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"Just Kiss Already!" And Other Rumbaloo Tales - Candy-Sweets_12



A few misadventures between Rumble and Scoots before the married life.

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Chapter 41; "I do."

"Hold still." Aloe says. She takes the rollers out of my mane and brushes through them. Leaving them curly and elegant. She smiles and points to the mirror.

And honestly, I was shocked. Somehow, with only a little make-up, I looked absolutely stunning. Yet, still like myself. I couldn't help but smile at my reflection. "I look amazing." I say. Aloe just smiles and chuckles. "Thank you." I say.

"Not a problem. Now you'd better get dressed the wedding's starting soon." she said, before moving on to someone else. The room was bustling with chatter. Several of the other bridesmares were laughing, some of them were putting their jewelry on. And once or twice there was a few cases when one of them would ask for help with their dress. Rarity was running all around the place, dodging anything that was in her way.

But there was still one pony missing.

"Where's Blossom?" I ask.

"She said she was going to the bathroom. But she's been in there for a while." Silver Speed responded, before going back to her regular conversation. Without another word, I start for the hallway, where I find the bathroom door at the end of it, locked and closed shut.

"Blossom?" I ask after a few knocks. "You in there?"

"Oh! Um, yes. Do you need something?" she called from the other side. As much as I could tell she was trying to hide it, I was still able to hear the waver in her voice.

"I'm just checking on you, are you alright?"

"Yes! I'm fine, better in fact. Why do you ask?" There's no way I could've missed the crack in her voice.

"Blossom, are you nervous?" I ask. She doesn't respond for a moment.

"Nervous? No, not at all, I'm fine." she said, raising her voice a bit.

"How come I haven't seen your face for the past 20 minutes?" I ask, looking at a clock on the wall.

"Well..." she sighs "you're right." after a soft click the door opens a crack. I open it a bit wider to see Blossom sitting there in her dress, wringing her hooves. "I guess I am pretty nervous." she said. I notice how puffy her eyes are.

"Are you crying?" I ask in surprise. This was a first, through out the entire time I've been around Blossom, she hasn't shed one tear, seeing her do so now felt like as surprising as a slap to the face, and left me just as taken back.

"I guess so." she says. She tries to laugh but it gets caught in her throat, she then proceeds to wipe her tear stained face.

I felt completely helpless. I didn't know how to handle these type of situations by myself. Sure, I've had to help my friends when they were down, but I've always had Sweetie Belle or Apple Bloom there. I fell silent for a moment, not sure what to do next. But I didn't want to just stand there and do nothing. I've got to help her somehow. " Do you want me to get you something? Maybe ask someone to help you?" I felt stupid asking it, but it was all I could think of.

"No, you don't need to do that." she said with a smile. I decide to sit next to her, she takes this by surprise, but scoots a bit to the side anyway, before shutting the door behind me.

"What's wrong Blossom? I've never seen you cry before. Is it about Thunderlane?" I ask.

"No, no, it's not that, I guess that I'm just getting a bit overwhelmed is all." she admitted. She rubbed her eyes. "Scootaloo, do you ever just feel nervous to try something new? Especially with someone you care so much about?" I was once again, taken back.

"Yeah, all of the time." I admit.

"Well, maybe it's anxiety or maybe it's just stress, but, I'm just a bit, scared."

"Scared?" I ask.

"Don't get me wrong, I love Thunderlane, I want to marry him. But, I'm afraid. I'm afraid that it won't work, that we'd be better off as boyfriend and girlfriend rather than married. I'm afraid of not giving what I'll have to promise him. I'm afraid of not ever being good enough." She sighed and put her hooves to her head. "It's silly, isn't it?"

"Honestly," I admit, "I don't blame you. When everyone expects things to work out just fine for you, or when you're doing something new, but you're afraid of it not being what you've hoped for. When you've waited you're entire life for it to happen, or for that pony to care about you, but you just feel like it might not work out." I say. I shock myself as much as I shock Blossom.

"Scootaloo," she asks. "are you...scared too?"

"Of what?" I ask her.

"I don't know, I guess it's, moving on with our lives, expecting to find the happiness we've always longed for. And it won't ,meet our expectations." she says. I look away. She was right. That was exactly what I was afraid of.

