It was a beautiful day in Ponyville, everyone was happy - except for one filly. Her name was Sweetie Belle, she was a filly unicorn aged 10. She had a light purple and pink mane, with a white coat. She didn't have a cutie mark yet, and she was walking around the park talking to her two BFF's.
"You know guys, I really want to tell Button Mash how I feel but he never notices me," She sighed.
"Hmm... maybe you could just go to his house and tell him...?" Scootaloo suggested.
Apple Bloom gave her a glare and punched her shoulder. After a couple seconds of silence, she sighed. "She knows that, but she wants to know how to get Button to notice her,"
"Alright, sheesh!" Replied Scootaloo, rubbing her slightly bruised shoulder. Apple Bloom rolled her eyes and put a warm hoof on Sweetie.
"Look here, ah suggest ya go tell him that ya always feel... unnoticed. Then if he understands, tell him how ya really feel,"
Sweetie looked up and smiled, but her expression changed and she sighed. I don't- I just don't know, She thought.
"Alright, I'll try... Thanks Apple Bloom," She mumbled.
"Look Sweetie Belle, I know how hard it is to tell a crush how you feel, I had trouble when I told Rumble about my feelings..." Scootaloo told Sweetie.
Sweetie looked up and gasped, "Really?!"
Scootaloo nodded, a slight shade of red began to colour her face.
"Alright... I'm going to tell him!" She announced. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom glanced at each other, then smiled.
"Good on ya, Sugarcube" Apple Bloom replied.
Sweetie Belle walked off after thanking her friends one more time. Yeah, they can do it - so can I, and I'll tell him how I feel, She thought.
She stopped at Button's door and rang the bell. His house was slightly bigger than the others surrounding it, but it didn't stand out. All of the houses in Ponyville looked the same, with a few exceptions. Suddenly there was a light clopping of hooves from the other side of the door, somepony was coming...
Alright, here goes nothing
She took a deep breath and waited until the door opened.
The only words going through Sweetie Belle's mind were:
Maybe I should go back and come back later?
What if the plan does not work?
Did Scootaloo really have trouble with Rumble?
What should I do?
"Oh no here she comes..." Sweetie Belle finally said, panic causing her voice to crack slightly.
"Can I help you Sweetie belle?" Love Tap (Button Mash's mother) asked, slightly surprised to see her.
"Yes, um... can I s-s-see B-Button please..?" Sweetie answered whilst shaking with fear.
"Yeah sure, come on in, you seem cold, you're shaking..." Love Tap replied, her head tilting with confusion. Sweetie Belle blushed and tried to stop shaking, when she finally stopped she walked inside.
" He's in his room, follow me,"
...
In his room, Button Mash was playing a video game. He muttered things as his avatar fought several different creatures. When he heard someone knock on his door, he jumped out of his chair.
"Button, Darling, you have a visitor!" Love Tap called.
Button looked up, embarrassed by his Mums pet name for him, and said, "Who is it?"
"You'll see, go on in," Love Tap whispered to Sweetie. The door opened, but Button's eyes stayed glued to the console in front of him. When he took a quick glance to see who it was, he gasped and dropped his controller.
"Sweetie Belle?!" He asked.
" Hey Button..." Sweetie replied with a big grin on her face, despite how awkward the conversation was.
Button Mash stood, mouth agape, eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
...
With Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.
" Did you really have trouble with Rumble?" Apple Bloom asked.
" Yeah, but I did succeed.." Scootaloo replied wanting to drop the conversation.
"What happened, ah wanna know now!" Teased Apple Bloom, curious to find out what happened.
"Well, it happened last week..." She started, slightly cringing as she was reminded of something she had wanted to forget.
...
[Scootaloo's POV]
I was walking on the dirt path to Rumble's house, thinking out loud.
Should I tell him, What if he doesn't feel the same
I shook the thought out of my head. " No this is the last chance before he moves and I got to say goodbye, anyway, it's my time to be brave," I thought again as I took out a song I had written for him.
