//------------------------------// // Right? // Story: Why me? // by Miner //------------------------------// To be honest. I knew that this was going to happen eventually. I am not surprise that he would want to talk about us. Expectedly when I kind of did an open-air love confession to him earlier. After closing the door, Exclusive made his way to the right side of my bed. Take a deep breath, I begin the conversation while not trying to look at him. “What is there talk about Exclusive? I mean, we just meet less than two days ago. And now that I think about it. With all that has happened so far; I should consider myself lucky to still be alive.” Exclusive had a calm and gentle look, “Go on,” I start rubbing my hooves over each other. “I mean I don’t even think we are friends.” I have no idea why I am acting like this. Maybe it is because I never had to deal with this kind of thing before, “We feel more like acquaintances than anything else.” I look up to him, “Are we even friends?” I had to make sure. He nods while smiling at me, “Yes, we are Jessica. Good ones at that.” I can feel the heat in my checks when he said that. I look away from him. “Please stop doing that.” “Doing what?” I couldn’t look at him. I can’t. “Being you. We have only meet and are barely friends. And I know you are the one paying for my medical bills; otherwise I wouldn’t still be here. Why are you being so nice to me?” “Why not?” “Because I am not worth it. I am just a girl who wonder into your shop with nothing but a torn-up sweater to her name. I have no way of paying you back for all your kindness and generosity. So please stop. Let me be. That way we can still be friends.” Why am I saying all this to him? Do I ready care about him? Before I know it, I could feel something grabbing my hoof. Causing me to freeze at contact. “But that is the thing Jessica. I don’t want to be ‘just friends’ with you.” Looking back at him I got very flustered, “Oh! But don’t you think you are moving a little bit fast there Exclusive?” “I can’t help it Jessica. Every time I see you. When I look at you my heart skips a beat. I am overwhelmed with the desire; to give you everything this world has to offer. Because to me Jessica; you are my world.” He said very lovingly as he brushes the side of cheek with his hoof and gently squeezes my hoof in his other. “Uh, that’s nice.” Did my heart just skip a beat?! “Nice has nothing to do with it. Jessica, you are funny, smart, and gorgeous. Any stallion in their right mind would be a fool for not noticing you walking by,” Oh! Quite the sweet talker anti he. “All the mares in Equestria can’t even hold a candle to your beauty. Try as they may for all their life. They can only stare in envy of what they can never have; your beauty.” He said looking into my eyes. “Uh...” Hay face why are you betraying me? Stop with the blushing! And brain think of something better to say! “Jessica not only are you beautiful on the outside, but you are more so on the inside. That is why I can’t be your friend Jessica, I want to be your special somepony,” Oh dear. “Exclusive,” Did I just gulp? And why did I say his name like that! “I don’t know what to say. I am flatter for sure. But I don’t feel the same way for you.” I lied; I am definity feeling something between us. “I need you to understand. I never had to deal with somepony like you before or having some much happen to me in such a short period of time. I need more time to rest and gather up my thought on my next move. However as for us, I think I just want to be friends.” I as I looked away from him. I could hear a sigh. “I understand Jessica. If that is what you want, then I will stop my advances towards you.” “Yes, it is what I want.” Why I am feeling so sad about this? Do I really have feelings for Exclusive? “However, there is something I want you to know.” He said turning my face to look at him again, “And that would be?” “I am a very patient pony. When you feel ready, I will be there waiting for you.” Exclusive said as he smiles at me before he leans down and kisses my hoof. Before I could say anything somepony else nearby decide to make themselves known. “Aww” We then turn our head to see the new pony in the room. I can see a very familiar looking mare sporting her signature rainbow colored mane. Grinning at us, as she is sitting on the windowsill. Oh, why would you look at that. Her mane and tail are back, but they don’t look like her style though. I better help her out with that. I then put on my smiling face before putting my plan into action. “Congratulation Miss Dash, you have just won a prize!” that seem to have gotten her attention. “Huh! Really?” she said excited. I grab the old box exclusive gave me earlier along with a walking stick one of the ponies gave me for a present, and then start to limp on over to her. “Why yes Miss Dash.” Almost there. “I am surprise that you have never heard about it before now.” She is in range. “Oh, really? So, what did I win?” Impact in Three, “It is right here in this box” Two, I handed her the box. She opens it with a smile on her face, but it then leaves as she see nothing; also, One, “There nothing in here Ow! Hay!” she said as I whacked her on the