Pinkamena and Cheese Sandwich

Pinkie had started feeling better. Her temperature wasn’t as high as it had been the night before, and she wasn’t sneezing as much. Cheese hadn’t gotten any sleep the previous night, but now that Pinkie was feeling better, he figured he could take a nap at the very least. He waited until she woke up and told her he was going to get some sleep.

“Can you take care of the fire by yourself while I’m asleep?” He asked.

Pinkie nodded slowly.

“If you can’t then just wake me up, ok?”

Pinkie nodded again.

Cheese climbed under the blanket with her. He faced the opposite direction and fell asleep quickly. Pinkie sneezed and got out from under the blanket. She nudged a few twigs into the fire Cheese had made. She gently stirred it around with a larger stick and then snuggled herself under the blanket.

“See, I can take care of myself.” She thought. She yawned and closed her eyes for a second. She forced then open. “No! I can’t fall asleep too. I’ve been sleeping, and if I go to sleep, then who’s going to take care of the fire?” She yawned again and closed her eyes. She opened them, yawned and closed them and tried to open them again, but she couldn’t and she fell asleep.

Cheese woke up to pitch blankness. He blinked and rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing correctly. His first thought was, “Did I really sleep through the rest of the night and all day the next day?” He started to get up but then he remembered the fire.

“What happened to the fire? Pinkie?” He yelled.

Pinkie jumped up, “What?”

“The fire, it went out. What happened?”

“Oh… I’m sorry, I fell asleep.” Pinkie admitted sadly.

Cheese let loose a sigh of relief. “No, its ok, I just thought something else might have happened.”

“You mean besides your tail?” Pinkie asked, pointing a hoof at his tail.

“Huh? What?” Cheese looked at his tail. “Oh, that’s right, that happened. Yes, besides my tail.”

Pinkie put her hoof over her mouth and giggled. Cheese rolled his eyes. “I guess I have to start another fire.”

“How do you do that?” Pinkie asked.

“Here, I’ll show you.” Cheese gathered up some old leaves and dead grass he had brought in before the snow started. He placed them on a stick with a small notch in it. He took another stick and rolled it in his hooves against the other stick and dry leaves and grass.

Smoke started coming up and Cheese blew on it slightly. Eventually, a spark ignited and a small fire started. Cheese quickly piled more twigs on top of the fire and it grew larger.

“Look! It’s starting!” Pinkie said excitedly, watching the fire grow.

“Yeah.” Cheese said, he dropped the stick he was turning and it fell into the fire. He and Pinkie stepped back.

“That was soooo cool!” Pinkie said, not taking her eyes off the fire. Her eyes were shining with the light of the bright, orange fire.

Cheese smiled as he watched her stare at the fire. Cheese’s eyes drifted down to Pinkie’s swollen stomach.

“Ummm…. Pinkie…” He said awkwardly.

“Yeah?” Pinkie asked, turning her head to look at him.

“Is it just me, or is your stomach way bigger than it was the last time you were pregnant?” He asked.

Pinkie looked down at herself and gently placed her hooves on her tummy. “Yeah, I guess it is a little bigger.” She said calmly. “Maybe I gained weight before I got pregnant and part of it is fat.”

“Or maybe….. Never mind.” Cheese stopped himself.

“Maybe what? You have to tell me now. Pleeeeeaaaaaasseee.” Pinkie begged.

Cheese sighed and not being able to resist her adorableness he caved in and explained himself. “Maybe you’re pregnant with twins.” He said.

Pinkie gasped. “Oh no! What if I have twins? I never thought about that.” She exclaimed, suddenly getting extremely worried and scared.

“Pinkie, hey. Don’t worry, everything is going to be fine. I’m here to protect you and I’ll never leave. Never ever, I promise.”

“Pinkie Promise?” Pinkie asked after she had taken a few deep breaths and calmed down.

Cheese smiled. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” He said, ending with his hoof hovering over his eye.

Pinkie smiled and hugged him. “You’re the best.”

“I know.” Cheese said sweetly. He hugged her back and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead.