Meeting Mr. Brony

“pfffff,” she lightly blew aside a piece of her balled-up hair.

As she crossed her arms and pouted her face, the broad shouldered, twenty-two year old women stood in front of her bathroom mirror and groaned at herself. Apparently, she forgot about the fact that the art of “getting yourself ready for a date” required a serious amount of attention to detail and a marble sink to scatter around your mess of nail and makeup products. It also required a run in with the most absolutely hated task in the world, straightening long curly hair.

As she grabbed her iron from the clutter and held it up in her right hand, she proclaimed, “Hair… Meet your master!” Meanwhile, she held a comb in her left hand and used it to segregate a broad strand of her hair. Afterwards, she took the iron slowly down the brown stream of frustration. When it reached the tips, the iron let go of her hair. As a result, it left behind a smooth line of hot brunette perfection. Madeleine repeated this motion a few more times as she circled around the backside of her head.

As Madeleine pulled a black clip from the top of her crown, her entrapped long hair fell upon her shoulders and made itself look sleek, but sophisticated. However, she still wasn’t satisfied with it as she continued to use her comb to brush and gather up any loose strands of hair that remained entangled. Finally, she formed her favorite hair style, the pony tail, before she grabbed and used her purple butterfly clip to hold the it together.

“Yay!” Madeleine said to herself, for she conquered and completed the most daunting task in the world. However as she looked down upon herself, she realized she still needed to change out of her white tee and sweat pants.

Madeleine exited her bathroom and walked into her sleeping chamber. As she opened up her closet door and pulled out a pale blue pencil skirt with a white floral design, she changed into a white tank top and overlaying it with her black knitted cardigan. After she put on her cute little skirt, she threw her sweatpants towards her laundry basket. After all, she wanted to really look nice for Jordan.

*Buzz*

Madeleine looked around and tried to find her white iPhone as it vibrated for an incoming text message. While she found and grabbed it from her pink purse, that laid on top of her bed-side counter, she unlocked her screen and read the message from Jordan:

Hey babe, I’m here now. Are you almost done?

Madeleine wrote back:

Yeah, I’m heading out now.

She put on her red lipstick before she picked up another purse that matches her floral skirt. After she exited the front door to her home, she walked down her driveway to greet Jordan by his 98’ Jetta.

He grinned before he asked, “Well, How are you doing tonight?”

“I'm good,” said Madeleine as she giggled.

“Well that’s fantastic!” shouted Jordan. “Anyway, we better get going now since I have somewhere special to take you tonight for dinner.”

Madeleine asked, “Oh… Where?”

“It’s called the Tokyo Pot. A wonderful Japanese shabu-shabu restaurant,” said Jordan as he helped Madeleine into the passenger side of his car. “I think you are going to love this place.”

Madeleine responded with a simple, “We will see,” as he closed the car door.

***

After dinner, Madeleine and Jordan entered his home as they laughed and raved about the great time they had the restaurant. However, to her unpleasant discovery, she walked in on a typical man cave for a twenty-four year old with pre-owned furniture and a fridge full of beer and instant noodles. Red solo cups were stashed away in the pantry for future parties.

“Maddy, you can put your things in my room... And afterwards, you can join me on the couch,” said Jordan, as his grabbed a Heineken beer from the refrigerator and cracked open.

Madeleine softly responded with a quick, “Okay,” while Jordan flopped down on his couch and turned on his television.

“See you in a minute, babe,” replied Jordan.

She rolled her eyes.

***

As Madeleine walked into his room to place her purse down beside his bed, she looked around and her eyes instantly focused on a small black box hidden behind a computer monitor. As curiosity got the better of her, she walked over to the dusty desk to investigate the strange item. As Madeleine snatched it up,  she could clearly see that it contained a vinyl cyan horse with rainbow hair. Printed on the container, it read “My Little Pony: Rainbow Dash.”

Madeleine was completely weirded out by the item, leaving her in a state of uncertainty towards what to think of it. Therefore, as she continued to hold it, she thought rationally, Why would a grown man have this? Aren’t ponies for meant five-year-old girls? She paused,  Hmmm… Maybe it’s for Alexis, Jordan’s niece; her 4th birthday is coming up soon. Sooo... Maybe that would be the reason, perhaps?

“Hey Maddy, I was wondering if you want to watch a movie or...” said Jordan before he entered the bedroom to notice Madeleine holding the box. “Wait… what are you doing with that?” Jordan’s face quickly turned bright red, embarrassed by the fact that she found it.

Madeleine, instantly uncomfortable with the situation she was in, answered, “I just saw this on your desk and thought it was cute... Besides, what is this anyway?”

“Umm…” Jordan stuttered. “It’s just a little figurine for my… niece, yeah. I mean she is into the show.”

“Oh,” Madeleine shook her head. “Uh, Alright, you were saying something about a movie?”

