• Published 14th Feb 2016
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Lights. Camera. Romance. - OtakuBrony47



This story, set in an alternate universe, follows Fluttershy, a shy nerdy otaku girl, and Sunset Shimmer, a world famous actress, who loves in love with Fluttershy. How will their realationship end? You'll have to read and see.

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Chapter: One.

Author's Note:

This is a story I wanted to write for Valentine's day. It is loosely based on a manga series called Love Stage!!. If you haven't heard of it, read it, I recommend reading at least chapter 1, or else this story may not make much sense to you. The characters were pitched to me by my friend Plushy (a.k.a. PinkieLunaShy), so I like to give her credit too.

And one final note. Love Stage is owned by author, Eiko Naitō. My Little Pony is owned by Hasbro studios and Lauren Faust. All rights reserved.

Enjoy the Story.

Somewhere in this world, there is a door. A door that leads to my dreams. I don’t know where that door is. And even if I do, it may be locked. But finding that door is my purpose. Finding the key to open that door is my struggle.

It was a sunny morning, and all was well in my hometown. The sky was blue and the birds were chirping as they flew high in the sky. A small crowd was gathered by the Church in town square. Wedding bells were sounding off, ringing, as the crowd outside slowly stared in awe as the doors to the church slowly opened. That’s when she walked out.

She was a very beautiful woman. Her hair was dark blue. It was very silky and curly. It flew beautifully in the wind as she smiled. And her eyes, her eyes were a beautiful shade of blue, and sparked with the utmost of radiance. And she was dressed head to toe in the most beautiful wedding dress and veil. She was accompanied by a handsome man: tall and brawn, with hair that was a lighter shade of blue. He wore a white tuxedo suit and tie, with a blue corsage on the left side. He smiled back at his bride as the two walked down the steps of the church to the limousine waiting for them in the driveway.

As the two lovebirds reached their vehicle, the bride turned back to the crowed and signaled. It was time to toss the bouquet. All the single girls gathered around behind her, eagerly waiting to catch it. The woman took a deep breath in, looked up at the sky, and smiled widely. The she tossed the bouquet behind her, and quickly turned around to see who’d be the lucky girl to catch it. All the girls reached out into the air, trying to catch it. Up and up it went, and finally down. And the lucky little girl was a short adorable little girl, a young 5 year old girl with red and yellow hair, wearing a bright orange sundress.

She was accompanied by a tall boy with pink hair, around her same age. The two caught the bouquet looked to each other and gave each other big happy, open mouth smiles. The entire audience was in awe. As was the bride and groom. You see, the woman and the man are my parents. And the boy with the pink hair…is me."


Fluttershy reached over her bed across to her to the nightstand next to her, in an attempt to shut off her alarm clock. Slap, miss. Slap, miss. Slap…there it goes. She wakes up with a yawn and rubs her eyes. She reaches back to her nightstand and grabs her glasses. Fluttershy then gets off from her bed, with both feet on the ground and walks over to the corner of her room and smiled at the poster on her wall.

“Good morning…Lunar Luna.” She says. “OH, YOU ARE SO~ CUTE!”

After saying hello to her favorite fictional character (and the $5,035 worth of merchandise in her room) Fluttershy comes down to eat breakfast with her family. Fluttershy was the odd runt of her family. You see, Fluttershy’s family was in show business. Each one of them is a famous celebrity.
Her mother, Rarity, is a former model and actress, and currently the fashion designer for Vogue magazine. Her father, Fancy Pants, started as an actor, now he’s the president of his own company: Esquire Advertisement. He’s an advertisement director. Her little aunt, Sweetie Belle, was an actress as well. Lead role in a sitcom. And her older sisters, Rainbow Dash… Oh man, where to begin:

Lead guitarist and vocalist in a rock-n-roll band. Yeah, that’s right. Meet the family. This is Fluttershy’s family. Fluttershy walked down the steps of the staircase to the hallway, and made her way to the dining room where her family was already having breakfast. Fluttershy walked into the dining room and found her mother and father eating breakfast and watching the TV (as they did every morning).

“Good morning, honey.” Rarity greeted as her daughter walked by her.

“Ah, good morning’ darling, how did you sleep?” asked Fancy Pants.

