#bonummalumetinter

Unlike say… a sapphire, Jasper couldn’t have seen what was about to happen coming. She had heard something above her, sure, but had assumed it was nothing to worry about. Only when Steven jumped down and landed on top of her did she realize that she’d been gotten.

“Heh…” Even she would admit it. He’d gotten her good.

“Hey, Steven! What’s up?” Suffice it to say, Carnelian hadn’t expected him to come seeking her out in particular. There were so many quartzes at the zoo, and most tended to go looking for the amethysts or jaspers. Then again, with her being the only carnelian, it made her pretty easy to find if someone needed her.

She’d been hanging out around what once was just the human enclosure when he’d found her. The other quartzes were helping Holly Blue, for once, with cleaning up. That meant she had some one on one time with Steven.

“Hey, Amethyst. What’s up?”

Steven had had his nose deep in one of the No Home Boys books when she’d spoken, so when he looked up he hadn’t known what to expect. Naturally, when he saw her with the platter of cookie cat ice creams he found himself a little stunned. Most people wouldn’t go out of their way to make homemade cookie cats. In fact, he was pretty sure he was the biggest fan of the long gone sweet treat.

Knowing that Amethyst had made them? It touched Steven’s heart. He smiled a little wider before setting down his book and hopping up from the couch.

He went in to hug her, but was careful not to put too much force into it. No need to knock her off her feet. He didn’t want to make her drop the platter and make the cookie cats fall.

In truth, it bothered Greg that his boys had to deal with any of the things they did at all. What could he do, though? Greg was just a regular old human dad who was trying to deal with everything. Instead of speaking, he reached his arms out to bring Nathan into a hug.

“I’m sorry you’re so frustrated. You shouldn’t have to be,” Greg said. There should have been some way for Nathan to vent his frustrations out. Greg did wonder if maybe he could do something. However, the only suggestion he could think of might not be that useful. It still couldn’t hurt to offer, though, could it?

“You are so right, Nathan!” Oh, now they had a plan. If Garnet really was as weak to tiny hands as she claimed to have been, then the two of them could easily try and convince her to unground them. Of course, she did have the pretty handy ability of seeming to guess what was coming ahead of time. She just was that cool, Steven reasoned.

But when he and his twin brother worked together? They could do anything. He was sure of it.

“Hey, Amethyst! I just made a fresh pizza,” Steven said in a sing-song tone. Truth be told? He wanted to hang out with his big sister figure. If that meant bonding over pizza, then Steven would gladly share.