I let out a groan as I sat in Sugarcube Corner on Saturday morning, sipping a cup of extra strength coffee. Next to me were the four girls that I had so far won over, Pinkie sitting next to me with Dash next to her while Fluttershy sat on my other side with AJ sitting next to her. Vinyl and Derpy sat across from me as well, all of us in disbelief at Sunset’s earlier behavior.
“I can’t believe Sunset kicked you out Wade.” Pinkie said “ I mean, yeah, you’re a bit annoying…”
“Look who’s talkin’.” AJ chimed in “We all know about your antics Pinkie Pie.”
“Touche…” Pinkie responded “Still…We need to do something about Sunset before she breaks down into a depression…trust me when I say that those are not fun, like at all.”
Thinking back to the show I shivered at the thought of Pinkemena. “Frickin Sargent Sprinkles…” I muttered under my breath as I thought of the one thing that came out of the fandom that ACTUALLY scared me.
"Perhaps if you were a bit nicer to her she would return the favor." A refined voice spoke from behind me.
Turning to face the source of the voice, I saw Rarity standing in front of me "Hey, Rarity! Just the girl I was looking for! So what do I have to do to impress you? Do I have to pull a Rainbow Dash and become your living mannequin for a week? Am I gonna have to pretend to be all snooty and refined like you are? Just tell me and I'm on the case!"
Rarity looked at the others skeptically "Is that was what won you girls over?" The marshmallow lady asked the other girls.
"Yup!" Dash yelled.
"Ah just decked him in Dodgeball. That's all the payback Ah needed." AJ replied.
"He just was really nice to me and gave me the courage to try Art class." Fluttershy added.
"I kinda already WAS Wade's friend." Pinkie answered.
"Well that's not gonna sway me, Wade. I don't care about what you do for me, All I care is how you treat Sunset" Rarity spoke with a matter of fact tone.
"But Sunset hates me right now! How am I supposed to impress you when Sunset wants to shoot my balls off right now!" I shot back.
"I don't remember saying anything about impressing Sunset."
"Oh....OH! I got ya! So I have to do something nice for Sunset to impress you?"
"Exactly. Now I have to ask...what do you plan on doing?" Rarity replied with a smug look.
That's when the wall of realization hit me...I knew pretty much nothing about my new girlfriend. Beyond the events of Equestria Girls I had absolutely nothing to go off of....Brad has she been in the series yet?
Nope.
Damnit. How the hell am I supposed to do something nice for Sunset when I know diddly squat about her?!
"We could go through the movie one more time..."
"We've watched it fifteen times already. There's nothing else we could learn from it...besides the movie doesn't really characterize Sunset more than 'Former big selfish bully'."
Hey Brad are there any other sources I could use?
Well there are two more movies at this point....although neither will be of much use in finding ways to impress Rares considering neither really focus on Sunset's interests...well that and the fact that neither have happened yet in this timeline.
"What about the comics!?"
They might of helped....if I had read them...
Discord's beard! Well how the hell am I gonna impress someone I have no knowledge of other than shouting at me and a crappy movie!?
That's for you to figure out Wade.
I lay in bed, my eyes staring at the ceiling as I wiped the tears from my eyes. Thinking back to a few hours ago I replayed the memory of yelling in anger at the idiot now living with me.
"I'm sick of you Wade Wilson! I never asked for this to happen! I never asked to be stuck with this thing growing inside me! I never asked to be stuck with you!" I yelled as my throat began to burn
I tried to remember what had started the argument but all I could recall was being furious at Wade and yelling at him a lot as it seemed my rage had clouded my memories. The only ideas I could think of for what had started the argument were my hormones or Wade being an idiot...or both for that matter. Either way worked, really.
"Well you did sleep with me so it is kinda your fault as well." Wade answered back, only fueling my rage with his words.
"NO! This is NOT my fault you jerk! I was tricked by you into doing this! It's the only logical reason I'd EVER sleep with some dirtbag like you!" I shot back, my words shooting like venom at Wade
"Umm...I'm pretty sure it was because we were both drunk Sunny. Deception had nothing to do with it..." Wade added, wearing a face of confusion at my comment
"You think I care how it happened?! All that matters is now I'm stuck with this thing growing inside me and I have no way of getting rid of it! " I fired back, my head starting to feel light from all the yelling as well as stinging from my self induced headache.
