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Garnet was stretching in between classes, getting ready for her next few. She was enjoying the peace for once -- no screaming or hollering across the room. Jasper was in her own class that had ran long.
Her phone started to buzz. The familiar sight of the purple grin on Amethyst's lips lit up the screen, drawing her attention.
"What does she want?" Garnet mumbled, scooping up the phone. "Isn't she at work?"
She swiped over to answer the phone, perching it on her shoulder so she could keep stretching as she spoke. "Hello?" she answered.
"Garnet I need you to come home like, right now," Amethyst on the other end.
"What?" Garnet asked. "Amethyst aren't you at work?"
"No. I'm almost home but I can't do this by myself."
"Amethyst what happened?"
"...I ..."
"Amethyst."
"It's about Steven and Pearl okay!" the sound of Amethyst slamming her hands on the steering wheel of her car was clear in Garnet's ears.
Garnet bolted to her feet, holding the phone to her ear. "What."
"Steven called me while I was at work and -- and he said that something had happened and I just need you to be there to help me out with him."
"I need more than that if you want me to leave Amethyst -- I have work to do."
"...Pearl did it again. She relapsed while we were out."
Garnet covered her mouth in fear.
"She was -- Steven was crying too hard I almost couldn't understand him -- he found her, Garnet. Lying on the floor just bleeding, half conscious."
"You're not serious."
"I wish I wasn't Garnet. Get Jasper to cover for you. I'll owe her later -- I can take care of Pearl on my own but I can't take care of both of them please Garnet!"
"Fine, I'll be there as soon as I can. Get water into both of them; have you tried calling Greg?"
"Busy as fuck. It's nearly spring, everyone's getting their cars ready to drive around and shit."
"Shit. What about Peridot?"
"She ... that's the other thing. She got mugged and is crashing at Lapis's place until further notice."
"...is there anything else I need to know?"
"I ... I promised Steven one of us would tell him what's going on. But before you yell at me -- he knows it wasn't an accident, not telling him is going to make it worse. You know upset he gets when he finds out he's been lied to!"
Garnet grit her teeth. Amethyst was right, and as painful as the explanation was likely to be, it was necessary. "I'll be home in less than twenty minutes," Garnet sighed. "Do as much as you can without me. Try calling my mothers if you need someone to talk to Steven."