“Me and J were going to take Ethan out. You think you’ll be fine by yourself for a bit?” Star asked taking a seat next to Pinkamena’s hospital bed.

“I’m fine… Just bring me back something that isn’t hospital food.” Pinkamena said kissing Star gently.

“Where are we going?” Ethan asked.

“Wherever you want.” Star said.

“Can we go to the candy store?” Ethan asked.

“Sure. What kind of candy do you like?” Star asked.

“Um… I love chocolate…” Ethan said.

“Well everyone loves chocolate… You haven’t been with Cadence that much have you? Of course you haven’t…” Star laughed.

“Well… I want to try other candy too.” Ethan said.

“I’d hope so. Just chocolate is pretty boring.” Star said.

“Or… maybe we could go to a bakery.” Ethan said.

“Well… we have all day.” J said with a shrug, “We’ll just go everywhere you want to go.”

“Bakery sounds like a good spot to relax. Would give me a chance to pick up something for Pinkie too.” Star agreed.

“Excuse me?” Pinkamena said.

“I mean Pinkamena.” Star corrected himself.

“Better.” Pinkamena said.

“I thought you could uh… Get Pinkie when you wanted?” J said.

“Yeah not so much… She still has to eh… Want to.” Star said.

“Just go already.” Pinkamena said.

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Ethan slowly chewed his cupcake, “Eh… it’s alright.” He said.

“So… Ethan what else do you like?” J asked.

“What are we talking about here?” Ethan asked.

“What are your favorite things?” J asked.

Ethan bit a little more off his cupcake. “For starters I like the color black.” He said.

“Mm okay. What’s uh… Your favorite genre of… Anything? Movies… Books… Not that you’d know many off the top of your head.” Star said.

“I love horror and science fiction.” Ethan said.

“I’d have a really hard time believing AJ’s your mother… If I wasn’t your dad.” J said. “You really sound like Rarity.”

“Wait… What?” Star asked.

“It was like three months ago. Before I hit my head on the table. I was with Rarity… and I found out a lot of things about her.” J said, “Like one… she plays horror video games. But enough about her for now. What’s your favorite food?”

“I like tacos.” Ethan shrugged.

“Well it’s settled. We’re making tacos tonight.” Star said. “What do you like on them?”

“That’s a dumb question.” Ethan said, “Everything.”

“Good man.” Star said.

“Fng… Why do you never wake me up when we leave?” Lemmy yawned.

Ethan stared at Lemmy, “What’s with the tentacles?” He asked.

“Oh right… I’ve degraded to a ‘thing’... Thanks Star.” Lemmy said.

“The grumpy one is Lemmy.” Star said.

“Sorry then… It’s nice to meet you Lemmy.” Ethan said.

“Whos the kid?” Lemmy asked.

“How do you not know this shit?” Star asked.

“I sleep a lot…” Lemmy said.

“So you have three babies?” Ethan asked Star.

“Hah…” Star said raising his hand for a high five.

Ethan high fived Star.

“I think that constitutes me buying more for you today.” J said with a smile.

“So funny…” Lemmy sighed.

“He’s Ethan. J’s kid.” Star said.

“J’s kid… Did you ditch someone 14 years ago?” Lemmy asked.

“No… I was eight, fourteen years ago.” J said.

“So… You ditched someone 14 years ago?” Lemmy repeated.

“No… AJ’s his mom.” J said.

“You ditched Applejack 14 years ago? Dick move…” Lemmy said.

J facepalmed. “Were you not there in the hospital room when the doc said she was having twins three months ago?” He said.

“I’m sorry would you like to be me and try to stay awake during all the boring shit you people do?” Lemmy asked.

Ethan chucked the cupcake he had and hit Lemmy, “Don’t talk like that to my dad.” He said.

Lemmy smeared the cupcake on Star’s face, “You definitely resemble your father.” Lemmy laughed.

“God… Damn it.” Star mumbled wiping it off his face.

“Yeah… you’re definitely a thing.” Ethan said.

“Yeah okay pipsqueek.” Lemmy said.

J covered Ethan’s mouth, “No… it’s not worth it.” He said.

“I wouldn’t mind the argument if I wasn’t in the crossfire.” Star said licking the last bit off his mouth.

