A Day at the Beach! Part III
One Last Fun at the Beach!
Dawn was teaching her son Soul how to cook as they prepared everything for everyone. She was showing how to keep an eye on the roast and to check on the rolls constantly. She even showed him how to chop the vegetables quickly and carefully. Soul had to suffer through a few of his mother’s mood swings, but she was able to keep it under control… mostly.
As the two were cooking, Dawn looked up to her son for a moment while he was chopping the vegetables. A smile crept onto her when she was remembering how much he had grown and how he and his dad looked like, though she did wish he would shave off the last bit of his beard on his chin.
As time went on, Dawn and Soul were still getting everything close to ready. The two remained silent for a moment until Dawn spoke up.
“So, I was wondering. How have you and Sunset been doing lately?” she asked.
“We’ve been doing good,” Soul replied.
“How about your friends? Are they having fun here?” Dawn asked.
“Yeah they are,” Soul replied.
Dawn pursed her lips. “Is there anything you would like to talk about?” she asked.
“Naw, I’m good,” Soul replied.
Dawn let out a sigh. ‘He’s even worse than Little Mac when it comes to talking,’ she thought. ‘How my son even got a girlfriend is a mystery to me.’
“Hey mom, I think the roast is ready,” Soul said.
“Alright, we’ll just take it out of the oven and wait for it to cool,” Dawn said. “You better let the others know that it’ll be ready soon.”
“Got it and, um, do you think you can let Sonata back into the house now?” Soul asked. “I think she learned her lesson and she really doesn’t want to keep on changing in the bathroom stall and have to sleep in a tree again just to avoid the crabs.”
“I suppose she had to have learned her lesson by now,” Dawn said. “She can come in, but if she mentions her and Applejack about doing that kind of stuff again, I’m kicking her not just out of the house, but also off of the beach as well!”
Soul gulped. “Right, I’ll let her know that,” he said before walking out the doorway.
Soul made his way towards the door and opened it. He poked his head out and yelled that it was getting near lunch time. The others stopped what they were doing and were making their way towards the house. Clyde helped Rarity on her feet and escorted her inside while she wrapped her arms around his arm. As everyone was getting inside, Soul looked at both Sunset and his dad, Comet, and saw how pale their faces were.
Soul raised a brow. “Dad, Sunny, you two looked like you just saw a ghost,” he commented.
“Oh, how I wish that was the case,” Sunset said. “Fluttershy told us something very horrible about the sea.”
“Like what?” Soul asked.
“How about we wait after lunch?” Comet said. “If we can even eat it, that is.”
The two walked by Soul and he only shrugged and went inside with them. Time passed on as most everyone was eating lunch the best they could after being told what Fluttershy had told them. Dawn, Soul, Rarity and Clyde all had confused and concerned looks on their faces. After they were done eating, Fluttershy began telling them the horrors of the sea. Rarity puked into a nearby trashcan, ignoring the pain of her sunburn, while Clyde and Soul went pale just as the others did. Dawn listened to the whole thing and just shrugged it off, as she had already heard it one time during her time with one of her uncles who was a fisherman.
After lunch, everyone headed back to the beach but were mostly just relaxing in the sun, walking around or chatting with one another. Sunset laid on a towel she had set up under an umbrella and relaxed under the cool shade. She had her eyes closed and was about to fall asleep until she felt that there was someone next to her. She looked over and smiled to see Soul laying next to her.
“Hey babe, what’s up?” Sunset asked.
“Nothing much, just thought you would like some company,” Soul replied.
“I would really like that,” Sunset said as she snuggled up against him. “How was cooking with your mom?”
“It was good. I know how to cook a roast now,” Soul replied.
“Mmm, sounds like something you can make for me when we get some time together,” Sunset said.
“That I would gladly do,” Soul commented. “Anyways, why did you forcibly volunteer me to help with the cooking in the first place?”
“Uuuhh, I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Sunset lied. “I remember exactly that you volunteered on your own with no outside force telling you to do so otherwise.”
Soul raised a brow. “That was a little too detailed,” he commented. “Also, you have a really bad memory of things.”
Sunset let out a sigh. “Fine, I did it because your mom has been feeling neglected by you lately,” she replied. “It’s the whole reason why she came here in the first place, so she could spend some time with you.”
“Wait, really? But why would she feel neglected? I’ve been spending time with her this whole summer,” Soul said.
