>You wake up the next morning to your alarm. >After blaming every god you can think of, you sit up and turn it off. >Looking over, you can see IE sleeping peacefully even after that . >She was even twitching a little bit. >Holy crap that’s cute. >You decide to let her sleep a little longer and head to the kitchen. >After rummaging around for a bit, you discover that you have almost no food left. >There are a few pieces of bread left though, so you pop a slice into the toaster and get the jam out. >You also pour yourself a glass Sunny-D >Breakfast of champions. >A few minutes later your toast is ready, so you prepare your delicious feast when IE walks in. >Her mane is a little messed up, but it only makes her look cuter. “Good morning IE. How’d you sleep?” >You take a bite of your toast as IE hops onto a chair. >”I slept wonderfully Anon! Or at least I think so. I had never slept before, but it wasn’t bad, so it had to be good!” >She smiled happily up at you. >How could anything be this happy this early? “Well, that’s good. I think.” >You take another bite of your toast and she looks at you with wide eyes. >Crap, she’s probably hungry too. >Do ponies like toast? >Because that’s all there is to eat. “Um, would you like some toast IE?” >”Hold on let me check.” >Her eyes glaze over and she stares at nothing. >That’s probably how they browse the internet without putting up a floating screen. >That’s pretty damn cool. >You finish the toast and wash it down with your juice as you wait for a response. >A minute passes. >And another. >Screw it, who doesn’t like toast. >You put some bread into the toaster and wait for IE to respond. >While she’s on the internet you take this chance to examine her more. >Well, the only thing that you didn’t notice before was that she had the IE symbol on her…flank. >Other than that, there wasn’t much about her. >Her coat was deep blue, and her mane was a gold color like her eyes. >You had to admit, the way her mane looked in the light made it appear like it was glowing. >Finally, she snapped back to reality and responded in the affirmative. “Well good, ‘cause it’s almost ready.” >Just as you finish your statement the toaster pops up the toast. >Perfect timing ftw. >”I’ll have mine with eggs please.” >Oh. So she was looking up gourmet toast recipes. “Sorry IE, we’re fresh out of eggs. And everything else, for that matter. How about jam instead?” >”Oh ok. That works too.” >Nothing seems to bring her down. >You jam up her toast and hand it to her. >After holding it out there for a second, you remember that hands were an important part of holding things. >So you feed it to her piece by piece. >She seemed to enjoy it a lot. >There was a lot of ‘MMM’s and other happy noises, so you can only assume. >After you finish feeding her, you slide your juice over to her, which she also liked. >What didn’t this pony like? >”Hey Anon, what are we gonna do today? Play games? Read the news? You could always-“ “Um, I have to go to work, so I won’t be able to play with you until I get back.” >IE seemed disappointed, but you’ll make it up to her later. >”Oh, ok Anon. We can always play when you get home, promise?” >You promise her, and she immediately brightens up. >You smile at her and rub the top of her head as you walk back to your room. >”So what are you doing now Anon?” “I’m getting ready for work IE.” >”That sounds fun! Ima follow you around, ok?” >You just nod in agreement and she trots after you. >After brushing your teeth and shaving, you pull out your work clothes and undress. >You glance over at IE, and she is watching you intently. >After she notices you looking at her, she quickly looks away and starts getting red. >You finish getting dress and call over to IE. “Ok, you can continue admiring me now.” >She looks over and giggles. >At least someone likes your stupid jokes. >”Oh! Oh! I just had a great idea Anon!” >She bounded over to you and but her hooves on your thighs, looking up at you with such excitement that you thought she would burst. >”What if I came to work with you? Wouldn’t that be great?” >She then proceeded to jump around in circles at your feet. >That actually was a pretty good idea. >You open your mouth to speak, but then you remember that your boss was a tightass when it came to animals. >He almost had a heart attack when a squirrel found it’s way into his office. >Best day of work ever. “Sorry IE, but I doubt my boss would be too thrilled about you.” >She stops her bouncing and looks at you with sad eyes. >You could hear your heart shattering. >But she perked up again and gave you a small smile. >”Oh well, we can always play when you get home.” >You smile at her, then look over at your clock. >Crap, you were going to be late if you didn’t hurry up. “Well, I have to go now. Try not to break anything or burn the house down, ok?” >She giggles again and nods. >That is the cutest sound you have ever heard come out of a living being. >You go to leave, but you quickly scoop up IE and hug her. >She gave a small yelp when you picked her up, but she quickly hugged you back. >After a few minutes, you set her down and waved goodbye. >She waved back and said “I’ll be waiting for you Anon! Don’t be late!” “Don’t worry, I’ll be back as soon as I can.” >And with that, you walked out the door and locked it. >It was going to be a long day >But at least you had something to look forward to.