//------------------------------// // Cloudy weather // Story: A silver lining // by Chaz1029 //------------------------------// "Doc..." I said slowly and quietly not facing him. "Yes Ditzy?" He said turning to face me with a small smile. "I...I...I need to say something" I began to say slowly. "Yes?..." He said urging me to go on. He moved his head slightly towards me. This closeness would usually make me feel more comfortable. Not this time. This was different. "I...I...well...well, over the past week I have really become close to you" I said slowly and quietly. Tears started to form in my eyes. I blinked hard and away from him to try and hide it. He edged me to go on by saying "Yes?..." "well, I...I...I think that I like you..." I said slowly, still facing away from him. "I like you too Ditzy" he said reassuringly. "...more than a friend..." I continued slowly in a hushed voice, turning slowly to face him. There was a long silence. Neither of us spoke. Until Doc broke the silence "uh...I...I...I don't know what to say..." He said trying to process what I had just said. He turned to me with an expression of confusion. I returned his stare with my own filled with watery eyes. We looked at each other for a long time. Silence. I couldn't take it anymore. I leapt up off of the bench and started to run, I didn't know where but I just needed to get somewhere. Away. I reached the end of the park and I could barely see because of the tears in my eyes. I knew the basic direction of home so I ran. I bumped into people while running through the streets in Ponyville. I didn't bother to stop and apologise like I normally do, I was in too much of a rush. I just wanted to get home. I needed to be somewhere safe. I burst through the door of my house making the whole house shake and letting out a very loud 'BANG'. I slammed the door behind me and ran upstairs to my room. I locked the door behind me and threw myself onto the bed. I grabbed a pillow and cried into it, making the whole pillow wet with tears. I sat on my bed thinking about what I had said. My mind was full of regret, frustration and confusion. The only image in my head was of Doc looking at me with those wonderful big blue eyes and killing me with his look of disbelief and confusion. I cried and cried for about an hour, I could not shake the image of Doc from my head no matter how hard I tried. By the time I looked at the clock it was already 3pm. I wanted to be happy again, but the only happiness I had found so far was to be with the Doctor. I couldn't face to see him again after what had happened in the park. I decided to read through the happier times with the Doctor in my journal. Maybe that could help me face him and apologise. Maybe. It was worth a shot. I reached under my bed and pulled out the pale brown book. I searched for the key under my pillow and eventually found it in the pillow case. I unlocked my secret book and the memories started to flow back. I flicked through majority of the book and found the section about the Doctor. I found one of last Friday, two days after we met. I read through it. ------------------ Dear diary, Today was Friday and I had the Doctor with me, so I was happy. We started the morning off with him teaching me how to cook without any disasters. Note: don't look away...ever. After many burnt pieces of toast and a lot of laugher we went outside for a walk in the park. The park wasn’t too busy, so we found a bench and sat down and talked. It was nice to talk to him. Talking to him is different than talking to any other pony. I don't know why, but he makes me feel happier. After a lovely talk in the park we decided to grab some lunch. We went to sugar cube corner and spoiled ourselves with sweets. I had a chocolate chip muffin and Doc had a custard tart. My muffin was delicious! After lunch/afternoon tea we went back to my place and played one of my favourite games - Monopony. I forgot to collect my bits when going past go, so I lost. like I always do. But it was fun! we shared a lot of laughs and it made me feel really happy inside. When we finished and packed up it was time to hit the hay. Or really just go to sleep. I don't see why other ponies hit hay before they go to bed, there's no point. Maybe it's just to make them tired. Oh well! We said our goodnights and went our separate ways. Well I’m tired (even if I didn't hit the hay) goodnight doc! xx Ditzy Doo ------------------ I cried when the memories of that day came back to me. That was a good day, filled with laughs and joy. I let out a rather large sigh and flicked through some more days to try and make myself feel better. I found a page and when I turned it a tear fell from my eye onto the page, staining the cream paper, spreading the ink around the droplet making it harder to read. The page I found was from Monday, two days ago. I read on. ------------------ Dear diary, Today was another good day with the Doctor! it's been five days now since we met and we have become really close. I didn't burn breakfast today so that was good! Not even one slice of toast! So we had our breakfast and then went about our morning routine of walking and talking in the park. The park was busy today! A lot of ponies out and about. It was a sunny day today! So everypony in Ponyville was out enjoying the sunshine. The weather pegasai said that there was rain due tomorrow so everyone tried to get as much sun as possible before it was going to be taken away. We went back home for lunch and the Doctor made me lunch for a change. He is such a better cook than me! his special talent should be in cooking! He made a lovely salad for the both of us. We ate it and talked. It was really nice. After lunch we walked around Ponyville and I showed him all of the sites around. We went to the clock tower and read up on the history there. We then stopped off at the library where we got a book of history so that Doc could learn about Ponyville! We came back home late at night since we went to another one of Vinyl's parties in the Everfree stadium. Doc really enjoyed that. We both were very tired so we went to bed. Goodnight Doc! xx Ditzy Doo ------------------ I cried some more when I read that passage. I remember seeing the joy on his face when we were at the party. But the only image in my mind was the look on his face when I told him about my feelings. I just could get it out of my head. I had butterflies in my stomach and not the nice kind. Maybe they were wasps? I looked at the clock - 7pm. I wondered where he was. I stared out to a beautiful night sky. Ponyville was lit up and Caterlot was glowing faintly in the distance. I wonder where Doc is, I just hoped that he was alright. I hoped that he would come back home...here.