Luna was six years old now and looked the same size as Sweetie Belle. We were sitting on the couch, watching Bag Bang Theory. Luna was curled up in the Derpy and Dr. Hooves blanket. I was munching on some chips and dip when I ran out of dip. I got up and walked into the kitchen. I was poring dip in a small bowl. I had just closed the fridge door when Luna Asked me something.
"Dad." Luna said from the living room. "What's sex?" I stood still. I didn't say anything. I tried to think of anything else she might have said. I had set parental settings on both the TV and computers. "Dad?" Luna said after a few seconds. I walked back in and sat down.
"Wh-why would you want to know?" I looked at the TV to see a Viagra commercial just ending. "Never mind."
"What does it mean?"
"Well, when some pony like you doesn't need to know, nothing!"
"Dad. What does it mean?"
"Not tellin!"
"Why?"
"Because you don't need to know. Do you hear any ponies in MLP saying it?"
"No."
"Exactly!"
"Pleeease!" Luna stared at me with baby eyes. (Very, very effective with her huge eyes)
"Luna." I said being serious. "I want you to promise me something."
"What?"
"Promise me that you'll never, never look it up, or anything in the same area. OK?" Luna took a second before answering.
"OK."
"Great." I was about to get up when.
"Erectile dysfunction?"
"Uugh. I'll make a list!" I went in to the kitchen and wrote down a list of sexually related things on the "Do Not look up" list. Luna had great memory and already knew everything she wasn't allowed to look up, but I kept a list of those things just so I would remember. I tries to sit and enjoy the rest of the day, but Luna kept asking. She respected me telling her not to look up anything I didn't want her to, but she was very persistent in asking non-stop.
I woke up the next morning. Instead of seeing Luna looking out the window like she usually does, she was siting on top of me just millimeters from my face. She was staring at me intently.
"What?"
"What does it mean?" Luna said.
"For the last time, no! You don't need to nor have to know!" I got up and put on a pair of pants (I sleep in a T-shirt and boxers). I went down stairs and pored myself a bowl of cereal. Luna followed and pored herself a bowl and sat down next to me. After a minute she spoke again.
"Why can't you just tell me what it means?"
"uugh. Luna, promise that you want ask either. OK?"
"Why?"
"Just promise me! OK?"
"Fine." Luna grunted. We went over to the couch and watched some TV. Luna didn't actually watch. Luna sat down next to me and just stared at me. She didn't say anything, she just stared at me blankly. I knew what she was doing, she's trying to brake me so I'll tell her. Luna had a way of finding every single loophole no matter what it was. I tried to ignore her.
The next day I woke up and she was staring at me. The same blank stare on her face. I went to work. After work I came home and Luna was waiting for me. She knew when I usually get home and was sitting in front of the door with the same look. After about a week I finally gave in. Luna had an extreme amount of patience, it was amazing.
"What do you want?" I said looking away from a story that was writing.
"Tell me what it means."
"No I'm not."
"I never asked." As I said, she was great a finding loopholes.
"Fine then!" I said turning my whole body to face her. "What will it take for you to just drop this right now and forever?" Luna didn't hesitate to answer.
"An iPod'll do."
"You want an iPod?" I repeated.
"Yea, that is unless you want me to keep nagging until I find out. I will find out some day, I don't care how long it takes. I am immortal after all." See. Patience, and lots of it.
"Fine." Luna got her way and the next day I went out and bought an iPod on my way to work. It was a blue iPod 5. I kept it hidden in a secret spot in the mail room. Luna knew that I was hiding it. She searched through my car and anywhere else I might have hidden it. She was able to annoy the shit out of me during the time between November and January sixth.
When her birthday came, there were three gifts. Two were from me and the third was from Julli. Luna opened the smallest one which was from me. When she opened it she held up two specially designed pens for writing on touch screens. Luna set them down and opened the next gift. She teared up the wrapping and opened the case and pulled out the blue iPod.
"Well." I said.
"I said I wanted yellow." Luna replied a little disappointed.
"Well I'm sorry, but they don't sell yellow. But if you don't want it I ca-" Luna pulled me into a loving hug.
"Thank you dad." I hugged her back.
"now come on, open Julli's present." Julli wasn't able to come for Luna's birthday this time. Luna opened the small box. Inside was a plastic container of raspberries. Raspberries were Luna's favorite. I always had at least two containers of raspberries in the fridge.
I activated Luna's iPod while she was nibbling on her birthday raspberries. I gave her the iPod after I was done. Luna levitated the iPod in front of her face. she had the biggest smile on her face, but after a few minutes the smile faded.
"Ugh! Why wont this work?!" Luna looked like she was about to incinerate it.
"Luna." I said placing the iPod down next to the other gift. "Just calm down and think." Luna took in a deep breath and looked back at the iPod then at the other gift.
"Oh. Right" Luna opened the other gift and pulled out the two pens. She picked up the iPod and tried it again, this time using the pens.