//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Reading Jason's books // Story: The Boeing 777 owner and the Alicorn: Volume I // by Island_Dancer96 //------------------------------// The next morning, Jason had to go to the supermarket for groceries. But just before he stepped off his plane, he went into his office, and wrote Twilight a note. Before leaving he went back into his room and set the note on the bed. "The sooner I get this done, the better." Jason sighed to himself. Jason opened the forward retractable staircase and got on a borrowed golf cart and went to the supermarket. That same morning, Twilight woke up. As her eyes fluttered open, she turned around and saw that Jason was nowhere in sight. "Jason? Jason?" Twilight called out. But Jason as Twilight was about to step off the bed, she felt her hoof step in paper, and instinctively, she looked down. "It's a note." Twilight said to herself. Picking it up with her magic, she read it. "Twilight, I went into town to get some groceries for dinner tonight. I should be back on the plane by 10:00, but don't worry, I'm bringing lunch too. Don't go outside the plane, I don't want anyone to see you. You can look around my plane if you want to. Jason" "Well, at least I know where he went." Twilight said to herself. It had been about four hours since Jason left and Twilight had already looked around every inch of his Boeing 777. She made a few interesting finds, like a stack of papers on his desk that appeared to be in his office. She saw his M1A rifle right next to the spot where he slept in his bed, still loaded. Having seen nothing like it before, it looked menacing and powerful. Once she had made her way back past the office, she looked at his desk again and by the windows, by a pen, which appeared to have been used, she saw a stack of books. She giggled, trotted over to the desk, and reached out with her magic to pluck one from the stack. Meanwhile, Jason had spent the better part of an hour driving back to the airport on a borrowed golf cart through the bustling island streets, “Here I am, living my reclusive lifestyle, buried in my books. But all of a sudden, poof! The very unicorn turned Alicorn that I love, Twilight Sparkle, suddenly pops into my life, on MY plane, on THIS island! Some night I went through..But now that I come to think of it, it might not be so bad.” Jason mused. He kept on driving back to the airport. But as he passed the Moody Gardens hotel, something caught his eye. There was his Boeing 777, dwarfing every other plane and helicopter at the airport. Having obtained the book from the stack, Twilight smiled widely as she settled down on the chair in front of the desk to read it. "Ow!" Twilight cried in pain, she felt something dig into her back. She took it out and saw that it was a seatbelt buckle. She brushed it aside and looked at the cover of the book, she opened the cover with her magic and flicked through a few of the pages. Having been to the human world when her crown was stolen by Sunset Shimmer, she knew how to read the books. Twilight was a quarter of the way through the book she was reading. "Twilight, I'm back." She heard Jason call out and Jason walked in, carrying his groceries. Jason happened to have walked past the office, and he looked at the alicorn and saw her reading one of his books. But her eyes were watering slightly. "What’s wrong?” he asked as he put his groceries down and walk into the room. Twilight blinked her tears away and looked back at the book. She pointed at it and sighed before, levitating the book over to Jason. “This book…” she explained. “It's so sad.” She sniffed. Jason took the book and looked it. It was Isaac's Storm: a Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, written by Erik Larson, a book about the one hurricane that very nearly destroyed Galveston completely and rewrote the island's destiny. He had bought that book back in elementary school. Jason put the book on his desk, smiled and stood back up and held the book in his hands. “You know, Twilight, I have more books…” Jason said, trying to hide a rapidly developing blush. "You do?!" Twilight asked, grinning. "Yeah I do." Jason said, a small smile etched on his face. "Well then, what are we waiting for?!" Twilight said, taking Jason's hand in his hoof. Jason smiled, one that made Twilight smile back at him. The two then walked down the plane until they came to a small room with 4 chairs facing each other. Twilight forgot about all of that when she looked at the bookshelf next to and to the left the door like Jason told her to. It was as tall as the entire room and it was full to bursting with books! She had no idea where to start, so many books to read, so little time. Then Jason said something to her which made him smile even more. “Twilight, you can read my books whenever you want.” Twilight squealed with delight and ran over to Jason, hugging him. She barraged him with kisses and darted off to the bookshelf to find a book to read. Jason giggled at her enthusiasm and grabbed The Skull and Crossbones Squadron: VF-17 in World War II, and sat down to read. It was almost 2 in the morning when Jason and Twilight were headed back to Jason's bedroom, having read for almost three hours. “Y’know Jason!” Twilight said as they walked up to the door for Jason's room. “Most of your books are about flying, it's really amazing. I didn't know humans could fly.” Twilight gushed. “Well that magic, I was imbued with that very same magic that the Wright brothers discovered more than 100 years ago.” he said. "Can you teach me more on human flight?” Twilight asked. "Yes, I will. In fact, we can go flying tomorrow, the weather is going to be perfect." Jason said. Twilight squealed and kissed Jason. "But for now, let's go get some sleep, tomorrow's a big day." He said, yawning. "Yeah, I'm tired too." Twilight replied, yawning herself. Jason smiled at Twilight's eagerness to learn new things and opened his door. The two walked into the room and Twilight wasted no time in getting in bed. Jason yawned loudly and laid down beside Twilight. “Good night, Twilight, love you.” Jason said, kissing Twilight's cheek, which made her blush. Within minutes, Jason was fast asleep, and Twilight was on the verge of falling asleep herself. Twilight smiled at Jason sleeping and pulled the blanket up to cover them with her magic. "I love you, Jason.” She whispered, gently kissed his cheek and draped a wing over him as she fell asleep next to him. As Twilight fell asleep, she draped her tail over his legs. In his sleep, Jason reached over and held Twilight's hoof with his hand, Twilight smiled and nuzzled him and Jason and Twilight ended up sleeping with their cheeks nuzzling each other.