Author's note: Day of love, and you're on a fan fiction site. But hey, no shame in that, it's the day of love and I'm writing on a fan fiction site!

Chapter 37: A Trip Down Memory Lane

"You ready?" I asked Pinkie as I hung up my apron, I had agreed I'd do the morning shift for Hearts and Hooves Day and that's it, Cheese had been kind enough to take over for me for the rest of the day. I was taking Pinkie out on a romantic evening, though it started halfway through the day. So more of a romantic afternoon and evening.

"Sure am!" She nodded with a grin. "Where are we going?" She asked.

"It's a surprise, but it rhymes with "Shmomantic tour all around every spot we've had a romantic moment around Equestria." I said.

"Hmmm..." She thought for a moment. "Is it romantic tour all around every spot we've had a romantic moment around Equestria?" She asked.

"We have a winner!" I nodded. "I'd say it's about time we went to out first sight, most are in chronological order, all except one." I explained leading her out the door.

"Where to first?" She asked.

"I have a feeling you know this place pretty well." I explained. "After all... you do live there." I said as we walked into Sugarcube Corner. "Welcome to our first spot on the tour." Hanging up was the same banner that was hanging at the welcome party Pinkie threw for me when I first arrived. "Welcome to the party, have a cupcake." I offered her one.

"Mmm thanks!" She smiled taking a big bite out of the cupcake.

"The historical significance of these grounds is that this is where the welcome party that you threw me upon my arrival was held." I explained. "I assume of course you remember."

"Of course I do! I was standing over there, you talked to Applejack over there... I remember like it was yesterday!" She nodded.

"Yeah, I mean, there wasn't really all that much to say about those times." I admitted.

"You've got a point, it almost seems like thinks really picked up for us when we confessed our feelings, everything before was kinda... eh." She shrugged.

"Couldn't agree more, but regardless there are still memorable moments, like our next stop." I said leading her out. "I'm sure you remember it." I led her out.

"Where to this time?" She asked.

"You'll see." I said. "Next up, Ponyville Pond."

"Ooh! That's where we had our little picnic!" She smiled.

"Sure is." I nodded. "Oh! Oh what? What is this?" I remarked when we got there. "A fully packed picnic basket? How'd that get there?" I had placed it there beforehand obviously.

"Ooh!" She grinned. "Wait a second, that's my picnic basket!"

"That's because I packed it and left it for us." I chuckled. "You know, just like our first picnic together."

"I'm already loving this!" She smiled as she hugged me tightly. "I love you Chuckie."

"I love you too." I smiled. "Now let's dig in huh?" I said as we sat down on the blanket. "Oh! But first, here's a little card for you." I pulled a card from the picnic basket and gave it to her. On it was a picture of a train with a smiley face and it read "I choo-choo choose you, happy hearts and hooves day." (Bonus points for whoever gets the reference.)

"You choo-choo choose me?" She asked with a slight giggle.

"Lame pun I know." I admitted. "There's a bit more on the inside." She opened up the card and looked inside.

"I know on every card I've given you so far it's said "happy first insert holiday here together", but that's only because every holiday so far has been the case, I think after this it's just my birthday, but that's besides the point. I wanted to put to words in this card just how much you mean to me. Not that it's at all possible, as I write it now those feelings are becoming outdated as I love you more and more with every breath I take or day that passes. I love you so very much, and always will. Happy first Hearts and Hooves Day together Cutie Pie, love Chuckie." The card read. She looked at me with a big wide smile and watery eyes.

"Chuckie..." She awwed.

"I love you." I smiled hugging her.

"I love you too." She hugged me tightly. "I've got a little something for you too, but that's for later." She smiled.

"Can't wait." I grinned. "Wanna continue the tour after lunch?"

"You know I do." She nodded. After lunch I continued our little tour, we stopped again at the tavern, back at the Cakes, then I brought her to the train station. "Chuckie, we aren't actually going anywhere are we?" Pinkie asked.

"Not really, so I brought a little Manehattan to Ponyville." I said. "Alright, move the train please!" I called out. The conductor nodded and the train rolled ahead, revealing a little set up of some sights we visited in Manehattan on our first date there. I had previously been to Manehattan and spoken to the various ponies I needed to speak to, luckily for me they agreed. We approached the kite vendor who gave us both our kites, the same ones we took before, then there was a dinner, we ended up having it boxed though, dinner right after lunch wasn't a terrific idea on my part. "What do you say we continue the tour?" I asked.

"I'm with you!" She nodded.

"Next on the tour, Ponyville Peak." I said.

"Wait, didn't we do stuff that night before this?" Pinkie asked.

"Yeah, but Sunny was busy and the other part can wait." I explained.

"Oh, okay!" She smiled as we walked to the peak where we watched the sunrise that night. "So, are we just gonna sit on the bench? Because it's not really time for the sun to rise or set."

"Well, it's not the same I know, but I thought of something." I said. "Okay girls!" I called, as I did, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flapped up over the peak carrying a large banner simulating a sunrise.

"You're so cute." Pinkie giggled at the makeshift sunrise.

"I know." I grinned.

"This is all well and good, but can I leave now?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"You're dismissed." I nodded as she flew off, leaving Fluttershy with the banner. "Shall we continue?" I asked.

"Lets go." She smiled. I led her off to the next stop, Maud's cavern. "Why are we here?" She asked. "Ooh! Are we stopping to visit Maud even though it's not part of the tour?"

"Kind of. But it still is a part of it." I explained as we walked through the shimmering cavern. "Maud?" I called out.

"I'm right here." She said monotonously after bungee jumping down in front of us. "I was absolutely ecstatic when Chuck came to me with this idea. I'm grinning from ear to ear."

"Great, where is it?" I asked.

"Right this way." She led us off to something I had prepared earlier, with her help of course. On one cave wall was a large carved mural of Pinkie, her family, and I on the Hearthswarming we spent together. Of course depicting Hearthswarming morning when we all weren't at each other's throat.

"Like it? Been working on it for a while now." I asked her.

"I love it." She smiled warmly giving me a tight hug.

"And I love you." I smiled.

"Such a sweet sentiment, it warms the cockles of my heart." Maud said monotonously.

"What is a cockle anyway?" Pinkie asked.

"A part of your heart." I said. "Probably cold at most points." I shrugged. "On with the tour?"

"Yeah!" Pinkie smiled.

"Thanks Maud!" I called as we left.

"Come back any time." She replied.

"So what's next?" Pinkie asked. "There can't be much more after that."

"Just a couple more stops." I said as we resigned to the tavern once more. "Our next stop was the ballroom dancing, but there's no ball nearby, so this'll have to do." I explained. "Thanks again Ivory for stepping in." I spoke up.

"Not like I was busy today." She muttered as she began to play Frank Sinatra's The Way You Look Tonight on piano.

"What didn't you think of?" Pinkie blushed as we began dancing to the song.

"Nothing, I'll admit, I'm pretty amazing." I grinned.

"Ain't that the truth." She smiled warmly as we kept dancing. As the song stopped I gave her a gentle kiss and smiled.

"And that concludes this portion of the tour." I smiled. "Time for one last stop." I said leading her off, at this point in the day the sun was going down and the day was almost over, I led her through town looking at various couples out and about on walks or dinner-dates and smiled as I led her to the final stop, Twilight's castle. When we arrived, she looked at me feeling rather confused.

"Why are we here?" She asked.

"I thought you might ask that, well, not only is this the location where you pretty much died in my arms, but this holds another memory, and that one doesn't send me into a severe panic attack looking back at it." I chuckled. "Let's go in." I said, inside I led her to the library within the castle, she was still confused as to the significance of this place, I stopped her at the doorway of the room and went and stood by one of the shelves.

"Why here?" She asked.

"One moment." I said adjusting where I was standing and checking my position and angle. "Yep, this ought to be it." I nodded. "This spot marks the first time we ever saw each other." I said. "Arguably my favorite memory, the grandfather of all the other ones." I explained. "In fact, I think I even recall the first time we spoke, I believe it went something like this." I cleared my throat a bit as I began my impersonation. "Twiiiiiiiiilight! Have you seen those balloons I ordered? I haven't seen them any- Hey! Who are you?" I mimicked the first thing she ever said to me. She chuckled and blushed a little.

