The next morning, Spike and Ember woke up in the back of the car, albeit still naked with each other. After waking up due to the sun shining in their eyes, they immediately started getting dressed. After doing so, they started the car and drove. Having no idea what to do, they decided to have breakfast first. They stopped by a Denny's and ordered their own breakfast. Even though many thoughts were racing through their minds, they barely spoke much. And when they did, it was either they were going to the bathroom or they needed to have some time to themselves. Just then, Ember said,

"You know..."

"Hmm?" Spike asked with his mouth full.

Ember seemed hesitant to tell Spike what was on her mind, but she didn't want him to feel as if she was never going to see him again. Swallowing her pride, she said,

"I'm thinking about going to see a therapist."

"How come?" Spike asked after swallowing his food.

"I dunno. I guess I have too much shit on my mind and my dad doesn't really seem to be the understanding type. Every time I think about anything bad, I just..."

Spike waited for her to speak any further, but Ember couldn't find the words to do so. Instead, Spike says,

"You could always tell your dad. He may not seem to understand at first, but given time-"

"What do you mean?" Ember asked.

"Well, my mom told me that-"

"It's- It's just not that easy, okay? Granted, he would listen to me first, but he's not the type that would go down without going to war first. Plus, you're two years younger than me. You're not at the age to be giving me advice."

"I'm just saying that there's a chance that he could listen to you if he's in the right mood."

"I know. I'm just not in the mood to go this over right now."

Not wanting to tick off Ember anymore than he needs to, Spike decided to go back to his breakfast. Afterwards, they kept driving back to their homes. Whatever thought they had towards each other dashed away at the speed of light. It was not the differences that they held in their own roles at school, but rather the differences between them as individuals. Spike was the passive type who often kept biting off more than he could chew when it came to doing other tasks and Ember was the competitive type whose ego was big enough to rival Rainbow Dash's and she was never easy to be swayed away. But even what happened towards them last night, they felt pretty amicable towards each other and they did seem to have a thing for each other along with their love for video games.

"What're you doing next Friday?" Spike asked.

"Huh?" Ember asked as she drove.

"Well you know, I just thought if you weren't busy next Friday, maybe we could see a movie next week. I'll pay for it if you want."

"It's fine. I'll cover it."

"Are you sure?"

"I have a job, Spike. Just because I love weed doesn't mean I'm irresponsible."

"True. What kind of movie though?"

"I dunno. We'll figure it out next Monday."

"Hmm. Maybe afterwards if my mom's not home, we can..."

Ember gave him a strange look and asked,

"Are you asking if we can have sex?"

Spike felt flustered and said,

"W-Well, I-I'm not saying we have to. It's-"

"I'm kidding, Spike. Of course we can. Just make sure your mom and her sister away. Or passed out or something." Ember said with a small laugh.

"Yeah. Sex..." Spike said as he looked at the light turning green.

After some time had passed, Ember drove Spike back to his house.

"Hmm. Nice place." Ember commented.

"Well, right now I'm headed towards Death's door."

"Oh c'mon. I know your folks at school. They wouldn't get angry without talking first."

"Maybe, but this was my first time going out on curfew. Never really happened to me before, but still. Just need to take precautionary steps on telling them before I make them angry. But what about your dad? Won't he get mad at you if he finds out?"

"Don't worry. He's often passed out every morning from having multiple glasses of Jack Daniel's. Usually when he wakes up, he can barely figure out the differences between the TV remote and the spatula." Ember said as she laughed.

Spike chuckled upon hearing that before he turned towards his house.

"But right now..." Ember said as she looked at Spike.

Spike turned towards Ember as she began to speak.

"I'm gonna hold off on telling dad until I've made it at some point in therapy. There will come a time where he will figure out what I've been up to, but right now I'm gonna play it safe until the time is right."

"Hey. All the more reason to help clean yourself up. I mean, I was an adopted child and I never really knew my real family. I'm sure it'll work out for you."

Ember felt pity towards Spike for telling her that he was an adopted child, but decided to lay it off for another time. Spike got out of the car and started to go home, but before he could go, Ember got out of the car and raised him up in her arms.

"Ember?"

She gave him a good, long kiss as she held him in her arms. It was tense, but passionate. A feeling that felt pretty genuine between them after last night. After a minute passed, she put him down and went back into her car.

"See you in practice, towel boy~!" Ember shouted as she drove off.

