Chapter 4, well worth it
"Whatcha doing?" Weave asked, appearing beside Blaze from out of nowhere, as she was prone to do.
"Going to miss Fluttershies house" Blaze said, giving her a glance 'really? You're wearing a Tinalium necklace with Arabian silk, I'm pretty sure that's against the law...oh goddess I sound like my mother'
"Why?" Weave gave him one of her cute smiles "who ya going to see?"
"Miss Fluttershy" Blaze lied; it was a useless one though. As with miss Sparkle Weave could tell when you where lying, but the unnerving thing was she didn't need any magic to do it.
"Liar" Weave gave him a wink "its sweet cream isn't it? I KNEW IT!" she shouted as a small flush ran up Blazes face "you're going to go see sweet cream" she fluttered her eyelashes "oh sweet cream" she said in a lispy imitation of his voice "i wuv you so much, please go out with me"
"shut up" Blaze mumbled, the flush on his cheeks growing brighter "you're making ponies stare" it was true, many where turning their heads to watch Weave tease Blaze as the pair made their way down the road.
"Awww, Blaze is embarrassed about people knowing he's going to meet his marefriend" Weave smiled "you're so cute when you're embarrassed"
"I'm not cute when I'm embarrassed!" Blaze replied, though the blush on his cheeks made way of the lie "Sweet cream and I are just friends, that's all. A guy can be friends with a girl you know, there doesn't have to be any chemistry"
"Then what about you and me?" Weave said, her smiled had turned sly 'walked right into that one Blaze you did'
"Who said we had chemistry?" 'Take that Weave'
"Oh...ok" 'played it too hard you idiot'
"I didn't mean it!" he said, realising too late what he'd just said 'damn this mare is smart'
"So we do have chemistry!" Weave grinned "oh Blaze, I knew you couldn't resist me" she flicked her mane playfully, a grin on her cute face "after all, who couldn't love this shade of pink?" she gestured to her flank. Despite himself, Blaze grinned.
"How do you manage to beat me each time? How does anypony think that quickly?"
"I go to White towers remember? When you go to a school full of bitches you learn quickly" Weave gently punched him in the shoulder "but right now we need to focus on you, you can't see your marefriend like that!" she indicated to his mane, which he hadn't yet combed. "She'll freak out worse than Sweetie belle, and why on earth are you carrying that old thing?" she pointed to his flank pack "you've had that thing for years, aren't you ever going to get a new one?"
"One: She's not my marefriend, she's a friend. Two: She likes my mane the way it is and three: it's six years old" he readjusted it to make it more comfortable "and I'm not going to replace it, my father gave it to me on my first day of school"
"I still don't get why he did that, it was bigger then you. You literally had to drag it behind you to school"
"i grew into it, and why do you care? I'm just going to say hi, it's not like I'm going to ask her ou..." 'Damn you and you're big mouth Blaze'
Weave froze, her face still. For a few moments she just stood there, and then she burst into life "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" she squealed, leaping at Blaze. She wrapped him in a fierce Bear hug 'can't breathe! It's like she's made of iron!' "YOU'RE GOING TO ASK SWEET CREAM ON A DATE, THIS IS SO CUTE!"
Blaze blushed and ducked his head down, looking about him. They had reached the end of the street and had reached the junction that led out of town and down to Fluttershies house, the junction was busy at this hour and Weaves outburst drew a lot of attention. On the north east corner where the three mares from earlier, and when they heard Weaves shouts they turned their eyes to Blaze, he didn't like what he saw there. "For the love of Celestia will you shut up!" he hissed at Weave, who was making a huge fuss over his tail.
"You should get it cut, or trimmed at the least" from seemingly nowhere a measuring tape, scissors and several strips of blue silk ribbon. She swiftly began measuring his tail, her small tongue poking out the side of her mouth.
"What are you doing?" he whispered "you just screamed out to the whole town that i want to go out with Sweet cream and now you're measuring my tail? And what are those ribbons for?"
"Hold still" Weave plucked a piece of ribbon, and in a flurry of motion braided it into his tail, snipping off the excess material "Ta-da! What do you think?" Blaze gaped at her, horrified.
"What the hell did you just do!" he stared at the piece of ribbon, which seemed so out of place amidst the fire of his tail.
"Do you like it? I thought it contrasted quiet well, and it matches your eyes perfectly!" she gazed at the piece of ribbon in satisfaction and once again launched into action, Blaze had to shield his eyes. When Weave was done he had five strips of sky blue ribbon braided into his tail.
