"Everyone ready?" We stand outside my parent's house. We just picked up Emily, and we plan to spend a day with some new friends.

"Yes! Lets go already man." Alex half says half sighs. He really is impatient isn't he?

"Alright, remember, try not to stand out too much. Only Skyler and I have been here before, and Skyler was only there for less than a minute. Rainbow, make sure you stay close to us so nobody thinks we're some herd of weird creatures trying to attack the town or something stupid like that."

"I'm on it! Besides, everyone already knows you there Matt. I'm sure they'd welcome three new visitors." Rainbow says as she hovers in front of me. I nod and slip on my backpack before opening a portal in front of us.

"Whoa, that's trippy as all hell." Alex says as we look ahead the front of Twilight's library. Looks like a pretty sunny day there, so our plans should go just as I imagined. A day or two ago, I got in contact with Twilight, and we set up a get together with all of our friends. Unfortunately, Flutteryshy and Pinkie are out of town doing who knows what, so it'll be the eight of us together.

We jog through the portal, and squint as a bright light flashes around us. God I love this portal thing, it's just so damn convenient. Once the light has cleared, we rub our eyes before staring up at the giant tree in front of us. I smile as I walk up to the front door and knock. A few seconds later, we're greeted by Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity. Rainbow flies up to them and greets them with hugs and laughs. Emily, once she sees the three new ponies, runs up and wraps her arms around Twilight's neck.

"Um, hello." She says kindly, although somewhat confused. "Who might you be?"

"That's Emily, my little sister." I say as I try to pull her off of Twilight. C'mon, I know she's your favorite character, but that doesn't mean you gotta keep her in a choke hold Em.

"Oh no, she's fine Matt, really." Twilight says as she wraps a leg around Emily's back. I turn around to see everyone else talking in a group, and they're all surrounding Rainbow. Probably talking about the baby again.

"I assume you've all introduced yourselves?" I say as the three of us approach the rest of the group. Everyone looks up at me with big smiles.

"You bet partner. Alex here was just tellin' us about some of the crazy stunts you've pulled." AJ says as she points over to Alex. Figures, just like him to tell stories about me.

"Well, how about he walk and talk? I don't know about all of you, but I'm starving." I say as I point my thumb towards the door. Everyone nods in agreement, and follows me out the door. Twilight offered to buy lunch, which is nice considering five of us have no bits on us. As we walk towards our destination, I notice our group has kind of broken up into groups of two. Alex and AJ are talking up a storm about something that I can't decipher, Skyler and Rarity are talking about clothes or something like that, and Emily and Twilight are making friendly small talk between each other. Rainbow, being as loyal as she is, sticks by my side. Literally sticks by my side as in she's basically leaning on me as she flies.

"So Rainbow, any ideas on names for the foal yet?" I ask as we walk along in our little groups.

"Not sure... it would be helpful if we knew the gender. But then that would ruin the surprise."

"How about Skittles?" I say as I laugh at my own dumb joke.

"Seriously? You're not naming my foal after candy Matt."

"I was just kidding! But really, we should start thinking of names sometime."

"Yeah, and we should probably turn the guest bedroom into a room for the baby. Wanna work on that when we get back?"

"I was going to furnish the cabin tomorrow, but I guess we could do that instead."

We continue our small talk until we reach a decent sized cafe on the edge of town. Twilight leads us in, and I gape as I see the interior. It looks like a local cafe straight out of the fifties. Literally, it has those red leather booths with the checkered floor tiles, even a jukebox!

"It feels like Back to the Future in here man." Alex says as we walk in.

We all walk over to a large booth, and take our seats. Everyone sits in the same groups that we walked in, with four of us on one side of the booth, and four on the other. We order our drinks before leaning back and just relaxing. Feels good to be around to many good friends at the same time. Again, gotta hand it to Rainbow. Without her, none of this would have ever happened.

"Ah still can't believe that OUR Rainbow Dash is gonna be a mother!" Applejack says from across the table. Rainbow smiles and looks down at her stomach before rubbing a hoof over it. She leans into my side and looks up at me with a content smile.

"I'm not the only parent-to-be here."

"I'm way too excited for the delivery date in a few months. Having our own foal is going to be such an amazing experience for the both of us."

"So Rainbow... how is he in bed?" Alex looks over at us with an evil smile. Rainbow turns a deep red, everyone but Emily giggles since she doesn't know what that means, and I just stare at Alex with my mouth gaping.

"Well, how is he?" Rarity adds on, only to make it worse. I swear, my friends are evil, all of them.

"He's... uh... good?" Rainbow is able to stutter out. I slap my face into my hands and sigh. We've done it TWICE, and people are already asking how good I am at working my way around her? C'mon guys, I thought we were adults here.