I began rehearsing, singing each note with perfect pitch and tune.
As I finished the song I didn't even notice that Rumble was standing behind me, mouth hanging open.
"Woah, Scootaloo I loved the song. I didn't even know you could sing like that!".
I jumped high into the air and gave a startled scream.
"YOU HEARD THAT?!" I yelled slightly embarrassed. I could feel the blood rushing to my head.
"Yeah, and it was lovely... Who is it for?" He replied, slightly proud of being able to make me jump.
I looked at him with a blush.
Alright here goes nothing, I thought.
" It was for Y-y-you" I muttered softly, looking down to avoid any more embarrassment. He looked at me with wide eyes.
" What?" He asked, confused as to why anyone would address such a beautiful song to somepony like him.
I felt tears in my eyes.
"It was for you!" I said again still avoiding eye contact. He looked in a daze.
"Me? Why me?" He asked.
"Because, because I-I-I *sigh* I love you Rumble,"
His jaw dropped, literally.
" I was afraid to tell you, but when I heard you were leaving I thought I had to tell you... even if you didn't feel the same" My voice cracked as tears streamed down my face like waterfalls.
" Oh Scootaloo... Y-you r-really mean th-that?" He stuttered as the Onion Ninjas began to attack him too, "The only reason I'm leaving next week, is because I thought no one loved me and that I had little friends. It's been difficult at school; my family made the decision to move..."
" Really?" I asked, the waterfall began to calm, leaving my eyes a swollen, red mess.
"Yes and... I love you too Scoots," He confessed.
" Come again?" I wanted to make sure I heard right, I thought for sure he wouldn't feel the same way.
" You know what I said, I said I love you too," He repeated, before kissing my lips.
I was shocked but closed my eyes and enjoyed it. When we broke apart I said,
"Thank you!" Before he gave me a hug and I hugged him back.
...
[end of Scootaloo's POV]
"Wow, really?" Exclaimed Apple Bloom, excited by the drama Scootaloo had experienced.
"Yes ,really, what about you and Pipsqueak?". asked Scootaloo.
" Oh, well that was... different," She answered, grinning slightly and hesitating to continue.
[Apple bloom's POV]
I was wondering off to the park with Pipsqueak, because we had organised a play-date. I was planning to tell him after the hour was up and he had to go home.
"Lovely day, isn't it Bloom, the weather Pegasi really out-did themselves," He said, barely audible over the noise of fillies and foals playing.
"Yeah, so... what d'ya want to do?" I asked him.
" I've always wanted to try roller-skating..." He told me.
I looked at him and smiled. "Sure! Ah'll show ya how!"
He looked me, then grinned and thanked me.
He bolted ahead, being quite fast for his age. Of course all of the labour on the farm had given me a lot more strength than the average filly, and I immediately caught up. We were at the edge of the park where there was a big skating rink and some music. We went to get our food first at the little outdoor café. It had pots of flowers and sweet little decorations on the outside. We sat down on the comfy chairs and waited for somepony to come and ask what we wanted. After about five minutes a grey stallion with a neatly groomed moustache stood next to us and asked if we were ready. Both of us nodded, then began. I ordered an apple smoothie, whilst he got a chocolate milkshake.
As he slurped the remains of his milkshake, I told him all the basics of roller skating.
"So, you learn to balance with them first. I'll show ya when we get on the rink" He only nodded, still deep in his task of trying to consume every last drop of his drink.
After we had finished, we went to pay and Pipsqueak (being the Gentlecolt that he is) paid for us. Next we went to get our roller skates from the rental. Once Pipsqueak had his on, he stood up. Pip grinned, but then lost his balance and the wheels rolled, causing him to land on his belly.
"Alright Pip, take my hoof," I told him through fits of giggles as I stretched my hoof out to him. He took it and jumped up as I slowly pulled him into the rink. I decided to hold his hoof until he got he hang of it, which took no time at all.
