//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: A 'Not' Date? // Story: The New Stallion // by The_11th_doctor //------------------------------// It was a beautiful morning when Button Mash arrived at the Carousel Boutique. He had taken a shower before arriving and was dressed perfectly in a suit and tie, mane was perfectly brushed, he even had his hat off and he had a bouquet of flowers. It may have not been a real date, but he was going to try his best to make it perfect. He knocked on the door and waited patiently for her to answer. It took a moment and the door opened. It was Sweetie Belle, however she didn’t seem pleased. He wanted to question why, but then she told him. “You’re late,” Sweetie Belle said with a deadpan voice. “What… but it’s 7:00 in the morning,” Button Mash said confusingly. “Yeah, and I said be here early,” Sweetie Belle said with annoyance. “It,” he paused and then continued. “It is early,” he said in almost blatant annoyance, at the same time trying his best to hide it. “My sister has been up since six,” Sweetie Belle slightly raised her voice. They just stood there for a moment. Button Mash tried to get past this by giving her the bouquet of flowers. “I… got you these.” Sweetie Belle dropped her annoyance once she saw them. They were beautiful. “Eh, thank you,” she said as she took them with her magic. She turned towards the doorway and nodded for him to follow. She didn’t even notice the light blush on her face as she kept walking to the couch to put them down. Suddenly Rarity walked in. “Who was at the door, Sweetie-- ,” Rarity stopped herself as she saw Button Mash in a suit. She smiled, although Sweetie Belle was unaware of what this looked like, Rarity had dated enough stallions in her time to know how it appeared. But knowing how shy Button Mash was about Sweetie Belle and how blunt her sister could be sometimes about emotions, she decide to play it cool. “Button Mash, how good it is to see you. How is your mother?” “Fine, ma'am.” “Oh, good, well Sweetie Belle, I need to go run some errands. Will you be okay while I am gone?” she asked as she head for the door. “Yeah I’ll be fine.” “Alright then, you two behave yourselves,” Rarity said as she took her leave. As she walked she made sure that she was far away from the closed door before, with a big smile on her face, whispering, “Oh my dearest has got to hear this,” and with that she sped away to go find him. It was clear that Rarity had figured out some part of their plan. ****** As soon as Rarity left, Sweetie Belle started moving towards the front door. Once there, she locked it and then started heading for the back door. “So… did you find out where and when she is going to have the date?” asked Button Mash. “Yeah she’s going to her date right now,” said Sweetie Belle. “WHAT?” “Yeah, so let’s get moving. We’re taking the back way out,” said Sweetie Belle as she got to the back door and grabbed her spare keys. “Alright,” said Button Mash as he followed right behind her. ****** Button Mash and Sweetie Belle walked out the back door. Sweetie Belle locked it and then ran behind some bushes. Button Mash followed directly behind her. “So, where is she having this date?” Button Mash asked her. “She wouldn’t let any info slip on that, so we are going to follow her,” she replied as she ran to another bush. Button Mash again followed behind. This pretty much continued until they got to a bush close enough to Rarity so they could hear what she was saying. They saw her talking with a pink mare in a hood. “Hey doesn’t that look like -- ,” Button Mash was stopped by Sweetie Belle’s hoof. “Will you whisper? We’re trying to spy on them,” asked Sweetie Belle, as she put her hoof down. “Okay… then what’s your sister talking to this unknown mare about?” Button Mash asked. “Hold on. I’m trying to hear them,” Sweetie Belle replied as she put her ear closer. ****** “So, when will he be ready?” Rarity asked. “Oh don’t worry he’s getting ready right now. He’ll be at the Prancing Pony waiting for you,” said the unknown mare. “Oh lovely,” said Rarity as she took her leave. ****** “Okay she is going to have her date at the Prancing Pony,” whispered Sweetie Belle. “Do you know where that is?” “Of course, I --” Sweetie Belle stopped herself, then slowly spoke again, “I sort of went there…with Rumble once,” Sweetie Belle whispered sheepishly. “Wait… WHAT?!?!