Sunset raised a brow.
“What?”
“Name one.”
“What?”
“Name one time you spent with your mom this whole summer,” Sunset said.
“Well there’s…. Okay, but then there was…. You were there so I guess it was…. Now I’m sure that she was…. Maybe it was when…. Um…. Crap,” Soul said. He fell backwards against the ground with a frown on him. “Great, this whole summer I’ve been too busy with all the things I wanted to do but I never made the time to spend with my mom. What kind of a son am I?”
“A lousy one?”
“Thanks for kicking me while I’m down, Sunny,” Soul said.
Sunset giggled. “I’m just kidding,” she said before kissing Soul on the cheek. “You’re a great son. You just need to spend sometime with your mom is all.”
“But what could I do?” Soul asked. “I’m not entirely sure what I could do to spend some time with her.”
Sunset tapped her chin for a moment before an idea came to her mind. “There is a small town near here. You two can go there and see whatever they have there,” she suggested. “I bet you two would have a lot of fun.”
Soul pondered on the idea for a moment and smiled. “Hey yeah, that is a good idea,” he commented. “Have I ever told you how happy I am to have such a brilliant girlfriend like you?”
“Maybe once or twice,” Sunset replied as she giggled.
Sunset leaned over to Soul and pressed her lips against his. Soul returned it tenderly and the two slowly took their time with one another. Just as the two were kissing, a beach ball hit Soul in the back of the head and caused him to fall on top of Sunset. The two sat up and looked over to see some of the others were passing the ball around with one another.
“Sorry sweetie, I accidently blocked that over to you,” Dawn said. “Can you be a dear and throw it back to us?”
Soul rolled his eyes and grabbed the ball. “Why can’t I have one peaceful makeout on the beach?” he asked himself as he carried the ball over. “Hey mom, I was thinking. If you would like, we could go to the town nearby and see what we could do there.” He then handed the ball over to Rainbow Dash.
“That sounds wonderful,” Dawn said. “Then it’s a date?”
“Please don’t call it that,” Soul said with a dreaded tone.
“I’ll get ready for our date then,” Dawn said as she walked off.
Soul sighed heavily.
Rainbow Dash snickered. “Looks like someone is going on a big date with their mommy,” she joked, which earned her a glare from Soul. “All jokes aside, I think that’s kinda cool for you to do that.”
“It really is sweet of you,” Fluttershy commented.
“Sometimes I wish I could spend time with my moms,” Sonata said.
“Yeah, I- Wait, moms?” Swift asked, as he was very confused.
“Oh right, you guys don’t know how sirens mate,” Sonata said. “Well you see, there’s usually one male in a harem of about four or five females at a time, and they-”
Applejack covered Sonata’s mouth with her hand. “Ah really do not want to hear how sirens mate,” she said. “Ah already know Ah’m going to have nightmares about dolphins later tonight, so Ah really don’t want siren mating mixed into that.”
“Nice save,” Soul commented. “Anyways, I better get ready too. I’ll see you guys in a while.”
“Alright cuz, be safe,” Applejack said.
After some time had passed and Soul and Dawn had made their way towards the nearby town, they parked in a large parking lot and started exploring it. The town was small but had many tourist there as they were either enjoying a day out or were going to a carnival at the large pier.
Soul and Dawn decided to go over to the small carnival. They played some of the game stands, saw some of the attractions, and ate some of the food there as well. The two enjoyed their time together as they talked about all that had been happening. Dawn was telling Soul how she used to enjoy her times whenever a carnival would come to town and Granny Smith would take her and her siblings to them. Soul was more open to talking with his mother and told her about all the things he had done over the summer and told her more about Sunset and their relationship.
What seemed like a simple outing turned into a few hours of fun between the son and mother. The sun was lowering down as it was nearing the sea’s horizon. Dawn and Soul were on their way back towards their car.
“That was so much fun!” Dawn chimed. “We really should do this again.”
“Yeah, we really should,” Soul said. He was smiling until he frowned for a moment. “Hey mom, I’m sorry that I haven’t been spending any time with you almost the entire summer.”
Dawn smiled at her son and wrapped her arms around him. “It’s okay. You’re just growing up too fast for me,” she said. “But I can’t always be there for you and there will be times where I won’t see you for a long while. I know though that you will always love me just like I will always love you.”