"I guess I am." I say. "It's just that, with all of us finishing our last school year, trying out for the Academy, and especially trying...new things with Rumble," I blush a small bit and look at the tiles ahead of me, trying to keep tears from brimming over. "I am afraid. I'm scared of trying new things with him, afraid it won't work, or that I won't be right for him, afraid that I won't be able to give him the same amount of kindness and love he gives me, afraid that I can't support or help him like he helps me, afraid to try new things with him and to do something as simple as kissing him!" I rant, my voice gradually growing louder. I soften.

"I'm sorry." I say. "Here I am, trying to help you, and instead I list my own problems." I wipe the tears now flowing down my face, thankful for the water-proof mascara Rarity thought to use.

"No, I feel the same way. I want to listen and help you too." she says. I couldn't help but smile, her words reminded me of someone else's.

"But, I guess that can be the best part." I say.

"What do you mean?"

"It's trying those new things, learning to make it work for the two of us, together, that I actually enjoy the most. It's only after he washes those fears away, that I actually feel happy doing those things. Of course, I don't like going too far, and Rumble knows my boundaries, but I hope that we can continue to conquer our fears, together." I say. "I know, it must sound pretty cheesy doesn't it?"

"No, actually, that's helped a bunch." We both take a moment to wipe our eyes. "Thank you Scootaloo, seriously, I guess that talking just helped."

"I'm glad we talked too, I needed to get that off of my chest." I say.

"Maybe you two can muster up the courage to 'try new things' if you know what I mean?" she asked teasingly. I can't help but blush.

"W-what do you mean?"

Blossom made an over exaggerated kissing noise while clapping her hooves together and batting her eyelashes. I can't help but laugh and blush harder.

"Maybe." I say.

Blossom opens the door and steps out, looking at the clock on the wall. "Shoot!" she said, "we'd best get you dressed." she said. She races me to the dressing room and she helps me slip on my dress, while Rarity reapplies a bit of my make-up.

But my mind's not focused on that, it's more on something else. 'Is that really true? Is all of the things I said how I really feel? It sure seems like it. Am I really that scared for our relationship? I guess I was just oblivious to it. Too caught up in the clouds to realize it.' I thought.

I think of Rumble, and that evening we danced to our heart's contempt. 'You have the most beautiful eyes.' he said. The words bring a smile to my lips and heat to my cheeks and ears.

"Scootaloo?" Rarity asks with a teasing smile and raised eyebrow pointed my direction.

"Yes?" I say, snapping out of my trance.

"What're you thinking about that's making you blush so much?" she asked.

"What makes you think I'm blushing?" I ask, immediately moving a hoof to cover one of my cheeks.

"Well I haven't applied any blush on you." she explained. "in other words, spill it."

"I'm just thinking about something embarrassing, that's all." I try. Rarity doesn't look like she's buying it.

"Alright." she says anyway. She adds a few more last touches to my eye shadow and snaps in the flower. "Good to go!" she says. She glances at the clock.

"And just in the knick of time too," Flitter says. "come on, Scoot, we've got to get going." Rarity smiled.

"See you on the aisle." she replied. Before walking to the rest of the guests.


"Okay everyone, just like the rehearsal." Cloudchaser said. Every other mare nodded and they all stood in a straight line on one side of the hallway. The guys were going to be on the other side parallel to the mares. The music started dimly in the background and Scootaloo's stomach dropped. She swallowed the lump in her throat and drew in a breath. She tilted her head to see Cloudchaser walk up to the grooms stallion she was paired up with, he offered his arm out to her, and she took it, holding on tightly to her bouquet. The doors opened before the pair and the waltzed through them.

The whole ordeal was painfully long, and didn't do much to help with Scootaloo's sudden burst of nervousness.

'Don't worry,' A smile came to her lips as she thought of those words. Knowing that the owner of them was waiting at the end of the hall just as she was.

Blossom was waiting in another room awaiting her cue. She was supposed to enter the hallway and walk through the doors after Rumble and Scootaloo took their place on the alter.

