Paladins’ day had been pretty normal so far. He hadn't been surprised to wake up and see that Dusk had left for Sweet Apple Acres already. Yawning, he lay in bed, wondering if he should get up or not. After a few minutes of deliberation, his stomach ended the debate by growling loudly. A stretch and walk to the kitchen later, Paladin was eating a wonderful rose and hay sandwich, a combination he found delicious. It would never replace the succulent taste of God-given bacon, but it would do. Paladin finished his breakfast and began to think about what to do today. It was Tuesday, and the library was usually slow today. Looking outside to make sure nothing was happening out of the ordinary (as something did every week) and seeing the day commence as normal, he decided to stay home today.

He had been wondering about how unicorns are able to use magic and had borrowed a book on magic use from Twilight, who was extremely excited to have somepony who enjoyed books and learning like she did. And enjoy it Paladin did, from learning of how long it takes for a foal to use and control magic to the varying types of magic known to pony kind. He retrieved the book from the shelf it was resting on and opened to where his bookmark was, two pages from the end. 'Guess I won't be staying home after all.' Paladin thought, finishing the final two pages quickly. Closing the book, he walked out of his apartment and walked downstairs only to bump into somepony.

"I'm sorry, I- oh, hey Twilight. What brings you here?" Paladin said to the surprised unicorn.

"Oh, hi Paladin. I was just coming over to give you volume 3 of Magic and its History. And it’s almost noon and nopony said they saw you, so I thought I would check up on you. You know, in case something was wrong." Twilight explained, growing slightly red towards the end.

Paladin chuckled. "Well, I was just going to head to the library to borrow that, but I guess I don't have to now. Come on upstairs." Paladin said turning tail and walking back to the apartment. "Well, it’s nothing fancy, but we call it home." Paladin said walking through the door. He sat down on the couch and motioned to Twilight to come sit next to him. She walked over and used her lavender magic to pull a thick tome out of her saddlebag that read Magic and its History: Volume III and placed it on the table.

"You sure are going through these quickly. I've never seen anypony read these as quickly as you do. It reminds me of me." Twilight said adding a laugh at the end.

Paladin laughed a little too. "Well, I can be quite the bookworm when I want to." Paladin said, handing Twilight volume 2. While handing the book to her, Paladin and Twilight looked into each other’s eyes and looked for what felt like hours before the two turned and looked away embarrassed. "You, uh... have pretty eyes." Paladin said a touch of embarrassment still present in his voice. 'You, UH? Nice burn, David.' Paladin thought to himself until Twilight giggled her amazingly cute giggle.

"Thank you. I like your eyes as well." Twilight said with a smile and slight red in her cheeks. Twilight’s stomach growling interrupted what was starting to be a good moment. Twilight smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I haven't had anything aside from breakfast."

"Don't worry, I can make you something. Anything special that you want?" Paladin asked walking to the kitchen.

"I would love a rose sandwich right now." Twilight said.

Paladin started gathering what he would need to fill Twilights order. "One rose sandwich, coming right up." Paladin said, earning a laugh from Twilight. "I would have one too, but I had breakfa- err lunch just a little while ago." Paladin explained. While finishing up the sandwich, Paladin hummed a few notes from Talking to the Moon, one of his favorite songs, when Twilight heard a little.

"What song is that?" she asked, surprising Paladin a little.

"Oh, uh, I don't think you've heard it before. They were a local star." Paladin said quickly, handing Twilight her lunch.

"Well, why not sing a little, see if I have heard of it." Twilight asked, taking a bite from her sandwich. Paladin was mortified. He loved music, and would sing to himself every now and then when he was alone, but couldn't dance and was terrified of preforming for any audience, even one pony. Twilight must have figured that out from the blank stare he was giving her and said, "Or if you're not use to singing for ponies, that's alright." Twilight said, smiling as Paladin stammered to find something to say.

"Uh, no, it's, uh, it's ok, I mean, if you want to hear a little..." Paladin said before hanging his head and sighing in frustration at his stupidity.

