Chapter 13
"I guess it's just you and me today, Flutters. What do you want to do?" Emerald asked her as they walked back from Twilight's. They had gone over early that morning before they went to town for some groceries so they could have Twilight help them with something, but she was busy with her spell books, learning and trying new spells with Spike, who clearly didn't appear to be enjoying it as much as Twilight was, due to the very fact that he was the test mule.
"I guess so…but we always do what I want. Why don't we do something you want to do today? If you're okay with that…I won't force you." She replied, looking back and smiling briefly at two filly's racing by, playing tag.
Emerald sighed and gave her an understanding smile. "I always let you choose because I'm willing to do whatever you want as opposed to my own desires." He looked away and up at the clouds. "Most of them…"
They rounded a corner and made their way out of the main part of town, heading back home with their few groceries. "Most of them?" Fluttershy asked, overhearing his last comment.
"Oh, nothing, my dear. So, if we're going to do what I want, I can easily loop this back to you…I want to do what you wanted to do today." He gave her a huge innocent grin.
She cocked an eyebrow at him. "…Okay…well…let's go have a picnic. I'll bring some oats and breads and other tasty stuff for us to munch on."
A bird whizzed by overhead, missing the tops of their heads by mere inches and tweeting along the way. Emerald ducked and put a hoof over his head. "Again? Jeez, I'm not hurting her. We're a couple, for goodness sakes. I guess your animal friends don't like me."
Fluttershy giggled. "Oh, they're just jealous. I kinda have been spending more time lately with you than I have with them…not that I'm not okay with that…but I really should give them more attention. Not more than you, of course, but…oh…shoot…"
It was Emeralds turn to laugh now. "It's fine, Shy. I get what you meant. You'll have plenty of time for them, but today it's you and me." He kissed her on the forehead. She smiled back up at him.
"Okay…"
When they got to her cottage, they prepared what they were going to bring and left not long after. Mid-afternoon had come, and it was warm but quiet and still out at the park near the forest. They set up the blanket, food and drinks and sat down next to each other on the same side of the blanket.
"Did you really just make these sandwiches? They're amazing." Emerald hungrily chomped on his third one.
She smiled at the ground. "Thanks…"
He set his sandwich down on a napkin and put a hoof around her shoulders, pulling her closer to him. "Oh, don't be so prude, my sweet. You know I love your cooking. And you." He smooched her repeatedly on the top of her head, inciting her to playfully push him away. "Awww…she doesn't like me anymore…"
She took his hoof in hers. "Oh, I couldn't stop liking you for anypony or anything…"
Emerald leaned over and put his face inches from hers. "Aren't you the sweetest little thing…?" He put his other hoof on her cheek and gently caressed it, making her shiver visibly. "And she's cute."
Fluttershy blushed and turned away, looking down at the grass. "Oh, my…do you really think so?"
Emerald leaned closer, and she turned back to face him. He felt her breath on his face and it made him want her so much more. "Yes, of course I do, girl. In fact, a better word is stunning. Or beautiful. Why wouldn't I?"
She didn't move but replied, 'I-I don't know…" She looked him in the eyes, smiling very lightly, barely visible at the corners of her mouth, but Emerald could tell she was just nervous.
He pecked her on the lips, surprising her, but she didn't resist, or pull away, so he did it again, and she seemed to participate that time. He kissed her, longer, with more passion, and they fell back on the blanket, making out, tongues touching every now and then. She suddenly stopped and pushed him up a little off her so she could see around them, and she kept looking back and forth, like she was trying to find somepony. She looked back up at him. "What if somepony sees us out here…doing…this?" Her eyes twinkled with anticipation and her face turned redder.
Emerald shook his head and kissed her again before answering. "Doing what? What are we doing?" Although he already knew what they were leading up to.
She blushed. "Um…well, we were…um…going to…" She didn't finish. She just stared back at him, her eyes portraying both worry and slight lust.
Emerald kissed her once again, keeping his eyes open to see her reaction. She kept hers open as well. "What are you doing, silly filly? You're supposed to close your eyes and imagine things…" He told her.
She grinned back up at him. "Well…why imagine it when it could actually happen…? Oh, sorry, Rainbow Dash told me about this. I'm trying to be a little more, um, well, you see…um…"
Emerald cut her off with another kiss. "Hmmm. I know what you meant, cutie. Whatever you want, I want too. Just say the words." He kept kissing her.
"Ahem!"
They both looked up to see Rainbow Dash on the cloud above them, shaking her head no.
Emerald sighed. "Of course she'd be there." He climbed off Fluttershy and helped her up.
"At least she did that before we were doing anything else…" She said, making a good point.
Emerald looked back up, but she was already gone. "What is she, the police? This is going to get old."
"Oh, it's okay. We can just go back home, if you'd like." Fluttershy said, taking a sip of her tea.
Emerald grumbled and began packing the food and drinks back in the basket. "And do what? We shouldn't have to abandon our plans for her. We can do whatever we want."
Fluttershy finished her tea and put the cup in the basket before Emerald closed it. "Well, we can just have our picnic at home. She won't bother us there." They both headed back towards Ponyville.
"Yeah, but we were already done with the actual picnic and were moving on to something…better." He gave her a sideways smile.
She looked away, smiling and blushing. "Oh, dear…"
Emerald pulled her close, leaning on her and carrying the basket in his other hoof. "Now, now…don't be so shy."
She put her head against his. "I'm trying not to…you're the only pony I've ever been this close with. Or kissed…" She added afterward.
Emerald laughed. "Oh, okay. Then that's good. If you haven't kissed anypony before, then that means you haven't done second or third base yet either, right? It's only logical, I suppose."
Fluttershy looked confused. "Um…second or third base?"
"Yeah, you know, hitting the bases. One, two, three. First base is – never mind. I'll just show you." He said, a knowledgeable smile spreading across his face.
Fluttershy let it go and changed the subject. "Do you think Black Flame left Ponyville like he said he would? I-I mean, what if he didn't? And he has something else planned?"
They came up to her house and went in. "I don't know what to think." He admitted. "Really I'm still shocked he came to Ponyville in the first place. But knowing him, I think it's safe to say we'll be seeing him again."
"Oh, I hope it'll be a friendlier confrontation."
Emerald snorted. "I doubt that. I feel like the last incident was just a front. A diversion. Something tells me he's up to no good again." He set the basket it the kitchen and came back into the living room with Fluttershy.
"Well, at least you're aware of something like that now. Maybe if he does try something again you'll be prepared." She suggested. They both turned went up the stairs, more Fluttershy following Emerald than just the two going upstairs willingly.
"I don't know. Whatever might happen, I think with you guys helping me, we can stop him." They came into her room and Emerald shut the door behind them, turning to her with a smile on his face. "All that aside…where were we…?" He pushed her back on the bed and started kissing her again.