//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 - Getting to hope you like me! // Story: Patches // by Fireydude //------------------------------// 10:45 am [Carousel Boutique] Downstairs, Rarity was right at work, creating Alan’s brand new clothing with the assistance of Twilight, Pinkie, and Spike. For Rarity, as she was humming a pleasant tune, (a song that she likely learned from one of her clients) she was using her natural telekinetic abilities to levitate an entire roll of cloth (the material, surprisingly enough, was similar to the overalls Alan had worn) while at the same time using a trusty pair of scissors to cut the outline for Alan’s new overalls, and unlike Alan’s old overalls however, they were navy blue in color. After finishing the outline, she started thinking about certain things regarding the notes she took previously. Obviously those buttons on the hips of the previous overalls have a sort of ‘snap on’ function, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find some buttons that are similar. Of course I have absolutely no extra buckles that I could spare in order for the straps to attach to the buttons on the front. Although I could possibly re-use the old ones for the new overalls, after all, it just wouldn’t do to simply let materials that could be of use go to waste.. Maybe I could even incorporate some of the colorless diamonds I have on hoof somehow into the design.. She then turned her head towards the others as they were working on the clothes that they were assigned with. Satisfied with their progress, Rarity then turned her focus back to Alan’s new garment as her brain was wracked with interesting designs she so wished to use. Up in the bathroom upstairs, little Alan was in the bubble filled bathtub (blushing of course, considering his lack of clothes in front of somepony he's still getting to know..) as Fluttershy got out a couple of bottles that were necessary for making a sparkly clean boy like him. First things first, Fluttershy used both forelegs to then lift a pitcher full of water over the kid in the tub. Thankfully for Alan, there wasn't too much water in the tub, just enough where his bare torso and arms stuck out of the surface. "Alan, I need you to hold still for me, okay? Oh, and be sure that you close your eyes.." came Fluttershy's request to the tiny kid in the tub. Complying with Fluttershy's specific instructions, Alan closed his eyes and waited. Fluttershy hummed a rather soothing tune as she lifted the pitcher just a tad higher, and proceeded to pour the water onto the boy's head. Naturally, Alan's long thick hair, having been soaked, drooped over his closed eyelids. As Alan listened to Fluttershy's little tune with his hair over his eyes, the yellow pegasus got out a bottle of shampoo, that, with a little bit of effort, she squeezed out onto Alan's scalp with both of her hooves. *** At a small 1 story house within a relatively normal neighborhood, a car moved all the way up into a driveway. Upon stopping, a couple, likely somewhere in their mid to late twenties, got out of the vehicle. The first one out of the couple was a relatively tall male with a slender build, standing six feet in height, has dirty blonde hair on his head with side-burns growing all the way around his jaw and connecting with a beard, a pair of hazel brown eyes, and wears a red-plaid shirt with a pair of black trousers. The second was his wife, petite and standing at five feet one inch, has jet black hair, and a pair of bright green eyes behind a pair of eye glasses. In the female's arms was a tiny infant, his age largely unknown. "Well, we're back home cutie.. Did you have good time? Hmm?" the female asked her infant son, who looks up to her with his little face, and simply blinks his hazel brown eyes at his mother. "I guess that's a yes.." Her husband replied in a slight accent (it's noticeable, one just has to listen carefully) with a chuckle as he went up to the front door, his wife and child right behind him. After getting themselves relaxed a little, the male then went into the kitchen. "I'll go on ahead and start making dinner, that all right with you Daisy?" He asked his wife. "Not a problem Harold, I'll just put our son to bed, he's starting to look a little tuckered out.." Daisy replied to him. And with a smile, she then carried the infant in her arms from the living room, and towards a bedroom, complete with a crib, a rocking chair big enough to support her weight, and a couple of stuffed animals that the tiny one likely plays with from time to time. His mother then walked over to the chair, and had a seat, her only son still in her arms. "Hard to believe you came out of me, isn't it sweetheart? Now that I think about it.. It really is amazing what life can do… I think I know the perfect song for you Kiddo. It's something I heard as a little girl when it was on tv.. You want to hear it?" The little baby, all snug in her arms, simply yawned at this as his mother smiled down at him and soon proceeded to sing the lullaby that she has chosen for him. How very special are we For just a moment to be Part of life’s eternal rhyme How very special are we To have on our family tree Mother Earth and Father Time He turns the seasons around And so she changes her gown But they always look in their prime They go on dancing their dance Of ever lasting romance Mother Earth and Father Time The summer larks return to sing Oh what a gift they give Then autumn days grow short and cold Oh what a joy to live How very special are we For just a moment to be Part of life’s eterrrnal rhyme How very special are we To have on our family tree Mother Earth and Father Time Daisy leaned her head down to the now sleeping infant, and pressed her lips to his tiny forehead to give him a kiss. *** While Alan was sitting in the tub in silence, Fluttershy was still at work kneading his shampoo covered hair, being ever so careful as to not be rough since she had hooves and all. In spite of her lack of fingers, the pegasus was getting at every possible spot of the boy's little scalp as much as a pony could with her shampoo covered hooves. All the while she was doing this, the corners of Fluttershy's mouth was in a small smile. The instant she finished kneading Alan's head, Fluttershy soon rinsed off his hair as she once again used the pitcher, which she previously refilled. She then picked up a dampened washcloth with her right foreleg, rubbed a bar of soap against it, then brought it over to the tiny boy as she gently scrubbed his body. Upon finishing up, Fluttershy then rinsed Alan off. As soon as she did this, she got out a towel with both forelegs, then lifted the boy out of the tub as she wrapped him up completely while she dried him off. Suddenly, the door of the bathroom opened as Rarity entered the bathroom while using her telekinesis to levitate what appeared to be Alan's new clothes. "I see you've done a fabulous job Fluttershy~" She said with a smile as she set the clothes down, walked over to the tub as she then directed her attention to Alan as he opened his eyes to look at her. "Since your mane has been cleaned of the ghastly grime that invaded it, I believe it's time to further groom it, wouldn't you agree dear?" Rarity's horn then gave off a blue glow as she prepared to help Fluttershy groom the boy.