MLP: The Portal 2

Chapter 2: Evan's House Party

It had been awhile since Alex had been to a party.

As he entered into Evan's house, he brushed past the other guests there, some of which he knew, others he felt like he should know but didn't know them. He made his way towards the kitchen and living room area where he knew Evan would most likely be.

Sure enough, there he was pouring a drink and talking to one of their friends. Alex removed his jacket and set it down on a chair before going to Evan.

"Hey man! About time! Now it's a party." Evan said with a laugh as the two bro-hugged. Alex chuckled a bit.

"Thanks for inviting me. I'm glad I was finally able to make it to one of these. I lost count of how many I'd missed because of work." Alex said.

"Nah, it's alright man, consider us even." He said.

"Haha, alright," Alex said, pouring himself a soda. "So, how're you doing man?"

"I'm decent man, just working. Dealing with the little miscreants running around the house," Evan answered, referring to his younger siblings. "How about you? Haven't heard much from you lately."

"Yeah, I've just been busy. My hours have been going up and down, fluctuating lately. I've just been trying to keep myself busy in the lazier moments. I've started working out now."

"Ah alright man, I feel you, working on the biceps and triceps and forceps and the doorsteps." Evan said, flexing one of his arms in a joking manner.

"Yeah man, especially those doorsteps. I haven't worked on those enough lately." Alex said.

"Right." Evan said. The two were quiet for a bit before bursting into a giggling fit. Alex rolled his eyes.

"Ah man. It feels good to finally take a break."

"Yeah man, same. I told some of our friends you were coming, so you better hit that dance floor." Evan said, already knowing what Alex would say in response.

"Bruh, let me just finish this soda. There ain't gonna be no dance floor left when I'm done…because everyone will have left." Alex said. They laughed again.

"Sounds good."

Alex had a pretty good feel for how Evan's parties went. There would be dancing, followed by a chill period. There would be some singing, which is when Evan and some others would pressure him to sing, and he would cave, just like he always did.

Immediately after that, Evan's father would pull out the strobe light and turn up the volume for some rap music and Bruno Mars hits. Then there would be another relaxed period for everyone's eyes to adjust. Then there would be one more dance period before the night ended and the majority of guests started to leave.

As it turned out, tonight was no different.

Alex and Evan went to dance pretty soon after they'd had their drinks, trading off moves and trading off choosing songs to dance to. Alex tended to like to slide around more, while Evan was better at the more mechanical moves.

Then came the singing. Evan's siblings warmed up the crowd, then opened it up. Alex was pressured by Evan and some of his friends to take the mic. After some hesitation and deliberation, he finally settled on singing his favorite song by The Weeknd. He and Evan then did a duet of Sober by Childish Gambino.

The strobe light came on soon after. Most in the crown knew the words to most of the songs they played. They were jumping and dancing around like it was club right there in the living room. Alex had to take a break soon after, since it was starting to get hot in the house.

Later in the night, when it was starting to come around 11 pm, most of the guests were piling out. Alex and Evan had sat in chairs by the speakers. Evan was playing calmer music at a lower volume from the speakers while the two chatted.

"Maybe next weekend we can try and catch an afternoon showing?" Evan offered.

"Yeah, I've been wanting to see it, I've just been waiting to get my paycheck." Alex explained.

"We'll set it up then. I hear it's really good." Evan said.

"Awesome. So, how've you been man? You been alright?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, I've been good. You know what I was thinking about the other day?" Evan asked.

"Nope."

"Haha. I was actually thinking about the pony girls. Remember?"

"Yeah of course. What about them?" Alex asked.

"Well you know, just wondering how they've been the past few months. I mean, we were on another planet man. And we're the only ones that know about it." Evan said.

"Heheh, yeah, I know. I was thinking about that the other day. I haven't really considered it, you know, since there's really no way to find out." Alex admitted.

"Yeah, that's true. Still sucks. I kinda wanted to be part of that a cappella group. We should start our own." Evan suggested with a chuckle.

"Yeah man. I can be the lead singer, and you can be my agent." Alex joked.

"Oh yeah of course, that's what I used to be in the barber quartet."

"Back in the war?" Alex asked. They both chuckled.

"Oh yeah man. Back in…the infinity war." Evan said, spreading his hands out dramatically. Alex snorted.

"Right. Anyways, I've kinda missed them since we parted ways. Shame there's no signal over there."

"Or cell phones." Evan added.

"Or fingers to press the buttons." Alex continued.

"Or buttons."

"I'm sure they have buttons." Alex said.

"Yeah, but not on their phones." Evan pointed out.

"Yeah, because we established that they don't have phones, idiot." Alex said with a chuckle.

"True. True. You think we'll ever get to see them again?" Evan asked. Alex shrugged.

"There isn't really to assume there's any reason that we would, but it would be cool to see them again… You know, just before they had to go, Rainbow Dash and I had started dating?" Alex said.

"I don't remember if you'd told me that. Rainbow Dash, really? Like with the rainbow hair, Rainbow Dash?" Evan asked to clarify.

"No, the Rainbow Dash with the gray hair. Yes, that Rainbow Dash." Alex answered, rolling his eyes.

"Oh shoot man. How was that going?" Evan asked curiously.

"Oh, it was good. We were good. She was actually pretty cool. Just as things were starting to take shape was when we got cut off. It didn't really get very far, but I had the feeling it would, you know?" Alex admitted.

"Yeah… Fluttershy and I were kind of in that same spot. She's super into animals, you saw that. We were mainly just hangin' out at her place and around Ponyville, but it was nice, you know? I'm a little mad about that, but it's okay I guess."

"Well, it kinda has to be." Alex said with a shrug.

"Yeah, true… Still though, I'm glad we got to meet them. They were some cool peeps. Except Applejack." Evan said, half-joking.

"Applejack was cool. You didn't like her?" Alex asked. Evan cringed in response.

"Ehh it was the accent. The accent was tough on me." Evan admitted.

"You're just racist." Alex said with a small chuckle.

"Dude, I'm pretty sure she's just racist." Evan said in response. Alex rolled his eyes.