//------------------------------// // The First Kiss // Story: Let's Play: Equestria Online! // by Jakinbandw //------------------------------// The Problem With Parents And My Current Romantic Situation So I turns out that Quick Search and I are officially dating now. So who did this end up happening you ask? The answer is quite simple; parents. It started off simply enough, Quick Search showed up tonight for our supper together like usual, however this time my parents hadn't left to go have their own supper yet. There were introductions all around and then the questions started. Who was this girl? Well she is the girl I got stabbed protecting mom. Does she usually come over and visit at this time of night? Well, yes, we've been eating supper together. It's better than what the hospital feeds me. Really? Are you two going out? Well uh... You don't have to be embarrassed Son At this point I glanced at Quick Search to see what she was thinking, but she seemed as frozen as I was. This is the point when I made a rather stupid decision on the spur of the moment. I decided to say that we were dating to deflect further questions. As you might imagine, it didn't work. To her credit Quick Search went along with it, and didn't ask me what on earth I was thinking. When my parents asked her questions she answered politely, and even played the part to the point of pulling up a chair next to me and giving me a chaste kiss while she was passing out plates to everyone. That was the point where I started to suspect that she might not be playing along. It was just a vague suspicion though, drowned in massive amounts of embarrassment. I blushed, and couldn't think straight for a few moments. I had forgotten how long it had been since I had last kissed a woman, and it had obviously been too long. My lips tasted slightly of the cherry chap stick that she had been wearing. I probably wasn't thinking too straight when I grabbed her and pulled her onto the bed because there weren't enough chairs in the room. I didn't have to pull very hard, mind. If I had I would have done harm to my stomach, so I'm glad that Quick Search went along with it. I wrapped my arm around her while we ate without realizing it till she got up to go to the washroom. My parents waited a moment and then started asking me the hard questions. Did she go to church? How long had we been dating? Had we done anything that we shouldn't have done? Was I taking advantage of her gratefulness towards me for saving her? Why hadn't I mentioned it before now? Did I like her? Had I made sure that all of our meetings were in public places? I answered the best I could considering that we hadn't actually been dating. Or maybe we had and I was just unaware that it was going on. Either way I answered the questions to my parents satisfaction, and eventually Quick Search returned and the conversation moved back to less stressful questions. Quick Search also helped me field a few questions that I was having trouble answering on the spot. Eventually my parents had to leave, and Quick Search and I were left alone. We sat the in silence for a while before I spoke up. “Sorry about that.” “Sorry about what?” Quick Search asked over at me with an expression that I couldn't read. “About saying that we were dating to my parents. I shouldn't have done something like that without asking you first,” I replied. I saw a bit of tension leave her face, “So you didn't mind me kissing you?” “I enjoyed it rather more than I think I should have,” I admitted, “You are really pretty.” Quick Searched blushed, “Thank you.” “So do you mind?” I asked, “That you are going to have to pretend to be my girlfriend for the next few days while my parents are around?” “Pretend?” Quick Search asked, her smile suddenly looking brittle, “Oh, I thought- I mean yes. I don't mind.” Pieces suddenly fell into place in my mind, “Hang on, you mean you thought that I had asked out out just now?” “I'm sorry,” Quick Search said looking down at the ground, “I had a little derp there.” “Wouldn't it bother you that I'm dating Forest Trails?” I asked, feeling like a jerk, but curious all the same. “We talked a little bit, and she seems nice,” Quick Search replied, “I wouldn't mind having her as a friend.” “You do know that you can be friends with her even if you aren't dating me right? I mean I'm not going to stop you two from hanging out together,” I said trying to understand where Quick Search was coming from. “It's not the same though,” she said looking back up at me, with a little fire in her eyes. It quickly faded, “Sorry. You must think I'm pretty weird.” “No, I just...” I trailed off searching for the words, “No. But I don't understand. I thought you would dislike the thought of having the man you were dating date someone else.” “Yeah,” she said sadly, “That would