Cutting In: An Odd Romance Story (Redux)

Doris frowns and looks down on her side of the bed and says, “Well uh, I usually just have toast and coffee?”

Bonbon smiles and says, “Sure thing Dory!” before sweetly nuzzling the dumbfounded pegasus.

Doris mutters to herself as she gets out bed and says, “You’re chipper in the morning… This annoys me…”

Bonbon giggles to herself as she scoots out of bed to her hooves on the floor and says, “Well, there’s three of us now!” she turns around to begin trotting around the bed to the door, “I guess it’s just Law of Averages that one of us wouldn’t be a morning person?”

“Uh, you’re not thinking of adding a fourth or anything are you?”

Bonbon stops trotting and looks at the blue pegasus on her right, “Oh, heavens no Dory! I only needed a bit more company! Not a whole lot!” she smiles, “You and Lyra should be fine!”

“Um, okay… And you wanted me?”

“Yes Dory! That’s exactly why I went through the trouble of getting you over here to have a sleepover with you! Because I wasn’t interested in you at all!”

Doris scowls and says, “Ouch!”

Bonbon trots around the bed as Doris sits up and rubs the back of her head with her right forehoof. Bonbon looks up at Doris on the bed and says, “Sorry Dory, but you need to know that we do want you!”

Doris looks at Bonbon on her right and widens her eyes, “Okay Bonnie! I get it! Uh…”

Bonbon smiles and says, “Right! Two creams and no sugar, coming right up!” before she turns back around and begins to trot towards the door.

Doris starts, “Oh, come on! This is literally day one!”

Bonbon giggles and says, “Some things just aren’t hard to figure out Dory!” shortly before reaching towards the knob with her right forehoof

Doris lowers her forehooves to her sides and says, “Okay, enough chit chat! Time is coffee!”

Bonbon snickers some more while turning the knob and says, “Oh, of course!”

Doris gets out of bed to her hooves and faces the door as she says, “Well, since you’re already convinced that I’m a chronic coffee addict!”

Bonbon turns back right at Doris as she opens the door and says, “Well, aren’t you?”

Doris starts and frowns before saying, “Shut up!” before trotting towards the door while muttering to herself, “Okay, apparently I’m spending the day with Bonbon!” while Bonbon is already outside, trotting to the kitchen.

Doris trots to the kitchen right as Bonbon is balancing two cups of coffee on her snout and trotting to the table. She sits one down on one side before saying, “Sit there, honey!” and then sets the other one down across from it.

Bonbon then trots back to the cabinet area with the four-slice toaster there and presses 4 slices of bread down as Doris sits on her end of the table. Doris mutters to herself, “Honey huh?”

Bonbon gets on her haunches in front of the toaster, “Alright babe! Just give me a few minutes!”

Doris widens her eyes at the new pet name, before looking up and calling back, “Okay Bonnie!”

Bonbon smiles as it soon pops and she takes each slice out with her forehooves and sets them on two plates, two per plate, side by side. Then she slides the butter open with her right forehoof and takes a knife in her teeth before using it to spread butter on all 4 slices of toast. She puts the knife down, looks back to Doris towards her right, and calls out, “Is raspberry jam okay Dory?”

Doris smiles and looks to the yellow pony, “Sure Bonnie! That’s my favorite!”

Bonbon smiles as she grabs the knife on the left with her teeth, slides the jam jar to her with her right forehoof and pops it open with her left. Then she uses the knife to spread a nice layer of jam on each slice of toast and grabs one plate with her mouth and balances the other on her snout. She smiles as she trots back to the kitchen this way as she says between her teeth, “Okay sweetie! Here it comes!” She gets to the table and sets her own plate down with her mouth, to the left of Doris before setting the snout plate in front of the pegasus. Then she turns back to trot to her side, where she sits and turns left to smile at her new love.

“Uh, thanks Bonnie!” Doris says before grabbing her precious blond elixir in her forehooves and gulping down just a small mouthful. She widens her eyes as she sets it down quickly, “It’s pretty hot!”

Bonbon smiles once more and says, “Well gee Dory! It did just come out of the pot!” as she nuzzles Doris and giggles.

“Yeah…” she widens her cerulean eyes, “Hey! So, what did you want to do today, Bonnie?”

“Well, I had something in mind for this afternoon, but I’ve got nothing for our morning together. Whatever you wanna do is fine Dory!”

“Huh…” Doris looks down and says, “Well, I usually just read and sip coffee on Saturday mornings?”

“Hmm…” Bonbon says as a small glimmer forms in her blue eyes, “Well, we could head over to the go-kart track south of here. I like to ride them because it clears my head.”

