Chapter 11: Skating

Pinkie waited happily at the train station, eagerly awaiting the arrival of her long distance coltfriend Braeburn, who was coming all the way from Appleloosa to see her now that his work over there was finished. As the train came into sigh over the horizon Pinkie began to bounce happily, making everypony else that was on the platform slowly back away from her. When the train finally pulled into the station Pinkie ran up and down the platform looking for which car Braeburn was coming out of. She didn't see him come out of the train before it began to move again, causing her to skid to a stop and begin to pout.

"I thought he was coming today..." Pinkie said sadly as she looked down at the platform, her eyes suddenly being covered by somepony's hooves. She stayed quiet as she tried to figure out who it would be, but the pony answered the question for her.

"Looking for somepony?" Braeburn asked happily, making Pinkie bounce up so fast she almost hit him on the chin. Luckily he backed out of the way fast enough and she ended up flying into the sky, turning around so she could land safely on him with a giant hug.

"BRAEBURN!" Pinkie shouted as she hugged him so hard he started to turn blue, making many of the ponies that were still on the platform give the pair confused and slightly worried looks. Evenutally Braeburn managed to push Pinkie off of himself just long enough to position his face right in front of hers, and with a deep breath he said,

"Pinkie, I love you"

"EEEE!" Pinkie squealed as she quickly pulled Braeburn into a deep kiss, which he happily accepted. The continued to kiss for a few minutes before the two of them began to run out of breath. When they broke apart they began to breath heavily, trying to regain their composure and breath. Before they headed down to town they kissed again, both of their faces now bright red.

"You're a good kisser" Pinkie said shyly as they started to walk off the platform.

"Yeah, you too" Braeburn said distantly as he looked up to the sky so he could avoid looking at Pinkie, the kissing having caused him to become very bashful. Once they reached the bakery they looked at each other again, only to turn bright red again as they opened the door. Mrs Cake had been the one watching the story at the time, and immediately knew what was going on between the two of them.

"Got physical did we?" Mrs Cake cooed, making the two of them blush even harder. She laughed happily and called

Mr Cake into the room so he could see the young couple as well, a hearty laugh coming from him when he saw their faces. He quickly ran back into the kitchen because of some cupcakes that had begun to burn in the oven, and Mrs Cake came over to apologize to them.

"Sorry about that, you two are just being so cute right now" Mrs Cake said with a smile as she tried hold in her laughter as they looked at each other, their faces getting redder as they looked into each other's eyes before looking away again. She continued to stand there as they started to calm down, managing to finally look in each other's general direction again.

"So, what are your plans for today?" Mrs Cake asked as she ran back behind the counter because a customer came in that wanted some red velvet cupcakes for his marefriend. Pinkie and Braeburn silently looked at each other, their faces blank as they attempted to think of something they could do that they would both enjoy.

"Want to go..." Braeburn trailed off, realizing that the buffalo run was only something ponies in Appleloosa did.

"Ice skating?" Pinkie proposed, getting a happy smile from Braeburn that let her know he would like that. She quickly ran off, leaving Braeburn and the other stallion alone in the front of the store, the two of them eventually striking up a conversation for the few minutes that Pinkie and Mrs Cake were somewhere else in the building.

"So..." the other stallion started catching Braeburn's attention, "You and Pinkie are...?"

"Yeah, pretty much" Braeburn answered, remembering in great detail the kiss him and Pinkie had shared on the station. He blushed slightly as he thought about her lips against his, but snapped out of it quickly.

"Wow, I'm amazed you can live with that crazy mare" the other stallion said with a laugh, "She's always so energetic, even now that she's pregnant"

"Yeah, sounds like I'll have my hooves full" Braeburn said as a loud bang came from upstairs, followed by an uh oh from Pinkie, "How about you?"

"I'm just getting some treats for her, she loves red velvet" the stallion said just as Mrs Cake came out of the back with a brown paper bag. She handed the bag to him and he handed her the bits she asked for, then he was off, giving Braeburn a nod goodbye before leaving.

"Ready to go skating?!" Pinkie shouted as she almost jumped down the stairs, her excitement almost overwhelming her at the moment. Braeburn nodded and took the skates from her, the two of them waving goodbye to Mrs Cake before heading out to Ponyville Lake. Once they were on the ice Pinkie was moving around frantically, perform amazing spins and twirls, meanwhile Braeburn just attempted to stay upright. When she noticed it she came over to help him, but felt a sudden cramp in her stomach, causing her to fall to the ice. Because she had been moving fast she turned into a small rocket, colliding with Braeburn, tossing both of them into the nearby snowbank.

"Pinkie are you okay?" Braeburn asked worriedly, moving to pick her up out of the snow as fast as possible.

"Stomach. Hurts..." Pinkie managed to say, her voice extremely strained as she tried to fight the pain she was now feeling. Without thinking Braeburn picked her up off the ground and threw her onto his back, forgetting to take both of their skates off before running to the hospital. When he came in on the skates the nurses and patients in the waiting room immediately looked at them in confusion, but one of the older nurses had a hunch about what was going on.

"Is this Pinkamena Diane Pie?" the nurse asked in a tired old voice, to which Braeburn quickly nodded, "Ok, come with me" She turned around and began to lead them down a hallway and into one of the maternity rooms, which was empty at the time.

"I'll get Doctor Stable now, you can go wait in the waiting room until we call you in, okay?" the nurse said, leading Braeburn back to the waiting room where the ponies there gave him even more confused looks. After Braeburn sat down the ponies looked away, but one of the nurses came over a few minutes later, a blank expression on her face as she stopped in front of him.

"Sir?" the nurse asked, making Braeburn look up at her in confusion, "Can you please take off the skates, you're scuffing the floors" Braeburn blushed furiously and quickly took the skates off, remebering right then that Pinkie also had her skates on when he picked her up. After he quickly checked his back for any cuts he relaxed, but then began to worry about the fact that Pinkie still had her skates on, but when a nurse came out with them he let out a happy sigh. The nurse set them down next to him and he stopped her to ask what was going on.

"Sir, she's begun contractions, we believe she is going into labor soon" the nurse said as though he should have already known. At that moment Braeburn's mind went completely blank except for one singular thought.

PINKIE'S GIVING BIRTH RIGHT NOW?!