More Than Just A Nerd

by SodaMcCan

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Romance, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders
Length: 6833

Button Mash must reveal a life-long secret when Sweetie Belle convinces him to take part in a Ponyville talent show.

8th grade has just rolled in for Button Mash and already it has been like every school year, almost everyone thinks he is a huge nerdy weirdo and he still doesn't have a cutie mark, not like he cares or anything. Luckily for him he does have friends in the Cutie Mark Crusaders, whom he trusts enough to tell them anything...well, almost anything. He has a secret that he has kept successfully hidden from the outside world for years. For better or for worse he is forced to make his secret come to light when his best friend Sweetie Belle convinces him to sign up for a Ponyville talent show.

Published 2015-08-17 00:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-09-12 03:48:47 UTC

Prologue

“Scootaloo!!! We’ve gone by that rock five times now!” Yelled an angry filly, with a strong country accent. The sound of her hooves snapping twigs as she moved along made her sound as though she was tired and wanted to stop and rest, while also making her seem be determined to get out of this forest with her sanity intact.

“Shut up Applebloom!” Responded an annoyed Scootaloo, as she glared back at her earth-pony friend. “You know very well we wouldn’t be here if Sweetie Belle hadn’t lost our freakin’ map!!” She turned her glare at the unicorn filly.

“y-yeah..well-” Sweetie started but was interrupted by her grumbling stomach, this gave just the inspiration she needed to make up a good comeback. “We wouldn’t be so hungry if you weren’t such a nervous eater!”

“It’s a legitimate problem!!” Both Sweetie and Applebloom just snickered in response.

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A couple of hours pass and the fillies still have made no progress into getting out of this forest. Though things looked bad, all three of the CMC in their minds agreed that things could be worse. After all, they could be in the Everfree, that didn’t make them any less desperate to get out though. So the fillies trudged on, looking filthy and tired. To add to their troubles it was already almost dark.

Suddenly Sweetie Belle’s ears twitched as though she heard something. “hey, did you guys hear that?” she asked.

“No.” they both answered. Sweetie then decided it was her imagination. So she started walking again. Not two seconds had gone by and she heard the sound again, and this time Applebloom and Scootaloo heard it as well and turned their heads.

“Well...ah heard it that time.” Applebloom said as she looked in the direction it was coming from.

“Same.” Scoots added.

“It sounds like a violin! We should follow it!” Without waiting, Sweetie quickly started galloping towards the source of the sound, followed closely by her two friends. “This way, come on!” As they continued on the sound got gradually louder.

“Up ahead, over that hill!” Scootaloo pointed with her hoof to a hill in front of them, they could just barely see a light being emitted. They wasted no time in starting to climb the hill, it would usually have been pretty easy to do, but being tired and hungry didn’t help them.

By the time they got up the hill, the music they had followed stopped, but that didn’t matter because they found civilization! After bursting through a few bushes, they finally laid eyes on their safe haven, a two story house a little ways away from town, they could see the light from town in the distance.

As they were trotting up to the house they could smell something cooking.”Little late to be cookin’ dinner ain't it?” Applebloom quietly asked.

“Smells good.” Sweetie said, as she lifted her hoof to knock on the front door. Her hoof met the wood of the door, and almost instantly it was flung open. causing all three of the fillies to jump back a bit in surprise.

“Hello? Who are you gu-OH DAY-UM!! What happened to you three!?” Exclaimed the brown earth-pony colt who startled them.

“Uh yeah um, we kinda were lost in the woods for a few hours sooooo, can we like, come in...please?” Sweetie asked awkwardly, after regaining her composure

After taking a second to look the three over and deciding that they indeed looked as though they have be lost for a while and responded. “Oh, yeah come in.” He moved to the side to allow the three in.

“Oh thank you thank you thank you!” The CMC yelled simultaneously.

“HEY MA!!!” The colt yelled.

“What Button?” A mare in another room kindly yelled.

“Ya might wanna warm up that extra Mac ‘n’ Cheese ‘cause we got some guests!” Button replied.

“Guests? Well use your manners and bring ‘em to the kitchen.” Said the mare from earlier.

“‘kay mom.” Button said, he turned to look at the three fillies he just met. “Well, follow me, mademoiselles.” Sweetie Belle was the only one out of the three of them that knew the prench word, so she blushed slightly at him using it. The four began to walk down the hallway, which was surprisingly barren, only a few bits of furniture and no paintings or anything.