Doris looks up at Bonbon with an interested expression, “I didn’t know there was a go-kart track in Ponyville?”

“It’s been there for about a year now Dory! Ponyville really isn’t that big!” She leans forward with a wide-eyed frown, “You don’t get out much do you?”

Doris grimaces as she says, “Well I don’t usually go to that area of town and there’s a lot of buildings over there!”

Bonbon smiles and giggles slightly, “Yeah! And one big open area where the go-kart track is!”

Doris just sits in silence for a moment as her eyes and mouth both narrow, before saying in a lower tone, “You win this round Bonbon!”

Bonbon giggles and leans forward to nuzzle Doris affectionately, “Come on Dory! It’ll be fun!”

“Well it beats my regular schedule of ‘nothing’ for the weekend?” Doris shakes her head and looks at the earth pony, “Um, sure Bonnie! Let’s go ride some go-karts!”

Bonbon nuzzles her again and smiles wider, “Atta girl!”

Doris picks up her toast with her forehooves and starts to munch on it. Bonbon sees this and does the same. Doris grasps her coffee with her forehooves and takes a mighty swig of the warm caffeinated beverage, before setting the cup down with her neck and asking, “So, when do they open?”

“Nine o’clock! It’s only 8:30 now and so we should be fine!”

Doris giggles and says, “Right, well we wouldn’t want to be late! I imagine they’d get upset?”

Bonbon smiles again and giggles, “Okay! Got it! No rush!”

Doris takes another swig of her coffee, using only her forehooves this time and quickly grasps the last of her toast to finish munching it completely before picking up the other slice.

Bonbon says, “Well it’s not like toast takes that long to eat?” before grabbing her other slice in her forehooves and chomping down on it.

“Eh, not usually?” Doris says before eating some of her toast.

Doris finishes her slice and Bonbon sees this before taking her last bite, chewing, and swallowing it. Then she leans over and kisses Doris on the lips and says, “I love you!”

Doris swallows the toast in her mouth, “I uh, love you too Bonnie! But I uh…”

“Now Dory, I know a lot of this is new to you, so just relax, okay?”

“Um…okay…” Doris sighs and nods slightly.

Bonbon puts her right forehoof onto Doris’s left and says, “Do you need to talk baby?”

Doris shakes her head slightly and stares back at Bonbon with wide eyes, “Well yeah! I mean, I go from having nopony to love to there being two of you! Well, Lyra isn’t here right now, but still!”

“Doris?”

Doris leans slightly closer to the earth pony, who still has her forehooves on hers, “Yes Bonbon?”

Bonbon looks into Doris’s green eyes as she strokes the fur of her forehoof with her own and says, “Doris… I can’t describe the way I’ve felt about you, but…”

Doris widens her eyes and tightens her mouth as she asks, “But what?”

“But I know there’s something there… I wanted to be with you Doris…” Bonbon smiles, “I wanted to know you…”

Doris shakes her head slightly and adjusts her gaze, “Is Lyra also gonna be this intense?”

Bonbon stops and pulls her forehooves back and crosses them while saying in a disgruntled tone, “What? I was just telling you how I feel!” before frowning at Doris.

“Oh!” Doris says before closing her eyes and sighing “I am SO sorry Bonbon….” She opens her eyes before looking at Bonbon carefully for a moment… At that point, Doris realized what she had to say and so she said, “Bonbon… I’ll admit I was skeptical at first… But after your loving embrace last night and feeling you near me, I uh…” She looks down and then up at the earth pony, “I’d rather not be without you right now…”

Bonbon smiles dimly and gazes on with slightly more warmth, “I love you too Doris!”

Doris stretches her back on the chair and her forehooves out to the sides to loosen up her body as she says, “So! Ready to take off Bonnie?”

Bonbon smiles and says, “Not quite!” before leaning over to kiss Doris on the lips and then smiling again as she says, “Now we can go!”

Doris grins and giggles slightly, “Laying it on thick I see!” before getting off the chair.

“Trying to be supportive!” Bonbon says as she gets off hers and scoots it under the table with her neck. She looks at Doris to her left and asks, “Are you okay?”

“Oh yeah! Never been in a lesbian relationship and never been a three-way relationship! I’m not exactly cruising familiar territory here!”

“Oh gosh Dory! You’ve never loved a mare before? Well, how do you…”

Doris looks at the yellow pony sternly and cuts her off, “I’ve watched a LOT of porn okay?”

Bonbon giggles and says, “Well yeah! When you’re alone, I guess you gotta…”

Doris cuts her off again, “Shut up!”

