That Way

   Derpy slept soundly. She dreamed about some weird things, but it was a nice break for her exhausted body. She felt movement again, and she slowly started to woke up. It was the foal, apparently she was awake. Derpy yawned, it was a nice picnic, and a good meal. It had to be around 3:00 when she looked at a watch she had in her coat pocket. She really did not have much to do today. Usually she would always come home late, but today she had all the time in the world. Maybe she would hang out with Twilight at her house? As she opened her eyes, she felt very cold. The others were having a snowball fight. Derpy would not join in, since she probably did not have the energy to anyway. When she looked around, the sky was cloud and dark. It seemed a snow storm was threatening to come. Rainbow Dash and Applejack, who were both throwing snowballs by a fort they made stopped. They were the first to notice that it may be a good time to pack up. It was peaceful weather, it made everyone go in, and made the streets quiet. Derpy found herself taking naps all the time in this cloudy, and dark weather.

            She had to thank Narley for giving her this great oppurtunity. Although the weather was dark, it was some of her favorite. The mail ponies also had not been messing with her lately. One stallion, named Butch, would always press her buttons and mess with her. Even he stopped messing with Derpy once she became pregnant and got the easier jobs. Another thing she had to thank Narley for, was getting the news across, without causing her much trouble. The town gossip was a little annoying. She did not like Sweetie Belle asking her about it, of all ponies. What was so special about it anyway? It was special for Derpy, but when the Cake twins were born, there was not too much gossip. Hopefully it would stay that way when she returned. That was, of coarse, if she could find a foal sitter of some sort. She was sure her friends would help out.

         Applejack began rolling up the blankets, while Pinkie and Fluttershy threw any rash in the baskets. They were leaving already? Although she fell asleep, she still wanted to do something. Derpy pretended to be asleep, and Twilight threw a cover over her while the others talked. When they finished, they sat back and enjoyed the site of new falling snow. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew around in it, while Twilight put on her saddle bag. Rarity came over and looked down at Derpy.

"She must be exhausted. Poor mare..." Rarity sighed. Derpy stayed quiet, tucking her head under the blanket thrown over her.

"It looks like she is getting a nap now, not for much longer!" Pinkie said, hopping around as usual.

"I am sure she is... Ditzy has been going through a lot. I am happy for her, but this kind of happened at a inopportune time for her" Twilight turned as Rarity came next to her.

"Oh, I can't wait Twilight. She is going to be the best mother, and she is going to be so happy. I bet it is going to be the cutest filly ever. I mean, Ditzy is extremely beautiful, she just doesn't know it."

"Well, I'd be happy to take care of her when she needs to work. You said I was good with foals... right Rarity?" Fluttershy said quietly. Rarity nodded

"But Twilight..."

"Yes Rarity?" Derpy smiled a bit, she was happy they were talking about her. Although it was only the foal stuff.

"It is not a problem. I feel bad for asking... but you know a little more then I do. Is the foal going to have her crossed eyes? I mean, is it genes? I know it is not in Jet's genes" Twilight sighed. She was not offended by it, being she wanted to hear the answer herself.

"Probably not. It is not genes, it is a birth defect. Probably from the mother doing things she shouldn't have. I have been watching Derpy though, and we both know she does not drink or smoke, so she is fine" Rarity smiled and nodded. Derpy let out a breath in relief as she cuddled more in the blanket. She was nice and warm, and unzipped her jacket so that her lump could hang out.

             They went around and picked up a few more things. Trash and such. The rest of them rambled on. Derpy just day dreamed about getting a bath when she got home, and laying in her own bed. Somehow, whilst thinking of beds, she totally forgot about the room for the upcoming foal. She had a empty one, but she still needed all the essentials. A crib, changing table, dresser, mirror, toys, and a nice painting job. Derpy also needed things to take cake of her, like bottles, toys, carriers, strollers, pacifiers, mobiles, a large supply of diapers, powder, and a ton of other things. When did Derpy get all these things? Maybe it was too early, she would have to ask Twilight. She went back in the middle with the group.

