I'm New Here

“So uh you’re one of Derpy’s friends, right?” I asked. Blueberry Pie glanced over and nodded at me.

“Yeah. Me and my sister met her a few weeks ago,” she answered. “She’s cool as heck.”

“That she is,” Lyra agreed. Roseluck gave a warm smile to us.

“You guys seem nice,” she announced. “Have you two know each other long?” Me and Lyra looked at each before shrugging.

“We met at the beginning of this year,” I replied. “It’s been cool.”

“Cool is an understatement. Awesome is more like it,” Lyra corrected. Roseluck looked between the two of us.

“And you’ve been dating for that long?” She asked curiously.

“We started like the second month in,” I stated. Lyra nodded her agreement.

“Forth of that month. Anyway, what do you all wanna do?” Lyra asked. I like how we all agreed to meet but didn’t decide what to do. Me and Lyra didn’t want to overwhelm the two with what we wanted. Normally, we would have Vinyl, Derpy and Octavia with us but they were getting to know Blueberrys sister, Raspberry Fluff. I should have known the two were related. Similar names and all. Only siblings would have fruit names. Blueberry and Roseluck glanced at each.

“Movies!” Blueberry announced.

“Flower shopping!” Roseluck chimed in. The two glared at each other before laughing.

“Both!” The two shouted in unison. The two girls skipped out of the coffee shop we had invaded about an half hour ago. I let out a sigh as I wrapped my hand around my coffee cup.

“Wow they are easy to please, aren’t they?” Lyra smirked as she slipped her hand in mine. We watched the two stop and Roseluck shoved a flower into Blueberrys face.

“Got that right.”

“What the fuck did we just watch?” Lyra asked we stepped out of the theater. “Because that was awesome!”

“The Meg!” Blueberry grinned. “Shark movies are incredible! I love em!”

“It was interesting,” Roseluck shivered and I tilted my head to the side cautiously. I had a feeling she wasn’t being completely honest and I trust my gut.

“It was okay,” I agreed while I watched Roseluck out of the corner of my eye. “Not as much as gore as I thought.”

“Thankfully,” Roseluck muttered.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

“Of course!” Roseluck laughed hastily. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“You’re acting different. Worried and uncomfortable in a way,” I responded. Most people back home didn’t like me because I quickly identified and confronted signs of uncomfortableness people gave off. I really should be a police officer. If I wasn’t a candy maker by trade, I’d consider it.

“I’m fine,” Roseluck insisted. She looked at me nervously and my eyes slightly narrowed.

“Okay,” I said finally. “Hey Lyra?”

“Yes?” Lyra squeezed my hand.

“Should we take them to our favorite flower shop?” I asked with a smile.

“Wait you guys like flowers?” Roseluck smiled. Seems she got over her nerves from the movie real fast. That was good at least. I could confront her about it later.

“Who doesn’t like flowers?” Lyra scoffed. “I may not seem like the type, I know but I am. I personally prefer black roses.”

“You know black roses symbolize death, mourning or tragedy,” Roseluck commented casually. I stared at Lyra.

“There reason you like black flowers is because they’re beautiful and you’re not planning on killing me when I sleep at your house and decorate my casket with them right?” I asked nervously. Lyra rolled her eyes and kissed my cheek.

“Oh I wouldn’t dream of it. I love you too much,” Lyra smiled. “Besides, if you ever did die, I’d decorate your casket with something bright. White and red roses maybe some yellow.”

“You’ve put thought into this. I’m sleeping with a pillow between us tonight,” I kissed her back.

“We will see how well the pillow stops me,” Lyra smirked. We both turned bright red when we heard a cough behind us and we slowly turned around. Roseluck and Blueberry were watching us with grins.

“You two need a room. That’s a lot of unresolved sexual tension,” Blueberry teased. I turned even brighter red at that. But it did get me thinking.

“Uh what she means is that maybe you two should uhm you know. Hug?” Roseluck suggested with an equally red face of her own.

“I think we can hug,” I answered as I gave Lyra a hug.

“I love you but they don’t mean this type of hug,” Lyra whispered in my ear as she hugged me back. “You’re innocence is absolutely adorable.”

“I am not innocent!” I hissed in her ear.

“Oh yeah?” Lyra grinned. “Could have fooled me. Even Derpy knows most of these terms.”

“Okay fair point.”

“You two good now?” Blueberry kept her teasing up.

“Yes,” I mumbled as we hastily separated. “Now let’s go to this flower shop.”

“This one is beautiful,” Blueberry commented as she twirled a purple carnation between her fingers.

“Purple carnations symbolize capriciousness. If you have an impulsive or unpredictable friend or family member, then purple carnations are perfect to send before their next big adventure,” Roseluck replied as she picked up a sunflower and smelled it. “You could give it to Raspberry. Would suit her very well.”

“How do you automatically know what each flower symbolizes when you see it?” I asked curiously.

“I don’t know,” Roseluck shrugged as she put the flower back. “Just a special talent of mine. I’ve just always been good at it since I was a kid.”

“That’s cool,” Lyra smiled. “Mine is playing the lyre. Bon Bon is scarily good at all forms of candy making. Derpy is good at baking, like really good.”

“That’s nice. Hey uh Bon Bon?” Roseluck asked hesitantly.

“Yeah what’s up?” I sniffed a lily.

“Can we talk over here?” She pointed to a nearby stand with white roses.

“Yeah of course. I’ll be back shortly Lyra,” I smiled at her. Lyra gave me a nod as she went back to conversating with Blueberry. I followed Roseluck to where she gestured and waited.

“What’s up Roseluck?”

“You can call me Rose. All my friends do,” Rose giggled.

“Okay Rose. What’s up?”

“How did you know I was scared of the shark movie?” Rose quietly asked.

“How you sounded. Your body language was slightly off,” I answered. “I’ve always been good at telling when people are lying about their emotions.”

“That’s a scary talent. I’ll be sure to not lie around you. Anyway, I uh hate the idea of sharks. Especially a Megalodon. Those sharks are massive. What if one kills me?” Rose admitted. I hesitantly placed my hand on her shoulder.

“That shark hasn’t been seen in over thousand of years. It’s extinct Rose. There’s nothing to worry about.”

“You know how much of the ocean we’ve explored?” Rose asked.

“Uh about twenty percent?” I guessed. I didn’t know much about the ocean but I know I didn’t like it. I preferred lakes.

“Try five percent,” Rose answered. My eyes slightly widened. I didn’t know that. I knew the percentage was small but not that small.

“I don’t know about you, but I’m sure it is safe. If you ever get nervous about, I’m always around to talk,” I smiled at her.

“That helps. Thanks Bon Bon,” Rose smiled back. She looked around and picked up a blue and pink that matched my hair perfectly. She brushed the thorns off and slid it into my hair above my ear and stepped back, grinning.

“Perfectly matches your hair.”