When they first met

Gaffey was seated on a stool at the bar in the tavern, hoping he will get lucky enough to have a new face sit by him. He bounced in his chair and tapped his hoof against the bar impatiently. He was asked if he wants a drink, finding himself thirsty he excepted the offer of a drink and asked for some wine. Getting his wine he drank some and looked at the entrance to the tavern. "Come on new face" he said.

happy trotted up to the entrance of the taver humming to herself smiling after another good day at work. making her way to an empty stool next to a strange pony she smiled and ordered a drink "hey there!~ um..hmmm...can I get some whiskey please? its been a long day." she said with a smile before turning to see the cute stalion beside her and noticed he was different in a way. this one wore a top hat and had stripes..but he wasnt a zebra? after a few seconds she started to notice she was staring at him for to long and shook her head to clear her mind "um..hey! I didnt notice you sitting there my names happy trails!~ who might you be?"

When Happy entered the tavern his heart skipped a beat, she was the most beautiful mare he had ever laid his eyes on the way she happily hopped in with that kind nice smile on her face. When she sat next to him his heart raced, he didn't even know what to say he decided to act normal and continue to drink his wine. He noticed the beautiful mare was staring at him and took this as a sign that she thought he was weird he shrunk down a little until he heard her say her name Happy trails, a name that suited her well and ask of his name. "Well i'm um Gaffey Patches my friends call me Gaffey" he replied.

happy listened and when she heard gaffey say patches she giggled a little and smiled "thats kinda cute!~ its very nice to meet you gaffey." its then she starts to really notice the stallion before her was even cuter up close. The bow tie and top hat and those adorable stripes, happy always loves stripes... she had to look around the room in an attempt to not be seen blushing "um..uh..so do you live around here? what brings you to ponyville?~"

Gaffey smiled at Happy's attempt to hide her blush. Not wanting to tease her about it he decided to answer Happy's answer "No i don't live around here i live in the everfree forest." Realizing that this might freak her out he decided to stop talking and sip some of his wine and decided to continue. "I just came here for a drink and to meet new faces" he thought of something to ask her "You come here normally?" He asked

Happy smiles at this and gets curious. "The ever free forest?? is it fun? I love nature its so beautiful!~...oh um.." happy coughs "um.. sorry yeah I come here sometimes after im done working and have a few drinks.. I tend to wander around and explore when I have time but I love comming here and meeting new faces" she says and smiles at gafe cutely with a little blush. she is starting to like this odd pony more and more every minute. "so um...what do you do out there? don't you get lonely??" she realises this is probably a bad subject and changes it "You know don't take this the wrong way but you have the cutest stripes!~ are you a zebra?? you look different from others ive seen before."

Gaffey smiles at the slight blush with that cute smile of her's and then his smile fades when the question do you ever get lonely comes up

"I'll answer both of those. I'm part zebra part pony and thank you for admiring my stripes and about that question do you ever get lonely the answer is yes it gets fairly lonely out there hearing the howls of timber wolves calling out to each other, the blowing of the wind against the tree's are very peaceful i have to admit that but not hearing or seeing a single soul is pretty hard but ive learn to be lonely ive never really gotten accepted anyway."

Happy hears this and gets concerned. she never would let ponies be hurt or refuse to help so she tries to think. the poor stalion sitting there alone with no one to be friends with.. it must be scary.. but what she has isnt really enough or she would ask him to stay with her, at least till he found his own place and then it dawned on her. "thats horrible!....um..you can stop by my place sometime if you want!..its not..much but..its better then nothing!~" she said with a smile and reached out to give him a hug "i'll be your friend from now on if thats ok with you." she says and smiles at him. before finally realising how that sounded and blushed "I mean just to stay o-over! i didn't mean to sound weird or anything honest!"

Gaffey smiled at her offer "Thank you Happy" he hugged her tightly his body oddly smelling of cookies. "Oh i'm sorry i just wanted to hug you as a thanks. Thank you for being my friend and letting me come over sooner or later" He spun around in his chair with joy and than went back to focusing on Happy "If you want i can pay for your drink's it's the least i can do to thank you" he said. He ordered another wine for him and a whiskey for Happy.

happy hugs and smiles "I would like that alot, and thanks so much that is so sweet of yo-.." she stops and sniffs around gaffey, smelling somthing sweet she makes a cute expresion as her eyes glitter "what is that amazing smell?~~~ I love sweet things sorry I di-didn't mean to make you feel akward" she says and looks down her face red as she looks at his smiling face, he really was a sweet pony..maybe it wouldn't hurt to stay around for a little longer and talk some more..