Bonbon giggles even harder as she stares at the floor while Doris scowls at her.

“So um, are we doing this or are you just gonna laugh at what I do in my spare time?”

Bonbon looks up with a wide-eyed start, “Uh, I’m sorry Dory! I really do love you uh, yes! Let’s go ride some go karts! We need to go ride go-karts, right now!”

<*****>

The two ponies begin trotting away from Lyra and Bonbon’s house towards the go kart track to the south. Bonbon stops, looks up, and says, “It’s just over on the other side of that building there!” before pointing towards the bakery with her right forehoof.

Doris looks up at this from the right of the two ponies, “Oh, right! The big open area I never bothered to check out!”

Bonbon looks back at Doris, smiles, and says, “Well, you’ll never know what’s out there unless you take a look you know?”

Doris blinks, “Well, I guess that’s right?” she nods, “Let’s go!”

Both ponies trot around the bakery and sure enough, Doris eventually sees a big track on the other side, coming up on the ponies right as they go around the left side of the bakery in the dirt alleyways of Ponyville. Bonbon says, “Okay, we have to go to the office and pay to get our karts!” before nodding towards the front of the building, where she sees what looks like a metal office annex.

Doris frowns and says, “Okay, where’s the office?”

“The big building on the right!”

Doris widens her eyes at this revelation, “Oh uh, right! Let’s go!”

Both ponies trot to the main building on the right, across from the annex structure. Bonbon opens the red metal door on the white metal building with her right forehoof and trots in with Doris behind her and Doris gets the door with her own right forehoof.

Doris is in the back of the office while Bonbon is talking to the red earth pony behind the counter front counter, opposite to the entryway. She soon turns and trots back to Doris before looking at the pegasus with her blue eyes and saying, “Okay! We’re cleared for two karts! Let’s go!”

“Right” turning to trot out the entrance with the earth pony behind her. Doris looks up and says, “Where’s the karts?”

Bonbon says, “Over on your right Dory! You wanna head to that side of the track!”

Doris looks over to her right and sees another entryway leading into the track. She trots that way as the yellow pony follows close behind, and opens another red door on the big white metal building and trots inside… She sees a big metal corral there on the right side of the room with many bays and go karts coming up on her right as she trots into the structure. She turns to the corral and says, “So, any of these?”

While trotting near her right side, Bonbon looks left at the pegasus, “Any one you want!” before turning her neck to face the corral.

Doris frowns, “Well, one is as good as the other?” before turning her head back and trotting to the kart on the far left… She gets inside the metal bay and gets navigates her way inside the kart to eventually sit on her haunches inside.

“Right!” Bonbon smiles and nods at this sight before trotting to the bay on Doris’s left and traversing her way into her own kart. Bonbon looks down at the steering column and smiles as she reaches to the ignition with her right forehoof and turns the key before hitting the gas with her right hind hoof and shouting “WAHOOO!!!!” as the machine suddenly jolts forward with velocity!

Doris sees the earth pony speeding along the track in her kart, “Well, she probably doesn’t want me to just sit here while she rides her kart?” before turning her own ignition with her forehoof and gently hitting the gas with her right hind hoof. The kart takes off quickly and Doris says, “WHOA!” as it lurches forward and soon begins to stall when she lets off the gas before quickly hitting the gas again to get the machine running forward again... And finally, she takes off!

Doris and Bonbon both fly around the track in their fast go-karts.

They continue doing this for awhile before Doris’s kart suddenly jolts and slows down! She looks behind her on the left to see a smiling Bonbon there with a devious look in her eyes behind the wheel.

“Oh, hell no!” Doris mutters to herself as she turns back and slams the gas harder, so her kart flies forward again with velocity! She turns the wheel to bank off to the right side.

She tries to see back and gets slammed on her the left side of her kart from a head on collision. This causes her kart to spin and she can make out Bonbon giggling each time she passes her field of vision. She hits the breaks to slow her vehicle to a more manageable speed before slamming the gas again and correcting her course with the wheel. She thinks to herself, “Well, she’s having fun? But this cannot go unavenged!” Before turning her wheel to the left and circling around while riding the gas pedal hard with her hind leg.

She sees Bonbon’s car over on her right side as she circles the track and decides to get some revenge as she shunts the other kart with her own.

Doris can make out the earth pony giggling as she says, “Oh yeah?” before Bonbon’s kart curves slightly into Doris’s to shunt her back! Doris can tell she’s holding back and that it’s all in good fun.

Doris smiles as she turns her wheel again to shunt Bonbon over on her left again before hitting the gas hard again with her forehoof.

