Omg, hello again! I actually wrote this a year ago and I thought I might as well now lol. Publish it that is. Jesus. Anyway, how bout a little bit of Jaspidot in your diet? It's short but I cross my heart and hope to die that I'll write more if you want it. My thoughts to you. I do not own any of Rebecca Sugar's characters.

Why? Why did she care about her? All that nerd of a gem was, was someone she had promised to escort to that impudent planet Earth. Nothing more, nothing less. Jasper lay in the Captain's Quarters of the ship, staring at the mint colored ceiling above her head. Her muscled arms propped up her neck as she considered the predicament that she had gotten herself into.

"I have led armies across the universe. I have conquered, I have killed, I only live to serve Homeworld's military, and Yellow Diamond." She thought as her eyes squinted in self-frustration. "So why in the hell should I be falling in love with a weakling like Peridot?" The floor rumbled under her weight as she got up to pace the room.

Jasper allowed herself to quietly think aloud. "A general in a military shouldn't even consider having feelings for a technological gem like her." But, the way she moved, the way she didn't dissolve under her voice, the way she made her heart beat. That could not be ignored. "I will not allow myself to be ignorant about this love thing, I'll have to," Jasper shivered at the thought. "study this."

The ship's library was technically public, but it was basically Peridot's. Jasper's towering stature granted her easy access to the high up shelves. She grabbed all of what she thought she needed. The Language of Love, 101 Ways to Tell if Someone has the Hots for You, How to Deal With Your Strange Emotions, and Wooing Someone Without Looking Like A Complete Idiot.

Alright, that seems like it'll help. Just as she was about to exit and get started on the reading, she spotted something green a couple of rows over. It was Peridot. Jasper had passed by that section earlier when she was searching around the place. It was the technology section. She smiled. "Of course she would be there." She said. Realizing she had spoken out loud, she clamped her mouth shut with her large hands. Peridot had heard her, and started making her way over to where she was.

She can't see me with these. She held the four books in her hands like they were small atom bombs. Must. Get. Rid. She was a military woman, she was used to thinking on her feet. So Jasper shoved the books down her pants, making it look like she had human male genitalia. Now she had to make an excuse for why she was here. Her topaz eyes spotted a book titled Love and War. She yanked that off the shelf with such force that she made the entire frame waddle. Peridot was only two rows away. She put her elbow on the top of the frame with her fist resting on the side of her head. Her fingers turned the book open to a random page and started reading. Fire, bombs, death. This she liked.

Peridot's metallic outfit grazed the floor as she entered the aisle that Jasper was in. Jasper could hear Peridot's mouth open, but her words hesitated. "J…Jasper? What are you doing in here?" Jasper calmly looked up from her book and stated, "I came in here to read. Isn't that obvious?" Her right eyebrow tilted up in question. Peridot blushed. "Oh, uh, I just thought that uh…uh…uh" she trailed off. Jasper closed her book and walked over to her, broadening her shoulders so as to appear stronger than she already was. "You thought what?" she probed. Perdiot shifted her weight from one leg to another, and did this repeatedly while speaking. "I just thought that you didn't really like to read." She answered. This was the time when Jasper was going to have to lie. Again. She cleared her gruff voice and explained to her that she was the ship's captain, and she should be able to do as she damn well pleased.

Jasper wouldn't be able to keep up this charade for long. Once she got back to her quarters, she dug the books out of her pants. She read three of them before falling asleep, with the fourth loosely held in her left hand as she snored. Dreams of her and the jade-green gem danced through her mind. First they were innocent, and then… not so much. "Yes Jasper, Yes! Take me! I'm yours, and always will be. Take me now!" She awoke with a startle, staring at the ceiling once again. Smacking herself lightly with the book she was holding, she cursed herself. "Dammit. This. Cannot. Go on."