Spike chuckled as she left his house filled with high spirits. Spike went inside, but he didn't see Celestia or Luna anywhere. As he snuck his way through the hallway, he suddenly heard,

"Good morning, Spike."

He was immediately scared as he turned around. He saw Celestia and Luna in front of him. He was afraid, but he didn't show it.

"How was your date last night?" Luna asked as she ate a twinkie.

"It was fine." Spike said in a casual manner.

"Really? Something good must have happened~." Celestia said in a playful manner.

"I dunno what you're talking about."

"There's no need to play innocent. We know what happened last night~."

"And what did we do?"

Celestia and Luna looked at each other and laughed, confusing Spike.

"Am I missing something here?" Spike asked.

"Don't worry, Spike. We've all been there." Celestia said.

"O-Oh. Yeah. Been there." Spike said, albeit nervously.

"Anyway, we were gonna go grocery shopping. Wanna come with us?" Luna asked.

"Nah. I'm good. I had a long night and I wanna have a little me time."

"Ah. Okay. But just remember that if you stay out too long next time, we're gonna have problems, okay?"

"Alright. I'll see you two later." Spike said as he went to the TV room.

"Wait! Don't you wanna tell us how your date went?" Celestia asked.

"Lay off him, sis. He's had a rough night."

"I know, but still..."

After the two left, Spike went upstairs towards his room. But before he could enter, Celestia came in and asked,

"By the way, why do you smell like weed?"

Spike stopped dead in his tracks. But instead of getting angry, Celestia simply smirked and left. Spike let out a sigh and got dressed into different clothes. Afterwards, he went downstairs and started playing video games.

***

Sometime later at school, Spike was shoved to the wall by Garble and his friends in the back of the gym.

"So how much do you have, Spikey-wikey?" Garble asked in a taunting voice.

"C'mon guys. Don't you all know that Ember's-"

"Do you really think I give a fuck about Ember right now? C'mon! How much do you have?"

"Yeah! Spill it, rooster-boy." one of his cronies said.

"Are you sure about that?" Spike said, pointing towards the left.

Garble and his friends turned around and saw Ember. Immediately, Garble's friends ran away, leaving him behind in the process. Ember walked towards him and asked,

"Didn't I make it any clearer that this kid here is my boyfriend?"

Garble dropped Spike and said with futile,

"Uh... Yeah, well-"

"Well what?"

"W-Well, I just thought I'd-"

"Yeah?"

"I just... thought I'd talk to him, you know? Try and get to know him and all..."

"Uh-huh. But since you were getting friendly with Spike, what do you say to twenty laps and a hundred knuckle pushups on the gym floor?"

"What?" Garble asked.

"Get moving, or get moved." Ember threatened.

Garble did what she said and ran off. Ember went over to him and help Spike off the ground.

"Rough time?" Ember asked.

"Not really. We were just headed to overtime."

"Ah. Well, we better get to practice before the coach gets angry."

"Yeah." Spike said as he held Ember's hand.

As they kept walking, Ember asked,

"Are we still going to the arcade this Friday?"

"Yeah, but on Saturday, I have a game of Goblins & Oubliettes I need to join."

"Hmm. Sounds like fun. Maybe I can join next time?"

"I'll see if I work something out with my friends."

"Alright. And after that, we can..."

Spike gave her a weird look, which started to scare Ember at first. Then he laughed it off, which Ember joined in on. The two proceeded to walk towards practice without a moment's hesitation. It was already clear that Ember held a lot of issues within herself, but she now had someone close to her now and was certainly worth fighting for. Spike, on the other hand, felt happy for the first time of having a girlfriend, even with most of the times they were having sex after every date they had. But for what it was worth for better or worse, they felt lucky to have each other.

Author's Note

Hello everybody. If anybody's gonna ask when I'm gonna do another chapter, I will address the fact that this is the final chapter to this story. There might come a time where I'll do a story tied to this continuity where Ember's going through therapy and dating Spike, but for now this is it for me. But I will say that I appreciate all the support that you gave this chapter and for getting me featured on Fimfic. To be honest when I first wrote this story, I was expecting to get shot down on this new direction. But it seemed to have had the opposite affect when I published it. Guess it shows how far I have came when it comes to writing stories. But for what it's worth, I'm proud to have you all as my supporters. Thank you all reading my story. I'll see you on the other side.