The line gradually grew smaller until Scootaloo was up next right after Silver Speed. She averted her eyes to try and see Rumble, and froze when she saw him looking back, a bit of blush and a feeling of warmth spreading. She smiled at him and he smiled. The pair before them walked away and Rumble got a good look at Scootaloo.

'Wow.' I thought. She was absolutely stunning. It was as though she was at a famous photo shoot or in a movie. The way her wavy mane and curled bang moved to the left side of her face, the way her eyes glimmered. And how the dress gave her a little glow. The flower added to her hair, and the small make-up with the blush she had just all mixed together perfectly. It was all I could do to try not to gawk at her. And I found my wings popping up in response, and my jaw dropping down.

Her giggling snapped me out of my trance, and I quickly fixed myself and walked towards her as we had practiced. I offered her my arm and she gladly took it, grasping her bouquet of flowers tightly in her free hoof. She looked to me with her shimmering mauve eyes, seeming to glow with the rest of her image.

She literally took my breath away. Everyone in the room, which turned out to be a lot more than I had expected, turned to us and smiled. I spotted my friends sitting with Scootaloo's and seeming to gush at us. We walked to the middle of the aisle, where we slowed down for Photo Finish to snap a few pictures for us. A few other flashes of light came from the crowd as ponies tried getting pictures of us.

I couldn't help but feel a bit...warm, next to Scootaloo, several months ago, if I hadn't talked with her on that day in the winter, I'd probably be freaking out with some other pony. But I'm so grateful to have Scootaloo rather than anyone else. And for a moment, I only wanted us to be in the room, as though no one else was there.

But we eventually made the end of the aisle, and we had to part ways. Scootaloo smiled up at me for a split second before breaking away. She stands in her place across from me, and the flower fillies start prancing down the aisle, throwing petals all about.

The ring bearer, a younger distant cousin of mine, is prancing beside her, carrying a pillow in his mouth which held the rings.

Everypony stood as the music took a turn for a more suiting theme. Octavia clearly knows Blossom's not up for the standard wedding March. She put a bit more of a Spring vibe with the help of Vinyl Scratch.

Blossom stepped from the hallway, and everyone gasped. Many ponies snapped photos while Photo Finish snapped some pictures. Blossom's dress perfectly reflected her personality, and one glance at Thunderlane put a smirk on my face. He looked exactly as I had with Scootaloo, despite his wings still folded and his jaw still shut.

Blossom walked down the hall, and it was as though she was glowing, or that she came straight from a fairy tale. Once she had met up with Thunderlane, everypony sat down as the Mayor called out her words.

"We've all gathered here today, to celebrate the union of this lovely couple, a couple unlike any I've ever come across." she says. A lot of ponies chuckle in the crowd while others nod their heads in agreement.

"But, it is my great honor to wed these two together, and I hope that you, as much as I, wish these two a happy marriage. May I have the rings please?"

The little colt stepped up and held out the two rings, attached at the chain for the two to wear around their necks. She turned to Thunderlane, who had the biggest grin I've ever seen on his face in my entire lifetime.

"Do you, Thunderlane, take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health," I can't help but glance to Scootaloo, who's smiling next to Blossom and looking the Mayor's direction, and I get that feeling of warmth again. "for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do." Thunderlane says proudly.

The Mayor turns to Blossom, who has a few tears brimming in her eyes as she looks directly into Thunderlane's. "And do you, Blossom Forth, take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health," Scootaloo's eyes meet mine and she smiles back, the tips of her ears turning red. "for as long as you both shall live?" she continues.

"I do." Blossom says with confidence.

"I now pronounce you, husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride." And Thunderlane does just that. He kisses her full on the lips and the crowd cheers. Many ponies jump from their seats while a few others, such as Blossom's mother and my own start tearing up. Thunderlane wraps a hoof around Blossom and the two trot down the aisle, heading out of the doors, and the rest of the wedding party follows. From Cloudchaser and the stallion she was partnered with to me and Scoots.

Scootaloo and I just grin and flap our wings, speeding down the hallway with everyone else outside, where the reception was being held.


Once everyone reached the outside, the dancing and the gossip commenced. "Scootaloo!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle shouted, jumping on me, careful not to stain my dress.

