"...might just grow up and save you after all..." Blue finished humming. Apparently, that song calmed the squirming gemlings down. Now she knew how to make them stop moving. Her head tilted upward at the sound of a knock on her door. "Come in," she said.

Her Chalcedony creaked the door open, smiling at her ruler. "I didn't want to interrupt such a lovely tune, my Diamond. Tell me, do you think the gemlings like it?"

"It calms them down, I know that."

"Good to hear. Has...Yellow felt them move, yet?"

Blue's eyes became droopier than usual. Her hand moved to her stomach and clenched the fabric covering it. "N-No...she hasn't..."

She gasped, "I'm so sorry my Diamond. I forgot that it was a sensitive subject."

"Don't worry, Chalcedony. Just...scan them, please?"

"O-Of course, my Diamond."

Chalcedony scanned her Diamond's stomach for what, she thought, would be the third to last time. Blue looked at her babies on the screen. She gave a small squeal, "Oh, I'm going to meet them soon!"

"Yes, you are—Oh, one's stopped resting, I see!" Chalcedony pointed to the gemling on the monitor who started wriggling around. It created multiple appearing then disappearing bulges in Blue's stomach.

"Well, hello to you, too, beautiful," Blue smiled, looking at her stomach. "So you're the one that's been kicking me hardest." She looked up at Chalcedony. "The other only nudges me, and The Late One...isn't moving yet."

"I certainly hope she does move, my Diamond."

"Is...no movement a sign of bad health?"

"It could be. She's four months in, and most gemlings start moving at five." Chalcedony's lips curled inward in thought. "My Diamond, could you lightly press an area near one of the 'on schedule' gemlings, to see if they move?"

Blue pressed her stomach, feeling multiple nudges in response. She could see the gemlings providing said nudges on the ultrasound screen.

"Now, my Diamond, do the same, but to The Late One."

Blue bit her lip, then pressed where The Late One was according to the ultrasound. She looked at the screen. The teeniest, tiniest little nudge. And Chalcedony could see The Late One moving on the ultrasound, too.

"Is early movement bad?" Blue asked, cupping her stomach with one hand.

"If I'm being honest, my Diamond, I don't know. As far as I'm concerned, early movement has never happened. I'll be sure to research it, don't worry."

Blue Diamond nodded, rubbing circles into her stomach with three fingers. "Is that all?" she asked. "Are we done?"

"Y-Yes—My Diamond, I know it's none of my business, but you seem frantic."

"You are dismissed."

Chalcedony gave a small gasp, then said, "Y-Yes, my Diamond." Chalcedony walked out, with her head down.

Blue sat up, tears falling onto her stomach. "How strange," she quietly thought aloud. "I wish to be with someone who doesn't love me as much as I love them."

She looked up at the ceiling, as if it were the heavens trying to give her an answer to all her problems. Her teeth were clenched, and large tears continued to spill out of her eyes like a faucet. Her arm was wrapped defensively around her stomach, as if she was going to lose it.

Chalcedony knocked on the wall of the entryway, earning a glare from Yellow Diamond.

"Enter," was all she said, sounding like she was expecting someone else.

Chalcedony stepped forward, giving a salute. "My Diamond, I came to ask, have you noticed a change in Blue Diamond's behavior?"

"There's nothing to notice if I don't see her."

"Ah. Well, I have. And...I think you should be, not worried, but concerned."

Only Yellow's eyes moved in Chalcedony's direction. "Go on."

"She becomes frantic when I stay with her for her checkup. Sure, she's always been a bit of a loner, but that was simply jarring to me. It seemed as though she was eager to think, rather than talk about it. Which brings up another subject..."

"And that is?"

"Well, to put it simply, who would be better to talk to a Diamond than a Diamond?"

"I've heard enough. She's already established that she'll call me when she's ready."

"Forgive me, my Diamond, but you should go to her regardless, if you see that she's in need of—"

"I've. heard. enough."

Chalcedony's pupils shrunk, and she could've sworn she was breaking into a cold sweat.

"Have I made myself clear?"

She saluted Yellow Diamond, while bowing. "Yes, my Diamond."

"You are dismissed."