Chapter 4:Forth Wall To The Heart*tweaked**

  C.D. trotted towards Red's house, still trying to figure out what his mom was talking about. '....a beautiful way to express they're love-Eh what? Don't they know how old I am? I don't care about all that mushy, gushy cra-' He suddenly stopped in mid-thought when he heard a distant sound. It sounded familiar. Like a violin. He followed the sounds of the beautiful instrument to a stream. By the stream, he saw spot that was a sight to behold. The sunset reflected of the water which made little glares light everywhere highlighting the spot. There were two trees, both apple trees. They where pretty bountiful of both leaves and apples. There was a bench that look positively ancient! It faced the stream that highlighted it's surface. But what caught C.D.'s attention most, was who was sitting on the bench.

  It was that filly. The one that caused him to collapse earlier. And many times before. She had such a hold on him, though he was able to keep that to himself. The filly in question sat on that before mentioned bench so peacefully, if there was a way to do so. She held a violin in her hoofs. Playing a song that softly flowed through out the air...

"....My face against the window pane, a tear for every drop of rain,

I'm living like already I have died, have died

Emptiness of a present past, A silent scream to shatter dust

I have to go, It's time for me to fly~

I am so lonely and so sad, you're the reason that I'm feeling bad

I am so lonely and so sad, living every dream I've never had......"

  Cee...was beyond stunned. He was amazed one how beautifully she sang. Her vocal range should be a crime! But, he was saddened by her also. By the song she sang and by what she sang about. 'Is she lonely? How could she feel alone? Every time I see her, she's surrounded by ponies.' C.D. thought to him self. His stomach began to turn. He did not know if it was the school food or if it was sympathy for this pony. What should he do?

  'It's simple! Just walk away. You have something to do, *REMEMBER*?' C.D.'s brain told him. 'No! Leave him be! He should go talk to her. Comfort her. He wants to.' This voice was coming from his heart. 'You know, I tried to be all nice with you, but it's for you to but out!' His brain yelled to his heart. 'Oh, now you take that back or I'm gonna come up there and kick your a-'

         "H-hello?" Another voice called. This voice was too high to be coming from Cee's mind. Too soft sounding. "Hey, are you alright?" There it was again. C.D. became scared, nervous, and confused all at the same time. He closed his eyes and slumped to the ground facing away from the sunset and buried his face in the grass. Hoping that the voice would go away. "Ahem." Now it was closer and coming from behind him. Gathering all the courage he had at that moment, he turned around....

         "Um, hi." The voice. It came from the filly on the bench, who was now behind him. All the courage it took him to turn around had gone and abandoned him as he gazed in to her hypnotizing eyes of an unknown shade of violet. Here was the pony he had feelings for, now a mere few inches from his face, and he couldn't think to do anything. C.D. felt faint and annoyed at the fact that he can't muster up enough strength to even reply. The filly stood there now looking with concern wondering if she scared him.

         "Oh I'm sorry! Um...I didn't mean to startle you. It's just I heard something and I thought somepony had been watching. Please don't be angry with me." The filly spoke with a shaky voice, but also with a smile. To think, C.D. was spying on her, and she's apologizing. This didn't sit well with him. He needed to assure her she wasn't in the wrong.

         "N-no, no, no! Uh-I mean don't worry about it!" He manage to stammer out. At this time he could no longer control his voice's volume, pitch. Or his accent, much to his dismay. He had felt stupid for even stopping to follow the song instead of heading to Red's. But then a feeling over came C.D. as if that didn't matter anymore.

          After two minutes of an awkward silence, the filly looked at him in as sudden realization hit her. "Oh! I know you! Aren't you in my class?" She said with a sense of excitement in her voice. "Y-yeah. I'm the one who h-hangs out with, uh, uh..." C.D. lost his train of thought as he looked into her mysterious colored eyes. 'Oh, crap! What's his name? Blue? Green? Magenta?' He thought on in confusion.

       "Red?" She reminded him with a giggle. "You don't have to be so nervous. I won't bite."

      'Right, like THAT calms me down...'

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       Meanwhile at Red's, two ponies sat in a basement-like part of the house. One, a agitated red colt. The other, a purple colt with a white mane and deep blue eyes. They both had been there for a good half hour patiently awaiting a certain white pony. "Oh. My. Celestia." Red spoke up to break the silence with his boredom. "Where IS he? We've been waiting here forever~!" He moaned and groaned to himself until the other pony sitting on the couch next to him spoke up. "Maybe...He went to...grab some food?" Skylark said while dragging out most of his words. "He could have gotten lost?" He brought up another possible reason. "Uh..."

