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// Chapter 1: Mrs. Cake's POV  
// Story: Cups and Carrots in a cake 
// by keam 
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I couldn't help but stare in awe as I entered what used to be town hall but had now been turned into a beautiful ballroom. The walls were draped in dark fabric that gave a feeling of being surrounded by an endless void, while the floor itself was decorated in a lush, grass-like material and somewhere high above our heads  was a projection of a starry sky.

"It's beautiful" I whispered to Marissa, who was standing next to me and grinning as she too looked around and the room.

"It really is. The decoration committee did a good job" She commented. "However..."

Marissa looked around in the big crowd gathering in front of us, obviously looking for somepony, as the door opened behind us and two stallions stepped in. Turning around to get a better view, I ended up nuzzle against nuzzle, of more like nuzzle against chest, as the other colt was significantly taller than me. Nevertheless, I immediately decided that he was the most beautiful colt I had ever seen with his light yellow fur and glowing orange mane dressed in a slightly too small suit with a bright orange bow tie.  The colt immediately blushed and backed off as he noticed me.

"S-sorry miss, I didn't see you there..." He said awkwardly, blushing.

"It's okay," I smiled, internally smacking myself in the face because of how stupid I sounded, "Partly my fault anyway"

After we apologised, we just stood there beside each other for a while, smiling and blushing awkwardly at the whole situation until Marissa appeared out of nowhere, accompanied by a stallion I had never seen before.

"Cup! There you are! I see you already met Carrot?" Marissa smiled, and I looked over at ‘Carrot’ in surprise. I had been aware that Marissa had gotten me some kind date, but that it would be the colt I bumped into...it was more luck than I was used to having.I could feel my face heating uncontrollably, which worried me at first, but I quickly calmed down when I noticed that his face was heating too.

“Anyway, me and Marissa are going to leave now so you two can have some time alone and learn to get to know eachother better.” The stallion explained, giving ‘Carrot’ a wink before disappearing into the crowd, Marissa stopping and giving me one last smile before following him.

After they disappeared, I didn’t know what to do. The colt beside me was cute, despite his worried expression, and as much as I’d like to know him better I couldn’t figure out how to start. I had never felt this way around a colt before and every single line I could think of in my head seemed unworthy of being asked to him.

“Who was the stallion that dragged away with Marissa, Carrot?” I finally said, deciding that it didn’t sound too stupid and I was bound to get a response that I could build on with follow-up questions.

A huge wave of relief washed over me as I saw him looking down and smiling, answering my question.

“Oh, him? That was my best friend, Terry Stable.” he said, glancing at me before continuing, obviously having realised something. “Also, my full name is Carrot Cake, not Carrot. It’s just Terry that likes calling me that.”

“And my full name is Cupcake, so we’re both pastries.” I laughed heartily, doing my best with a glistening smile and ‘flirty’ voice to invite him along  to kaugh at my small joke