Time inevitably passed, moving at a snail's pace yet so fast it left me behind. As the weather got warmer, Amethyst and I stopped hanging out together as much as we had, each of us with our respective finals nearing, which I was currently studying for on my bed.

"Hey Dot." Lapis called as she entered the room, slugging her bag onto her bed.

"Someone's in a mood." I observed, briefly turning my attention away from my notes on the studies of Ada Lovelace.

"Eh." was Lapis' response as she slumped onto her bed. "How're those notes going?"

"Pretty good." I responded, turning back to the said notes. "Reviewing and editing notes doesn't take too much effort."

"Mmh." Lapis nodded in agreement.

"How are your studies going so far?" I asked.

Lapis flopped over onto her back. "Uhhhhhggggggggggg......" she groaned.

"I'll take that as a 'not good'." I stated, turning back to my notes.

After a few moments of not speaking, Lapis spoke up again. "Hey Dot?"

"Yeah?" I answered, looking up from my google doc and online textbook.

Lapis sighed. "It's just.... You found love...."

"I guess I did." I stammered, unsure of where Lapis was taking the conversation.

Lapis stared blankly at the ceiling. "How'd that happen? I mean- I always thought you were gonna be the single one of us. No offense."

"None taken." I responded, halfway closing my laptop. "Lapis, are you sure you're doing ok? Is it Jas-"

"No, no. I'm fine." Lapis interrupted my string of questions. "I'm glad that Jasp and I aren't together anymore... that was pretty effed up."

I remained sitting awkwardly on my bed.

"I don't think I'll ever fully heal from that..." Lapis spoke into the open air with a melancholy tone to her voice.

I moved my laptop out of my lap and set it on my bed, then walked across the room to sit next to Lapis. "I think you're doing pretty good." I said.

"You do?" Lapis said, her voice slightly muffled.

"Yeah." I whispered, trying to console her. "I'm sorry you had to go through all of that."

"There's not much you could do about it." Lapis said before sighing.

"Well, I'm gonna get back to studying." I announced as I moved back over to my bed.

"Good idea." was Lapis's response.

After fifteen minutes and three pages of notes, my phone rang.

"What's that?" Lapis asked from across the room.

I picked up my phone. "It's Pearl..."

"Well, you better answer it. It could be work related."

I accepted the call and held the phone up to my ear. "Hey Pearl, what is it?"

Pearl's voice came through from the other side. There was a lot if stress in her voice. "Peridot... I have bad news..."

"What is it?" I askes, cautiously.

"Amethyst..." Pearl responded shakily. "She's in the hospital."

A/N- 

Hey guys! I know this is short but at least it's out on time (hush 11:24 is still technically sunday) It probably could've been a bit longer but I wanted to end on a cliffhanger.