Together Forever
Sunset was shaking with nerves as they stood at the terminal, waiting to board their plane. The thought of being inside an aircraft thousands of feet in the air terrified her.
“It’s gonna be okay. I promise. It’s a short trip, just a few hours. There probably won’t be any turbulence.” Twilight stepped up beside her, wrapping her arm around Sunset’s waist as she tried to calm her down.
“It shouldn’t be possible. Pegasi are small because they have to fly, that thing is huge!” Sunset wildly gestured out the window towards a plane in the loading dock.
“It’ll be okay. You can sleep the whole way there and we’ll all have such a fun time in Hawai’i you won’t even remember the trip there.” Twilight took Sunset’s hand into her free hand and began to lightly stroke her knuckles, trying to settle her nerves.
Sunset didn’t respond, her eyes trained on the airplane.
“Is there anything I can do to help? I hate seeing you upset,” Twilight asked, laying her head on Sunset’s shoulder. Sunset moved to rest her head on top of Twilight’s.
“I-I don’t know.” She let out a watery laugh. “I’m supposed to be the strong one.”
“Who said that?” Twilight asked, slightly alarmed.
“No one. It’s just… You’re the small and delicate one. I guess that makes me feel like I have to be strong and always protect you,” Sunset mumbled, looking to the ground and running her foot along the break in the tile floor.
Twilight sighed.
“Baby, you don’t have to be ‘the strong one’. We’re both allowed to feel emotions and be sad or scared sometimes, okay? You’ve been comforting me through everything for five years now. Let me help you, okay?” Twilight moved her hand from the small of Twilight’s back up to Sunset’s hair, stroking gently.
“Hey! Lovebirds! We gotta go!” Rainbow’s voice cut through the terminal, startling a few families around them.
“They’re having a moment!” Rarity chastised.
“We’re gonna be the last ones on the plane!” Rainbow pointed to where everyone else was heading out of the terminal and going to board the plane.
Pinkie came bounding over, holding a hotdog nobody had seen her get through security.
“Come on! The plane isn’t that scary!”
“Pinkie! You aren’t helping,” Rarity said, grabbing the woman by the arm and pulling her away from Sunset and Twilight. Sunset looked to Twilight.
“Is it really going to be okay?” she asked. Twilight had never seen that look on Sunset before, true fear. Those who had seen her transformation at the Fall Formal might say they had seen it in her eyes before, but Twilight hadn’t. This wasn’t just some silly fright caused by Sunset not being native to this world, this was real. Twilight thought back to all those horrible plane crash reports she had read out at a sleepover in high school. He mentally kicked herself, knowing that she might be responsible for her fiancee’s fright.
Twilight took hold of Sunset’s hands again.
“Yes, Sunny. It’s going to be okay. I’ll be right next to you the whole time and it’ll be over before you know it, and we’ll have a super fun time with everyone in Hawai’i. Trust me, okay?”
Sunset bit her bottom lip and nodded.
“Okay, I trust you.”
“Come on, let’s go get on the plane.” Twilight gave Sunset a warm smile that Sunset found herself returning. She let herself be dragged off by Twilight, following the rest of the group as they boarded the plane.
Finally they were all seated. Twilight was in the window seat with Sunset next to her and Fluttershy on the aisle seat. Behind them were Rarity, Rainbow, and Applejack. Pinkie sat in the aisle seat in the row across from them. Twilight reached over and grabbed Sunset’s hand as the redhead lightly shook.
“Close your eyes and relax. It’ll be okay,” Twilight whispered. Sunset laid her head on top of Twilight’s shoulder, trying to relax her body.
With only minimal tears, she got through take off okay, and managed to sleep until landing. Resting with her head on Twilight’s chest, the sound of her heartbeat helped calm her down and before she knew it she was fast asleep.
When they reached the main island, Sunset was buzzing with excitement. This was only the third vacation she had been on, and the first had been a cruise crashed by equestrian magic. Hawai’i was so beautiful, and Sunset had always loved the ocean. She was really hoping everything went well.