“Good.” Replied Fluttershy, slowly pulling back her chair

Fluttershy slowly sat down on her seat and stared down at her plate. There stood a Salisbury steak serving of mash potatoes, sweet corn, and macaroni salad. The usual. As she began eating, Rarity jumped out of her seat in enthusiasm, as a commercial for sports drink came on TV. “LOOK! IT’S HER!” she cried, pointing to the TV screen.

There on screen stood a girl with red and yellow hair, wearing black leather jacket and purple blouse shirt.

“Ah, yes. Ms. Sunset Shimmer” replied Fancy Pant. “Heck of actress that girl is.”

“Oh, wow. I’d just do anything to work with her in something.” Rarity sighed.

“Oh, don’t worry darling” replied Fancy Pants, “I’m sure I can arrange something for the two of you.”

Rarity cheered. Fluttershy rolled her eyes and continued eating. At this point, Twilight walked in. Twilight was the family’s manager and Fancy Pants’ chief supervisor in advertisement. She was practically in charge of their entire life, always telling them where they had to be and how much time they had to get there. Fluttershy really didn’t feel comfortable around her.

“Good morning, Sir; Madam” she said as she turned her eye towards Fluttershy. “Ms. Shy?” she said politely.

Fluttershy refused to respond. She shielded her face with her hands and turned away.

Twilight smiled and sat next to her in one of the empty chairs. “I hear they’re auditions being held at the civic center” said Twilight. “They’re looking for actors and actresses for a new TV show.”

“Is that so?” asked Fluttershy, slowly removing her hands from her face.

“I was able to pull a few strings, and I got you a spot for the role of the leading female!” continued Twilight. “Won’t that be fun!?” she asked.

“I say, that’s a wonderful idea Twilight!” declared Fancy Pants.

“Yes, what a marvelous idea!” replied Rarity, “I do think it’s about time you made your debut, Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy’s eyes became wide open with shock. She slowly and nervously turned to her parents. “Wait? What?” she asked with a panic.

“Think about it” said Rarity. “You’ll be the staring in lots of shows and movies, and commercials, and be featured in hundreds of magazines”.

“You’ll be following in your dear ol’ parent’s footsteps” said Fancy Pants.

Fluttershy was shocked. Movies, TV shows, magazines? Debuting as an actor? She possibly couldn’t. She wouldn’t. Especially not after that embarrassing event that happened 10 years ago. Fluttershy slowly slouched herself off her seat as they her parents and Twilight eagerly watched her to await a response.

Before she could respond, Fluttershy phone rang. This was her chance to bail. “OH NO!” she cried. “My phone is ringing! I better answer it in privet.” She grabbed her back pack and ran out the dining room to the hallway.

“BYE, MOM! BYE, DAD! I GOTTA GO!”

“Fluttershy, darling, Wait!” shouted Rarity. But it was too late. Fluttershy had left. “Oh goodness me!” sighed Rarity.

“What are we going to do with that girl’s future?” said Fancy Pants, nodding his head.

“Give it time sir” said Twilight. “She just needs the right motivation.”

Fluttershy ran out the front door and made her way down the path of the sidewalks. She held her phone close to her face to read the caller ID on the screen. It was her sister, Rainbow Dash. She rolled her eyes. “Oh geez, Ignore!” she exclaimed as she hung up the phone.

At school, Fluttershy was the top student in all her classes. She had straight A’s and perfect attendance. And why wouldn’t she? School was her only escape from her house and the constant inconveniency that was her parent’s trying to get her to follow in the family legacy. Fluttershy hated acting in commercials. She hated acting in anything.

Her hatred and fear of acting started back when she a child. Along time ago, she stared in a wedding commercial, with her parents. She was humiliated, because she had to pretend to be a boy for the commercial. She even had to wear a suit and tie. And to make matters worse, she had a co-star with another girl, who was pretending to be her “girlfriend”.

Fluttershy was so nervous, that she peed on herself. Since that day, she vowed never to be an actor, for as long as she lived. That way, she’d never, ever have to relive that horrifying moment. That’s where she found comfort in things like anime and manga. She loved drawing pictures and reading comics. And when she entered high school, she became introduced to Japanese anime.