"Alright y'all we are about done now" Applejack said, putting her basket and blanket down." Rarity had her hoof on her chin.

"Alright, well I will get her up. Did any of us decide what we are going to do when she is born? We are going to have to help her and all, if Jet is not going to be around"

"Well, we have a lot of time. We should really let her handle herself. I mean, I will help her, but Ditzy should be fine on her own. Remember that we are being her friends... we aren't allowing her to be around only for that reason" Twilight sighed, Rainbow flew down and landed.

"Well, I will be mighty proud to help her too" Applejack said with a smile.

"In all honesty, I think the one who did it to her should be the one helping her. Not out with other mares while she is suffering" She growled. Twilight gasped with Fluttershy.

"Rainbow! Shush! You don't want to wake her up!" Rainbow pushed Rarity aside.

"No, I'm not. I think we should tell her, I don't want Jet to get away with this..."

"Rainbow what are you even talking about? We having a super nice conversation" Pinkie looked at Rainbow, her tone was not as happy as it usually was.

"Fluttershy, Rarity and I saw Jet walking with another mare. We wanted to tell her, but Twilight did not want us to. I don't understand why. How can he be so damn selfish! He is going to have a filly, and he is ignoring the mare he is going to have her with! I just want what is best for her, she is one of the friendliest mares in the town, who would never hurt any-" Twilight cut her off, angry.

"Stop right there! It is none of your business Dash! This is not the right time, and you are talking really loud too. If you want to protect that mare, you will stay out of her business and let things play out. We don't know Jet as much as she does, we will let her decide. We are not going to take drastic measures by telling her, or involving ourselves. We will make it worse" Rarity looked over at Twilight. Derpy looked over, her ears perked up at what she was hearing. After she was about to fall asleep, her ears rang with the news Rainbow brought in.

"So... we are just going to watch him cheat on her? Twilight, I don't think going by the book will work on this one. Ditzy is not the type of mare who could figure it out for herself"

"Well, I am thinkin' we should be tellin' her. Be honest with her, y'all know. I think not telling Ditzy would be hurting her more then anything. Knowin' Jet, he probably find a way to blame it on her, and make her feel bad" Derpy was in shock by what she was hearing. She could on lie on her blanket as tears began running down her face.

"Well... I know I may not have a opinion... but I would just like to say I agree with Applejack. We may be hurting her more by not telling her... I also have heard he has been doing more then just walking with her" Twilight stared at Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy.... what did you hear?"

"I'm sorry... nevermind..."

"Spit it out!" Rainbow yelled.

"Rose said she saw them at dinner, and at the bar! She is a new pony in town, a very pretty one.... they-" All of them stared at her. "They.. uh.. kissed"

"That is the last straw! We are telling her Twilight! Stop being a pussy!" Rainbow pushed passed her and walked over to Derpy.

"Don't you dare use that language Dashie! We are your friends! We come first! With how loud you are, I would not be surprised if she already heard all this. Why did everything go down hill so fast..." Pinkie looked angry, this was not her. The tension was rising, and Derpy could only gently cry. Wondering how Jet could betray her, but she was mostly confused and scared. She wiped her face on the blanket as the 6 stared at each other angry.

"P-Pussy?!" Twilight pulled her by the tail away from Derpy, and Rainbow yelped. "It isnt your choice!"

"If we don't tell her, who will Twilight? I'm siding with Rainbow" Rarity stared at Twilight.

"Don't fight, today was a nice day... I just am tired of only talking about the foal because everything else she has going on is linked to Jet. I think if we tell her, not only will she have a better relationship with us, but have a better life too. He is really mean and abusive" Fluttershy said while backing up from Rainbow who had a pissed face on.

"Fluttershy, do you want us to be responsible for that foal not having a father? Or having Ditzy depressed for weeks and weeks, on top of being pregnant? Stress is the last thing she needs right now" Twilight looked away as Rainbow, as she swore under her breath, walking away from the situation.

"Twilight, we may be saving her less stress in the future if we tell her now"

"Listen to yourself Rarity! You really want to mess with that choice, of if that little filly has a father, and a well mother? We should let things play out, and not toy with her relationship" Rainbow began hovering, a couple feet away.

"I'm going home... Lets go Fluttershy" Fluttershy began hovering as well. She did not really have a choice.

"S-sorry guys... please don't be mad at each other" The two began hovering.

"I just don't want anymore pain for Ditzy! I don't think not telling her will help either, just give it more time to get worse! Don't you think having a abusive father is worse then not having one at all?" Rarity blurted out. Pinkie was in the background with Applejack, picking up a blanket. "We could possibly help her so much if we told her, and we can cause so many more problems if we don't. I will take that risk. I am sorry Twilight, but you are the last one I would listen to on advice on this" Twilight sighed, it was kind of true, but the way Rarity put it was kind of wrong. It made her put her head down, a little hurt by it.

"I think y'all should stop... We are creating tension between ourselves... I think we should just stop for a minute and think this over" Applejack announced. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy landed, and the six of them stood their dead silent. They were all thinking up their cases. Derpy's crying got worse, she tried to keep herself quiet under the cover. She did not understand why Jet did this to her. How could he say he loved her? How did Derpy ever see anything in this stallion? She sobbed under the cover, and was not doing a good job of not being noticed. She felt the movement in her stomach again, Twilight did say that stress was hard on the baby. Derpy was experiencing a ton of it.

          Snow continued falling, Derpy straightened her jacket over her self. She continued sniffling and sobbing as the six stared at the ground, or up at the snow flakes for 10 minutes. She cried harder, the more she thought about it. Twilight was right in the way that she did not want to know this was happening. It was going to make everything a lot harder now. Derpy knew she would probably go home tonight, and throw all of his stuff into the street. He was the first pony that she actually wanted to do bad to. It was not her attitude to hate, but she definitely was right now. With one final sniffle, Rainbow turned her head and looked at the lump under the cover, which was Derpy.

"Derpy?" She said. Rainbow walked over as she continued crying. She took the blanket off of her head, to see she was crying, and looked mortified.

"Good job... Just... Another perfect idea Rainbow. I'm going home...." Twilight rolled her eyes, and walked away from the group with her basket. The other 5 looked down at her.

"W-what's wrong?" Pinkie Pie questioned. Derpy took a little to respond.

"I heard everything"

"You know what Dash, since y'all were the one being so loud, I will leave this to you" Applejack turned away.

"I... think we should of told her... but after thinking about it Twilight was right. I knew this would be how she reacted. I will see you later Rainbow... if you don't mind, I'm going to go home. I am not mad... I am just cold" Fluttershy said, lieing. She flew off and Pinkie did not say a word, as she trotted off as well. It was only Rainbow Dash and Rarity.

"I... I am sorry Ditzy" Rainbow put her head down.

"Nopony wanted this to happen darling. We are here for you though... and your little one" Derpy sniffled again.

"T-thanks guys. It is not your f-f-fault..."

            There was nothing much all of them could say. If Derpy did hear everything, which she did, there was not much explaining to do. Derpy calmed down, and told them to go. They stood around, trying to make it better, until she yelled for them to leave in anger. It was a mistake to tell her. Now she was yet again, miserable. Not smiling, or saying hello, or clumsy as usual, she walked through the cold streets, depressed, as the snow fell. Jet was going to pay. Derpy's hard earned money was being wasted so that he could take some pretty new mare to dinner. When she got home, she cried hard, as she slammed the door. Running into the old beaten house and shoving every single item of his into bags. While sobbing, she tossed them out the door with force. She took her wedding band out the door with the couple of things he had. Derpy finally wrote a note. She folded it up, and put it on top of his briefcase in the little pile set up on the side of her yard. She slammed the door and locked it, somehow the doorknob broke off. Derpy was thrown back, on her flank, as she curled up in a ball and began to feel sorry for herself. It happened so fast, that her life was turned upside down, and her filly was stuck without a father.

