Light in the Universe: Part I (COMPLETE)

Chapter XXVI: Prime Kintergarten

That morning, Robert woke up with a stiff back. He felt as if he aged sixty years. He immediately noticed Amethyst sitting uncomfortably close to Michael.

"What are you doing?" Robert asked impatiently.

"I'm gonna scare Mikey! His face is gonna be priceless!!" she whispered. Robert then realized she had grown her fangs out to look like a vampire.

"He's already terrified of everyone here except me and Connie for some reason, he doesn't need you making it worse," Robert explained. Amethyst became confused, so she put a hand on his forehead to see what the reason behind this seemingly irrational fear was.

She found that Michael believed that the only one who truly forgave him was Robert and that his allies would take any opportunity to kill him, even if it was over something minuscule. And the reason he didn't fear Connie was because he had a crush on her, but doesn't want to say anything because he fears Steven will stab him in his sleep.

Robert finally managed to put on some clothes so he could go to work that day.

"What did you dream about?" Amethyst asked.

"Crazy pink lady thinks Lardna isn't my mother. She had a matching pink chaos emerald in her belly button." Robert explained as he walked out.

"Uh, that 'crazy lady' was none other than Pink Diamond! My mom!" said Amethyst, offended as she followed Robert. "Alright, don't call Pink Diamond a crazy lady. Got it, Sorry." Said Robert, hoping that Amethyst would be satisfied with that.

"It's Saturday. You shouldn't be going to work" said Amethyst, still following Robert to work.

"But Saturday is the busiest day of the week, and I need the extra money. Plus, Smiley told me he needed my help on a project," said Robert, transitioning from a jog to a sprint. That's when Amethyst stopped following Robert

Amethyst turned around and walked back to the beach house. Michael was awake by this point, eating a toasted sandwich.

"How come you didn't talk to your brother about my mom?" Amethyst asked. Michael was confused. "He wouldn't believe me. Robert doesn't believe anything I say without proof." He said as he shoved another part of his sandwich in his mouth. "I've lied to him so many times it ain't funny."

"Why would you lie to him? He's your brother." Amethyst asked

"Because it's funny!" said Michael. "And plus, he started it."

Amethyst looked confused. "When I was in preschool, he told me that if I ate the seeds in watermelon, it'd grow inside me," Michael explained. "So for the next year and a half, I stayed away from anything watermelon-related. Anything from watermelons themselves to watermelon-flavored candy."

Amethyst just started laughing. "Come on, that's the oldest trick in the book!" she gasped.

Michael blushed at this. "Granted, he didn't hold it over my head. In fact, he seemed to forget about it. But I didn't!" he said.

"Anyway, what was it about your mom?" Amethyst stopped laughing.

Just then, Steven woke up, seeing her sister and Michael standing around.

"What are you guys doing?" Steven asked. "Is there a mission?"

"If there was, I never heard about it, so...I don't think so." Michael responded

"Guess it's just Smash Saturday."

Just then, Peridot entered via the warp pad. "Hey, Amethyst, are you ready?" she asked.

"What's going on?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, let's go," Amethyst responded as if Michael wasn't even there.