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Steven, Connie, Jeff, Sumo, Clarence, Mordecai and Rigby were all hanging out today in LA, Steven had a basketball in his hands, and Amethyst was coming too, she told them that she’d found an indoor basketball court.
Steven was riding his bike, and so was everyone else. Connie wondered what Amethyst found in LA.
When they got there, they saw a gym and it said 'THE CARTOON NETWORK COURT’ Steven saw iconic Cartoon Network stars as stickers outside the darkened windows and the 3D Cartoon Network logo in all its glory on both of the doors. Connie opened the doors and saw a basketball court.
Steven’s eyes went starry as he saw everyone. Gumball was lacing up his shoes, Steven almost fainted when he saw Lazlo. He was playing with two other people, they were tall and purple.
“Hey, Lazlo!” Steven ran toward the Brazillan Spider Monkey.
“Oh hey, I remember you! We met at the Cartoon Network movie lot! What’s up, I heard that your show is a success!” he said.
“It’s amazing, I love doing it. Even if the episodes are traumatic and give the Crystal Gems and me nightmares.”
Lazlo nodded, and he looked at Steven. “Hey, how old are you?” he asked.
“I’m thirteen, why?”
“I thought you were nine?”
“I get that a lot, but no. my body ages slower than most people,” he said.
“That’s so cool!” Lazlo said, his eyes widening.
“It is, isn’t it?” he asked.
“Hey, Steven! Are we gonna play or what?” Rigby asked.
“Don’t bother him, Rigby! some of us have patience!” Mordecai said.
“STOP TALKING!” he screams at the Blue Jay. Lazlo looks at them.
“Is he always like that?”
“Yeah. I’d met both of them at the arcade when we were visiting Los Angeles and, I met them at an arcade at Santa Monica Pier,” he said.
“Oh, I’ve been on the boardwalk before. Hey, what’s that shop.”
“Which one, you have to be more specific.”
“The bakery. The one my mom owns.”
“Oh, The Sweet Universe?” Lazlo asked.
“Yeah.”
“Did your mom bake all those herself? I tried her banana bread and it was amazing,” he said.
“Yes, she did. My dad’s mom gave her the idea,” he said.
“Aw, that’s awesome! Well. It was good talking to you Steven.” he said
“You too, you're so down to earth.”
“Hey, and that’s saying something. I heard you stop for anyone if they ask for a picture or autograph.”
“You too, Lazlo.”
“That’s true,” Steven said.
“Come on, Steven!” Rigby said Mordecai pulled out a basketball from the rack, Connie tapped him on the shoulder and whispered in his ear.
“Mordecai! I brought a ball!”
“Let’s do it!” he said. Lazlo waved to Steven as he walked off.
“Ready?” Connie asked.
Steven smiled and held her hand. A pink glow came from under his shirt and they were engulfed in a white light. Their bodies fused into one.
Stevonnie was seen. Their combination LAKERS jersey from Steven and Connie’s black Adidas tank top was seen.
Mordecai, Rigby, Ameythest, Clarence, Jeff and Sumo see them.
“Hey, that’s cheating!” Sumo said.
“Oh, come on. Sumo! let them have fun!” Clarence said.
“Let's go!” Stevonnie said.
“Wait! We need teams!” Mordecai looks at his friends.
“Okay, I'm with Stevonnie, Rigby you're with Clarence, Jeff. You're with Clarence, Sumo. You're with Stevonnie And Ames. With Stevonnie.”
They get into their respective teams and they all play.
Mordecai passes it to Stevonne and they make a three-pointer.
After the game, Stevonnie’s team won. Mordecai was happy, on the other hand. Rigby was frustrated that his team didn’t win.
“Jeff! you can’t play, at all!” Sumo said in frustration.
“Wow… thanks, Sumo, you told me that before…” Jeff rolled his eyes.
Stevenonnie unfused, Lazlo ran up towards them.
“Woooah, you guys can fuse?” he asked. Steven and Connie both nod
“That’s awesome!” he said.
“Right!” Steven exclaimed.
“It is!”
They were all walking now, Steven made some new friends also.
Steven and Lazlo were talking about their lives. The hybrid heard the boy talk about his show and how he got canceled, because, he and his director Joe Murry both refused to sell out to McDonald’s just to sell toys of himself and his friends.
