//------------------------------// // Loving an Apple // Story: Angel Wings // by SeasonTheWiccan //------------------------------// Angel had initially told herself that after the next date with Big Mac, she would make up an excuse to decline the next invitation. But, after their second date which was just a simple walk through Ponyville park at sundown and being enwrapped by Big Mac once again, she found herself saying yes to a third date with no hesitation in her voice. Which led to Angel telling herself to do the same after the next one. On their third date he took her to the local swimming hole and she was at first hesitant about swinging on the rope into the water, after some coaxing from Big Mac she finally did it. She resurfaced part of her head in front of Big Mac then sprung up and squirted water in his face from her mouth. She then tried to swim away but Big Mac playfully caught her before she could get away, she was a laughing mess and she could honestly never remember laughing this much in her entire life. She was still laughing when she turned herself to face him, but when she did, their muzzles touched. Both of their eyes widened as they stared at each other, Big Mac had honestly been wondering what it would be like to kiss her but he was hesitant about it, all kinds of questions were going through his mind. 'What if she doesn't like me like that?' 'What if she doesn't like it?' Before he completely choked, he looked straight into her blue eyes and immediately thought of everything she was. He thought she was the kindest, sweetest, smartest, and most beautiful mare he's ever met. He was staring at Angel a little too long and Angel was feeling a little uncomfortable. "Why are you staring at me?" Angel asked. As he used his free hoof to brush away some of her damp hair away from her face, he said, "Because yer beautiful." She blushed with a shy smile as he did the same, he then felt his courage build up and slowly brought his muzzle toward hers. Angel was a little scared at first, but as Big Mac came closer, her fear subsided and her eyes slowly closed as Mac closed his. It felt like it took ten minutes for Big Mac's lips to reach hers, when they did, both of them felt as if they were the only ponies in Equestria. He had never kissed a mare before in his life, and he was enthralled by how it felt, especially with Angel, who right now felt as if she were floating as she wrapped her hooves around his neck as he held her tighter. When their lips parted, their eyes opened and they saw each other anew, her heart was beating faster than she had ever thought possible. While Big Mac looked at her like a blind stallion who was seeing Celestia's sun for the first time, he then leaned in to kiss her again and she didn't even resist or hesitate, she accepted it as her heart pounded harder as if it were trying to escape her chest. They parted again and Angel began to shiver a little. "You alright?" Big Mac asked. "Yeah, I guess I'm just getting a little cold." Big Mac, with Angel still in his arms, swam to shore and released her once they were there. The chilling air was biting at Angel making her shiver even more, luckily Big Mac had brought some blankets with him he wrapped Angel in the warmest one he brought with him and wrapped his arms around her. She turned towards him and when she shivered, he held her closer to him as she snuggled into his chest. His heart beat faster as he felt her damp hair against him, Angel could hear it and smiled, all her ideas of resisting were now gone as she savored this moment. The two had been going out for only a month and already the two were inseparable. They had gone on dates all over Ponyville, though they had to agree that their favorite spot was the gazebo at sunset, so they went there often for their dates as they ate talked, laughed and yes - kissed. Angel honestly didn't know what it was about him that made her want to be by him so much. It was like catnip to her, she couldn't resist being around him and Mac found himself being the same way around her, he had never felt this way around a mare before. He'd had a few marefriends in the past, but none of them even managed to both enthrall him or enchant him the way she had done. The way she talked made his heart skip a beat, her laugh filled him all the joy in Equestria, and when she looked at him with those azure blue eyes he felt as if he had to slap himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming all of this. But he wasn't, he was dating possibly the most wonderful mare in Equestria, and what's more - he was falling in love with her. But, at times like any other couple, they disagreed on certain things. Hoofball seemed to be their most frequent argument and sometimes Big Mac would step over the line and say something to her that he shouldn't have. Seeing that pained look on her face instantly made him regret it and do everything he could to amend what he said. All he wanted was to see her happy and wanted to succeed at it that was the easiest part of their relationship, but the hardest part was for Big Mac finding the right moment to tell her of his entire feelings for her. He felt that a month was a bit soon for him to tell her those three pivotal words that could make or break their relationship. He needed to give it some time before saying it, because he didn't know if she felt the same way he did. Sometimes on their dates, he would ask her to sing for him while she was laying beside him. There was one she always sang for him; it was one that her mother always sang for her when she was awake and in pain after her surgeries, though she did not tell this to him. She merely told him it was a lullaby that her Mother sang to her and he didn't question further. She sang with her honey sweet voice: "Early in the morning, I'll come calling, I'll come calling after you darling if you answer, oh we'll wander, down the garden where it's cool later we'd discover, all in covers, children silent as the stars early in the morning, in the morning, everything at once is ours... early in the morning, I'll come calling, I'll come calling after you though you seldom answer, still i wonder, what will pass here when you do delicate in grasses, bright and ashen, breathing sweet a ruby nest early in the morning, in the morning, withered, singing we will rest early in the morning, in the morning, I will call for you even if the words aren't clear, and even if my voice seems cruel early in the morning, in the morning, red and almost true dressing in my finest suit my cleanest shoes making sure the crease is true pressed and fresh and blue." Big Mac listened to her through the whole song and nuzzled her when she finished, both loved the world they were in now. Just the two of them together. Nothing that could split them. For now.