Making Up As a Rebound

19 September 2014

03:01 Stoic was walking through down the street, the day taken away by a rainstorm. His mane was wet and hangling low and so was his head "I bucked up..." He said to himself as he walked "Where did it go so wrong..." One mintue she was there, he left to do some work and... she was gone, no where to be found. He looked everywhere, called out for her... for a week he looked for her and there was no trace left. He was doing just that, continuing to l ook when a fimilar sight came in to view... her old marefirend's shake stand. He hadn't spoken with her since he broke up and for good reason... it wasn't the best. He was about to turn around and walk the other way, to avoid the horrible memories that came with that, but something stoped him. He looked to the cart and said "You know... its been forver since we talked... maybe its time we did..." and with that he walked up to the stand hoping that

03:07 Sweet_Treat grumbles frustratedly as the rain pours down outside without stopping. THere would be much fewer customers today for sure. If only the weather team didn't have to schedule a rain shower on a weekend when ponies might actually be out enjoying the docks. Her windows were sealed to keep out the water, though her roof leaked a little bit into a bucked in the corner. Outside there were only a couple of ponies, and in this weather, even fewer would bother to stop at her stand.

03:10 < Stoic> (Would Stoic be able to see into it, like was the counter window open?)

03:12 < Stoic> (pokes Sweet_Treat )

03:12 < Sweet_Treat> (Its not shuttered

03:12 < Stoic> (Ah, ok)

03:12 < Sweet_Treat> (Just closed)

03:13 < Stoic> (Closed liike no lights on?)

03:13 < Stoic> (Or no indication of openness?)

03:14 < Sweet_Treat> (The windows are closed. She's still in there open for business)

03:14 < Stoic> (Ok)

03:16 Stoic comes to the cart and knocks on the wood, he didn't see anyone at the front but he hoped she was still there. He was actually a bit excited at the idea of meeting her again, all those memories from before.. didn't seem to bad, at least the ones that were inherently bad in the first place "Hello?" He spoke, hoping to get a verbal responce.

03:19 Sweet_Treat 's ears perk up in excitement as she hears a voice at the front. She'd stepped into the back to prepare a couple things for closing, but left a note that things were still open, just to give a shout. The mare rushes towards the front, manning the window and sliding it open, frowning slightly as she sees who it is. "Oh...Hey umm..." The mare struggles for his name, but seems ot have forgotten it, sighing out, "Sir. What can I do for you?"

03:23 Stoic gives her a slightly confused look as she called him sure, it seemed by the sight of him she remembered who he was... or at least seeed liked she did. Doubt she would instantly frown to many ponies she met or it could just be this bad day to get her down "Hi Sweet... you remember me don't you?"

03:26 < Stoic> seemed like*

03:27 < Stoic> called him "sir"*

03:29 Sweet_Treat looks him over a couple times and nods to him, bitting her lip. "Yes...of course I remember you. You're that stallion who pretended that you were into me, and then dumped me for somepony else when you decided I wasn't good enough. I take it you arn't here to buy a shake are you?"

03:31 Stoic couldn't help but frown like when she spoke of the situation from her point of view. He was about to open his mouth and speak his thoughts... but he didn't come here to argue, he came to make up "I... wanted to talk but a milk shake doesn't sound bad, you do make some of the best..." He was cut off by a strike of lightning and a loud booming sound of thunder which made him jump a bit "D-do you think I can come in though... its not really safe

03:31 < Stoic> "D-do you think I can come in though... its not really safe out here..."

03:38 Sweet_Treat sighs at the stallion when he seems to flounder on buying a shake, but its not like he was driving off any other customers at the moment with as bad as the weather is. She indicates towards the menu, in anticipation of him ordering, herself giving a startled flinch as the lightning beings. "Look fine, I guess you can come in, but please, stay away from the food. I'm not supposed to have untrained ponies in here." She walks over to the side and undoes the latch.

