//------------------------------// // 51. DANDELION POTATOES!! // Story: Kill Me Now // by Golden Script //------------------------------// I heard the now familiar “Honey, I'm home!” from downstairs. “How was work?” I yelled back down to him. “Boring as ever, hey, come down soon, I'm starved!” he shouted back, I finished the page I was on and joined him downstairs. “Hello, Fixinit.” We hugged, not taking it too fast. “Hello, Twilight.” We separated and smiled, happy to be in each other’s lives. “I was thinking-” I started. “And we all know how dangerous that can be.” He joked. “Very funny, but seriously. We never got to talk to Fluttershy, or Ditzy Doo. Should we go visit them tomorrow?” he took a look around, noticing the missing pony and dragon. “I don’t see why not. Spike can look after the library and Silver will be off with Applejack. I don’t have work until 3, then I’ll have to be at the shop.” He gave me a thoughtful smile. “Great, I’ll inform spike.” I started up the stairs and I felt a small tug on my tail, I turned to see a light brown aura enveloping the end. “Let him sleep, stay with me.” I was afraid I blushed a little when he said that. “O-ok.” I went over and sat next to him on the couch. “Is something wrong?” he looked deep into my eyes. “What?” what was he talking about? “I can see it in your eyes. There’s something wrong. What is it?” he kept searching my soul with his eyes for answers. “Nothing’s wrong.” My eyes shifted. “Something’s wrong, you can tell me anything, I'm here for you.” he held my hoof in his. “I… I was thinking today.” I looked at my hooves and started to twiddle them aimlessly. “What about?” he prompted, not joking again. “you.” I looked up a little. “Well that’s no surprise.” He got fake excited. “Not like that.” His pseudo-relieved look disappeared. “Then like what?” he lifted my chin to look into my eyes. “h-how old are you?” he seemed a little stunned. “What?” “What is your current age?” “Last I checked I was 18, why?” I was a little relieved at this, but I still wasn’t out of the woods. “Oh, it’s just that I'm-” he cut me off. “You don’t need to tell me how old you are! It doesn’t matter to me. You’re still the most beautiful mare I know.” I looked up at him; he had a genuine look in his eyes. “Are you sure?” “One hundred percent.” He assured me with a smile. “ok.” We embraced each other. Then he did something unexpected. He kissed my head, like a mother putting their child to bed. I looked up at him. “To soon?” he gave a sheepish smile. “No, that was perfect.” I hugged him tighter. He did it again and we just stayed there for a while. I started to get sleepy wile laying against his coat, his coat smelled like oil and grease, metal and heat. With my head on his chest my eyes started to flutter closed. I would have been happy to just fall into dream filled slumber right there. But fate is cruel. Spike came down just before I left the conscious world. He announced that he would be starting dinner. I was jarred from my dream-like state. “I'm gonna make potatoes! What kind do you guys want?” he looked over at the couch, where we were, and awkwardly watched as we awkwardly got out of our awkward position. “I’ll have some cheese, please.” Fixinit wasn’t stunned at all. “I’ll have some Dandelion in mine, please.” I looked at the other side of the room and blushed. “Well… that was weird.” Spike was still on the stairs watching us. “Didn’t you have some potatoes to make?” Fixinit was as desperate to get out of this little stalemate as I was, he was just better at hiding it. “Yeah, I’ll get right to that.” Still staring at us he walks into the kitchen. We sat on the couch for a minute longer. Then he turned to me. “That was fun; we should do it again some time.” He got up and walked into the kitchen to help make dinner. I was left on the couch, on my own. I stayed there for a while. A few minutes later Silver arrived home. He seemed overjoyed. “What’s got you in such a good mood?” he seemed a little too happy for my liking. “Scored a date with Applejack.” He practically sang. “Wow! How’d that happen?” I was stunned that she would do something like that after meeting him only a few days ago. “I just asked!” he got a look of pure bliss on his face as he sunk into the chair. “That must feel great, Silver.” He just sat there staring at the far wall with a dreamy look. “It does.” Then we sat there like that until dinner was done. We had a delicious dinner, the potatoes were better than I remember them. Silver had one of the generic ones spike made in case any of us were still hungry. We talked about how our days went and what we were planning for tomorrow, we shared our plans to go visit Fluttershy and talk to her a bit. Silver said he had to be out tomorrow all day to help on the farm, he also said that they gave him a job, I was surprised and he laughed. “What’s so funny?” Fixinit was oblivious to it all. “That’s the exact look the Apples gave me when I proposed it to them.” He pointed at me; I realized my mouth was gaping. He went on to explain how Applejack told the story of how her grandmother found Zap apples, how he worked all day bucking apples, and how Big Mac out-bucked him time and time again. “He is the strongest pony in Ponyville.” We both nodded solemnly. “If we’re all done, I think I'm going to bed.” Spike walked out of the room and seconds later we heard a door shut. “It’s getting pretty late, and I have a big day ahead of me. G’night.” And with that Silver was gone, leaving only me and Fixinit.