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// History 
// Story: Meta Sketch 
// by JaninnaMaynz 
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"Alright. That's another 40 bits towards the wedding!" Poly quietly exclaimed, clearly excited.

Meta chuckled before saying, "We've still got a long ways to go, Poly. Weddings aren't cheap. If I'd realized just how much it would be, I would've raised my prices months ago." he smiled at her, before kissing her cheek.

"I know, but a bit saved is a bit earned, and every bit counts! Oh! We should start figuring out who to invite! I'll definitely invite the Cakes... oh, and Bright Mac and Pear Butter simply have to come! I wonder if Mayor Mare would like to attend... oh, and we really should invite Shining Armor and Princess Cadence! I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't come, but it would be nice, and certainly polite! What do you think, dear?"

"Uh... maybe we should keep the guest list small? Keep things intimate, you know. Too many ponies could get overwhelming..." he answered, with a nervous edge to his voice.

"Meta, are you nervous? Is something wrong? You don't want to break it off, do you? 'Cause if you do, I swear-"

"No, no, that's not it! I just..." he sighed... "You have so many friends and ponies that care about you enough to attend. I don't have anypony. My mom wouldn't care if she were bit by a love bug, I never knew my dad, and my siblings take after Mom. Before I met you, I didn't know anypony. Not really, anyways. I knew a few names, but that was it. Everypony I know, I know because of you. If you invite a lot of ponies, they're all going to be confused and probably wind up pitying me for not knowing anypony that wanted to come to my wedding. I'm sorry. I know this is a big occasion and you want to share it with everypony you care about, but I just..."

"Hey, it's okay. I didn't realize. Life must've been pretty rough growing up. Come to think of it, you never really told me much about your life before we met. How did that happen? Meta, if you want to talk about it, we can close up shop for a bit and just talk. I'm here for you, no matter what. Okay?" she told him, putting a hoof around him.

He smiled, "It's okay. I'd really rather try to forget all about that time. It really wasn't that great. Besides, we can't afford to close up shop. We have a wedding to pay for. Plus, I have an appointment in ten minutes. Even if I wanted to, we couldn't take the time to talk. Well, I should get to the office before my clients arrive. Arriving after them certainly wouldn't look good!" he chuckled, relieved to get off of the topic of his past, and glad that Poly was willing to scale down. It also meant the wedding might not cost as much as most, seeing as how they wouldn't have very many ponies attending. He was glad for that, and gave her a hug before heading off to his office to meet his next clients. Now he just had to focus on making ponies happy, and he shouldn't have to worry about Poly asking him about his past ever again. It was finally out of the way.