What Should We Do?

Saving Her

Zircon

I run into the house and see that Lapis and Peridot have left. The rest are watching the tv and jump when they see me.

"Zircon? What're you-" I cut Amethyst off by jumping from in front of the couch, to right in front of them.

I quickly hand the paper to Garnet and say, "Do we have the stuff?"

She gasps when she sees it and nods. The others try to look, but Garnet is all ready on her way down the stairs. I run over to her and we both walk into her room, leaving the others very confused.

Garnet walks to the lava pit in the center of the room and picks out a bunch of stuff from it. I have no way of explaining how she can keep stuff in there, so I won't even try. She turns to me when she had all the things set up.

"May I have Topaz's gem?"

I hesitate for a moment, I didn't want to let Topaz go, but nod and hand her over to Garnet.

She takes her and turns around, working on what the paper says. I'm not able to get a good look at what she's doing, so I start pacing behind her. She'll be ok. She's going to be back and she'll be ok. A chant starts in my head and I smile. I find my self smiling wider, and tears come to my eyes, when I think about our memories. How we first met, how excited she was after we first fused, her reaction to finding out gems would help us, and her sneaking away all the time to see me. I hear Garnet hum and I walk over to her. "Anything wrong?" I ask her. She thinks for a moment, just staring at the page and shakes her head. She goes back to work and I turn away from her, shaking my head at how weird it was.

In a couple hours Garnet finally says, "Here is Topaz back."

I gasp and run over to her. I quickly take Topaz and look over the gem. Not even a hint that there was a chip was left.

"Woah... Thank you so much."

I look at Garnet with tears in my eyes and she nods. I look back down at Topaz and see the gem already starting to glow. I place it down on the ground and watch as it rises into the air. It's a bit rushed . . . I think to myself, but I continue to watch as past figures are shown. The first two, I don't recognize, but the last three I do.

I see her land on the ground with her long yellow hair behind her. She was wearing a white sleeveless dress that went down to her knees. It had a yellow star on the middle of her dress, and small blue stars surrounding it. She has white shoes and a couple of bracelets on too. When she lifts her head up she starts running towards me, laughing. I smile and catch her as she jumps to me. Her lips crash onto mine and I gladly accept the kiss.

After a moment I pull back a bit and look at her face, taking it all in, like she might get hurt again and I'd lose her. I feel a tear fall down my left cheek and Topaz gasps. "No, stop Zircon. I'm right here, I'm not leaving."

I shake my head and burry my face in the crook of her neck. She sighs and I feel her start to rub my back, as an attempt to make me feel better.

Then she whispers in my ear, "Can we be Jadeite again?" I quickly nod and lift my head. I place my lips on hers again, this time gently and we fuse.

Jadeite

I barely have any time to open my eyes when suddenly Garnet throws her arms around my neck and hugs me. I gasp, but still place a hand around her waist. The other is rubbing her back as she tries to steady her breathing. I place my face on her hair and wait for her to calm down. I stop rubbing her back and simply hug her, once I know she's alright. Does she really like me? Or is this just because I was almost dead? She might just like me as a friend . . . I think to myself, as Garnet starts to pull away.