Chapter 3
Mac wasn't all that comfortable sitting at the bar. It was loud, it was crowded, and it was far cry from the open air of his farm but Rainbow had insisted that he give it a try and here he was. He sat on his stool nursing his hard cider as Rainbow slugged back what Mac was certain was at least her fourth drink in little more than an hour.
“Come on Mac drink up, you're falling behind!” she shouted over the crowd as she ordered another round. She could hold her alcohol well enough but she was clearly starting to get tipsy.
Mac couldn't help but chuckle at this and did as she had bayed him to do and drank more deeply from his mug. As it emptied he found he no longer minded the noise or the crowd quite as much.
“Happy now?” he half joked, he received his answer in the form another mug being slammed down in front of him.
“ You're five drinks behind farm boy!” she taunted as she drained yet another drink “Now you're six behind,”
“You're going to make yourself sick...Miss Dash,” he teased as he took another drink.
“I told you not to call me that,” she glowered at him and gave him a shove that only served to knock herself off balance almost causing her to tumble from her stool.
“Well, I sincerely apologize if ah offended ya...Miss Dash,” he said grinning into his drink as she glared at him.
“Mac...just shut up and drink,” she almost growled as she took another swig from her mug.
Letting a small chuckle escaped Mac drained his second mug. He had to admit that maybe this bar wasn't so bad, the ponies were loud but friendly and the music was good. Maybe it was the alcohol or just Rainbow’s personality, but he was actually starting to find himself having a good time. That is until he was startled by a sudden loud thump on the floor next to him followed by the barely stifled laughs of Rainbow Dash. Turning around he found his drinking companion laying flat on her back trying extremely hard not to burst out laughing.
“Hehe…I fell,” she said through a fit of laughter.
“Yeah no kiddin`, yer gonna get yourself hurt again,” almost laughed as he helped her back to her hooves.
“Pffft, I can handle my booze don't you worry about me,” she said, starting to slur, as she climbed back onto her stool.
“That may very well be, but ah’d hate to see you get yourself hurt doing something foolish,” it was half a joke, but Mac had also seen drunk ponies nearly get themselves killed by their carelessness while in a drunken stupor.
“Foolish huh? You mean like bucking your sister's best friend out of a tree in the middle of the night without checking to see who it was first?” she responded smirking up at him.
“Hehe, okay fair enough, but you should really slow down,”
“Or maybe you could try and keep up...unless your afraid this little filly can drink you under the table,” she responded very confidently.
“Rainbow ah can tell ya right now, that is not a road you want to go down.”
“Hey from where I'm sittin’ your have trouble keeping pace with me, if you're scared just say so, I promise I'll only think a little less of you,” she teased.
Normally Mac would not have given into what was obviously Rainbow trying; with all the subtlety of using a stick of dynamite to open a jar, to bait him into what would be rather ill-advised contest. But with a few drinks already in him Mac found the competitive nature of his family was beginning to come to the surface and he was considering putting Rainbow in her place. His sheer body mass alone would give him an edge in a drinking contest. But what Rainbow Dash didn't know was, while they were by no means a heavy drinkers, he, Applejack and even Granny Smith drank home brewed stuff would just about knock out any other pony out cold.
“I'm tellin’ ya Dash, this is will not end well for you,” he chuckled, but he realized too late that he had probably not said the right thing to avert the situation.
He heard Dash shout for the bartender and before long he found several drink placed in front of him and Rainbow a smirking smugly over at him.
“I can out drink any pony in town, your sister and Pinkie Pie included, catch up and then we're going head to head,”
“And if I say no?”
“Then you'll hurt my feelings for refusing to drink with me and thinking I'm no fun,” she said with a fake pout that she was unable to keep on her face as she began to snicker “Oh and you'll forever be a coward too I guess,”
“Well, what choice do I have then, I certainly wouldn't want to hurt your feelings,” and with that he deftly and quickly drained the drinks in front of him. When he looked over at Rainbow Dash he saw that her once smug look had given way to one more of shock.
“Well...shit,” she mumbled as it finally sunk what she had gotten herself into.
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Some time later the pair stumbled out of the bar. Mac had to admit Rainbow could hold quite a bit of alcohol for a mare so small, but in the end she had admitted defeat.
“I gotta admit, ya’ll did better than I thought you would, you weren't kiddin’ when you said you could compete with Applejack,” Mac said drunkenly.
This was the most he had drunk in quite some time but it was far from the drunkest he had ever been, and could still walk in a relatively straight line. Rainbow on the other hoof was drunkenly weaving back and forth as she tried to hover next to Mac.