           It was a bright spring day when she met him. Jet stood out, he was a great looking, young, stallion and he knew it. Derpy was doing a large shipment to Canterlot with other workers to the factory he worked in. At the time Jet was a manager, and when she handed him the clipboard, their eyes met. They were blue, and sparkled, making Derpy fall for him easily. Jet always treated Derpy well, and there relationship started when they saw each other again at a coffee shop in Canterlot. The problem with Jet that she knew from day one, is that he was not very nice to other ponies. He always impressed her, but was a dick to all his co-workers and everyone else. He also abused Derpy by trying to do things she did not want to do, and making her his slave. When the accident happened, that dick attitude and anger was taken out on the only mare that he still knew. He moved in with her, and Derpy did not really have a choice. This gave him more chances to torture her. The night finally came.

           He was drunk, and tipsy. Derpy was laying on the bed, and he came up and kissed her longer then she would have liked. Jet's mane was messed up, and his breath smelled horrible. He laid next to her, came closer, and then began touching her back side. Touching her, making her shiver, and know what was coming. It was something she did not want to remember, but it went into chaos from there. That was the night, the night her daughters fate was locked. He was extremely rough, mean, and cruel, to Derpy, a simple, innocent, and friendly mare. That was taken away from her now, and she was paying the price by holding his daughter. He was cheating on her? Is that what he planned to do? Leave? Derpy would figure it out eventually, he had this planned out. It was horrible, selfish, and evil to ditch a expecting mare like that. That is why she laid on the floor now, in the puddle of her tears, because the stallion was able to take advantage of a nice mare. One that never wanted to cause any harm. The bright face she used to know.

           After laying on the floor, she noticed somehow she fell asleep. Now it was six, and more time was wasted. Derpy moaned, getting up from the floor as her flank throbbed. She went over to the window and noticed Jet was standing there. Perfect timing. He stood with his brown mane blowing in the wind, and light blue coat sticky. He was drunk, and probably was confused as Derpy saw him reading the letter she wrote to him. It was quiet, and the house was dark. The sun set early this year, and all she could do is stare as he stood in the twilight. He went through his stuff, until he began walking to the door. Derpy locked it, and she smiled a bit when she noticed she won the battle, but not the war. He had a key. The door opened, and she ran to it as fast as possible. In stumbled Jet as he fell on her.

"W-wha- is the... stuff.. outside? Was is it doin out there? Like... is dis a joke? It is gunna get wet from the rain... you crazyy... beautiful thing" Derpy cringed as he kissed her, until she threw him off of her. He went to touch her.

"NO. STAY AWAY!" She pushed him away again.

"Awwww, something wrong... please, just for a little... you know I love you darlingg" He was drunk, and it was getting her sick. She pushed him out the door. Derpy had enough.

"You don't love me Jet. That is why you are leaving, before I call the guards. You will never return" He stumbled around.

"Wha-wh-what are you talking about... you dumb bitch. Was do you mean.... huh?" With a slam of the door, he stumbled back and fell into the snow. She locked the door. It was probably not over, since he would return sober in the morning. Derpy picked up his key on the floor. It took a couple of knocks, and some drunk babbling, but he eventually walked away. It was over, and she got lucky that he was drunk. The mare laid on the floor in front of the door, breathing in and out. She looked down at her stomach again. It was not too big yet, only a large bump.

"Well... there goes daddy... it is okay sweetheart. I will love you more then any mommy and daddy combined. You are my only love now" Derpy giggled, despite her situation. Now she was basically talking to herself.