03:42 Stoic quickly moves in past her, smiling as at least the mare isn't curel enough to send him out into this horrbale weather. He quickly sliped in, driping quite a bit of water and sighing with releif of being out of the weather and realitively safe "Thank you, Sweet... I hate to ask more but do you happen to have a towel that I can use to dry off?" He motions to himself and his soakedness "I'd rather not track so much water into here then I already

03:42 < Stoic> "I'd rather not track so much water into here then I already have..."

03:55 Sweet_Treat lets him in, closing the door to keep out the rain, taking care that his wet fur doesn't brush against her. "No, sadly, I've not got anything to dry off with. That's what an umbrella is for silly. You really shouldn't walk around on days when you know its supposed to rain without it. Anyways, what type of shake did you want?" She asks, trying to igore the dripping puddle of water beneath him.

04:01 Stoic couldn't help but blush when she called him silly, it made him see her like he originally saw her... a bubbily mare that was full of personality and character "Well, I havn't been attention to the weather... or anything much really, but that doesn't matter right now, I'd enjoy a good old chocolate milkshake please" He cherps out happily, fishing around for some bits to pay for the shake... but realized he left his bag home "Buck..." He mumbled

17:06 Sweet_Treat smiles at him, glad to manage another paying customer on this dreary day and vanishes into the front of the store before stoic can even realize he's out of bits. "One chocolate milkshake coming right out!" she calls, before going to work, mixing the ice cream, clouds and flavoring together in a crack blender.

17:09 < Sweet_Treat> (Stoic)

17:10 < Stoic> (I see~)

17:12 Stoic slumps down in sarrow at the discovery of his empty bitness. By the time he forced hismelf to get up and tell her to cancel that order, everything was already in the blender and sturing up. He felt bad for making her waste supplies when he can't pay "I'm sorry I... I don't have any bits on me." Before she could interject he finished by saying "But! I'll get you the bits later, plus intrest if you want!"

17:33 Sweet_Treat slumps down where she stood, cranking the blender at a much slower pace now in her disappointment. Only about 20 customers today, and one of them could not even pay. With a sigh she finally pulls it off the blender and pours stoic a glass haphazardly tossing it with whip cream. "Alright fine... You know where to find me at least."

17:34 < Sweet_Treat> (I'm about to go to lunch so with any lick, things should be faster for a bit)

17:36 Stoic couldn't help but frown as he saw the look of disapointment fall upon her face so suddenly. It made him feel plane bad. Sure, he ment what he said about paying her back later but... he still doesn't like the look that he gave her "Thank you..." He said softly before siping away at the shake, murring at the fluffy, cloud like texture the drink had.

17:37 AppleDash (gives Sweet_Treat the requested 'any lick')

17:54 < Dusk> (*dips her muzzle in Sweet_Treat*)

17:59 Sweet_Treat kicks at the ground with a sigh, unsure about how she felt about stoic being here. "Well, I'm glad you like it at least. It's a shame you broke up with me before you ever got to try one. Maybe you'd have stuck around. Anyways what is it you wanted to talk to me about?"

18:00 < Zuthal> (I am ready)

18:00 < Stoic> (Well, what about Inky)

18:03 Stoic after listening to her talk and slowly siping on the drink as she does talk, he puts the drink to the side and gets straight to the point "Well... this is kind of impromtu. I reconized your stand in the rain and... wanted to talk to you. Ususally, I'd walk the other way, but for some reason I felt like I wanted to talk with you..."

18:07 Sweet_Treat raisesvan incredulous eyebrow towards stoic as he begins to explain, halting her cleaning of the pitcher. "Oh? And what made you change your mind this time? And why were you out here in the first place?

18:07 < Inky> (I'm at a restaurant. We're done though and I'm heading home soon)

18:07 < Zuthal> (Yay)

18:10 Stoic shakes his head and gives a shrug at her first question "I-I don't know... being versed in psychology doesn't mean you can always read yourself perfectly and what I was doing out there... I was doing what I've been doing for the past few weeks..." He closed his eyes as tears started to form in the crooks of his eye, the memories of the events are still all to fresh in his head.

