Their excitement had hardly gone away, it just settled as they took a seat on the chairs in the room. Taking a much-deserved break and rest when Ruby and the rest of them came running into the room. She came up to Agate and them and scooped them all up into a big bear hug, tears in her eyes.
“Oh my babies! My babies you did so fantastic! I'm so proud of you! You gave me goosebumps!” Ruby exclaimed with pure excitement and energy.
Onyx walked up to her and chuckled, “Sweetie you act like you were the only person there.”
“I was in heart and whole.”
“Where you the one with the big camera in hand? I don’t think so dear.”
Ruby went silent and gave Onix a quick look before going back and smothering the three of them. Agate was smiling from ear to ear to the point his cheeks were hurting. He giggled as he wormed his way out of Ruby's death grip hug.
“Goodness mom! I know you’re happy that I did pretty good but you don’t have to kill me to get that point across.” He chuckled.
She raised an eyebrow and gave him the standard mother look, “I don’t think you understand me Agate, I’m your mother. Of course, I had to basically strangle you to death to get my point across.”
“Ah right, I forgot.” He sighed in a joking tone, rolling his eyes.
Ruby lightly tapped his head, “Don’t take that tone with me mister.” She said with a laugh.
Stone and Jack scootched past Ruby and Onix and moved Agate and them over to them and Stone had an excited look in his eye. Jack as well but more contained than what’s happening with Stone. Stone erupted with joy and laughed before shoving the hell out of them. Carnelian held his arms and lightly laughed while Jade beamed and shoved him back.
Stone pointed at her, “Hey don’t do that missy. But you guys fucking killed it. Felt my luscious hair actually start to fall out.”
Jack raised an eyebrow and looked at him, “Sweetie that's not a compliment. I really hope you do know that.”
Stone quickly put a finger over jacks lips, Jack gave him a disappointed look and moved his hand away from his face. “It is Jackie Bear, how could you try and trick me? Little old me of all people.” He stood up straight and put his hand on his hips, a proud smile on his face “But in all seriousness, you guys did really good, of course, some little sillies here, and there can obviously be fixed and done better. You’re kids after all. But that makes it, even more, cooler that you did all this as kids.” Stone finished and Jack looked at him like he was an alien, Agate and them as well.
Jack spoke up in disbelief, “Who are you and what did you do with my husband ya goofball?”
Stones deminer absolutely changed in an instant and he turned to him and grabbed his shoulder. An obvious fake crying sound to his voice, “Oh good heavens! My own dear husband doesn’t even recognize his lovely perfect husband! Me! Stone! Stone Zarlin! Woe is me. Woe is me!” He hollered to the top of his voice, Jack just put his hand over his mouth and kept it there until he stopped being dramatic.
“Ahem. Ignoring him. But yeah what he said was pretty darn true, knowing how my scraggly man goes about his life and says things. He doesn’t really say things like that unless he means it so take that to heart.” Jack lightly tapped his fist to Agate's chest and smiled. “Good job bud.”
Agate smiled, his face a bit flushed from all the compliments he’s been getting this whole time. “Thanks guys. You’re the best.”
Jade interjected with enthusiasm. “Soo when’s the after party!? It’s at yalls house, right? Right? Of course, I’m right! I’m always right! So let’s fucking go man! Let’s go!” She just kept going and going, clearly not stopping until they get into the car and back to Agate's house.
Ruby gave a hearty laugh and waved for them to follow her, then she started outside, Onyx following suit. Jade and Stone gave each other a look and they sprinted out to the car, racing each other. Jack, Agate, and Carnelian all sighed and walked after them all.
The cold air hits Agate's face and cools him down from the warmth of the building that was getting too much for him. As he walked he looked up at the stars, they’re shining and glimmering as the world around him starts to calm down for the night to drift off into its nightly slumber. The sky looked a bit brighter than normal tonight, a star in the sky looked new, the brightness of it was nothing compared to the others that surrounded it. It didn’t blink like a passing airplane at all. Agate looked at it with awe and tapped Carnelian.
“Hey, man look at that, in the sky. Think it’s a new star?”
Carnelian came to a stop, looked back at Agate then up into the sky, his eyes landing on the star. “Hmmm. I don’t know, maybe? But if it was a new start wouldn't it be like extremely bright to an extreme?”
“Maybe? It just looks new. I could have sworn I saw it just appear.”
Carnelian chuckled, “Maybe. Or maybe you could be a bit sleepy. It has been a long day, and an extremely long week.”
He looked at him and nodded, “I guess you’re right. Might be tired. But,” He continued as he looked back into the sky, the star moved slightly to the left but that didn’t alarm him. He’s pretty sure he’s sleep deprived for the most part. “Even if it might be my brain being silly. I do wanna go and watch the stars with you guys later. I think that would be nice.”
“... Yeah that would be nice. It does look really nice out today.” He muttered as he glanced back to the sky and back at Agate, a smile on his face “I know how much you love your stars and space.” He said as he turned back around and kept walking to the car. Agate looked down at him as he walked away.
Agate was a bit shocked that he remembered that. The stars are something that always fascinated him, and something he never really spoke about. Well, he did speak about it with Carnelian, back when they were dating. He took him on a lot of stargazing dates with just the two of them and the stars. His face felt a bit warm with embarrassment benign reminded that Carnelian remembers quite well that they did date, and that he didn’t just put that behind him kinda like how Agate did for the most part. He took a deep breath and kept walking to the car. He got in his respective side of the car, the left side, Jade in the middle, and Carnelian on the right side.
Onyx was driving this time, he didn’t look like he was too confident with driving. Seeing how he looked quite nervous behind the wheel. He turned a bit back to face the kids and smiled softly before speaking in a calm voice.
“Make sure you’re all buckled up okay? The last thing I need are kids loose in the car.” He kinda mumbled out the last part in a joking matter but it was pretty clear he was serious. The three of them nodded and did as they were told. He nodded as a thank you and started the drive back home, Jack and Stone in their car followed behind them.
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