" Alright Bloom, I'm ready... you can let go now" He asked me. I let go of his hoof and he started doing it by himself. I cheered for him as he sped past the couples.
The music switched, and had a slow tempo. He took my hoof again and said,
" This music is nice, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I smirked at him and nodded. The next thing we knew was that we were doing all these cool tricks, guess it was just in our blood.
Everyone had stopped to watch us and were all cheering for us, we had so much fun and as we did the final pose, we were showered with applause.
" Wow, everyone loved us!" I said, excited.
He smiled and we took our skates back to the rental. The hour was almost up, and a sunset had began painting the sky with its wonderful pallet of colours. I looked over at Pip and he looked over at me.
"It's beautiful isn't it, Pip" I asked him. He was looking at me in a daze.
" Not as beautiful as you," he said. I blushed and looked at him, also slightly surprised at his outburst. He noticed what he had said, and quickly covered it up,
"I mean it is not, wait... Er... Your beautiful too... I mean your gorgeous and.... wait--". He was about to finish his sentence, when I kissed his cheek. He blushed, but smiled and then said,
" I... love you AB"
My head shot up and my mouth agape.
" You do?" I questioned him.
He nodded and then I kissed him square on the lips and he kissed back, It was the best day of my life. Unfortunely, we had to break apart for air. He looked at me with wide eyes and I whispered into his ear " I love you too,"
...
[end of Apple Bloom's POV]
" Well, that's what happened!" Apple Bloom finished her story.
Scootaloo's mouth was hanging open.
" Whoa! That's awesome" Scootaloo gasped, happy for her friend.
"Well, let's just wait to see how Sweetie Belle handles Button Mash," Apple Bloom reminded Scoots. She nodded as they headed to the club house, still laughing about each other's stories. But both fillies could not ignore the knots in their stomachs, as the anticipation to find out Sweetie's fate grew.
Finished :)
(Button Mash's POV)
I could not believe it, my crush-Sweetie Belle- was standing right there in front of me. She looked a bit nervous but so was I.
I Don't know what to do, but Celestia please tell me she isn't here to say what I think she's going to say!
" Hey Button, I wanted to ask you something..." Sweetie Belle muttered, each word quieter than the last.
I turned round to face her again. She was visibly shaking, her face was slightly red and she had tears in her eyes. I started shaking but replied anyway," Sure, what's up Sweetie Belle?"
She looked at me and opened her mouth as if she was about to speak, but stopped for a minute and said,
" Oh forget it, it's not important,"
I let out a sigh of relief and walked back to my game console, trying to ignore that fact that Sweetie was still there.
(Sweetie Belle's POV)
Oh for Celestia's sake, I'm a freaking coward! I should have just told him! he must think I'm an idiot...
I walked over to Button and saw him playing a game. The screen had two ponies, one in a red suit, one with a green hat. Both ponies were fighting, but it was difficult to work out which one was Button. He seemed to look more nervous when I walked closer to him. Why was he so worried?
I sat there waiting for him to say something like "How are you?" but he didn't. His eyes stayed transfixed on the screen. I was getting bored and disappointed. I could feel the anger begin its fire deep in the pit of my stomach. By the minute the flames were getting hotter and hotter. When it turned 3 o'clock I decided to speak up.
" Button are you okay? You seem to be ignoring me...". He jumped out his seat in shock, clearly not expecting me to talk.
" Whoa, Sweetie! Don't scare me like that!"
I sighed and asked my question again.
He stopped and looked at me, "What? Well I-I you see I-I..." but he didn't get to finish because he had said the same thing to me on several other occasions.
" Stop Button, I know what you're going say,"
He looked up, clearly confused.
"What, how?"
I didn't bother looking at him, I just turned round and looked at wall. I felt warm tears begin to form in my eyes. I shut them, trying to force them back in.
"Do you know what it feels like?"
He didn't answer for a few seconds. He just stared at me, eyes wide and mouth agape. Suddenly he broke the silence and spoke.
" What do you mean?"
