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// 29 - Twilight Sparkle: The Next Morning 
// Story: Ponies on Bronies 
// by Ravenmane 
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Twilight Sparkle stared at herself in the mirror the next morning.  She hadn’t removed the golden band on her horn that now glittered in the sun.  To her waking mind, the proposal just hadn’t sunk in yet.  The night prior wasn’t exactly kind to her desire to remember just one event.

When he said it I couldn’t believe it, she thought.  Why couldn’t I see that coming?  I was sure he was up to something, but I had no idea it was engagement.

Twilight focused on the top drawer of the door-side nightstand and summoned to her side a plain looking book.  After cracking the book open, she levitated over a quill and inkwell.  “Let’s see,” she said in a whisper, mindful of the awkwardly sleeping tangle of cyan and ebony fur still on the bed.  Twilight’s gaze drifted down the page her book was opened to:

Agenda: Version 938

There were several things already checked off, some were scratched out, and countless more remained.  “Here we are, ‘Engagement,’” she said with a pleasant flick of her magic checking it off.  “Next is,” Twilight paused as she stared at the already present checkmark on ‘Move In.’  “Okay, moving along we have ‘Preparations for Wedding’ and ‘Apologize to Pinkie.’”  She sighed as she made a mental calculation on how many times she’d have to say it.  “Sorry Pinkie,” she rehearsed, “but the last thing I’d like right now is a bachelorette party.”

Twilight continued to run down her checklist to make any final alterations but found her eyes always drawn to one particular line: ‘Honeymoon.’  Her thoughts drifted towards everywhere they would want to go and everywhere they could afford.

“I’ll have to write to Cadance, I’m sure she’ll have tons of ideas,” Twilight said to herself happily.  Twilight returned her gaze to the sparkling band and carefully levitated it off her horn and placed it beside Rainbow’s new accessory.

As she hopped from her seat, more of the previous week trickled into her mind.  Fresh memories of her mood burning the whole time she passed the slumbering pegasi to the bathroom and draw a bath.  Anger on Monday, jealousy on Tuesday, concern on Wednesday, suspicion on Thursday, and Friday culminated in fits of worry.  Guilt filled Twilight’s mind as she stepped into her warm bath.

“If I wasn’t so negative all week I would’ve seen it coming,” she mumbled.

“I was afraid you would Twi,” said a voice at the doorway that caused her to jump.

“Alex, don’t you know better than to sneak up on ponies?”

“Did you like the ring?”

“I thought it was a bit much, did somepony help you pick one out to fit my horn?”

Alex nodded.  “Rarity helped me out with everything.  Gave me her opinion, helped me with a bit of the intricate work, and kept everything secretive from both of you.”

“Why-”

“Why must you always know the why of things,” he asked with a smirk while slowly advancing to the tub.

“Wha-what are you doing,” Twilight said as her face turned bright red.

Alex leaned up on the side of the tub.  “Why picking up where we left off last night Twi.  Is something wrong with that?”

“I’m trying to get clean Alex.”

“We can save that for afterwards.”

Twilight gave the former human a brief nod and quietly closed the bathroom door with her magic while he joined her in the tub.  “Not too hard, I don’t want to wake Rainbow,” she whispered in his ear.

“Forgive me?”

Twilight nodded again before kissing him.