Derpy sat in her room, thinking about Comet. She had never felt this way about another before. She started to wonder if it was even legal. Just then, she heard a knock at the front door. She got off of her bed and headed into the hall. There was another knock.
"I'm comin'!" Derpy called.
She arrived at the door and opened it. It was Heartstrings.
"Hey, Derp." she said, smiling.
"Hey." said Derpy, looking confused. "What's going on?"
"I was just about to head over to a party. Wanna come?"
"A party?" asked Derpy. The party? The one that Lyra's going to?"
"Yeah." said Heartstrings. "I know the pony that's hosting it and she made me in charge of invitations. She said anypony is invited."
"Anypony?" asked Derpy.
"Yeah. I even invited Comet."
Derpy's heart skipped another beat.
"Comet's gonna be there?"
Oh, yeah." said Heartstrings with a smile. "Gonna come?"
Derpy thought about it for a millisecond or two. "Okay."
The two of them arrived at Sugarcube Corner. Lights shone from the windows and music could be heard.
"Looks like fun, huh?" asked Heartstrings.
"Yeah." said Derpy, with a nervous chuckle. "Fun."
"Come on. Let's go."
Derpy followed Heartstrings to the front door. She knocked and, only a few seconds later, the door opened and there stood a pink pony.
"Well, hello." she said in a friendly voice. "Welcome to my party!"
"Hey, Pinkie Pie." said Heartstrings. "We're here."
"I can see that, silly." said Pinkie Pie, letting Heartstrings and Derpy inside. "Welcome to the party!" Just then she noticed Derpy. "Who are you? I haven't seen you before. And I know every pony in Ponyville."
Derpy kept quiet for a couple more seconds, just to make sure Pinkie was done talking.
"I'm Derpy. Derpy Hooves."
"Well, hiya!" Pinkie said loudly and cheerfully. "Have a great time."
Derpy gave her a smile and followed Heartstrings into the crowd in the center of the building. She looked around at all the other ponies dancing. But she didn't see Comet anywhere.
"Come on!" Heartstrings yelled over the music. "Loosen up! Have some fun!"
"I'll be right back!" Derpy yelled quickly, darting off to the drinks table.
Heartstrings watched her leave.
"Hope she's okay." said a voice.
Heartstrings looked to her left.
"Hey, sis." she said. She turned back to see if she could see Derpy. She saw her over by a table pouring fruit punch into a cup. "I'm sure she's fine."
Derpy stared at the cup she had just filled with fruit punch, wondering how she was going to hold it. It had no handle. She poked at it with her hoof, nudging it forward a bit. She put her hoof back down on the floor and studied the cup some more. She then had another idea. She held the rim of the cup with her teeth and tilted it upwards. The fruit punch drizzled down the side of the cup and pooled against Derpy's face. She quickly dropped the cup onto the table and wiped the liquid off her face. She then returned to contemplating on how she was going to able to achieve her goal. She then decided to try to hold it with two hooves. She lifted her two front hooves off the ground and used her wings to keep balance. She placed her hooves on both sides of the cup and lifted it an inch off the ground before it slid out of her grasp and landed back on the table. She let out a frustrated groan and tried again. The cup slid out of her grasp again. She tried once more, gripping it harder than before. She got it two inches off the table when she felt it about to slip. She pressed tighter and the cup shattered, fruit punch spilling out onto the table. Derpy just stood in place with her mouth open, wings still out to keep balance, and she hadn't lowered her hooves yet. She blinked a couple times, trying to figure out what happened. When she came to, she put her hooves back on the floor and looked around, making sure no one saw. She turned back to the table and sighed.
"Need some help?" asked a familiar voice.
Derpy turned around and saw Comet standing behind her.
"Hey." she said, sounding a little shy. "Yeah."
Comet gave her a smile and walked to the other end of the table.
"The cups for ponies and pegasuses are over here." he said, holding up a cup.
Derpy gasped as she slowly walked over to the other end.
"A handle." she said, almost as if in a trance.
Comet poured a cup of fruit punch and pushed the cup in front of Derpy.
"Here you go." he said wit a smile.
Derpy stared at the cup, holding back tears of happiness.
"Thank you." she said softly.
Comet looked back at the crowd, and then back at Derpy.
"I'm gonna go back and hang with my other friends." he said. "See you later?"
"You bet." said Derpy. Comet gave her one last smile and walked away. "Wait." Derpy thought out loud. "Other friends. Does that mean that I'm..." She turned around and spotted Comet. He hadn't gotten far yet. "Hey!" she yelled.
Comet turned around. "Yeah?"
"I'm going to a friend's house tonight at 9!" yelled Derpy. "Wanna come?"
"You sure it'll be okay?" he asked, yelling over the music.
"It'll be fine!"
"Than, all right! See you after the party!"
He turned away and continued back to the party, passing Heartstrings who was headed over to Derpy.
"So..." she said, standing next to Derpy. "what happened?"
"Would it be all right if he hung out with us for a bit tonight?"
"You mean at our little get-together tonight?" asked Heartstrings. "It should be fine. Just like me, Lyra loves making new friends."
"Cool." said Derpy.
The two turned and watched the crowd of ponies dancing.
"I'm proud of ya, Derp."
"Thanks, Heartstrings." said Derpy, reaching for the cup of fruit punch.
She slid her hoof through the handle and took a sip. The taste was wonderful, but not as wonderful to her as knowing that she was going to be going on her first date. She smiled at the thought and took another sip.