//------------------------------// // Chapter 23 // Story: A Little Visit // by Annabelle RTH //------------------------------// Twilight’s POV Weeks have passed since my conversation with the girls about how to talk to Flash regarding our status. I had prepared several scripts that start off mostly the same. I would tell him how my friends brought the topic to my attention and depending on his reaction, a few different lines that would help me through the conversation. As I reviewed the scripts, I heard a knock. I wonder who that could be. “I’m coming.” I called out and made my way to the door. “Guess who?” I heard a familiar voice sing on the other side of the door. “Flash?” I opened the door excited and a little confused. I don’t remember setting up a visit. “Bingo. You earned the bouquet.” He handed me a small bouquet of balloons…?... in the shape of flowers tied up and placed in a small rectangular vase. The vase was a balloon itself but seemed really sturdy. “Thank you… Uh…” I smiled trying to think of something so say. I had so many questions going through my head like What are you doing here? Did we have plans? Where’d you get the balloons? “Woah, woah, hold on.” He lifted his hoof up signaling me to calm down. Did I start to babble?... “One question at a time, please.” I might have started to actually ask the questions in my head. I wanted to bang my head against the wall but there was no time for that. Flash is here and that might actually make things worse. “I’m sorry.” I managed to speak but with more of a squeak than I wanted. Oh boy. I scrunched up my face and tried not to look him in the eye. “It’s okay, you don’t have to apologize Twilight. I mean I guess,” I finally got my face unscrunched and looked right at him. “I did spring the balloons and my visit on you. I mean…” He looked off to the left and nodded. “Yeah, you’re allowed to have questions and in retrospect I probably should have expected you… well you sounded like you were speaking in tongue for a second there.” He looked at me with a grin and raised eyebrows. I let out a breath feeling embarrassed and wanting to laugh at Flash. I shook my head and I giggled. “There she is.” I looked at him and this time he had a sweet smile. I smiled back at him feeling kind of warm and feeling my chest grow a little heavy, but not too heavy. It was like having a book resting on my chest. “In all seriousness though, the balloons were not my idea. Pinkie Pie actually insisted on them. She thought they would be nice.” “Pinkie Pie?” I glanced at the bouquet realizing this is right up Pinkie’s alley and that would explain why the balloon vase felt really sturdy. “Well, I’ll tell her I loved the balloons.” He nodded. “Yeah, they helped me pick this weekend which coincides with the Fair. I was thinking we could go together tomorrow.” He looked at me kind of embarrassed with a gentle smile. I couldn’t help but smile back at him. I felt my face grow pink actually, not quite red this time but still warm. “I’d like that very much Flash.” For a moment, we stared and smiled at each other, our muzzles pink. “Great, um… I actually didn’t plan anything this evening.” He looked at me kind of guilty. Oh he’s so cute. “That’s okay Flash. Come inside, we can just talk or I can recite to you.” “Recite?” He asked as I took steps back to let him in. “Magic spells, facts, history…” I looked at him and he seemed confused. “it helps keep me sharp.” I explained. “Ah, okay that makes sense.” He closed the door and I went to leave the balloons on my desk. When I came back, I saw Flash had made himself comfortable on some cushions. Perfect. He smiled gently as I approached him and took my seat. “So, what’s new?” He asked. This is it. It has to be. I took a deep breath. “Well, there’s actually something I want to talk about.” He looked at me funny. He mushed his lips together and said, “Sure. Should I be concerned?” “No, no.” I said immediately. “Well I don’t think so I just…” I took another deep breath. I practiced this several times before. I can do this… “So, I was talking to my friends and they brought up that we hadn’t talked about being official. I asked Cadence for advice and she told me to ask myself if I was ready and if I wanted to be in that kind of relationship. I think I do want to further our relationship but I’m not sure if I’m ready.” I took a deep breath. I felt lightheaded, my cheeks were red and my face was scrunched up. I couldn’t speak anymore. All I could do was look at him and wonder what he would say. He looked at me with big eyes and I felt nervous. I had prepared several scenarios… but I liked some better than others. “Right…I-I’m sorry Twilight. I just, I need a minute to take all that in.” “I’m sorry.” I said quickly. “It’s just that I’ve never done this before and I didn’t know what else to do other than to tell you.” “You don’t have to apologize Twilight. I know this is new territory and I appreciate you being honest with me. I just have never dated anyone so forward and verbal before.” “Is that a bad thing?” I asked. “No,” he shook his head from side to side. “It’s actually refreshing and reassuring. To be honest, I was kind of afraid to bring it up myself because I am the first colt you’ve ever dated. I didn’t want to freak you out but… I was also hoping to further our relationship.” He coughed and took a deep breath. “Really?” I looked at him perking up hearing that he was thinking about it too. He looked at me and smiled. He nodded, “Yeah… I really like you Twilight and um… well I know you’re a little unsure but… I think we’re good together and we should be together.” He looked at me and tried to smile. “I’m perfectly fine with moving forward, but it’s up to you. Will you be my girlfriend Twilight?” Despite having an answer prepared… I started to cry, smile and giggle. “I… I uh.” I wiped my eyes. I wanted to be able to look at him and answer him. He took one of my hooves. “I’m sorry, I’m happy, I really am.” “It’s okay. Although I am starting to cry myself.” I giggled. “You don’t mean liquid pride?” I tried to smile at him. “Not you too!” We laughed a little. I managed to stop crying long enough to look at him and smile. I sighed and looking back at our times together the laughing, the learning, the conversations… something clicked with me. I’m not sure how to explain it but I guess even though I knew that I wanted to take a chance on Flash despite my lack of experience, I wasn’t nervous about it. I was ready to dive into this new chapter despite having no clue what I was doing. “I would like that Flash.” He bopped his up and looked at me partially excited and partially scared. “Really? You sure.” He responded quickly. I smiled and nodded. “Yes.” He let out a breath and smiled. I saw him wipe away another tear. “I-I-uh.” He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “I am completely elated.” He looked at me with a great grin. “I can’t believe it.” I really couldn’t. I have a boyfriend. I hadn’t thought about colts in that way until recently and now the most amazing colt is my boyfriend. I just couldn’t believe it. “Please believe it Twilight.” I heard him say. By the time I focused on him he wrapped me in his front legs. He was so warm and I could feel him squeeze me. Not very hard but it felt strong. I wrapped my front legs around him too and gave him a squeeze. When he let me go, I kissed his cheek. A part of me wanted to kiss his lips but I wasn’t sure if I should. It felt too soon, too uncomfortable, I couldn’t. He smiled a little and he mushed his lips together. “So, as long as we’re being forward and honest, can I… kiss you back?” “What?” I couldn’t breathe and I wanted to hide. “On the cheek, I mean.” He held up his front legs up in a defensive position. “Oh.” I sighed in relief. “Yes, that would be fine.” “You sure?” He looked at me concerned and lowered his front legs. “Yes,” I nodded and then turned my head so that my cheek would face him. He hovered over my face for a moment before he finally kissed my cheek. I smiled in a funny way, I can’t place it. I was just happy. This was exciting. I have a boyfriend and I can’t wait to spend more time with him.