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[We open at Steven's Beach House]

Steven leaves the house with his bicycle, pushing it down the stairs. A roaring noise is heard, rumbling the place, which startled Steven as he lets go of his bike. The bicycle begins to tumble down the stairs.

"Oh! Woooh-" Steven runs after his bike.

The camera shifts towards Y/n, Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst, walking towards the direction of the beach house. Pearl reasons; "I don't think they are earthquakes, they're too frequent!"

Steven's bike collapses in front of the Gems. Steven catches up to it and picks it up. Amethyst pipes up, "Hey look! Steven's got a bike! Where ya goin', Steven?"

Steven smiles, "Just out for a ride."

Pearl questions, "In the sand?"

Steven didn't see a problem, "Yup!"

Y/n smirks a little, "yeah... good luck with that, bud."

"Thank you!" Steven stuck out his tongue. Steven struggles to ride his bike in the sand. He looks up and sees a dark-skinned girl nearby, reading a book on the sand. He then paddles his bike past her and parks it. "Some smooth ride... (turns to look at the girl, engrossed in her book) Five speeds... (repeatedly turns to between her and his bike) Hand brakes... Electric blue finish with a tiger bell! (rings the bell to draw the girl's attention, without her luck) I bet there are a lot of kids who'd love to ride this bi- Woooah!"

Steven tries to climb onto his bike, but falls over. The girl finally turns her head towards Steven, who is sitting on top of his fallen bike. Embarrassed, Steven throws his helmet away and runs off screaming. "AHHH!!!"

[Back at the Beach House]

Steven returns back home and slams the door behind him, panting. He then notices the Gems, who were watching through a window. Steven tries to be casual, "Whaddup?"

Y/n has their arms folded, "smooth."

Pearl questions, "Who were you talking to?"

"Huh?"

Garnet asked, "That girl."

"You saw?" Steven starts to blush, "She's just a girl I know, except she doesn't know me. We never talked."

Amethyst gasps, "You like her!" she smushes Steven's face.

"Uhh... I like everyone.." Steven pushes Amethyst's arms aside.

Pearl shouts off screen, "Let's set up a play-date!" She gets back onscreen, "I'll write up an invitation and work out a schedule. Oh! We'll have to find out her favorite kind of tea..."

Garnet firmly states, "No. Just talk to her."

Y/n nods, "yeah, we can't interfere with Steven's flow."

Steven nods, "Exactly. You guys can't watch this time! It'll mess up my funky flow!"

Pearl & Amethyst question, "Funky flow?"

"We won't watch." Garnet adjusts her visor.

"Alright!" Steven runs to the fridge to take out a glowing bracelet.

Amethyst and Y/n both ask, "What's that?"

Steven runs out of the house, "Nothing!"

Steven practices his speech as he walks towards the girl, "Hi! My name is Steven. Hi, my name is Ste-ven. Hi my name is... Stevan? Oh-whoah!"

Another roar is heard. The earth begins to shake, startling Steven and the girl. Steven looks up and see a piece of the Crystal Temple breaking and start to falling towards the girl. Steven gasps, runs and pounces onto the girl, "Hi, my name is Steven!"

Steven's gem starts to glow and creates a bubble-like shield, surrounding both him and the girl. The rubble falls onto the bubble and shatters, leaving the two kids unharmed. "Whoa! How did I do that?" Steven turns towards the girl, "Hi, my name is Steven!"

Connie adjusts her glasses, startled, "Connie. (Steven helps her back on her feet.) What... happened?"

Connie touches the bubble, Steven admits, "I'm magic, well... half magic, on my mom's side."

Connie asked, "You did this?"

Steven nodded, "Apparently. I'm a member of the Crystal Gems, we fight monsters and protect humanity and stuff. Well, and Y/n is a clothes designer, inventor...yeah!"

"Oh! That's kinda like my dad. He's a cop. Well... more like a private security guard."Steven and Connie exchanges stares for a brief while. "So... how long does it usually last?"

"Oh! Right." Steven starts straining himself, and even hits his gem.

Connie worries, "What's wrong?"

Steven admits, "It uh... doesn't seem to wanna go away."

Connie looks down, "Oh."

Steven starts pushing against the bubble, "So... I don't see you around that often."

Connie pushes along too, "My dad works for a bunch of different beaches, so we're never in the same place long."

"I go on adventures with the Gems sometimes. They usually say it's too dangerous for me though." Steven pushes the bubble further, as it inches a bit, and he falls over.

Connie asks, "Do you always go in a bubble?"

