Trouble With a Treble

by Clover Skies

The Invitation

“This food looks really good!” Sweetie Belle said, piling some grass on her plate.

“Mhmm. It was cheap too!” Scootaloo agreed as she grabbed two hayburgers.

“Eeyup! Let’s sit down.” Applebloom said as she and her friends finished getting their food.

“Mrrmph, dis food if so delicious!” Scootaloo said, already stuffing her mouth with food.

“I agree!”

“Eeyup.”

"..So, you guys busy tomorrow?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Scootaloo and Applebloom exchanged anxious glances.

"Uh... yea. Why?" Scootaloo answered for her and Applebloom.

"Well, I was thinking we could all see a movie or something..."

"Sorry, Sweets. Scoots and I already have plans."

Sweetie Belle sighed. "Lemme guess. You're gonna go cutie mark crusading... with out me..."

"We're sorry. Maybe next weekend....?" Applebloom asked hopefully.

"Meh." Sweetie Belle mumbled as she ate her food sadly.

The cutie mark crusaders ate in an awkward silence. Well, silence between their table. The rest of the restaurant was bustling with assorted chatter, the clanking of forks and spoons against dishes, and the bell on the door ringing every time somepony entered or exited.

“Well, well, well. Look who it is.” A voice said, breaking the silence. The three fillies looked up to see who it was.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

“What do you clowns want?” Scootaloo demanded, wiping food of her face with nothing but her hoof.

“Just to congratulate Sweetie Belle! We couldn’t help but notice Sweetie Belle’s beautiful cutie mark!”

“T-thanks…?” Sweetie Belle stammered.

“Why are you hanging out with these blank-flanked losers when you can hang out with us?”

Sweetie Belle didn’t say anything. She just looked at Applebloom and Scootaloo. Then at Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon. Then at Applebloom and Scoots. And back and forth and back and forth.

“...Because they’re my friends.” Sweetie Belle almost whispered as she looked at the tiled floor beneath her.

"Whatever. If I were you, I wouldn't hang around with these dweebs. Come talk to us when you're ready to be with our group."

With that, the 2 fillies sashayed away.

"Wow." Sweetie Belle said, talking to nopony in particular.

"That was..." Scootaloo trailed off.

"Weird." Applebloom finished for Scootaloo.

"Who'd wanna join their group when we got ourselves such a dandy one right here!" Applebloom cheered as she put a hoof around Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.

"...Me." Sweetie Belle said, barely above a whisper.

"WHAT!? HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT JOINING THEM!?!?" Scootaloo yelled.

Ponies began to stare.

"Scootaloo, hush! Ponies are starting to stare. And Sweetie Belle... how could ya?"

"I-I dunno, guys..."

"Sweetie Belle. How can you be so dumb?! How could you even think of joining them?!" Scootaloo asked, sounding hurt.

"I-I'm not dumb...!" Sweetie Belle asked, tears welling up in her eyes. "And maybe because they don't care more about their FLANKS then their FRIENDS."

Sweetie Belle ran out of the restaurant. Scootaloo and Applebloom looked at each other and sighed.

Comments

[Awesomo3000]

As much as I hate DT and kinda don't like SS, I have to agree with Sweetie here.