be the normal thing wouldn't it?” “I honestly don't mind, I'm just trying to understand where you are coming from,” I said, trying to reassure her. “It's... I...” Quick Search kept on arresting her sentences before they could get started. I held up my hand, “Look, how about we try this. I think you are beautiful and I like being around you. I'll do my best to do this right, but you should be aware that I'm probably going to mess up.” Quick Search looked up at me with a bit of hope in her eyes, she hadn't cried, but she had looked close to it a few times, “Are you sure? You don't have to...” “I don't want to see you cry, and if I wasn't dating Forest Trails I would have asked you out in an instant, so I guess if you are okay with it, I can give it a try,” I replied. Then I reached out and grabbed her hand, “Come here.” I pulled her into another chaste kiss. She pulled back, and then through her arms around me. It hurt my stomach a bit, but I didn't say anything. I didn't want to ruin the moment. I couldn't help but think as we sat there that things were probably going to go horribly wrong. On the other hand I reasoned with myself, I had the greatest intelligence on the planet willing to help me. That should help tip the scales in my favour a bit. Hopefully. Maybe. I sighed to myself as I wondered who I was kidding. There was no way that this would work out. I finally decided to let tomorrow tomorrow take care of itself and focus on the cute woman that was hugging me. I gave her a light kiss on her neck and then said, “I might need air to survive.” “Oh, I'm sorry!” Quick Search said as she let go in a hurry. I laughed, “Come on, sit down here beside me and let's talk about how I am going to survive meeting your parents with a hole in me.” And that is all that we did till she left. Breaking The News Of My Change In Relationship Status To Forest Trails So I logged in and found myself on an island that we had set up camp on earlier that day. Forest Trails was sitting on a cot nearby reading a book. Outside the tent I could hear rain falling and the occasional lighting flash light up the inside of the tent. The tent itself was spelled to resist heavy winds, so I wasn't worried about it blowing away, even if a hurricane hit us. “Hey, how,s it going My Treasure?” Forest Trails asked, setting her book aside. Then she did a double take, “You look like you just stepped on a kitten.” “I kinda feel like I did too,” I admitted, “We have to talk.” I saw her suddenly tense up and berated myself for using the four worst words in the English language to use when talking with your significant other, “It's not bad. At least I don't think it is.” “You're babbling,” Trails said, “Stop. Take a deep breath, and try again from the top.” I nodded and followed her advice, “Do you remember Quick Search?” “Did something happen to her?” Forest Trails asked, looking concerned. “No, nothing like that, but we did decide to date each other after all,” I said, watching Trails to see her reaction. “That's excellent!” Trails said, “What caused you to change your mind?” “My parents showed up and one thing led to another,” I admitted, “I'll tell you the whole story later. But you aren't mad?” “Why would I be? I've been for this from the beginning,” Trails replied, “I'm just glad you finally got it through your thick head.” “I suppose I finally did,” I admitted, “Quick Search seems really interested in becoming your friend, would you be interested in that?” Forest Trails gave me a pitying look, “Oh My Treasure, why wouldn't I want to be friends with her? Did you honestly feel you needed to ask that question?” “Okay, that is a good point,” I conceded, “So should I visit (log in) while she is over tomorrow for supper?” “That's not a bad idea,” Trails said thoughtfully, “But I think that she should visit as well. I'll talk it over with Celestia tonight while you are doing your journal and set it up with her.” Trails paused, then glanced at me, “Are you going to mention the Kraken that we ran into today?” “I have never seen a squid clear the clouds in a single jump before,” I admitted, “But I think that I'll leave that out. It was a lot of fun fighting it, but it doesn't make for very compelling reading and I don't want to bore the readers.” “Oh come on, it was awesome,” Forest Trails disagreed, “And you managed to do some quick folding not to get hurt when you fell off Hawkins.” “Yes, well Young Jim Hawkins couldn't very well catch me when he was caught in the tentacles of that thing,” I pointed out, “It was either do or die.” “So have I convinced you to write it up?” Forest Trails continued to press. “No,” I replied feeling a smirk come onto my face, “I'll write down this conversation instead and let them try to fill in the blanks on their own.” Forest Trails laughed, “Your evil.” “I know”