“Please,” Peridot said, clasping her hands in front of her. “I’ll pay for your dinner, I just need you to be my date. Please. You’re the best looking person I know.”

She peers at you hopefully, a wide smile on her face. You’re one of her closest friends. She already owes you so many favors.

“I told Lapis I had a date ‘cause she did,” Peridot explained. “I couldn’t let her one-up me.” Especially not to Steven's charity event. She didn’t want to look lame without anyone.