Tea for you.

Three months before six months from now.

I sip at a glass of orange juice as some mare guides Luna and I into a rather large kitchen.

"As you can see this property comes with a newly remodeled kitchen. Granite counter tops, a little bar with a lockable cabinet for your special drinks, and stainless steel appliances. There is even a sliding glass door that leads right out into the beautiful back yard, you can even get a good view of the little pool the last family put in."

The backyard was fenced in with a white wooden fence that stood at nearly twelve feet. The pool was kind of a tear-drop shape with the stairs in near an area of the curve. It had little marking that stated the depth, the shallow end was three feet and the deepest part was six. Pretty nice I suppose, I'm not much of a swimmer but I guess Luna and I could spend a few summer afternoons lounging about in the clear blue waters.

"How's the neighborhood? I mean I know we're a mile out from Ponyvile but is there anypony who lives nearby?" Luna asks as she gawks at the pool and glorious back yard.

"About half a mile up the road, there is a little mare who keeps to herself. I've met her only once but she's quite shy and lives with a few cute animals." The mare says with a kind smile.

As many of you may have realized: we are shopping for a home. It was Luna's idea honestly, she and I had a spat over my current home. After a bit of an argument, I stopped the spat by promising that I would sell my store and home if we could find a home that we could both say was perfect. Thus far...this one was making my flat look like a hovel. I liked the design of the place, black stone-brick walls on the outside and bright, usually blue, wallpaper on the inside. It was two stories tall with the second story half-sized. The interior of the second floor was exactly half of the first and other half was technically exterior. Half of the roof of the first floor had been given a railing and called an 'upper deck'.

I liked that 'upper deck' quite a bit. Mostly because the master bedroom was the only room with access to it! That was through double wood/glass doors. They looked pretty good and the glass wasn't even clear it was stained glass. I liked that as well, and Luna like the half moon sections of clear glass in the center of both doors. There were three bedrooms in the house counting the master bedroom. The smallest was the other bedroom upstairs which rested across the small hall from the master bedroom and next to a bathroom that did not have a shower. There was another bathroom connected to the living room that had a shower/bath and a smaller one with a bath and shower in the master bedroom. The living room was the first room you see when you walk into the house, there was an arch way that went into the kitchen across from the front doors. In the kitchen there is a doorway to the left of the sliding glass doors that go back towards the living room but lead upstairs to the small hallway with the upstairs rooms and closet. Now back to the living room, when you enter on your right is the sofas, coffee table, etc. To your left is a door that goes into a bathroom with a bath and shower, to the right of that door is a door that leads into a bedroom about half the size of the master bedroom.

"And how much was the price?" I ask as I smile broadly. "Thus far this house seems good. What do you say Luna?"

"I agree, my dear." She says with a smirk. "Unless the price is monstrous this manor is perfect for us."

"Well the price is just under half a million bits. I'd have to get out the documents but I think it's close to four hundred and thirty thousand bits." The relator mare says the spark of a possible sale in her eyes.

I lean over to Luna and whisper so the relator can't hear me. "I can sell the bookstore for a million bits and buy a new one in Ponyvile for five hundred thousand. We can buy this house and I can keep my job!" I say in a very excited tone of a whisper.

Luna and I exchange glances then we both smile and nod. I look down at Luna's growing stomach and smile. "We'll take it." I say not even making eye contact with the relator.
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We sat in our newly bought home. Completely empty of furniture besides the living room furniture and kitchen appliances. Luna and I smiled as we talked of the future and where we'd keep our things.

"So what about your duties as a Princess?" I asked at around five in the evening. Sitting at the bar in the kitchen while Luna prepared a meager meal we had picked up just an hour previously.

"Except for on weekends, I'll teleport to my office in Canterlot and manage the empire at night from dusk til dawn." She says as she stirs the rice meal.

"Why not on weekends?" I ask with a puzzled expression.

"Telecommunication, if its an emergency they'll send a letter through magic and I'll come down, but otherwise they'll just send the occasional bit of paperwork for me to sign and send back." Luna says with a chuckle. "I love the 'night shift' but weekends are usually slow so I said 'Just mail me my work'" She says as she pours the spiced rice into two bowls. "Besides, you need me here some nights just so we can....you know." She winks at me.

I wink back and laugh. Then I smile as I look around a the new house. "This is our home." I say proudly. "I can't wait for the movers to get our furniture here. Tonight we sleep on the couches, tomorrow we sleep in that glorious master bedroom!" I laugh.