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Rising for Sunset [Part 5 - Friday]
By StarswirlCreated: 2021-07-16 21:31:33
Updated: 2021-02-04 04:24:31
Expiry: Never
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>You wake up the next morning feeling pretty good.
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>Though you spent a long time texting Sunset back and forth about how your respective days were, you actually managed to get a good night's sleep.
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>Even your morning classes end up being pretty normal.
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>It's like everything is back to normal.
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>The difference now is that you don't even mind how dull it is.
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>You're still riding on the good feelings from how this week has panned out.
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>Lunch time rolls around.
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>You sit with Flash and give him shit for his recent flip to listening to '90s alternative.
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>Just then, you get a feeling and whip out your phone.
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>A moment later, you get a text.
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>Lame ringtone averted.
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>You brought your A-Game today.
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>You can't help but smile when you see that it's from Sunset.
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>It's a selfie of her smiling at you.
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>Wait, you recognize where she is.
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>You look up and across the room to see where she's sitting with the rest of the Main Six.
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>You smirk and quickly use your phone to snap a picture of yourself and send it to her.
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>From here, you see her look your way and smile.
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>After a minute, she sends you another one, but this time, Pinkie Pie and Rarity are posing in the background of the picture.
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>Flash shakes his head at you.
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>"Really, man?"
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"Shut up and get over here."
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>You snap a picture of you and Flash doing devil horns like you're rocking out.
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>This continues on back and forth a couple more times until Flash stops cooperating.
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>You roll your eyes, but you don't bother him about it any further.
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>Eventually the lunch period comes to a close.
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>Sunset shoots you another text.
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>[I'll see you tonight at the party, right?]
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[Definitely.]
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>Flash decides this is a good moment to give you shit.
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>"And here I thought you were done falling this week, Anon."
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>...
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"Even YOU know that joke was bad."
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>"It was worth it."
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>Even though you can hardly wait for tonight, the rest of your day just zips by.
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>You go home and straighten yourself up a bit before you head out.
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>It's party time.
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>You arrive at Pinkie Pie's house just a little later than the time posted on the invitation that she gave you.
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>There are cars parked all over the street.
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>Is the whole school here?
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>As you approach the door, you can hear some kind of techno music pumping through the house.
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>You join a small cluster of people that are on their way in.
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>It really IS like the whole school is here.
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>Pinkie Pie appears before you in the blink of an eye.
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>"Hey, Nonny! Glad you could make it!"
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>You give her a warm smile.
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"Of course I wouldn't miss it, Pinkie."
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>"I hope you have super-duper tons of fun! I've gotta go check on the refreshments, but I bet there's someone waiting for you on the dance floor!"
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>She zips off.
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>Wait, dance floor?
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>That's when you notice that most of this huge living room is a crowd of people dancing to the music.
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>Your eyes scan the crowd and you spot a certain combination of red and gold that sets your heart aflutter.
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>Sunset's eyes light up as you approach her.
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"Sunset! How's the party been so far?"
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>"Pretty good so far.."
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>She gives you a sly smile.
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>"But it's even better now that you're here.
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>You swear, this girl's going to overload your heart one of these days.
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>You can't help but put on a wide grin.
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>"So... wanna dance?"
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>You nod.
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>She leads you deeper into the ever-increasing crowd of people filling up the house.
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>You both start to move your bodies, getting a feel for the beat.
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>Well, she was going to have to learn that you can't dance at some point.
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>You move to the rhythm, though you're otherwise completely awkward.
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>She laughs, but doesn't seem to mind.
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>As she starts to get into it, you can't help but stare.
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>The way that her hair sways around her face.
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>Every motion of her body.
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>You lose yourself in it.
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>You're not sure how much time passes.
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>Eventually she grabs your hand and pulls you back out of the crowd.
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>You can see that she's sweating after all of that dancing.
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>Then you realize that you are, too.
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>"I'm going to go see talk to some of my friends for a while. We'll meet up again later, okay?"
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>"Of course."
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>You couldn't deny her even if you wanted to.
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>As she leaves, you scan the room.
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>It looks like she's going to go talk to Rarity.
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>You spot Rainbow Dash, and even Fluttershy is off in a corner.
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>That just leaves-
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>"Applejack and me, right Nonny?"
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"Right, Pinkie."
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>Wait.
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"Wait, Pinkie Pie? How did you know-"
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>"That you were figuring out which of my friends were here?"
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>You slowly nod yes.
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>"That's easy. I was standing here the whole time and just looked where you were looking!"
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>You can usually ignore how strange she can be, but WHAT?
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>"It's too bad that Applejack couldn't be here, too. She's too busy helping her family get ready for the fair.
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>Is she just reading your mind now, or-
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"Wait, the fair?"
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>She looks surprised at you.
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>"Nonny, didn't you realize that the fair is tomorrow?! Why do you think I threw this party?"
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>The fair comes to the city every year.
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>And you totally blanked it because of everything that was happening this week.
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>Then it hits you.
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>This is perfect.
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>You can ask Sunset to go to the fair with you!
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>"Gee, Nonny, you're all sweaty! I bet you could use a nice glass of punch!"
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"You know, that sounds pretty good right about now-"
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>Before you know it, Pinkie is dragging you by the arm over to the refreshment table.
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>It's quite a spread.
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>Chips, soda, a wide assortment of baked goods, and a punch bowl.
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"Nice assortment, Pinkie."
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>You pour yourself a glass of punch and drink it down.
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>It's really sweet.
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"Good job on the punch, Pinkie."
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>"Thanks, Nonny!"
