One true pair. That's what we've become. I know that it's only a matter of time before Lapis catches us in the act. I walk outside the barn after I've finished dinner.

Peridot walks up to me and she puts a hand on my shoulder. "Hey, you doing alright, Ame?" I look behind me to make sure Lapis isn't around and then I look back outside. "Do you want to go anywhere fun?" She smiles.

I sigh. I look around to keep a close watch for Lapis. "Where do you want to go?" Peridot takes my hand and we walk down the fields towards the lake. The moonlight shines on its surface.

Peridot walks up to it and chuckles. "You wanna go for a swim?"
"Uh..." I stare at the water. All I can think about is Lapis popping up from the surface to attack me.

Peridot steps into the lake. "Uh...Peri?" "Yeah?"
"Do you even know how to swim?" "Uh...no. I don't think SO!" She dissapears beneath the surface having waded too far into the lake.

"PERIDOT!" I don't take off my clothes. I dive into the lake. I swim down to find Peridot sinking in the water. She flails her arm and legs, struggling to get back to the surface.

I grab her and I try to swim up myself. But then...he appears. I stare into the face of my worst enemy. I gasp releasing some bubbles. I continue to flail my body. Instead, of getting closer, I'm getting dragged further down from the surface.

The heavy clothes are keeping me from surfacing. I know Gems can breathe underwater. But we need some fresh air! I look at Peridot, trying to hold her mouth shut. There are two ways out of here.

It's either Lapis...or strip. Oh no. Well, maybe I can strip at a comfortable level. I take off my trench coat, my gloves and my shoes. I try again. Ok. A little bit more perhaps. I check underneath the shirt. No bra. Great!

I carefully check the pants. Oh come on! I blush and then I exhale, gritting my teeth. Before I start taking off my shirt, Peridot reaches my face. I stop and I stare deep into her eyes. She kisses me on the lips once more.

We then look up at the surface. Then we look down below us. We stopped fighting. We let the water take us. I kiss her lips again and we hold that kiss, eyes closed. I don't want to let go. I'm never letting her go. I want this kiss to last forever.

Peridot lets go and she gasps. I open my eyes. "Amethyst." She looks scared. I turn around to see Lapis glaring up at us. I gasp as our bubble crashes right in front of her. Lapis kicks me away from Peridot as I get up.

Lapis stare at us, speechless. "What did you do to her?"
"Uh...I can explain!" I step backward. I see something overshadow me. I turn around to see a giant water hand. I zap it and the water hand grabs a hold of me.

I try to break free...but the water hand starts squeezing me. I grunt and groan as I struggle against the force Lapis is putting in to try crushing me. Peridot runs and stops in between us. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Lapis ignores her as she squeezes even harder. Her force, her power, her merciless grip. I've never realized how powerful Lapis really was until now. I scream in anguish. "LAPIS, STOP!" Peridot lunges herself into Lapis, forcing her to let go of me.

I land on the ground and I run up towards Lapis. I shove Peridot out of the way and I punch Lapis left and then right. I kick her chest and I jab at her stomache. She gets up and she punches me in the face.

I pull out my whip. I lash out at Lapis who immediately cuts the other end off with a single swipe of the water. She then swipes the water at my face, leaving a stinging cut.

I pull out two more whips and send them out towards her. She can only get rid of so many. I get a direct hit on her. I then latch the whip onto her body. The spikes pierce her body and she screams. I then send her flying into a tree.

I run up to her, charging up a blast of plasma, ready to finish her off. "STOP!" Peridot stands in between me and Lapis. Our bodies have been beaten and we are exhausted. We pant from the crossfire as Peridot blocks my way.

"Why are two fighting?! This isn't like you at all!" She facepalms. "Look, I get it, alright? I like both of you. But you need to stop fighting and let me choose who I wanna be with!"

She grabs ahold of my whip and she hurls it into the lake. "If this is all because of me, if all you two care about is winning me over like this..." She starts walking back to the barn. "Then I don't want to be with either of you."