Doris can make out a go kart engine approaching in the small rear-view mirror on her right before her machine stalls because it’s been hit from behind.

Doris looks behind on the left and says, “I can go all day, Bonnie!” before turning back and hitting the gas again with her hind hoof.

“Bring it!” She can barely hear Bonbon shout from behind her.

The two ponies play like this for most of the morning before Bonbon finally drives her kart back to the corral, on the right side of the track, as they pass. Doris sees this and cuts her wheel to the side to head there herself.

<*****>

Doris disembarks from her kart once it’s parked in the corral. She trots over to the door and opens it with her right forehoof to see a smiling Bonbon, waiting for her beyond the bay structure. She looks at the earth pony, “Wow! I’ve never done that before Bonbon!”

Bonbon looks back to the pegasus and smiles, “Yeah, that was great! Lyra never comes to the go-kart track with me!”

Doris scrunches her mouth and asks her, “So is that why I’m here? Because you want to play on go-karts?”

Bonbon narrows her gaze, “Doris! Knock it off already! We already said we wanted you and that’s really all there is to it! ALL of you, including the part that now likes go-karts!” before widening her eyes again and smiling back at the other pony.

Doris shakes her head slightly, before trotting to her new love, smiling, and hugging her tightly with her forehooves as she says, “I’m sorry Bonnie…”

Bonbon timidly returns the hug while closing her eyes, “It’s okay Dory… I know this is still new to you…”

“Years!”

Bonbon giggles and says, “Right! It’s been years for you… I understand…” before hugging Doris even tighter.

“Lots of porn!”

“Hush now Dory. It’s okay... I got you…”

The two ponies break their embrace and Doris looks over and asks, “So, Bonnie! What’s next?”

“Well, that was a lot of fun, but why don’t we hit up the café again for some lunch?”

“Sounds good!” Doris says before she trots over to the door and opens it her right forehoof before trotting out.

Bonbon follows her and both ponies begin trotting east towards the café.

As they both trot down the dirt road, Doris looks to Bonbon on her left and says, “Okay, I just have to know… Of all the mares in town, why me?”

Bonbon looks at Doris trotting to her left and smiles, “Because you’re very sweet Doris. You have a wonderful smile that lights up the room.” she leans slightly closer with wide blue eyes, “And I love your personality!”

Doris frowns, “Well, how does Lyra feel about me?”

“I think she’s warming up to you Dory!” Bonbon perks up slightly, “I know I am!”

Doris looks down, “Hmm, well there’s two of you!” she adjusts her gaze back up to the earth pony, “I guess I should just deal with one of you at a time?”

“Except when we’re all together!”

Doris widens her eyes, “Right! And then, TOTAL MAYHEM!”

Bonbon snickers as she narrows her eyes, “Well, it’s not like we’re not all there for each other?”

Doris corrects her eyes as the two ponies continue trotting down the unpaved backroads of Ponyville, “Right! But this is so weird for me!”

Bonbon widens her eyes again, “Yeah, I know! I’ve never done this before either, but I really did like you and wanted to try it out!”

Doris slows her trotting, “So, is that all I am to you Bonbon? An experiment?”

Bonbon stops trotting before Doris does the same. She looks at the indigo pegasus and says, “Oh gosh, no Dory! I didn’t mean it like that!” She regains composure as the pegasus straightens her stance, looks up at Doris, smiles, tilts her head to the left, and continues, “Since Lyra made it known to me that she was open to the idea of a third lover, we talked it over…” she leans forward slightly with a wide sincere gaze in her sparkling blue eyes, “I remembered seeing you during your weekly visits on Thursday…” she smiles slightly, “I-I remembered our witty conversations” she adjusts her eyes to the pegasus, “and I remembered your smile…” she begins to smile sweetly at Doris, “I also remembered how sweet you were…” she widens her eyes completely. “I like you, Doris!” before shaking her head slightly and adjusting herself.

Doris looks down and says, “Well uh, I kinda like you too Bonnie…” She looks back up and says, “And I think I do want to be with you…” before frowning…

Bonbon frowns and widens her eyes as she leans forward and asks, “So uh, what’s the problem?”

Doris looks down and says, “I-I’m sorry…”

Bonbon gets closer, puts her right forehoof under Doris’s chin to bring her face to hers and smiles slightly as she says, “It’s okay Dory…”

Doris blinks and narrows her mouth, “You sure Bonnie?”

Bonbon can’t help but snicker slightly, “Yeah, I mean, we kinda just threw you into this really,” she adjusts her gaze to the blue pony, “but we just didn’t know what else to do?”

