Chapter 12
“Man, I forgot how awesome Garnet’s house was. My aunts sure know how to provide for their child,” Sugilite says as she, Amethyst and Jasper all make their way home.
“Yeah man, and have you seen Ruby fight? Man, she’s a beast. No wonder G is so good,” Amethyst says excitedly. Though she’s been to Garnet’s house a thousand times, it never ceases to amaze her.
“Aunt Ruby was part of like every sport the school had, at least the physical ones that is,” Sugilite adds.
“Seriously?” Jasper huffs out.
Amethyst and Sugilite look at each other before turning to face Jasper while walking backwards.
“Jasper, you’ve never bothered to check the hall of fame at school? Like every sport has one,” Sugilite asks baffled.
“Why would I?” Jasper questions.
Amethyst shakes her head. “Dude, if I took football as serious as I do wrestling, I’d damn sure be trying to break records. Like, I’m only ten wins away from beating Ruby’s record in wresting,” Amethyst says.
“Shit, I ain’t even gone try.” Sugilite laughs a deep and rich laugh. “I don’t know how Garnet does it.”
“She’s got her moms. Hell, Ruby alone is enough, but Ruby and Sapphire together, that’s perfection.” Amethyst laughs and rubs the back of her head.
“Speaking of perfection, isn’t Garnet about to win another championship?”
“Oh, yeah, she is!” Amethyst exclaims. “This will be like her 20th win.”
“Well, she hasn’t won yet,” Jasper huffs out and crosses her arms. What’s the big deal about Garnet? Like yeah, she’s a force to be reckoned with but still.
Amethyst and Sugilite look at each other and smile.
“Take it you haven’t seen Garnet box before?” Sugilite questions.
“Her match is the day after our game. Come with us sis,” Amethyst says.
“Yeah, and see why Garnet is the best in the whole city,” Sugilite adds.
“Whatever,” Jasper says.
“Bruh, G’s skills are unmatched,” Amethyst states.
“Man, peeps saying she’s better than Aunt Ruby,” Sugilite says with excitement in her voice.
“For real? I mean, I seen both Ruby and G box; they both tight,” Amethyst adds.
“Nah, I think Garnet got Aunt Rubes in boxing. You’ve ever seen them fight?” Sugilite turns to look at her little cousin.
“They boxed each other?” Amethyst asks wide-eyed.
Sugilite smiles a huge smile. “Man, did they?” Sugilite laughs. “Rubes started out with the upper hand. She’s an in-fighter, so with her short stature combined with her speed and her brute strength, she nearly over powered Garnet, but then Garnet ended up winning.”
“How’d she win? I thought Ruby was unbeatable,” Amethyst questions.
Jasper, still with her arms folded couldn’t help but wonder the same thing. She’s watched a few boxing matches and she’s seen what the in-fighters were capable off. For Garnet to win, she just must be that good or lucky.
Sugilite shakes her head. “Nah, little cousin, Garnet was taught by Rubes and plus, Garnet learned some crazy shit that Rubes could never do. Man, Garnet adapted, outsmarted and overpowered Rubes.
“So, G really won against Ruby.” Amethyst shakes her head. “Man, I wish I could’ve seen it.”
Sugilite smiles at Amethyst but then spins around so she’s facing the right direction and no longer looking at Jasper.
“Back at the house, they have videos of Rubes fighting. She and her sisters.” Sugilite tilts her head toward the sky. “Hell, there’s even some videos of Aunt Sapph competing.”
“Wait what?” Amethyst quickly turns the right way and looks at Sugilite. “Suge, you’re lying. I mean, I knew Sapphire had history in the sports realm but for real?”
“Yeah, Aunt Sapph herself did a little boxing. She and Rubes used to go at it all the time. But Aunt Sapph’s best sport was track. But don’t let that get passed you. She was a mean swimmer back when she went our school too.”
Jasper stays quiet, but she can’t help but remember all of what she saw in Garnet’s house. Garnet told her that some of the trophies and awards belonged to her moms, but she didn’t ask how many.
“Awe man, next time G invites us over, we have to ask about those videos!” Amethyst exclaims.
“We? Why do y’all think that I would ever want to go back over there?” Jasper asks with an attitude.
“Jasper, don’t think we didn’t see you conversating with Garnet back there,” Amethyst says but doesn’t turn to face Jasper.
“Or the way you were checking her out,” Sugilite adds causing Amethyst to stop dead in her track, making Jasper almost walk into her.
“You weren’t?” Amethyst turns to look at her older sister.
“She was. It was on the sly but, you know, me and Alex are known for checking girls out on the sly. So it was easy to catch Jasper.” Sugilite lets out a laugh but continues walking.
Jasper scowls at Sugilite and Amethyst shakes her head and turns around. She can’t wait to tell Garnet.