Not much could be said about Andrew’s current chaotic state of mind, but when he felt firefly’s tongue try to force it’s way into his maw, a few more synapses overloaded. Pressed up against the cloud wall, he had no chance to escape the old mare who was now rubbing her lower half on him.

Finally regaining control of several more vital functions, his diverted all power to his arms. With unexpected speed, his arms coiled, before shooting up under Firefly’s forelegs. Using the sudden moment of shock, he extended his arms to their full reach, locking his elbows.

“You have exactly ten seconds to explain what that fuck that was before I do something really stupid,” he said harshly.

“Oh come now, we both know you were enjoying it,” Firefly teased.

“Eight.”

“Oh alright! Put me down,” She commanded.

Reluctantly, Andrew set the mare down, but kept a stern gaze trained on her. Using his full stature to his advantage, he towered over the mare, with a decidedly ‘pissed off’ expression.

“Spill.”

Firefly took a moment to look over him before a smile found its way to her face. “Congratulations, I deem you worthy.”

“What,” Andrew said flatly.

“I wanted to see how you would have reacted to a sexy mare trying to steal you away from Rainbow,” She beamed, jumping into a ‘striking pose’. Despite not liking her, Andrew couldn’t tell her that she didn’t look as good as she thought she did.

‘It’ll be funnier when she learns that herself.’

“So a test? To prove my affections for Dash, you slobbered all over me? Ever heard of extremists?”

“Don’t be that way, I did this to every colt Rainbow brought home,” she waved off.

“What!”

“Oh yes. We both know just how... Clingy my Dashie can get, if a stallion would drop her for another mare at the tip of a hat, then what was the point of letting her get that close? Neutralize the problem before it started as it were.”

“You made out with all of Rainbow’s interests? Does she know?!”

“Oh Celestia forbid, no! She would probably never look at me the same way again! This is just our little secret now,” She said evilly.

“Okay... So what did I do to ‘pass’ then?”

“Well for a start you didn’t kiss back. If you had I would have failed you instantly,” She spoke in a manner that reminded Andrew of his high school teachers.

“You also showed that you were no pushover, but didn’t attack me. You stated your anger without resorting to violence.”

“I’d never hit a woma- Mare, it goes against everything I was brought up by,” Andrew stated strongly. Hitting a girl was never okay. Even in self defense, he would never punch, just push and, if a weapon was present, disarm.

“Well that’s good to hear, though I could probably take you,” Firefly boasted.

Andrew shook his head in disbelief, when a sudden thought entered his head.

“When was the last time Rainbow brought home a stallion?” He asked.

“Huh? Probably when she was fifteen, why?” Firefly answered, the question confusing her.

“So this little test is intended for teenagers and first timers huh?”

“Yeah?”

Andrew had to chuckle at that. “Ha, she really did tell you much about me did she?”

“No she said she wanted me to meet you in the flesh.”

“Firefly... I’ve been married before.”

“What?” Firefly shouted, now it was her turn to be shocked.

“Well, not married. Engaged,” he admitted.

“hell I was even a father before I came here. Believe me when I say, that I know how important I am to Dash, and i’m going to do everything in my power to make her happy,” He said, his voice conveying a steely resolve that Firefly knew was genuine.

“If you had a family why did you leave them? What kind of father leaves their chi-” Firefly’s retort was cut short by the powerful glare she got from the human.

“Don’t. You. Fucking. Dare,” Andrews said quietly. His tone conveying so much rage and hurt, as if the collective suffering of humanity found its way into his words.

Firefly was so taken aback by the strength of the statement, she simply nodded dumbly.

“And for the record,” Andrew added as he turned to leave. “Your daughter does deserve better. But she got me instead.”

All in all, the day went well after that small encounter. Firefly became more reserved and friendly towards the human, now that she understood his plight, she had become far more understanding.

Dash had taken her brother away to speak with him about what he could and couldn’t point out. Understandable, High Ace was horrified when he learnt what he had been saying had been offending her sisters new interest.

Masquerade had become far less weary of Andrew when the two had started swapping stories. Namely about one blue pegasus, that gave them both endless entertainment and annoyed Rainbow to no end.

Spectrum had even decided to cook a barbecue. (Vegetarian of course.) And with a little help from Andrew, the self proclaimed ‘B.B.Q King’ a feast was soon prepared, and devoured.

The day had gone so well in fact that Andrew decided to take up their offer on spending the night. Needless to say, seeing Dash’s room from her teens was rather amusing.

As Andrew lay in the comfy cloud bed, Dash spoke up from her spot on top of him.

“Mom seemed a lot better around you after you two spoke. What did she want to talk about?” Dash questioned innocently.

Andrew’s eyes shot open, “Uh just, about you and plans for the future,” he lied.

“Really? That doesn’t seem like her,” Dash pondered.

“Well she did get me thinking. What are we gonna do about, you know. Kids?”

Dash looked wide eyed into Andrew’s own. “I-I uh, um. I do want kids. I really do, but, can we even have them? You and I?”

Andrew felt a smirk cross his face, “We can always keep trying,” he whispered into her ear.

Dash returned the smirk, eager to drop the subject. “I’ve always wanted to do it on this bed.”

Author's Note

Short crappy chapter I know! Expect another chapter later today to make up for it!