Fluttershy fell in love with it so much, she even tried drawing it. Fluttershy even aspires to become a manga artist someday, like Tia Celeste, writer of her favorite manga series, Lunar Luna. Only problem was, Fluttershy was horrible at drawing. There were some things she could do that were easy for her. And looking at references and base sets seemed to help her. But overall, her skills were mediocre.

“Darn!” shouted Fluttershy as she crumbled another sheet of paper.

“Let me guess. Didn’t come out right?” asked Applejack.

“Uh, No!” exclaimed Fluttershy as AJ padded her on back.

“You’ll get one day kid” assured AJ. “You’ll get it, sooner or later.”

That’s Applejack. She’s a friend from my manga club. We don’t talk much, but I still consider her a friend in my book. Aside from her, there was also Spike, Derpy, and Bulk Biceps. Not much happened in the manga club. AJ and I talked a little bit about anime, but overall we are usually pretty quiet with each other. Spike and Bulk always seemed to be arguing about which characters would win in a fight against one another. And Derpy, well…I guess she’s just there. She never seemed to do anything, really.

I always practice drawing. Sometimes I feel like I never practice enough. I draw every day. It keeps me calm. And I enjoy it. I usually draw things like wildlife: trees and animals and all, especially animals. I love drawing animals. If only I was good at it.

“DARN IT!” shouted Fluttershy as she once again crumbled another sheet of paper.


After school, Fluttershy went to the comic shop to check if the latest issue of Magical Wish Guardian: Lunar Luna was out yet. That was her whole schedule: Wake-up, Dress, Breakfast, School, Manga Club, Comic Book Store, Home, Anime/Manga, Shower, and Bed. Or at least that’s was it was supposed to be. Fluttershy had no idea what she’d be in for when she gets home.

Fluttershy opened the door to her house and walked inside the living room. “I’m home” she said. As she stepped inside the living room area, Fluttershy saw her mother and father sitting on the couch, with Twilight standing next to them.

“Welcome home, darling!” announced Rarity.

“Take a seat Fluttershy. Your mother and I have something spectacular to tell you.” continued Fancy Pants.

Fluttershy nervously walked over to the living and took a seat across from her parents. She twiddled her thumbs slowly and gulped. She knew what was going on. Her parents found a role for her, and they staged an intervention to convince her to go for it. She sat on the couch nervously waiting to hear what her parents were going to say.

Rarity began: “Fluttershy, sweetheart…”

“Y-Yes…” answered Fluttershy.

“Do you remember that adorable little wedding commercial you did with us back when you were 7?” she asked.

Fluttershy widened her eyes gulped. Her eyebrows raised in fear. “Y-Yes, I r-re-re-remember” she replied nervously.

“Well…” started Fancy Pants, “The wedding company I’m working with has just hired me to reshoot a new commercial for them.” He continued, “A 10 years later version of the one they did 10 years back.”

“And the best part of all, they wish to use the original actors who played the little children!” exclaimed Twilight. “Isn’t that amazing!? You get to work with your old friend again!”

When she heard that, Fluttershy was less than excited. Her body was in full-fledged fear. Her mouth was wide open. Her eyes were widely opened. She crossed her legs and clenched her fists tightly, biting her lower lip. She began to hyperventilate.

“Oh look, she’s speechless!” announced Twilight.

“Looks like someone is excited to get started!” declared Fancy Pants.

"OOOOH, I CAN'T WAIT!" Rarity cheered. "I can't believe I'm finally going to get to work with Sunset Shimmer!"

"WAIT A MINUTE!” shouted Fluttershy.

An awkward silence filled the room. Rarity, Fancy Pants and Twilight all stared at Fluttershy. Fluttershy awkwardly stood up from the couch and nervously gripped the collar on her shirt. “I can’t because I…I’m…I’m uh, a GIRL!” said Fluttershy nervously. Rarity and Fancy Pants looked at each other with confusion. “Yes, don’t you all remember?" continued Fluttershy, "I played a boy in the commercial.”

"Oh that's right!" exclaimed Fancy Pants, slapping his forehead. "I completely forgot."

"Oh, but I was really excited to work with Sunset Shimmer!" Rarity mopped.

"So what?" asked Twilight. "Why should that stop you from doing the commercial?"

"So What!?" Fluttershy exclaimed. "Twilight, I may have been able to pass for a boy back then, but there's no way I can pass for one now!" Fluttershy continued, "Look at me!"