--” Button Mash almost yelled but Sweetie Belle stopped him with her hoof again. “Look it was one time, and he was doing it to get back at Scootaloo for an argument they had. Nothing happen,” replied Sweetie Belle as she put her hoof back down. While doing that a thought ran through her mind. ‘Wait why am I explaining myself to Button Mash?’ but she pushed the thought aside as she saw Rarity getting too distant. “Come on let’s go.” ****** The two arrived at the Prancing Pony before Rarity. There they found Spark Speagle sitting at a table, waiting patiently for Rarity to arrive. They sat at a table behind a big tall bush where Spark couldn’t see them. Finally Rarity when arrived, Spark got up and greeted her with a bow. “Good morning m’lady,” She giggled, blushing at his gesture, and bowed back. Sweetie Belle almost stuck out her tongue in disgust. It looked like an opening to one those sappy romance novels that Rarity kept. Meanwhile Button Mash just kept watch. ****** Suddenly an apple flew through the air and hit Button Mash in the head. “Hey, who threw that?” he whispered. But as he turned around his face went bright red upon what he saw. Off in the distance behind another bush was a mare and stallion around their ages, kissing rather passionately. “Hey what’re you looking at Button?” Sweetie Belle asked. Suddenly Button Mash instantly turned around to hide his still bright red face. Sweetie Belle turned to see what he was looking at, but the couple that he saw was gone. Instead she saw a certain draconequus’s tail behind another bush. ****** Button Mash tried his best to spend the rest of the time ignoring what he saw. Meanwhile it seemed that Rarity and Spark were rather enjoying themselves. Sweetie Belle could barely hear what they were saying mostly do to the fact they were either talking very little or talking very low and yet she still felt uneasy about this Spark Speagle. There was something about him that seemed off. Sweetie Belle continued to spy on Rarity and Spark. And then the waiter finally came over to the table that Button Mash and Sweetie Belle were at. “May I take your order?” “Oh that’s right, I forgot you have to order something to have a table,” said Sweetie Belle as she grabbed the menu. “I’ll have an omelet with a side of salad, what about you Button Mash?” “Oh,” Button Mash almost jumping at her words. He then grabbed a menu. “I’ll have…” he didn’t know what to order. Finally he just asked for the same thing that she was having. ****** Overall the ‘not’ date went terrible. The two had very little to talk about, due to the fact that Sweetie Belle kept checking up on her sister every few minutes. Button Mash meanwhile tried his best to start a conversation, but she would turn away from him in the middle of it to again check on her sister. It almost seemed like Sweetie Belle was acting like an older sister watching a younger sister on a date. Meanwhile Rarity and Spark were having the time of their lives. Enjoying every minute of their date. Sweetie Belle couldn’t figure Spark out. What did Rarity see in him? He acted totally different from the usual stallions Rarity had dated and yet Rarity couldn’t stop staring romantically at him. Rarity and Spark talked and talked, giggled and giggled, followed by more talking. The love fumes as it were, were almost too much for Sweetie Belle. After three long hours, the date finally came to a close. Spark got up from his spot to take his leave. He walked over to Rarity’s side, bowed and then picked up her hoof. “Well I must bid you adieu, most beautiful Rarity,” he then kissed her hoof. This caused Rarity to blush massively. In fact, her whole head nearly turned red from the gesture. “Oh you have to leave so soon? This was a lovely date,” she said. Spark lifted up his head and Rarity went for her own way of saying goodbye. She kissed him. To Sweetie Belle it seem like a simple, short kiss. But to Rarity and Spark it was anything but simple and to them it was definitely not short. It was amazing. When they stopped, Spark seemed to be in a bit of a daze. “Wow,” he slowly let out. Rarity again found herself giggling. Spark then took his leave. ****** After he was gone, Rarity sat there with the biggest smile on her face. “Hmm, how did I find such an incredible gent?” she asked as she tilted her head in bliss. Meanwhile Sweetie Belle and Button Mash got ready to take their leave. But then, “Oh Sweetie Belle where do you two think you are going?” Sweetie Belle instantly froze at that voice. “Sweetie I knew you two were behind the bush the whole time,” said Rarity, giggling. “What?” “Oh please, Sweetie, if you had been listening a bit closer you would realized that Spark mentioned seeing you two get a table.” “Oh come on!” said Sweetie Belle as her and Button Mash came to explain themselves. “We’re sorry we spied on you.” “That’s better. Now run along you two, I really do have errands to run,” Rarity said as she took her leave. “And I better not find you two spying on my date again, or I’ll make mom and dad ground you for a week.” “Fine we’ll head home,” said Sweetie Belle as she and Button Mash left. ****** Once they were a safe distance from the Prancing Pony, Button Mash said “So… that went well,” he lied. It had gone horribly. “So I guess we are giving up on this Spark, right?” “Nope, I am nowhere near done. Spark is hiding something and I know it.” “So… does that mean that we are going to try again tomorrow.” “Yes, and as many times as need be.” ******