It has been a few days since Derpy was evicted and forced to move out of her apartment. Though thankfully for her and her daughter, her human friend took them in upon hearing that they had a few days left before being locked out. With his help they were fully moved out of the apartment and into his house. Luckily nothing much really changed for Dinky, in terms of school districts and such. Though since Ponyville had only one school anyway, it was unlikely she was going to attend another school regardless of where she lived in town. At least the travel time was still consistent enough, only five extra minutes.

It was Friday morning and well, as the last four other mornings have shown, Derpy and Dinky come down to find that breakfast is already made and on plates for them. Their human friend and caretaker cleaning the dishes used to make the breakfast. Which has been something different every morning so far. This time it was pancakes with blueberries and chocolate chips in them. Yesterday was oats. Which were absolutely delicious. Though deep down, Derpy couldn't help but feel bad. He was so nice to her and took her and Dinky in with no questions asked and has been making the food for them. She didn't owe him anything and that was what made her feel bad, she felt like she was taking advantage of his friendship, even though he was the one that offered to let her stay and didn't want her to worry about money or food. He was quite skilled with his hands so he was able to work out contract work for the locals. Build, fix, assist, he was into a bit of everything and that allowed him to earn some decent wages. Derpy knew he wasn't hurting for money nor would them living there affect his living ability. She had a job herself, but with fluctuating hours and such, it was hard to earn a consistent pay to keep up with rent. Maybe she could pitch in with groceries? She was just brain storming as she ate the pancakes.

That was when he spoke, "How about I take you to school today Dinky?"

"Sure!" Dinky said with excitement. She didn't get to travel around with her new human friend, so she was really looking forward to it. Derpy however was curious to why he would want to take Dinky to school. She didn't have a problem with it obviously, but it was a bit odd.

"Why do you want to take her to school if I may ask?" Derpy said between bites of her pancakes.

"School wants me to fix the playground. So might as well take Dinky there then set to work. Gives you a bit more time to get ready too." He smiled as he finished up his breakfast. He got a nod from Derpy. She was satisfied with the answer.

Soon Dinky left with him carrying her. His arms crossed and she was laying stomach up on them. Looking mightily cute and giggling the whole time with happiness as she was carried around. "Wee!" She squealed.

He however couldn't help but smile at her innocence and happiness. Though soon enough they arrived at the school and she went to class. He set to work on the playground. It was a bit rough. He would be here for a few hours. Thus some classes weren't getting recess today, but were going home early so they didn't complain too much.

During the time he was working his thoughts went toward Derpy. How screwed up her life has been. Since they've been friends she's opened up and laid it all out. She dropped out of high school when she had an accident with one of her jobs. Hit her head pretty good and caused some minor brain damage. Which caused the eyes to be in that offset alignment. Couldn't focus on her school work anymore and she just dropped out and became a mail mare. That worked for a while. Though things went really downhill for a few months a few years ago. Seven to be exact. Found a young stallion, thought he was nice. Only he spiked her drink, one night when she was in heat. The drugs knocked her out and he well, had his way with her unconscious body. He left two days later and she later found out she was pregnant. Dinky showed up and things looked up for a bit. But still, hard to earn a living for two with little education. Being fired from two or three jobs doesn't help. Government aid wasn't much help either. One thing led to another and bills kept coming and not enough money to pay them all. Derpy told him she was getting evicted soon. Didn't want to involve anyone but she had nowhere to go and couldn't afford anywhere else. As she was getting kicked out the cheapest apartments in the town. So he went up and moved out all her stuff into one of his spare bedrooms, he had two. She got one Dinky got the other. Two days of moving she was fully moved out into his home. He knows she is extremely thankful and feels like an inconvenience to him. But she really isn't.

Being honest with himself, he was lonely, so having them around in his house took care of that issue. Though being even more honest, he was feeling a bit of an attraction to the mare. Started two days after she moved in. Only been growing since. Though they have been friends for about six months. So it was possible the feelings were building way before four days ago. Just being around her that much more expedited the emotions. Since they talk daily and hang out a lot. Thankfully tomorrow was Saturday and they both would be off. Dinky was going to hang out with her friends for most of the day. So he was hoping they could hang out and have some emotional talking and confessions without the little ears of Dinky catching wind. She is just old enough to catch on to the more adult things and ask questions about it if she hears that kind of talk. Really awkward, avoid if possible.

Time was one in the afternoon and he finished rebuilding the playground. So he went home to clean up and relax a bit before Derpy and Dinky would come home. Then he would start on dinner. Since they got home around 3:30.

Author's Note

Two stories in one night? I must be a madman! Probably true.

Also I intentionally left out the human's name the whole chapter, as both a challenge for my writing skills and to irritate you. Because I can that's why!