“Right!” Jordan snapped onto his thought before he said, “I have my Netflix on right now and I was wondering if you want to pick a movie to watch with me?”

Madeleine was content with the idea as she hopped off Jordan’s bed. Afterwards, she  placed the vinyl on his desk.

As they walked into the living room, Madeleine and Jordan settled on the couch as Jordan logged into to his account. After successfully doing so, the “Recently Watched Sector” showed up on his screen with “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” episodes be displayed across the category. While Jordan tried to ignore what was being shown, Madeleine couldn’t help herself to ask Jordan what’s really going on with her constant discoveries of My Little Pony.

Jordan sighed before he stated, “Well… I might as well tell you.”

“Go ahead,” said Madeleine. She wanted to know the truth.

Jordan took a deep breath of air while he mustered up his courage to tell the truth. As he exhaled, Jordan admitted, “I'm what you call a Brony.”

Madeleine was confused by the terminology as she asked, “Wait… What the hell is a Brony?”

“A Brony is a guy that watches My Little Pony. I mean, it’s not a big deal. I do this as hobby… Hey, why don’t we watch an episode and see how you like it?” said Jordan.

Madeleine took a deep breath for herself while she tried to understand what Jordan told. She thought, Well, it’s not like Jordan is breaking the law or anything. He just, I guess, has a strange habit. Nothing wrong with that, I mean is it causing harm to anyone? Well… I don’t know.  Besides, he likes it maybe watching one episode won’t kill me…. ugggg… Here we go.

“Alright, one episode,” proclaimed Madeleine.

Jordan was surprised by her response as he shouted, “Really!?”

“Sure,” said Madeleine as she remained confident in her answer. “I mean, If I made you watch all the Twilight movies the other night, I guess this is only fair.”

“Well, true,” admitted Jordan while he scrolled through the M.L.P. episodes, selecting one in particular. “Alright, sit back and enjoy the ponies!” he chuckled. Madeleine wanted to punch him for saying that.

***

As the credits rolled on “Art of the Dress,” Madeline couldn’t believe how stupid the show was.

Jordan asked, “Well, what you think of if it?”

“It’s… meh,” said Madeline.

“Meh?”

“Yeah...” Madeleine cracked an agonized grin. She slowly spoke out, “I mean, can I be honest with you about this?”

Jordan intently knew that quote meant bad news, however he had to hear what was coming after it. Therefore, he complied with the request as he said, “Sure.”

Madeleine sputtered, for she tried not to harm Jordan’s passion as she said, “I mean, please don’t take this the wrong way. It’s just, I think it’s weird that you, a grown man, would like something this juvenile… Since, I think, this is something a little girl would like to watch while she’s still in elementary school. NOT a fully matured adult who is living on his own, has a job, and is trying to establish a relationship with his girlfriend.”

There was momentary pause in their discussion before Jordan took another deep breath of air. After he exhaled, Jordan told Madeleine, “I understand your viewpoint and I’m sorry that I showed you this while hiding the truth from you.” He then took another moment to breathe before he stated, “And I promise to be more honest with you since I really do love you and I think we have

something special. Alright?” Jordan smiled while he put his hand on hers.

“Jordan,” said Madeleine.

“Yes,” replied Jordan.

“I'm sorry for overreacting and calling you juvenile.”

Jordan responded in a soft tone, “Maddy, it’s okay-”

“-No it’s not,” snapped Madeleine. “I mean, It was completely out of line for me because I truly was only trying to protect my feelings towards seeing something new when I loved the old.”

Jordan was confused by that quote as he let out a, “Huh?”

“Let me elaborate…”

Madeleine explained the fact she loved the original series when she was a little girl and that she use to watch the show with her two younger sisters almost on a daily bases. Now seeing the remake with some of the same aspects that made her love the original show, such as the talking ponies, music, and magic, she told Jordan that it brought out her sense of nostalgia. However as she continued to watched the “Art of the Dress,” she felt wrong for not seeing it with her two sisters. Therefore, becoming uneasy from the guilt of her own wrongdoing.

...So, that is why I’m sorry for what I said,” spoke Madeleine.

Jordan was shocked to hear all that as he responded with a soft, “Wow.”

“Yeah,” replied Madeleine. “So, do you want me to forgive you and you forgive me and maybe watch another episode? That way I can get use to the new series while watching it with you?” she winked.

Jordan was again shocked by his own hearing he responded with hast, “Um, Yeah! No problem. In fact, lets take you back to the first episode that way you can get caught up. Sound good to ya?”

“That sounds fantastic,” said Madeleine.

As she hugged and kissed Jordan on the check, the My Little Pony Theme played off the background before they started viewing the first episode entitled "Friendship Is Magic," or as Madeleine and Jordan thought, Love is truly magic.