"Oh yeah? Well I can remember what you said too, and you definitely didn't have much to say." She giggled deepening her voice to mimic me. "I... I... I am uhh." She giggled. "Mr. Frog-in-your-throat."

"You're new! Ooooh how exciting! I can't wait to introduce you to everypony in town! Ooh! And we can have a welcome party tonight! Oooh this is so exciting! Come on come on!" I mimicked taking her by the hoof.

"Are we actually gonna have a party?" She asked excitedly.

"No, that's just the next thing you said." I shook my head.

"Awww." She whined.

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of time for more parties." I smiled.

"There'd better be." She giggled as we left the castle.

"And that officially concludes our tour." I said with a smile as we waked through town. "I hope you enjoyed that little trip down memory lane."

"I did." She smiled warmly.

"I'm glad, happy Hearts and Hooves day." I said.

"Happy Hearts and Hooves day Chuckie." She kissed me on the cheek. "Ooh! Now I can show you your gift!" She smiled happily.

"Oh goody." I grinned as she led me back to Sugarcube Corner. "What could it be?" I asked.

"You'll see!" She grinned. "But first..." She then tied a blindfold around my head.

"Really? I have stairs I need to climb!" I whined.

"I'll help you, you big baby, c'mon!" She led me upstairs, I only fell a couple times. When we finally got to the top step she led me into the main room.

"Can I take this off now?" I asked.

"Not yet..." She said. "Okay, now!" She said as I took the blindfold off. She stood right in front of me with a nicely wrapped package with a card on it. "This is the first part!" She smiled.

"Ooh!" I grinned as I opened the card and read it aloud. "Dear Chuckie, thank you for being the most amazing, greatest, sweetest, most spectacularest..." I stopped for a moment. "I think you're embellishing this a little." I said before I kept going. "Most spectacularest coltfriend in all Equestria, I know you don't really believe it, but you're a really great pony, every day I thank my lucky stars that you fell out of the sky and into my heart. Here's to a million more Hearts and Hooves days together! Love, Pinkie Pie." I finished with a heavy lump in my throat. "Pinkie..." I said almost welling up with tears.

"Don't cry silly!" She smiled. "You haven't opened your gift yet!" She motioned to the package. I opened up the box and it revealed two things, the first thing was still wrapped within the box, the other was a dark gray flat-cap that looked just like the one I used to wear every day back on Earth. I smiled picking it up and setting it on my head.

"I love it!" I smiled. "Fits perfectly."

"Good, your big head is hard to shop for." She giggled.

"Thanks for reminding me about my big head." I said dryly.

"Go on! There's still something else." She pointed at the other part, I took it out and unwrapped it. It looked like a graphic novel, looking closer the ponies on the cover were... Pinkie and I?

"The Adventures of Chuck & Pinkie Pie?" I asked, I flipped through the pages to see a full fledged adventure story with Pinkie and I as the stars. "Cutie Pie, this is amazing! I love it! When did you do this?" I asked.

"I wrote up the story a little while ago, I have a friend in Califoalnia who's a comic strip artist and he agreed to do the illustrations for it!" She explained.

"That is so cool." I smiled as I gave her a hug. "I love you, so much."

"I love you too Chuckie." She smiled. "But that's just part one!" She said.

"Oh?" I asked.

"Yeah! Part two is..." She looked out the window. "Okay, we can start now!" She nodded grabbing a pair of sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows. "Come on! Let's go!" She led me outside.

"What are we doing now?" I asked.

"We're having a night under the stars!" She smiled as she led me back to Ponyville Peak, once we arrived we set up the sleeping ware and laid down beside each other.

"This was a great idea." I smiled.

"I know." She smiled widely. We stayed up for almost half the night just talking and enjoying each other's company watching the stars and the moon float overhead shining down upon us, it was a beautiful moment, I can even admit to that! I held her close as I began to nod off.

"Goodnight Cutie Pie, happy Hearts and Hooves day, I love you." I yawned warmly holding her close to me, feeling her cuddle into my chest.

"Goodnight Chuckie, I love you too." She yawned as she began to sleep. It was a happy Hearts and Hooves day indeed.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Sorry that it was kinda short, we'll be back with more soon. Happy Valentine's Day/Hearts and Hooves Day to all!