Twilight stared at Fluttershy and pondered for a moment. Then she slowly approached her. She walked around her, slowly and carefully examining her. Fluttershy nervously backed away as Twilight continued to stare at her. “Uh, Twilight?” asked Fluttershy, “What are you…AH, TWILIGHT!”

Twilight reached out towards Fluttershy and patted her on the waistline, and then her chest. “Hmm” said Twilight, “You don’t have a curved waistline and you’re still pretty flat chested” she declared. She smiled at her and returned to Fancy Pants and Rarity. “All she needs is a haircut, or maybe a wig, and I still say she can pass for a boy 100%” Twilight stated.

“Then it’s settled then!” cheered Rarity.

“Oh, such joy! Our daughter, a star again!” exclaimed Fancy Pants.

Rarity and Fancy Pants got up from their couch and began dancing together. They were happy to hear that Fluttershy could be in the commercial, but there was just one thing. She really didn’t want to.

“WAIT!” Fluttershy shouted. “W-Why me! Can’t they use someone else to play the boy?”

“Actually” said Fancy Pants, “It was the request of Ms. Shimmer.”

“WHAT!?” cried Fluttershy

“Yes. She said she remembers you, and wants to work with you specifically.” Fancy Pants continued.

“But I…I…”

“What’s wrong Fluttershy?” asked Rarity, “Aren’t you excited?”

“N-No! I can’t go through with this!” she relied.

“WHAT!?” exclaimed everyone.

“Fluttershy, this is a crowning moment for you” said Twilight, “This is your chance to debut and become a superstar. To SHINE, all over Hollywood.”

“I’m sorry Twilight, but I can’t. I won’t!” Fluttershy declared.

“Oh No!” replied Twilight angrily. “No! NO! NO!!! I have worked TOO hard to get you auditions Fluttershy! TOO HARD!” shouted Twilight. “And now that someone else is requesting you, REQUESTING YOU, to perform with them, YOU STILL WON'T DO IT!?”

“Uh…yes” replied Fluttershy nervously.

Twilight snapped. She gripped Fluttershy by her collar and pulled her closer. “LISTEN HERE YOU UNGREATFUL BRAT!” she shouted angrily, “I WORK TOO HARD, YOUR PARENTS WORK TO HARD, TO GET YOU TO MAKE SOMETHING OF YOURSELF!”

“I…I uh” said Fluttershy nervously.

“WHY DO YOU FIGHT US WHEN WE TRY TO GET YOU TO DEBUT ON SHOE BIZ!? WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE!!?” shouted Twilight.

Fluttershy nervously pondered for a moment as Twilight angrily stood in front of her. Fluttershy nervously gulped and looked around the living room. There, on the coffee table, stood one of her Lunar Luna mangas. Fluttershy slowly smiled and looked directly at Twilight.

“I’m going to be…a MANGA ARTIST!” she declared.

Awkward silence filled the room again. Twilight slowly released Fluttershy and stared off in a daze. Rarity and Fancy Pants were confused. Fluttershy's smile slowly turned into a nervous frown, as she waited to see if Twilight would respond. Still staring off into a daze, Fluttershy waved her hand over Twilight's face, to see her reaction. Nothing. Then, after a long minute, Twilight slowly kneeled on the floor and began to chuckle.

“A Manga Artist!?" she cried out with laughter. "I've seen the way you draw Fluttershy. With your skills you’d be lucky to even be accepted into the Art School!”

“I know I can do it if you just give me a chance to, Twilight.” Fluttershy declared.

“NO!” she exclaimed. She stood up and leaned closer towards Fluttershy. “Listen to me Fluttershy! You are member f High class. You were destine to an entertainer. Not an OTAKU! It’s time you GROW UP, and forget about this STUPID! ANIME! MANGA ARTIST! NONSENSE!"

Fluttershy and Twilight stood their staring at each other. Fluttershy in shock, and Twilight in anger. A moment of silence filled the room again. Rarity and Fancy Pants were horrified. This was a side to their manager they never saw.

“Uh, Twilight? Dear? Are you okay?” asked Rarity.