Lazlo, Steven, Connie, Clarence, Jeff, and Sumo all went to a restaurant. Steven sees someone and his eyes light up. He knew who it was.
“Oh My Gosh! Your Chef McMusli from his show! You own a restaurant now?”
“Yep! And it’s plant-based also,” he said.
“That’s so cool! um, table for nine, please.” Steven said
He grabbed nine menus and they saw pictures on the walls. He was missing him with the Crystal Gems.
He wanted to get a picture of them ever since they’d become big on TV.
“Wait… your Steven Quartz Universe aren’t you?” Chef McMusli asked.
“Yeah, And I can get the Crystal Gems here to take a picture for your Wall Of Celebrities.”
“Oh, that would be great!” he said.
They all sat down and he gave them their menus. Mordecai nudged Rigby. “Dude, he had a picture of us too.”
“Oh! I remember that! All of us went here to eat and he took a picture of us at our table,” he said.
“Cool!” Clarence said.
“We have to come back here with the rest of the Crystal Gems,” Steven said, picking up a menu and reading it.
Steven and Connie were now playing on his phone, and Lazlo was next to play Angry Birds. Steven handed his phone over to Lazlo so he could give it a try. Steven watched as he slid his finger to guide the red bird to the tower of pigs before pressing the screen again to activate his power.
“You're good at this game!” Steven said.
“Thanks, I have it on my iPad.”
“Hello.” A waitress walks towards them, holding a notepad in her hands.
“Hi,” they say.
“What would you guys like to drink?”
“Can I have a lemonade?” Steven asked. Once they’d ordered their drinks, they were all talking or playing something on their phones. Like Steven and Lazlo have continued to do.
“Hit it!” Sumo told Lazlo, Lazlo used his finger to launch the white bird into the air, and he tapped the screen to drop an exploding egg onto the green pigs’ tower that was made of wood, glass, and stone. Steven tried after Lazlo lost the level.
“This level is hard,” he said. Steven hit it with two birds and beat it, he got two stars.
“How?”
“I’m a fast learner,” Steven told him. Lazlo nods.
“You are.” he compliments. Steven blushed and smiled.
“Thanks, Lazlo. Hey, what’s up with you and Patsy?”
“We're good friends.”
“Dude, you didn’t make a move yet?”
“Steven, I’m ten bro.”
“Oh, right… sorry.”
“That’s okay! Hey, can you tell me how you did that thing?” Lazlo asked.
“What the—Oh! You mean how I fused with Connie?”
“Yeah, that.”
“Well, we hold hands, my gem kinda activates some kind of gem ability, and then… it just happens and we become a whole new person, something entirely new.”
“Cool!” Lazlo said. Steven nods. They all got their food and ate. he got a text. Steven looks at it.
Mom.
Come pick up your new script when you have the time, Pearl dropped it off here since you weren’t home.
Steven replied with ‘Okay’ and set his phone down. But he picked it up again and texted her.
‘Wait, Mom. I thought you weren’t working at the bakery anymore.’
I’m not, but I’m just stopping by to see everyone.
Steven nodded and put down a thumbs-up emoji.
‘Mom, can you put it in my room when you get home? I don’t have a backpack on me. Wait, maybe'—He deleted it and retyped 'alright.'
He just realized that Connie had a backpack on her, so he could put his script in hers.
Steven and his friends were all at the treehouse, Lazlo hopped off Steven’s bike, which he’d been riding on the pegs. Steven got off and he climbed the treehouse ladder.
Clarence was already up there, sitting on the floor, Jeff and Sumo were also doing something.
“Hey, guys!” Steven said. Clarence, Jeff, and Sumo all waved, and Lazlo climbed up after him.
“Woahhh, cool treehouse,” he said.
“Thanks, Lazlo,” Clarence said. "Hey, where’s, Ames?” Sumo asked.
“Oh, she’s coming,” Steven said looking down at the ground, Ameythest got off her bike and went up.
“Hey, guys!” she said, jumping up and landing on her feet.
“Hey, Amethyst!” Clarence said. Amethyst walked towards them and took a seat on the floor of the treehouse.
“Hey, Amethyst! wanna play a game?” Sumo asked.
“Yeah!”
“Who can spit the farthest!” Sumo said, running up to the window at the side of the treehouse. Amethyst joins him. Sumo went first, He took a minute then spat.