"But I thought-"
I cut him off, yelling at the imbecile for good measure, "Don't you dare try giving me excuses Wade Wilson! I don't care if you were drunk that night! This is still your fault!"
"Look Sunset, I'm not trying to make up excuses! All I'm trying to say is that you need to take responsibility for this as well!" Wade shot back, the volume of his voice finally reaching yelling status.
"Take responsibility?! What the hell do you THINK I've been doing?! You're not the one with the baby growing inside you you jackass!" I fired back.
"Well excuse me Princess! I could be off fighting supervillians right now instead of stickin' around this dumb high school and your bitchy ass but instead I decided to stay and be responsible for once in my life instead of ditching the kid!" Wade yelled back.
"Well good for you! Nice to know my child's father is a beacon of moral authority!" I shot back with sarcasm lining my words.
"Well sorry for not being a jackass and leaving you and our kid!" Wade yelled back.
"You already are a jackass Wade! You came into my life, knocked me up, stole my friends, and forced me to keep a kid that I don't want! I'm pretty sure that qualifies you as a jackass!"
"Well SORRY! At least I didn't brainwash you like you tried to do to all of the school!" Wade fired back, regret instantly setting in the moment he finished speaking
"SHUT UP!" I yelled before slapping his face as tears began to flow from my eyes "GET OUT OF MY APARTMENT YOU DICK!" I yelled, pointing furiously at the door as Wade slowly backed out of the door and closed it behind him.
"I'm not a monster...I'm not a monster" I repeated to myself as tears stained my cheeks and I ran into my room.
"Am I a monster?" I asked myself as I looked at the electronic clock next to my bed "Ugh...of course it's noon..."
Getting out of bed, I made my way to the kitchen where I found Balto growling at something. Walking over to the pup, I saw Balto giving a deathstare to his own tail, periodically chasing it. While Wade's new pet has turned out to be a bit of a hassle due to the small size of my apartment and the fact that he isn't housebroken, a fact I learned the hard way last night, he at least had the cuteness factor going for him so I couldn't really stay mad at the wolf pup.
"Cute." I muttered, smirking as I watched the pup. Unfortunately for me as soon as Balto heard my voice he turned to face me and began whining.
I looked around the room for a clue on what the pup wanted, spotting his two bowls both half filled with chunks of ground beef and water. "Alright so your not hungry or thirsty..." I looked back at the pup, staring in confusion "What is it you want? Can you at least give me a hint boy?"
As if Balto understood me, the pup instantly ran to the front door and sat down before continuing to whine. I thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion
"You wanna go outside don't you?" I asked. Balto immediately began wagging his tail and I took it as a yes, walking over to the storage closet and grabbing the leash that I had bought yesterday. I closed the closet door, finding Balto eagerly waiting on the other side for me. After letting out a chuckle, I attached the leash to Balto's new collar and walked him to the front door, opening it and leading the pup down the stairs.
I sat with the girls wracking my brain on ideas of what to do for my flame haired companion. "Any ideas gang?"
"You could try getting her some flowers" Fluttershy responded.
"Alright! That could work! Does anyone know where the closest Flower shop is?"
"I do!" Dash exclaimed.
I raised an eyebrow at Dash and asked "Why would you know where a flower shop is?"
"Cause I worked there all last summer. Come on! I'll show you the way!" Dash said as she grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the cafe.
As soon as I exited the apartment, I noticed the rain coming down from above and quickly ran back in. Balto only whined as I pulled him back into the apartment to retrieve my coat but quickly became happy again as I started back down the stairs. As I once again made it out of the building I looked down at the wolf pup as he tried to lick up the falling rain as it fell. As cute as the sight was I still couldn't bring myself to smile as thoughts of the fight with Wade lingered in my head.
"Perhaps a walk would be a nice way to clear my head..." I spoke to myself as I felt Balto tug on the leash, causing me to begin walking after him.
I followed along the pup, having to stop every once and a while to clean up after him, quickly realizing where Balto was taking me.
