We all need a friend (StevenxSpinel)<Discontinued, remake in process>

Spinel & Pearl

Thanksgiving huh? Surprised I found the time to not only finish this chapter in my down time, but edit it as well.
Oh well, enjoy the chapter.

-=The beach house=-
-=Pearl/Spinel/Steven=-

Spinel and Pearl had been sitting together quietly since they had been left alone; they were watching Steven for a while now before they looked at each other, the awkward silence that settling in over the few hours that they were there finally causing Spinel to speak up, "So... I uh- I never got the chance to thank you earlier for coming in when that girl started asking me all those questions. I mean, I really am trying to leave all that behind so I can maybe live a normal life without hindering Steven so often."

Pearl just sighed, "No need to thank me, I know that some things are better off being left in the past and forgotten as much as anyone. Also, just so you know, I doubt Steven sees you as a hinderance in the slightest."

"Really? I mean, I'm sure even I would get annoyed if I had someone clinging to me all the time. I try to let him have his own time, but for some reason I still get anxious despite truly believing that he wouldn't forget about me and abandon me...I don't know, I just feel like a nuisance sometimes." She ranted, looking down to the unconscious teen. She gave a slight chuckle as she looked back up to the Pearl. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent."

"No, it's really fine; it's a bad idea to keep your thoughts and feelings all bottled up and pushing them aside, especially when they make you feel bad about yourself, cause then you start believing them when no one else is around to tell you otherwise. Listen, I'm not the best Gem in the world to go to for emotional support, but I know that Steven does like you, and quite frankly I must admit that he probably needs you as much as you do him." Pearl responded, putting her hand on Steven's.

"What makes you say that? He doesn't really look like the type to have too much to worry about...well other than the rebellion at least." Spinel questioned, wondering just what kind of person he was under this kind and compassionate personality.

"Trust me, he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders for the longest time and never even told anyone how he really felt. First there was his mother- Rose left him here in our care, and while she wanted a normal life for him, the misdeeds in her life, as well as the many corners she cut came back to haunt not her- but him." She explained. "So he had to deal with all that, and then there was in incident with Garnet that made him feel like he had to take on the burden of White Diamond and Homeworld alone, which resulted in Connie and himself drifting apart, and by the time he was able to come back, Connie really seemed to want nothing to do with him."

"Connie? That human girl from earlier? I heard you guys talking about them not being friends anymore, is that really why? I didn't know humans could be so petty, but I mean she at leased seemed nice..." Spinel spoke.

"Honestly, I'm not sure why she decided to stop being friends with him, it really wasn't that big of a deal... but he was devastated to say the least, refusing to leave his room in the Diamond house for a long time; he had locked himself in there and for a while wasn't even eating." Pearl informed her, thinking back to the day that they got a message from the Diamonds about Steven locking himself in his room for over a week.

-=Five Months Ago=-
-=The main Crystal Gems/The Diamonds/Steven=-
-=The Diamond House=-

Pearl, Amethyst, and even Garnet warped in on the warp pad in the living area of the house. "Where's Steven?" Pearl immediately asked the Diamonds, a bag in her hand.

Blue pointed to the hall that led off the side of the room, looking just as worried as them. "He's back there, the Pink door, it's the first in the hall. We can't get him to come out, and his warp pad is deactivated. It's been nine earth days and we still have yet to get him to come out, we didn't know what else to do..."