“I hope you are happy now.”
“Oh come on Nick, for me?
“That is exactly why I don’t want to.”
“Oh well, then do it for her!.”
“Fine! This was for her to begin with.”
Jacquelynn and I made our way through the open mall aimlessly, just searching the area, if it had been any other time I would be all over this place, but in this case, it felt like a mild annoyance.
“Nick. As annoyed as you are, I will not let you ruin this for me.” harsh tone aside, I could just feel her excitement as we finally walked into one of the stores. Rarity being the fashionista she was, “squeed” with joy as soon as we went in, I could feel her jumping inside my head, if that’s even remotely possible.
Against my better judgement, we walked into one of the many stores that sold woman‘s clothing, and I was not amused.
“I swear, why are we here anyway!?” I groaned as I crossed my “arms” and leaned against the wall, but I instantly felt my limbs being taken over by Rarity who began to walk around. Choosing to ignore the upcoming treat for the marshmallow colored mare, I tried to think about the events that led me to this point.
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I had known things would get bad, but I had yet to realize how, after the previous awkward situation, we sat in the bathroom on opposite directions from each other.
“You know, you don’t have to be so dramatic, you are starting to sound like her.” Jacquelynn groaned in annoyance.
“Maybe so, hey.” I sidetracked the conversation. “You want to talk about your little crush?“ I continued and trotted slowly to her position, she seemed at a loss for words, but her demeanor quickly changed from surprised to a look of dejection, although she recovered quickly and retorted.
“Don’t judge me! Remember the time when I found you “clo-” I quickly intervened and put my hoof in her mouth, I didn’t need a reminder of that one act.
“IT WAS ONE TIME!” I yelled at her with a blush noticeable on Rarity’s white coat. “I was experimenting!”
She pushed my hoof aside and continued. “Oh yeah? Well, I remember searching your history and foun-” I zipped her mouth with some of Rarity’s magic, seemed that some of her “magicking” had become second nature.
I decided that having an angry Jacquelynn would be a very, very bad thing and released the magic keeping her quiet, she stared angrily but didn’t give me any lip about it, instead we stared silently for a bit before talking again.
“You know, Rarity isn’t here right now. Wanna talk about it?” I asked trying to be as tactful as possible, she seemed to recoil at the words but after a few quick mouthfuls of air, she seemed to perk up a bit.
“You must think I’m a freak.” I felt the sting of her words, I had in fact thought that, but to my defense, I hadn’t really meant it.
“I don’t, really, still, I’d like to know. Why? What drove the crush?” she seemed to think over the questions and gave a silly smile as she replied.
“Well, she is classy, stylish, pretty, and a pony who has an eye for detail, she is just great, Nick!” I fell backwards as she closed in on my face keeping a few inches from it.
“You could say is love?” as soon as the question left my snout, I felt something bursting inside of me, an overwhelming desire to… sing, I could have sworn I heard the music.
She seemed to think it over for a bit but replied confidently. “I guess it is… Hey, you alright there?” she gazed upon my figure as it I were acting strange, I honestly had no idea what it could have been.
Well, at least until I started.
“You can’t shake that feeling!”
“Nick, what are you doing?” she began with a puzzled look.
“Deep inside of you!”
“Are you singing…?” she asked rhetorically while giving a confused stare.
“I hope Rarity realizes, what she does to you!”
“Please don‘t.” Jacquelynn pleaded looking a bit embarrassed.
“When you look at her!”
“Nick, stop this…” she now begged shaking her head.
“In her hooves, you want to be!"
“…”
“To let her know, how you really feel! Ah, ah ah, ah a-” my singing was suddenly stopped by Jacquelynn’s hand, I looked at her and realized what had just transpired, she left it there for a couple of seconds, but removed it after she realized I wouldn’t continue the song.
“That was awesome!” I exclaimed excitedly, I had always wanted to be part of a musical number. Given the strangeness of the moment, Jacquelynn seemed to hold back her laughter, she moved forward and gave me a hug, chuckling while doing so.
