A/N Okay, doing my best to update more often. let's go.

Guys, I don't own Steven Universe. if you aren't aware of that, well, I don't.

Pearl opened her eyes slowly, taking in her surroundings. The room was unfamiliar, but then again, maybe she just couldn't recognize it. Her sight was blurry and she couldn't think very well anyway. The walls were beige, but maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. She looked down at the bed. It looked exactly like her bed. But that couldn't be right. She was just at school wasn't she? She decided she was hallucinating, and also that she needed to class from wherever she was. She slowly stood up, and after a brief head rush, she looked around. Leaving the heat of the bed had cleared her head a bit, and her vision became clearer as her thoughts came back. She looked around realizing that she was in fact in her room, and that she was still in the clothes she had put on that morning. How had she gotten there? The last thing she remembered was being cornered by Garnet somewhere near the school's east wing. She picked up her phone, hoping to find a text from Garnet. To her surprise, she had three.

7:00

-Pearl, I'm going shopping. We have literally nothing to eat and I expect we'll be hungry at some point. And it's not exactly like we can leave.

-Text me when you wake up. You know, if you wake up before I can come back.

7:15

-I'll be back in a few minutes so don't bother running if you're awake. And don't feel bad about me skipping class, it's fine.

Pearl looked at her clock. It was 7:19. Garnet should be back any minute. As if on cue, the door opened quietly. Garnet stepped in, closing the door behind her.

"Hello Pearl." Garnet said. "Nice to see you awake after that little escape attempt. You really made a scene in front of our fellow students."

Pearl blushed, looking down at the floor. "Sorry."

Garnet waved it off, setting the groceries down on the little table and starting to put them in the fridge. "It's fine. I understand why you did it, and it's not like it hurt anyone aside from you. Don't worry about it. You should probably get back in your bed."

Pearl groaned. "Garnet it's too hot."

"Then at least sit down on top of the blankets."

"Deal."

They sat on their respective beds, talking about life and eating instant Ramen, Pearl too tired to care about the potential mess. they kept talking and joking until Pearl fell asleep, and Garnet, after cleaning up, decided she should go to bed too.

I don't get it. Thought Garnet as she lay awake in the dark. This is the second time she's been sick in the span of a month. That's not normal. Maybe it was a relapse? I won't ask about it unless it happens again, but I'm worried.

The next day, Pearl was deemed well enough to go to class. She was still tired, and by the end of the day was quite a bit more worn out than usual, but she pulled through all right, and made up for the work she missed while she was out. The day after that, she was fine. It was as if she had never been sick to begin with. This only worried Garnet more. It seemed like the same process as when the two of them had met, albeit a little subdued. Something was definitely wrong, but Garnet stuck by her resolution of not to ask unless it happened again. Little did she know that resolution would be fulfilled very soon.

A/N SpOokY mYstErY OooOoOooOooOOOo :3 I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I feel like it was a little rushed. I tried my best, and hopefully I can update my other stories more regularly as well as this one.