//------------------------------// // Chapter 5-A Baby Sister Enters the Picture and a First Date // Story: Son of Big Mac and Cheerilee // by Creativa-Artly01 //------------------------------// Eleven months later, a new foal enters the lives of Big Mack, Lil Mack, and Cheerilee, a little filly whom they name Joyous Flower. Lil Mack can't help but be thrilled. He's so excited to have a little sister to call his own. "Can I hold her?" he asks with wide eyes. Cheerilee nods and sits him down in the chair beside her bed and hands him his baby sister. "Hey little Joy," he whispers to the sleeping filly in his hooves. "It's me, your big brother Lil Mack. It's good to meet you." Cheerilee and Big Mack smile. She then takes the baby from Lil Mack not long after she begins to cry, hungry and ready to eat. As she prepares to nurse the filly, Big Mack and Lil Mack leave the room and head out to the orchard to buck the apples off of the trees. "So," says Big Mack to his son, "you glad to be a big brother?" "Eeyup," replies Lil Mack. Big Mack just smiles. "I've always wanted a baby sister and now I have one!" "In other news, how are you and Soara coming along? C'mon, I know you have a crush on her!" "It's going well, I'm just too scared to ask her out on a date," replies Lil Mack. "Well, don't be, speak up, tell her how you feel before you lose her for good," replies Big Mack, "now go! Go and tell her how you feel. You can buck trees later." Lil Mack runs off to confess his feelings for Soara. A few minutes later, Lil Mack bumps into Soara. He then proceeds to tell her how he feels about her. "Soara," says Lil Mack, "I love you!" "I love you too, Lil Mack," replies Soara. The two then share a kiss and then go off to get milkshakes. At Sugar Cube Corner, the two talk and crack jokes for hours on end. The two are glad to now be a couple. Even Angelshy tells Soara later that she was waiting for her best friend to finally start dating Lil Mack, because she could tell the two were clearly head over hooves in love. Meanwhile back at the farm, Big Mack continues to buck the trees on his own. He then stops as he sees Lil Mack coming over the hill. A few minutes later, Lil Mack reaches his father and tells him everything about his date with Soara. "It, it was so much fun!" sighs Lil Mack with a smile, "we got milkshakes, saw a movie, went to the comic book store and read Daring Do comics for hours, it was a blast!" "I'm glad you enjoyed your date with Soara," smiles Big Mack, "I'm so proud of you, son!" "Thanks, dad!" replies Lil Mack with a smile. Big Mack then scratches his son on his head messing up his mane. Lil Mack just laughs as does Big Mack. The two then get back to bucking apples together, smiling all the while. Meanwhile over at Angelshy's, the two talk about Soara's date with Lil Mack as they paint each other's hooves. "So, you and Lil Mack? It's about time." "Yeah," replies Soara. "I'm just glad he loves me in return, after all, I have had a crush on him for ages, now we're finally a couple. I can hardly believe it." The two then continue to talk. Meanwhile back at the farm, Cheerilee, Big Mack, and Lil Mack sit down to dinner while Joyous Flower sleeps in her nursery. The three eat, not saying a word, until Lil Mack brings up his date. "So, I went on a date with Soara today," says Lil Mack. "Wow! Good for you!" replies Cheerilee with a grin. "I'm proud of you, son!" After dinner, the three go get the baby and take a new family picture for the wall. They then frame it and hang it on the wall. Cheerilee then goes and puts the baby back to sleep. Everything is perfect and she truly couldn't be happier. She has the perfect husband, the perfect children, what more could she ever want? The answer, absolutely nothing.