//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: It's the Redo Dinner, Baby! // Story: Diamond Hard // by Betty_Starlight //------------------------------// Diamond Tiara frowns at the gray mare before her on the other side of the table in the sleepy Ponyville Café as she says to her, “So, wait! I get to be as stubborn and pigheaded as I like, and you’ll just keep forgiving me now?” Silver Spoon smiles as her violet eyes stare on from behind her fashion glasses, “Yup! Persistence is how you crack a Diamond!” Diamond widens her eyes, “Why does this annoy me?” Silver snickers, “Because you know I’m right and you know I know you!” Diamond narrows her eyes and mouth, “So uh, this is our redo dinner?” Silver widens her eyes, “Well, you wanna call it that, then sure!” Diamond sighs and stares back at the other pony, “Look! I’m sorry I ran off like I did last time, okay?” she blinks, “The truth was, uh… I was going through some personal stuff if that makes any sense?” Silver normalizes her eyes and mouth, “Probably more than you realize, Diamond baby…” Diamond baby? That’s a new one! Diamond thinks to herself as she affixes her eyes to the other pony and chances a wry grin before saying, “So uh, you love me?” Silver tilts her head to the right slightly, “Would I give you so many chances if I didn’t?” Diamond starts as she frowns again. What the! She’s so forgiving and patient! I-is this mare out of her mind? She stares at the silver mare, “I uh, I don’t think any of my last lovers ever did that for me?” Silver widens her eyes and leans forward, “What do you mean?” Diamond takes a long-drawn-out sigh, slowly out and then back into her muzzle before exhaling a final big breath from her mouth and saying to Silver, “I mean just that! Everypony leaves you the moment one thing goes wrong and nopony ever wants to stick around…” she blinks, “And yet, here you are?” Silver smiles again, “You ever think it was because you weren’t meant to be with those other ponies? I like you much better with me, you know?” Diamond enlarges her azure eyes once more, “W-with you?” Silver nods, “Think about it! If you had settled down with any of those losers, would you have finally started dating me?” Diamond adjusts her eyes and blinks as her mouth shrinks, “Well, no… I would still be with them, right?” Silver smiles wider, “Exactly! So, the way I see it, despite the pain and heartache, you breaking up with them was a good thing!” Diamond smiles widely and psychotically as she giggles like a loon, “Yes! Cause now, I get to be with a crazy mare who doesn’t wanna let me go!” Silver adjusts her mouth, “You act like that’s a bad thing?” Diamond blinks and eyes the silver mare as smile dims, “Well uh, isn’t it?” Silver leans forward over the table and rests her chin under her forehooves as she grins broadly, “I don’t think so…” Diamond eyes this insane gray pony and thinks long and hard about what has happened. She doesn’t want to seem rude, so she takes a drink of her Dr. Thrust soda out of her glass with her forehooves while she considers what she needs to say… She cares about me enough to give me patience. C-could this be real? The pink mare considers as the carbonated beverage slides down her muzzle and into her throat. Silver adjusts her ears to the pink mare, “So uh, you wanna talk about it?” Diamond gets done swallowing and looks at the silver mare… Suddenly, a green unicorn mare with a blond mane done into a bun with a ponytail asks the two mares from Silver’s right, “Are you two ready to order?” Silver turns her head to the mare and quickly says, “Bring us two spinach and feta manicottis please!” The green mare turns her head to Silver, “Right away, ma’am!” before turning her body to the right and trotting away from the patio table on Diamond’s left side. Diamond gazes at the silver mare and thinks, She’s taking charge? Before smiling and saying, “Well, you are cute, and I keep wondering how you feel about me?” Silver turns her head back to Diamond before her, “Didn’t I already tell you that I had feelings for you?” Diamond starts and blinks, “Well um, yeah you did, actually! But well…” Silver frowns and leans forward, “Well, what?” Diamond sighs, “I uh…” she blinks, “I don’t know how I feel about you, okay? I just uh…” she blinks again, “It’s not that I don’t want to understand, Silver Spoon… This is just hard for me, okay?” Silver smiles, “Take your time!” Diamond frowns, “You’re giving me all the patience and time I need, aren’t you?” Silver smiles again and says to herself lowly, “Almost! I think one more might do the job?” before looking up to Diamond and saying, “Absolutely! I love you and you deserve plenty of patience!” and then lowering her gaze and muttering to herself again, “Okay so, maybe?” Diamond starts and widens her eyes, “That was about me being hardheaded again, wasn’t it?” Silver smiles wider and giggles at the pink mare, “Well, what do you think?” Diamond narrows her mouth, “I think I wish I had something stronger than Dr. Thrust, but I quit drinking earlier…” Silver starts chuckling louder, “AWW! Poor Diamond Tiara!” “Shut up!” Diamond says emphatically! Silver shakes, “Make me!” Diamond narrows her eyes, “Remember that time we went hoof-to-hoof, back when we were foals?” Silver widens her eyes, “Oh yeah! I whooped your flanks, as I recall!” Diamond widens her eyes and her mouth gapes, “Oh, hardly Silver Spoon! You were pretty bucked up, as I recall!” Silver starts giggling again, “Oh sure, Diamond Tiara! If that’s the way you wanna remember, then we can play like that!” Diamond narrows her eyes and mouth again, “What is your point?” Silver smiles, “The point is, in order to crack a Diamond, I need to be patient…” she smiles wider, “I’ve known you far longer than anypony else, Diamond Tiara… I know you’re worth it!” Diamond scoffs with wide eyes and mouth agape, “W-what? It’s been ten long years, Silver Spoon! You don’t know anything about me!” Something suddenly snaps inside of Silver Spoon. At that moment, it suddenly occurs to her that words simply won’t work… She begins to lurch her body forward as she leans over the small round black table… Diamond narrows her mouth, “W-what are you doing, Silver Spoon?” The gray mare smiles as she leans towards the pink pony and her eyes close halfway as she delivers an affectionate nuzzle… A nuzzle Diamond can’t help but return… Silver widens her eyes while staring back at the pink mare from barely a few inches away with a broad beam on her face, “Ready for more?” Diamond stares at the pony with wide blue eyes as she softly whispers, “You just keep attacking!” Silver chuckles slightly to herself as she leans forward all the way to deliver a soft warm slow kiss on Diamond’s lips… At that moment, Diamond feels fireworks go off in her mind as it races and thinks, What is happening to me? What is wrong with this insane silver mare? Silver disengages to return to a few inches away as she continues to smile, “I want you, Diamond Tiara…” Diamond keeps her eyes wide as she stammers out, “What? Me? What’s wrong with you?” Silver giggles softly again before nuzzling Diamond tenderly and then giving her another gentle kiss on the lips as she tilts her head slightly to the right. Well, she’s either stupid and/or insane! That’s the only logical explanation! Diamond thinks to herself with her lips firmly locked with the other more aggressive pony’s. Silver breaks off to once again, stare back at Diamond, directly into her blue eyes as the pink mare can only sit there, dumbfounded. She smiles softly and says, “Do you believe me now?” Diamond’s mouth shakes as she stutters out, “I-I think so?” Silver frowns, “You think so?” Diamond blinks and gulps as she stares up at the other pony, “Yeah…” she eyes the other mare’s pupils carefully, “But what happens when I do it?” Silver widens her eyes, “What?” Diamond leans forward the necessary few inches to plant a soft passionate kiss on the other mare’s lips… At that point, a hurricane blows through Silver’s mind as she thinks about all the thoughts she’s had about this other mare… And how finally, after all this time, something is becoming of it! Diamond releases her lips from the silver mare’s as she moves back several inches to smile at her while staring deep into her violet eyes, over the same sky-blue temple-less fashion glasses, “I’ll admit, that I was scared at first…” Silver blinks as she affixes her gaze, “Scared? Scared of what?” Suddenly, Diamond notices the green unicorn waitress with the same ponytail blond mane standing at her left as she’s leaning over the table. She turns her head slightly in her direction and says, “Uh, I’m having a moment here…” The waitress smiles, “Obviously! Um, would you like me to come back later?” Diamond considers this for a moment, but quickly thinks better of it as she leans back to her chair and the gray mare reciprocates, “Uh, nevermind! Just serve us our food, please!” <*****> Diamond uses her right hoof to operate a fork and bring some of the delicious noodly food to her mouth before quickly chewing and swallowing, and then she stares back at Silver Spoon, “Well, you just came back into my life!” she blinks, “But, if we were to become more than just friends, that means you’ll leave again later…” Silver finishes chewing her own food as Diamond fetches another bite, “Well, what makes you think that we’ll break up?” Diamond quickly chews and swallows the food in her mouth before looking back at the silver mare, “Well, don't most relationships end in a breakup?” Silver shrugs, “Yeah, but most relationships aren’t us!” Diamond widens her eyes, “Us?” Silver narrows her gaze again, “Diamond Tiara, I know you… I’ve known you for some time now…” Diamond blinks, “But it’s been ten years!” Silver nods and giggles slightly as she smirks, “Yeah, and you’re still the same stubborn pink mare I’ve always known and loved!” Diamond frowns slightly, “Yeah, you mentioned that you like to be around me?” before grasping another bite of her mostly finished manicotti. Diamond is chewing while Silver smiles and continues, “Yup! And only now, do I finally have the chance to do something about it!” Diamond narrows her eyes as she stops eating, “And precisely what do you intend to do about it, Silver Spoon?” Silver softly says to herself. “Well, still not quite there? We need another go at it!” She raises her head slightly and affixes her eyes and ears to the other pony, “I intend to love you! Simple as that!” Diamond frowns, “Why?” Silver frowns, “Well, don’t you want to be loved?” Diamond blinks, “I guess? But that’s not what I asked you…” Silver sighs, “Because I love you, Diamond Tiara!” “Why?” Silver leans forward slightly as she smiles, “Because you’re smart, crafty, ambitious, and you have the prettiest eyes and a wonderful smile…” Diamond fidgets slightly as she glares harshly at the silver mare, “Knock it off, jerk! You’re making me feel warm and fuzzy inside again!” Silver chuckles, “Well, get used to it, baby!” Baby? There’s that word again! Diamond thinks to herself before taking one of the final bites of her meal. “I love you, Diamond Tiara!” Silver Spoon exclaims before taking another bite of her meal. Diamond notices that she’s one bite away from finishing and begins to quicken her pace as she’s eating, partially because she doesn’t want to be outdone, but mostly because she’s still not sure what to say to this strange gray mare, eating across from her. Silver takes the final bite using the fork lodged in her left forehoof and chews it while smiling softly at the other mare. Diamond swallows before sighing and saying, “Alright Silver Spoon… You win…” she narrows her eyes, “We can date… Um,” she starts and widens her eyes, “that is, if you still want to?” Silver finishes her food and chews it as the pink mare looks onward, with wide eyes and not sure how she’ll respond… She eventually swallows and says, “See? Now was that so hard?” Diamond grimaces with narrow eyes, “You have NO IDEA!” Silver chuckles, “I understand better than you probably think, Diamond… So! Wanna come back to my place for coffee now?” Diamond’s eyes widen when she thinks, Coffee? Isn’t that usually code for? She gulps and tries her best to give a happy smile, but it’s obviously fake with her wide eyes and almost mechanical wording as she says, “Sure Silver Spoon! Uh, we should probably pay first?” Silver widens her eyes, “Well, unless you feel like doing dishes?” <*****> Diamond lays in the hooves of the gray mare after doing what she just did, and she can’t help but say, “You’ve changed your blankets!” as she pulls up the soft cottony red blanket up to her neck with her right forehoof, free from her body now. Silver nuzzles the back of Diamond’s neck as she giggles and says softly, “Well, it’s been ten years, Diamond!” Diamond snickers as she uses her free hoof to bring Silver’s leg around her waist and smiles as she replies, “Well, yeah! You probably don’t have the same princess bed sheets as before, right?” Silver calmly replies, “Well, they won’t fit this bed!” Diamond widens her eyes, “You tried?” Silver snickers again, “Maybe?” Diamond shakes her head, “Wow! Uh, you think maybe they make princess sheets this big?” Silver embraces the pink mare tighter as she says, “Well, I’ve been looking!” Diamond frowns as she thinks about the psychotic mare currently holding her… She immediately thinks that she needs to leave, but can’t for the life of her, figure out a way to do it… With her options exhausted, she can only sigh as she says calmly, “I love you, Silver Spoon!” Silver nuzzles the back of her neck and says, “I love you too, Diamond Tiara! Now just rest! We still have things to do tomorrow, yes?” Diamond lowly mutters to herself, “I dunno? Probably” as she sinks deeper into the soft warm enveloping blankets to calmly and easily drift off to sleep… She knows it’s 11 and she’s not sure when she’ll get up again… She doesn’t really care at this point either… All she knows is, she’s being held by the mare that loves her and that’s fine for right now… <*****> Diamond wakes up with a start on the far end of the bed, closest to the door. She sees the white door before her but can no longer feel the insane lesbian holding onto her. She calmly and timidly scoots to her right to land on her hooves on the floor and turns her body right to face the door and trots forward. She operates the knob with her right forehoof and gazes out into the living room to see Silver Spoon in the kitchen on the other side, standing just to the right of the stove, not currently in view because of the wall. She hears the burners being used and she can smell fresh Canterlot Roast coffee in the air as she trots forward towards the silver mare in the far room and looks up as she says, “You’re cooking!” Silver turns her head left to look at Diamond, smiles, and says, “I’m making us hotcakes, baby! I also made yummy coffee! Go sit down and I’ll get you fixed up!” Diamond lowers her gaze as she frowns and thinks to herself, Baby! There’s that word again! (To be continued…)