Steven at the moment was cuddling Spinel as they watched a cheesy horror movie. Spinel was basically sitting on Stevens lap, with Stevens arms wrapped around her waist as it was just the two of them in the house. "God this movie is so bad that it's funny~" Steven smiled a little followed by a chuckle. "That's true, to bad there's nothing else on~" Spinel replied, glancing at Steven with a small smirk. "True, honestly we could watch something else of you want?" Steven suggested, reaching for the remote. Spinel gave a mischievous grin, followed by a chuckle "I know of something we can do~" she stated, swinging herself around so she was straddling his lap. Stevens arms were still around her waist as Spinel rested her arms on his shoulders. "You wanna tell me the idea?~" Steven smirked, blushing a lot at the moment. Spinel cheeks were dusted a bit, still smirking as she leaned in a bit to where their noses were barely touching. "why don't I just show you?~" Spinel told him, then both of them leaned in a little more and.....

DING-DONG

   The sound of a doorbell ringing made Steven open his eyes. He blinked a couple times before his thought process caught up with his sleepy brain, just a dream..... He sighed softly. Steven heard Garnet opening the door and letting someone in, he also realized that he was cuddling Spinel from the front. He took this quick minute to get a good look at her, she seemed so peaceful while sleeping, and so adorable as well. Steven began to unwrap his arms from Spinel's sleeping body, even though he didn't want to. Soon Garnet walked into Stevens room and chuckled at the cuteness between the two, "Steven, Greg is here" she told him, in which triggered Spinel to start waking up. "Dad?!" Steven exclaimed excitedly, jumping out of the bed and rushing down the stairs, where he jumped into the arms of his dad. Spinel was always surprised at how fast Steven can move when he's really motivated, she slowly got out of bed with the blanket wrapped around her.

   "Hey Stu-Ball! Garnet asked me if I could drive you to go pick up some groceries" Greg smiled, the back of his head still had the long hair. Spinel stood at the top of the stairs, honestly she imagined Stevens dad to be a bit different, like she didn't think that Greg would have an odd farmers tan. "Ok sure, let me get dressed ok?" Steven replied before rushing back upstairs, passing Spinel. Spinel decided to go down the stairs to meet Mr. Universe "hello" she greeted Greg. Greg seemed a bit confused, raising an eyebrow a bit as to why she was wearing some of Stevens clothes, "you must be Spinel" he held his hand out for her to shake. Spinel let go of the blanket a bit and shook his hand, "I'm guessing Steven told you about me?" She asked gently. "Yea he did, it's good to meet you" Greg smiled a little "he told me that you found one of my shirts at a garage sale? I'm a bit surprised honestly" he chuckled. "Yea, I didn't know that it used to belong to you" she explained just before Steven rushed down the stairs. "Spinel do you want to come?" He asked. Spinel shook her head as to answer no, "I don't really have spare clothes at the moment, I can wait until you get back." She explained, taking the blanket with her to the couch. After another moment, Steven left with Greg.

   Garnet placed her hand on Spinel shoulder and gave it a squeeze, "meet me on the back porch, I'd like to speak to you" she told her before heading to the backyard. Spinel raised an eyebrow, curious on what Garnet wanted to talk to her about, she got up and left the blanket on the couch before heading to the back porch. Spinel soon saw Garnet smoking a cigarette at the table that was on the back porch. Garnet indicated for Spinel to sit next to her, in which the girl complied with. Garnet then handed her a cigarette and lent her the lighter, Spinel realized that she hadn't smoked a cigarette for a couple days, but she lit it, took a drag and puffed out a small cloud of smoke. "You've been hanging around Steven for a long time yea?" Garnet asked "from what he told me on the first day, you grabbed his collar a couple times and threatened him" she teased. Spinel blushed a bit in embarrassment "y-yea, I already feel bad about it...." She grumbled before taking another drag of her cigarette. "It's alright, he's very fond of you" Garnet chuckled a bit "honestly I'm glad your his friend" she smirked. Spinel couldn't read Garnet's eyes since she was wearing sunglasses ""really? Sometimes I think he's just pitying me...." She admitted. "Why is that?" Garnet asked, her voice calm as usual as she puffed out a small puff of smoke. Spinel sighed, a bit before taking a deep drag before huffing out the smoke. "Well....I just had very bad experiences, one in particular made me who I am today...." Spinel sighed. "Did you tell Steven?" Garnet asked gently, her eyes studying Stevens friend. "N-no.....I don't think I'm ready for that yet...." Spinel admitted, resting her head on her hand, "I probably never will be...." She sighed. "Hm.... Let me tell you something I told Greg when he felt a bit discouraged at a point with Rose in their relationship" Garnet leaned forward, which caught Spinel's attention. "Get open, get honest, if something is bothering you, talk to someone about it...that's the only way to improve a relationship" Garnet stated, putting out her cigarette butt. Spinel looked at the table before looking away "I will, just not yet..."

    Garnet gave a small chuckle, "so, Steven is on the decorations committee for the fall dance, and he's going to be there" she explained. "So?..." Spinel asked gently, glancing at the tall afro woman. "Well, are you going to go?" Garnet asked. "Well....dances aren't my thing" Spinel explained. "But you could dance with Steven" Garnet smirked, which made Spinel blush. Spinel extinguished her butt of the cigarette before sighing, honestly that thought of slow dancing with Steven made her heart flutter a bit. "We're back!" Steven announced from inside the house, with both him and Greg carrying grocery bags. "Let's go help them" Garnet told Spinel before getting up and going back inside. Spinel pondered for a minute, before going back inside to help put the groceries away. Steven was happily putting away the groceries, with help from Greg and Garnet, humming a bit. Spinel watched from the entrance of the kitchen, hesitating to talk to Steven. "H-Hey Steven?" Spinel spoke softly, which caught the attention of Steven as she walked up beside him to help with the groceries. "Yea Spinel?" Steven asked, looking at Spinel. "If I go to the dance, would....would you dance with me?" She asked, very nervous while blushing. Steven smiled a bit "well yea!" He answered excitedly. Spinel smiled sweetly and softly, which made Stevens chest warm and fuzzy "then I'll be there..." She answered softly.