"Sky. Please...Stop." Red told him with a sense of a annoyance in his voice. Red was never patient with anything, no matter what it was. He just couldn't sit still if something bored him. He didn't mean to be mean when he was, but sometimes he couldn't handle the immensity of the boredom.

"Well what do you think happened to him?" Sky fired back.

         "I mean it shouldn't be hard to get here! Even IF he got some snacks. Sugar Cube Corner is, literally, in between here and his house." Red groaned.

"Do you think Pinkie Pie's keeping him?"

At that moment, Red rose from the couch in the basement, as he thought of that possibility. "You know, that could happen. Cee always seems to get into 'deep' conversations with her. Celestia knows how he can understand her."

"Sometimes, he's just as odd." Sky added with a laugh.

"Yeah." Red laughed. "He's probably talking about absolutely nothing. Making no sense and having the time of his life!"

Right....And I'm Bob Marely...

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Meanwhile, C.D. was now sitting on the bench with the filly, but sitting to the farthest spot. To the point of falling off the side.

"You don't have to sit so far away!" The filly giggled, giving Cee reassuring eyes.

         "N-no, that's o-okay. I'm fine." C.D. spoke in a tone that was dropped to a whisper. His eyes were shut and he was shaking as if he had been thrown in to the stream next to him. It was then he felt something warm against his side. He felt calm. Like, nothing bad was gonna happen. He open his eyes to find the filly sitting ever so closer to him. 'Ohcelestiaohcelestiaohcelestiaohcelestia...' He panicked in his head.

"So, why were you hiding behind the bush?" She asked. Now she was looking directly into his eyes as she said this. C.D.'s heart was now beating at the speed of light times two! Fearing of a heart attack, he quickly looked down and answered.

         "W-well... I heard you play." He replied. The filly's face then went from shear comfort, to utter embarrassment.

"Oh! Y-you did? Uh...Wow. I d-didn't, um..." The filly stammered and squirmed in her seat while turning a little red around the top of her muzzle. 'Now she's nervous?' Cee thought as he snapped back to reality. He then began his attempted to calm her down.

   "Hey, don't freak out! You weren't bad. I actually....Sort of...um..." ~And~ His mind diminishes into nothing at the sight of the filly awaiting his answer. "...*sigh* I thought you were amazing. I've never heard someone of your vocal talent in person in all of my life..." Now cringing at the thought of her rebuttal, C.D. shut his eyes tight and looked away. But then felt a tight grip around his waist. He opened his eyes to find the filly hugging him. Making him as red as a tomato.

   'Aww, he's blushing. How cute.' The filly thought to her self. "Thank you so much! I never knew I sounded so good!" She spoke with excitement. C.D. wanted to say it was no problem, bu there was a problem. He couldn't breath.

   "Oh my goodness!" The filly said as she let go. Cee took this time get his breath back. "Sorry. I guess I was...Uh, caught up in the moment." She mumbled with a blush.

    "No, i-it's okay. Hehehe. Heh." C.D. said nervously. "So, um what are you doing out here all by yourself?"

    The filly froze. She, once again, had that look of embarrassment on her face. Just as Cee was about to ask her if something was wrong she quickly looked up at the sunset.

      "Oh! Look at the time." The filly spoke with a quick pace. "We should really talk again next time!." She got up and started walking away. Dazed by her sudden leaving, he quickly spoke up.

              "Wait! I never got your name!" He yelled in hopes of her hearing him.

              She continued walking to the corner of the bush where she found him then turned and said, "Coraline. It's Coraline." The filly then disappeared from his view.

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        C.D. took his time getting up from the bench. He repeated the name over and over and over again in his head. 'Coraline...She's so cool.' Cee swooned in his head as much as a 12 year old should about somepony, but this was different. She was different. C.D., you could say, almost though she was cu-

       "You make me say that word, and I'll reach through your screen and buck you right in the face."

Okay! Shesh. It's *your** thoughts, not mine.*

        "Yeah, but you're writing them!"

Yeah, whatever! Hey don't you have practice?

         ".....Oh crap."