I Waited

A few hours, a refreshing nap, and a filling "friendship breakfast" later, Starlight told the same story to the others, and they all had a similar answer to mine: They forgave her and there was no longer bad blood between them.

However, she wasn't convinced that was entirely the case.

"They don't really know how much I've changed. Or even worse, maybe I haven't changed as much as I think I have!" Starlight feared.

"Trust me. You are a totally different pony now," Rainbow Dash stated. "I mean, you were pretty awful."

Applejack retorted, "Rainbow Dash!"

"What? She was! It's a compliment!"

"I don't think they would've sent the invitation if they didn't want you to come. I'm sure they'd be happy to see you," Fluttershy reassured her. I nudged Starlight gently in her chair.

"See? Fluttershy agrees," I smiled.

Even Pinkie, in a sense.

"And getting an invitation to a party and not going?! That's like... I-It's like...! Well, I don't know what it's like, but it is definitely bad."

"Just be honest with them," added Applejack, "I'm sure they'll understand where you're comin' from."

Starlight wanted to agree with the others and be convinced, but it only seemed to make it a tad more nerve wracking.

"After everything I've seen in the past few years, I know it won't be a question of, 'Will they trust me', but rather, 'How well do they trust me,'" I told her, hoping it would ease the-

"Not at all?"

"Uh... okay, maybe not that question."

"I understand how hard this is for you," Twilight shot an apologetic look. "Maybe if you took a friend along, it might make things easier. Somepony you trust who would look out for you?"

Twilight batted her eyes at Starlight, giving off a heavy indication of who exactly she was talking about. All of us knew it. I knew.

"Hmm..."

Trixie was fine too.

Near the outskirts of town, our things were ready to go and being loaded up. As Trixie helped Starlight put all over her belongings that she was bringing in her wagon, I was busy making sure Starlight was comfortable. Even though she decided to go through it, I don't want her feeling forced into it.

"Don't be afraid to tell me that you're nervous." As I rubbed one of her shoulders, she slowly started to lean into my hoof, letting it nuzzle her cheek.

"I've been nervous ever since I got that letter. But I need to do this. If I don't, I'll probably regret it for the next year."

"Never know until you try, right?"

I could see her wanting to roll her eyes, but decided against it at the last second. While I wasn't meaning to call back to the same thing she asked me a couple weeks back, it was still more or less true.

As the others caught up with us, we had just finished putting the rest of the packages in the wagon. I only had one suitcase, and that contained a toothbrush, toothpaste, three-in-one body wash, and a few books... whereas Starlight had suitcases upon suitcases of that, makeup, hair conditioner, and everything else to spiffy her up.

Mares.

"Thanks so much for doing this, Trixie," said Starlight. "When Twilight said I should bring a friend, you were the first pony I thought of."

The show pony smirked in the alicorn's direction. "Great idea, Princess Twilight. Asking me—Starlight's best friend—to help her on this difficult journey really shows how wise a princess you have become."

"Thanks, Trixie."

I could tell that Twilight was trying not to show her jealousy through her gritted teeth. To be fair, we were all honestly expecting Twilight to be the choice, but in the end, it was honestly a better choice to pick Trixie in the case of princess duties.

But regardless, who said she couldn't be jealous?

"The festival lasts a whole week, but I'm sure we won't stay that long," Starlight said to the group of girls.

"Oh, I don't know, Starlight. Time really flies when you're spending it with your best friend! ... and coltfriend, of course!" Trixie wrapped an arm around the unicorn and gave her a grin, while secretly shooting Twilight another smirk.

"Alright," I intervened, "you had your fun, Trix. The last thing I need is either of you killing each other before we even leave."

At first, Starlight was confused as to who I was talking about, but a quick glance between Trixie and Twilight was enough to let her understand. Starlight rolled her eyes at Trixie's subtle antics and pushed the mare over to the wagon's harness. I mouthed Twilight a quick 'sorry' before double checking if everything was ready, and then we were off, Spike and the girls waving and shouting goodbye to us in the process.

