Date Night-Part 3, Returning Home

Bon Bon galloped as fast as she could, heading straight for home. She just wanted to curl up in her nice warm bed and try to forget everything that happened.

‘Why!? Why did you have to go and do something like that!? Why did you hit him like that!?’ Bon Bon mentally shouted to herself as she pressed on through the night, ignoring the biting cold on her cheeks. ‘Stupid Bon Bon, stupid, stupid, stupid, STUPID!'

She was only a few feet away from the front door when her back leg caught on the hem of her dress. She fell flat on her side, hitting the ground hard, but ignored the pain. She quickly picked herself up and flung the door open before stumbling inside. Making it only two more feet, she tripped over her own forehooves, falling again, face first onto her hard living room floor.

The force of the impact made her curly mane unravel slightly, causing the firelily to fall out of her hair and land several inches away from her. She kept her eyes shut as she whimpered softly to herself on the cold wooden floor, wallowing in her own self pity.

Bon Bon clenched her eyes shut as tears streamed down her cheeks. “You’re such a bad pony…” she softly scolded herself, whimpering as she wrapped her forelegs on top of her head. “You should've never agreed to that date. You just made everything worse.”

The night wasn’t supposed to end like it had. She was just supposed to humor her friend to one date, then kindly turn them down. Chris wasn’t supposed to go so far out of his way to show her that he actually cared. She honestly thought he would be against the herd idea just as much as she was, but he wasn’t at all. He even tried to get her to talk and help her enjoy the night but she just tried to drop every conversation that he had started like some kind of... horrible... rude... meany, pony!

They both treated her so well and sacrificed so much to make the night special for her and what did she do to show her gratitude? She smacked Chris away when he was just trying to help and broke both their hearts.

Bon Bon continued to whimper and moan quietly to herself on the floor, sniffling a little, when her senses were suddenly hit with the pungent aroma of sweet, sugary oranges, causing her to slowly open her teary eyes. Her blurry vision fell upon the beautiful firelily that Chris had given her, causing her to stifle her whimpering for a moment as she paused and took in its nostalgic beauty. A soft smile started to appear across her lips as she remembered Chris’s words—

‘I knew I had to get that for you.’

She wrapped her hooves around the flower, bringing it closer towards her muzzle, taking in a slow, deep breath through her nose. She let its sweet fragrance transport her back to that forest where she used to run and explore in.

It was a simpler time back then. A time when her life wasn’t such a confusing mess and she didn’t have to deal with herd problems or stressful candy shop expansion issues.

Bon Bon wished she could go back there one day. Back to her little secret spot deep in the forest. She could use a secluded place like that to escape to right now but she knew she couldn’t go back even if she wanted. That area of the forest was no longer there. Eventually, other ponies had found her small patch of flowers and harvested them all. She spent months looking for a similar spot but could never find another group of firelilies like that ever again.

Bon Bon groaned to herself, remembering that painful day when she was younger. Thanks to Chris’s gift she could now relive those days, if only in her memory. She clenched the flower a little tighter as she started to realize exactly how much Chris wanted her to be happy. Maybe all that stuff about her parents not liking Chris and not having a foal didn’t matter. What if Lyra was right? What if Chris really could make her happy? She knew she would be happy with Lyra but maybe, maybe Chris could do the same for her? Maybe she made a mistake.

No. No, she didn’t.

She couldn’t be with him. She just couldn’t.

He ate meat like some kind of savage griffin and her parents would surely disown her once they found out she was with the human. She would have to give up her dreams of raising a family as well. Even if Cadance’s spell worked, Chris wouldn't want a foal that wasn't a human like him and he certainly wouldn’t want to raise a foal with somepony like her.

Plus, she couldn’t let herself fall in love with another stallion that would just leave her in the end. Chris’s presence in this world was no doubt a temporary one and she'd learned her lesson the hard way about getting involved with stallions like him. Twilight would eventually find him a way back to his real home and he would leave as soon as he had the option. Lyra must not be aware of this herself but Chris would eventually leave them both, just like the first stallion she let into her heart all those years ago.

Bon Bon would never forget that hurtful day when she realized how she had been used by that pegasus stallion she thought loved her. She didn't think Chris could possibly be as cruel as him but the fact still remained. Chris would go back to his own world where he belonged once he had the option and she couldn't go through something like that again. Not to mention, she attacked Chris like some horrible, rabid, pony monster.

He must hate her now. Lyra might hate her now, too. She hoped that she didn’t destroy her friendship with the only pony she ever truly cared about other than herself. She could understand if Lyra never wanted to speak to her again but knew Lyra wouldn’t really do that. She was a determined mare and would no doubt be here tomorrow, wanting an explanation. But what could she say? She just hoped that Lyra would keep the promise to her and never ask her out again.

It was just better for everypony this way.

Bon Bon laid on her side, feeling exhausted from her frantic galloping. She curled up into a ball on her hardwood floor, cradling the firelily in her hooves as she softly wept to herself. She hardly noticed the cold breeze blowing through her opened door as she slowly fell into the dreamscape while thoughts of how the whole night played out drifted through her mind.

"I'm so sorry, Chris..." Bon Bon whispered to herself before the darkness finally took her.

Author's Notes:

Just a short chapter to cap off the whole date, and wrap up Bon Bon's iusses. I felt the whole night need to end with Bon Bon.

Also this is were I tell you guys the story is going to get a little weird and I'm not sure if a lot of you will like how Lyra wants to deal with this lol. She's not happy I will say that, and she might go a little crazy.