"You looked wonderful!" Sweetie Belle said.

"You did great in there." Apple Bloom agreed.

"Thanks girls, I appreciate you saying that." I say.

"We also saw the way you were looking at Rumble." Sweetie Belle hinted with a smile. To their surprise, I didn't blush as much as they had hoped.

"I'm sure you did. Didn't he look sharp?" I ask.

"He sure did." Apple Bloom replied, a small bit of disappointment in her voice. "That was a rather beautiful wedding, ah' must say. Blossom and Thunderlane are meant for each other."

"You could say that again." Sweetie Belle said, looking to the couple who were dancing in the middle of the dance floor with a few other ponies.

"Blossom and Thunderlane are meant for each other." Apple Bloom joked, I just snickered while Sweetie Belle just sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Um, Scootaloo?" I heard. I whipped around and saw Rumble standing there, a small smile on his face. "I was wondering if you wanted to maybe dance together? They're playing one of your favorites." he suggested.

Apple Bloom looks to Sweetie with a smirk. "Ya'll go right on ahead, we won't be bothering ya." she said. She and Sweetie fled the scene and walked off. A bunch of ponies by that time many other couples danced together, including Sweetie and Button Mash, and Rumble and I gladly participated. Many of the ponies there were actually quite surprised to see us dancing together, but we didn't care. We just danced to our heart's contempt.

We didn't notice when other ponies started crowding around us to watch, we just did our own thing, moving with the music, as though we were the only two creatures in the world, as though we were one.

When the music finally stopped, we both found ourselves panting, and a cheer erupting from a few ponies who were watching on the sidelines.

"Guess you've got it in you after all." Rumble's father said with a wink. I throw a confused look at Rumble who just chuckles and shrugs. We move away from the crowd just as the stars pop into place, and the lights strewn around the party begin to fade on. I find myself sitting on a cloud closer to the ground, and just above the decorations. I recall Blossom had suggesting some be brought in for the party, so that the pegasus guests could sit somewhere.

So far, Rumble and I were the only ones.

Rumble looked to me and looked into my eyes, the stars reflecting in them. "You look beautiful." Rumble he said out of nowhere. I couldn't help but smile and blush.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." I reply. He returns the gesture and I chuckle. "You know, Rumble, remember when I told you 'I love you' for the first time?" I ask.

"Of course, it's was one of the happiest I've ever been with you."

"Well, do you also remember how I said I was always so reluctant to tell you anything on my mind?" I ask.

"Yeah." he answers.

"Did I ever tell you that I felt like kissing you?" I ask again. He smiles.

"You mean 'I could just kiss you!'?" he teases.

"Not like that, I mean, really kiss you."

"Not that I recall." he admits.

"Well, what would you do if I kissed you now?" I ask. He doesn't respond. At least, not with words. I find him pressing his lips to mine, and my face burning hot. I perk my ears up and he continues. I feel a tingle go up my spine, as though electricity just passed through me. Although I was shocked, I shut my eyes, smiling through the kiss, and kiss him back.

As he started to lean back, wrapping his wings around my back just as he had in my dream, I let out a single tear.

'Finally.' I think.

And it's as though we're in our own little piece of paradise. An orange soda, and cherry chap stick flavored paradise.

Author's Note:

UGH! It's Finally done! And guess what! I'm alive! Hardly. My internet started acting up and I couldn't start this chapter until today. And that was absolute torture for me.

Would you believe me if I said that my eyes were twitching? Or that I was constantly tapping my fingers like last time?

I'm sorry I left you all on such a cliffhanger like that, I wish I could've gotten this out sooner. But right now, I'm glad that this is done. One more chapter to go.

What? You thought I'd leave out the graduation? :ajsmug:

But regardless, thank you all so very much for reading this long chapter, I really do appreciate it. e sure to comment what you thought below, and give me suggestions for future chapters or ideas. And now a new story name. (Since I haven't decided on an official one for the sequel yet.:raritywink:) Feel free to ask any questions, though you could click right about here:

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I really hope you enjoyed this, I poured my heart out into this chapter and I hope it shows.

Regardless,

Peace, Love, Tolerate,

-Candy