Insomnia and Tech Support

"Don! Don! Wake up, Don!" Derpy shouted jumping on his head. "No, I woke up early yesterday, go back to sleep." Don groaned turning over making a cocoon out of his blanket. "But I'm not sleepy anymore, plus I always wake up early since I'm a mail-mare!" Don silently swore. "Of all the Ponies that I get stuck with I get stuck with the one that would wake up early...I need a vacation." Don felt Derpy trying to push him to roll over. "Wake up, and I'm hungry too!" Don let out a low growl, "Fine, I'll wake up. I never liked Sundays, so I might as well not like them even more." Derpy clapped her hooves together, "That's the spirit!"

Don lazily went to the kitchen, he noticed his parents were there eating. "Well, aren't you up early?" His mom greeted. His dad looked up from the paper. "You're up early? Who are you and what have you done with our son?" Don gave a glare at his father, "Very funny, dad." He walked over to the fridge, and took out strawberries, blueberries and other fruits. His mom looked at him quizzically, "And you're having breakfast, with fruit as the main course? Seriously, who are you and what have you done with our son?" Don sighed, "Everyone's a comedian..." He retreated back to his room with a plate of fruit. "Here, eat up..." Don said still somewhat asleep. He put the plate on his desk, which Derpy promptly flew to. With Derpy preoccupied with eating, this was his chance to get back into bed.

Don slowly crawled back under the covers and sealed himself deep in the blankets as some sort shield from disturbance. He laid there for about five minutes before sleep started to set in, he was in the limbo of consciousness when he felt something near him. He opened his eyes and was face to face with Derpy. "You can't go to bed yet, it's time to wake up!" Don flung himself out of the bed, "How did you get in there? I was perfectly sealed! No, no, I don't wanna know. The last thing I need in the morning is a complicated answer." He looked at Derpy who only hovered in the air shrugging. "Or an answer like that." He said uncharismatically while face palming.

"So what are we doing today?" Derpy asked jumping up and down on his shoulder. Don looked at her. "I dunno, I don't usually plan Sundays." He replied. "Although taking a sedative doesn't sound too bad right about now." The two stepped outside where Don was greeted by one of the neighbor dogs. "Hi Jasper," Don said kneeling down and petting the dog, "Did you break out of your yard again?" The dog wagged its tail in response before looking up at the human only to cock its head and keep its attention at Don's shoulder before letting out a bark.

Don raised an eyebrow, "What are you barking at boy?" He looked around trying to figure out what got the dog's attention before setting his eyes on Derpy. He thought for a moment. "Derpy, could you fly on top of my head for me?" he asked. Derpy looked confused, "Why Don?" she asked. "I'm just trying an experiment, so could you do that please?" He replied. "Okay." Derpy took flight and perched herself on top of Don's head. All the while, Don looked at the dog and noticed that he followed her every movement and watched her carefully. Don had Derpy do a couple of more fly-by's just to confirm his suspicions. "Interesting," Don mused. "What? Why'd you have me fly Don?" Derpy asked finally landing on his shoulder again. "It would seem that Jasper can see you." He looked around and noticed one of the cats from around the neighborhood was staring also.

Derpy only looked confused, "Why's that?" Don just shrugged, "I don't know, but it's a little myth or legend that animals can see the unseen. Y'know stuff like ghosts or death-" he stopped for a moment and turned to Derpy. "Are you SURE that I'm not dead? Because this is starting to sound like the afterlife's slowest crossover ever." Don led the dog back to its own yard before returning to his porch. "Don!" his mom called from the door. "Can you go into town for me and pick up a couple of things? No rush, just as long as you get the things I need?" Don mulled the request for a moment. "Perhaps, but-" he was cut off. "I'll throw in some cash too." Not needing anymore persuasion he got up. "Okay, just tell me where to go and what to get."

Don pulled into a parking lot and began to get out. "Where are we Don?" Derpy asked flying a little higher than normal to get a better view of the building before them. "We're at the mall, or to make it sound more rustic, an indoor bazaar." He replied while locking his car. The two headed inside and were greeted with a low level of noise. "I thought there would be more people here Don." Derpy said looking around. "Well, that's because somebody woke me up early today," Don said emphasizing on "somebody" while looking at Derpy. "I'm not a somebody, I'm a somepony!" Derpy argued back. "Somepony? I'm not arguing over vernacular-" Don stopped and looked around and noticed a couple of people were staring at him, one child spoke up; "Mommy, what's wrong with that man?" the mother pulled her child away, "Don't stare dear, its impolite, plus that man is very sick in his head."