“Now about your problem, Nick?” she released the hug and stared with soft eyes trying to read my expression, she seemed genuinely concerned, and she had poured her heart out to me so I conceded to her.
“As you know, I kind of pissed Rarity off, I think I went too far with my insults.” I explained trying my best to look unfazed, I gave a nervous laugh trying to clear the awkward air between us, but she only stared forcing me to sigh in defeat, stalling hadn’t taken me too far, so I divulged what had transpired between us.
“Your hate for her isn’t healthy. Although she didn’t act nice either. We need something to cheer her up before any of you are ready to apologize.” she explained.
“If there had been a way to find out! A clue, some sort of shortcut so I could have avoided this clusterfuck of a mess!” I felt the early overwhelming feeling fill me up again, there was no time to think.
“Oh no…Please, don’t…” she was getting the hang of it.
“I wish that there had been a way,
A sort of clue that I could get,
If there had been something to help me but
I wasn’t prepared for this!”
“Really? A reprise? Can’t you be original for onc-” she began, but had been cut short by my singing.
“Something like Contra would have been a breeze!
With a cheat code I’d recite with ease!
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.!”
“Yes, that’s very nice Nick, but I think you should stop.” she said while face palming in annoyance.
“I could have aced a quiz with all of my notes!
But there was no way to get a clue he-”
I felt a sting in my cheek and stopped my singing, I looked up only to see Jacquelynn with a raised hand.
“Sorry, I just couldn’t take it anymore.” I glared at her, but I couldn’t blame her, the ponies could get a bit obnoxious with their singing, it didn’t stop me from vigorously rubbing my cheek though.
“So…? Any ideas to get on her good side again?” I asked hopeful, she could be a bit annoying at times, but she usually gave good advise. Her brow seemed to burrow in concentration, her eyes shooting a glance at me every once in a while, she seemed to finally come up with an idea as she clapped her hands excitedly.
“I got it!” she exclaimed in excitement, I couldn’t help but get a sinking feeling in my gut.
“I’m not gonna like this, am I?” I asked with a chill and a gulp.
“How good are Rarity’s cloaking or illusion spells?”
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I snapped out of my thoughts as Rarity “handled” yet another outfit, her compulsiveness could have alerted others, but I trusted Jacquelynn to keep her out of trouble, both of us were in a changing room, or at least I assumed it to be one, since my sight had been covered as instructed, she had asked to use Jacquelynn as a human mannequin for the clothes, hence, my lack of eyesight.
We had asked Rarity if she could use her magical powers of darkness to disguise her pony self, she had been reluctant at first, but instantly agreed when she was told what it would be for, Jacquelynn showed her a few cosplay of “Humanized Rarity” from the internet, to which Rarity quickly agreed to use as a base for her spell.
I quickly grew bored of waiting and voiced my discomfort by giving her the now common pain associated with my annoyance, causing her to wince in annoyance.
“What do you want now?” she asked in monotone.
‘I know you must be having a good time, and I wouldn’t want to ruin your little vanity fair, but you mind wrapping up sometime this millennium?’ it came out a bit harsher than I wanted it to be, but I was not going to let it get to her head.
'Celestia/God knows that she would not stop if it did.'
“Okay, fine, I get it, I took too long, just let me try one more outfit, please!” I reluctantly agreed to her request and began focusing on my thoughts, but a voice interrupted my peace.
“That has got to be the best cosplay I’ve ever seen! Can I take a picture?” came a voice from a stranger.
“Of course dear! I’m always open to showing anyp-one my glamour!” the voice that turned out to be female, seemed to ignore her mess up, as she squealed and took the picture.
“Oh, oh! You looked so much like human Rarity! Can I take a picture as well?” another voice began, I hoped Jacquelynn would have intervened, but she never did.
“Of course! If anyone wants a picture, I’m all yours!” Rarity exclaimed in excitement, her illusion seemed to have been too good, and it had in fact, backfired on us.
For some reason, I didn’t feel too sorry for her anymore.
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Sorry for the delay, but here is the next chapter at last.
I had more fun than I should have had writing this, and I hope that it is enjoyable enough for you!