head with my cane. “Rainbow Dash, I want you to meet my little friend, Moe. Moe this is Rainbow’s HEAD.” I said continuing my onslaught. “Hay knock it Ow!” Direct hit. “I said Ow!” I know you did. “Stop Ow!” Oh! I bop her on the nose! Two points! “Give me that!” she said getting into the room now trying to get Moe from me. I lean back away from her in a mocking gasp as I hold Moe close, “Why Rainbow, you would dare try to take away an injure pony’s walking stick. Shame on you.” She stops for moment to try to make sense of what she is doing before she shakes her head. “Now cut that out. This is nothing like that. We all know that I am just Ow!” Focus Rainbow. I was going to get her again but was suddenly unable to move, and I was being lifted into the air. I turn my head to see that I was being pulled back to my bed; all the while Exclusive’s horn was glowing. “Now that is quiet enough of that Jessica.” “No fair, I wasn’t done with her yet.” I tried to throw Moe at Rainbow one last time, but Exclusive stop it from even getting close to her. You know magic can be cool and all, but sometimes it can be annoying. “I think she gets the idea Jessica. Right Rainbow?” Exclusive said as he puts my walking stick in the corner and puts me on my bed. Rainbow is rubbing her head as she tries to clear up her thought before speaking. “Oh, course I get it.” Yeah right. Three, two, one… “What do I need to get for you again?” Called it “Nothing, Rainbow. Just please promise me that you will no longer to try to tease Jessica anymore.” He turns to face me, “And Jessica, I need you to also to stop any more of these pointless fights with Rainbow before it gets out of hoof.” “But she...” “No, I need you two Pinkie promise not stop this.” A what promise? Whatever it is Rainbow doesn’t look very happy about it. “What! But...” “Look let’s just stop this needless fighting before somepony really get hurt.” He said firmly, “And to do that I am going to need the both of you to Pinkie promise to stop acting like fouls.” Acting like a what now? “Oh, oh alright.” Rainbow said. Great now it is two against one. “Fine. But before we promise not to fight each other again.” I got a glare from her. “Can somepony explain to the new pony in town what in the world a ‘Pinkie promise’ is?” “Oh, right it goes ‘Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.’” Exclusive explains. Is he serous right now? That sounds like something a child would say. Maybe that is why it is called a Pinkie promise. “That’s sure is a weird way of promising something, but how will that work for Rainbow?” “What do you mean?” “Want I mean is that she’s already a Pegasus. So, she can already fly.” I stated, “It’ll work either way!” said a voice to my left “AAHH!” I screamed and then turning to see who was the ‘wise pony’. Its turnout to be Pony Ville favorite overly hyper pink pony. “Pinkie! You are going to give me a heart attack!” I said while holding my heart with my hooves. “Oh really! In that case, it’s a good thing I have these shock pads on me.” She said pulling out a defibrillator out of her mane. I can see the electricity flowing through the pads indicating that they were charge and ready. Oh no! “Clear!” “WAIT!” We all screamed but it was too late. Oh, so this is what it feels like to be shock with 1000 volts of electricity coursing through your body…. shocking. Exclusive point of view I can see the love of my life shaking as her mane and coat are standing on end. As she gets quite that shock of her life. I use my magic to pull Pinkie and the pads away from Jessica which causes her to fall back onto her bed. And it might have been my imagination by I thought for sure I saw her eyes making an ‘x’ symbol on them before she passes out on the bed. “What were you thinking!” I said as I moved Pinkie over to Rainbow. “But she said she was going to have a heart attack!” Pinkie said. “She was being sarcastic Pinkie.” “Oooh. But why would she say something like that? I never understand why ponies would talk like that. That kind of talking makes less sense than me.” “Never mind that for now. Rainbow please go and find somepony here that can help Jessica.” “On it.” She said as she zoomed out of the room. “And Pinkie.” “Yes.” “Don’t do anything.” “Aww.” She said while I went to see if Jessica was alright. She seems ok but is twitching every now and then. I use my magic to get rid of any excessive electricity form her body. Thank you, Twilight, for that one. Once she had stop twitching, I use my hoof to shake her arm to see if she would wake up. “Jessica, Jessica can you hear me?” I can see her eye lids moving a little but nothing else happen. “Uhm.” “Jessica, are you alright?” Inside Jessica Dream realm “You know Max. I know they say the customer is always right, but I beg to differ.” I said to my pet parrot Max while he was eating his cracker. “I mean are they trying to make me lose it. Why in the world would you order an ice-cream cake form a restaurant that sells only fast-food meals that are hot!” I sat down on my chair rubbing my head as Max squawks at me. “Who do they think we are Dairy Queen?!” I shouted to the ceiling raising my arms, before letting them fall to my side. I let out a