"You wanna go to the park don't you boy?" I asked as Balto led me towards the town park.
As soon as we arrived I immediately noticed a few familiar faces, one of which was that of Principal Celestia sitting on one of the benches. I tried to cover my face to avoid being spotted but Principal Celestia quickly took notice of my appearance and spoke up "Sunset Shimmer, would you please sit down next to me. I would like to have a word with you."
I was hit by a bit of deja vu as I remembered my former teacher saying those exact words to me, usually to berate me or lecture me about what I was doing wrong. Sighing inwardly, I tied Balto's leash to a nearby light post and walked over to the Principal "What is it you want Principal Celestia?"
"Oh Sunset! You don't have to call me that here! Just call me Miss Oliver!" Celestia added with a smile before patting the spot next to her. I took the hint and sat down next to her worried by the smile on her face. I knew that face all too well from my former teacher and it almost always meant trouble for me.
"Sunset Shimmer, it has come to my attention that you don't exactly like your new roommate. Care to explain?" Miss Oliver asked.
"Well um..Miss Oliver...first of all he knocked me up so that's my first reason" I replied, annoyance lining my words.
"But you did allow him to do so, therefore that is as much your fault as his." Miss Oliver added.
"Ummm no. That is not what happened. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie forced me to go on a date with Wade and we both got drunk before he slept with me! Therefore it IS his fault!" I shot back.
The principal shook her head in frustration "No Sunset. That doesn't make it Wade's fault. You took the choice of getting drunk and sleeping with him."
"But Miss Oliver!" I blurted out before the older woman put a finger to her lips and silenced me.
"Sunset, if you are going to be a mother then you must be willing to take responsibility for your actions. Now, what other reasons do you have for your hatred towards Mr. Wilson?" Miss Oliver spoke in her signature stern tone.
"Well first off he's annoying."
"So is Pinkie Pie at times and you seem to get along with her."
"Yeah, but Wade is like that ALL the time!" I argued back to the older woman
I rubbed my arm as Dash and I stood outside the flower shop. I looked up at the sky as the drops of rain hit my skin. It was a feeling I hadn't felt in a long while since I never really take off my costume, even when off duty.
"I hope this rain stops soon or else we may have a problem" Dash added before we both entered the flower shop
As soon as we entered a woman with long pink hair and about a foot of height on the two of us spoke up in delight "Rainbow Dash! Nice to
see you again!"
"Nice to see you too Mrs. Rosedust!" Dash replied.
"Isn't she from G1?"
Yup. Get used to it, most of the adults will be.
"Cool!"
"What is it you need Rainbow Dash?" Rosedust asked, looking at the two of us with a smile.
"My friend Wade here needs to get his girlfriend a bouquet of flowers. Can you hook us up?" Dash explained.
"A couple in despair? What did you do to anger her Mr. Wade?" Rosedust asked, looking at me with concern.
"I uh....got her pregnant." I replied as I twiddled my thumbs in embarrassment
"Oh yes! You must be Wade Wilson! I heard about what happened and I'd be glad to help you with your predicament Mr. Wilson" Rosedust answered back with a grin "What is it you'd like?"
I thought for a second, trying to remember what each flower meant before coming to a conclusion "I'll take a couple of white tulips, a couple of hyacinths, and throw in a Star of Bethlehem as well."
Dash gave me a confused look as Rosedust ran to the back, "Why didn't you just get some roses?"
I looked back at my rainbow haired friend in surprise. "Are you telling me you worked at a flower shop for a whole summer and never learned the language of the flowers?"
"What's the language of the flowers?" Dash replied
I let out a frustrated sigh as I rolled my eyes. "It's the universal language used by florists all over the world! Each flower means a different thing. For example, white tulips mean forgiveness and hyacinths mean sincerity."
"Very good Mr. Wilson!" Rosedust spoke up happily before handing me my bouquet "Where did you learn that?"
"I learned it from one of my Kung Fu masters. The guy was a huge fan of flowers as he said 'Flowers were nature's metaphor' " I explained as I pulled out my wallet
Rosedust held her hands out in disapproval however, causing me to stop and put my wallet back "Oh no Mr. Wilson! This bouquet is on the house!"
