//------------------------------// // Some times we cant say what we want to // Story: Fallin so quickly // by BewhoUr //------------------------------// The dewy grass whirled around Twist's hooves as she ran through the schoolyard, looking for Applebloom. She wanted to know who her friends were going with, so maybe she could get a better sense about who she should go with. She scanned the schoolyard. Rumble was racing pip across a small stretch of sand in front of the school entrance, Pina colada was playing hopscotch with Archer, Snips and Snails were rolling a ball back and forth with their magic, and Diamond tiara and silver spoon sitting and making smart remarks. Finally Twist spotted the young group of crusading fillies under a schoolyard tree. Twist ran up to them and smiled in her classic Twist way. "Hey guys!" Applebloom smiled at Twist. "Howdy Twist! Whatcha doing?" At this, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle also raised their heads from a map that they were examining. The map wasn't professional looking, it looked like some game map or something. Twist paused before saying, "I just wanted to ask who you guys are going with to the dance!" Scootaloo sighed. "Do we really have to talk about the dance? Its gonna be all icky romantic anyway." Applebloom glared at Scootaloo before nodding at Twist. "Of course Twist! I'm goin' with Feathweight, Scoot's goin' with Rumble, and Sweetie Belle's going with Button. Why do ya ask?" Applebloom was clearly curious to see why Twist would ask about this subject. "Oh... no reathon." Twist blushed slightly and flicked an ear. Applebloom started to smile. "Twist? "Do you have ah, crush?" the little yellow filly asked with a hint of a smirk in her voice. Twist's face turned red. "Not... not exactly..." Twist looked at her hooves. Scootaloo stuck out her tongue and continued looking at the crayon map. Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Twist could see Snails approaching the girls. "Hi Snails!" Twist said nervously, adjusting her glasses. Sweetie Belle started to snicker. and when she saw Scootaloo's confused look, she whispered something in her ear. At this, the orange filly began to laugh as well. Snails didn't seem to notice. He looked at Twist and said, "I was wondering if... uh..." Snails paused. Twist tilted her head and her heart began pounding. "Yeth?" "Maybe you could help me find Snails a date to the dance?" Twist looked down, slightly disappointed. Then she remembered she had been asked a question. "Oh... well, um, maybe Pina Colada would go with him?" Snails smiled. "That's a great idea! Gee, you're smart Twist." Twist gave him a small smile. "Thanks!" --------------------------------------------------------------- Twist galloped to Dinky's side as the bell rang, signaling the blissful end of another school day. The flood of young ponies drifted out of the gate, and the sound of laughter rung in the air. "How wath your day Dinkthy?" Twist asked her unicorn friend the same question that she always asked her at the end of the day. Her friend smiled. "Great! Miss Cheerilee didn't give us homework!" Dinky half leaped into the air. "But Dinkthy, I thought you liked homework!" Twist looked at her friend uncertainly. Dinky clapped her hooves together. "I do! But I'm just too exited for the dance!" Twist sighed. Dinky looked at her in concern. "You STILL don't have a date?" Twist shook her head. "Oh Twist! I'm so sorry!" suddenly a grey pegasi mare with derped yellow eyes walked up to Dinky. "Time to go home Dinky!" the mare said with a smile. Dinky sighed. "I'm so sorry that you don't have a date Twist!" she said as she and her mom walked away. Twist walked over to a bench on the side of the road and looked down for a while, not really knowing what to do. She could go home, but then she wouldn't have a date for the dance. She could go back to school, but what good would that do? She had to face the music: she wasn't going to the dance. She was shaken out of her thought pattern by a voice next to her. She jerked her head up and saw Snails also sitting on the bench. "Are... you OK?" Snails asked, looking Twist in the eye. Twist nodded and said in embarrassment, "I'm fine.. I jutht zoned out." Snails nodded. "I... I do that a lot. Hey, Twist? I know you'll say know, but... would you like to go to the dance with me?" Twist blinked in shock. She then blushed profusely and smiled a toothy grin. "Of courth I would! Thanks!" "Hehe. No, thank you Twist."