18:11 < Stoic> the past week*

18:11 < Stoic> (Not few weeks x.x)

18:21 Sweet_Treat grunts and returns to wiping down the pitcher, turning back away from stoic to be over the sink. "What have you been doing over the past weeks stoic? And.. You said you wanted to talk, about what exactly?"

18:23 Stoic continues to cry silently as the memories played through his head, soon enough though that lump in his throught that were the words he wanted to say finally got out "I-I was trying to find Nadine..." He spoke, his tone full of sadness and despare

22:21 Sweet_Treat begins to dry it off and sets it asside, witha confused sound in her voice as she asks, "And who is this Nadine?" She asks, frowning as she hears the tears in his voice and shaking her head.

22:23 Stoic sighs to her, his voice having trop keeping a stable pitch through tears and soft cries "S-she's a griffon, the one I... I..." He couldn't finish that sentence, it brought back all the painful memories that made him want to avoid her.

22:24 < Stoic> trouble keeping*

22:26 Sweet_Treat turns to stare at him with a small sad frown on her face as Stoic explains, though after a second or two of trailing off she puts two and two together and smirks as she remembers the pain he brought to her. "Oh, is that The gir you left me for? Karma goes both ways it seems."

22:30 Stoic puts his hooves up to his eyes as soft sobs turned into loud cries and wimpers, enough to be audible to the mare "It's one thing to be left by a stallion who had the guts to say it to your face then to be left wonding... Worring! About what happened!" His cries turned into rage which quickly turned back into crying "I just want closure..."

22:35 Sweet_Treat 's face melts a little as Stoic gets worse. Seeing him on the verge of a breakdown like this was enough to cause her to feel a little bit sorry for him. She knew exactly how bad it felt to be left. "Oh, Stoic, have you talked to the police about her? What about her job? I'm sure someone knows where she's at."

22:38 Stoic shakes his head at her words "Of course I contacted the police, of course I contacted her work! I've gone all round town looking for her, and she is no where to he found! She's gone and... and I don't think she'll ever come back..." He didn't say another word as he desovled right back into tears

22:44 Sweet_Treat cringes as Stoic bursts into tears, watching him cry there for a bit, looking aroudn for help from any of the nonexistant ponies present before finally moving over to him slowly and patting his back. "There there, I'm sure she's alright. She probably just went home to visit family and forgot to mention it to anypony," she says, unconvincingly.

22:48 Stoic shock his head again at her words "Its not only that Sweet... she was prgenent... twins... doubt she would fly across the ocean to visit family with a large belly hanging from her..." He removed the hooves from his wet eyes and looked to her "... I don't know what to do Sweet...

22:48 < Stoic> I can't go on for months looking for her..."

22:55 Sweet_Treat gives Stoic a small comforting squeeze, though the position of comforting her ex boyfriend left her feeling more than a little awkward. "Well...then I dont know what to tell you...she might not be coming back if its been that long..."

22:57 Stoic was quickly to embrace the comfort of the mare's warm body compared to how cold and lonely he felt at the moemt "I'm so sorry Sweet... I'm so sorry..." He repeated every few mintues they kept this up, feeling equally bad for what he did as he is for loosing his love and twins...

23:15 Sweet_Treat sighs and doesnt say anything for awhile, just letting Stoic cry himself quiet as she remains there, hugging him and patting him on the back. Her tail drooped lower as some of his gloom began to take over her, that and the fact that the storm was getting worse. SHe might as well close down the stand at this point.

23:21 Stoic soon was able to to get his emotions under control as he breaks the hug and smiles up to her "Thank you for being so kind... I was somewhat afraid of how you would treat me, I am happy to see that despite our conflict you still treat me kindly... I hope that means we can be friends, if only that..." He asks, holding out a hoof to her "You are a very kind mare... I think that deserves kindness back"

23:25 < Chocolate_ChipPhone> Damn copy and paste bug)

23:29 Sweet_Treat backs up as Stoic finally breaks the hug and looks down at him, barely managing to force a smile under her depressed mood. "Ya...you're welcome I supose..." She says, initially reaching her hoof to help him up, before pulling it back when he seems to indicate that he wants her to date him again. "Look Stoic, we will only be friends. That cloud has flown along time ago."

