Hey everycreature! What's up!?

So this will be the last part of this short story and the next one will be very different.

And if you all like Gallus and Sandbar being together, than I will have more in the future when the opportunity comes, but for now lets finish this!

Keeping a Secret? Part 3

As the group of friends were silent, it became unbearable for Rose, who was by now completely awake and alert and she did the very first thing that came to mind… Gallop away. Rose left her friends and went straight inside the school building and in the meantime, the rest of the girls looked at the two boys, mouths wide open at the stunning reveal.

"Is it true?" Smolder asked, finally to break the silence that came.

Gallus and Sandbar looked at each other now and it was Sandbar who nodded his head to the griffon, mentally telling Gallus it was about time they let their friends know about their relationship. Gallus sighed as he held out his claw for Sandbar to take, which the earth pony did, the two holding each other's hoof and claw as they prepared themselves for their friends' reaction.

"Yes, we're in love with each other." Gallus answered.

"How long have you two…" Silverstream began, but not needing to finish as Sandbar answered.

"You guys remember when we had to stay in Ponyville last Hearth's Warming?" Sandbar asked, to which the girls nodded their heads. "Since than."

"It was kinda of a joke, you see we were both walking under the mistletoe at the same time…" Gallus began, only for Sandbar to stop him.

"Well, it was more like we accidentally bumped into each other." Sandbar reminded Gallus.

"Right and well I just don't know what came over me, but I guess I just went for it." Gallus blushed.

"And it was the best kiss ever in my life." Sandbar remembered. "At first we were unsure, but well… I think we made the right choice."

"But why griffon and pony not tell the rest of us?" Yona asked.

"We didn't know how you girls would feel, we were even afraid you girls wouldn't be our friends anymore." Gallus expressed his fear.

"What?" Ocellus spoke up. "That's crazy, we would still be friends with each other, no matter what."

"Yeah and if you two love each other, than we're fine with it." Silverstream smiled happily.

"Thanks girls, we're glad you didn't overreact." Sandbar returning the smile.

"Well, most of us." Smolder pointing out that Rose just galloped off, to who knows where.

"Yeah, I guess we should find her." Gallus said as he stood up from his seated position. "Lets split up by pairs and search the school." The griffon suggested.

So the six split up, Gallus and Sandbar of course, Smolder and Ocellus, and Silverstream and Yona, they went through the floors of the school, looking in each empty classroom for any sign of the little filly. The six were starting to worry as they couldn't find Rose.

"I hope she's okay." Sandbar said as he and Gallus finished searching another room.

"Yeah, I kinda of regret not coming out about this." Gallus sighed.

"It's not your fault, we both made the decision that we should keep this a secret." Sandbar comforted Gallus.

"Thanks." Gallus smiled as the two were going down a hallway, when they heard some soft crying. "It sounds like it's coming from that shortage closet."

The two boys came in front of the door and Sandbar opened it up to find Rose sitting down by some cleaning equipment, clearly angry for spilling everything out. The two boys knew the little filly must feel pretty bad and felt like she lost two of her friends, which of course she didn't, but she didn't know that.

"Rose?" Sandbar said softly.

The little filly looked up to see the couple in front of her, with comforting smiles on their faces to let Rose know they weren't angry at her.

"Gallus, Sandbar…" Rose began, the tears still coming out. "Why are you here, aren't you two mad at me?"

"No, we're actually sorry Rose." Gallus said, surprising the little filly.

"You're sorry?" Rose questioned, unable to believe what she just heard.

"Yeah, we realized that we should have told you girls, we shouldn't have kept the secret, but no more, from now on we're going to be open about our relationship." Sandbar said with confidence. "Right Gallus?"

"Right, starting from this moment on." Gallus agreed. "Now, how about we go find the rest of the girls and finish up the midday break before heading to class?"

"Okay." Rose finally relieved that her friends were not mad at her as she got up and wiped any remaining tears from her eyes before joining the two boys.

After finding the rest of the girls, the group of friends enjoyed what was left of the midday break before the rest of the day's class began. And it was great, now that Gallus and Sandbar could be a bit more open about their relationship to the rest of their friends.

As the days passed, even thought it was weird and took some getting used to, the girls of the group accepted that this was a reality and they even teased the two boys whenever they showed their love to each other when they were alone. However it was all in good sport and from their friends' response and acceptance, Gallus and Sandbar had the confidence to let the rest of the school know, by doing things like holding each other's claw and hoof while walking down the hallways and giving each other kisses on the cheek. Rose was happy that the two loved each other and she learned a lesson, better to not keep a secret bottled up, lest she burst out and almost make things worse.

And that's the end of this short story! Sorry this last part was much shorter than the other two, but as always I hoped everycreature enjoyed it and with that…

See everycreature later!