Jasper chuckled as she worked her pancake batter, turning on one of the flat tops to give it a chance to heat up. “Everyone in this house will be hung over and in need of greasy breakfast food. So you might want to start toasting a few loafs of bread” she muttered as she started to pour a few pancakes onto the flat top. Turning to face Pearl when she heard Pearl say her name ready to answer any question she might have, yelping slightly as the Pearl dragged her down, her cheeks burning bright red.<br/><br/>“I.. I well.. I usually wear contacts, I put them in first thing in the morning and take them out when I brush my teeth before bed. But last night I was to drunk to care. So I woke up to extremely irritated eyes, so I need to give my eyes a break and wear my glasses..” she explained as she relaxed into Pearls hands purring slightly. Her eyes going wide when Pearl pulled away and exclaimed her love. Her mouth dropping as she stared at Pearl for a few moments. Smiling she moved forward to hug Pearl to her, nuzzling the top of Pearls head as she closed her eyes.<br/><br/>“I love you too, You’re so amazingly sweet and gentle. You didn’t run away from me when I lost my temper at your ex, you accept Mala without a question and you protect her like she’s your own cub” she murmured as she kissed the top of Pearls head while stroking the woman’s stomach. Her eyes going wide as she smelt the panics burning, pulling away quickly to scrap them into the trash. At the same time flipping Amethyst off as she went to work on redoing the pancakes.<br/><br/>As the days past everything seemed to slow down for Jasper, she was sitting at home in her living room looking over document with Peridot. “So her total debt is this,  but at her current rate of payments she’ll be paid off in fifteen years, including interest and not missing a single payment” Peridot explained as she flipped to the next page “This is home much interest she’ll be paying off over the fifteen years, almost double the amount. I talked to the accountants and cut a deal, if we give them on lump sum this is what they want to close to accounts” Peridot explained as she pointed to each number.<br/><br/>It was insane, Jasper knew that Pearl had debt but she had no idea that it was this bad with such horrid interest rates. Humming softly she flicked up her account and looking at her savings, looking at what she collected for interest. “Do it.. I can take the little bit of a lose if it means Pearl wont be stress out about it anymore. Plus I want her to be able to go on the family ski trip, she wont have enough vacation to cover to completely and I know she’ll stress about it. So take care of it” she wanted to take care of Pearl and if she had the money to do it she was going to do it.<br/><br/>Unknown to her Pearl had been given Jaspers dark past on a platter, photos of things Jasper had done because she was told to. She had fallen into a bad crowd when she was younger, getting into drugs and booze. But when she couldn’t pay off her dealers she became the leaders attack dog. Anyone who couldn’t pay got taken down, beaten to with in and inch of their life.<br/><br/>When the drug lord had been taken down the leader gave up everyone they could to save themselves, Jasper had been pinned with numerous charges. Her mug shot take at 15, she stood her full height and was still gaining muscle. Bruises and cuts covered her body, dark bags under her eyes. She had been running for nearly a year. Lapis had been with her thru all of it with her. When Jasper was in front of a judge facing thirty years in prison, her parents unable to save her and  keeping the fact she was pregnant. Lapis swept in and made everything go away, some how giving Jasper a clean record.<br/><br/>Jasper took the chance and ran with it, sure she had a few bumps along the way and had to adjust to being a single parent and connecting with her family. Jasper had taken her chance at freedom and refused to ever fall back into old habits, even going to therapy to learn how to control her anger. Working out had been a nog help in that factor.<br/><br/>But that was all in the past, looking over the numbers one last time Jasper sighed. She really needed to get a job, she needed to have money coming in again. Rubbing the bridge of her nose Jasper looked at Peridot “Have you looked into that other stuff I asked you about?” Jasper had been asking Peridot to look into cheap buildings she could convert into a gym, a gym she could own and manage herself.