“So...you’re name is Button, right?” Asked Applebloom trying to make things a bit less awkward.

“Yeah, well, my full name is Button Mash. You can just call me Button if you like.” He answered, turning his head back with an awkward smile. “Um, what’re your names?” He asked.

“Oh, Ah’m Applebloom, This is Scootaloo, and that's Sweetie Belle.” She motioned towards her friends when she said their names.

“Cool.” He replied. By now they had reached the kitchen, once again there wasn’t much in the way of furniture. At least they had appliances. At the stove they saw a cream colored mare with brown hair. She was cooking up some Macaroni and Cheese, which instantly got the hungry fillies’ mouths watering. “Hey mom, here’s the ‘guests’, I was talking about.” He gestured to the three fillies.

“Well what brings you he-OH MY! What happened to you three!?” Her originally welcoming smile turned into a gaping mouth of concern. She saw how dirty and tired they looked.

“ahm, we were lost in the woods outside your house for a few hours.” Applebloom replied.

“Well, we can’t you keep looking like this! Button, could you please show them to the bathroom so the can get cleaned off?” Button's mom asked politely.

“Yeah, sure thing.” He started trotting over to the hallway again. “Follow me.” He said. So they began walking back down the hallway. Sweetie Belle was still wondering why there was so little furniture in the house, so she decided to ask.

“So, why exactly is your house practically empty?” She inquired.

“Well we just moved in last week, so we are still putting things in.” Button replied. He stopped, looked to the right, and wrapped his hoof around a door knob. “Well, this is it. Shower is on the left, there’s some shampoo and stuff already in there.” He then opened the door. “So, who's going first?”

“I CALL DIBS!!!” Scootaloo yelled, then sprinted through the door and slammed it shut.

“Uh...Okaaaay.” Button muttered, picking up his hat that was knocked off by Scoots when she slammed the door. Button looked at Sweetie and Applebloom again, this time wondering why exactly they were in the woods in the first place. “So, why were you three in the woods anyway?” He asked.

“We were trying to get our cutie marks in wilderness survival.” Sweetie replied, saying both kind of proudly but kind of embarrassed as well, seeing as they failed epicly.

“Why?” A confused Button asked.

“Because we’re the CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!” They answered in unison

“YEAH, CMC!!” Scootaloo yelled from inside the bathroom.

Button did a double blink then asked. “Is that like a gang or something?”

“Well, more like a club, we do our best to help fellow blank flanks get their cutie marks!”

Sweetie Belle explained, hoping to maybe get a new member for their little rag-tag group. It might actually be nice to have a colt in their group she thought.

“Oh, cool, but I don’t really care about getting my cutie mark though.” He said casually. But that changed when he looked at them staring at him like he was insane or something. Even

Scootaloo heard and had her head sticking out of the bathroom door. “W-Was it something I said?”

“WHAT DO YA MEAN YA DON’T CARE!!?” Applebloom yelled. She wore a look of almost horror at what he said.

Button, now scared for his life, decided to try and give a good explanation. “W-Well...I just don’t think it really..matters. ya know? I-I mean, whether its my cutie mark or not i’m gonna go into the gaming industry. The way I see it, your cutie mark just shows something that you're good at that separates you from everyone else, even if it's not your career or whatever.” He flinch after finishing, thinking that something was about to be thrown his way. To his surprise however, he just heard an honest response.

“Ah guess that makes sense.” Applebloom said, her two friends nodding in agreement. “Doesn’t mean a few friends can’t try and find their cutie marks and have some fun doing it!” Her friends and button nodded again. “Well, if ya ever wanna hang out with us ya can. Which reminds me, are ya gonna be goin’ to Ponyville elementary?” She asked.

“Yep, it’ll be nice to actually know some ponies on the first day for once!” He exclaimed gleefully, while giving them all a nice smile. Wow. He thought. Possible friends, On the first day! Not to mention they’re pretty good looking fillies. well...maybe when they’re not covered in filth from the great outdoors.

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After about twenty minutes, the fillies were done cleaning up and dinner was ready. “Dinner’s ready!” Button’s mom called. The four foals were hanging out in the living room when they heard her call. They all cheered and ran into the kitchen. As soon as the smell of dinner hit the noses of the three fillies, it created a water fall of drool from them, seeing as they hadn’t eaten in nearly a day.

