“Rainbow! Hey hey! Hey Rainbow! Over here!” A bubbly voice sang. Rainbow turned around and saw the expected bouncing tuft of unruly cotton candy hair.
“Pinkie! Hi!” She greeted, “You have English too?”
“Yep! Yep! Yep!”
“I didn’t remember seeing you in this class yesterday… And I doesn’t Twilight have English with us?” Rainbow mused, tapping her chin and tilting her head.
Blitz shook his head, ignoring several glances thrown his way, “Pinkie was helping with some dance decorations, I think,”
“Dance?”
“Yea, Rainbow! The Spring Fling? You don’t know? Rarity is competing for the crown! So is Tiara and Sapphire...” Pinkie drawled, counting down the participants on her fingers.
“Kay, what about Twilight then?”
“She went to a special presentation by a visiting professor from Canterlot University,”
“Nice going, geek,” Blitz laughed, earning himself a punch to the arm and a pointed glare from Rainbow,
“Hey, what?! It was a compliment! Geeks are smart!”
Rainbow sighed, “True, true,”
“You ladies want to sit down?” An unfamiliar voice chuckled behind them,
“Not cool Thunder, you know you’re the only lady here,” Blitz grinned, throwing an arm around his friend’s shoulder. “I told you about Dash right?”
Rainbow smiled brightly at the icy haired boy, “I’m Rainbow, Blitz here just calls me Dash, reason? I don’t know,”
“Dash is an awesome name! I’m Thunderlane!” He held out a fist, which Rainbow bumped with her own, “Nice to meet you,”
“Dash?” Pinkie asked, finally snapping out of her trance of naming every one of the many girls running for the crown, “Whose Dash?”
Blitz widened his already blinding grin and slung his other arm around Rainbow's petite shoulders, “Right here, Pinkie,”
“When did Rainbow become Dash?! I knew I should have checked the student statuses today!” Pinkie cried, slipping out her phone and furiously tapping the screen.
“Relax Pinks,” Rainbow laughed, disregarding Blitz’s arm, “It’s just a nickname,”
Pinkie stopped, staring dumbly at her friend, then pulled her lips up to form that ever present smile,”Dash, Dash, Dash, Dash! Thats a nice nickname! I'm calling you Dash from now on! Dashie! Hi-hi!” The bubbly girl then stopped, noticing the honey eyed boy, “Oh hi Thunderlane!”
Said boy chuckled at Pinkie’s happy greeting, “Hey Pinkie,”
“You know her?” Rainbow asked, poking Blitz’s arm to avoid it developing into a choke hold.
“Of course, everyone knows Pinkie, kinda hard not to,” Thunderlane answered, then stepped out from under Blitz’s hold, “Well, see you around, bye,”
The three waved goodbye to the boy who walked out the classroom, heading towards his next class.
“Well, Ms. Cherilee isn’t here ye-”
“Hello class, sorry to keep you waiting, I had some things to take care of, now, why don’t we start?” Came a well timed voice, cutting off Rainbow’s previous comment, “Sit down class, now is not the time to gossip,”
Blitz slipped into the nearest empty chair, it was situated to the right of a boy he didn’t know, to the left of a girl attempting to bat her eyelashes at him (Who he so very nicely ignored) and once again, behind a certain rainbow haired girl.
Is it possible to not be bored during class? He thought, fiddling with his pen, getting red ink onto his hands, Gaaahhh, Dammit
Little parts of Ms. Cheerilee's lesson filtered through, “Shakespeare… Poem…. Play… Acting… Presentation..” Blitz’s vibrant head dropped in his arms on his desk as his eyelids closed, So… Sleepy…
“Blitz! Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Blitz! Get up!” Someone was roughly shaking his body, Blitz growled and opened his eyes to be meet with annoyed rosy hued ones. “Finally! Class is over!”
Blitz rubbed the sleep from his eyes, his blurred vision focusing. Ms. Cheerilee was sitting at her desk, a look of disapproval present on her face. Rainbow was shaking her head in annoyance, one hand gripping Blitz’s black backpack, the other securing her own sky blue bag onto her back. Aside from them, the room was empty… That is, until Blitz noticed the small crowd at the door, probably waiting for him, it was interval after all. He groaned inwardly.
“Okay… I’m up…” Blitz yawned, giving a stretch and cracking his knuckles. “I’m hungry, c’mon lets go,”
He threw on his bag and grabbed Rainbow’s wrist, “To the cafeteria!” He announced, then sped out the door, pushing people out of the way, it was not until the two athletes were alone in the empty halls did he drop Rainbow’s hand. She gave him a glare and rubbed her wrist. “That was rude,”
“Sorry, Dash,” Blitz apologised, grinning, "Just hungry, aren't you?"
Rainbow sighed, her stomach growled "Enough said, let's go." She said grudgingly, racing off down the hall with Blitz following close behind.
The two burst into the loud cafeteria and looked at the food bar with hungry expressions. Rainbow reached into her jeans pocket and held in her hand her red wallet. Blitz zipped open his bag and pulled out a crinkled $20 note.
They then walked towards the food, eager to order and sit down. Rainbow picked up a chicken sandwich , a small bowl of cherries and a serving of fruit salad. She paid and stood next to the food bar, waiting for Blitz to get his order.
"Where should we sit?" He asked, already chewing on his slice of cake.
Rainbow pointed at the table she had sat at yesterday. Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy was there.
"Alright then," Blitz answered, ignoring and not caring about any wishful glances thrown his way. He quickly sat down next to Applejack and grabbed his sandwich, ready to tuck in.
"Hah' Rainbow, Blitz," Applejack greeted.
Blitz nodded in response while Rainbow waved. "Where's Twi and Pinkie?"
"Twilight's still at the presentation, Pinkie went to help with some baking for Granny Smith," Rarity replied, glaring at an oblivious Blitz, causing Rainbow to remember last nights conversation and making things a little awkward.
"So... Uhh," Rainbow stuttered, her fork poking at her salad, "I heard that you were... Running for Spring Fling Queen?"
Rarity's luscious eyes lit up and smiled, "I am! I already have a dress ready that matches the crown perfectly! That reminds me! I already made the rest of the girl's dresses... So I simply must make yours too!"
"Ye-yea... Rarity is really talented..." Fluttershy whispered, an edge of pride in her voice.
"Even ah' ain't complaining 'bout them, they are quite comfy," Applejack said, taking a bite of golden delicious apple.
Rainbow smiled nervously, touching the cold necklace that lay underneath her shirt and jacket, in the hussle that morning, Rainbow had forgotten to take it off and put it somewhere safe.
"Well, I'm full," Blitz said, a smile of satisfaction etched onto his features.
"Goodbye then," Rarity replied coldly, pushing away the friendly tone she used with her friends.
"Mmmm... Kay then," Blitz said cheerfully, "Dash here needs to come to the soccer team meeting anyway,"
"What?" Rainbow choked "I'm on the team?!"
"Of course, I know good potential when I see it,"
"Yes! But then again, I am pretty good," She bragged, her bright eyes glittering.
"Bah' you two, see ya' later," Applejack bade, see you laters were exchanged around the table before the athletes left.
"What is the meeting for anyway? I thought you just had to show up at practise," Rainbow asked, walking next to Blitz, trying to keep up with the longer strides he was taking,
"We only hold them occasionally, only important things we need to discuss are held as meetings,"
Rainbow's mouth formed an 'o' in understanding,
"Here we are," Blitz grinned, approaching a closed door and placing a pale hand on the doorknob, pushing the door open.
Four pairs of eyes landed Rainbow.