Don quickly left the scene, and headed down to one area of the mall. "Okay, this crazy stuff ends today, I need to find a way to talk to you without making look like I'm insane." Don said sitting down on a bench. The two sat there idly watching people walk by, while Don brainstormed on how to remedy his current situation. He was just about to give up on the idea when someone passed by talking on a phone. "Cell phone, I could make it look like I'm talking on a cell phone. But how?" He turned the gears in his head for a while before coming up with an idea. "I got it!" Don said standing up. "Got what Don?" Derpy asked. "C'mon, I'm about to make myself a little less crazy."

Don stood in front of an electronics store, Here we are." he said, "What's this place Don?" Derpy asked. "An electronics store, bunches of little gizmos people don't need or materials used for the sole purpose of destruction. Yeah, this store has it all." He walked inside and began to browse the cell phone ear piece section. "Oh yeah," he said in a low voice. "feel free to look around the store, just don't break anything." Derpy gave a salute and flew off to view the different devices in the store.

Don browsed for a bit before his reconnaissance was interrupted. "Do you need any help, Sir?" Don looked up. "We meet again Salesman..." Don focused his attention to the attendant, "Uh, yeah, I was actually looking for a blue-tooth headset, one that is good quality and is affordable." The salesman nodded and started with an explanation on the different brands and the qualities of each. "Oh my gosh, stop pushing all the products and give me just a satisfactory headset, it's not like I'm REALLY gonna use it, oh he's asking me something, back to the talking..."

"So, what kind of phone do you have?" the employee asked. "Huh? Oh uh, this one." Don said showing his phone. The employee raised an eyebrow, "Uh, can you even get blue-tooth on that thing?" Don looked at his phone, it wasn't exactly old, but it wasn't new either, considering it was a bar phone and not a flip open one or one with a keyboard built into it. "Uh, I think so?"

Derpy flew around looking at all the different devices in the store. She watched a couple of TV's as they played sports clips, she found it interesting the way humans played sports, most of it being rough and contact. She moved onto other devices and eventually came to the laptops, she looked it over there were many different icons, buttons, and colors displayed over the screen just like the one she saw when she was at Don's colllege. She crawled onto the laptop and pushed a button, nothing, she continued to press buttons until the computer let out a "beep". With this new sound, she continued to press on to make this confounded machine work.

Don continued to listen to the employee drabble on and on about the different ear pieces trying to find an opportunity to end the conversation so he could make his own decision. "Geez, this guy has been talking for what, ten minutes now? Somebody's working for a raise, or to move up the corporate ladder." It was about a minute later when he found his opportunity to end the conversation. "Well, okay, they all sound good, I'll just keep browsing then." Don interjected. "Well, alright then, if you have any more questions just feel free to ask." he breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks."

Derpy decided to give up on trying to make these machines work. She had thought she got one to work when the screen changed to a blue one, but there were all sorts of words and numbers on there, and on top of that the buttons weren't responding anymore. This happened with computer after computer till all of them had the same blue screen. With nothing else to do she flew back to where Don was, "Have you decided what you're gonna get Don?" Don looked up, "Yeah, I think I've found something, all I need to do is pay."

After paying Don sat at one of the benches and began opening the ear piece. "Stupid boxes, it's like they're trying to keep me out or something." After about a minute he had freed the ear piece from its prison and put it on. "We'll, how does it look?" he asked looking at Derpy. She rubbed her chin with her hoof. "You look stupid." Don's face was emotionless. "Thanks for the bit of confidence." he said sarcastically. He was about to speak when he heard voices from the store. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE COMPUTERS?"

Don looked over at Derpy. "What did you do?" Derpy only shrugged. "I was just trying to use them, I just don't know what went wrong." Don ran a hand over his face, "I thought I told you not to break anything." Derpy landed on his shoulder, "I didn't break them, they were still whole when I left." Don shook his head, "That's not what I meant by break- never mind, at least now I have a viable way of talking to you without looking like I'm losing my mind." The two continued to walk through the mall, "At least look it anyway..."