“Now then, everypony to the table.” She told them kindly. Once the four foals had sat down she put the food on the table.

“Oh ho ho… This is too good to be true!” Scootaloo cheered, as she stared hungrily at her food, her real food! Not a minute had went by since they got their dinner and they were already done. Button and his mom stared at them in shock, even Button couldn’t finish a meal that fast! The fillies muzzles were covered in sauce and other remains of their meal. They noticed the two staring at them and became aware of the situation.

“Heh, sorry.” Sweetie apologized.

“No no, its totally fine, Button does it all the time.” Mrs. Mash joked, receiving giggles from the three fillies and an annoyed look from Button.

It didn’t take to long before Button himself was done with his food. He wiped his mouth and hooves before grabbing a small device he left on the table. Button turned the device on and started playing. Some 8-bit music could be heard coming out of the device as he played.

Once Sweetie Belle noticed what he was playing, a look of excitement swept over her face. “Is that a JoyBoy!?” she exclaimed, trotting over to where he was sitting to get a better look.

“Yeah. You game much?” He asked. He had never actually met a girl gamer before.

“Well...I want to, but neither my parents or my sister will let me get any video games.” She said, a small frown on her face. “My dad is a huge sports fan and thinks gaming will overtake the amount of time I spend outside, and my sister thinks that video aren’t classy or whatever. Therefore meaning she won't be the one paying for any kind of games. The best I can do is go to the arcade every so often with just a couple bits.” Once she had given her explanation, she drooped her head, looking a little upset.

Dang. Button began to think. A girl gamer who can’t even play if she wanted to! what a shame. There's gotta be a way for me to cheer her up. Thats when a great idea popped into Button’s head. “Well, I have an extra one of these ‘cause my mom and aunt had the same gift idea for my birthday, so you can have the other one if ya want.” He offered.

Sweetie instantly went from sad to over the top happy when she heard this. “Really? you’d do that?” She asked happily.

“Yeah, I don’t need it. So I figured I’d see if you wanted it.” He replied. The smile she gave him made him feel happy and proud of himself. Maybe i’m better at making friends than I give myself credit for. He noticed that his mom also had a proud look on her face, like she was reveling in the thought that maybe her son would have some friends outside of his online ones. Mrs. Mash then snapped back to reality when she saw that the clock on the wall read eight o'clock at night.

“Oh my, look at the time! Your parents must be worried sick! We better get you home!” She yelled. The CMC then left the table, heading to the door.

“I could walk with them if you want me to mom.” Button offered. In his mind he wanted to take this opportunity to get to know the fillies a bit better, seeing as they’d be his classmates from now on.

“Of course!” She agreed, probably thinking the same thing as her son.

“Cool, gimme a sec.” He then trotted up to his room on the second floor. He was gonna go get his other JoyBoy to give to Sweetie Belle. While he was doing this, the fillies were waiting at the door to go home.

“It was mighty nice of Button to offer ya his game like that.” Applebloom said

“Yeah, it was sooo cute!” Scootaloo followed up teasingly. Sweetie blushed at that.

“Come on now, he probably didn’t mean it like that!” She replied irritated. It might be nice if he did though.

Button then came down stairs. He had the second JoyBoy in his hoof, which he gave to Sweetie. “Here ya go.” He said.

“Ready to go?” Button’s mom asked.

“Yep!” They all replied and headed out the door.

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While they were walking, the CMC and Button talked about themselves, Ponyville, and what school would be like here. They were sure to warn him of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and told him that if they ever bullied him that they would have his back. This made Button really feel like he could trust some ponies here.

Eventually Applebloom split off from the group, saying she knew where to go from there. Scootaloo left a bit after that when she saw her house, leaving just Button and Sweetie to walk towards the Carousel Boutique. They weren’t really talking much though, they were just in deep thought.

I can’t believe getting totally lost in the woods ended up getting me a new friend. Sweetie thought to herself. I just hope he’ll be alright at school, Diamond and Silver can be such jerks! Ah, i’m sure he’ll be fine, he’s probably one of the nicest colts i’ve ever met. She looked at him while she was thinking, examining his mane, his face, his eyes. Him being pretty cute is a bonus as well. She blushed.