If I remember right, it was a day's walk to the village on hoof, so it was nopony but us three for the rest of the day, talking and chatting like old friends who hadn't seen each other in years.

I mean, that is technically the case...

When the sun went down several hours later, we were more or less halfway there, but were blind as bats in the dark, so we settled down on a nearby ridge looking over the small desert we traversed the hour before.

Trixie was asleep within the first minute of plopping on the floor of the wagon, taking her own blanket while Starlight and I shared our own.

I was on the verge of falling asleep to the sounds of the little nature that surrounded us and the overall calmness, but I couldn't help but notice that Starlight was still wide awake.

"You okay?" I whispered, prompting her to turn over to me.

"I can't sleep."

"You want me to...?"

She nodded, opening her legs just a bit, but closed them a moment later as she realized something.

"But Trixie's right there. She could hear us!"

"Hasn't stopped you before, has it?"

Despite her blush, Starlight couldn't help but laugh a bit louder than she wanted, seemingly in agreement. Even though we were holding off on sex 'until the time was right,' there was no shortage of foreplay whenever the occasion helped.

Starlight lifted her legs beneath the blanket, allowing me to rest my hoof perfectly in between. When I started rubbing her right where she liked it, she tensed up, feeling the stress slowly eating itself away and quickly becoming lost in the pleasure.

I played with her like a fiddle. Every time she moaned, I went faster, but she was quick to catch on—not that she minded, anyway.

Her eyes stared at me, fixated on my face. She couldn't stop moaning, even though she was doing well to keep quiet. Whenever she wasn't moaning, she was sighing, her breaths shaky and falling into shudders. One of her hooves rested against my chest, but wasn't trying to push me away.

She shivered my name, and I knew she was close, her eyes begging me to make her quiver again, just how she liked it.

A few moments later, she got her wish, and the mare felt herself release, and all of the stress of today quickly vanishing. The sensation made her gasp, but the sudden intake of air turned the gasp into coughing fits that were hard to keep quiet. Luckily, Trixie was a heavy sleeper.

My hoof became wet with her liquid essence, and she squirted for several more seconds before she stopped, her body now spent. I pulled my hoof out from her legs and from beneath the blanket, and lifted it to my mouth, giving it a seductive lick and never breaking eye contact from Starlight.

She snickered, trying to keep it quiet, but then found herself wide eyed and curious when I put my hoof against her tongue, essentially tasting herself.

Needless to say, she liked it.

"Thank you," she whispered, exchanging a romantic kiss, and I could taste the faint flavor of her orgasm on her tongue.

It didn't take long for her to fall asleep. I followed soon after, holding her close against me.

These were the nights I loved.

In the morning, I woke up to find that Trixie was gone, Starlight too. I assumed they couldn't have gone far...

If the smell of fried eggs was any indication.

I popped my head out to see the two sitting beside a quick campfire, frying some eggs in a pan and serving them on paper plates. No doubt, Trixie was always prepared.

"Morning," I greeted Starlight with a peck on the cheek, "how'd you sleep?"

"Great," she answered back, giving me a subtle wink as Trixie was looking down on her eggs.

"What about you, Trix? You kind of fell asleep pretty quick last night."

"Not as fast as you think."

She eyed the two of us with a suspicious smirk, and I had to ask her what she meant by that. Trixie simply laughed and chose to demonstrate—and by demonstrate, I mean moan my name, shiver, and beg to go 'faster.'

Both Starlight and I were left looking at our eggs and blushing heavily.

"So... um... how much did you hear?" Starlight asked.

"All of it. But I have to say, you did an excellent job if her... finish was any indication." She leaned back against a nearby rock, looking up into the sky and shooting Starlight a faint wink.

"If only I had a stallion like that."

My coughs only made Trixie laugh harder.