As they made their way out of the airport after picking up their bags, it seemed everyone was too excited to talk. The group walked in silence, Sunset’s hand held firmly in Twilight’s.
Their hotel was just about a block from the airport, thankfully. Using the GPS on Rarity’s phone, they were able to find their way fairly easily, only getting turned around once. Even from their hotel they could hear the waves crashing on the beach. They had reserved three rooms, all connected. One was a suite, the other two were more plain. Suite was putting it lightly. It was more or less a small apartment, with it’s own private balcony, a separate bedroom and an entire living room and kitchen. They had splurged a little so they could have some more comfortable living space for the two weeks they were vacationing there. Even then, the two connected rooms had two king sized beds each and lavishly large bathrooms.
“How are we going to split up?” Fluttershy asked as they entered the hotel room. They set their bags down around the door, walking into the hotel room and taking a tour of it in unison.
“There’s five total beds, right?” Rarity asked, Twilight nodded as she was connecting her phone to the free wifi.
“I say Sunset and Twilight take the bedroom in the suite, Fluttershy and Pinkie can have the two in that room.” She pointed to the connecting door on the right, that led to the second room. “And Rainbow, AJ, and I will sleep in the other room, Rainbow and Applejack sharing a bed.” She gestured to the other door. Everyone readily agreed, taking their bags to their respective rooms.
“Why do you think Rarity wanted us to have the bedroom?” Twilight asked as she sat on the bed. It was incredibly soft and she sank into the mattress, letting out a relaxed sigh as she popped her joints after being on a plane for four hours.
Sunset looked at her with bemusement on her face.
“Twi, we’re an engaged couple. Why do you think they gave us the bedroom?” Sunset raised an eyebrow at the younger girl.
Twilight’s face went read, realization setting in. “Oh, OH!” Sunset giggled.
“Come on, let’s finish unpacking then we can hit the beach,” Sunset said, reaching over to ruffle Twilight’s hair. Twilight giggled and nodded, standing up to take her laptop out of her backpack.
Twilight couldn’t help but start to worry after her engagement was brought up, reminding her that she still had yet to tell her family, and it had been almost two months. As Sunset happily unpacked her things, humming an old Rainbooms’ tune to herself, Twilight’s mind raced. She tried to shake the thoughts away, but she knew they would come back later.
...
The water was amazing.
It was both warm and cooling at the same time as Sunset sat at the edge, letting the waves wash up over her before they receded again.
Everyone around her was having a great time too. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were in the water, bouncing a beach ball back and forth. Sunset watched it go back and forth, waiting for one of them to drop it and for it to get swept away by the ocean. Twilight was behind her in the sand, back far enough that the waves didn’t touch her when they came crashing in. She had left her ring in the bedroom, not wanting it to get dirty. At least, that’s what she told Sunset. She really had left it behind so maybe she didn’t have to think about the engagement at all. She loved Sunset and wouldn’t change anything for the world, but it seemed that it was all that was ever on her mind. She watched Sunset as she ran her hands through the sand, letting it fall through her fingers as she people watched.
Rarity was farther up on the beach, laying on a chaise that had seemingly come out of nowhere. Seriously, nobody knew where she had gotten it. She was sunbathing, sunglasses over her eyes as she watched birds fly by overhead and studied the moving clouds.
Pinkie and Fluttershy were building a sand castle, but Fluttershy was definitely more interested in the little sea creatures that washed up with the tide. Pinkie however, was building what was probably the grandest sand castle on the whole beach, maybe even the whole island. All that time building things out of sweets, or lack of time spent on them really, must have paid off.
Everyone was having a great time, enjoying the first day of their vacation. It was amazing, getting to relish in the warm sun without a care in the world. No college classes to worry about, no overdue homework, no approaching school year. They were finally free and could move on with their lives. And that started today, on a beautiful beach in Hawai’i, just spending time together.
