“We could do this one!”
“How about this one?”
“I think this one would be best.”
“No, this is the one they should do!”
“CAN YOU FOUR JUST SHUT IT ALREADY!!” Sea exclaimed, her hooves covering her head. Juniper had enlisted her friends, Sweetie Bell, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, aka the Cutie Mark Crusaders, to help her find a song for her and her sister to sing. Despite Sea Breeze telling her little sis to pick whatever she wanted to do, Daisy Juniper insisted that Sea help as well. Right now the friends were bickering over which song that would be sung.
“Sorry sis,” Junie flinched. Sea took in a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“It’s okay. I just wish you would pick something. I don’t have all day, you know,” Sea ruffled her sister’s mane, making the little pegasus laugh and push her hoof away. Juniper turned to the stack of CDs and pulled the next disc off the top. Sea recognized the cover and inched closer to have a better look at the title.
“I remember this one! Gramma Sapphire got this for me five years ago! I thought I’d lost it!” Sea exclaimed joyfully. Junie placed the disc in her CD player, pressing the ‘play’ button.
“I like this one,” Junie smiled. Sweetie Bell, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom
“FINALLY!” Sea exclaimed. “See ya, girls!” Sea spread her wings and took off in the sky, hoping to get as far away as possible.
“But Sis! We have to practice!” Junie called, but her sister was already too far away to hear.
~~~
“Yo! Breezey!” Sea flinched hard in the air as she flew over the makeshift soccer field, nearly forgetting to flap her wings.
“Down here!” Sea looked down and saw her friends congregated under the lone oak tree beside the field. Stone Brook, Sweat Heart, Moon Glow, Phoenix, Skye Racer, Glacier and Red Knight were all there, but Bolt was no where to seen.
“Hi guys,” Sea touched down beside Moon. “What’s up?”
“Nothing really. We were going to play some soccer, but Bolt hasn’t gotten here yet. Dude’s ten minutes late,” Skye huffed.
“Ya haven’t seen him, have ya?” Phoenix asked.
“Not since last night,” Sea replied, stopping as she saw Bolt land behind Skye.
“Well if he doesn’t get here soon I’m gonna go find him and drag his—”
“BOO!” Bolt shouted in Skye’s ear. Skye jumped three feet in the air, his feathers ruffled and fur poofed out.
“Dude! Don’t do that!” Skye exclaimed. The group laughed heartily, Stone practically rolling on the ground.
“Nice one, Bolt!” Red laughed, Phoenix falling over him in a fit of giggles. Skye grumbled and glared at his friends.
“So, are we gonna play soccer or sit here and humiliate Racer?” Phoenix wiped some tears from her eyes. “I’m good with either one!”
“Nixie!” Skye
“What?” Phoenix smiled innocently, batting her eye lashes.
“Okay, okay, guys. C’mon, let’s play!” Stone bounced the soccer ball from wing to wing. “Bolt and Nixie are on my team!”
Sweet Heart, Moon and Sea chatted happily with each other as Phoenix and the boys played soccer. It was beginning to become more of a game of hoofball/dodge ball, with the friends tackling each other and then throwing the ball at members of the other team, instead of just stealing the ball. Phoenix stole the soccer ball out of Red’s hooves and chucked it hard at Skye Racer, who was flapping a few feet off the ground .
“Oh crap,” Skye shut his eyes, knowing that there was no way he could get out the ball’s path. The three young mares flinched as Skye took the hit right where a stallion does not like to be hit.
“Eeow” Skye groaned, his hooves between his hind legs. “I’m out!” the pegasus fell over on the ground, hooves still guarding his bruised stallionhood. Nixie stared at the downed colt for several moments before she burst out laughing, also falling onto the ground. The rest of the colts looked from the laughing mare to the pained colt.
“Dude, remind me to never make Nixie mad,” Red whispered to Glacier.
“That’s your own problem, bud. She’s your marefriend,” the white pegasus responded to his earth pony friend. Bolt shook his head and smiled.