“I SAID I COULD BEAT APPLEJACK!” see yelled in an unnecessarily loud voice “AND I'LL BEST YOU NEXT TIME!” she shouted poking Mac in the chest.
“Any pony ever tell you yer a loud drunk?” Mac asked through a smirk.
“Shhhhh, you'll wake up all of Ponyville,” she responded placing her hoof over his mouth, her voice still altogether much too loud to be shushing him, but all he could do is laugh.
“Whatever you say Dash...” but he was cut off before he keep talking as a pair of hooves grabbed either side of his face a little too forcefully smooshing his cheeks as he was pulled down to eye level with Rainbow Dash.
“Mac, mac, mac…” she drunkenly rambled as she stared intently into his eyes, determination etched on her every feature.
“Yes Miss Dash?” he asked now utterly confused by her behavior.
“ We need to find...we need to find…” but she never finished telling Big Mac what they needed to find as she was cut off by a very foul smelling burp that escaped her lips and her intensely determined look gave way to a slightly confused one as her eyes unfocused “We need to find a bush,” she finished removing her hooves from Mac’s face and covering her mouth as she rushed to the nearest bush and began retching.
Mac trooped over to his companion and began to rub her back before moving to hold her mane out of her face. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty, it may have been Rainbow’s idea but he had let himself get talked into it.
“That's it, just get it all out,” she said as soothingly as he could over Rainbow’s retching and gagging. After this went on for a few minutes the sounds of sickness finally subsided and replaced by the somewhat heavy breathing of Rainbow.
Taking in a few deep breaths Rainbow straightened herself the best she as she grimaced the the pile of sick she had left behind the bush.
“Thanks Mac...that was not my proudest moment.”
“Don't worry about, I'm sure you'd have done the same for me.”
“Don't count on it, I probably would have been laughing my ass off,” she said with a smirk.
The pair laughed with one another at this for a moment before Rainbow let another belch escape and she froze for a second fearing another round of vomiting, when she didn't feel the bile rise she let out a sigh of relief.
“Well, tonight was fun Rainbow but ah think it's time we call it a night, ah already know I'm going to regret drinking so much in the morning.”
“Yeah, probably a good call, I'll see you tomorrow,” she said giving him a light punch before turning to fly home. She managed to get a few feet off the ground before losing her sense of equilibrium and promptly flying right into a nearby tree before falling to the ground and finding herself on her back for the second time that night.
Rainbow found herself giggling once again as she lay on the cool earth staring up at the start sky.
“Pffft, I'm so blitzed,” she said through a laugh as Big Mac walked over to her and stared down at her, his gazed meet with her own unfocused eyes as he gave her a quizzical look.
“Are ya gonna be able to make it home?” he asked slightly concerned.
“Has anypony ever told you that you have really pretty eyes?” she responded randomly.
“Ah’ll take that as a no,” Mac answered, secretly quite pleased with the drunken complement he had been given and wondered if Rainbow would remember it in the morning.
“That's a big ten four Mackie,” she slurred given him a clumsy salute from her back.
“Well, you're welcome to stay the night with us at the farm again,” he offered.
“Carry me,” she said opening her forelegs reaching for him like a little filly wanting to lifted up by her father.
“Seriously?” he asked, not quite sure if she was joking.
“I’m druuuuunk,” she whined like a child who was complaining about be too tired to walk.
Mac let out a small sigh as went over to pick up the drunken mare. He did have to admit it was almost cute watching her act this way, and with a small smile on his lips he hefted her up and put her on his back like he had done the night he had bucked her out of the tree. With her forelegs wrapped tightly around his neck he began to set off for his family homestead.
“Two nights in a row, I hope your not getting used this,” Mac joked, but all he got in response was a small grunt of a not quite fully conscious Rainbow Dash. The next few minutes passed in silence before Rainbow finally spoke.
“Mac, I think I drank too much,” she mumbled groggily into his back.
“You don't say,” he answered slightly amused.
“Why did you let me do that?”
“Me!” he cried out incredulously.
“Yeah, you, I mean you know my reputation, what did you think was going to happen?”
“Ah...well…” he stammered for a moment, knowing that there was least some small truth to what she said, even if it was completely ridiculous.
“Oh calm down, I'm just messing with you, I'm a big girl and I made choices...not matter how bad they might have been,” she mumbled the last part as she suppressed another burp.
“Well don't you fret we’re almost back and you can sleep it off,”
“Good,” she muttered quietly as she buried her face in his mane.
