The Literal Interpretation Of "Between A Rock And A Hard Place"

-Chapter Two-

When I was finally revealed to everyone, I got a lighter reaction than I expected. Honestly, with the way the previous ponies reacted with me, I shouldn't be shocked. One has already flirted with me. That's one more person here than back home, so I guess that's a plus.

"So, you guys go to the bathroom, right?" A drunk stallion by the name of Thunderlane asks me. I choke on my drink.

"Yeah?" I respond. He laughs.

"Cool."

That's kind of how everyone reacted to me. Odd questions about my species, but nothing more. One thing I have noticed is that Maud has been watching me from one of the tables all night. I haven't said anything to her about it yet, but I'm slowly gaining the courage to. And by gaining courage I mean drinking.

"How's the party, Nonny?" Pinkie interjected into my thoughts. That name sends chills up my spine for some reason.

"Pretty rad, Pinks." I respond. She smiles brightly. "Hey, can you tell me why Maud is staring at me?"

She looks over in her direction, and I look away as to not make it look suspicious.

"Hmm, she's never really done that before." She says.

"Really?" I ask. Maybe she's into me. Then again, maybe not. Maybe she's just looking at a weird space monkey.

"Yeah. But that's just Maud. She does things like that all the time." Pink Horse says.

"Hmm." I responded.

"Well, I'm gonna go do more hosting. Seeya!"

I decided to get up and go over to talk to her. She followed my movement as I walked towards the table she was sitting at. Even as I sat down.

"Heya." I said to her.

"Hi." she replied.

"How's your night?"

"It's ok."

"Cool."

She's looking away now. That fixes one thing.

"So, uh...... you mind telling me why you've been staring at me all night?" I ask.

She looks back towards me. Damn it.

"You're very interesting." She says bluntly. It seems blunt, anyways. She's not one for sharing her emotions. She does look away just as she utters the last word out, though. I sit there, still looking at her. She's a very pretty pony. Her makeup fits very well with her. If that is makeup. I've never seen her without it.

"Do you mean me as a species, or...?" I ask.

She doesn't answer for a bit. "Yeah."

"Oh. I guess I can take that as a compliment?" I say. The question hangs in the air, like that one weird piece of hair that seems almost if it's flying.

"Sure." She says.

Not much for talking, as per the usual. It's almost cute. She turns back to view the party scenery before her.

"You're fairly interesting yourself." I say in rebuttal. I notice that her scanning of the ponies before her stops dead in it's tracks, and then she looks at me once again. Her eyes almost hypnotize me. I'm not even worrying about anything else in the room. Her presence and the way she acts is almost intoxicating. In the good way.

"As a species?" She questions.

This is where I could make the all too common "move", as some say. She's been giving off various signs of interest, but I'm fairly certain she's into me. I need to find out more about her, before I start even thinking about that. I mean, I know basically everything about her, but maybe I'll find out something I don't know.

"I don't know." I answer.

She raises an eyebrow at me. That's the most emotion I've seen from her tonight.

"What's your favorite color?" I ask.

"Gray. That's my favorite color of rock." She answers. Well, she's consistent. Can't take that away from her.

"What's your favorite food?"

"Rock Candy."

I chuckle. "You really like your rocks."

"Yeah."

"Hm. Well, I bet I already know your favorite type of music, then."

"There's music for rocks?"

I guess there isn't any rock bands in Equestria yet. There's dubstep and hip hop, but not rock. Weird.

"There isn't any here, from what you told me. We have it back on Earth." I say. "What's your favorite type of music?"

"Classical."

Something off about this world.
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I spent the rest of the party learning about her and answering any questions passerby ponies had. As the party was nearing its last minutes of life, ponies seeped out of the store. The only ponies left were the ones that first came here: The Mane Six, Maud, and the Cakes.

"Well, you two certainly got to know each other!" Applejack said.

I smiled. "Yep." Maud still sat there, emotionless. What a quirky pony. I just learned about her whole life story, and she still shows no affection whatsoever. A random thought hit my head.

"Where am I going to sleep?" I asked.

Everyone except for Maud looked as if they had just been slapped in the face. They haven't thought about it, either.

Pinkie was yet again the first to come to a conclusion. "I got it!" She screamed, "He can stay in the guest room here."

"But isn't Maud staying here, as well?" Twilight questioned.

"No, she'll be staying at the hote-"

"I can sleep on a couch." Maud interrupted.

Everyone looked at her suspiciously, except for Pinkie. Pinkie always thought her sister was normal. Pinkie is nice.

"Sure! The more the merrier!" Pinkie said.

I can only understand why she would do such a thing. She obviously had plans to stay at a hotel, but something changed her mind. That something was me. I could feel the silent romantic intensity. Everyone else was oblivious, but I saw through her motives. The Mane Six excluding Pinkie said their goodbyes and on that note Pinkie showed me to the guest room. Another random thought popped into my head: why were they making Maud stay in a hotel when they had this guest room open?

"Here's your room for the night. I'm sure you'll be able to find a house tomorrow." Pinkie interrupted my train of thought yet again.

"Thanks, Pinkie." I said.

"No problem. A friend of mine can spend some time!" she rhymed.

"Turning into Zecora now, are we?"

She giggled and nudged into me as she turned to walk away "Good night, Anon!"

"Good night, Pinks."

I closed the door to my room behind me. The room was fairly simple. The bed sat under the window overlooking Ponyville, and across the room sat a dresser. I flopped on the bed. Today was a fairly exciting day. Who knows what tomorrow holds for me? More importantly, who knows what tonight holds for me? I don't think I'll be able to sleep until I find out.

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