Dang, Celestia must be watchin’ over me, I can’t believe I was able to make friends with three ponies, THREE! IN ONE NIGHT! Plus, they’re fillies! How was I not the socially awkward weirdo I usually am? I just hope I can keep this up! His gaze drifted towards Sweetie Belle, he began thinking the same thing she did about him. Jeez. How was I able to make a friend out of a filly as pretty as her? Not bad Mash, not bad at all. He thought proudly. His thoughts were interrupted when Sweetie spoke up.

“This is the place!” She exclaimed. Button turned his head to where she was looking and saw a Two-story round building with mannequins at the windows. Definitely a boutique. He thought. Sweetie then began to trot faster, obviously excited to see her sister after being lost for so long. “Finally!” She yelled euphorically “My bed calls to me!”

“Really? I can’t hear it.” Button joked, getting a laugh out of Sweetie as she went to knock on the door. She then looked at the JoyBoy button gave her. This made her spin around and catch Button completely off guard by hugging him.

“Thanks for everything today Button.” She said into his ear.

“Y-yeah...No problem.” He barely got the words out. He was just too surprised and happy. A mare besides his mom was actually hugging him! His moment ended though as Sweetie pulled out of the embrace. She was blushing extremely hard.

“Well...see ya at school I guess.” She awkwardly said, as she began to turn back to the door to knock.

“Yep. Can’t wait!” Button replied, still blushing a bit as well. He watched as Sweetie knocked on the door, quickly followed by a white mare with a big curly purple mane opening it.

“Sweetie Belle! Oh thank Celestia! Your ok!” The mare shouted, grabbing her sister to pull into a bear hug.

“Gah..yeah..i’m fine..as long as you..don't suffocate me!” Sweetie managed to get out while being nearly strangled by her worried sister. Upon hearing this the mare let go of her, but still keeping Sweetie close. Sweetie noticed Button barely containing an eruption of laughter. Her sister noticed the colt and raised an eyebrow.

“Who is this Sweetie Belle?” The unicorn asked.

“Well, Rarity. This is Button Mash. He’s the reason i’m not lost anymore!” Sweetie answered.

“Why thank you Button Mash.” Rarity said, Button gave a nod as a ‘you’re welcome’. “Well...How about we head inside Sweetie.” Rarity ushered Sweetie inside after her sister gave one last goodbye to her new friend.

Once inside Rarity looked to Sweetie and gave her a smirk that made Sweetie a little nervous. “Uh, Rarity, why are you giving me that face?” She asked uneasily.

“Well, it's just that, minus the hat that colt sure is the cutest! Isn’t he Sweetie Belle?” Rarity said teasingly, giggling all the while.

“RARITYYYY!!!!!”

Author's Note

OH. MY. GOD. I'M FINALLY DONE WITH IT!! WOOOOOOO! :yay: That is so satisfying, i'm finally done with the first chapter of my first fic. (So, could you guys go kinda easy on me :scootangel: Constructive criticism is appreciated though) Anyway, yeah I probably won't get another fic out for like a week and a half cause i'm gonna be away from home. I have a few days though before that happens so i'll see what I can do. :pinkiesad2: Well hope ya enjoy :trollestia:.

Five Years Later

Beep! Beep! Beep! Rang an alarm clock sitting on Button Mash’s dresser. It read 6:30 a.m., the time Button would need to get up at Tomorrow, as today was the last day of summer. Button however, greatly detested the thought of getting up so early. So like any adolescent colt, he tried to block the noise by covering his head with his pillow. However, when the noise continued, even more annoying than before, he finally gave in.

“Dammit, SHUT UP YOU DEMON CREATION!!!” He yelled as he slammed his hoof onto the off button. Button threw off his covers and proceeded to drowsily get out of bed. He looked over to his cherished gaming PC, the one he built with his own to hooves back when he was twelve, he was thirteen now. “Damn you Gabe Neighwell and your amazing games and sales on Steam! You're the reason I deprive myself of sleep you bastard!” He half yelled and half yawned.

“Button! Your mom made prench toast! you better get down here quick if you want some!” A stallion yelled from downstairs.

“‘Kay dad! Gimme a minute!” Button yelled back, dragging himself along to the staircase.

“Hurry up! I can’t hold Gibson off for long!” His mom yelled.