"No, this is new. I don't know what this is. But it's okay! The Gems will know what to do." Steven and Connie try to roll the bubble to Steven's house, but can't get up the steep hill leading towards it. "Awww what? (pushes the bubble, but it does not move) Hey guys! Garnet! Y/n! Help!"

Connie reasons with Steven, "I don't think they can hear you."

Steven facepalms, "Aaaww... That's right. I told them not to watch."

Connie pauses, "We can just wait here until they come out."

Steven shakes his head, "No, no, no, it's okay! I've got other friends that can help."

[At the Big Donut]

Sadie is attempting to break the bubble with a hammer while Lars is laughing aloud.

"Way to go, Steven! Is this your magic love bubble or something? Did you make it because you're in looove?" Lars presses his face against the bubble.

Steven smiles, "That's Lars. We're basically BFFs."

Connie observes, "He makes weird faces."

Lars proceeds to make kissy faces and licks the bubble. Sadie glared, "Lars, quit being a jerk and help!"

Lars questions, "What? I'm helping Steven on his date."

"You're embarrassing him!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!"

Lars and Sadie's argument becomes inaudible in the background. Steven explains, "He and Sadie run the Big Donut."

Connie asks, "Do... they get along?"

Sadie and Lars continue arguing, Sadie pushes Lars. Steven smiles, "They're crazy about each other."

"I'm gonna go try something else!" Sadie goes inside the Big Donut.

Steven turns to Connie, "Anyway, this place has the best doughnuts! I come here, like, everyday!"

Connie looks down, "My parents don't let me eat doughnuts. They have trans fats."

"WHHAAAAATTT??!!" Lars starts making kissy faces again behind Steven., "Well it's still a cool place to hang out."

"Aaaahhh!!!" Sadie runs out of the Big Donut with a stool and smashes it against the bubble, destroying the stool on impact.

Steven gets a nervous chuckle, "I have a better idea."

[At the Beach City Pier]

Connie starts looking around the pier, "Whoa, a trawler! And a little skip-jack!"

Steven is impressed, "You know a lot about boats."

Connie starts to say, "That's what happens when you hang out at the beach and don't swim and don't have friends... Y-you look at boats..."

"Heh, uh..." Steven notices a boy holding a bag of popcorns, "Oh hey, Onion, Onion! (Onion waves.) We need a Harpoon Gun!"

Connie shouts, "What?!"

Steven smiled, "To pop the bubble."

Connie worries and panics a bit, "Can't we just go back to your house?"

"It's okay, I'm a Gem. Onion, we need a harpoon gun!" Steven slowly says, "HAR-POON-GUUUN! How does Y/n do this 24/7?"

Onion eats the popcorn obliviously. Steven signs and breaths on the bubble, creating fog where he attempts to illustrate a boat firing a harpoon gun at the bubble. Steven starts drawing, "Haar-pooon-guuun... (Onion continues eating obliviously.) UGH!"

Steven facepalms as Connie slides over,  "Let me try."

She breaths fog on the bubble too and spells out "harpoon gun". Onion gives a thumbs up and runs off. Steven looks at her, impressed. Connie shrugs, "It just made more sense."

A boat horn is heard, as Onion stands at the helm of a boat with the harpoon gun. Steven and Connie scream as they leans out of the way in the bubble. Onion shoots a harpoon at the bubble, which gets deflected by the bubble and and hits a nearby boat. Onion gives a thumbs-up.

"The trawler... " Connie watches the boat sinks into the water.

[At Beach City Funland]

Connie is rolling the bubble with Steven, ""Funland"?"

Steven smiled, "Yeah! Tons of horrible accidents happen here everyday! There's gotta be something to break this bubble."

"Umm..."

"We just gotta find the right ride." Steven spots a roller coaster, "Yeah, the kiddie coaster!"

Steven and Connie step onto the platform as the roller coaster is taking off. "Alright, we just roll down this ramp as the carts are coming at us, and the crash will break us free!"

Connie freaks out, "What happens after the bubble pops?"

Steven shouts, "We'll be free!"

(Awkward pause...)

Connie starts to speak, "Steven, this is a bad idea- (Another roar is heard, shaking the place.)"

"Whaaa- This will work!" Steven pushes themselves onto the roller coaster tracks.

The bubble starts rolling them down the roller coaster tracks. The roller coaster collides with them, pushing them along. Mr. Smiley hits the emergency break and stops the ride. The inertia launches the bubble off the tracks, sending Steven and Connie flying and screaming out to sea. The bubble hits the water and sink all the way to the ocean floor.

Connie asks, "Where are we?"

"The bottom of the ocean." Steven admits. Connie gasps, horrified. "It's okay!"

"Are we even close to the shore?"

"Yeah, sure!"

"Let's start rolling."

"It's a good thing this bubble is airtight, otherwise we'd be drowning right now." Steven laughs nervously, while Connie is visibly agitated, "Don't worry Connie, I have an idea that will definitely work, when we get back-"

Just then, a huge worm-like monster swims above them, scaring Connie. "A huge worm! It's okay, look! It only wants to eat that bright stuff. (The worm monster consumes some nearby glowing red seaweed.) See? Not scary at all."

The Worm Monster begins to burrow into the ground, creating a crevice underneath Steven and Connie, and the bubble sinks deeper into it. "Ughhh..."

Steven realizes his foot is in Connie's face, "Oh, sorry! Are you alright? (Connie stands up, speechless.) It's not so bad. (looks up from inside the crevice) Uhhh. I-It's okay, I uh..."

Connie shouts, "It's NOT OKAY!!"

"Uh?!"

"You keep saying that but you don't know what you're doing! Now we're going to suffocate or starve at the bottom of the ocean and only my parents will notice because no one else cares about me!" Connie starts tearing up.

"Huh?"

"I'm gonna disappear without ever making a single friend..." Connie breaks down and starts crying. Steven then holds up the glowing bracelet he retrieved from the fridge to Connie.

"We can be friends." Steven says as Connie starts blushing, "I saw you at the Boardwalk Parade last year. You dropped your bracelet. I picked it up, but then I couldn't find you. I saved it in the freezer so it would last longer, in case I saw you again."

[Brief flashbacks of Boardwalk Parade]

"Oh! You were the kid on the car wash float." Connie chuckles, "You had soap bubbles in your hair."

Steven blushes and laughs, "I was supposed to be a scrub brush. I'm sorry Connie. (puts the bracelet on Connie's wrist) If I had returned your bracelet back then, you wouldn't be stuck in this bubble with me now."

Connie is blushing, "No, it's okay. I'm having fun."

The bubble suddenly bursts, exposing Steven and Connie to the water. Steven leads Connie as they swim upwards to the water surface, gasping for air. They start laughing, when suddenly, the Worm Monster emerges and attacks them. The wave created from the attack splashes Steven and Connie back on shore. The Worm Monster continues to pursue them.

[Under Funland's Pier]

"Come on, come on!" Connie runs away with Steven, "Hide in the rocks, Steven!"

Connie tries to climb up a bunch of rocks while Steven runs under the pier. The Worm Monster aims for Connie. "Why is it chasing us?!" Steven notices Connie's bracelet, "The bracelet! It eats bright stuff. Connie!"

"Steven!" Connie runs away from the Worm Monster.

"Give me the bracelet!" Steven runs towards Connie and takes her bracelet.

"What?!"

"It's okay, now go, go! Run that way!" Steven pushes Connie in a different direction, "I'm sorry!"

The Worm Monster pursues Steven, now in possession of the bracelet. Steven zigzags around the pillars of the pier while yelling frantically, causing the monster to wrap and knot around itself. The immobilized monster struggles to break free as Connie and Steven hold hands in horror. The pillars break from the struggle, causing the pier to collapse on the monster, crushing and poofing it.

A sound was suddenly heard behind them, Steven turned around with a smile, "hey, kids!"

"Y/n!!" Steven looked at them with pure relief. "How did you find us?"

"Oh, that? Onion was rushing over to me and explained some things." Y/n stated, "the gems should be here any second now." Y/n looks at the destruction and winces, "oh man, Pearl's gonna have a cow."

As if on cue, Gems come rushing towards them. "STEVEN!"

Pearl sees the destruction, "Steven, what's going on?! What did you do?!"

Connie smiled, "He was incredible!"

"Really? You mean it?" Steven asked as Connie nods. Y/n picks up a fallen Gem in the background and bubbles it away, "Here's your bracelet... again."

"Thanks." Connie chuckles.

Amethyst grabs Steven, "So, are you going to introduce us? (Steven blushes.)"

Pearl speaks to Connie, "Steven was so excited to meet you. Right, Steven? (Steven nods and laughs nervously.)"

"Oh no you don't." Y/n flung Pearl over their shoulder, lightly patting Pearl's butt, "go ahead, Steven!"

Garnet picks up Amethyst, "C'mon Y/n. Let's make sure they don't mess with his funky flow."

They walk off with them as Connie looks at Steven, "Funky... flow?"

"Uhh..." Steven starts groaning in embarrassment.

The star iris zooms in on the nervous Steven, ending the episode.
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