A mare wearing a grey hoodie, with hood raised, trotted slowly down the Manehatten street on an overcast afternoon. The occassional looks thrown her way were not due to her attire, a set of exercise shorts and four legwarmers that matched her hoodie in color completing the ensemble; but rather, the color of tail following behind: Hot pink with lines of electric blue and green mixed in. She ignored the looks and proceeded toward a bistro her cousin had picked for them to have brunch at. It was a little pricier of an establishment than she would have chosen, her personal finances being tighter than she would have liked. Justin's on 23rd was situated on a corner that provided a view of Eminence Tower's golden figurehead for those tourists who wanted to sit at one of the two outside tables.
Entering the door, she spotted her cousin sitting at table about midway back on her right looking at a local paper, two cups of tea with biscuits sitting in front of her. Her cousin was a cream-white colored pegasus with freckles and a cerise and mint green mane cut straight at the front, giving her a bookish look. Smiling to herself as she approached the table the gray clothed mare thought, "Some things never change."
"Blossomforth, it's good to see you cousin!" The clothed mare pulled her cousin into a fierce hug, causing her to cringe in surprise and fright.
"Glamdancer? Is that you?" queried Blossomforth as she pulled herself out of the embrace, eying the figure before her. Her look of incredulity slid lightly toward terror as the mare in front of her reached up and pulled the hood down, revealing a snow-white coat and a pair of golden eyes topped by a unicorn's horn. Blossomforth quickly recovered and smiled sheepishly.
Noticing the gambit of expressions on her cousin's face Glamdancer asked her, "What were you afraid there was going to be a hair-splosion or something?"
Coughing into her hoof before pointing for Glamdancer to take a seat Blossomforth replied softly, "Umm, maybe...." Then with more gusto she continued, "Well, how have you been? Settled down with a good stallion yet? And what happened to your mane?"
Sighing inwardly at the barrage of questions Glamdancer sat down and answered, "Okay, mom, everythings okay. No I haven't found a 'good stallion' yet. And I had to cut my mane for a recent audition, didn't get the part though." Giving a small outward sigh and running a hoof through the object in question, it being the same color as her tail but short and hanging down the sides of her face. Normally she would have styled it to flow down of the right side or left side of her face instead, but since cutting it she just didn't have heart to bother.
Looking back at her cousin she raised an eyebrow while sipping her tea, "What about you, Blossom? Still helping the weatherteam in, where was it....ah, Ponyville? Are you still telling everyone you were an orphan?"
Cringing Bloddomforth chuckled weakly, "Yeah, I can't do the whole orphan thing since Twilight (our town librarian) began researching geneology. Still on shaky ground with some of my friends and coworkers over that lie. And yes, I'm still working on the weather team there, my specialty is making sure the flower gardens of our florists don't get too much or too little rainfall." Holding up a hoof after taking a sip of her tea she admonished, "And before you ask; no, I haven't found a special somepony yet either... even though I had plenty of offers after our last Tornado Drill." She added quietly, "Even from some mares..."
Tapping her chin with her hoof after finishing her biscuit, Glamdancer recalled some of her mother's correspondence regarding that incident along with a particular photo. "You should really stretch more often if your going to try making yourself into a pretzel again! Mom sent me a picture by the way." She teased, wiping her mouth with a napkin. Noticing a trio of young high-class mares entering, a smile played across her lips and she finished her tea. Slowly getting up from her chair and moving backwards she chided, "Thanks for brunch, Blossom! You should give those mares back home a chance, they might surprise you."
Spinning around Glamdancer clasped the front-most mare of the newcomers in a passionate kiss, her tongue playing into the other mare's mouth as her left hoof slid down said mare's back to her flank. As looks of shock sprang to life on the faces of Blossomforth and the three new mares Glamdancer purred to her victim, "Well, I hope you found that as enjoyable as I did beautiful." Then breaking away towards the door.
"Y-You can't just go kissing someone like that!" Sputtered Blossomforth as Glamdancer opened the door.
Stepping outside Glamdancer pointed back to the mare, "It's okay, that was probably the best kiss she ever had." Then smiling wide as a mile Glamdancer cantered back towards home.
Sputtering incoherently Blossomforth quickly dropped a tip on the table then bolted to the door. Taking flight as soon as she was outside, not after Glamdancer but, straight back to Ponyville with a deep hint of red on her muzzle.
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The mare (a unicorn with a pearl colored coat and a mane that was streaked with fiery orange, bright green, and pale blue) stared after the bold assailant, while letting her friends guide her to a booth in the back. While Precious Bits and Silver Fan yammered away about what had occurred and other gossip points to which she answered autonomously, only one thought stayed in the forefront of Opalescence's mind. Actually.....it was.