“If that console plebian even lays a molecule of his filthy peasant hooves on my toast! Very R rated things are gonna happen!” Button shouted, walking faster down the stairs to get to the table before his punk brother took his breakfast. He wheeled to the left and raced down the hall to the kitchen. Once he got to the table, he saw his brother make a move for the last piece of toast, to which Button smacked his hoof on the edge of the plate it was sitting on, causing it to be flung towards him. He jumped like a dog catching a frisbee and caught the toast in his mouth.

“Button, be careful!” His mom exclaimed, worried that her son had might have broken a plate.

“Honey he’s fine, those were some pretty sick hops too!” His dad said, patting Button on the back. Gibson just sat back in his seat with a half smile on his face.

“GG little bro. GG.” He said. Button nodded in reply with a smug look on his face as he began eating his toast.

“Well, now that everypony has their breakfast, how about we talk about what we’re all doing today!” Said Button’s Mom as she sat down with her own meal. “How ‘bout you start Gibson, what exciting things are happening today?” She asked, leaning on the table using her hoof to prop up her head.

“Welp. Crash and I are heading’ over to Wave’s place for one last jam session before junior year starts. We’re also gonna try and plan a few gigs during the school year.” Gibson finished telling his plans for the day and got up to take care of his dishes.

“Oh, well thats nice!” His mom said half sarcastically. She wasn’t too fond of Gibson’s bandmates. She then looked to Button with a smile, one he was oblivious to because he was so focused on the sweet taste of Prench toast, his favorite breakfast dish. “Button here is going to be visiting some friends too today! Isn’t that right Button?” She said with a giggle.

“Oh yeah, those three fillies he hangs out with alot.” Button's father added teasingly. Making Button face-hoof to cover his blush. His brother came behind him, put his hooves on Button’s shoulder and started shaking him a bit.

“Button! Going on a date with three fillies! I might almost be jealous of him for once!” Gibson yelled, trying to get a rise out of Button. To which Button smacked his hooves down on the table and lifted his head with an annoyed look on his face.

“Lemme get something’ straight here, nothing, and I mean Nothing! Is happening between ANY of the CMC and me! Got it!” Button yelled through clenched teeth. He exhaled and began talking again. “I am though, going to meet the CMC for another celebration of all of them finally getting their cutie marks.” He glanced down to his still blank flank as he said this. “After we’re done with that Sweetie Belle is gonna come over to spend the night so we can head to school tomorrow together.”

“That last part sure sounds like a date to me.” His father joked.

“Thats it! I’m done!” Button yelled, getting out of his seat to get ready for his day. As he went up stairs he could hear his family members burst into laughter. “Assholes.” he muttered. Though in the back of his mind he also thought it was funny.
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A couple hours later, Button began his trip into town to meet the CMC. While walking, he started thinking about the past five years of his life. Five years. Has it really been that long? He let out a quick laugh at how he lost track of that much time. He then thought about being friends with the CMC. He met them when he was eight and they were still very close. Its definitely been nice to have some dependable friends for once. He smiled at the thought. They’ve helped me alot, especially with Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon and their douchebag ‘coltfriends’. He shook his head as he thought of all the times the two school bullies picked on him for being both a blank flank and a huge nerd. He shook off the thought and kept walking towards his destination.

Eventually, Sugar Cube Corner, today’s meeting place, came into sight. Finally. Button thought. He sped up his walk to a trot to get there as fast as he could, as to not keep his friends waiting too long. He could smell the array of different sweet treats from the store even while he was outside. This made him take a deep breath at the door before he pushed it open. Once he opened the doors, the sweet aromas he smelled outside were increased ten-fold, making his mouth water.

“There’s the hang-around!” Yelled a filly with a strong country accent.

Button immediately snapped back into reality upon hearing one of his friends call to him from across the room.
He turned to where he heard his friends and saw them sitting in a corner booth. He waved at them from where he was standing, then began to walk over to their table. At the booth was the entire Ponyville CMC, including Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom, Dinky, Pipsqueak, and Rumble. The latter three had been recruited over the past couple years.

"Hey guys!" Button said, going around the booth giving hoof-bumps to everyone. But once he got to Sweetie, she got out of her seat and gave Button a hug. This elicited giggles from all the ponies at the table. Despite this, Button returned the hug, cheeks ever so slightly red. He was used to getting hugs from Sweetie Belle, as it had been the only way she said hello or goodbye to him for the past few years. The first couple times caught him off guard, but he eventually grew to be alright with it.

