I spoke the last few lines of the play, and the curtain dropped on the stage. The audience erupted in applause at the tenth of twenty performances of our show. Every show just kept getting better, and this show, of course, was the best so far. What made this show even better was that I knew, right after the cast finished bowing and undressing, that Sophia and I were heading out for our one month anniversary.

Ever since I had started dating Sophia, my life had gone from being kinda suckish, to being amazing once again. After I lost Fluttershy, I didn’t think I would be able to love again. But Sophia showed me that everything wasn’t as hopeless as I had cracked it up to be. She actually loved me, and I loved her. Everything was, I dared to say, perfect.

Before Sophia and I could even leave the theatre, the cast was swarmed by fans of the show. We signed playbills and posters for the show, which was pretty fun actually. I never imagined people would actually want my autograph. How cool is that?! I guess it comes from being an actor. I picked a good field to work in.

After we finally signed as many people’s things as we could, Sophia and I went to the bathrooms to clean off our makeup and what not, and headed out to dinner. She wrapped her arms around my right arm and walked at my side as we headed to the restaurant we had reservations for.

That was something that felt different to me about this relationship. Being able to go out in public with my girlfriend. That was something I wasn’t able to do with Fluttershy, sadly. I hated thinking that. That my relationship with Fluttershy wasn’t like a relationship I could have with another human. I loved Fluttershy like no one else, but there were just things that we couldn’t do. Being with Sophia made me realize that being with a partner who is human is quite beneficial.

As Sophia and I arrived at the restaurant, which was one of the finer dining choices in the area, I gave the waiter my name and reservation time. We were seated and looked at our menus.

“So, what’s my big star getting tonight?” Sophia asked jokingly. She always joked that I was the big star of the show, even though my role wasn’t necessarily a major role in the show. Still, it was nice to be appreciated.

“I don’t know. Something’s telling me to go with the pasta with meatballs, but that seems too simple,” I answered.

“Well make sure it’s good. Whatever you get, I’m getting.”

“Why you gotta copy me like that?” I asked, chuckling.

“Why not?” she responded, smiling at me. I smiled back at her and took a sip of my water. Thankfully, the waiter came over and took our drink orders. I got a good old Rum and Cola, while Sophia got a bottle of Red Wine.

“A simple lady of simple tastes,” I said.

“Hey, I’m not simple. I just appreciate the simple things in life,” she replied, smiling and giggling.

“I didn’t know wine was a simple thing… actually, I take that comment back. It kind of is.” Our conversations continued as we were served our dinner orders. As simple as it was, we had the pasta and meatballs. Hey, nothing wrong with some simple Italian food. It was good pasta too.

As we finished dinner, I of course paid for the check like a gentleman, and we left for my apartment. Sophia had sort of moved in at this point. I say sort of because she wasn’t officially living with me. She just spent most of her time at my place and slept over a lot. And I know what you’re thinking. Sex? The answer: no. Actually, almost would be a better answer.

As Sophia and I arrived at my apartment, we plopped ourselves down on the couch. We laid our bodies across the couch, with her lying on top of me as I turned on the TV. Nothing good was on, so I just turned to a random channel with something good on. We watched it for a bit, but we finally wound up making out. And we were kissing like animals.

Sophia had her hands all over me, and I loved it. We rocked our bodies back and forth as we got more into the kiss. I couldn’t help but slide my tongue into her mouth, soliciting soft moans from her. As her hands moved over my body, she slid her hands under my shirt and up my chest. Before I knew it, my shirt was off. I wasn’t anything special. I sported a decent six pack, and my arms were alright. Like I said, nothing special. But for Sophia, that was more than enough.

As we continued to kiss, her hands felt all over my chest and torso. It felt so good, and so new. When I was with Fluttershy, we never really got this intimate. I was always gentle with her, on account of not wanting to hurt her. Plus, she never wanted to do things like this. I was fine with that, but doing all of this with Sophia was just so enjoyable that I couldn’t help but get more into the moment. And boy did I get into the moment.

I found myself taking her shirt off as well, leaving her only with her bra. And while I don’t like to talk about my girlfriends in too much of a revealing way, I guess I should tell you how amazing she looked. Her figure was slim and sexy, much to my liking. Her chest complimented her body so nicely, and I couldn’t help but slide my hands over them.

