I wasn’t trying to take Button from Sweetie Belle, I was just talking about video games. Applebloom thought as she laid in bed staring at the ceiling, I’m with Snips and I love him. Applebloom continued to toss and turn in her bed for what felt like hours. When she couldn’t fall asleep she got up and sat at her window, thinking of what she had said to Button Mash.
Is it because we bonded over video games? I was just being friendly, I don’t like him! Snips is mine, not Button Mash.
Applebloom kept thinking similar thoughts until she fell asleep near her window. When she woke she forgot why she was over there in the first place. She shrugged it off and got ready for school.
“Rumble and I had a great time yesterday! Hanging out by the lake was a lot of fun,” Scootaloo said to Applebloom as they walked to school.
“I had fun too,” Applebloom replied. Just then they saw Sweetie Belle walking their way. She seemed different though, something wasn’t right.
“OH, SWEETIE BELLE!” Scootaloo and Applebloom screamed startling her. The sight of her friends made her both happy, but she still looked out of it.
“Morning you two. Yesterday was fun, wasn’t it?” Sweetie Belle said happily. Her tone sounded fine.
Is she okay? Applebloom thought, she doesn’t seem like herself.
“You okay Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked.
“What? Me? Yeah, I’m fine,” Sweetie Belle said oddly. It was as if she was hiding something from them, “Oh look! We’re already at school, we better get inside before the bell rings.”
“Uh…..okay?” Applebloom said as Sweetie Belle walked up the schoolhouse steps. “I wonder what’s got her upset?”
“Yeah I wonder,” Scootaloo said sarcastically as she walked to her desk.
Applebloom entered the classroom and saw Snips sitting at his desk talking to Snails like he always does. She walked up to him with a smile and gave him a kiss on the top of his head.
“Good Morning my love,” Snips said without even having to look at her. He got up from his desk and gave her a good morning hug. Seeing Snips smile at her made Applebloom feel better. All her worries of the day before had just gone away. After talking to Snips and Snails, the bell rang and she walked back to her desk and sat down. She then turned her head to look at Sweetie Belle. That’s when she caught a glimpse of what she was really feeling. Applebloom saw a single tear running down her right cheek. Something happened, Applebloom thought.
The lunch bell rang and all the fillies and colts rang outside with their lunches. The CMC walked to their table and sat down and before any pony could say something, Applebloom spoke, “Okay Sweetie Belle what’s wrong?”
“What are you talking about?” Sweetie Belle replied.
“I saw you crying earlier today, what is wrong?”
“It’s none of your business,” Sweetie Bell grunted.
Applebloom began to get angry and raised her voice, “It is my business if you’re upset!”
“Oh, so now you care if I’m upset?”
“What are you talking about?”
“What you don’t know?” Scootaloo interrupted, the two fillies looked at her, “You were flirting with her colt friend yesterday.”
“WHAT?!?!?!?!?!” Applebloom shouted.
“It’s true! You’re trying to take Button Mash from me!” Sweetie Belle screamed.
“What are you talking about? I was just seeing what video games he likes.”
“Oh really? Then why did he talk all about you when he walked me home?” Sweetie Belle questioned, “why did he pay more attention to you? Why did you have to make me angry to the point where Button and I had a fight?” Tears began to run down her face. Applebloom then realized what she had done. She had made her best friend jealous.
“You two had a fight?” Applebloom asked.
Sweetie Belle began to tell the story of what happened after they had left:
Once Button and I had gotten out of Sweet Apple Acres he had told me that he was really happy he met you guys. We were about half way to my house when he had stopped me and asked me “So how serious are Snips and Applebloom?” I told him you two were pretty serious and almost inseparable to which he replied “oh okay”. I asked him why and he said that he really like you, out of all of us you were the one that stood out to him. I asked him what that was supposed to mean and he told me “well she likes video games just like me and I wanna see her more.” I then asked him, “if you weren’t with me, you’d be with her?”, he told me yes. I looked at him and told him that I was his filly friend and he should be grateful for me. If he wasn’t with me he wouldn’t even know who you were. He then tried to redeem himself by saying he was happy with me and I told him that that was a lie and ran the rest of the way home.
Applebloom heard and felt her heart stop and shatter, she didn’t want to come between her best friend and her colt friend. Applebloom began to cry as she hugged Sweetie Belle. “I’m so sorry Sweetie Belle,” she cried.
Just then Rumble, Snips, and Snails came running up to the table. Snips took Applebloom in his arms and held her as she cried. Rumble gave Sweetie Belle a hug as she explained what had happened. Rumble and Snails were shocked, Snips looked furious.
“He said that?” Snips asked. Sweetie Belle nodded her head. “I can’t believe that! She’s with me, why would he think she would leave me for him?”
