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// A Day on the Beach 
// Story: A Day with The Mare I Love 
// by RainSoar-best 
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	When I woke up I could see that Celestia’s sun was up and, shining on my beautiful marefriend, Vinyl Scratch. Her electric blue mane and her white coat glistened in the sun light. She was the most beautiful mare and I could never leave the bed unless I told her first.  “Time to wake up Vinyl.” I cried shaking her forehooves. 
“Ugh… Do I have to Tavi?”  she complained. 
“ Yes, I want to start our weekend early. It’s our one year anniversary this weekend,” I looked at her,“ Don’t tell me you forgot.” 
“No, how could I forget the day I met you, my marefriend.” She said with a smile. 
I kissed her on the cheek, “I knew you didn’t forget.” 
She pulled me in for a kiss. It was a kiss that I could never forget. Her tongue begs for for entry, and I allow it to enter. I wrap my hooves around her and pull her closer to my chest. I broke the kiss and said,
“I love you, Vinyl.” 
She grinned, “I love you too, Octy.”
She pulled me into an embrace. 
“Well, what's your plans for this weekend?” she asked.
“Well, I thought maybe today we could go to the beach for a little picnic. Then, come home to cuddle.” I explained to my mare. 
“Sounds like a good way to start off our anniversary weekend,” She smiled. “Well, shall we have breakfast first?” 
My stomach rumbles. “That sounds like a good idea,”I said as I rubbed my stomach. 
We get up from bed and walk over to our kitchen. Vinyl pulls out a pan and some pancake mix and takes them into her magic and put them on the counter. I begin to cut up some strawberries as Vinyl starts up the stove and pours in the pancake mix into the pan. 
“We should do this more often.” I looked to my mare and smiled. 
She smiled back and nodded. I put the strawberries into the pan as she flips them with her magic. As she finished the last of the pancakes I began to set up our table. She took the pan and put two pancakes on one plate and the others on another plate. We both walk side by side to the table and take a seat. 
“You know,Tavi, I’m surprised that you let me cook the pancakes this time. You know I don’t normally cook.” She said looking at me then to the pancakes. They were the perfect golden color and it had bright red strawberries dotted on them. 
“They look perfect to me.” I looked to her and smiled. 
“Thanks,Tavi. I think I might be getting better at cooking for you to like it.” She nudged me and smiled. 
“I guess you're right.” I smiled and nudged her back. We both giggled and we set down our plates and sat down next to each other. I cut a piece of my pancake and say, 
“Open my dear.” Holding up a fork with a piece of my pancake and give it to Vinyl. She blushes, but takes the piece. 
“Your turn my sweet.” She said doing the same only levitating it to me instead. We do this until both pancakes were gone. 
I leaned back against my mare and said, “Wow, those pancakes were great. You learned well while watching me make them, before.”
She smiled and nodded.“Yeah, I learned from watching you. I thought since I was going to be with you I should learn to cook, since you like to cook. So, every time you cooked I would watch you and learn slowly, but I understood.” 
“And you waited for this weekend to show me that you can cook. Just for our anniversary, thanks.” I hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. 
“It was my pleasure,Tavi.” She smiled. “Now, why don’t we begin to pack up for our day at the beach?” 
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
I walked over to a closet and pulled out a straw basket and a blanket. While Vinyl tended to the food. I packed plates and utensils and all the other essentials. After packing I asked, 
“How do you want to get to the beach? You want to walk or take a chariot?” I give the basket to Vinyl and she took it into her magic. 
“Walk, of course. I want to walk with you not just sit next to you.” She said with a grin. 
“Ahh. That’s sweet of you to say that. I love you too.” I leaned in for a kiss. Again with the kiss being blissful and wonderful.  
We walked to the door with each other side by side. Vinyl opened the door with her magic. The day was perfect for a picnic. No clouds in the sky, only perfect Spring sunlight.  As we stepped out the feeling of the warm sun was much more than welcomed. 
“The sun feels great. We chose the perfect day to go on a picnic.” I smiled and looked to my mare. 
“You bet we did.” She said and smiled back. 
We started walking to the beach, still by each  other’s side. The walk was blissful and romantic, and the feeling of each other’s coat rubbing against each sent chills down my spine, but they were nice and welcome. 
“Vinyl, you can chose the spot where we can have the picnic.” I looked to her. 
“Thanks,Tavi.” she said turning to me and giving me a hug. She began to look at the beach as we continued to walk down the coastline. 
“Here’s a good spot.” she said pointing a hoof at a palm tree. 
“That’s the perfect spot, good eye Vinyl.” 
We walk over to said spot and began to set up our romantic lunch on the beach. The palm tree wasn’t too close to the water, but not to close the the road behind us. It was very peaceful and serene.
“You know, Vinyl this going to be a great weekend.” I said looking at my mare and smiled. 
“You bet it is.” She said with a smirk. I giggled and sat next to my marefriend. I wrapped my hooves around her and kissed the side of her face. She smiled. 
“I love you, Octavia.”
“I love you too, Vinyl.”I said leaning against her still hugging her. “Well shall we eat or cuddle for a bit.” 
“Whatever you like my sweet.” She said with a smile. 
“Let’s eat and then we can spend the rest of the time cuddling.” I said pulling out the salads that she had made. One having my favorite fruit, blueberries, and the other a basic salad with croutons and thousand Island dressing. I smiled and hoofed over Vinyl’s salad. We sat next to each other eating our salads and I smiled as Vinyl leaned against me and snuggled up next to me. We finished our salads and I snuggled up closer to Vinyl. She smiled as I laid against her. We laid down on the blanket with each other in our hooves. I watched as I saw sleep take her and I yawned and joined her into a peaceful slumber, with her in my hooves and never moving. 



One Hour Later
“Wake up Tavi,” I opened my eyes and saw my mare smiling down at me. I smiled back and sat up. 
“Good afternoon, Vinyl.” I said with a smile as I rubbed my eyes. 
“Good afternoon to you too,Tavi,” she smiled. 
“Well, what shall we do now?” 
“I don’t know. What time is it? I looked at her and asked. 
“About 6:30.” She said looking at the Sun. 
“You want to stay and wait for the Sun to set?” I asked. 
“That sounds very romantic. Let’s do it!” she said with excitement. 
“More time I get to enjoy with the mare I love. It’s a perfect day anytime I’m with you, Octy.” 
“Ahhh, that’s sweet. I love you too.” I said giving her a hug.
“Now why don’t we head into the market to pass some time?”  
“We do need some things for the house, so why not. Let’s go.” She said putting her hoof to her chin and shrugged. 
We walked to the market, which was not far at all, and we bought the things we needed and left. It was now about 7 o’clock and the Sun was beginning to set. We sat back down putting a hoof around each others backs as we turned to watch the Sun set. As it reached the end of the horizon we turned to each other and looked into each other’s eyes. We both said, “I love you.” 
We kissed as the Sun set. It was the most romantic thing we have done. It was blissful and completely unforgettable. I broke the kiss and said, “Happy anniversary, Vinyl.” She smiled and we laid there in each other’s hooves as the night took over the day.