“Mmm… getting a little antsy aren’t we?” Sophia said, giggling.

“Heh, sorry.”

“Don’t apologize.” She pulled me in closer, rubbing her chest against mine. Feeling her breasts against my body like that… ohohohohoho! So good! Sorry, getting a little too explicit.

As we continued our little make out session, along with our chests rubbing together, and our tongues wrestling in each other’s mouths, I felt my hands sliding over her back and down south. Before I knew it, I had my hands on her ass. And holy shit did this girl have a nice (please excuse my use of shitty modern language) “cake” (I can’t believe I actually wrote that). She did a good job of concealing it on a daily basis too. And holy shit I am getting really explicit about this!

As we got further into the moment, I felt Sophia move her hands down towards my pants. I felt her undo my belt, unbuttoning the waist, and sliding the zipper open. I quickly broke the kiss and stopped her hands from doing anymore.

“Whoa! Wait, hold on! Sophia… are we going too fast?” I asked.

“Well… I guess not. I’m sorry, I guess I got too into the moment is all,” she apologized.

“It’s fine. I guess I got just as into it as you.” I looked down at her exposed self. She was so vulnerable. So innocent. So beautiful. She looked into my hazel eyes with her dark blue ones, and I found myself getting lost again. My eyes then fell over her beautiful pink hair… wait, what?!

I shook my head in surprise, but her hair was pink. When I looked back into her eyes, they were now light blue. I tried to act as natural as I could while looking over her, but there was no denying how odd I was acting as I was checking her.

“Matthew, are you alright?” she asked. But, it wasn’t her voice. It was…

‘Fluttershy?’ I thought to myself. I accidentally mouthed her name as well, which caught Sophia’s attention.

“What?” she asked, now a little concerned.

“Uh, nothing! Nothing! Sorry, just thinking about someone else… I mean…! Ugh, shit!” I realized that me saying that made it sound like I was being unfaithful.

“Someone else? Who? Matthew… you’re not cheating on me are you?” Sophia asked.

“No! Absolutely not! I’m sorry. Thoughts of my old girlfriend are coming back to me. I thought I heard her voice when you spoke just a second ago…” I must have sounded like such a creep right then and there. Sophia looked at me with heavy concern in her eyes. I looked away, trying to hide my own concerned look.

“Matthew… do you not want to be with me?” she asked.

“What?! No! I mean… yes! I mean… I want to be with you Sophia, honestly I do. I honestly don’t know why these thoughts are coming back to me all of a sudden. I want to be with you, honestly. I love you,” I said, kissing her. She looked a little disappointed with how things were turning out. What started as such an amazing night had taken a rather strange turn. But when she stood up and put on her clothes, I knew something was wrong.

“Sophia?”

“I’m sorry Matthew, I didn’t mean to do this to you.”

“What are you talking about? You didn’t do anything wrong. Come here,” I said, standing up and holding her in my arms. She embraced for a moment, then pushed me away.

“I’m sorry, but this isn’t going to work out anymore. If you can’t focus on me, then I don’t think we should be dating.”

“Sophia, I am focusing on you! I love you! Don’t do this to me! Not now!” My voice was cracking a bit, and I felt tears forming in my eyes. “I’ve finally found happiness again! Please, don’t make me go back to how it was when she left!”

“Who?! To this day, you still never told me who your last girlfriend was! You’ve only told me stories about her, and you never mentioned her name! What is so wrong with telling me about her?!” I could tell that Sophia was almost becoming impatient and angry with me. It was true what she said. I only told her stories about my time with Fluttershy, but never her name.

“I… I just can’t…” I fell to the floor and started crying. I could hear Sophia whimpering as well.

“Goodbye Matthew,” she said, walking for the door.

“Wait! Please don’t go!” But it was too late. She was already out the door. I was left alone, and all I could do was lie on the floor and cry.

Author's Notes:

I apologize with taking so long to get this chapter out. I've just been rather lazy recently. Along with that, I've been getting back into Skyrim. And we all should know the consequences of playing Skyrim. Oh well!

Also, keep in mind that in the last chapter, it was one month later. That goes for this chapter as well. If I write a time jump in a chapter for Fluttershy, that same amount of time has passed for Matthew as well. And vice versa. I forgot to write that down in the last chapter, so now you all know.