They stayed there all day, and once the sun had dipped over the horizon, they finally packed up to go back to their hotel. It was beachfront, meaning they only had to walk up a boardwalk to get back to the building, where they then rode the elevator back up to their rooms and split off to get changed. Twilight had made them a dinner reservation a few blocks away, and they were all starving.
They decided once again to just travel on foot, being cheaper than to rent a car. It seemed things were pretty close together in the area. As they entered the restaurant, twilight gave the hostess her name and they were led to their reserved table. With a group of seven, it was always a great idea to reserve seats in restaurants when they went anywhere. Even if it meant they were on a time crunch, they would still have enough seats.
As menus were passed around, Sunset zeroed in on the back page, which displayed all their different alcoholic drinks. Sometimes, she forgot she was of age. It had been quite a while since she had had anything special like this.
“Get one if you want, nobody’s stopping you. All long as you don’t get too tipsy.” Twilight said with a laugh, looking down at her own menu. Sunset slowly turned to look at her.
“How did you…” She trailed off as Twilight looked at her.
“I know you, Sunny.” she gave her a wink, going back to her own menu.
Their server appeared to take their drink orders and they all went around, Sunset deciding on a Long Island Iced Tea. They chatted while they waited for their drinks to return and to order their food. Looking around the room, Sunset saw it was full of both locals and tourists. There was a large bay window directly across from Sunset and she could see the ocean from her seat. It was almost dark out and stars were starting to appear outside. She couldn't help but think of how great it would be to take a moonlit walk hand in hand with her beautiful fiancee.
“Sunset, darling?” She was startled out of her daydream by Rarity tapping on her shoulder. She blinked a few times.
“Uh, yeah?”
Rarity slid her drink to her.
“What are you getting?” she motioned towards the waiter holding a notepad. She picked up her menu, quickly located the meal she had picked out earlier.
“I’ll have the seafood ceviche, please.” she blushed in embarrassment, looking up at the waiter.
“You eat seafood?” Rainbow asked as the waiter walked away.
“Just because we have seaponies doesn’t mean I’m emotionally attached to a shrimp.” She rolled her eyes, bringing her drink closer and wrapping her lips around the straw.
“Let’s do a toast!” Pinkie exclaimed, bouncing in her seat.
“Calm down Pinkie,” Applejack said, scooting an inch away from the pink woman and closer to Rainbow.
“That sounds like a lovely idea darling,” Rarity raised her glass of some fancy wine she had found on the menu and everyone else followed suit with both alcoholic beverages and not.
“To graduating college,” Rainbow said, clinking her glass against Applejack and Fluttershy’s.
“Oh oh! To Sunny and Twily’s engagement!!” Pinkie added next. Sunset and Twilight blushed while everyone else laughed. It still felt so taboo to talk about, being two girls engaged in a world dominated by heterosexuals, even if all their friends were supported.
“To this amazing vacation,” Rarity said.
“To Spike, who couldn’t be with us here today,” Fluttershy smiled thinking about the talking dog still at home California.
“To Pinkie’s new boyfriend,” Sunset said. Everyone laughed at that.
“Ta survivin’ until we could legally drink,” Applejack said. They all looked at Twilight.
“To Princess Twilight, for without her we wouldn’t all be here today.” she smiled and they all clinked their glasses together, taking a drink and then easing back into their small talk.
Soon their food arrived and after a hardy meal and a few more drinks, they headed back to their hotel.
Sunset and Twilight sat on the suite balcony alone, holding hands as they star gazed.
Twilight lifted her hand to look at her ring.
“I need to tell them,” she whispered.
Sunset looked down at her.
“Only if you want to. You could always just not tell your mom and if you change your mind later you can tell her, but once you tell her you can’t take it back. Think about it a little bit more, okay?” Sunset rubbed Twilight’s shoulder gently.
“That’s just the thing. I can’t stop thinking about it. And I don’t want to ruin our vacation by worrying about something entirely unrelated the whole time.” Twilight sighed.