After a short period of time Big Macintosh found himself on the porch of his family's home, glancing around the Orchard he could just make the light of Applejack’s lantern moving slowly and steadily. It seemed as though she had not had any luck either, hopefully he and Rainbow would have better luck the next night. But those concerns could wait until tomorrow, right now sleep was thing his mind. Making his way upstairs to unload his drunken charge.
Mac started up the stairs, a task he found much harder than he had anticipated in his inebriated state, but he made it up without falling down. He made his way as quietly as could towards his room trying his hardest to wake up Applebloom or Granny. After bumbling a table and knocking a lamp down, he finally made it to his destination without making too much noise. Entering his room the sight of his bed was incredibly tempting but he was going to do what was proper and let Rainbow have it for the night.
“Alright Rainbow time to hit the hay,” there was no movement “Rainbow?” still no response until a soft snort turned into a snore. Of course she had fallen asleep, which wouldn't have been an issue if she hadn't been clinging to his neck.
Letting out a sigh he made his way to his bed as he tried to figure out how to negotiate this. He really didn't want to wake her up, but if push came to shove he would.
With a little bit of maneuvering he was able to gingerly slide her from his back onto the bed top without waking her. Now all he had to do was try and pry her from his neck. ‘How the heck is she still holding on’ was all thought as he tried to pull away. He would give it to her, she was much stronger than she looked.
Mac tried to pull back one last time before he resulted to waking her up, he was drunk and he was tired. He just wanted to get downstairs and pass out on the couch. But a sudden tug ended that thought and he found himself pulled tightly against the sleeping form of Rainbow as she snored loudly into his ear.
Part of him wanted to just accept the situation, climb into bed and just fall asleep right now and just deal with what problems would inevitably arise in the morning, but that was not the kind of stallion he was.
“Rainbow....Rainbow,” he whispered quietly his voice muffled by the pressure Rainbow was applying to his face as she was crushing it against her. She gave no reply and just continued to snore. He gave her a quick nudge in hopes of waking her.
“Just let me sleep,” she grumbled out without opening her eyes.
“Ah’d love to but you have to let go of me first,” he mumbled back.
Her eyes slowly opened, her eyes unfocused, and stared at the stallion half in his own bed and half on the floor.
“Just climb on up, I won't bite,” she joked softly closing her eyes again.
“As much as ah'd like to spend the night with a pretty mare, it just ain't proper.”
Rainbow’s breath hitched almost imperceptibly and she let her hold on Mac loosening. Her eyes opened once more and her gaze met his, her cheek were flushed with color that had nothing to do the alcohol.
“You think I'm pretty?” she mumbled softly to herself, certain he hadn't heard her. He placed his hooves gently on her head and pulled his blanket over.
“Get some sleep Rainbow, I'll see you in the morning,” he said kindly as he turned to leave.
She was asleep before made it to the door, a small smile on her face. Tonight had been a strange, but all in all it had been a good night.
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This is really good! Keep up the good work!
Yay, another update
Yet another great chapter has been presented to us to enjoy can't wait to see what happens next, I do hope it won't take too long for next chapter to come out but if it does we will wait
Keep up the good work
Just found this story. I enjoy it, but seeing its update schedule I wonder if you have any idea how many chapters there will be in the end?
7868896 Yes, the update schedule. I hope that I will not delayed in such a manner again, as far as chapters I do have a rough idea on how many there will be. I hope to have around ten but we will see how things go. Thank you for your kind words and taking the time.
I wonder if Dash will remember calling his eyes pretty or getting called pretty herself by morning more.
Huh? Can't say I was expecting Mac to actually get away from Dash. Usually we have the awkward, waking up together scene after a chapter of drinking. Well played sir.
Another great chapter. Rainbow and Mac's banter is still as good as it was last chapter, and her trying to drink him under the table...yeah I think she put it best:
I look forward to the next chapter, I'll schedule some reading time for 2018!
Keep on keepin' on!
So, I spent almost a page proofreading this.
Then I hit Ctrl+R by accident.
The whole page reloads.
I am triggered.
Yay its back!
Happy to see that the Story is back. I am liking it so far.
Awww this was cute~
I read chapter one a few days after it came out and I loved it instantly. Almost fell out of my chair when I saw it was updated again. Fantastic story, believable & fitting characters, Wonderful new chapter, only a few misplaced words, no spelling errors. Keep the creativity flowing, my friend.
Woot!
Adorable Dashie is adorable. Even when she's being an obnoxious drunk.
Very good chapter. Very well done, you need to work on drunken dialogue a bit, but it was a job well done. Can't wait to see more!
Good stuff. I hope to see more of it.
Please more.