“Ha, weak sauce. My turn,” she said. Amethyst got ready, and then she went farther than him.
“Woah! That’s nuts!” Sumo said Amethyst crossed her arms and smiled.
“You're like a master at that!” he told her.
“Yeah.”
“Ugh, you guys are gross,” Belson said
“Shut it, Belson!” Sumo yelled as Belson played his PSP.
“Whatever… It’s not I care anyway.”
“Then why are you talking!” Amethyst asked
“Yeah, Belson!” Sumo yelled he was about to lunge forward. Steven ran towards them and blocked Sumo. “Steven!” he said.
“I will let go if you calm down,” he said, looking at the boy. Sumo growled. Clarence touched his hair and stroked it.
“Shhh. Calm down, my child.”
“Stop touching me, Clarence!” Sumo yelled.
“Okay, guys. Let’s calm down and go to Santa Monica.” Lazlo said.
“Hey! I agree with Lazlo. Let’s do that.” Steven said. Lazlo and everyone else got on their bikes, Lazlo went on Steven’s pegs again and he was peddling to Santa Monica Pier.
Once they were in Santa Monica, they went to his mother’s bakery. Steven opened the door and saw Shay tapping on a tablet screen.
“Hey, Shay.”
“Oh, hey, Steven. Ylour looking for your mom?”
“Yeah, is she in the back?”
“Yeah, she’s checking in on a few things then leaving,” she said.
Steven went to the back while his friends followed. “Um, Steven. Are you sure that I can come back here?” Lazlo asked.
“You can, you are one of my friends. So, you can come.” He said, walking into the office. A desk with an iMac was pushed up against a wall, and Rose sat on a desk chair, typing stuff out.
“Mom?” Steven asked.
“Steven,” she said spinning in her chair to face her son and his friends.
“Here’s your script,” she said, handing it to him. Steven read the title.
‘Lars And The Cool Kids’ it read. Steven smiled and walked out of her office. Shay sees him walk out with his friends.
Wait…was that a monkey? she asked herself.
Steven, Clarence, Jeff, Sumo, Connie, Lazlo, Mordecai, Rigby, and Amethyst all rode their bikes back to Steven’s house. Lazlo decided to ride Steven’s bike and Steven stood on the back pegs. Steven told Lazlo to follow his friends.
“Okay, we're back at your house,” Amethyst said, stepping off her bike. Lazlo looked at the size of his home.
“Woooah!” He said they all walked into the house. Greg was nowhere to be found and Lion was asleep on the floor in the living room.
“Y-you have a lion?” Lazlo asked. Steven nods.
“Yeah, we're using him for the show, and he followed me home.”
“I remember for my movie, Joe Murry told me to take a bear back to camp.”
“Dude, yours was fake. This is real, and it was a brown bear.” Mordecai said.
“That’s true,” Lazlo said.
“I remember, Pops almost peed himself after seeing Lion,” Rigby said.
“Oh yeah! sorry about that by the way…” Steven said, scratching the back of his head.
The boys were all in Steven’s room, he put his script on his desk and went on his bed then fired up his PlayStation.
They all play video games. Sumo walked toward his desk and sat on his chair. “Hey, Steven. Can I check out your script for the latest episode?”
“Sure.” he said, getting into NBA 2K 13’ and then selecting multiplayer.
Sumo read through it, he didn’t skim it, he took the time to read it.
A few minutes later, the door opens, Rose steps in and puts her keys on the counter. Rose saw Greg in the music room, the door was closed, so she knocked and opened it. Greg sat on a chair. His legs were crossed one on top of the other, and he had his acoustic guitar in his hands, strumming it softly. He looked up and saw his wife.
“Hey,” Greg said.
“Hey, Mr. Universe,” Rose said, walking towards him. Greg puts his guitar to the side, Rose sits on his lap. Greg chuckled and wrapped his arms around her waist. Rose smiles then they kiss passionately.
Greg broke it, took a strand of hair, and wiped it out of her face.
“I love you…” Rose said.
“I do too, Mrs. Universe,” he said, kissing her once more.
Everyone was going home, and both Steven and Lazlo exchanged phone numbers, so they could hang out with his friends and with everyone again. Lazlo could bring his friends, Clam and Raj. They all went out and closed the door.
Steven went upstairs to go to bed. He went to brush his teeth and change into his PJs then he went to sleep.