Doris smiles dimly and says, “Yeah…” she giggles slightly, “I uh, don’t think I’d know how to start either?” she nods slightly, “Uh, thanks Bonbon…”

Bonbon smiles “I love you, Doris!” before leaning forward slightly with closed eyes to slowly kiss the pegasus mare… After a moment, she pulls back from Doris’s face.

Doris smiles, giggles, and says, “Yeah…” before blushing slightly, and saying, “Hey, I’m hungry! Let’s go eat!”

Bonbon looks at the pegasus with a piercing glare as she asks, “You okay Doris?”

“Well, we’ve already been over how we’re all together last night and so uh, is there anything left to talk about now?”

“Okay Dory… But if you have any problems!”

“Yeah yeah! Talk to you and Lyra about it! I’ve been in a relationship before Bonnie!”

“Right! Well…” Bonbon wistfully looks off to the right.

Doris widens her eyes and says, “Well, you wanna go eat before this gets even weirder?”

Bonbon smiles at the pegasus, “Well, we probably should, right?” she widens her eyes, “I mean, we don’t want things to get weird, now do we?”

At this point, Doris widens her eyes and silently turns to face the café to her left and begins trotting the direction.

Bonbon can’t help but snicker slightly as she reciprocates…

<*****>

The two ponies see the café building coming up on the left and Doris trots that direction with the yellow earth pony, close in tow. She opens the blue door with her right forehoof leading into the tan stone building before looking at Bonbon trotting towards her on the right and saying, “After you sweetie pumpkin pie!”

Bonbon giggles as she trots in and glances towards the pegasus, “Oh, now who’s laying it on thick?”

“Had to make you pay!” Doris says as she grins and walks into the restaurant behind the earth pony.

The two ponies sit down at the table on the far side of the restaurant. Doris looks into Bonbon’s eyes as they both sit at the small booth with red leather seats as she says, “Look! I’m really sorry about what I said earlier….” She looks down. “I guess I’m just not used to being with somepony anymore?”

She feels a hoof move on top of her right forehoof as it sits on the table and looks up at the yellow earth pony who owns it as Bonbon widens her blues eyes to look at Doris sweetly and says in a sweet soft feminine voice, “It’s okay Dory…” she smiles slightly, “I was by myself for two years before meeting Lyra and learning love again…” she breaths slowly in and out of her nose, “I-I understand….” Before smiling wider…

Doris opens her eyes and stares into Bonbon’s while narrowing her mouth, “R-really Bonbon? You’ll forgive me?”

Bonbon leans forward to softly nuzzle the pegasus as she tenderly says, “It’s okay Dory… I know what it’s like and I’m here for you!” before smiling back at her sweetly.

Doris widens her eyes and chuckles, “Wow! Uh, good thing I wasn’t with Lyra today!”

Bonbon giggles herself and says, “Don’t be so sure Dory! We were talking about you for weeks you know?”

Doris raises her left eyebrow, “Am I really that interesting?”

Bonbon nuzzles her again and says, “Well, what if I said you are?”

Doris widens both eyes, “Huh?”

Just then, Bonbon sees a pink waitress with a yellow mane in a short bun and short flowing tail trotting over to their table with two menus in her unicorn magic. She says to the two mares, “Hi! I’m Abigail and I’ll be your waitress this afternoon! And what may I get the couple to drink?” before setting their menus down on either side as the white magic dissipates on them and magically takes out a small pad and paper from the right side of her saddlebags to her front.

Bonbon raises her head and says to Abigail, “I’ll have berry juice please!” she looks at the pegasus, “What do you want Dory?”

Doris looks at Abigail and says, “Coffee, two creams!”

Abigail jots down a couple of things on the pad as she says, “Berry juice and blond coffee! Coming right up!” before putting the items away in her right saddlebag again and turning left to trot towards the kitchen.

Doris looks back at Bonbon and asks her, “Well, the town knows you’re with Lyra, right? Won’t they start to say things if they see us kissing and nuzzling in a restaurant together?”

Bonbon smiles and says, “We also knew this would come up!” she widens her eyes, “Tell me something Doris, is it their lives we’re living?”

Doris frowns, “Um, no?”

Bonbon’s brows furrow as she continues, “Exactly! We’re living our own lives!” Bonbon leans closer to Doris and nuzzles, “So let them talk if they like! I don’t care! I want my Dory!” And then softly kisses a wide-eyed and almost panic-stricken Doris.

Bonbon breaks and smiles at Doris as she exclaims, “You just don’t care, do you?”

Bonbon nuzzles Doris once more and smiles as she says, “Nope!”

“Wow!” Doris says as Bonbon moves back.

