private The Courier's vacation

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"You should go! Sure it's scary but it gets your blood pumping! Quite exciting actually. Maybe that's where they get the rabbid squirrels..." Her thoughts began to wander off again but she soon caught herself before forgetting that she was in an actual conversations with another pony. She caught herself just in time to hear Draco's question and she looked at him with wide eyes "H-huh? How did you...can you read my mind..?"

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Draco chuckled"no everypony wants to know how to make them well that is my secret my dear lady"Draco explained with a mischivious smile as he looked at the lovely mare infront of him. Draco was slowly checking her out gauging her from within his mind as he weighed his options.

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"Would you mind maybe sharing with a friend?" She smiled sweetly and giggled. "Well, sir, since I now know who you are, I don't think it would be very fair if you didn't know who I was. So, ask away if you want. I'm open to all questions." Blossom went back to propping her head into her hooves and leaning in. This time, she really looked at the colt in front of her. She discreetly studied his features for a few moments before coming to the conclusion that "he's not that bad. Not bad at all." Blossom quickly pushed the thought to the back of her mind and looked down at her crepe, trying to be nonchalant.

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"I really shouldn't have wore this scarf today it's too hot out for it"Draco said as he pulled off the scarf around his neck"Just because a friend of mine made it for me"Draco said slightly when he sat the scarf next to him. The scarf was green but had afew flower petals on it thanks to his crash.

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Blossom Bloom looked at the clock behind the counter, which read 1:45, then out a nearby window. "I don't know. It might have been a good idea. If I remember correctly, the pegasi scheduled some rain for today around 4." She tilted her head a little before going on "or it could be tomorrow." She looked back at the table and picked up Draco's green scarf. Blossom looked at it carefully before putting it back in it's spot on the table. "Very nice stitching. It takes a couple months, even years, to get that clean of a stitch. Nice length, nice texture, and nice color." She looked at it once more before realizing that she might have made a mistake by picking it up and commenting on it. "Oh! My apologies...I just couldn't help but look at it..I mean, it's gorgeous. See, I've recently become immersed in knitting and stitching and whatnot so...sorry. I won't do it again." Blossom looked back out the window, embarrassed and not wanting to make eye contact, shd wondered why she did such a thing like that.

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Draco laughed"I don't mind it's nice to know my friends works are always top notch you know"Draco said with a smile as he drank his coffee and ate his muffin"hmm muffins are good"Draco said slightly"Anyway well nothing comes to mind to questions for you miss I really on't like to pry into a lovely mare's like yours private life you know"

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Blossom gasped slightly for she was surprised at Draco's comment. She blushed a little and tried her best to hide it. "W-well, if you do have any questions...just don't be afraid to ask.." She quickly changed the topic back to his scarf by asking "Might I ask who made it for you?"

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"A friend who long since passed away"Draco said as he looked outside remembering his old blind friend.Draco remembered all his friends but they either moved away and became snobs in Canterlot or passed away. Draco was alone in Ponyville always alone.

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"Oh I'm sorry..." Blossom became silent and decided not to push the subject further. She nibbled on her chocolate crepe slowly as she too looked out the window. The pegasi were beginning to push dark clouds into the sky, slowly swallowing up the warm and radiant sun.

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Draco put his scarf around Blossom gentlely"Here so you don't have to worry about being cold this evening Blossom"Draco smiled at Blossom gentlely as he saw the pegasi bringing the clouds together to form a raincloud"Hmmm looks like they are ahead of the clock huh"Draco said jokingly.

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Blossom blushed at his act of kindness "Th-thank you..." she stammered. "and uh...yea I suppose youre right. They are a bit ahead of schedule. I wonder why.." she glanced towards the clock and gasped. It was already 3:30 and she didnt even notice the time going by. "Whoa.." she breathed.

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"Draco looked at the clock"Yeah it's starting to get late shall I walk you home miss Blossom it would be rude of a gentlecolt like myself to let a lady walk home alone"Draco said trying to be a gentlestallion that his mother always taught him to be around the mares.

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"U-um...sure. Thank you...again." Blossom got up out of her chair and began to walk towards the door. When she neared the door, a big gust of wind blew into the shop and made her step back a few steps. "Whoa! Seems more than just a little light rain, eh?" she laughed a little and began to bounce up and down "alright! Let's do this!"