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>The music changes.
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>"Oooh, this is my JAM! Come on, Nonny, show me how you cut a rug!"
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>You don't get a say in the matter.
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>She drags you along and you dance with Pinkie Pie.
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>Her dance moves are even more out there and awkward than yours.
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>She DOES have a lot of energy though.
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>Eventually, the song winds down.
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"That was a lot of fun, Pinkie, but I think I'm going to go look for Sunset now."
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>As you start to walk off, you feel a hand grab your arm.
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>"Sorry, Nonny. I made a Pinkie Promise."
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"You what?"
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>You look at Pinkie Pie and the gears start spinning at full speed.
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>And then it dawns on you.
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>"Well, on Monday, Sunset came back from meeting you and she was super-duper sad, so we were just a teensy bit mad at you, and /I/ Pinkie Promised that /I/ wasn't going to let you date Sunset."
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>What is happening? WHAT IS HAPPENING?
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"But... You were nice to me all week. You even invited me to this party!"
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>"Well, /yeah./ Later that day, Fluttershy told us about what you said about what happened, so I forgave you.
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"But then why-"
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>"Because I made a PINKIE PROMISE, NONNY. I can't BREAK a PINKIE PROMISE!"
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>You're stunned in disbelief.
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>"Besides, I saw how everyone else got to do all kinds of fun things with you, and I wanted to have a challenge too!"
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>Ooooof course.
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>You sigh.
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"Fine, Pinkie Pie. What's it going to be?"
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>She shrugs.
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>"I dunno! I didn't get that far. How about you pick?"
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>You blink.
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>Well, that's... different.
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>All of the other things that happened this week sort of just came to YOU.
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>And you even had time to prepare for almost all of them.
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>What are you going to do that you can beat Pinkie Pie at?
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>Given how ridiculous she is, is there even anything that you CAN choose?
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>You think long and hard about it.
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>Then it starts to come to you.
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"Alright. I'm going to need a paper and pen for this."
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>She eagerly fishes both things out of her hair and foists them into your hands.
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>You start writing.
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>"Ooh! Ooh! What is it, Nonny? I'm so excited!"
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>You fill the whole page up and then turn it over to show her.
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"Scavenger hunt. One hour. Whoever has the most things wins."
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>She snatches it up and reads it down, the smile on her face getting even wider.
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>"You're on, 'Anonymous'!"
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>She laughs to herself and then dashes off so fast you could swear she kicked up an actual dust cloud.
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>You shake your head and leave the dance floor to go talk to Sunset.
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>It doesn't take long for you to find her.
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>She's hanging around by her self off to the side of the room.
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"Hey, Sunset!"
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>She turns to see you.
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>"Hey, Anon!"
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>You join her in this relatively unpopulated spot.
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>You chat about a variety of things.
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>School, and how glad you both are that the week is over.
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>Music, and what the Rainbooms are up to these days.
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>When a lull comes in the conversation, you decide that this is your chance.
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>You're going to ask Sunset if she wants to go to the fair with you.
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>That's when the music changes again.
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>It slows down.
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>The lights dim a little bit.
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>You can see some of the couples in the room move closer together.
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>Sunset looks deep into your eyes and grabs your hand.
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>You smile gently and lead Sunset back out onto the dance floor.
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>You gently place your hands on her hips.
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>Her arms reach up to your shoulders and gently drape around your neck.
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>You lead as you slowly sway back and forth to the music.
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>She's so close to you.
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>You're practically hugging already.
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>Even though you've already held her in your arms before, you enjoy the feeling of holding her like this.
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>You both enjoy the intimacy of it quietly.
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>As the song finally begins to wind down, you gaze into her eyes.
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"Sunset?"
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>"Yes, Anon?"
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"Will you go to the fair with me tomorrow?"
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>Her eyes brighten up like they're sparkling.
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>Yes, Anon! I'd love to go with you!
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>She pulls you in for a tight hug, which you reciprocate by wrapping your arms around her even tighter.
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>The dance floor starts to clear out as the party is starting to draw to a close.
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>In the corner of your vision, you see a flash of pink.
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>Keeping one arm around Sunset, you turn to look.
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>Pinkie Pie is here, and she has unloaded a pile of things onto the floor.
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>You wrote that list as a joke, but it looks like she got everything.
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>A traffic cone, a bowl of oatmeal... She even got Applejack's hat somehow.
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>"I found all of the things, Nonny! How many things have YOU found?"
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>You glance at the ridiculous assortment of things that she brought.
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"Well, since time isn't up and there are a bunch of things from the list here, I guess I also found all of those things."
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>"But... Nonny..."
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>She seems concerned.
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>"Wouldn't that make it a tie? What are we supposed to do NOW?"
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>You chuckle.
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"Well..."
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>You take out your phone and see the clock tick to the next hour."
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"Time just now ran out, but I had one more thing than you."
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>"Wait, you did? What is it?"
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>She scans the page that you gave her trying to figure out what it is.
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"You missed the one that I wrote on the back. Flip it over."
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>She does. And then she's disappointed.
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>"Aw, man. How did I miss that? Sunset was the last thing on the list, and you were with her the whole time!"
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"Don't feel too down, Pinkie. You had fun doing my scavenger hunt, right?"
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>"You know, Nonny, I really did. Thanks!"
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>She gives you a smile.
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>"Have fun, you two! I have a bunch of things that I need to take back to where I got them from!"
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>After she leaves, Sunset turns to you.
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>"What was that about, Anon?"
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>You chuckle.
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"Just another event in the crazy week that I've been having."
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END OF FRIDAY.
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