Chapter 55: Star Crossed Love

In a moment, my eyes were open and I was awake to the world once more. Silence greeted me back as I looked around the barely illuminated room I had spent the night in after my recent experience. The eeriness of the room quickly wore off as I felt a warm sensation blow a bit of my hair on my left.

Taking a peek while being careful to not move much, I could see Luna slumbering quietly next to me, the warmth provided by her body heat and single wing draped over me trying to pull me back into a cozy sleep. As tempting drifting back off to sleep would be right about now, I had a lot of work to do if I really had been out for three months.

’What did I miss? Who’s been commanding the ship in my absence? Has the site Celestia gave us been set up yet?’ Many questions swirled in my mind as I let out a small huff.

Slowly, I lifted her wing off me and folded it against her side. She let out a small groan of annoyance but continued to sleep. I carefully pulled myself to the right side of the bed and slid out from under the covers as I gave one last look over to Luna. I gave a stretch, eliciting a few satisfying pops from my back before looking myself over.

’It seems I’m still in the same outfit when I left the hospital’ I thought to myself as I made my way to the door of the room.

“You know,” A voice picked up from behind me, causing me to stop. “You really should be resting that head of yours.” The voice announced with an annoyed tone.

I let out a small chuckle and turned around, looking at Luna as she lay on her side in the bed and shot me a disapproving glare. “I think three months is plenty enough.” I answered back as I watched her give a small stretch and hop out of bed.

She walked up to me, and stopped mere inches from me. “Jake...” She started, hesitating for a moment. “I... do you...” She looked down and let out a bit of an annoyed sigh, before looking back at me. “Do you... love me?” She asked, her eyes locked onto mine.

Shocked at her question, my mouth opened for a second as I was unable to formulate words. After a few moments of tense silence, I finally found my voice.

“Luna... of course I love you. I know it’s been tough the last few months, and I’m new to this kind of thing so I may have made it a bit hard for you to tell but...” I paused, looking her in the eyes as I placed one of my hands under her chin. “I will always love you. Nothing will ever change that.” I finished, moving in closer.

Luna seemed too know what I was doing, and began to move forward as well. We both hit our target as we locked lips, dropping into a long and passionate kiss. Before I knew it, it was over. Luna pulled back, gasping for air with a small smile on her mouth.

Looking back up at me, she wiped one of her eyes as it started to water. “I... I just thought... maybe I had imagined that connection we had on the Verix ship. I thought, maybe you only kissed me to give me your stored magic...” She said in a low voice, her eyes watering. "And... and with the months you were asleep I feared you'd never wake up and I waited too long to voice my feelings. I don't want to lose my only chance..." She finished as she blinked her eyes a couple times, getting some tears to roll down her cheek.

I gave her a small smile and placed my hand on the side of her face, wiping some tears away. “Luna, I know I’ve been distant lately. But after what happened and remembering my past... I think I’m finally ready to take those next steps. Even if the road ahead is going to be difficult.” I spoke softly, getting her to nod and her grin to widen.

“So uh...” Luna began, “I guess we kinda skipped the whole dating part then, huh?” She asked getting me to chuckle.

“Well actually, if you count the times we’ve been near death fighting Verix, I think we’ve been on a few good dates.” I asked getting her to laugh with me.

“So... you wouldn't mind making our relationship a bit more... public?” She asked, letting some eagerness slip into her voice.

Rubbing the back of my neck, I gave a small shrug. “Well, it'll happen sooner or later. And with all of the news and rumors floating around it shouldn’t come as much of a shock anyway. Let’s just try and ease into it, alright? Start slow.” I asked getting her to nod happily.

Turning around, I grabbed hold of the door and pulled it open...

And coming face to face with a small mob of ponies who immediately started bombing Luna and I with questions and flashes of cameras.

’I’m getting a strong case of deja vu here...’ I thought as the questions rolled in like a tsunami.

Author's Note

Sorry for the really short chapter, had very little time but wanted to get this out there.

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