"Button! You made it!" She said excitedly, squeezing him harder.

"Wouldn't miss it." Button replied, getting short on breath.

"P.D.A!" Scootaloo yelled. Causing Sweetie to let go of Button. She scooted into the booth to give Button room to sit down, which he did. Almost as soon as he sat down, A pink mare with a curly pink mane appeared out of nowhere, startling Button.

"Hello Button Mash! I have your usual order right here." She placed a chocolate milkshake that she was holding with her curly hair on the table.

"Hehe...t-thanks Pinkie." He replied, taking the milkshake.

"Noooo problem!" Pinkie sang as she bounced off back to work. Button shook his head and started to sip on his milkshake.

"Alright, now that we're all here. Lets go over why we're all here in the first place." Applebloom said, Her voice had gotten a little deeper since Button first met her.

"To celebrate everypony in the club getting their cutie marks!" Dinky cheered.

"And that we're gonna be the big dogs of the middle school!" Rumble added.

"And it wouldn't possible without Button!" Sweetie sang, wrapping her forelegs around Button's neck and pulling him into another hug. This made him blush again.

"Ah, I didn't do that much." Button said modestly. Sweetie turned his head to look her in the eyes.

"NOT THAT MUCH?!?! You helped me get over my stage fright! I'm still trying to figure out how to repay you!" Sweetie yelled, she grabbed Button by the neck and pulled him into a third hug. Everypony at the table burst into a fit of laughter. After a couple more moments of being nearly strangled by Sweetie she eventually let him go.

"Um, No offense mate, but I think it is a little ironic that you've been partially the reason a few of us have gotten our cutie marks. Yet you still don't have yours." Pipsqueak said with a pondering look on his face.

"Hm, it still doesn't really bother me all that much, I guess I'll get mine when the time comes." Button said. They all nodded in agreement. He then spoke up again "Besides, that bitch Diamond is still gonna bully us, but we got each other." Button finished speaking what he had on his mind. They all nodded again, but this time the mood became a bit more somber. Not wanting this Button thought of a great idea for cheering everyone up.

"Hey guys I think I know how to start this party right!" He exclaimed, everyone looked at him with confused looks.

"And what would that be?" Scootaloo asked.

"Oh, I think you know." He said with smile. Everypony then realized what he was suggesting, and smiles were on all of their faces now. They all grabbed their milkshakes and prepared for the signal.

"MILKSHAKE RACE!!!!" Button yelled. Everypony at the table then began chugging down their milkshakes, until they all suddenly stopped.

"BRAIN FREEZE!!!!"

Author's Note

Yay. Turns out I can use Google Docs on my phone! So expect a couple chapters over the next few days. Sorry of there are a few were indents, I wrote alot of this on my phone so it made writing a bit weirder.

Anniversary Questions

"Wow, That was FUN!" Sweetie Belle sang. She had her head rested on Button's shoulder so that she didn't fall over from tiredness. Though it was only 4:00 p.m., She was drained from several hours filled with food, arcades, and karaoke joints. With the CMC get-together over, Sweetie Belle and Button Mash were heading to Button's house for their sleepover.

"Don't fall asleep on me yet! The night hasn't even been born!" Button said, earning a couple laughs from Sweetie. He wasn't as tired as her, but he was drowsy from owning the rest of the CMC at the arcade with Sweetie. Not to mention the karaoke that she made him do.

"I didn't realize that you were such a good rapper!" Sweetie said with genuine surprise.

"Well, I like to write raps sometimes, it's more of a stress reliever for me than anything else. It's really not that hard, as long as you can keep up with the beat." He replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"Seriously though, you did really good!" She cheered kindly. I wish he'd give himself more credit.

"Not as good as you are at singing though." He said. That sentence and the smile he gave with it made Sweetie's heart melt. They looked each other in the eyes for a couple seconds. The moment was cut short when Sweetie let out a big yawn. She collapsed her head on Button's shoulder again.

"Thanks Button." She whispered, now barely awake.

Welp. Guess I'm carrying her the rest of the way. At least my house isn't too far. Thought Button, now needing to half carry Sweetie Belle. He didn't mind, this was one of the usual things to happen when he was with Sweetie. She was always up in his personal space, and he liked it. He thought she was funny, nice, great at gaming, she had an incredible singing voice, and of course She was breathtakingly beautiful! What did she see in me to become my closest friend? He thought to himself, continuing his walk home, Sweetie Belle half asleep on his shoulder.

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Knock! Knock! Knock! Went the front door, waking up the stallion who was taking a siesta on a chair in the living room. "Hold on!" yelled the stallion. He stretched as He got up, as to not have any cramps. He walked over to the door and opened it, he saw his son and a familiar filly. He chuckled when he saw his son struggling to hold the filly up on his shoulder. "Welcome back Button, and Sweetie Belle." The stallion moved to the side to allow them in.

"Hello Mr. Mash." Sweetie yawned.

"You two must have partied like me back in my college days of you're comin' home lookin' this drained!" Mr. Mash laughed.

"Don't worry, a couple sodas or a cup of coffee and she'll be fine." Button said, heaving Sweetie through the door.

"Did somepony say coffee?" Sweetie asked, making both Button and his dad laugh out loud.

"Haha, well I'll go brew some joe, you two just chill here." The older stallion said, turning around and heading for the kitchen. This left Button and Sweetie to plop down on a couch, Sweetie finally leaving Button's shoulder in exchange for a much softer pillow to take a quick power nap.

Aww, she's so cute when she sleeps!!! Button squeed inwardly.

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A few minutes later, Button's dad returned to the living room with two cups of coffee. Once the smell of it reached Sweetie's nose, she quickly sat up with an eager look on her face.

"Careful, it's hot." Said Mr. Mash as he gave the cups to the two teens. They took the coffee from him with big smiles.

"Thanks dad." Button said. He took a sniff of the coffee, making his smile grow even bigger.

"OW!" Sweetie yelped, the hot liquid stinging her lips.

"He said it was hot!" Button teased, his dad snickering

"I know!" She groaned, blowing on her coffee before taking another sip. She grinned as the taste of her drink filled her mouth. "Mmm...that's some good stuff Mr. Mash." She said.

"Thanks. Now, How's your day been you two?" Mr. Mash asked.

"It was great!" Button cheered, nearly spilling his coffee on himself.

"Well tell me about it." His dad said, intrigued.

Button spent the next few minutes telling his father all about his and Sweetie's day. While he was doing that, Sweetie was slowly drinking her coffee. With every sip she gained some of her usual energy back.

"Sounds like you guys had a fun day!" Mr. Mash exclaimed smiling.

"Oh we sure did!" Exclaimed Button and Sweetie in unison.

"Hehe...well if you two don't mind, there's a baseball game on right now that I kinda wanna watch." Mr. Mash said as he grabbed the TV remote and turned on the television.

"No problem dad. C'mon Sweetie Belle, let's head up to my room." Button held out a hoof for Sweetie to help her up off the couch.

"Alright." Sweetie said, taking Button's hoof to pull herself up. Once she was up, Button started trotting over to the staircase, so Sweetie followed. As she was walking down the hall she began reminiscing about the first time she had met Button. Five years ago today I met him. Hehe... Guess I lost track of time! Probably because the past few years have been so fun with him around! I wish he would have joined the club...Oh Well. She then did the same thing she did give years ago, and looked over Button. He hasn't changed much has he? Just a bit taller is all. Still as cute as ever! She started blushing. I just wish he could take a hint! Maybe he doesn't like me like I like him. She started to feel down when she thought that. So she shook off the thought, not wanting it to ruin her time with Button. By the time she was done thinking they were upstairs at the door of Button's room.

"After you m'lady." Button said, opening his door to let Sweetie Belle in.

"Why thank you kind sir!" Sweetie said giggling and blushing as she stepped into his room. Once she got through the door, She began to scan the room,. At the far end of the room was Button's bed with a TV at the door of it. Under the TV was all of his consoles, such as the different neighstations and Xboxes. At the side of the bed was his desk which held his monster of a gaming PC. She also noticed the door on the far right side of the room that was padlocked.She was confused as to why the door was locked up, it had been like that ever since the first time she had been in Button's room a long time ago. Her pondering was interrupted by the sound of Button's voice.

"Soooo...like what I've done with the place?" Button asked as he sat down in the rolling chair at his desk.