I turned back round, unable to stop the waterfall of tears that had already begun streaming down my face.
" You don't know how it feels to be unnoticed by Somepony". He looked at me with wide eyes again.
" Wh-what...?" was all he could say.
" Of course you don't understand! I came here to tell you that I felt unnoticed but I didn't bother cause I was scared. But what do you do? You go and play YOUR STUPID GAME AND LEAVE ME!!! YOU DON'T SAY HI OR ANYTHING!!" I yelled finally letting my anger and sadness out, the fire had begun its rampage.
" Sweetie Belle I.." He started, but I wasn't hearing any of it.
" NO, STOP RIGHT THERE BUTTON I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT, I CAME HERE AND I GET IGNORED AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT I-I-I GRR I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! I LOVE YOU!!" I took a deep breath, before looking at him.
His mouth was open with shock, it was almost as wide as when he had stuffed a kind sized burger down in one bite. I calmed down a little before continuing.
" Yes, I love you... but I guess you don't feel the same," I dropped to the floor into a puddle of my own tears. " You won and if you want I'll leave you alone forever. My heart is broken, for me it's game over, I ran out of chances, of lives..." I finished. Then I stood, dizzy from regret, and left the house as quickly as I could leaving a shocked Button behind me.
...
Normal POV
Button Mash's room
He could not believe it. His love had just told him she felt unnoticed, yelled at him, burst into tears, said she loved him and ran off without another word. She loved him, he loved her. But now she was pissed at him. Any chance he's had, was now gone. Sweetie had been right, it was game over.
The reason Button ignored her was because he was afraid he'd slip up and tell her. He thought she would have rejected. Who would want to go out with a worthless goal like him. He made his own crush cry. He turned to the wall that had a picture of him and Sweetie Belle on it. He felt tears in his eyes as he looked at the picture. It was a picture that Sweetie Belle gave him on his first birthday in Ponyville. Back when it was just Button and her.
(flashback)
" Hi Button, Happy Birthday!!" Sweetie Belle shouted as the front door opened. Button looked up and smiled.
" Oh hey Sweetie Belle, what's up?"
He gasped when the excited filly practically threw a present at his face.
" You didn't need to get me anything..." he told her, though unable to hide his excitement as to what it could be.
" Of course I did! You're one of my best friends. I mean it. Now open it!" She shouted, almost as exhilarated as him. He opened it and gasped, not expecting something so meaningful. It was a picture of him and Sweetie Belle on their first play date, Sweetie Belle was waving at the camera and Button Mash was stood next to him smiling. He hugged the picture tight and said,
" I love it... thank you!"
" You're welcome, I'm glad you like it!" she answered back and hugged him. He blushed but hugged her back.
He thought " thank you Sweetie Belle, I'll keep it forever".
(End of Flashback)
" Sweetie I-I'm sorry" Button cried.
At that moment he was angry at himself. He could feel it, the only black cloud that was dominating his mind. He told himself he was stupid. That he was worthless. Tears fell, but they felt like nothing. He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve anything. Button couldn't hold it anymore. He screamed at the top of his little lungs, then smashed his face into the wall as hard as he could.
Suddenly he felt a dizzy sensation come over him, as well as a searing pain on his head. That didn't matter. He deserved it. Everything was becoming a blur, and he stumbled, trying to stay upright. Suddenly he bumped into an object, which toppled over along with him. Everything on top of the dresser fell to the floor, shattering around him, just like his world was.
*SMASH*
Button Mash turned to see the remnants of the picture next to him. The happy smiles on the fillies faces were barely visible through the cracks that spread across the entire painting. One crack ran right through the middle of the painting, separating him and Sweetie. He gasped with tears streaming down his cheeks. He shut his eyes and opened them again. It was true, the frame was smashed and the picture was torn.
" No-no-no NO!" he screamed. Everything seemed not to matter anymore. He looked around but all he saw was pain. He remembered Sweetie crying, how he had ignored her. How she deserved better.
