Pearl White liked to think of herself as talented, not that she was cocky, she wasn't, honest, but she was proud. Prima Ballerina of her dance academy, senior in high school, straight As, and an amazing girlfriend to boot, what more could she ask fo...
Welcome to my very first Steven Universe Au fan fiction. Just a notice to all, this story is FINISHED! but I didn't want to leave it unfinished.
Also, I started writing this LAST SUMMER, aka before the pink diamond reveal. So there is a very slight, blue/pink pairing, in the past and now its a little weird because they are like her moms or something I don't really know, just- keep in mind I didn't know.
I hope you all like this story in Pearlnet and very Pearl centric.
Its also AU, no gems or magic or anything just life.
Pearl White liked to think of herself as talented, not that she was cocky, she wasn't, honest, but she was proud. Prima Ballerina of her dance academy, senior in high school, straight As, and an amazing girlfriend to boot, what more could she ask for? Cancer? Not on her list of things for Christmas...
^November 1st 2016^
"Pearl, sweetheart, aren't you supposed to be at practice?" Blanche White asked as she walked up behind her daughter, brushing shoulders as she did. Blanche was headmistress at the dance academy, most kids would find that their mother being their teacher was insufferable, Pearl didn't mind much, her mother was strict yes but she cared about her and she wasn't unfair to anyone. A skill that Pearl hoped to one day posses.
"Yes mom, I was just headed to class, was just gonna wait up for Rose, but I guess she's already there." Pearl said with a soft smile as she thought of her loving girlfriend.
Rose was a teachers aid at the dance school, she dances with them on occasion but only as a sub in. They met nearly two years ago when Pearl was 16 and Rose was 19, her mother was a little upset at the age difference but she could see that Rose meant no harm and eventually moved passed it.
"Oh I just passed Amethyst on the way over, she was going to sit in on your practice I believe, but I didn't see Rose. You'd better get going alright? Do you need a ride home?" Blanche asked as she checked her email.
"Oh I'll get a ride from Amethyst or Rose I'm sure, no need to wait up for me, I'll see you at home, love you." Pearl said kissing her mother on the cheek before heading to class.
Pearl walked quickly to ballet, in order to try and be on time, but walked in just a moment late anyway.
"Pearl I do hope you have an excuse for being late to my class." Rose said with a teasing grin.
"Oh yes miss, I was just speaking to our real teacher in the hall, she says we should all not practice today and eat junk instead." Pearl smirked as she took off her sweatshirt and threw her bag in the corner.
"Oh ha ha ha," Rose said, "just for that you get to lead everyone in stretch."
Pearl smirked but got to work leading the class anyway.
"Amethyst, join us? Or you just gonna stand over in the corner watching like a creeper?" Rose asked her younger sister.
Amethyst Quartz was Roses half sister, they shared a mother but when Rose was two she remarried and had Amethyst. Fuchsia passed away when Amethyst was six years old and Rose ten, and the girls were raised by their dad, Harold, or as the kids at the school like to call him, Janitor Smiley.
Pearl gave rose a soft peck on the cheek "Yea Amethyst, you wanna learn how to really dance?" Pearl said with a hint of teasing in her voice.
"Funny, I'll just watch for now" the blonde girl said twisting her purple tipped hair around her finger.
"Do you need a ride home sweetheart?" Rose asked kindly, holding Pearls hand but staring at her phone.
"That'd be great thank you, mom had some kind of conference.." she rambled then realizing that Rose taught the class so of course she already knew that.
Pearl blushed and leaned on Rose as they walked to the car, Amethyst trailing behind them.
"So I was thinking that maybe we could go out tomorrow?" Pearl asked as she buckled her seat belt in the passenger seat.
Rose looked up from her phone and said, "I can't tomorrow I've got... plans with a friend from the school." Her eyes shifting as she spoke.
"Oh, someone I know?"
"No no, just one of the janitors..." Rose said dismissively. She shifted the car into drive and headed out of the parking lot before Pearl could ask anymore question.
As they drove in silence with a light music on the radio in the background. Pearl kept nodding off, her head dropping forward every few minutes before she would wake herself up.
"You ok P?" Amethyst asked from the backseat, having noticed that Pearl kept falling asleep.
"Hm?" Pearl hummed, glancing back at her friend, "oh I'm fine, just tired today..."
Amethyst looked on suspiciously, but said nothing in response.
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When Pearl walked into her house she could smell her mother cooking dinner so she followed the scent into the kitchen. Sitting at the island watching her mother cook she pulled out her homework and got started before the older woman even noticed she was home.
Blanche turned around, finally noticing her daughters presence and smiled.
"Oh hello darling, I didn't hear you come in, how was class?" She asked as she went back to stirring the sauce in the pan.
"Oh it was fine, we just went over the normal stuff, Amethyst watched today, and Rose was a good enough teacher, but she's quite lax, you should really not miss class, I feel we miss an opportunity to learn when you do..." the skinny girl rambled as she filled in her math homework.
"Oh well then," Blanche laughed, "some way to speak about your girlfriend."
Pearl glanced up at that. She looked at her mother before turning back to her homework.
"What's wrong?" Blanche asked, coming to sit next to the strawberry blonde.
"Oh I'm sure it's nothing..." Pearl said, attempting to brush it off.
Blanche just gave her a stern look, and Pearl caved.
"It's just that I asked Rose if she wanted to go out with me tomorrow and she said she couldn't, but she wouldn't tell me who it was she had plans with, and she was on her phone all day... you don't think..." Pearl shook her head, dismissing the idea.
"Oh sweetheart, if I learned one thing from your father leaving, it was to always trust your gut, if you think that Rose is hiding something, ask her." Blanche said resting a comforting hand on her daughters shoulder.
Pearl nodded and seemed to be at peace with that answer for now.
"Well tomorrow in class we are going to go start to finish with the whole production, so be ready for that" Blanche said, getting back to dinner before it burned.
