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// A Day With Pinkie 
// Story: A Sweet and Shy Summer 
// by Treblebeat 
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	The rain had stopped and I felt the sun shine on my face as I lied there with Pinkie. I slowly opened my eyes to see her, asleep in front of me… Her face barely two inches from my own. I quickly fell out of the bed in a panic, scared. Pinkie woke up with a start and started to look around to see what was wrong I assume. She looked over and saw me on the ground panting. “Whoa, what happened Flutters?” she said.

I blushed at her asking. “Nothing… Uh... Just a nightmare…” I lied, not wanting to admit the real reason. I slowly stood back up and brushed myself off, stretching my limbs and wings.

“That’s no good Flutters!” she said as she climbed out of bed. She went around the bed and hugged me tightly. “Nightmares are never fun,” I slowly hugged her back, unsure of what to say.

After the hug, I made my bed and then quickly hovered down the stairs. Angel was there in his little bed, sleeping away. He always did like to sleep in; I never tried to bother him when he sleeps otherwise he gets… Mean again… Pinkie was already downstairs sitting on the couch talking to the animals about parties and other odd things. The animals seemed interested in what she had to say though. I never knew she had a way with animals.

I trotted into the kitchen to make us some breakfast. Some pancakes sound nice. Pinkie kept talking to the animals, mumbling again. I got the batter and a bowl and started to make the pancakes. I started to sing softly to myself and I hoped that Pinkie was too busy to hear me. I slowly worked away the time, getting everything ready and after 20 minutes the pancakes were ready. I peeked my head out the door and asked Pinkie to give me a hoof.

Pinkie followed me into the kitchen and put the two plates in her mouth and walked out into the dining room as I put the plate with the pancakes in my hoof and I slowly flew out into the dining room and I turned to the right a bit too sharply and the pancakes lost balance and started to fall. I panicked slightly and tried to keep them balanced and before I knew what was going on, I felt a strong tug on my tail and I stopped, the pancakes fell off the plate and I slowly descended until my hooves were on the ground. I turned around and saw Pinkie biting onto my tail.

“What happened? Why did you grab my tail Pinkie?” I snapped.

She dropped my tail and pointed forward, “I just didn’t think you wanted to hit that…” she said. I looked to where she was pointing and saw I was heading towards a wall with a few small cubbies in it for raising the new born animals. Each cubby had a newborn.

I felt terrible for snapping at her. She was only looking out for me and the newborns and I was focused on some stupid pancakes. Stupid Fluttershy… “Oh… my… I’m so sorry for snapping at you and thanks for catching me…”I apologized and I turned around and hugged her tightly. No amount of hugs would amount for how badly I snapped at her though.

She hugged me back and very kindly said “It’s fine Flutters! I understand! I’ve been in that position before; you don’t really pay attention to those around you,” when we broke from the hug, she was smiling again. I still felt terrible.

“I’ll get started on those pancakes again…” I said and started to head back into the kitchen and I felt a hoof in front of me, stopping me.

“I have a better idea!” Pinkie said, “Let’s just go out to breakfast! My treat!”

“Oh… I have not gone out to eat in a long time… Where would we go…?” I asked.

Pinkie just smiled “Oh, just to the local diner.”

“Alright…” I said.

“Great!” Pinkie said and bounced out the door.

I followed her out the door and locked it behind me.

We walked to town and I looked around at the buildings. Ponyville always did look beautiful after the rain; it just had a nice little shine to it, everything glowed, the soft dirt felt great on my hooves, and the grass just shined. It just screamed to me peace and calm.

I was just busy looking around and before I knew it, we were at the diner. “Here we are! This is my favorite place ever to eat breakfast!” she bounced in and I just followed.

We sat down in a booth across from each other. It was a nice place; there were ponies in every table of the restaurant. The sound of chatting filling the air. It was a very rustic feel and I enjoyed the smell of all different kinds of foods filling the air. I glanced over at Pinkie and she just sat there with the menu under her hooves. I looked through the menu and couldn’t decide what I wanted. 3 whole pages of all kinds of things to eat.  I flipped through the menu a few times and I decided on waffles and toast. 

The waitress was a yellow unicorn with a light greenish mane. She came by and asked us what we wanted. I gave my order then Pinkie gave hers “I want pancakes and about 20 hay bacon strips!”

We waited at the table and we just talked about random stuff. I occasionally took a sip of my coffee. After about 20 minutes our food was out and we spent the rest of the time eating. I can see why Pinkie said she loved this place, it was really good. She finished faster than me even though she ordered way more food than me. I was almost done though and she waited patiently for me to finish my breakfast.

When I finished, I wiped my face off and smiled. “That was really good Pinkie! Thanks for letting me know about this place,” I said.

“You’re welcome! I’m happy you liked it! Anyway, where is that check? I’ll be right back!” Pinkie said as she got up and started walking along the narrow hall that was the restaurant. She started to talk to the waitress and I sat there and thought about my life and Pinkie. 

Why was she being so very nice to me recently. I mean, she’s always been nice, but she’s being really nice as of late… And I’ve really been enjoying her company and she is just… I don’t know… I thought.

I was lost in my own little world when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Pinkie. “Ready to go?” she asked.

“Oh, yeah I’m ready,” I said as I got out of the booth.

We left the restaurant and we stood at the entrance for a while. “What were you so deep in thought about?” she asked.

I blushed again. “Oh, uh... Just thinking about if I have plans today…” I lied again for the second time today. I felt terrible about lying to her but at the same time I don’t want her to know I was thinking about her.

“Oh? And do you have any?” She asked.

“Not really.”

“That is super duper fantastic! I’m glad cause I have nothing going on either!” Pinkie said, smiling, “Want to hang out?”

“Oh… Sure, for a little while…” I said. I wanted to spend some time with Pinkie for some reason, being with her makes me feel happy.

“Hooray! Where should we go? OH! I know! Let’s just walk around downtown!”

“Oh, alright…”

Pinkie started to walk towards the down town area and I walked alongside her.

“You know, I wanted to thank you,” Pinkie said, stopping suddenly.

“Thank me for what?” I asked, turning around to look in her soft light blue eyes.

“I want to thank you for letting me stay at your house last night.”

“Oh, that was nothing. I was just concerned for you and I didn’t want you to get wet.”

“I also wanted to thank you for that. You are so kind and caring and just… You’re really great…”

I began to blush again “It’s only because you’re my friend Pinkie, my best friend even.”

“That’s another thing! Thanks for being my friend.”

“I…” I didn’t know what to say. I don’t know why Pinkie was being so… nervous… She is never like this. I decided not to push the issue. I felt a pair of hooves wrap around my neck and I knew whose hooves those were and I wrapped my own around hers and we just hugged each other for a while.

After we broke the hug, Pinkie seemed back to her old, bubbly self. “Ready to go?” She asked. I nodded and we went off to visit a bunch of stores all across down town Ponyville. We visited the local hat shop, the boutique, got some lunch, and we even played some games at the local arcade run by Tokens. I was always bad at playing games but Pinkie went easy on me and I won at least one match of the fighting game there.

Before I knew it, it was 4 O’clock and it was time for me to go feed the animals. Pinkie once again escorted me home. “Do you really have to go?” she asked.

“Yeah… Sorry Pinkie… But I had fun!” I assured her.

She smiled at me and said “I’m glad”

We finally made it back to my cottage. I turned to her and said “Thanks for the really good time; I hope to do it again.”

“Thanks for spending the day with me! It was a lot of fun!”

I walked inside the house and after I shut the door, I swear I could have heard crying…