23:31 Stoic nods to her and manages to let out a little chuckle "I never said I wanted that again... being friends with you is much better then many other things we can be" He puts a hoof around her and nuzzles against her "It means I can come see you without feeling like you'll yell at me or something else mean for my past transgressions..." What he didn't say was he hoped that would be a steping stone to more... if Nadine never returned

23:41 Sweet_Treat pulls back as Stoic nuzzles agains thim, not wanting to deal with any advances towards her like that this evening. "Fine, yes, we can be freinds, but dont expect me to just come running back to your open hooves just because you suddenly had your mare run off on you. That's not how this works. I /wont/ be second pick again."

23:42 Stoic gives her a weird look as she steps away from him claiming he was making advances towards her. True he was hoping later they could be more but he still had a good amount of hope that he would find Nadine so his affection was platonic "Advance? Sweet, that was a friendly nuzze not a fancy new way to ask you out... are you ok?"

23:57 Stoic gives her a weird look as she steps away from him claiming he was making advances towards her. True he was hoping later they could be more but he still had a good amount of hope that he would find Nadine so his affection was platonic "I wasn't Sweet... do you think I want you to come back to me? If I do find Nadine, I don't want to hurt you like I did..."

00:06 Sweet_Treat nods, looking straight at him. "Yes, it sounded exactly like you expected me to just come back to you, and even if you never do find Nadine, you'll have to find some other mare to be with you. Just so taht we know where we stand." She relaxes a little now looking into his eyes before turning to glance out the window once more to see the storm. "Ugh...I guess I might as well close down for the day..."

00:09 Stoic closes his eyes and lets out a sigh at her words, her slightly painful words. He was hoping... wishing... that where she stands now is not where she would stand forever but he wasn't going to push it. He opens his eyes to to the sound of her upsetness, put a hoof to her back, patting it softly "Its a shame that you must, many ponies could use a shake on this depressing looking day."

00:17 Sweet_Treat grunts in irritatioin and waves a hoof out towards the closed window and the empty pier. "Oh yes, all the those ponies out there looking for a shake," she says driely. "I've maybe sold ten today, IF i include that one that you have yet to pay me for. No, I think its best I shut down."

00:20 Stoic shook his head with a sight as she took his statement and threw it in the wrong direction "I said I'm sorry and I will pay you back, in fact after the storm dies down and we can leave we can stop by my house and I can pay you right there, sound good?" He really just wanted to get past such a little thing

00:31 Sweet_Treat grunts and leans forward, standing up on her hind hooves to pull down the grate that covered the shop window when no one was around. "Look, I'm not too upset about that Stoic and I dont think this rain is going to let up too soon. Just please, let me close down and then we'll see about going somewhere." She clicks the lock into place and moves on to the next item for closing.

00:34 Stoic nods to her and let do her thing, considering her mood toniht she wasn't sure if she was really upset about not being able to pay, frankly he would in her hooves but he said no more about it, letting the mare do what he needs "Really, if it'll make you feel better I'd be happy to. Anything to make this day a bit brigher"

00:34 < Stoic> he wasn't sure

00:50 Sweet_Treat quickly finsihes closing up and grabs her umbrella in the back, latching herself into the harness so that she's safe from the rain. "I'm not quite sure exactly what I'm going to do this evening, especially since I'm taking a day off early, because there's no point in being here, and its pouring so I cant really do stuff outside."

00:52 Stoic nods with a smile "So lets head out somewhere, I'd suggest to a watering hole, but I don't want you to think I'm asking you out on a date... resturants fall under that too..." He moves to stand under the umbrela, right up next to her but not touching if her can help it "So lets head home, ether to yours or mine. Sound good?"

