At first you didn’t dare believe it, the winner of the best young flyer competition standing in your presence! It seemed almost too good to be true. The fact that you have already met her once at your house warming party didn’t make you any less over-awed at her.
You had always admired Rainbow Dash, even before you moved to Ponyville you had a bit of a thing for her. The first time you saw her was at the summer sun festival, of course back then there was very little chance to actually speak to her given that Nightmare Moon had just returned but she had certainly caught your eye none the less.
“Think of something to say dammit!” you thought desperately
Your throat seemed to have constricted so the only thing that came out was a very awkward gurgling sound which left both Pinkie and Dash giving you a very funny look.
“Freaking smooth...” you muttered to yourself
The longer Rainbow stared at you the longer you felt compelled to stare into her eyes. This was the first time you had actually met her while you were sober so you were trying to take in every detail about her.
Those deep amethyst eyes were almost calling to you; they were truly the most beautiful sight you had seen in a long time. The gleam of her cyan coat in the early morning light was so... inviting.
Eventually it was Pinkie that broke the beyond awkward silence and brought you out of your deep reverie.
“Uhhhh, aren’t you going to say anything?” Pinkie asked you
You realised how much you were staring at Dash and only hoped that she hadn’t noticed as well. You felt the heat rising in your cheeks, and sure enough, as you caught site of your reflection, your face had gone a brilliant red colour.
“Haha, oh, you’re so funny!” Pinkie suddenly burst out after tense seconds past.
You decided to act, you thought of something to say to her to try to regain some control.
“Hey Rainbow, It’s been a while since I last spoke to you, how have you been?” you asked.
“Well, better than nothing” you thought to yourself
“I’m doing pretty awesome actually!” Rainbow told you
“I’ve just learned a new move to put into my routine; It should make it 20% cooler” she went on.
When she said this, you felt a daft smile creep across your face.
“Thanks Celestia she knows how to pick up a conversation”
Before you could reply, (more accurately, before you got another chance to embarrass yourself) Pinkie interrupted (rather rudely mind you)
“Is there something you needed Rainbow?” Pinkie said
“I’m just coming by to pick something up for the party later. You should know that anyway! You organised it Pinks” Rainbow replied in a slightly hurt tone.
“Well, I will see you later then. It was nice talking to you again” She told you
“Easy for you to say”
Rainbow made her exit pretty quickly; her abrupt departure left you staring at the door which she exited out of for several seconds before Mrs. Cake came into the room carrying the one of the biggest cakes you had ever seen.
“I hope you’re up to it today dear” Mrs. Cake told you
“This is just the first order of the day!” she went on.
You sighed inwardly to yourself; Mondays were never a fun day for you and today seemed to be no exception.
You set out of the door, laden down with the mammoth cake with Pinkie at your hoofs.
“Pinkie” You said “Did I hear what Dash said correctly, another party tonight? Your previous one was only last weekend”
“You can NEVER have too many parties silly!” Pinkie replied “Oh, I meant to ask you, do you want to come along?”
The idea of another party so soon was almost soul grinding for you, mixed gatherings have rarely been a strong point for you, even when you were in your prime you were a bit of a recluse despite the begging’s of fellow pegasi to come to some drunken party of theirs. Although you couldn’t deny, the prospect of being in the company of Rainbow Dash, the cyan beauty, was more than enough to take Pinkie up on her offer.
“Sure, why not?” you told her with a convincing smile
“Yippeeeeeee” she squealed.
Without saying another word to you, she bounced off in the complete opposite direction to which you were heading, leaving you completely flustered.
Despite the toil of the day with seemed to be more busy than usual, your mind kept wandering back to the encounter you had with Rainbow, her deep eyes, her gleaming blue coat, and above all, the fact that she actually spoke to you. The latter kept bringing back a shadow of a smile to your face, you kept wishing for her to forget the initial awkwardness of your conversation and if not, would it affect your chances with her later tonight.
The day seemed to melt away, before you knew it, it was lunch time. You never really did do anything with yourself in your free time, although you were not a complete loner, you had never really forced yourself to interact with your neighbours.
This time something felt different, be it the euphoric feeling you got when you thought about Dash, or just the simple fact that you were tired of being forever alone. You felt you might as well make the effort with some of the other ponies, and where better to start that with the ponies that were closest to Rainbow Dash?
A/N: Sorry for the slightly shorter chapter today folks, I have had quite alot to do lately so I haven't had much time for writing. I promise I will make it up to you in the next chapter though!