Just then the school bell rang signaling that lunch was over. The group headed back inside. As Applebloom sat down, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara walked by her.
“So I heard you ruined Sweetie Belle’s relationship.” Silver Spoon mocked.
“First, you date the pony who is a step below diamond dogs, and now you ruin a relationship. Wow, you give blank flanks a bad name,” Diamond Tiara insulted.
Applebloom just put her head down and plugged her ears until class started again. I didn’t ruin anything! she screamed in her head.
After school Snips ran to Applebloom to comfort her. “I didn’t ruin their relationship! All I did was talk to him, I don’t like him!” Applebloom cried.
“It’s okay Applebloom, everything’s going to be alright,” Snips reassured her he then turned to Sweetie Belle, “and Sweetie Belle, if he can’t see the amazing filly you are, he’s not worth it.”
The three walked out of the classroom to meet Snails, Scootaloo, and Rumble outside. The group shared a hug and comforted Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.
“Hey every pony!” a voice shouted. Everyone looked up to see Button Mash with his saddle bags walking towards them. Scootaloo shot him a dirty look while Snails and Rumble backed away. “Sweetie Belle, what’s wrong?” Button asked.
“What? You don’t remember last night?” Sweetie Belle screamed.
“We heard what you said Button,” Applebloom said, “How could you say such things to my best friend? I’m with Snips, not you!”
“Applebloom this doesn’t involve you,” Button protested.
“It does involve her Button!” Sweetie Belle screamed.
“Okay yes! I said I wanna see her more, I did not say I wanna be with her!”
“Button…” Sweetie Belle screamed.
“Sweetie Belle,” Snips said putting a leg between her and Button, “let me take care of this. It’s gotten personal now.”
“Snips,” Applebloom said putting her hoof on his shoulder.
“It will be okay,” Snips reassured her, “just go to the other side of the building to the playground.”
Applebloom grabbed Sweetie Belle and walked to the playground side of the schoolhouse. The others followed. Once everyone was on the other side they sat on a bench to comfort Sweetie Belle. Then the shouts were heard.
“How could you do this to your filly friend!” Snips shouted, “Sweetie Belle is the best you’re going to get and you screwed it up by staring at my filly friend for too long!”
“Look if you like Sweetie Belle why don’t you date her?” Button shouted back.
“Because unlike you, when I’m in a relationship, I stay committed! I don’t look at other fillies! Even if I do, I remember that I have a filly who I love and who loves me! Sweetie Belle likes you, maybe even loves you and you’re going to give that up for a filly who is in a relationship? How stupid are you!”
“Look Snips, I made a mistake okay? I feel bad. You don’t think I care about her? She’s my filly friend and yes I said the wrong thing. Look Applebloom is yours and you can have her. I don’t wanna hurt Sweetie Belle, I love her!”
Then the shouting stopped. Applebloom and every pony else looked at Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle immediately looked better.
“Sweetie Belle,” Snails said.
“Did you hear…” Applebloom said.
“I heard,” Sweetie Belle said choking back more tears. This time they were tears of joy, Applebloom immediately hugged her best friend. Every pony else joined in the hug as Sweetie Belle became happier.
“Is she okay?” Snips asked.
Applebloom nodded her head and got up and ran to Snips, “Thank you,” she whispered as she hugged him.
Hours passed and the group separated. Snips told Sweetie Belle to wait a few hours to talk to Button. He had told him to think about how he will apologize for his misuse of conversation from their walk last night.
“I had told him straight up that I knew what had happened from Sweetie Belle’s point of view and wanted to hear his. Sure enough they were the same and he admitted to screwing up,” Snips said as he walked Applebloom home.
“We heard you scream at him for a little then didn’t hear anything after he said he loved Sweetie Belle,” Applebloom replied.
“I told him that Sweetie Belle wasn’t the only one angered by this. I was too.”
“What? Snips, I love you, I would never leave you.”
“I know Applebloom, it’s just you two got along so well and I got worried.”
“You don’t need to. I love you Snips.”
“I love you too Applebloom.”
Snips then kissed Applebloom as they arrived at Sweet Apple Acres. They noticed a cart out in front of Applebloom’s house. It was Snips’s uncle Seltzer’s cart. The two ran inside to see Seltzer, Granny Smith, Applejack, and Big Mac sitting in the living room.
“There y'all are!” Applejack welcomed, “We got some news on the sparkling water.”
Snips and Applebloom sat down and listened. Granny Smith explained that the results for the taste test are in and the fourth one would be the flavor for mass production.
“This won’t happen until the next zap apple season though, which could be months or even a year,” Seltzer explained
Snips and Applebloom agreed and didn’t care that they had to wait. They were happy, every pony was happy.