Then, Abigail trots out of the kitchen while using her magic to hold a small tray with a coffee mug and a tall glass of red liquid on it. She gets to their table and sets the tray down in the center before looking up with her blue eyes and asking, “And is the couple ready to order?”

Doris widens her eyes as she says, “Oh gosh! I hadn’t even looked at the menu!” as Abigail gets everypony’s drinks to their portions of the table.

Bonbon, still leaning to Doris, looks over at Abigail and says, “That’s fine! Bring us two hayloaf sandwiches! One for each of us please Abigail!”

Abigail jots down her order on the pad in shorthand and puts it away in her saddlebag again before nodding and saying, “Two hayloaf sandwiches! Coming right up!” And then turns left to trot back to the kitchen.

Doris looks back at Bonbon and widens her eyes, “So I’m guessing those are good?”

Bonbon turns to nuzzle her again as she smiles, “Yup! I know you’ll like it baby!”

Doris smiles dimly as she looks into the blue eyes of the earth pony, “Okay darling… I trust you…”

Bonbon smiles and says, “There we go!” and kisses Doris, who can now only relax as she surrenders to love.

Bonbon breaks a moment later and Doris smiles and says, “This is weird though… I keep thinking about Lyra…”

Bonbon nuzzles her and says, “Her Dory-time comes tomorrow! We’ll see her later when we get back home though!”

“Dory-time? What the? Um…” Doris looks down as she says, “I guess I’m special to both of you?”

“Well, that was the idea you know?” Bonbon says as she tilts her head to the right. “Us, all being helpful and supportive of one another?” she straightens her neck, “Like a regular relationship, but with more directions! And…” she straightens her head and nuzzles Doris once more and says in a higher voice, “you need some extra help because you weren’t here earlier!”

Doris smiles and giggles nervously and says, “Um, sure!”

Then Bonbon sees Abigail coming out of the kitchen once more with a larger tray in her magical grasp. Bonbon straightens herself out to her chair as Doris does the same. Abigail trots to the table and turns left to set the tray down in the center with two plates on it, each containing a juicy hayloaf sandwich. She floats one to Doris and Bonbon’s fronts each with a distinctive white glow. Doris sees a big, delicious sandwich there on her plate waiting for her!

Abigail then picks up the tray and floats it to her right side, while looking to make sure she avoids Doris’s head as she says, “There you are! Enjoy your food!” before trotting away to the kitchen on her left with the tray in her white tow.

“Oh wow! This actually looks delicious!” Doris says.

“Yeah, I know! You think maybe we should stop loving each other and eat now?”

Doris, already knowing what this means, just says, “Yeah probably? I mean, there’ll be time for more love later?”

Bonbon chuckles as she picks up her sandwich in her forehooves and says, “Of course Dory! Always!” and then takes a hearty bite.

Doris sees this and picks up her own sandwich with her forehooves to munch down on it.

It’s strange for Doris, because whenever she looks at Bonbon, she’s always smiled at. At another point, she chances a nuzzle and Bonbon reciprocates by nuzzling her back and smiling. She tests the waters like this once more by choosing to give Bonbon a loving peck on the lips later after Bonbon had swallowed and this only seemed to elate the earth pony… Doris had trouble trusting other ponies, but by the time the meal was through, it became obvious to the pegasus mare than Bonbon did love her and enjoy her company.

Doris sips her coffee and asks Bonbon, “So, what’s next?”

Bonbon giggles and sips her drink as she says, “I dunno Dory? I mean, we could always go back to our house and snuggle?”

Doris starts as she ponders on this a moment before deciding affection isn’t what she needs right now and says, “Well, maybe we can do something in town instead?”

Bonbon smiles and widens her eyes, “Candy shop it is!”

Doris widens her eyes in surprise, frowns, and says, “Really Bonbon? But you work there!”

“So? I like candy!”

“Well, I don’t know what else we could do?” Doris says before nervously looking off to the right and scratching the back of her neck with her right forehoof.

Bonbon then straightens her face and says mechanically, “You will go with me to the shop and eat candy!”

Doris starts and scrunches her mouth as she says, “I don’t really get a choice, do I?”

Bonbon smiles and giggles as she leans forward and says, “Not if you’re with me, you don’t!”

Doris smiles back and giggles slightly, “Well, your name is Bonbon!”

“Exactly!” Bonbon says as she gets off her chair to her left and scoots it back with her right forehoof. “Let’s pay and go!”

