RED

Red opened the door to the apartment “Hah, your parents were a riot Jamie!” Trotting in, Red slid her bag from her shoulder onto the end table near the door.

“You think so?” I stepped in just behind Red and closed the door. “I’ve always thought they were kinda goobers.”

“No way Jamie, Your dads jokes were great.” Red turned to me with a half cocked grin “Hey Jamie, My Throat's a little sore, I might be a litt-”

“No. Don’t start telling jokes like my dad. Dad jokes are bad and he should have felt bad for that joke.” I took my coat off and hung it from one of the hooks on the wall.

“Aww, but dad jokes are great, and your dad knew a lot of them!” Red hoof bag chimed. “Oh, I got new messages.”

“Is it your friend Harp?” I grabbed my phone from my pocket. “He called earlier during our visit, didn’t leave a message so it's probably not important.” I slid my phone back into my pocket and walked over to the living room to take a seat.

“Nope, it’s a Facespace message, you mom just friended me.” Red stared at the large, brightly lit screen. “Your mom says she wants to visit again soon and bring along some cooking recipes for us.”

“That sounds nice, let her know I’ll call sometime this week and setup something with her.” I rotated myself in my chair so that my legs were over one of the arms of the chair.

“Gettin’ comfy over there?” Red looked up from her phone and began to walk towards me.

“Yep, you wanna hop up?” I pat my stomach “Saved the best seat in the house for you.”

Red crouched her hind legs down and sprung up from the floor onto my exposed stomach. “I think I’ll take you up on that offer Jamie.” Red aligned herself with me and laid her head near mine.

“So you had fun today with my parents?” I asked as I lifted my hand to gently rub Reds back

“Yeah, they were really fun to meet today. Thanks for introducing me to them” Red sighed “They were really nice.”

“Good, I was worried that they’d have an issue with me dating you, or something.” I continued to rub Red’s back as she turned her head to me.

“You don’t think they’d have started anything over me being trans do you?” Concerned flashed across her face.

“Nah, I told my mom that I was dating a pony and she started laughing.” I looked down to Red with a grin. “She probably thought I was joking, but she really liked you.”

“Hah, yeah. I really like your dad though. He had the best jokes.” Red laid her head back down, smiling as she did.

“Yeah, he’s got some good ones doesn’t he.” I closed my eyes and began to let my mind wander, when a question came to the forefront of my mind.

“So when do I get to meet your parents?”

Red shifted her weight, stiffening up against me. “Well, we could, but it won’t be like tonight was with your parents.”

“You don’t think they’ll like me?” a cocky grin spread across my face. “Is it because I’m a mole person?

Red scoffed. “No you silly man. No, they were wonderful ponies that loved everything in this world. They loved life, they loved the world, and they loved their family.” Red looked morosely off towards the blank screen of the T.V.

“I’m sorry Red, I didn’t know.” Pulled her into a tight hug. “Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?”

“No, it’s fine. It’s been years since they past, but I haven’t been out to visit them in a while.” Red looked up with water in her eyes threatening to spill over.

“You wanna go visit sometime soon?” I looked into her eyes, concerned that she me start crying.
Red buried her head into my chest. “Mmhmm. Can we get some flowers too?”

“We can get a whole bouquet of any kind of flower you wanna bring for them.” I slide my legs from the arm of the chair. Holding tightly onto Red, I walked both of us to the bedroom.