The Party Must Go On

Gala woke up and remembered what the day was. She jumped out of bed and got ready as quickly as she could. Mrs. Cake had given her and Pound Cake to get off early that day so they could go out together. Gala was extremely excited, she hadn’t even seen Pound that day yet, but her mane and tail were already at maximum poofiness.

She ran out of the house as fast as she could and practically galloped all the way to Sugarcube Corner. When she was almost there, she slowed down to a walk so she didn’t look like she had been in a hurry to get there. She caught her breath and then walked up to the door. She saw Pound Cake as usual, cleaning off the tables.

She smiled and gently rapped on the window. Pound turned and saw her, he smiled and blushed slightly. He trotted over to the door and opened it for Gala. She hugged him and then made her way to the kitchen. She started a batch of cupcakes, and only noticed that Pumpkin wasn’t there when she had put the batch of cupcakes in the oven.

She walked out of the kitchen and over to Pound. “Hey, Pound?” She asked.

“Yeah? Is something wrong?” He asked.

“No, I was just wondering where Pumpkin is. Do you know?”

“Oh, she got sick last night and she can’t work today.” He said.

“Oh, that sucks. Do you think Mr. and Mrs. Cake will need me since they don’t have her to bake for them?” Gala said.

“No!” Pound yelped. “I mean umm… No, I’m sure they’ll be fine on their own once we leave.”

“Oh… Ok.” Gala said. She walked back into the kitchen and stirred up the batter for another batch of cupcakes. She had started on her fourth batch of cupcakes when Mr. and Mrs. Cake arrived. They looked exhausted, maybe they’d had to take care of Pumpkin last night while she was sick.

“Good morning.” Gala said happily with some concern.

“Good morning, Gala.” Mr. and Mrs. Cake droned in unison. They walked over to the coffee maker they kept in the corner of the kitchen, used only when they were tired, like today.

Pound walked into the kitchen, “Hey, mom, dad, do you want me to open the store?” He asked.

“Sure.” Mr. Cake said over a cup of coffee. Mr. and Mrs. Cake both sipped on their coffee while Gala continued baking and Pound tended to the early morning customers. Once Mr. and Mrs. Cake had woken up Mr. Cake walked out to help Pound with the customers and Mrs. Cake started a batch of brownies. Gala began baking some cookies while she waited for her latest batch of cupcakes to cool off so she could ice them.

Around lunch time, Mr. and Mrs. Cake left to go check on Pumpkin and Gala and Pound continued running the store. Gala started baking a batch of chocolate muffins and Pound was moping about the counter, waiting for the next customer to walk in. The store was empty at the moment so Gala came out of the kitchen to talk to Pound while she waited for her muffins to be done.

“Hi.” She said, walking out of the kitchen.

Pound looked over and saw her, “Oh, hi. How’s it going?”

“Good. How’s it going for you?” She asked him.

“No customers are coming in right now, so I’m bored.” He said.

Gala giggled. “Mr. and Mrs. Cake should be back from their lunch break soon and then we can leave.” Pound perked up and smiled at Gala. Gala smiled back at him and then walked back into the kitchen. She had heard the oven go off, the muffins were ready. She pulled the muffins out and waited for them to cool off.

Mrs. Cake walked back into the kitchen. “Gala, you’re free to leave now if you’d like to.” She said sweetly.

“Thank you.” Gala said, smiling at Mrs. Cake. She pulled off her apron and hung it on the hook near the entrance and exit of the kitchen. She remembered what Fluttershy had told her the night before and she turned back around to Mrs. Cake. “Mrs. Cake?” She asked.

“Yes?” Mrs. Cake asked, turning to face Gala.

“Do you mind if I take tomorrow off? Fluttershy said she has something planned and I don’t want to miss it.

“Of course, go right ahead.” Mrs. Cake said.

“Thank you.” She smiled and walked out and saw Pound getting ready to go. “I’ll see you guys on Sunday.” Gala said to Mr. and Mrs. Cake.

She walked out of the store and waited outside for Pound. She looked up at the sky, it was such a nice day. Pound came out of the shop a few minutes later. “Ready?” He asked.

Gala nodded, a huge smile on her face that wouldn’t go away. She and Pound took off into Ponyville. They stopped by a few little stores and even went by the library. When they both finally got hungry, they went to the diner that was nearby and ate a late lunch together. They spent the rest of the evening hangout with each other, and around sunset, Pound walked Gala home.

They stood outside Fluttershy’s cottage, just staring at each other in the dim light. “Being with you today was really nice.” Gala said, her face turning slightly red.

“Yeah,” Pound agreed, smiling at her. Gala smiled back.

“I should probably get inside now.” Gala said, glancing at the door of Fluttershy’s cottage. Pound nodded.

“I guess I’ll see you at work on Sunday then?” Pound asked.

“Yeah.” Gala said nodding. “Bye, goodnight.” She said. She moved towards Pound to hug him, and Pound quickly kissed her.

“Uhh… Goodnight.” He said quickly before galloping off towards his home, leaving Gala staring up at the night sky. Her face grew a deep red and she walked inside in a daze. She walked up to her room and collapsed onto her bed. She rolled over onto her back and stared at the ceiling, replaying the moment in her head.

She blushed again and brought her pillow over her mouth, squealing into it. Fluttershy and Discord heard her from her room and they smiled at each other. The laid down in their bed and fell asleep. Gala stared at the ceiling some more and continued replaying that moment over and over again. She finally fell asleep, thinking of Pound Cake and dreamt about him.