Doris gets off her chair to her right and scoots in her chair with her left forehoof and says, “Okay uh…”

Bonbon smiles as she gets two bits from her saddlebags and places them on the table. Then she says, “I’ll go get the check!” before turning left and trotting to the front counter, that direction. Doris then stares at the table with two empty plates on it and two mostly empty drink glasses. She suddenly smiles to herself just thinking about Bonbon and the fun they just had there.

She starts out of it as she hears Bonbon near the door to her front as the earth pony says to her, “Come on Doris! Let’s go eat some candy!”

“Okay Bonnie!” Doris says before she begins to trot that direction…

<*****>

The two ponies trot to the west towards the candy shop, Doris finally looks at Bonbon on her left and says, “Bonnie?”

Bonbon stops and looks at her as she says, “Yeah Dory?”

Doris stops and turns to face her and says, “I love you!”

Bonbon adjusts her body more to face the pegasus, “Is something wrong Dory?”

Doris smiles and says, “N-no…” she shakes her head, “I think everything is alright now…”

Bonbon widens her eyes, “Well then let’s go! Time is candy!”

Doris snickers and says, “Oh of course!”

The two ponies make it to the candy shop, just half a block away on the duty back trails, and Bonbon opens the door on their left with her forehoof, bows curtly, and says, “Would the lovely lady care to enter?”

Doris widens her eyes at the spectacle, “Ah! But of course!” before she trots inside, past the blue door, into the brick building….

She sees a large glass display case with many treats on two shelves on the right next to a counter on the other side. There’s also red two tables, each with two small red stools in the main shop area.

Bonbon trots in beside her on her left and confidently trots forward to the counter. The tan stallion behind the counter recognizes her and says from underneath a dark brown mane, “Oh hey Bonnie! What’s going on?”

Doris trots just behind her to the counter on the right.

“Hey Mac! This is Doris! The one I was telling you about. Uh, get me some orange slices and some of those raspberry gummies!” She looks over to her right and says, “So, what would you like Dory?”

Doris shrinks with her shoulders up, “Well, millionaires is fine…” she adjusts herself, “And some of those chocolate covered almonds!” She looks at Bonbon and says, “If we’re gonna be together, you should probably know I like chocolate more than is legal!”

Bonbon smiles and giggles, “Good to know”

The stallion says, “Alright, you got it Bonnie! Go sit down at the table and I’ll bring it to you!”

“Thanks Mac!” Bonbon says before nodding and turning to trot over to the table on the left side near Doris.

Doris sees her move and trots to the table herself before sliding out the stool, opposite to the counter, with her teeth and moving forward to sit there on her haunches.

Bonbon smiles and sits down herself this way, across from the pegasus.

“So, you told the ponies you work with that you were doing the three-way thing?”

Bonbon frowns and says, “Well, I kinda had to! I mean, they all know I’m with Lyra and if they saw me here with ‘another pony’, well…”

Doris leans forward interestedly, “So uh, they’re okay with it?”

Bonbon smiles and looks into Doris’s eyes as she says, “I dunno? Probably?”

“Wow!”

“What?”

“You’re not worried that they won’t accept you?”

Bonbon smiles and giggles, “Well, they already know I’m a lesbian?”

“Yeah, but we see lesbians all the time!” She leans forward slightly, “Not too many three-way relationships though?”

“Hmm?” Bonbon says as she turns her eyes to the ceiling. She adjusts her gaze to the indigo pony, “How about, you let me worry about explaining things to my coworkers, alright?”

Doris smiles and says, “Sounds good to me!” as she sees Mac balancing two plates on his snout and trotting towards them.

He turns left and sets the plates down on the table to the side before lifting his head, “Alright ladies! Enjoy!” smiles and then turns to trot off to the counter, now on his left. Mac soon disappears somewhere behind the counter and the earth and pegasus mares are left alone together.

Bonbon smiles and decides to make the first moves as she leans over to nuzzle Doris and says, “I love you, Dory!”

Doris smiles and blinks, “I-I love you too Bonnie…”

Bonbon gets some of the gummies with her forehooves and proceeds to cautiously munch on them before she looks over at Doris and mumbles at the pegasus with her mouth still half full of candy, “Try the raspberries with the almond chocolates, Dory!”

“Um, okay Bonnie…” Doris says before she scoops up some of her chocolate covered almonds with her right forehoof and gets the raspberry gummies with her left from the table. She looks up at the yellow pony, “Okay! Here goes!” before putting the chocolate covered nuts in her mouth and chomping down carefully, before putting in the gummy candies. She munches down on an explosion of fruity nutty flavor in her mouth with chocolate overtones. She smiles at the delicious new flavor she discovered.

Bonbon smiles and giggles slightly, “Good, right?”