“Okay guys. I think we’ve had enough of, what ever this was.”
Stone trotted over to his brother, who was still groaning on the ground.
“Geez Racer. She really hit you hard, didn’t she?” Stone chuckled.
“Shut up and help me,” Skye snapped. Stone rolled his eyes and grabbed Skye’s outstretched hoof, pulling his twin off the ground.
“You gonna be okay?”
“Fine.” Skye said, slowly walking off, hind legs a little more spread apart.
~~~
The eight friends trotted into Sugarcube Corner in hopes of getting a cool treat on the hot summer afternoon. After placing their orders with Pinkie Pie, they settled at several tables near the front windows, Sea, Sweet Heart and Phoenix sitting beside their coltfriends. Moon Glow and Glacier had bonded a bit more since the spring dance, though the two were not in a full on relationship as of yet. Moon wished to take it slow and Glacier went along with her, though he was a bit disappointed.
Bolt leaned over towards Sea Breeze. “How about we go somewhere private for a little while after we’re done here?” he whispered in her ear. Sea blushed slightly and nodded. Bolt smiled and kissed her lightly on the cheek. Phoenix rolled her eyes as she watched the two lovebirds.
“Seriously, you two. Must you do that in public?”
“Hey, it isn’t my fault that Red isn’t sweet on you,” Bolt smirked.
“Dude!” Red exclaimed. Phoenix ignored her coltfriend and continued looking at her friends.
“Reddy doesn’t have to be all lovey-dovey for me to know he cares,”
“Have you two even kissed yet?” Moon Glow got into the conversation. Phoenix narrowed her eyes and scrunched up her muzzle.
“Of course we have! I’m surprised you even know what a kiss is, miss “Let’s-Take-It-Slow,”
“Proove it,” Skye smirked slyly.
“Do you want me to bruise you again, Racer?”
“I’ll shut up now,” the pegasus grimaced. The rest of the group, minus Skye Racer, laughed heartily. Pinkie popped up between Phoenix and Moon.
“What’s so funny?”
“GAH!” Phoenix flinched, her hooves going around Red’s neck. Her actions just made her friends laugh harder, Pinkie joining in as well.
“Haha. Heh. Ha. ZIP IT!” The table silenced immediately, knowing that Nixie was at her limit. Pinkie blinked and glanced around. She then smiled and held up the tray of milkshakes.
“Okay! Here ya go! Two banana, three chocolate, one cookie dough, one chocolate chip mint, one vanilla and one strawberry,” Pinkie said as she placed each shake at the pony that ordered it. Sea had tried nearly all of the different milkshakes, but the strawberry would always be her favorite.
After finishing their cold creamy treat, the group parted ways. Bolt grinned deviously at Sea Breeze. She lifted a brow. She knew this look like the back of her hoof.
“Bolt. What’s going on in that crazy head of your’s?” She asked, already knowing what his answer would be. This time however, the brown colt surprised her and lifted her up easily in his hooves. Sea squeaked and rapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his torso. “Bolt! What are you doing?!” She yelled out. Her eyes were shut as the colt continued to fly upwards. “Bolt! If you don’t let me go I will never forgive you!”
“Geesh. Let a guy have some fun,” Bolt sighed as he burst through a large cloud and came down to land on it. He released his hold on Sea and the mare fell backwards onto the cloud. She glared up the brown colt. “Don’t. Ever. Do. That again,” she growled.
“You’re no fun,” Bolt pouted.
“You scared the living daylights outa me!”
“Okay, okay. I won’t do it again. As far as you know,” he added quietly.
“What was that?”
“Nothing, babe,” Bolt smiled, sitting down on the cloud. Sea continued to glare at her coltfriend. Eventually his sweet, kind, goofy smile melted her glare and she sighed, smiling gently back. She slowly walked up to him, placing a hoof on his chest. She lifted her head so that she could see his eyes. Those gorgeous blue eyes.