"Yeah, ha ha, laugh it up. I don't see anyone else here getting any." I throw my hands up with that "Sweet burn" look on my face.

"Oh, my heart. That one hurt man." Alex says with a smile as he places his hand over his heart and pretends the fall over. Everyone laughs at him before we all regain our composers. After a while, a waiter comes to get our orders. Of course, the four humans at the table receive some odd stares and looks, but he seems to just go along with it.

"You guys have a really nice town here." Skyler says as she takes a sip from her drink. "I've never seen anything like it! And everyone is just so nice. Nothing like our world."

"She's got a point there. Our world sucks compared to this one. Little to no violence, the air and environment are so clean, and everyone is just generally nice." I reply.

"We try our best to keep harmony throughout not just our town, but also all of Equestria. As the elements of harmony, it is our job to spread the elements of friendship to anypony who needs it." Twilight explains with a happy smile. I check down to look at my phone, and notice it has a good eighty percent battery left. Meh, might as well capture the moment. Since I'm sitting on the edge of the booth, I have the perfect camera angle from here. I open up the camera app, and hold the camera high above my head.

"Everyone look here and smile." I say as I point to the camera. Half of them don't know exactly what they're looking at, but smile anyway. I snap the photo of the eight of us, and I gotta say, I don't think I will ever delete it. I just might get this framed if I can. It really captures all of us enjoying just being together as a group of friends.

"So, anybody got any interesting stories?" I ask to try to get a conversation going. We chat for a good twenty minutes before all of our food is brought out. Of course, most of it contains vegetables or some kind of flowers. We still talk throughout the meal, and something incredible actually happens.

"So, anypony got any crushes?" Applejack asks. The subject came up when we were talking about how Rainbow and I fell for each other.

"Um, actually..." Skyler rubs her hand up and down her arm before sighing. "I-I do."

"Really? Who is it?" Emily asks, now interested in the conversation.

"Well, he's here right now..." She says nervously. I remember her telling me about her little thing for Alex a while back. I had just forgotten about it until now. It's gotta be pretty obvious now though right? Alex and I are the only two guys here, and I'm very obviously taken.

"W-What?" Alex stutters as he almost chokes on his drink.

"I-I don't want to hide it anymore. I... kinda have a crush on you." She says with a nervous smile. Alex reach over Applejack, and she gets caught between the two of them, though she doesn't seem to mind.

"Oh, Matt, y-you aren't mad about this right?" Alex says as he starts to compose himself.

"Why would I be mad?" I say with a confused look as I eat a spoonful of salad.

"Well, you did have a thing for Skyler for three years..." Rainbow turns slightly red at Alex's words. I remember how much my crush on Skyler had hurt her before she revealed her true feelings to me. God, what I wouldn't give to go back and make sure that never happened. It kills me to think back and think I was making her miserable without even knowing about it.

"I have the perfect girl now, I think you can borrow the other perfect one." Two for one. Matt my boy, you are on point today. Both girls blush, and Rainbow even reaches up a kisses the side of my neck quickly before wrapping her legs around my back and chest. She leans her head on my side, and sighs a content sigh.

"I found the perfect guy." She says quietly. Everyone seems to hear her through, as all of her friends think it's just the cutest thing they've ever seen.

After lunch, we all head out to the park, and just sit around and talk some more. Rainbow and I sneak off at one point to take a walk around the lake. Long story short, we ended up laying down in a bush with Rainbow's face pressed up against mine for a good ten minutes.

Once the sun starts the set, the three other mares give their goodbyes before making their ways back to their respective houses. Skyler and Alex have really bonded since Skyler's little revelation at lunch. Turns out Alex kinda liked her too, which made it really easy for them to come together as a couple. It's actually a good thing for me too. I always felt bad for them when I would do anything romantic with Rainbow when they were around. I always felt like I would make them jealous of what we had. Now, I don't have to worry about that anymore. They have each other now.

I send Emily back to my parent's house through a portal before sending Alex and Skyler home. They gave each other a little goodbye kiss before stepping into their respective portals. Rainbow and I actually stay at the lake a little longer to watch the stars. As the moon rises above us, we hold each other close to our own bodies. We both laugh as we feel some more kicking in Rainbow's stomach. Equestria is an overall safe place to be, so it doesn't bother me when Rainbow suggests we spend the night here at the park. It is pretty warm here, and the grass is surprisingly comfortable.

It does get a little bit chilly as the night progresses, and Rainbow takes notice. As we're both falling asleep in each other's embrace, Rainbow flares out her wings and drapes them over me. I wrap myself in the feathers, and the chill of the night is replaced with genuine warmth.

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