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Draco held his wing infront of Blossom"come along Blossom I'll protect you from the wind alright my dear friend"Draco said as he walked against the windd with Blossom by his side slowly. He looked at Blossom gentlely as he walked home quickly"you know Blossom you can hang onto me"Draco said.

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She blushed more than she was now and pretended not to hear him over the wind. Blossom was too embarrassed and she didn't want to seem too needy to her new friend. She was a little tempted to grab onto him but she quickly pushed the idea in the back of her mind just like she did before. "W-we're almost home...Now we take a left.."

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Draco walked to the left with Blossom"Are we almost there Blossom?"Draco asked kindly as he still held his wing out for Blossom protecting her from the rain with his large wing.While true he was getting soaked his feathers kept Blossom dry from the rain.

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"Yes. It's just up ahead." a few minutes later they stood in front of her little white cottage. There was a small stone path that led up to her bright blue door. On either sides of the path were just two small fields of beautiful colored flowers. Bushes with radiant red roses bordered the fields and a white picket fence bordered the bushes and all the way around the house. There were also two little gardens of tiny flowers for each window that stood on either side of the door. Blossom opened the small gate that was part of the fence. She closed it and began walking with Draco to the door. When she opened the door, she turned to Draco "Thank you for walking me home. Um, would you like to come inside? I can give you a towel. It's the least I could do after you shielded me from the rain. Thank you for that. I think you should also wait out the rain until you can deliver again."

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Draco smiled"Thank you that sounds quite lovely"Draco walked with her to her home which was lovely. He thught of his home and thought how lonely it was in the sky all alone. The nights were always cold and lonely while Draco saw lovers walking throuh out the night when he made nightly deliveries.

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Blossom smiled as he walked in. She closed the door behind him and turned to face him. "Well, make yourself at home. I'll go get you a towel." she said as she walked past him and disappeared into a dark hallway that connected to the livingroom which is where they were at. There was a wood fireplace in the east part of the room/wall. In front of the fireplace, two sofa chairs and a coffee table stood on a big plush gold and burgundy rug that stretched to either sides of the room. The rest of the floor was dark polished wood. Two oil paintings hung on the beige fabric wall in the north. One was a blue vase with flowers in it and the other was a lake house at dawn, surrounded with tall, soft, green grass and flowers; Complete with a dock and fireflies that drifted sleepily over the lake. Behind the chairs in the west was a big light brown bookcase that held many books. Possibly thousands. It stretched all the way to the dark brown ceiling.

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Draco looked at the book case slowly scanning it then he found one book that was from his great grandfather who wrote it"Hey Blossom where did you find this book"Draco asked as he looked at the red book with a dark blue broken heart on it with the words Loveless on it. Draco shook his head as he knew this was a poorly copied rendition of Loveless since he had the original copy in his homes library.

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Blossom Bloom came back into the room through the hallway with a big, blue, fluffy towel. As she gave it to him, she stood close and looked at the book with a tilted head. "Ah, Loveless. One of my favorites." She picked the book up off the shelf and held it in her wings, looking down at it longingly. "I got it at a garage sale a few years back. It was the only thing that caught my eye and it was calling to me to take it home. So I bought it, read it, loved it, and still cherish it." Blossom looked up at him "Have you read it before? It's a good read. You can borrow mine if you want."

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Draco chuckled as he recited a line from the original Loveless"Prologue (Poem)

When the war of the beasts bring the world's end

The goddess descends from the sky

Wings of light and dark spread afar

She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting"Draco smiled as he recited the first line of Loveless.

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Blossom giggled and looked at it him " I take it that you're a fan? Oh those first few words always sends a shiver down my spine. I love it." She sighed happily as she walked over to one of the chairs and sat in it. "You should come sit, Draco." Blossom called to him.

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Draco chuckled"I am the great grandson of the one who wrote it and you my dear have a poorly writen copy of Loveless I mean no offence my friend but I bet this doesn't have the last act in it now does it I mean the one who wrote this probably didn't think the last act was important"Draco said with a shake of his head.he nsat down into a chair.

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Blossom stared at him silently for a long moment before finally bursting "...What?! Seriously?!" She looked down at the book and ran the tip of her wing slowly down the middle of the cover. "So you're the great grandson..? A-and there's an extra act?!" She gasped "I always thought the ending didn't really make sense..."