“I’ll be honest, I never really imagine what my life would be like without you,” Soul admitted. “I can’t imagine even moving on without you.”
“Don’t worry about it. You will move on, but hopefully when you do, there’s a special girl that’ll be right beside you who will be there when I can’t,” Dawn said. “And thankfully, it’ll be the same girl that’ll put up with all of your Star Wars junk.”
Soul rolled his eyes. “Oh come on, I am not that obsessed with Star Wars,” he commented.
“You have two lightsabers that both cost over two hundred dollars!”
“But they were made out of real metal! You can’t get stuff like that cheap,” Soul retorted.
“Whatever.”
The two laughed as they walked down the sidewalk. They were getting close to their car and just as Dawn was about to get in the rider side, Soul stopped her.
“Hey, there’s something I got you,” Soul said.
“Oh, you didn’t have to get me anything,” Dawn said.
“I know, but it felt like the right thing to do,” Soul explained and reached into his jacket’s pocket. He pulled out a small see-through box and in it was a small white sailboat that had the name Dawn on the side. Dawn was in awe of it and held it in her hand.
“Oh sweetie, this is so cute,” Dawn commented before she hugged her son and gave him a peck on the cheek. “Thank you very much, Soul.”
“You’re welcome,” Soul said. “I knew you would love it.”
Time had passed on and the two were back at the beach house with the others. Dawn showed many of the others the little boat and thought it was sweet of Soul to do so. It was now late evening and Soul was once again sharing the same bed with Swift as he snored heavily, keeping Soul awake. Soul let out a sigh and got out of bed before Swift could grab him in another strangling cuddle.
Soul slipped on his swimming trunks and old white jacket and sneaked out the back door. Soul walked onto the beach and sat down as he watch the sea and the star-filled skies over the horizon. As Soul was taking in the quiet and beautiful scenery, he heard a few footsteps behind him and looked to see Sunset looking over his shoulder with a smile. She wore only her swimsuit and her leather jacket.
“Hey babe, what are you doing out here?” she asked.
“Couldn’t sleep,” Soul replied. “Afraid Swift was going to cuddle with me again.”
Sunset giggled. “Pinkie does that too,” she commented.
“Those two really are for each other,” Soul said.
Sunset sat right next to Soul and laid her head down on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm over her shoulder and the two looked out at the night sky as they enjoyed the other’s company.
“This was a pretty fun trip,” Sunset said. “We should do this again next summer.”
“Yeah, we should,” Soul agreed. “Except maybe just the two of us?”
Sunset smiled and gave a peck on Soul’s cheek. “Definitely,” she said.
Soul smiled back and started kissing Sunset on the lips. Sunset accepted Soul’s kiss and the two slowly lowered themselves down to the ground until Sunset was laying on her back with Soul on top of her. Sunset blushed as she was letting out small pleasurable moans from her boyfriend’s kissing. Soul broke off from her lips and kissed alongside Sunset’s neck, causing her to giggle softly.
“Stop, that tickles!” Sunset pleaded.
“Which is why I like to do it,” Soul said as he kept on kissing and sucking on her neck.
Soul stopped and Sunset panted for a moment. She gazed deep into Soul’s eyes before she leaned forwards to kiss him again. The two pressed their lips together once more for a couple of minutes until they stopped and gazed into each other until Sunset spoke up.
“Wanna swim for a bit?” she asked. “The waves are calmer now and it’ll be nice to swim in it without the waves crashing down on us.”
“I would love too,” Soul replied, sat up and removed his jacket off of him.
Soul helped Sunset on her feet and she too removed her jacket. The two got into the waters and as they moved along the water, Soul swam backwards as Sunset leaned in and kissed him on the lips once more. They swam for a while and played as they splashed one another. Eventually they got tired and got out of the water to dry up under the porch lights. Soul laid on a long soft beach chair and Sunset laid next to him as she snuggled up with him. Sunset let out a yawn and laid her head down on his shoulders once more. The two remained silent as they slowly drifted into sleep from of the quietness and the soft music the sea was making with its waves.
“I love you, Soul,” Sunset said.
“I love you too, Sunny,” Soul responded.
With a smile, Sunset drifted into sleep with Soul doing the same. The two slept contently knowing it was their last night there at the beach.
But unfortunately after that night, hell was paid when Dawn caught them.