His mother ran in, " Button what's wrong?" she gasped when she saw the room. The dresser was broken, and it's legs were detached from the main drawers. Several ornaments were smashed, but in the middle of it all was her son, crying and sprawled across the floor. He had his hoof in a broken picture frame.
" Button... what happened, and where's Sweetie Belle?!" Love tap asked, still shocked by the scene.
Button Mash only looked up with tears streaming down his cheeks and said " What have I done?"
The only blackness began to cloud his vision. Words began to sound like mumbles, and he was seeing doubles. He began to drift off into oblivion.
Button's POV
Ahhh! My head, everything was black until i heard voices
"Button, Button Wake up".
I knew it was the sound of my mother she seemed very worried. Finally i could feel me waking up, I opened my eyes everything was a blur of what happened. I saw my mum sitting there with worry in her eyes.
"M-m-mum, What happened?" I asked rubbing my head to figure out what happened.
She only looked at me and then moved out the way so i could see something i hoped i would never see again. The dresser. Then memories came flooding back to me, The dresser was still broken, everything was still on the floor and it the centre of everything was the one thing that maid me this state. The cracked picture.
"Button are you all right"? my mother asked
I turned to my mother with tears spilling in my eyes like waterfalls. I shook my head and said "no". She looked at me and I started telling her of the past events with me and Sweetie Belle.
Rumble POV
I was telling Pipsqueak of what happened between me and Scootaloo. Boy, I love her so much. He seem very happy for me
"wow Bro that's awesome" squealed Pipsqueak.
I blushed A LOT, I smiled and asked him "hey how are you and Applebloom"?. He stopped and looked at me and smiled
"Never better" he said dreamy.
I guess he and applebloom are together now. I snickered because of his face. It was priceless, It looked like he wa in a trance.
When he finally snapped out of it, He looked at me annoyed.
"and whats so funny" he asked annoyed tone in voice.
"sorry, sorry it was you face, It was priceless" I laughed
" Well i--- wait do you here that" He asked.
confused, I listened. We could hear whimpering. We followed the sound and there outside the CMC clubhouse was none other than Sweetie Belle crying. There was Scootaloo and Applebloom trying to comfort her.
We walk over. They saw us.
"Sweetie Belle, can you give me and Applebloom a moment" Scootaloo asked, She nodded.
They walk over to us, I watched as Applebloom grabbed PIpsqueaks hoove. Scootaloo grabbed mine and we both got pulled somewhere not to far away from the clubhouse.
"Scoots whats going on"? I asked my fillyfriend.
She looked at me and then to applebloom and started to explain what happened.
FLASHBACK
Normal POV
Scootaloo and Applebloom were walking to the club house, Until they heard crying. They walked over to the sound and gasped when they saw Sweetie Belle crying. They rushed over like bullets.
"Sweetie whats wrong"? Scootaloo asked in concern.
She look at them with tears spilling. Applebloom put her hoof around her in a hug and Scootaloo joined.
"Button he--he" Sweetie started but could not finish.
"Shhh calm down and take a deep breath" Soothed Applebloom. rubbing her hoof on Sweetie Belle's mane.
She took a deep breath, She then explained what happened with button.
After she was done. She burst into more tears,
Applebloom and Scootaloo were angry with button but he wasn't there concern now. She was.
FLASHBACK ENDED
Pipsqueaks POV
I was shocked and so was Rumble, I turned to him and he nodded.
"look we know why button was ignoring Sweetie Belle" Rumble confessed
Scootaloo grabbed his shoulders and shook him "Why" was all she said. I laughed a little watching Rumble get shook
"okay okay you can shaking me now" Rumble said shakily. She let go of him.
"Sorry" She apologized. He looked a me with a frown when he saw me laughing.
"look we will tell you with Sweetie Belle okay" Pipsqueak explained. They nodded and we walked back to Sweetie Belle but she was gone. All four of us looked at each other then to the ground and saw foot prints heading to the everfree forest. We looked at each other again. Together the only thing we could say was, "OH NO".