“I’ll forgive you. This time,” she leaned towards him. Expecting a kiss, Bolt closed his eyes and leaned forward as well. Sea paused right before their lips touched and pulled back. Lifting her hoof away from his chest, she raised it up and bonked him lightly on the head.
“Oof,” Bolt shook his head. “What was that for?”
“Play that stunt again and I’ll tie your wings up, smear peanut butter on your butt and let Angus loose after you. He loves peanut butter, by the way,” she smirked, the same devious smirk Bolt had not fifteen minutes earlier. He gulped and nodded. Sea’s smirk turned in a happy grin.
“Good Bolty,” the mare patted Bolt’s head as if he was her dog. “Now, where were we?” she asked.
“I think we were right, here.” Bolt pulled her close and kissed her passionately, Sea melting into his warm embrace. Bolt began to lean back and fell softly onto the cloud, Sea now laying on his chest. She pulled away from the kiss, Bolt whimpering as he no longer felt his love’s lips upon his. He opened his eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Sea ignored him and walked to the edge of the cloud. “Sea, what are you doing?” Bolt got up and stepped towards her. The grey pegasus turned to her coltfriend. “You want another kiss? You’ll have to catch me first,” with that, she jumped of the cloud, spreading her wings and flapping down. She was projected forward, the gusts from her wings hitting Bolt and making his mane blow back. “Wow,” Bolt shook his head and spread his wings, taking off quickly. Sea was already several paces in front of him. Flapping as fast as he could, Bolt began to gain on Sea.
“If this is about what I did, I’m sorry! I won’t do it again!” Sea once more ignored her coltfriend and put on an extra burst of speed.
“Ugh!” Bolt grunted. He saw her disappear in a large cloud. Having a good idea as to what she was planning, Bolt stopped in front of the puffy white cloud. “I know what you’re doing, Sea Breeze. I’m not falling for it,”
Bolt flapped in place for five minutes. He was not falling for his marefriend’s trickery. But… “Sea?” Bolt flapped closer to the cloud and tried to peer in, even though he knew that he wouldn’t see anything. “Sea? Come on, this isn’t funny any more. Please, can we just, you know, get back to where we were earlier?”
“Seriously, Bolty, is that all you colts think about?”
“Huh?” Bolt turned around, only to be tackled and flung into the cloud.
“Just relax, Bolt,” Sea said softly, her voice distorted from being outside of the cloud.
“What are you doing?” Bolt asked as he struggled. His head popped out of the fluffy cloud and he pulled the rest of his body out onto the top of the cloud.
“You’re no fun,” Sea flapped up behind him. Bolt turned to her and pouted.
“I know why you’re doing this,”
“And that is?”
“For what I did to you,”
“And?”
“I’m really sorry.” Sea stared at Bolt for several moments. Bolt had the most pitiful looking face she had ever seen. As the pegasus mare continued to stay silent, Bolt began to get a little antsy.
“Uh, Sea?” Bolt leaned back. Sea rolled her eyes and shook her head slightly, giving Bolt her trademark “you’re a dork” face.
“I’m just playing with you, you knucklehead,” Sea laughed. “This had nothing to do with it. I just like seeing you squirm.”
“So, this was just a joke?” Bolt asked, raising his brow. Sea nodded. “Mm-hmm.” Bolt exhaled the breath he wasn’t aware he was holding. “Whew. That’s a relief. I thought you were really mad,”
“I could never be truly mad at you, Bolt. Frustrated, but never mad. Having Angus has granted me a lot of patience,” the pegasus giggled. Bolt smiled, standing up and shuffling over beside her. He lowered his head and nuzzled her neck. Sea leaned into him returning the nuzzle. Bolt snuck in a kiss, making Sea squeak softly. The brown colt pulled his marefriend into a hug and fell down onto the cloud, kissing her again. The couple laid together on the cloud for the remainder of the afternoon in each other’s arms.