normal. Coral, you should tell her." I was still confused. "That I'm having strange feeling in my guts?" I asked. 3 minutes. I looked down. My head was still counting, it was the only thing I knew how to control... numbers... numbers....time..... "Coral are you counting again?" She inquired. I wanted to smack myself. Ah....she noticed, how could she not? I was certainly ashamed, I could never rid off this habit. I was always so distracted by it. I nodded slowly at last. She continued to speak. "Coral, You should tell her that you like her." I stopped my counting and looked up at Rose. My heart stopped now. That I like...her? Rose could see my confusion. She simply smiled and walked off. "Talk to her and you'll understand." She explained. I was standing there alone now. Looking at Garnet. I saw her twirl around and she unfused. Ruby and Sapphire, the two fusion partners that made up Garnet, how did they do it? How did they have such a good relationship? The sounds of their laughter flowed through the air. It was nice, hearing them, their happiness....I looked back at Pearl. She was looking at them too. I saw the way she looked at them, admiring, and something else, hate?....No, Hate was a powerful word, and she would never hate them...It was something different. Her eyes then darted over to look at someone else's. I looked in the same direction. She was looking at Rose Quartz. There was a sort of longing in her eyes. Her face started to true a light shade of blue...Was she blushing..? A different feeling rushed through me...it turned my insides cold and hard. I think I understood now...What Rose meant. I made up my mind on what to do next.
I bit my lip and walked off back to the base.
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   How could I have told her... how could I have told Pearl, when her feelings were for someone else...Rose Quartz. I learned what that feeling was, the one that would never go away...it was love...Love was such a curious thing. It was like a sort of force that binds two people together. But there was something else that I had learned...I learned jealousy and the pains that would soon emerge from it. And with jealousy came secrecy. I could not tell her. I could not tell Pearl that I had loved her. I knew now that was how I felt...Love. But, I would lose her if I did...I would lose her for sure...I had already lived that terrible timeline...
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Ok first of all, please don't hate me for writing this chapter....I'm sure there will be a bunch of haters after this chapter, and you know what? I'm fine with that. I'm not telling you to love this "ship". And I didn't hope or plan to make it an official ship in the first place. I have a perfectly good reason for this...and rest assured this is part of my plan on how this story will flow... so please....do not hate me. Sure you can hate on the "ship".. please don't pick sides. The last thing I want is a ship war..... thanks for reading again! Next chapter will for sure explain more on the relationship between Garnet and Coral...