The New Jem

6 weeks later; Crystal was still growing in size and Damen hadn’t left the house yet for a play. Damen was working hard trying to keep Crystal happy. Like, whenever Crystal would have her morning sickness spell, he would be there to hold her mane back and comfort Crystal; then he would deal with Crystal’s mood swings that would randomly pop up out of nowhere.

Damen and Crystal were sitting in the living room watching the television when the phone rang.

“I got it Crystal.” Damen said.

He got up and went for the phone. Crystal still sitting on the couch placed her hoof on her stomach. Petting her stomach, there was some pressure going on in her, Crystal rubs it to help her keep calm.

“Crystal!” Damen called.

Crystal got up from the couch, quickly trotting to the room where Damen was.

“What’s wrong Damen?” Crystal asked.

“You remember my dream being that I wanted to be in the play Romeo and Juliet?” Damen asked.

“Yes, I remember.”

Damen grinned in happiness, Crystal knew that kind of grin from anywhere. Damen got an audition for the play.

“No.” Crystal’s eyes widened.

“Yes, I got an audition to be Romeo in that play!” Damen responded.

Crystal wrapped her hooves around Damen with tears in her eyes.

“How much will you get if you get the part?” Crystal asked.

“A lot of money was what I was told.” Damen answered, “He didn’t tell me.”

“I’m happy for you Damen.”

“Crystal? Is there something wrong?”

“Well, I won’t be able to come to this one. With all the pressure I have, and am having, I think that if you were to fly that pressure would make this hurt much more. And I believe that if I were to ask my doctor about it, he wouldn’t let me.”

“But, what are you going to do while I’m gone? Who’s going to take care of you?”

“I’ll see if Stardella or Mrs. Snapple will keep a sharp eye on my. Well, maybe only Stardella because Mrs. Snapple has to work.”

“But I won’t be there for you and the baby. I want to be here, but I also want to live my dream.”

“Don’t worry about me Damen, you’ll be back soon, right?”

“Not for the next 7 months. It’s all around Equestria Crystal.”

Crystal sat down on the floor, tears filling her eyes.

“I could not do this audition for you and our unborn child.”

“Don’t do that Damen; you should go live your dream. I’ll watch you on the television every night. I promise, trust me Damen. The baby shouldn’t be born while you are gone. If it is, I’ll call you and let you hear the baby’s voice. And it’ll be here when you return.”

“But, who is going to help you through the birth?! Stardella is squeamish, Harmony is too lazy to even come, and depending on the time of day Mrs. Snapple can’t come.”

“Damen, it’ll be okay. Stardella will be there as long as she doesn’t see the extra stuff, Mrs. Snapple would possibly stop and help me, and Harmony will get up to help me too. Come on. If not, my mom or your parents would come and help me. I have plenty of ponies that can help me.

Take the job Damen. I’ll be fine here.”

Damen nodded his head, “I’ll go to the audition, and you better pinkie promise that you will be perfect when I come back.”

“I promise you Damen. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”

The very next day, Damen left for Manehattan for the first showing of Romeo and Juliet.