“Would it help if you just called your dad now and told him. Just to at least get it out to someone?” Sunset pulled Twilight closer into her.
“Maybe.”
After a few more minutes of silence, Twilight reached for her phone.
“Screw it,” she muttered.
She dialed her dad’s number, waiting as it rang. After a few moments, he picked up.
“Hey dad, we need to talk,” she said. She looked to Sunset for support, who took hold of her hand in response and gave it a squeeze.
“I’m listening,” Night Light responded.
“Sunset and I are engaged. Have been for two months. The wedding is next spring. Mom can’t know, but I needed to tell someone,” she said all in one breath. She considered hanging up right there, just dropping the bombshell and leaving the conversation, not to talk about it for at least another two weeks. She glanced down at her ring.
Night was quiet for a few seconds.
“I already knew that baby. Flurry dropped the bomb when I was visiting your brother last week. We wanted to tell you we knew but you were so worried about getting ready for your vacation.”
Twilight went quiet. Sunset was close enough to hear what was happening on the other end of the phone and began mentally preparing herself for the waterworks if it turned out Twilight Velvet already knew.
“Does mom know?” Twilight asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
“No, we wanted to wait for you to tell her.”
Both girls let out a breath they didn’t realize they were holding.
“Just know that we fully accept you and are beyond happy for you. We always have been.” Night Light added.
“Thank you,” Twilight said. Without another word, she hung up the phone. She needed a moment to think.
“Feel better?” Sunset asked.
“Yeah-” Twilight nodded. “-I really do.” She turned, burying her face into Sunset’s shoulder. She cuddled into her fiancee, wrapping her arms around her waist.
“I feel like I just ran a marathon,” she mumbled.
“More like a mile.” Sunset snickered. Twilight lightly smacked her.
“Rude.”
“You know it’s true babe.”
Twilight snorted, closing her eyes.
“Can we sleep here?” she asked. Sunset giggled.
“No, we need to go to the bedroom.” Sunset shook her head. When it became clear Twilight wasn’t going to move anytime soon, Sunset moved to lift her up, carrying her inside and locking the balcony door behind her. She carried Twilight to the bedroom and said girl was passed out before she ever hit the bed. Sunset giggled, climbing in beside her and drifting off next to her. She felt giddy, unbelievably excited to be married to the beautiful girl next to her in less than a year now.
The rest of their vacation passed too quickly for any of their likings. After two weeks of sight-seeing, swimming, nature walks, and even some mini-golf, it was time to go home. They all had a wonderful time, but all good things must come to an end at some point, right?
As they walked into the airport, Sunset was surprised that her nerves didn’t pick up again. The first flight wasn’t so bad, so how terrible could the second? Just a four hour trip from Honolulu to LAX, it couldn’t be so bad.
Rarity had spent nearly two hours in a gift shop they had visited before they got to the airport and they nearly missed their flight. As they settled into their seats in the same order as before, Sunset took hold of Twilight’s hand.
They could do anything when they were together, couldn't they?
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thank goodness for your author notes, i was hoping their plane wasn't going to crash on the way home in the next chapter, cuz that would be awful
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That never even crossed my mind! I try not to be an evil author, I could never imagine hurting my babies like that when they're so happy. But now that you mention it, that sounds like a great detour...
Cuties! Poor Twiggles and her anxiety about her mum finding out and going momzilla on her wedding.
I'll make sure it come back on Monday to see the next chapter
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I already have it written and it'll be ready to go on Monday for sure! It's just a short interlude, but I'm proud of it. The first part of the wedding with be out on Friday!
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Can't wait
So far, this story has a lot of raunchy humor in nearly every other chapter. Something like that doesn't really belong in an E-rated story, and it would be against site rules to still have something like that tagged as 'everyone' since it is defined as the rating containing content acceptable in children's media. I'd really bump this up to a teen rating ASAP.
Small error near the end, you forgot the S in She in the last sentence.