The loner

I started to wake up from last night. I wondered, “Did it actually happen? Yes, it had to, the onion rings are right there,” just as I thought this Theo burst in.

“Hey! I heard you got off your ass, and had a good time!” he said in high spirits.

“I don’t know about a good time. I completely bombed with this mare I like,” I said while sitting up on the couch, with my head down.

“Hey come on now, how bad could it be,” he said like a mother would.

“Well, I came into the bar saw her, then I started to read her. Why is this cutie mark here!” I screamed while throwing a lamp across the room in rage, shattering it into a million pieces.

“I know its tuff, but you got-,”

“You have no clue what it’s like. You can do something that doesn’t drive you insane that you do on everything. What if you constantly knew what everyone was thinking? Would it be easy, no, it’d be hell!” I screamed at him, I knew that he was just trying to help, but I was just so mad when he said the words, “I know,” because he doesn’t know, no one does.

Then Lila walked in, “Oh no, not now,” I thought to myself. As she took one step with her right foot, then a bit smaller with her left, that meant she was nervous, “Why can’t I stop!” I screamed in my head.”

“Hey Lila,” Theo said, “Whatcha need?” he said, trying to pick up the pieces from the lamp. I hated him for it.

“I just wanted to return this,” said as she put the phone on the table, while taking 1.3 seconds to put down the phones which meant she wanted to stay.

“Why can’t I stop?” I asked myself wanting to shoot myself in the head.

“Oh thanks,” Theo said, picking up the last few pieces of the lamp. Then she took 1 half step back, which meant she was feeling a bit awkward, but still wanted to be with someone. “Probably Theo,” I thought, while sighing in my head. “Sorry for the mess,” Theo added.

“Yeah I got a little, angry,” I said. Then Lila lifted her hoof up for .6 seconds that meant she wanted to say something, but couldn’t come up with something.

“Well, uh I guess I’ll go,” she took 3.2 seconds to turn, she wanted to stay.

“Alright see you around,” then she took 4.1 seconds to shut the door, she wanted to stay, “Shut up!” I screamed in my mind.

“Bye,” she said as she shut the door.

“So, was that her?” Theo asked as he sat next to me.

“Yes,” I said as I started to lay down, back on the couch.

“She seems nice.”

“She likes you,” I said in a way that said, ‘I hate you’.

“Dude, I know that I’m not the reader of the two of us, but dude she likes you.”

“I know she likes one of us, and you obviously are the more compatible choice.”

“Whatever dude, she likes you,” as he said this he got up, and walked to the door, then left.

“I need to cheer myself up, Pinkie pie always helped,” I thought to myself, as I walked down the steps, and then walked out the door. I took a left, to Pinkie’s shop. The entire place was Pink the door the walls, there was also purple, and a white trim to the beams that supported it. The whole house was an almost transparent 3D diamond pattern of a lighter colored pink than the wall, and it had purple lines all over it, and inside the floor was white, and the wall was the same shade of pink as the wall outside (hot), but this time it had purple stripes all along the walls.

“Hey Pinkie,” I said, she was the one other person I could talk to.

“Hey Zac, what’s your poison?” she asked while pointing to the cold sweets in the glass counter.

“Can I have the usual.” it was just a plain glazed doughnut.

“Yyeeess sir!” she said as she picked up the doughnut closest to her.

“Thanks Pinkie,” I said taking out a couple bucks.

“No, no, it’s on me.”

“You sure?”

“Yeah, besides you probably are wasting you money on all the cute mares,” she made me blush.

“Naw, no one wants me,” I said like Alfalfa would.

“Pff, bull shit.”

“Well there is a girl I like, but I think she likes Theo.”

“Who?”

“Lila.”

“Hmm, good to know,” just as she said that Lila walked in.

“Hey ponies, Pinkie can I get a piece of cake?”

“Sure,” Pinkie said in a jealous way.

“Want to eat with me?” Lila asked.

“Sure,” I said, noticing her pointing at the cake for an extra second, which meant, she wanted to talk alone, about something serious. “Just SHUT UP!” I yelled aloud. “Sorry, I was thinking about something,” I said trying my best not to be awkward, I didn’t succeed.

“Yeah, okay, well why don’t we sit down,” she was scared, I didn’t need to read her for that, however, she leaned back for .6 seconds, which meant she still wanted to talk.

“So, um you want to u-,” she was cut off by pinkie.

“Here’s your doughnut,” she said politely, “And here’s your cake,” she said as she slammed he cake. He wanted to think about what Pinkie did, but Lila wanted to talk, and he wouldn’t disappoint her again, not after last night.

“So… what did you want to talk about?” I said as I picked up my doughnut.

“Well, last night, and today were, um a bit weird, to say the least.”

“Yeah, I, um just,” I was losing her! “My grandma just died!” I yelled. “I mean my grandma just died,” I said in a sadder manor.

“Oh my god! How old was she?”

“16 years old.”

“Wow! She lived a long life,” she said while taking another nibble from her cake.

“Yeah she did,” I said trying to act sad with my head down.

“Well I just wanted to say, that next time you come to the bar, please play. I’d like it.”
I was caught off guard by her saying that, did she really liked me? I blushed, and my heart was beating way to fast. Even if I wanted to I wouldn’t be able to read her. “Maybe this is how I stop the readings,” I thought to myself. Then she put a hoof on mine.

She smiled and got up, leaving some cash on the table, I saw her leave, but in the corner of my eye I saw Pinkie. She was doing something, but I was too focused on Lila.

“What were you doing right there?” Theo asked psyched that I made a friend

“I was talking to a…” I hesitated. “Friend.”

“Go Zac! Well I won’t keep you. I hereby give you permission to sit on your ass some more,” he said while knighting me with his hoof.

“Thanks I guess,” I said while getting up and leaving some bucks on the table, and walking out.

“Maybe she does like me," i thought to myself.