Waking up in the morning after a particularly stressful yet eye opening night is, in all honesty a bleak experience. Mixed with a slight hangover and in most cases one would prefer to just stay in bed, ignoring the rest of the world.

This was exactly what I had in mind, as I rolled over to put myself in a more comfortable position. This act however sealed my fate of having to wake up and get out of bed. There were two reasons for this.

One I was sleeping in my sister’s bed, who just happened to be a Unicorn from a cartoon show.

And two because Twilight wasn’t lying right next to me in said bed.

So I groaned as I lied there on the soft pillows that comforted my head, trying so very hard to just ignore the fact that I had committed horrible acts for just a few more hours. However my curiosity did eventually get the better of me.

I got up, stretched my arms out while giving a big yawn, rubbed my eyes to get the dust out and gazed at my surroundings.

Twilight’s room hadn’t changed, except for the fact that she was missing and there was a lingering smell of booze and sex.

The combination did not bode well for my stomach.

“Enough of that nonsense” I scolded myself “Get your lazy self off the bed and go look for Twilight.”

“You say something Trist?” Twilight yelled at me from the front room, both relieving me of my curiosity and at the same time filling me with a sense of dread that an inevitable dread that an unavoidable confrontation was at hand.
After removing my body from the mattress and putting a terrible excuse of an outfit on, I left the bedroom to embrace the world in my cold cynical grasp. Twilight was the first to greet me in my adventure as she sat on the couch in the living room, levitating a warm cup of green tea beside her while she browsed the laptop. Sitting down beside her I noticed another glass filled with that warm sweet nectar on the table calling out to me. I unconsciously thanked Twilight for being considerate. I could see that she wasn’t just looking at the laptop but also was browsing through a picture book next to her. It was filled with pictures from our childhood.

“Whatcha looking at Twi?” I started off the unavoidably awkward conversation.

“Memories.” She answered bluntly barely acknowledging my presence as she continued her work. I looked over her shoulder to see what she was looking at. Not to my surprise she was watching episodes of the show she came from.

“Comparing how you are in the show to how life is now?” I asked assuming that was indeed her intention.

“Of course, it’s intriguing to see yourself in different scenarios, different situations with different people and seeing how one would adapt.” She explained.

“So what your really doing is seeing if you ever fell in love, and if you could use that as a reference material to how you feel now?” I shot out my assumptions in the dark, seeing if I was correct and if I could erect a response. Perhaps not my greatest idea, but possibly worth the reward.

She shot me a dirty look, before turning back to her experiment.

“I suppose you could say that…” She muttered as she continued her work.

“Doesn’t that kind of you know, ruin the experience?” I continued not letting her escape the conversation.

“Do you mean that I should not look at the alternate reality that I came from that might help me figure out some of the problems I have with life?” She coldly replied

“Well when you put it that way.” I backed off trying not to start an argument since she wasn’t in the mood for debates.
She continued watching for a second, before closing the laptop and looking at me with a solemn apologetic look on her face.

“I’m sorry Trist, I’m being stern but with the new discoveries we found out in the last night it’s hard to be cheerful, well other than the part where I admitted that I loved you of course, taking that into consideration last night was one of the best nights of my life.” She apologized

“No harm done.” I accepted her apology not really in the mood to bicker; besides I could understand where she was coming from. At the moment I was having conflicts with myself as well. I was at the moment trying to separate Twilight from my family, trying to look at her as something other than my sibling. It was easier last night with the combination of her being in a human form, and the alcohol did dull my senses. However in her natural shape, it was next to impossible.

Part of me wanted to snuggle up next to her and comfort her, the other part just wanted to hang back.

“Would it be okay if I lay on your lap?” She asked as if she could read my mind. Perhaps she could? Who knew when it came to Twilight.

I blushed and at the same time was disgusted

“Sure, I suppose you can” my mouth betrayed me and while I wouldn’t admit it, part of me wanted to have that intimacy that we had the night before. It definitely wasn’t the same now though, as Twilight sprawled across my lap. Lying on her lap as she brought the memory book with her to continue having something to read.

It was uncomfortable, but if this relationship was ever going to be stable, I suppose I would have to get around it.

“So…” I muttered as I shifted uncomfortably as she adjusted her small from to sit in my lap. She felt more like a child in this position which in all honesty made me chuckle a little.

“So…” she replied smoothly with a hint of seduction in her voice, as if she planned on something to happen. Unfortunately she didn’t get the chance to do anything as out moment was interrupted by a knock on the door. She quickly shifted to her human shape and walked for the door. I was embarrassed because the mere act of her lying upon me, having the warmth of her body spread across my lap, brought back fond memories of the night before and I would have been lying if I didn’t admit that a touch of arousal had affected me.

So I quickly adjusted myself to look more presentable.

Twilight opened the door with a stern look upon her face that quickly changed to one of surprise as she quickly realized who the visitor was.

“Crystal! How great to see you please come in!” she beckoned the girl into the door, she was just as surprised as I was.

Crystal Zyne was an old classmate of ours. One of the few that we kept in contact with after we had graduated from our school. She was a quite girl and we never really got along until she met Twilight. She always had a way of making her come out of her quite almost unbreakable silence. After that we became great friends. She was like Twilight, a bookworm and a huge fan of anime. Unlike most of the kids in our school she never dyed her hair, but instead always had it put up in different styles. Every day it was unique and for the most part more bizarre than attractive. But upon examination one would find a pattern to her choices. They fit her mood for that day, sometimes she would have her hair let down and relaxed, which meant she wasn’t stressed out or just having a relaxing morning. Sometimes they would be in pigtails, which meant she was feeling daring and adventurous.

Today she was relaxed, and like always her hair gave it away.

“Good morning Twilight sorry for coming over in such short notice.” She answered Twilight before walking in; she greeted me with a smile. “Nice to see you as well Tristan.”

“Always a pleasure” I replied, slightly irritated but at the same time happy to see one of my old friends.
She sat down next to me and Twilight got her a glass of tea and we started making small talk, nothing ecstatic, just about life and whatever was going on at the time. It didn’t take long however to notice that something was different about us and she couldn’t resist the temptation to find out.

“So what’s up with you two?” she got straight to the point while leaning back with a smirk on her face.
Twilight looked at me with a slight blush on her face; in return I simply gave a nod, encouraging her to take charge.

“Well I finally opened up about how I felt.” Twilight whispered as she bowed her head in embarrassment.
Crystal gasped in excitement and quickly got up and rushed at Twilight, giving her a quick and sudden embrace.

“About time! I was starting to think you never would open up about that.” She turned her head giving me a quick glance before turning back to her victim.

“I’m assuming he returned the kindness?” She questioned

As if I would be sitting here if I didn’t.

“Of course though he was a bit reluctant at first.” Twilight simply answered while trying to avoid eye contact.

“Well of course he would! It’s quite an important event admitting that you love him and all.” Crystal practically beamed. “We need to go celebrate!”

“I’m not entirely sure why we should go celebrate, after all I did wake up not too long ago.” I peeped out, not exactly wanting to go anywhere with the headache I had.

“Oh hush you.” Crystal growled back in defiance. “We have to celebrate such an important event like this!”

“As much as I would love to go out today I’m quite busy, but I’m sure Tristan would love to go.” Twilight argued while trying to escape the death grip placed upon her. I made sure to give her a dirty look for throwing me into the fire like that. I don’t think she saw it, but she probably could imagine the scowl on my face.

“Well I suppose I can understand that, your work is pretty important after all.” Crystal stated as she released Twilight, I was slightly irked about the fact that she wouldn’t listen to my protests but didn’t even argue with Twilight.

“Fine where did you have in mind?” I surrendered giving myself up to the whims of a maniac.

Author's Note

Finally updated this damned story, and i'm still displeased with it, however I needed to get this part out of the way so i could focus on the more plot related chapters. so look at it as more of a filler chapter. I also wanted to add a minor character just to show that there was indeed a world going on in the story. With that in mind it's safe to say that Crystal is not a major character and won't have much point in the story. She's just there to keep the flow going in a sense. As for questions about the rest of the story, i think i'm going to focus more on story and there won't be much clop in the later chapters. It worked for the last chapter but with what I had in mind for future chapters there's not much room for it. With that in mind I know this isn't much but i hope you all enjoy this little tidbit. While it's more likely that most of you will be disgusted with it (I know I am but like i said, have to link the major chapters together somehow.) Expect more soon!