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May 25th 1995

This was the first day that Pearl and Amethyst felt comfortable enough to let Opal play with the other kids out in the yard. Still such a tiny fragile child but has gotten stronger and feisty over the years watching the others play from her bedroom window. Her parents opened the back door for her and she took her first step onto the back porch. Opal tightened the grip on her favorite toy dow that she took with her everywhere, the sunlight blinded her for a moment. She took in the moment to listen to the others wrestling and playing on the swing set. Then when Opal opened her eyes again, her best friend Garnet stood before her.

"OPAL!" Garnet yelled, holding Opal's hands.

Garnet was a messy afro hair tot with tights and a ragged skirt from wrestling with Opals elder brother Sugilite and their friend Malachite. Her shirt was already covered in dirt though just arriving so her parents Ruby and Sapphire could head to work.

"Garnet!" Opal yelled back, then hugged her tightly.

Pearl kneeled down to garnet and said, "Now don't get Opal into any of your rough housing, she still a tiny lil thing and i don't want her getting hurt."

"Yes sir." Garnet replied before pulling Opal away out into the yard.

"GARNET! HELP GET THIS DUMB BOULDER OFF OF ME!" Sugilite yelled as he was being tackled down by Malachite.

Malachite holds Sugilite's face into the ground with his foot then pins him down, "Don't be such a wimp. If you didn't want to get your butt kicked, you shouldn't have started it!"

Garnet then steps into the fight and broke them apart, "Both of you are stupid boulders, cant you see we have a new friend today?!"

The two boys turned their attention to Opal as she nervously waved.

"Who are you?" Malachite snared.

"That's my sister, Opal you ignoramus!" Sugilite snared back.

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WORD MEANS!" Malachite refocused his anger back on sugilite.

"OH YA! WELL, NEITHER DO YOU!" sugilite snapped trying to charge at Malachite.

"BREAK IT UP YOU TWO!" garnet finally pushed them apart.

The two boys fall onto their butts knowing who the clear winner of the fight is.

"Maly! You go chill with Opal. Sugy your with me." Garnet ordered.

"Fine! You win gar." Malachite stood up and brushed himself off.

"Next time ill defeat you both in a fight." Sugilite declared as he stood up and was pushed away by garnet.

"Ya, ya. You say that every time" Garnet replies.

Malachite then turns to Opal with his hands behind his head, "So why havn't I see you around if you live here."

"My dad told me I'm too small and fragile to play with you guys." She replies then thinks to her self, "I can see why."

"Well if you can't fight. What can you do?" Malachite questioned.

"I can't still play tag!" Opal excitedly proclaimed.

"Fine, you can be chaser then. GET ME IF YOU CAN!" Malachite shouted as he raced off.

Opal chases after him as fast as she could, testing her skills as he dodges and weaves her passes. She runs at him again but then she sees a butterfly beneath her feet. she slips and falls onto her left arm.

SNAP!

the sharp sound pierces everyone's ears.

Garnet pauses in shock then runs to Opals side.

Lapis and pearl see this and rush out into the yard and separate the kids. Lapis tightly holds on to her own child "IM SO SORRY!"

"I new it was too soon to let her play with the others." Soon pearl realizes the issue and rushes Opal to the hospital.

Lapis and Amethyst set Malachite and Sugilite down and explain to them what has happened and why they need to be more careful around opal.

Lapis takes Malachite home.

May 26th, 1995

"It's time for school!" Lapis yells to malachite to get up.

Malachite stumbles out of his bedroom and into his mother's bedroom then asks, "hey mom? Can I stay home today?"

As Lapis was just finishing getting dressed, she then turns to her son, "what! Why? Are you sick?"

"Because I wanna see if opal is okay." He replies.

Lapis sighs, "You can see her when you get home AFTER school."

Malachite yell "BUT MOM?!"

Lapis snaps back, "I SAID NO! NOW COME ON AND GET DRESSED, we already slept in too late. "

Malachite huffs and heads back into his bedroom.

When they start to leave, he grabs his backpack as he heads out the door with his mother. He tosses his backpack in then gets in himself, as Lapis gets in and lays her own school bag into the passenger sit, se looks back to her son through the rearview mirror.

Malachite disappointedly looks out his window, thinking of how he could make things right with Opal.

Lapis drives Malachite down to the bus stop, "now please be good. And have a good day... I love you."

Malachite says as he is leaving the car, "I love you to."

Lapis rushes off to try and make it in time for her own classes. As soon as her car is out of sight, Malachite runs back towards home.

He runs up to their apartment and tosses his back pack on to the floor. Then goes to his room and smashes open his piggy bank then scrapes up his savings and leaves again.

He walks through town to a flower shop, buys a dozen tiger lilies and then heads to Opal's house.

As soon as he reaches their door he beats it trying to get someone to answer.

Amethyst opens the door with a yawn. "Oh hey kid, aren't you suppose to be in school?"

"Yes ma'am" he replies, "but I wanted to bring opal a gift to say I'm sorry for what happened." Showing the flowers.

Amethyst takes them and says, "Thanks, but she is fine. It's only a broken arm." She smiles rubbing the back of her head. "But now you should be getting to school. Do you want me to drive you?"

Malachite replies, "No, I was hoping to see her as well. MA'AM!"

"What's with the formality?" Amethyst asks.

"My mom said it helps to be nice and use formal words to get the things you want." Malachite says nervously.

Amethyst laughs, "Well I guess it wouldn't hurt if you stayed. She is up in her room first door to the right."

Malachite quickly hugs Amethyst then soon rushes up the stairs into Opal's bedroom.

He finds Opal is still asleep, so he pulls up a chair next to her. Amethyst later walks in with a vase with the tiger lilies and clear water in it. He sets it by opals window. Then leaves.

Time goes by as Malachite awaits for her to wake up contemplating what he will even say to her.

Soon its noon, Amethyst walks in with 2 plates of food and sets them next to Malachite on the desk behind him.

Malachite, "Is it lunch time already?"

Amethyst replies "yep" as she gently nudges opal. "Honey, it's time to wake up."

Malachite freaks out and silently yells "NO IM NOT READY, I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO SAY TO HER!"

Opal sits up and yawns, "good morning mama" she rubs her eyes then looks to Malachite, "Oh?! Hey! You were that boy from yesterday." She smiles

Malachite blushes and turns away blushing, "I got you flowers."

This makes Malachite blush even more as opals eyes light up. "They are beautiful!"

Amethyst snickers, "Yes, he felt so bad, he even skipped school for you." then leaves.

Opal: "THANK YOU MAMA! "

They grad their respective plates and eat in silence.

After Malachite finishes he says, "Well I guess you are okay, I'll just head home now."

"You don't want to stay?" Opal sadly replies.

"You want me to?" He says facing away from her.

"Well it dose get really lonely here sitting in my room all the time." Opal pleads. "Just promise you'll come see me again tomorrow okay?"

Malachite turns to her face fully flushed "Why would you want me to stay? I'm the reason you got hurt!"

"I.. I don't think you meant to break my arm. I am willing to give you another chance if you want. I don't really have many friends anyway so.. I'd like it if we could be friends."

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