"Finally," Stevens starts, "after a long day I reward myself with some good rest." As he thinks about his long day, Steven preps for comport-Propping his pillow, lining up his stuffed bears and settling his blanket into the perfect position . Now I can finally relax he thinks to himself. Steven slips under the covers (trying not to mess up his work) and dozes off for only a little while until pearl unexpectedly bashes her way into the room.
"STEVENNNN!"
She cries in dismay.
Steven, waking up in disturbance, feebly responds "what pearl?"
"My phone is making this terrible noise..For the love of the earth, make it stop!"
Pearl says irritated by the sound coming from her phone.
Steven's eyes widen with excitement. "pearl, this is great," he exclaimed, "you're getting your first phone call!"
"My first..Wahh?" Pearl says with a confused expression on her face.
"Someone wants to talk with you through your phone!" Steven says clarifying.
"Someone wants to call Pearl? Sheesh" Amethyst says seemingly to appear out of nowhere. She was sitting on the kitchen island (which is in perfect view of Steven's room) and looked as if she was binging on her regular midnight snacks. Ignoring her completely, Steven turns back to pearl and says "You have to answer it Pearl!"
"How do I do that!?"
Pearl says anxiously.
Steven grabs Pearl's phone, "Here, I'll do it for you.." Steven presses the green Answer call button and hands the phone back to Pearl who then responds with "Can they hear me? AM I BEING LOUD ENOUGH!?" Steven nods, then motions her with hand gestures lightly whispering the words Say Something..
The mysterious caller chuckles a bit "Your volume is just fine Pearl." The caller says at ease.
"She is talking back to me! This form of communication is so simple yet so practical!" Pearl says amazed by the device.
"So you just gonna leave her hang'n or what?" Amethyst says sarcastically.
"Right..umm..So how did you get ahold of my phone number?" Pearl says trying to move the conversation along
"Well you never called me back after the concert..But I wanted to talk to you again..If that's okay..I was able to find your number in the phonebook and-" Pearl blushes instantaneously, her cheeks flushing a light cyan color. She hangs up the phone with the not so mysterious caller mid sentence out of panic and bangs her head against the wall.
"Steven? who was that?"
Amethyst says gaining interest.
"I think it was that girl from that rock concert we went to a little while back"
Steven says even though he's a little unsure. Amethyst looses balance and falls off the counter top. She quickly dusts herself off and says "What!? NO WAY! I thought that girl was history by now! Pearl you have to call her back!"
"I know but I get all nervous around her, I just couldn't bring myself to call her in the first place..I feel like I wanna shatter myself and dance in a meadow of flowers at the same time..I haven't felt this way since-" Pearl pauses.
"Rose Quartz?"
Amethyst says trying to help her through her sentence.
"And love rebirths itself" Steven utters dreamily.
"I DO NOT LOOOVVEEE HERRR,"
Pearl says almost convincing herself,
"And I definitely can't call her back!"
"Your such a mood killer." Amethyst grabs her snacks and starts heading back to her room, "Later."
"I'm not one to Kill Moods, am I Steven?"
Pearl starts out but soon realizes Steven is fast asleep. She tucks him back into bed and whispers gently "I'll find another like her one day and when I do," she pauses quickly and reaches for one of the stuffed bears. She slips the bear in-between Steven's crossed arms and Steven hugs it tightly. "When I do...I'll get to keep her and you..." She takes one final glance at her phone and heads out of the house. Though she didn't physically need it, it was time to get some fresh air.
