Waiting at the arrivals gate was a bore. Especially when Robbie’s plane had been delayed for half an hour so the time seemed to drag by. My mind slipped back to the taxi I had waiting outside and the amount it was going to cost me for the ride back home. I pushed the thought to the back of my head and glanced at the arrivals board to see that his plane had finally touched down and he was probably collecting his baggage at that very moment. A steady stream of people started to walk through the gate as I excitedly looked for Robbie in the crowd. But after 10 minutes I had not seen him yet. I found myself wondering if he had missed his flight, or if something had happened I was not aware of. Surely I would have been informed though.
Another 5 minutes later I saw him walk through the gate with suitcase in tow. I laughed a little when I saw the Rainbowdash toy I had sent him hanging from his strap. He described it as his “Good luck Rainbowdash”. I smiled and waved frantically at him.
“Robbie! Over here man!” He obviously hadn’t heard me as he walked a little further away so I increased the volume.
“ROBBIE! YO! OVER HERE BUDDY! YOU DEAF OR WHAT?” I shouted over towards him. He turned with a slight look of confusion on his face which vanished when he saw me waving at him. He casually walked over and we shook hands and greeted each other before making our way to where the taxi was waiting.
After getting Robbie’s slightly awkwardly sized case into the admittedly small boot of the taxi, we settled in for the ride and discussed how his flight had went and what the plan was for the night ahead. Robbie decided to stop off and grab some beer and cigarettes from a local shop. I waited with the taxi as Robbie struggled to get into the car with a large crate of beer and multiple packets of cigarettes. Before long we were back underway with not far to go until we arrived at my place.
Upon arriving at the house I paid the driver and we made our way up to my bedroom after introducing Robbie to my parents. Robbie immediately threw himself onto a comfy looking chair in my room and I took up my usual place at my computer desk. Before long Robbie had placed a beer in my hand and he was drinking his at a rather alarming pace. I opened my bottle and took a long swig but before too long Robbie asked me the question I bet he had been dying to ask me the entire way over. I had been vague about details to him as to not ruin the surprise for him but I couldn’t hold off much longer now that he was actually here.
“So, what was it that you have to show me that was so important that I had to fly over here so soon?” He smiled expectantly at me but I would not ruin it just yet.
“You will find out soon enough, but first let’s have a few beers and relax then later I will show you. Sound good?” I hated to tease him like this but it was too good to not carry it out a little longer.
“Okay, cool!” Robbie said while tucking into his crate to get another beer. I had to admit that boy could drink. I had only drank my first beer and he was on his third. He opened his beer swiftly and asked me to put on a song called “20% Cooler” and started to do a funny little dance after I put it on. His dance would probably look a lot less funny if he had actually bothered to stand up to do it but he was having a good time so I muffled my slight laughs and moved across the room and threw the muffins I had bought for him to where he was sitting.
“MUFFINS!” Robbie exclaimed in his best Ditzy Doo imitation and promptly dug into a blueberry muffin. I laughed at his bad impression and it was easy to tell who his favourite pony was. Turning to my PC to select a new song I smiled at the little Rarity and assorted ponies that were wandering around and socialising on my desktop
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After listening to a lot more pony related songs, watching episodes and drinking beers, I turned to Robbie and admitted I was tired and it was probably time to hit the hay. He agreed and made his way to the makeshift bed I had prepared in my room for his arrival. He had obviously forgotten about what I was going to show him but that could wait until morning. I flicked the light switch off and hopped into bed and soon heard Robbie start to breathe more heavily. My eyes felt heavy with the effects of the beer becoming apparent. The room started to spin slowly as my eyes closed and I drifted off to sleep.
I awoke in the morning feeling a little under the weather but not entirely bad. I was keen to get started on the day and show Robbie my creation. I stretched and rolled over and saw that Robbie was still asleep and snoring slightly. I slowly dragged myself from bed and got myself dressed. Fluttershy T-shirt and jeans on I made my way downstairs to the kitchen and opened my fridge to see what was available for me and a possibly very hungover Robbie. I selected bacon sandwiches as they were easy to make and oh so good. I placed the bacon in the pan and sat down to wait on it cooking. My mind wandered slightly and I found myself thinking of how Robbie would react to my creation. I assumed he would be overjoyed and almost giddy. But the smell of burning snapped me out of my thoughts pretty quickly.
“Shit!” I ran over to the pan and quickly put the bacon into sandwiches and took them upstairs. Robbie was beginning to stir quite possibly from the smell of bacon so I placed his sandwich beside him and gave him a sharp prod to wake him up.
“Morning man” he said, rubbing his eyes groggily. His eyes lit up when he saw the sandwich though. I sat down across the room and tucked into my sandwich. It was extremely delicious despite being slightly on the crispy side but neither me nor Robbie seemed to mind. I exhaled deeply as I finished my food and placed my plate on my desk.
“So!” I started up the conversation I knew Robbie had been waiting for all night, heck I bet he even dreamed about what I had to show him. “Today is the big day where I will show you my creation and I hope you are going to be as excited as I am to show you.”
“I hope so to man. From your E-mails you sounded pretty excited about it so I can’t wait man. Let’s see it!” He said excitedly with a spark of excitability in his eyes. He obviously wasn’t being affected by the hangover too much, so that was a good thing. I made my way across the room and reached under my bed and pulled out a large silver case with 2 combination locks and a padlock on it. I walked back across the room to my desk where a small silver key was hidden in the back of a drawer. The padlock popped open and I entered the combination for the locks and the top of the case popped open slightly. I pulled out my creation and Robbie’s eyes filled with both confusion and excitement at the same time.