01:03 Sweet_Treat frowns and flashes him an unamused look towards the stallion who was now asking him back to his place. "What? What makes you think I'm going to just go on back to your place, or invite you over to mine? Thats quite a leap without even inviting me over to dinner first," Sweet_Treat points out with a little "hmmph." "Especailly since I paid for the desert too."

01:05 Stoic frowns to the mare, a bit upset at her quite rude reaction to his suggestion "Ok... for one thing, I don't have any bits on me so its not like I can even take you out to dinner. Two, wouldn't a dinner be worse because... you know... its the kind of thing you do when you take a mare out on a date?" He questions the mare, confused as to why she would prefer what he would have though she would consider a date.

01:09 Sweet_Treat huffs and glares at him. "Oh yes, asking a mare back to your place for sex is much better than taking me out to dinner," she responds acidicly, "And that didn't mean we couldn't have swung by your place to grab your bag of bits. That would have been perfectly acceptable," she responds, feeling a little frustrated with the current situation.

01:25 Stoic gives her a weird look, giving the mare some more room "Sex? I-I never even mentioned doing such an act with you. At most I thought a homemade dinner and some chit chat would be the activities we would do..." He sighs to the mare and gives her a pair of upset eyes "What is up with you tonight, ever time I try to be friendly, all you do is push me away claiming various things like I'm trying to get you back or trying to get under your tail... "What is up with you tonight, ever time I try to be friendly, all you do is push me away claiming various things like I'm trying to get you back or trying to get under your tail... If you hate my guts then just say it and allow me to spare myself from more of your anti-social pain..."

01:28 Sweet_Treat rolls her eyes at him and shakes her head again. "Its not me. You're doing every single thing that those asshole stallions that you see in many plays do when they're trying to get laid, or what you see in the bar. I'm not the one making these advances."

01:31 Stoic shakes his head to her "Sweet, you know me well enough to know that I am not one of those stallions..." He moved to put a hoof on her back "Yes, I did leave you, I feel bad for that. But that doesn't make me like any of those stallions who pick you up in the bar and try to get their way. So please, don't put me in the same group as those jerks because... I'm trying not to be those"

01:49 Sweet_Treat frowns and looks at the ground, kicking at it. "It doesnt help when you keep doing all the things that they're known for, including leaving me. Friends can go out to dinner and do fun stuff without being friends, but I am not ready to go back to your house."

01:51 Stoic nods to her with a smile "Ok, then, if you want to swing by my place I can grab a bit bag, give you your due payment and then we can head out on the town for some fun times, sound like a good plan?" He asked in a cheery voice, trying really hard to at least get in good favor with the mare.

02:00 Sweet_Treat looks back up at him, returning his smile a little. "Mmmm, I'm not really feeling it tonight, but...perhaps I can take a rain check and see you tomorrow? I dont think its supposed to be so awful then. And Stoic. Cheer up a little. A frown is unbecoming of you."

02:03 Stoic nods to the mare with a soft smile on his face "I know, thank you for your support, Sweet..." He moves to hug her, feeling a little nervous that she would push him alway like she had done before "I'll bring you the bits tomarrow when we meet... end of your shift sound good?"

02:07 Sweet_Treat reans in and returns the hug, giving him a gentle squeeze befor epulling away. "Alright then, I'll see you tomorrow Stoic. See you right around eighish." She motiions for him to leave so that she can finish locking up the shop and head home.

02:10 Stoic nods with a smile, despite the shakey meet up with the mare it seems that they got past it and are leaving on a much higher note then he feared they would, which brightened his mood. Seeing as it was still raining like crazy, he pretty much dashed out into the ran, trying to make it as quick as possible to his house... but despite the gloomy day, he felt happy for the first time in a week.

02:13 Sweet_Treat steps outside, protected from her umbrella, smilling a little to herself as Stoic takes off. She procedes to lock the door and make her way back towards her house to prepare dinner.