"Are you sure?" I asked back "I'm sure I can..." I stopped mid sentence as I saw my wallet bare as Charles Xavier's noggin.
"Where'd all our moneyz go?!"
"Didn't we put it all into that bank account yesterday?"
*FLASHBACK!*
I walked in slowly to the bank, my "hammerspace handbag"- I mean wallet filled to the brim with all the cash I could scrounge up. I got in line and began to fiddle nervously with my tie. While I usually just go to the bank in my jammies better known as my costume, today was different.
As I finally made it to the teller I wiped my forehead of sweat.
"First timer?" The woman asked with a smile
"No...just not used to putting money away for stuff like this" I replied, pulling my wallet out.
"Ah. What you putting money away for?"
"A new house and a college fund..." I spoke with a nervous chuckle.
The teller looked me over before smirking "Got some girl pregnant?"
"Yeah..." I said as I pulled all the money out of my wallet and handed it through the glass.
*END FLASHBACK!*
Oh yeah...."You know what I'll take it! Thank you so much Mrs. Rosedust!" I spoke taking the bouquet.
"It was my pleasure Mr. Wilson! Hopefully this will help you with your relationship problems!" Rosedust happily replied as Dash and I walked out of the shop and into the rain. I quickly pulled off my raincoat in order to cover the flowers, which worked....until we got to the crosswalk.
"Well she was nice." I said as the two of us approached the crosswalk.
"Yeah she's pretty cool. She coached my pee wee soccer team back when I was little." Dash replied back.
As soon as we approached the crosswalk, a car going way too fast for city streets rushed by, hitting a huge puddle and spraying water all over me along with knocking the coat off my bouquet. I immediately shot the driver the magic finger before checking my flowers. To my luck it seemed that the bouquet was undamaged....too bad I have shitty luck as as soon as I grabbed my coat from the ground and turned to face the crosswalk a police car rushed by, hitting the exact same puddle and spraying me and my exposed flowers with rain water.
"FUCK THE POLICE!"
"Sunset, do you believe in fate?" Miss Oliver asked.
"Yes... Why do you ask?" I answered back with a confused look.
"When I first met you Sunset Shimmer you were selfish and rude to everyone around you...but then Twilight came to our world. Ever since then you've changed so much in so little time. You went from a bully to a star student and all because of those-"
I stopped the principal there before speaking up "Principal Celestia...get to the point"
Miss Oliver nodded and spoke once more "My point is perhaps this is the next step in your lessons of friendship."
"Why would this be a lesson in friendship? Wade isn't trying to be my friend, he's trying to be my boyfriend!" I shot back
"Aren't love and friendship the same thing only at different spots on the scale?" Miss Oliver asked.
I went silent for a while thinking at what I had said to Wade earlier "...What do you suppose I do?"
The principal gave me a gentle smile before speaking up " I think you should cast out any previous grudges against Wade and start fresh. Allow him a chance to impress you and if he fails, then you can cast him out from your life. It's the least you can do for him."
I took a deep breath as I thought it over. I knew Principal Celestia was right but there was still a part of me that didn't think Wade deserved it. I had just gotten the hang of the whole friendship thing when Wade had come into the picture and threw an anvil into the gears. ".....I guess I could try."
Miss Oliver shook her head in disapproval "There is no try Sunset Shimmer. Only do."
I rolled my eyes and groaned "Whatever...Well I better get going. I promised Balto over there to take him on a walk."
"Of course...but before you go I think I have something that belongs to you." Miss Oliver spoke before pulling a familiar book out of her purse
"Where did you find that?!" I yelled in shock, quickly grabbing the book. I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at the brown hard cover of the book that sported a copy of my former cutie mark on the cover.
"I found it in the trash a couple of days after your first day at the school. I took it with the intent of returning it to you but never got the chance. Is it important? " Miss Oliver asked.
"Ye-yeah.....It's pretty important." I said as I wiped my eyes of tears at the sight of the book I had thrown away all those years ago back in middle school.
"Well I better be off. Luna and I have a meeting with the school board tomorrow and I need to get her off of her video games in order to get some sleep."
"Yeah..." I said as my gaze was fixed to the book in my hands.