“Mhm!” Doris says as she narrows her green eyes and munches the candy in her mouth…

Bonbon nuzzles Doris and says, “I’m glad you like it baby!” before grabbing a millionaire with her right forehoof and biting into it with a smile on her face that just screamed SEX! to Doris. Doris couldn’t help but grin at this yellow earth pony enjoying her treats.

Bonbon swallows and widens her eyes, “Hey! Aren’t you gonna have a millionaire Dory?”

“I was getting there!” Doris exclaims as she reaches to the plate with the chocolatey treats on them to her far right and obtains one with her forehooves. She aggressively bites into the morsel as Bonbon stares and giggles softly at her.

Doris nuzzles Bonbon and smiles, with her mouth now full of chocolate.

“This is great right?” Bonbon says before getting some orange slices in her forehooves and devouring some of them greedily.

“Yup! I don’t usually come here, except on Thursdays…”

“Well, sometimes, it’s fun to shake things up Dory!” Bonbon says as she smiles and chances another gentle peck on Doris’s lips.

“Yeah…” Doris can only smile at her new love for a moment before deciding to take another, less aggressive bit into her millionaire.

Bonbon pulls back, “Something on your mind baby?” before fetching some more orange slices with her right forehoof.”

“Yeah… Tell me something Bonnie… Where do you see our relationship going? I mean, all of us? What exactly do you want from me?”

Bonbon smiles and puts her left forehoof on Doris’s right as she says, “That’s simple baby… I want you… I want your love!”

Doris smiles and says, “I know that Bonnie, but…” she looks down.

Bonbon leans forward with a concerned look in her eyes, “But what honey?”

Doris curves her mouth and says, “I just keep thinking that I’m probably gonna move in with you and Lyra later?”

Bonbon starts to laugh hysterically as the pegasus can only stare and frown in silence. She composes herself a moment later by shaking her head slightly and says, “Okay Dory! Now who’s moving too fast? Look! We’re here at the candy shop together and we have many yummy treats! Why don’t we just enjoy the here and now instead huh?” she places her left forehoof on Doris’s right and smiles at the pegasus, “We’ll worry about that later, whenever the time comes!”

Doris looks down and softly giggles as she says, “Yeah, I think too much don’t I?”

“Yeah, you sure do! Look! I like you baby! Why ruin the present with thoughts of the future?” She widens her eyes, “Let’s just have a good time instead!”

Doris giggles slightly, “Sounds good to me!” before grasping some of the orange slices she had neglected earlier with her forehooves and eats some. She chews and swallows before saying, “Wow! These are really good! I’ve never had these before!”

“Well…trying new things is fun right?”

“A lot of times, sure!” Doris says as she smiles at the earth pony while she finishes chewing and finally swallows.

Bonbon then notices the time and says, “Oh dear! Hey Dory, uh, we gotta go! Lyra will be getting home soon!”

Doris widens her eyes, “Oh wow!”

Bonbon instinctively puts the candy away using her mouth and right saddlebag. Doris suddenly wonders if she stashes any emergency candy in there, but decides not to ask when she says, “Okay, that’s all of it! Let’s go!”

“Right!” Bonnie says before yelling, “Later Mac!”

Doris hears an inaudible shout coming from the back area as she gets off her chair to the right and scoots it in with her neck. She trots to the door and Bonbon is also off her chair by this point and right behind her.

<*****>

The two ponies then trot northeast to Lyra and Bonbon’s house.

Bonbon says on the way, “I hope she’s not mad if we’re late?”

“Well, uh, you were supposed to have a good time with me, right?”

“Yeah, I know that! But now I got two lovers to worry about!”

“Okay here’s an idea Bonnie! We’ll both be super affectionate if she’s already there! That way, she won’t think too much about how we’re late!”

Bonbon looks left at Doris as the two ponies continue to trot and she says, “Wow! You’re pretty devious Dory!”

Doris looks over and smiles back at her as she says, “And you’re not? You’ve been trying to get me to try new things all day!”

Bonbon widens her eyes as they keep hoofing, “Well of course! I want to show you what I enjoy and get to know you while I’m at it!”

Doris straightens her face and says, “Okay um, that makes sense!”

The two ponies trot up to the cottage to see a green unicorn in front of them, using her magic to pull out a key from her saddlebags. They both stop at the gate…

Bonbon gulps before trotting towards the green unicorn, currently magically operating her key and says, “Oh, hey Lyra!”

Lyra looks back at Bonbon from the right, “Oh hey Bonnie!” she looks beyond the earth pony and says, “Hi Dory!” she looks down at Bonbon and smiles as she asks her, “Did you two have a fun time while I was away?”

(To be continued…)