//------------------------------// // Prompt #466-Double Trouble, Makeout and Bubble // Story: Ponywatching // by ThunderTempest //------------------------------// “Ah’m really grateful fer you an’ Pinkie doin’ this fer me, Miss Rarity,” said Apple Bloom, as she fiddled about nervously in the Carousel Boutique, waiting for Rarity to finish the dress that the youngest Apple had asked Rarity to do for her first date. As the craftspony had put it herself ‘Us Apples are a practical lot. But that don’t mean we cain’t look nice when we want to,’ and Apple Bloom had wanted to look nice, as she was going to the fanciest restaurant in Ponyville, and Rarity and Pinkie Pie had agreed to a double date, to help Apple Bloom along a bit, and get her to relax. “Pish posh, dear. Anything for a pony in love, and you, my dear, are right in its throes. Now, who did you say your mystery date was, again?” Rarity, being a notorious gossip, had been attempting to get the name of Apple Bloom’s date out of her for most of the afternoon. “Ah didn’t.” Apple Bloom, unfortunately, had inherited her older sister’s stubbornness when it came to secrets and keeping them, and could actually lie. Rarity sighed, and finished off the final few stitches on the dress. “All done, Apple Bloom,” said Rarity, and she began helping the young Apple out of the dress, storing it away for the time being. “Now, you go and take care of anything you need to, and we’ll reconvene here at six, and then head to the restaurant.” ********* Rarity and Pinkie Pie sat at their table, keeping calm expressions on the outside, but were they not at a restaurant, they likely would have been in the middle of either histrionics or hysterics. As it was, they were finding it hard to not break out in either, and perhaps the only thing preventing them was that they didn’t know which one to pick. ‘I can quite safely say that I never saw this coming,’ thought Rarity, as she picked carefully at her salad, ‘Apple Bloom ending up with either my sister or Scootaloo, I could have seen. Her dating one of the colts in her class, I could have anticipated. But this? No, I never would have guessed in a thousand years.’ Apple Bloom was silent as she sat across from her date, blushing as she moved her salad aimlessly around with her fork. Like Rarity, Apple Bloom would have never picked this outcome when she was younger. In fact, she probably would have denied that it could ever happen at all. But she couldn’t deny her feelings, and they’d been going out in secret for a while, at her date’s insistence. Tonight was their first ‘official’ date, which was a large part of why Apple Bloom had gone to the trouble of getting herself all fancied up. [time] As the night wore on, Apple Bloom and her date gradually began to relax, and both took occasional cues from Pinkie Pie and Rarity. For their part, the two older ponies were glad to see them finally relaxing, and offered as much advice as they could. As the evening drew to a close, Apple bloom leaned over to Rarity and Pinkie Pie’s side of the table while her date was in the toilet. “What do I do if they want a kiss goodnight?” “Make out!” “No, Pinkie. Not on the first date,” replied Rarity, “What you do is a quick, chaste kiss, usually on the cheek.” “We made out on our first date, though.” “We had extenuating circumstances.” “But...make outs!” “Later, darling.” Pinkie cheered, and Rarity turned back to Apple Bloom. “Yes, just a short kiss should do it. Of course, if your partner wants to go further, she will let you know.” ******* Apple Bloom turned to face her date for the night as they stood outside her date’s home. “Well, I had a real nice time with you, Silver Spoon. And you as well, Diamond Tiara. I guess this is where we part ways.” Apple Bloom rubbed the back of her head nervously. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara shared a look, and pulled Apple Bloom into a three way make out. Pinkie Pie silently cheered from her hiding spot in the bushes, and Rarity rolled her eyes, and pulled the party pony into a make out of her own.