"I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT!" he screamed, hurriedly lowering his voice when he realised he was shouting "I gotta get out of here!" he gathered his legs beneath him and took off, rocketing up into the sky in a bid to escape
"Blaze wait, I didn't do your mane!" Weave shouted as he disappeared through the clouds, but once he was out of sight she gave a malicious smile. 'enjoy your time with that manipulative bitch Sweet cream Blaze, if you've even got the guts to go' that'll teach Blaze a lesson about rejecting her, not matter how nice Weave looked on the outside, she was mean on the inside.
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'go on, just do it' Blaze stood on the door of Fluttershies home, staring at the simple red wood. He'd played Greymane academy in rugby and flown in the Cloudsdale endurance trials, but facing the simple barrier between him and Sweet cream was perhaps one of the greatest challenges he'd ever faced. 'Come on Blaze, just knock on the door, give her the necklace and let's get back home and get these bloody ribbons out'
He took a breath, counted to ten and raised his hoof to knock on the door. As he brought his hoof down on the wood the door opened suddenly and he lost balance, he had a brief moment to notice the equally surprised yellow Pegasus on the other side of the door before he fell forward on his face. 'Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow'
"Oh my!" Fluttershy exclaimed, though anytime she exclaimed something was always quiet "Blaze, are you ok?"
"Uummff" the lump of pony on the floor said, Blaze pulled himself up from the ground and wobbled slightly. He rubbed his head with a hoof, watching stars float across his vision. "Yeah...yeah I'm fine" he shook his head and the stars flew away, but a brief flashing still remained.
"What where you doing out here? I noticed you standing at the door and I came to open the door and then this happened!" Fluttershy was mainly concerned with the well being of animals, but nopony could deny she was ridiculously compassionate about the well being of other ponies as well.
"Well I..." he shook his head "I was wondering if Sweet cream was in" Fluttershy smiled.
"oh of course she's in, I think she's just feeding angel right now, I'll go get her" she gave Blaze a knowing smile and crossed the front room of her tree home, if that was the definition, it was a house in a tree, but it wasn't a tree house. Blaze waited by the door, staring at the ribbons Weave had braided into his tail.
'And she wanted to put some in my mane as well' the streaks of blue stood out amidst the field of fire they lay in. 'i mean come on! Sky blue? Seriously? If you want the correct contrast you've got to use azure do you hear me? AZURE!' He considered the ribbons for a few moments more 'or maybe a light cyan. Matches my eyes she said, so maybe ultramarine' he suddenly realised he was thinking about what colours to braid his tail with 'I've been living with my mother too long'
"Oh, hey Blaze" Blaze snapped back to reality and saw the beautiful Pegasus standing before him. Sweet cream was beautiful, so beautiful. She had her mother's yellow coat, but hers was a more pale yellow, a sought of creamy colour. Her mane and tail where also the same colour as her mothers, but there where streaks of snow white running through them both, and at the tips they bleached. Her eyes where a deep blue, almost matching Blazes, the only difference being Blazes where darker. "How are you doing? I thought you were busy in the forge this Easter"
"oh erm...no the forge's closed, the bellows are broken" 'if you pause this is going to get awkward, just take the shot' Blaze summoned his courage and got ready for it 'let's do this' "Sweet cream, I really like you and I was wondering if you could got to the hearts and hooves day ball with me that's being held in town" the words came out in a torrent. "And if you don't want to go that's ok because I know you don't like that kind of stuff, so if you want to go somewhere else that's cool" he pulled out the box from his flank pack and opened it, offering the contents to Sweet cream, who gasped as she saw it. "and I've really liked you for a while now so I had this made because I really like you and I want you to have it even if you don't want to go out with me because I know you'll like it"
He paused to get his breath, but Sweet cream brought a hoof up to his mouth, silencing him. "Blaze, I'm really flattered but..." 'Oh crap, not the but! Please, anything but the but!' "but i hate raves, i can't stand the music. Why don't we go somewhere quiet instead?" Blaze took a few seconds before his brain told him what Sweet cream had just said.
"so...that's a yes"
Sweet cream nodded
"YES!" Blaze shouted "COME ONE!" he leapt into the air, his wings flapping excitedly. He bro hoofed the air, his face ecstatic, before he realised what he'd just done. "thank you" he said formally, Sweet cream was trying not to giggle "you have done me a great honour"
"Did your mother teach you that?" Sweet cream asked
"My dad actually"
"and i'm guessing he bought you that necklace too"
"no actually, i go it myself just for you" when Sweet cream smiled and blushed, Blaze knew it had been worth every bit.