"That wasn't awkward i get told i smell of something sweet alot of times i think it's from all the cookies i eat" He pulls out a cookie from his top hat and eats it. He drinks his glass of wine and notices that her face is redder "Would you like to stay with me for a few more drinks and then we can part ways later "

happy looks and smiles happily "sure that sounds fun!~ I-i mean I would like that alot...also that is amazing I wish I could smell so sweet like you!~" she says with a big smile as she drinks her drink and orders another. "I am glad to have met such an interesting pony like you. and im glad to be your friend" she says and giggles, this stallion really is sweet and smells sweet too!~ He even looks cute when he is happy..she notices shes staring again and shakes her head and tries to act casual "um hehehehe~.. thats um..thats a really neat outfit by the way. I love the hat!~"

Gaffey took off his top hat and twirled it around "Why thank you i never get complimented on my outfit" He notices that she had stared at him again and then looked away trying to act casual "Would you like to try on my top hat? Just don't ruin it please it was my fathers." He hands her his top hat

happy squeaks happily and takes the hat and gently puts it on. when she looks bck up smiling the hat tilts covering one of her eyes making her look sweet and innocent as she giggles "its nice!~ thanks you." she says and twirls in her seat before giving him back his hat with a giggle. then she gets thinking a little and smiles "you know if your not busy we can hang out before it gets late at my place, I am still kind of new here and would like the company." she says as she drinks her last drink and giggles once again.

Gaffey heart stopped for a few second's when happy put of the top hat and couldn't help but stare at happy. He put back on his top hat back, when he heard Happy ask him to hang out with her he felt like jumping out of the seat but kept his calm "one second i need to check my appointments" He checks a fake calender "Well i have that doctors appointment a music lesson buy a new fan and not do any of that stuff. I'm totally in for hanging out

happy giggles and hugs gaf "yay!~" happy cant help but smile at gafs sillyness and how he looked so excited when she asked him to come over. "you are funny!~ I like that." she stood out of the chair and grabbed gaffeys hoof "well come one then lets go!~" she says as she giggles and pulls gently on his hoof in a playful way.

Gaffey gets up out of his seat and follows Happy out of the tavern "So where are we going?" he asked.

happy smiles and looks at gaf "its uh....its not much..but I call it my home!~" she says with a cute smile. "I work over at the delivery office delivering packages and other small items to ponies in ponyville and other places!~ its not much but I love the work, I get to meet so many interesting ponies!~" she says as she pulls him over to the front door of the delivery office and pulls over the welcome matt to grab the spair key. "here we are!~" she says as she opens the door and pulls him back to her room in the back which is conceived of a small bed, a small table with a small radio on it, and a single window facing the roads. "like i said its not much.. but its my home~" she says with a cute smile.

Gaffey looked around at Happy's room "Seems pretty homey to me got all you would need a bed a table a window and a radio i sure would call this a home and a home close to work that must be cool" he sat down on the bed "Hmm not a comfy bed i could buy you a new one if you want also a mini fridge" he says a kind smile on his face

happys heart fluttered at his kind words as she looked at him, he was a kind stallion, gentle,giving...cute... she shook off the thoughts once agian and blushed. "thats r-really sweet of you but I couldnt just do that to you. i-im ok really honest but thats really sweet!~" of course happy was lying, she barely made enough to get by, but she was contempt and thats what matters right? But this stallion... this stallion had her thinking weird things, of them hanging together.. going out and cuddling.. this stallion made her heart flutter as she blushed and sat down next to him and hugged him. "you are a very very kind pony.. thank you for the offer.~"

Gaffey smiled he felt glad that he kindly offered happy the bits she would need for some improvements even though she didn't accept his offer "Hey wanna come over to my place? But if you don't want to that's fine two it's your decision " he said half doubting she would come with him.

happys heart skips a beat for a second and she pauses, she loves the wilderness how could she say no! and with such a cute pony its like a dream come true!~ wait what was she thinking she just met him..she shook her head once more and decided to go with him. "s-sure, id love to!~ I havent been to the forest at night before!"

"You'll love it the beautiful sound of winds against the trees the howls the croak of the toads and frogs the rush of the river looking overhead as the stars twinkle in the night sky" He smiles at Happy "I'm glad i met such a kind wonderful beau-fun mare like you"

happy smiles at the decsription gaffey gives. then suddenly goes red knowing what he was going to say as her heart skips. *I don't understand..ive never fealt this way before...this pony...hes sweet and charming and funny..my stomachs doing backflips.. I think I might like this stallion..* she thought in her head as her face glows clearly and visibly. "thats very s-sweet of you...I am very glad I met such a handsome and kind hearted stallion like you too" she said and blushed as she followed

Gaffey smiled kindly with a slight blush *she thinks i'm handsome!!* he thinks to himself this is the first mare he ever felt this way about, he loved how kind and giving she is how she seemed to have this glow about her that he couldn't explain . Paying more attention to Happy than whats in-front of him he runs straight into a tree and falls back wards "Ow...." he said