Ethan leaned back. “Fine… I won’t send him flying.” He sighed.

“Good… You don’t want to hurt Star just to get back at Lemmy.” J said.

“Oh don’t worry. I would hurt Star to get Lemmy.” Lemmy cackled.

“Ahah… You’re so funny. How about you go back to your nap.” Star said.

“Oh Lemmy Star’s having twin girls.” J said.

There was a pause.

“Why was I not informed?” Lemmy asked.

“Oh now you care.” Star said. “Well you were ‘sleeping’ buddy. Sorry.”

“Who?” Lemmy asked.

“Pinkamena.” Star said.

“Names?” Lemmy asked.

“Sarah and Serena.” Star said.

There was another pause.

“I see you made all the decisions…” Lemmy said quickly receding back into him.

“Hey Lemmy… Come on.” Star said sympathetically.

“No just… Just go have fun with YOUR two kids. That YOU are taking ALL the responsibility for.” Lemmy whined.

“Oh come on they’re your kids too…” Star said.

“Lemmy some time you should meet Emile.” J said.

“Who’s Emile?” Lemmy asked.

“My sister.” Ethan said.

“Oh… I’m sure she’s really nice…” Lemmy said quietly.

“I’m sure she’d like you Lemmy. She’s getting along with Scootaloo and her friends.” J said. “And Scoots, Sweetie, and Applebloom like you a lot.”

“Yeah… Okay… That sounds fun.” Lemmy said.

“Yay, nope.” J said. “You aren’t doing that to my daughter.”

“I’m being serious…” Lemmy said.

“Yeah even I can feel he’s sincere about this.” Star said.

“Okay…” J said, “Maybe later… Right now she’s out with the girls. And I have no idea where they took her.”

“Well enough about her, today is all about him.” Star said rubbing Ethan’s head, “So… Where do you want to go after this?”

“Star… don’t you have to… you know go see Pinkamena again?” J asked.

“Oh uh… I guess.” Star shrugged. “Gotta get her order first.”

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“I brought cupcakes.” Star said kissing Pinkamena.

Pinkamena pulled Star into the bed and started making out with him. Star glanced over at J with a shrug as he just went with it.

“Um…” Ethan said quietly, “What’s going on?”

Star held up his index finger telling Ethan to wait. “I…” Star said before Pinkamena yanked him back.

“Let’s just wait outside…” J said quietly as he and Ethan walked towards the door.

“No wait we’re almo-” Star said and was muffled again.

Ethan and J left the room closing the door behind themselves.

About ten minutes passed before Star finally left the room.

“What took you so long?” J asked.

“She wanted extra frosting…” Star said. “Yeah you should also… Call the janitor or something.”

“Let’s just leave…” J said.

“Yeah.” Ethan agreed.

“So where to?” Star asked.

“Toys.” Ethan said.

“I agreed to get him whatever he wanted… and he’s got one thing in mind.” J said.

“Oh? And what’s that?” Star asked.

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“Okay… Ethan you go pick out what you wanted.” J said.

Ethan ran off into the depths of the store.

“So this reminds me… How have you and Tibbers been doing?” Star smiled putting an arm around J.

“Well… Emile’s taken a liking to him.” J said.

“Well that’s good. Glad the two of you like him. I spent awhile trying to find the right one.” Star said.

J smiled, “Well let’s go see what Ethan’s doing.” He said walking to where Ethan went.

After a minute of searching they found Ethan with a hockey mask on surrounded by dismembered dolls and stuffed animals.

“Aww… He’s just like his aunt Pinkamena.” Star said nuzzling his head on J’s shoulder.

“No… he took a little bit of my dark psyche with him.” J said with a smile, “So what else is going to happen?”

Ethan looked up, “I don’t know… maybe grab a nerf gun and start shooting people.” He said with a shrug.

“Nerf gun it is.” Star said.

“Okay… let’s do this.” J said grabbing a clown mask from the shelf.

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“Well that was fun.” J said as he stepped out of the store.

“Mmhm.” Star mumbled.

“Yep…” Ethan agreed pulling a dart off his arm.

“So what now?” J asked.

Star’s phone rang and he quickly grabbed it, “Hello?” Star said. His expression turned to shock as he snapped to J, “We gotta get to the hospital.”