Twilight, slowly closed her eyes and started breathing softer. She was calmer now, but the damage was already done. She looked at Fluttershy, who at this point was already on verge of tears. Twilight felt awful. “What have I done?" she thought to herself. She slowly reached out to Fluttershy to try and make up for what she said.

“Fluttershy, I didn’t mean to…”

Fluttershy ran off before she could finish her sentence. Leaving Twilight alone. “Fluttershy, wait!” exclaimed Twilight. But it was too late. Fluttershy ran out of the living room to the stairs and locked herself inside her room. Twilight fell to the floor, and began pounding the ground with her right hand. “What have I done!” she cried.

“Now what?” Rarity asked.

“I was hoping not to involve her,” said Fancy Pants, “but it looks like were that desperate.”

Twilight slowly got up and turned to Fancy Pants. “Sir, you don’t mean…”

“I’ll go call her right now” said Fancy Pants.


The next morning, Fluttershy didn’t even stop for breakfast. She just got dressed and went off to school. It was early in the morning. First period had just started. Fluttershy sat next to Applejack with her face buried into her math book. Applejack shook her head and patted Fluttershy on the back.

“Aw, come on. Can’t be that bad?” asked Applejack.

“Yes it was!” replied Fluttershy, “She really hurt me! I never want to see her ever again!”

“You’re so sensitive, ya know that?” teased AJ.

Meanwhile outside, a black limousine pulled into the school parking lot and parked. All the students ran towards the limo and stared, waiting to see who was inside. Finally, the back door to the limousine opened up. Out came a tall young woman with rainbow colored hair. She wore a blue denim jacket over a black t-shirt, blue skin tight jeans, with black army boots, and sunglasses. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and she was carrying a backpack and what appeared to be a guitar case. The students all stared in awe. They never saw someone like her on their campus before.

Back inside the classroom, the teacher continued lecturing as AJ continued to cheer up Fluttershy. With no luck, if I may add.

“Ya know she didn’t mean it, right?” she asked.

“Yes. She. Did!” replied Fluttershy.

“…Well, look at it this way” continued AJ, “At least your situation can’t get any worse.”

As AJ said that, the door to the classroom swung open. There stood the woman from the parking lot. She slowly walked in and removed her sunglasses. The teacher and all the students stared. Fluttershy slowly looked up and saw the horror. She couldn't believe it.

“Oh no” she said to herself. “Not her…”

"Hey!" shouted one of the students. "I know her! That's Rainbow Dash, from the Sonic Rainbooms!"

"You mean the lead guitarist and singer of the Sonic Rainbooms!?" asked another student.

The whole classroom was in awe. It wasn't every day a celebrity came into their classroom. The teacher slowly got up and approached Rainbow Dash. "May I help you?" she asked. But RD didn't answer. She slowly panned the room. Humming.

"Let's see" she said to herself. "Where are you?"

Rainbow looked around the class room right to left, up and down. Then her eye finally caught a glimpse of the third row, where the girl with long pink hair, had her face buried into her math book. Rainbow Smiled. She recognized that pink hair anywhere. "FLUTTERSHY!!" she shouted happily. Fluttershy slowly up from her desk with her face blushing in embarrassment.

“H-Hi Rainbow Dash…” Fluttershy nervously replied.

Rainbow Dash ran over towards Fluttershy and gave a big hug and span her around in her arms, smiling. “Oh Fluttershy!” she exclaimed, “My little sister! It’s been so long!” Rainbow squeezed Fluttershy in her arms tightly and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

“Dash, you’re embarrassing me!” exclaimed Fluttershy.

“Hey, wait a minute” said one of the students. “That’s Rainbow Dash! Lead guitarist and singer of the band Thunderbolt!”

All the students stared with awe. They found this to be a touching moment. "Aww, how sweet!" said one of the students. However, Fluttershy was not in awe. Her sister was embarrassing her in front of her whole class. She pushed Rainbow Dash aside then grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of her class room into the hallway. Now in privet, the two began talking.

“Why are you here!?” asked Fluttershy.

“What? Can’t I just drop by and say hi to my favorite sister?” asked Dash.

Fluttershy raised her eyebrows.

“Okay, fine! Mom and Dad called me!” she said.

“It’s about the commercial?” asked Fluttershy.