sigh as I continue my rant. “And to make matters worse, those annoying people are organized I tell you. They have their own little system of how to annoy the heck out of me and my fellow employees.” I got up to go to the fridge. “Maybe I should consider going somewhere else for a job. Yeah that should do it. But the question is where am I going to go?” I said opening a can of coca cola. “AW come on Jessica, where is the fun in that?” said my roommate who just enter the room in her green Pj’s with her hair undone. “It just some harmless fun. They will stop once it’s not funny anymore. I know I would.” She joins me at the fridge to also get a soda. “That is easy for you to say Lilly. You have a job where you can beat someone up who get out of line. You don’t have to deal with not being able to do something about it every single shift.” I said while drinking my cola. “And how many times do I need to tell you to not interrupt my monologue moments?” “Oh, just about every time you have one. But that is not important right now.” She said leaning on the wall near Max’s cage. “Oh, and what do you have for me this time Lilly.” I said as I took a bite out of a left-over burger before closing the fridge. “And it better has nothing to do with the kitchen stove.” I said turning to face her as she looks offend. “Hay it wasn’t that bad, and it was only one cupcake!” “You set fire to it and almost burn down the kitchen. WITH AN ELECTRIC STOVE! How did you even do set fire to one! It doesn’t make any sense!” I told her as I toss away my empty can. She gives a small smile as she remembers it. “Hay, at least no one was hurt. And I did pay for the damages didn’t I. What more do you want form me?” “Well for one thing. For you to stay away from the stove… forever. And… Wait didn’t you have something to say again?” “Oh right. We need to get you ready for your date with Mathew tonight.” She said happily as she claps here hands together. I drop my burger as a moment of realization came to me. “Aren’t you excited. This maybe to one and then you can move out of here with him. And then I am going to have to look for a new roommate. And every once and a while we can hang out and catch up.” “Wh... whh...” “You ok there girl?” “WHAT!” I screamed as I ran into my room closing the door behind me. I can hear Lilly calling out to me through the door. “Hay what is wrong Jessica? Wait a minute. You forgot didn’t you!” Silence was my only answer to her. “Oh, Come on girl. Why do you want me to set you with these guys; if you don’t even remember that you are going on a date with one of them?” she said as I fell down on my butt trying to get my pants off. “Wait was Mathew the French chief or was he the Artist?” I shouted through the door. “Oh, come on Jessica really? Why do I…” There was a knock at the Front door. There was a moment of silence before I asked Lilly an important question. “Lilly, what Time is it?” “Uh? A quarter past seven.” “Not good. Lilly, I need you to stall him for minute!” I said putting on my favorite blouse and trying to find a matching pair of heels in this mess. “On it.” She said as I tripped over my discarded jeans onto the bed. It took a turned over bed, two chairs and a crack mirror, but I did it. I am ready for him. Once I open the door, I started looking for him in the restaurant, but then I realize I forgot what he looked like. Well this is just perfect. Now I am just going to have to wait for him to notice me before I can find him. After a couple a minutes later, a cute guy is trying to get my attention over at one of the booths, by waving his hand. A smile comes to my face as I made my way over. Once I was close enough to talk to him someone got in my way. It was Pinkie Pie. She is still a pony and she is standing on her hind legs with her foreleg against my belly. “Hi Jessica, where are you going?” she asked “Uh, to my date over there?” I said point to the young man. “Nope, you can’t do that.” She said as she got back on all fours. “And why may I ask.” “Because you still haven’t had your ‘get well party’ yet silly.” She said “But Pinkie I thought you already gave me one.” I then started to hear more hooves steps nearby. As I looked around the restaurant, I can see that she wasn’t alone. Soon the restaurant started to fill up with more Pinkie Pie’s coming out form everywhere. “But we are all looking forward to it.” They all said in one voice as small bolts of electricity coming off from their manes and tail as well as some parts of their bodies. Slowly I began to back make my way out of the restaurant, but they were following me. “Where are, you going Jessica? We just want to play with you.” They said bouncing right after me. “No thanks! Bye!” I turned around and ran out of the restaurant with the hoard of Pinkies right behind me. I didn’t know what to do or where to go but one think remains certain. I had to get away from these Pinkies Pies. I tried losing them in parking lots and marketplaces, but it wasn’t working. In fact, it only made things worse for me. For every Pinkie, I got away from. Three more would take her place. Soon there was a whole city worth of Pinkies after me. And not surprisingly, they had finally corner me on