"Oh, yeah! It looks great! A lot cleaner than the last time I was here!" She laughed. She skipped over and flopped on to his bed. She rolled over to face Button. "So, we got a few hours. What do you want to do first?" Sweetie asked, using her hooves to prop up Her head.

"I dunno. Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox?" Button said.

"Sure!" Sweetie exclaimed.

"'kay let's do this!" Button jumped on his bed next to Sweetie. He grabbed two controllers off the charging rack. He tossed one to Sweetie and turned on his Xbox 360. “Ready to kill some zombies!?” Button exclaimed

“Heck yeah!” Sweetie cheered, preparing to fight her way through endless hordes of the undead.

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A few hours had gone by and the two teens had moved on from slaughtering zombies to watching movies. They settled on watching all the Star Wars movies, even the bad ones, to prepare themselves for the upcoming 7th installment. They were now about half way through Return of the jedi.

“Dammit, I can’t freakin’ wait for the new movie!” Button exclaimed, spilling a few bits of popcorn from the bowl him and Sweetie Belle were sharing. Sweetie laughed at his nerdy outburst.

“Me too! lets just hope Disneigh doesn’t screw it up.” Sweetie said, still giggling.

“Hehe...yeah, I trust ‘em.” Button said, settling back down to continue watching the movie. As he did this, Sweetie yawned and turned her head to the clock on Button’s desk. It read 10:30 at night. As soon as she realized just how late it was getting her energy level plummeted. She knew pretty soon she was going to fall asleep, but she had a couple things on her mind she wanted to ask Button first.

“Hey Button, you know today is the fifth anniversary of us meeting each other right?” Sweetie inquired.

“Hehe...yep, it sure is!” Button said cheerfully, Looking down at Sweetie.

“I told you how we found your house because I heard a violin right?” Sweetie questioned again. She noticed that Button seemed to start looking a bit nervous.

“y-yeah, you did. Why?” Button said awkwardly. Please don’t ask it please don’t ask it!

“well...Who exactly was playing that violin?”

DAMMIT! SHE ASKED IT!!! Button did a double take, a clear look of nervousness on his face. “U-uh i-i-it was...my dad! Yeah my dad! He used to play violin back then!” Button Stammered, a couple drops of sweat persperating down his face.

“Really? We didn’t see him at your house.” Sweetie asked with a very confused look on her face. She was wondering why Button looked so scared.

“Y-you had just missed him, he left before you got there!” Button rubbed the back of his neck, a clear sign of being uncomfortable. Sweetie just shrugged her shoulders a bit, accepting his answer for the time being. She yawned once again and settled back down on the bed.

“Hey Button, one more thing.” Sweetie began. She slid her hind legs under the covers of the bed, she turned her body over to face Button. Her eyes half closed because of how tired she was and to add effect to what she was about to ask. “You don’t mind if I sleep in your bed...do you?” She whispered flirtatiously.

Button, now had a very noticeable blush that stretched from one side of his face to the other. Well that wasn’t the plan. Ah to Hell with it! “Y-yeah, sure you ca-” Before he could even finish his sentence, Sweetie Belle had already passed out with her fore-legs wrapped around his neck like he was a big plushie. Button just giggled a bit as he looked at the sleeping filly. He let out a small yawn, signaling that he too was going to succumb to his tiredness. The colt grabbed the remote and flick his TV off. Once he got into a comfortable position, with Sweetie still snuggling up to him, he thought back to the question she asked a few minutes prior.

I can’t tell her, I just can't risk everything I have now. Not after what happened at my old school. Maybe one day. Button snuggled Sweetie back as he thought.

Maybe one day.

Author's Note

GAHHHHHH!!!! FINALLLYYYY!!! ITS DONE!!!! :rainbowwild: uh, goddamn i'm sorry this took so long.:raritydespair: I guess I better give an explanation as to why this took a while. So I got home from my trip, which means I could finally play all my video games again! Which...that took up a lot of the time i could've (I did try though) used to write this chapter, but by the time I really got around to it, SCHOOL STARTED! :raritycry: soooooooooooooooooooo yeah, thats pretty much it. Oh and that whole Button rapping thing, I really added that on impulse because I was listening to Eminem while writing that bit.:derpytongue2: Don't know if i'll go more in depthwith that, I can if you want me to! :ajsmug: anyway, hope y'all enjoy, and come back now ya hear!:trollestia: