Lemon Hearts
I barely kept my head up with a hoof as I absent-mindedly listened to my co workers talking about Celestia knows what.
“What do you think Lemon Hearts?” Upper Echelon asked as I jumped.
“Yeah that sounds good,” I answered and rolled my eyes. “Wait, what am I agreeing to?”
“Dear Celestia,” the stallion grumbled. “I asked if we should have purple lights or white.”
“Purple,” I said instantly. “Princess Luna adores the color purple as does Princess Celestia. It will also go well with the black lights we have.”
“Okay. Wanna go with me as a date?” He asked and I snorted a laugh. Oven Mitt gave a faint smile as he watched.
“Not in a million bucking years,” I snarked as our other co worker, Half Baked hid a giggle behind her hoof. “Let’s put it this way, if we were the last mare and stallion in Equestria and it was up to us to repopulate the land, I’d jump off the nearest cliff to my death.”
Half Baked and Oven Mitt both burst out laughing as Upper Echelon turned angry red.
“What if there were no cliffs?”
“Then I’d find a different way to end my life.”
“Who pissed in your Oat Flakes this morning?” Upper Echelon asked as I shrugged.
“Princess Celestia did. When she raised the sun and woke me up from a decent sleep and had me come into work to deal with you,” I answered as he rolled his eyes. As much as I enjoyed teasing him, he was actually a pretty nice and friendly stallion. Stuck up for me multiple times and was a good friend. He got some pretty good jabs in on me more than once.
“Fair enough,” he replied as I peered out the window of the room, looking down at the ponies walking. I raised an eyebrow slightly as I saw Moondancer trotting into a furniture store named Fillies, Foals and Colts. Obviously, it was a furniture store for children. I didn’t think Moondancer was pregnant. Not to my knowledge at least.
“Why are you going into that store?” I muttered to myself. I had just saw Moondancer yesterday and she had said nothing about being pregnant. I don’t even know when she found the time to get laid after running back to Canterlot.
“What was that?” Oven Mitt asked curiously as he brushed his mane down with a hoof. I quickly shook my head and forced a smile.
“Nothing. Let’s get back to work.”
“Have you all seen Moondancer doing weird stuff?” I asked curiously as we all crowded around our normal table at Donut Joe’s, minus Lyra and Moondancer.
“Not really,” Twinkleshine answered as she set a coffee down. “Have you?”
“Yeah. Saw her going into a store for furniture for children earlier at work. Minuette?”
Minuette inhaled another donut as she wiped her mouth off with a napkin and tossed it into a trash can.
“I haven’t seen anything too crazy. Just library and her carrying books about how to look after a filly.”
“And you didn’t think that was weird at all?” Twinkleshine asked with a raised eyebrow.
“This is Moondancer we are talking about girls. She reads the weirdest topics. Remember how she said she read a book about how to have a sleepover?”
We all giggled at that as I nodded. I think I had been more surprised to find out Twilight had read the same book. She didn’t seen the sleepover type but ponies change. She is damn good proof of that. It had been more sad that Moondancer had read that book to me.
“Maybe she’s pregnant or planning on being?” I suggested as Twinkleshine gave me a flat look.
“Uh Lemon?”
“Yeah Twinkle?”
“Just one problem with that idea. Moondancer is gay, remember? I highly doubt she is going to be having sex with a stallion in any circumstance. She loves Twilight for Celestia’s sake!”
She turned red as a few ponies gave us confused looks before shrugging and turning back fo their donuts.
“What’s going on over here ladies?” Donut Joe asked as the stallion trotted over.
“We’re arguing over Moondancer,” I answered as Minuette gave me a confused look.
“We’re arguing? I thought we were just talking.”
“Fine,” I shot back and rolled my eyes. “We’re having a heavily heated conversation about Moondancer.”
“About what?” Donut Joe asked as he sat at one of the empty seats and stole a donut from our box. “It’s usually Lyra you girls are arguing over after she got herself into some crazy adventure.”
“True,” I admitted after we all finished laughing. “So I saw Moondancer today walking into a furniture store for children, about five days or so ago, her house was being inspected. Minuette saw her carrying books about how to look after foals.”
“Did you now?” Donut Joe asked casually. Too casually in my opinion as I raised an eyebrow.
“Do you know something we don’t?” I asked suspiciously and stared into his eyes.
“Maybe.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means she came to ask me for advice. I do have a child after all and she figured I’d be a good pony to help her figure things out,” Donut Joe answered. “I can’t say more than that.”
“So she is planning on being pregnant!” I said and grinned as Donut Joe burst out laughing. My smile disappeared and turned into a frown as I gave him a confused look. “What’s funny?”
“I can’t say anything else but she most definitely isn’t getting pregnant. You should really ask Moondancer about this,” Donut Joe said as he stood back up. “I have to get back to work. Good luck girls.”
We all watched him trot back to behind the counter as Coffee Cake sat on a nearby table with Joe’s wife, Sprinkle Stripe playing with her. She was a pink earth pony with a cupcake cutie mark along with a pink and yellow mane and tail with bright blue eyes. She was a fairly nice mare.
“So what now?” I asked as Minuette waved a hoof and I sighed. “Yes Minnie?”
“We invite Moondancer out for breakfast or dinner at one of our houses and ask her what’s going on. Simple. Twinkleshine delivers a note or visits her in pony and invites her.”
“That could work,” I admitted and rubbed my hoof against my chin. “Who’s house would we go to?”
“Mine,” Minuette said instantly. “I haven’t had the chance to host a sleepover in a while.”
“Okay. We can all get together next Saturday. I’m busy with work this week.”
“Okay. Now let’s hurry up so we can leave!” Minuette exclaimed.
Twinkleshine and I snickered before returning to our donuts.