the side of a building as they close in on me. I turned to face them as I tried to reason with them. “Now, now Pinkies can’t we talk about this?” “Yes, let’s talk about how much fun we are going to have together. But first we want a huge.” They said together as they continue to fire off random bolts of electric off themselves. This the end for me. I am going to be electrocuted and eaten by a hoard of Pinkie’s Pies. I have no regrets for I enjoyed every moment of my life. Even the bad and the odd times in Pony Ville. As I was bracing myself for the coming end; when someone grab my hand and started pulling me away from them. “This way.” My mysterious savoir said. I soon found myself running with this stranger through a store. We were dodging and jumping over boxes, clothes stands, and even some random people; to get away from the Pinkies. I then saw we were going near a bubblegum machine before my hero push the machine over spilling its content all over the floor. We were able to lose the Pinkies then; with some of them slipping over each other or stopping to eat some of the gum. We didn’t stop running until we were about two blocks away from them and then entered some apartment complex and went to the roof. Once there we stop for a breather and then I got a good look at my hero. He was dress very nice for someone who could move around like he did earlier. He was dress in a nice shirt and pants. His hair was combed neatly to the side. Although this is the first time, I have ever met this man. I can’t shake the feeling that I have seen him from somewhere before. “That was a close one, wasn’t it?” he said. “Yes, indeed it was.” I said. Looking around me. Nighttime was falling over the sky as the star begin to shine their lights of the past. The moon is full flooding the town with its white light. And here I am with the man who just saved me standing in the moon light looking at me. I can help myself but move closer to him. I throw my arms around him embracing him in a hug as he combs my hair with his hand. I feel safe and relax around him. This moment feels perfect, nothing can…wait… now that I think of about it. None of what is happening right now or earlier makes any sense… I am asleep, aren’t I? Well that explains a lot. And this person here is just a figment of my imagination. No wonder he looks so perfect for me. Well if I am asleep; I might as well enjoy as much as I can before I wake up. I mean after all a hero desires a kiss for saving his fair maiden. Smiling as him I moved my arms to wrap around his head, as I pull him closer to me. “Ah, Jessica, what are you…” I close my eyes and gave him a deep kiss. It feels so real. I was beginning to wonder how long this dream would last for, when something didn’t feel right. For some reason I could feel like I was siting on my butt still kissing him. But wasn’t I just stand a second ago? When I open my eyes again his eyes look like they turned blue and his skin became white as snow with a hint of purple in the corner of my eye? What is going on? However, while I was enjoying my kiss; I then heard someone coughing nearby. “Ah well Nurse Red Heart. I think she is ok now.” “What?” I then stop kissing him to have a look at who just spoiled the mood. I can see Rainbow Dash is next to Red Heart over to my left along with a very happy looking Pinkie Pie. Fear grab my body as I slowly turn my head back. I in my hooves was an Exclusive. He had a blush on his face along with a surprised look. Slowly the wheels in my head started to spin again, as a blush came onto me, once I just realize what is going on. But I had to make sure. By biting my bottom lip and feeling pain. It confirmed my fear. I had just kissed Exclusive in front of everypony. I turn to my left again and asked them. “This isn’t a dream, is it?” They shook their heads side to side. I let go of Exclusive as I compose myself with a cough before addressing Red Heart. “So, what did I miss?” “Oh, not much Dearie. You were only out for ten minutes after Pinkie shocked you.” Oh, yeah, she did do that to me. I turn to glare at the mad mare. “Why in the world would you shock a pony that had nothing wrong with them?” “But you said you were having a heart attack. I didn’t know you were being scarcest.” “Ahem!” Red interrupted, “Now that everypony is alright now. Would it be too much trouble if I ask you all to leave for now? I think Jessica has had quite enough excitement for one day thank you.” One by they said their goodbyes before Red Heart made her way to me. I then lay down on my right side to let her go to work. I was soon being welcome with the feeling of relief of some kind of cream before she wraps my flank in bandages. “You will only need this for the night. I will come in the morning to removed them. “That is fine,” I lay my head down and relax. You know what? Today was isn’t so bad after all. A side form the accidental kiss to Exclusive; everything is finally looking up for me. However, I am still going to have to wait for the Princess decision. For I can’t really make any plans for the future until then. I then turned to face the window as I pray for her to come back soon so I can go home. After all I, don’t belong here… right?