"Come on, Paladin, I'm sure you'll do fine." Twilight said earnestly. Paladin looked up and got all the confidence he needed from her. Paladin took a deep breath, and began at the start of the song, sounding extremely close to how it actually was. As he sang, Twilight listened in awe, her lunch and hunger forgotten for the time being. Paladin thought he would only do the opening and the first chorus but seeing how much Twilight was enjoying the music, he decided to sing a little more, and a little more, until he had sang the whole song.

"Thank you mares and gentlecolts. I'll be here all week." Paladin said at the end. Twilight was smiling at Paladin.

"That was incredible, Paladin! Are you sure singing isn't your special talent?" Twilight said. Paladin checked his flank, and noticed it was still blank. He was about to say something when he noticed Twilight was also checking his flank, but in a different manner.

After a moment, he said, "Guess singing isn't my special talent." grinning as Twilight brought her attention back to Paladins face.

"Ha ha, I, uh, I guess not." Twilight said nervously, growing rather red. Paladin just smiled and took the now cleared plate and headed to the kitchen to clean it and put it away.

"The name is Talking to the Moon, in case you couldn't tell." Paladin said to start conversation again.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "I never would have guessed." she said playfully.

"I knew it." Paladin said with a grin on his face as he sat down next to Twilight.

"Any other talents you have that nopony knows about?" Twilight asked still playfully.

"Hmm... not that..." Paladin said in mock thought, getting a laugh from Twilight, "... nothing special about THAT... no, I think that was it." Paladin said smiling.

"I never knew you were such a comedian." Twilight said looking at him.

"Well, only when I want to be." Paladin said looking at her. He looked into her lavender eyes, at how large they were, how the sun glittered off them softly, how warm and inviting they were. He felt like he could look at them forever, forgetting that he was trapped in an alien world, away from friends and family, feeling safe, feeling like he mattered. It had been a long time since he felt like this, longer than he cared to admit. He was only half-aware as he slowly moved closer to her, as she did the same and felt the warm touch of her lips on his.

It felt like forever, being lost in the moment with Twilight, feeling like he had felt for someone long, long ago. Eventually, he pulled back, slowly, not wanting to ruin the bliss he felt, but having to know if Twilight was feeling the same way. He opened his eyes as Twilight opened hers, and simply looked at her, satisfied that she seemed to have the same stupid, love-struck look in her eyes as he must have. "Do you, uh... want to get dinner sometime?" Paladin asked after a while. Twilight smiled.

"Yes, I would like to have dinner with you. Does tomorrow work?" Twilight asked with an amazing smile on her face.

"Yeah, tomorrow works." Paladin said, smiling a dazzling smile of his own.

Twilight gave another giggle and looked out the window. "Wow, time really flies when you're having fun." She said noticing the setting sun, "I had better get back to the library." Twilight said looking back to Paladin. "I'll see you tomorrow?" She asked standing and gathering the book Paladin was returning.

"Yeah, I'll come by at 6 or so." Paladin said. Twilight walked over to the door with Paladin close behind.

"See you then." Twilight said before giving Paladin a surprise kiss goodbye and heading downstairs.

"See ya then..." Paladin said to nopony in particular.

Present Day

"And that was my day." David concluded. Rob seemed confused at how his friend had fallen so hard for someone. It had been a while for him, Rob knew.

"Wow, David. Sorry I knocked ya right in the grill like that." Rob said. David had rubbed his jaw several times throughout the story, taking a break when needed.

"It's fine. I kinda deserved it." David said and chuckled slightly. "Anyway, I should start to find a good place to take Twilight. I don't know a whole lot of restaurants in Ponyville." David thought out loud. "

Why not that Sugercube Corner place we went ta when we first came here? I'm sure Pinkie could set it up real nice for ya."

David thought about it for a moment. "That's not a bad idea. I'm sure she would be happy to help two friends on a date." David said. "Guess I'm off to Sugercube Corner. Have fun on Sweet Apple Acres." David added heading out.