One Night with Celestia

The sound of crackling magic filled the air around Celestia as she was walking to the laundry room, like a unicorn using a teleportation spell.
“So, what’s his name?” a voice behind her asked.

Celestia turned her head to see her younger sister, Luna, standing behind her holding a mug of coffee with her magic and flashing a big shit eating grin on her face.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Celestia deadpanned, continuing on her way.

“Oh okay, maybe I should go to your bedroom and ask him myself?” Luna said, innocently, as she followed along.

“You wouldn’t dare.”

“Oh, wouldn’t I?” Luna replied, still keeping her innocent composure. “Maybe I’ll also see if he can handle another princess.”

Celestia let out an annoyed sigh, “His name is Lavender Bloom, alright?”

“Ooh, Lavender Bloom huh?” Luna stepped in closer to her sister “So tell me, did he go down on you?” she whispered.

“Wha…that’s none of your business!” Celestia gasped.

“What? Come on,” Luna feigned being hurt. “I can’t check in with my big sister every now and then?” she noted the sheets being carried by Celestia’s magic. “Just decided to randomly wash your bed sheets right now? Was the sex that good?”

Luna wasn’t trying to be mean; it was just some playful ribbing between sisters. Something she did more often than Celestia cared for.

Celestia just kept walking and didn’t reply right away. She hoped Luna would go away, but the younger sister wasn’t going to let up that easy.

“He just gave me a massage, that’s it,” Celestia said, half-truthfully.

“Oh, a massage? Sure,” Luna said, sarcastically. “I guess it was his ‘massage’ is what ended up all over your bed sheets.”

After another sigh, “If it’ll get you to go away, yes, we fooled around a bit,” Celestia admitted.

“Only a bit?” Luna chuckled. “Now you have me curious. Maybe I should get me a massage of my own. Do you think he’ll be available tomorrow...”

Splash.
Celestia cut Luna off mid-sentence by grabbing the coffee mug with her magic and dumping it on her head. The younger mare glared at her sister.

“Really?” she said, dryly. “Why’d you have to go and do that? It’s just a little harmless mare talk.”

“Shouldn’t you be watching over the night right now?” Celestia asked, trying to change the subject.

“Eh, I’ll get back to it in a second. Your sex life is much more entertaining,” Luna wiped some of the coffee off her face. “And besides, I think a stallion-friend will do you some good. It’ll get you to lighten up a bit.”

“Luna, I’m really not in the mood right now,” Celestia said, a hint of sternness in her voice.

“Okay, okay, I’ll leave you alone,” Luna surrendered. “At least for tonight.”

Zap.
Luna teleported away to continue her watch.

Celestia dropped off the soiled linens in the laundry room to be washed. The room wasn’t manned at night, so it wouldn’t be until the morning before her bed sheets were washed, but she didn’t mind since she didn’t need her laundry done right away. While she walked back to her bedroom, what Luna had said was still on her mind. A stallion-friend? She didn’t know if anything serious would come out of this. For all she knew this could just be a one night stand and she probably wouldn’t see Lavender ever again. He seemed like a really nice pony with a good head on his shoulders, but she didn’t know much else about him other than what she read in the personnel file and what he told her tonight. She bounced a couple of ideas around in her head, all different scenarios involving Lavender and how this whole thing could possibly play out.

Celestia returned to her room to find Lavender had occupied himself by checking out some of the books in one of her many bookcases.

“See anything you like?” she asked.

“Oh, no, just admiring your collection,” he hesitated a bit. “I was curious, and I don’t want to sound ungrateful or anything, but why did you come to me of all ponies?”

Why did she come to him personally? Yeah, the sex was amazing, but he didn’t understand why she chose him when she could have went to any other stallion in Canterlot, or at the very least her personal masseuse, if she had one. He didn’t think he had a unique gift or anything.

Celestia pondered his question. It was a fair question and he was only curious after all.

“Well,” she used her magic to open one of the window’s curtains and gazed outward at the nighttime landscape. “Sometimes it’s nice to just let your hair down and have some fun. I can’t remember the last time I did anything like that. These days, they take their toll. I may be the ruler of Equestria and the most powerful alicorn in existence, but I’m not invincible,” she looked at Lavender. “What about you? When was the last time you took a break?”

He joined her by the window as she spoke, but stopped mid-stride when she asked her question. He didn’t expect her to reply with a question of her own, but it did make him think. When was the last time he took some time off and did something fun?

“I suppose it’s been awhile for me too,” he finally answered.

“I guess that didn’t really answer your initial question,” she added. “It was luck, I suppose, that you had some massage experience on the one night that I really needed one. Which was amazing by the way.”

It was the half-truth, she did have some advance knowledge of him with her access to the personnel files. However, she didn’t want to admit that to him and have him think she tricked him. The only luck involved was that he happened to be working tonight.

“But, as I was lying there, I was reminded of my younger days, and I’ll admit, I was a little turned on.”

Lavender’s mind flashed back to what he had observed earlier during the massage.

“So, I thought ‘What the heck? It won’t hurt to spend one night like a young mare again.’ That’s why I suddenly wanted to make love to you,” her mind lingered on that thought before she snapped back to reality.

“Oh, I hope you don’t think I just used you for sex,” she quickly added after realizing what she said. She wasn’t really trying to imply that even though the massage did lead up to it, and she didn’t want to come off as nymphomaniac.

“Oh, no, it’s fine,” he said “I enjoyed it as much as you did. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

She gave him a smile; she didn’t think he would have a problem with it, most stallions didn’t. They weren’t the only ones in Equestria that did it, many stallions and mares had one night stands all the time.

“Anyway, I suppose I should let you get back to work, and I need to get some sleep,” she escorted him over to the bedroom door.

“Goodbye, and thank you for the massage,” she said.

“You’re very welcome.”

He gave her a respectful bow before departing down the hallway to continue on with his shift. Celestia watched him until he vanished from her sight. She closed the door then went to her bed for some much needed sleep. She knew she was going to pay for this late night tomorrow morning, but it wasn’t something that a few cups of hot coffee wouldn’t fix.

What Celestia had said to him was still on his mind. He never thought of it like that; they both needed to blow off some steam. Was this all just a mere coincidence or did Celestia plan this whole thing out? Did Lavender happen to be at the right place at the right time and with the right set of skills? He didn’t know; it could have been either. Celestia did have the power find out everything there was to know about him, and then come up with this elaborate plan to happen to run into him one night. He was thinking about this too much; he convinced himself it was just a coincidence, a happy accident.

The rest of the night was rather uneventful, although Lavender was distracted from time to time. His mind kept wandering back to his time with Celestia earlier in the evening. Before he knew it, the morning crew had already started to come in and it was time for him to go home. He passed down anything of relevance to the ponies coming in to take over for him. It wasn’t long after that, he was back in his apartment, ready to get some sleep himself.