'Princess Celestia....I can finally tell her everything I've learned....learned without her.'
Dash and I once again entered Sugar Cube Corner, both of us soaking wet, making our way to the table where the others were waiting
"What happened to you two?" Vinyl yelled holding back a laugh
I shot Vinyl a dirty look before looking at Rarity who handed me and Dash a pair of towels "I'm assuming the flowers didn't work?"
"No. They didn't work at all" I deadpanned "What am I supposed to do now?"
"You could try getting her a box of chocolates!" Pinkie added with a smile
"That could work!"
"Yeah..if we had any cash."
"Anything that doesn't involve spending money? I'm kinda broke."
"You could write her a love song!" Vinyl added
"Too much work. Besides I've tried writing songs before. They all sucked."
"Horseback riding?"
"Pretty sure we already did that."
"No...that just makes me feel like I'm cheating on her"
The others gave me a confused look before realization hit them and they all took a collective "Ah..right."
"Anything else?" I asked, desperate for a suggestion
The others went silent and I threw my arms up in the air in defeat. "Well fuck! I guess I'm screwed!"
As soon as I said that Mr. Cake walked over and interjected "I'm assuming you're Wade Wilson?"
I looked over to the yellow cake master in confusion "Yeah...Do you need anything?"
The baker chuckled "Actually yeah... I have a question. What do you want to be to your girlfriend?"
I put my chin in my hand and thought. 'Good Question...what do I want to be to Sunset? A boyfriend? A Husband?'....No...I knew exactly what I wanted to be..and it gave me an idea. I got up and grabbed Mr. Cake's hand "Thanks Mr. Cake! Now I know exactly what to do for her!"
Mr. Cake only smiled and nodded before walking off to the back. I looked back to the girls "Vinyl!"
"Yeah bro?"
"You got a guitar and some amps?" I asked eagerly
"Yeah. Why?"
"Doesn't matter! Just get them set up in the front of the cafe! Rarity, get Sunset to Sugar Cube Corner as fast as possible!" I yelled as I ran out
with Vinyl to get the instruments.
I stared at the open pages of the book, a pencil in my shaking hand as I prepare to communicate for the first time. What do I tell her? What Could I possibly-
"Miss? Is this your dog?"
I looked up to the sight of a man in red robes, his face covered by the hood
"Oh. Umm yeah. Sorry about that. I got distracted..What's up with the hoo-"
I was interrupted by the sound of my phone going off. I grabbed it from my pocket and looked at it
Come to SCC as soon as possible. Wade has something to tell you
~ Rarity
"Well I better get going. Thank you for-" I looked up to thank the man only to find him gone from sight, Balto's leash tied around the hand rail of the bench I was sitting on "Weird...."
I entered Sugar Cube Corner, Balto in my arms in order to keep him calm, only to see the entire back of the cafe blocked off by a large curtain.
I walked over to the table where I found my friends waiting along with Wade, a smile plastered across his face
"Wade...what do you have planned?" I asked, eyebrow raised.
"Oh nothing....BUT THEY DO!" Wade yelled as he pointed "ALL THE WAY FROM THE TRI-STATE AREA! LOVE HÄNDEL!
I should have known from how I felt, when we were together
And even more when we were apart!
You tiptoed in and you got under my skin
You snuck your way right into my heart!
I looked over to Wade, a smirk forming on my face "You did this all for me?"
"You bet baby! I was gonna sing the 3 Doors Down classic Kryptonite as a bit of symbolism that I wanted to be your hero but then I realized...I'm no hero!" Wade spoke with a laugh
"Well at least you're honest..."
I put up barriers, to shield my emotions
A wall that you could never break apart!
But like a ninja of love, repelling down from above!
You snuck your way right into my heart! Oh yeah!
I let out a sigh as I grabbed Wade by the shoulder "Wade....I think it's fair to say we've gotten off on the wrong foot."
"No kidding."
"So I thought it over and...well I think we should start over."
"Alright! Hi! I'm Wade Wils-"
"Not that far Wade...perhaps you could take me out tomorrow? Try the whole first date thing again?"
"That sounds nice..."
Na na-na!
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na
You snuck your way right into my heart!
Na na-na!
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na
Yeah! Yeah!