It was because of that friendship that the normally workaholic pony was out at a skating rink, willing to give it a try. Scarlet had mentioned many times in her letters of her love of skating, while Hone had flat out mentioned he'd never tried. Somehow or another it came about that they'd been meeting here for their first face to face, and frankly Hone was nervous. It didn't help that he thought himself completely clumsy when it came to physical tasks, or that he hadn't slept at all with anticipation.
Not...that he'd tell her that. Oh Dreamer, did he have bags under his eyes? Would his face and his tail scare her away? He'd only sent one photo but he'd played it off like he was wearing a costume. Maybe that had been a mistake. Fardles.
His thoughts were interrupted by the return of the clerk. "Thank you." Taking the ticket, and the skates, the earth pony moved and sat himself down to get situated. Hopefully this ended painlessly and he didn't leave minus a best friend. A few snaps here and there had the skates on all four of his paws, and he waddled towards the ice with the intent to look for Scarlet.
Hone made it about three feet before he face planted on the horribly designed 1970s style carpet.
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