“Yep” replied Rainbow. “Come on sis. You have a great opportunity going for you. Why won’t you take it?”

“Because I won’t alright!” exclaimed Fluttershy. “It’s not something I enjoy doing.”

“Are you sure you won’t even consider it?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“NO!” shouted Fluttershy. “I refuse to do the commercial and nothing you say or do will convince me otherwise!”

Fluttershy angrily crossed her arms and turned away from Dash. With a sly smile on her face, Rainbow Dash took of her backpack and unzipped it.

“Gee,” said Rainbow Dash, “that’s too bad. I guess that means I have to take this back to the store then.”

Rainbow dash reached into now opened backpack and pulled out a small doll like toy. Fluttershy slowly turned around and saw it. It was a Magical Wish Guardian: Lunar Luna action figure. Fluttershy was shocked.

“W-WAIT! Is…Is that a…”

“A limited edition series 4 Lunar Luna collectable action figure with moveable parts? Yes it is!” Rainbow Dash stated. “It even comes with its own trading card.”

“AH! GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!” exclaimed Fluttershy.

“Not so fast!” said Rainbow Dash, as she pulled the figure away. “THIS, is a reward.”

“A reward?” asked Fluttershy.

“If you agree to do the commercial for mother and father, then this figurine is all yours.” declared Rainbow Dash.

“Oh, I don’t know Dash” Fluttershy said. “What if I botch the shoot?”

“Before you make a final decision,” continued Dash, “Let me show you one more feature you may enjoy.”

Dash showed Fluttershy the back side of the figurine, revealing that it had a button on the back of the head. When Dash pressed the button, the Lunar Luna figurine talked.

“I am the protector of dreams and wishes! Defender of the night! I am Lunar Luna! Magical Wish Guardian!”

“WOW!” exclaimed Fluttershy, “It talks!?” Her eyes lit up with excitement. “But I thought the talking figures were only an exclusive in Japan?” she added.

“They are. But I have a friend in Tokyo who owed me a favor” said Rainbow Dash. “So what do say?” she added, “Will you do it?”

Fluttershy pondered the Idea for a moment. She hated acting, ever since her childhood trauma. Then again, she also LOVES Lunar Luna, and the series’ creator, Tia Celeste. She walked around for a while, thinking. Then she took a deep breathe in, and turned to Rainbow Dash. With a soft sigh, she replied.

“I’ll do it!” she uttered.

“HOORAY!!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

“I mean, I do like to cosplay sometimes” Fluttershy added. “Dressing up in a suit and tie is sort of cosplaying, right?”

“Absolutely!” replied Rainbow Dash. “Besides, what’s the worst that could happen?”


Meanwhile, in another city, a group of people crowded the entrance of a local movie theater. The paparazzi snapped photos and people cheered as a young teen actress walked down the steps of the theater to the limousine waiting for her. She waved to the crowd and smiled as security held the crowd back and slowly escorted the young actress.

Though it’s not professional to state the obvious in a story, I can undertake that you all know who this young actress is. Her name was Sunset Shimmer. And she as a well know actress in both TV, and Commercial. As Sunset entered the limousine, her manager was waiting for her.

“Hello Ms. Shimmer” said her Manager. “I have some wonderful news.”

“Yes, hold on” said Sunset as she closed the door and turned to the limo driver. “Hey, Saul, step on it!” she ordered.

“You got it Ms. Shimmer!” Saul replied.

“Sorry about that Pommel” said Sunset. “You were saying?”

“Ah yes,” Pommel continued, “I received a message from the wedding company and CEO of Esquire Advertisement. We are good to go on the commercial!”

“Wait! What!?” she exclaimed.

“He agreed to do it” continued Pommel, “You’ll get to see him again, just like you wanted.”

Sunset slowly laid back on her seat and stared at the ceiling. Her eyes were wide open. She slowly turned her head to stare out the window. Then a slight smile appeared on her face. She reached into the pocket of her leather jacket and pulled out an old photograph.

There showed an image of a young Sunset, being accompanied by a small boy, with pink hair, wearing a suit and tie and with his face buried behind his hands, turning away, as the little girl giggled. A tear slowly fell down Sunset’s face. She then began to think to herself.

I can’t believe it. He said yes. He actually said yes…Finally. After all these years I’m finally going to get to see him again.