Rainbow tried her best not to remember what Quibble just told her after she found the exit to the school. She could deal with stalkers and fans with no problem, but he was the first to actually confess to her after they met. Her heart was racing, she was nervous about the future. What if talking and being around him became awkward after that? Rainbow just couldn't take that kind of weirdness.
As Rainbow finally stepped out of school grounds, there he was. Soarin. Waiting for him.
"Sooooo....." Soarin said, rubbing the back of his head. "What exactly do you need my help with?" He nervously asked, not knowing what she might make him do.
Rainbow tilted her head. "Wait, what?" She asked, forgetting what they were talking about before Quibble came. As soon as she remembered, she shook her head and laughed. "Oh, right! I was talking to Lightning Dust earlier today, and she challenged me to a football game. I accepted it cuz it'd be a piece of cake to have both of us one on one, but then I saw her practicing with some of the strongest guys and girls at school!" She ranted, picturing Lightning winning. She shook it off her head, since she hated losing.
"N-not that I'm not strong, but most of my jock friends are on her team. And the rest are busy today." She looked at Soarin with puppy dog eyes. "Will you join my team?" She asked, clasping her hands together and looking at Soarin straight in the eyes.
Soarin blushed and looked away. "I don't really want to-"
"GREAT!!!" Rainbow shouted, cutting Soarin's sentence. "C'mon, she's probably at the soccer field." She said, quickly grabbing Soarin's hand and rushing back inside school.
"Hey, Rainbow!" Soarin yelled and blushed, trying to make her let go of him. "Even if I did join you, you're gonna play from a large group to two! Do you think you're gonna win this even if only I join you!?"
Rainbow remained silent and sighed. "Whatever, at least I'm not alone on the team, right?" She let go of Soarin's hand just as they arrived at the field. The two of them quickly ran towards the locker rooms. "Alright, I'm gonna dress up. You should too." She said, opening the girl's locker room door. As she turned around, she noticed that Soarin was still looking at her. "A-and no peeking!" Rainbow yelled as she blushed.
Snapping back to his senses, Soarin hastily entered the boy's locker room.
Right after they finished, they got out, only to find out that Lightning was there, waiting to greet them. "Well, well, well! Rainbow, I thought you'd do better than this. Yet here you are, the only member of your team!" She said, smirking at Rainbow, who was giving a nasty glare. Lightning's eyes shifted towards Soarin, making her grin. "Awwww, Soarin, you're such a sweetheart, coming all the way over here to cheer me on!"
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and then made a challenging grin. "Heh, actually, Soarin's in my team!" She boasted, placing her arm on Soarin's shoulder. "Congratulations. You played yourself." She smirked and hummed as she walked away.
Lightning's mouth was wide open, but she did her best in hiding it. She gave Rainbow a small glare before she left, and then smiled at Soarin. "Well, whatever! Wait 'till you see how much more awesome I am, Soarin!" She giggled and ran after Rainbow.
Soarin groaned and followed after the two of them. "Why do I have to live like this?" He mumbled to himself.
After a few minutes, the rest of Lightning's team finally came. Everyone took their places, and Rainbow stretched before glaring at Lightning. "There's no way I'll go down without a fight." She muttered under her breath.
Just then, somebody blew the whistle, which caught Rainbow's attention. She quickly kicked the ball before Lightning could, but after mere seconds, Lightning came and stole the ball away. Soarin was ran out of his place and tried to protect the goal, but it was no use.
Until Pinkie Pie came and caught the ball.
"Pinkie!?!" Everyone shouted, confused at why she's here, and unsuprised that she'd make such an entrance.
Rainbow was the first to speak up. "What the hell are you doing here and what, also in the hell, are you doing!?! We're in the middle of a game!!!" She yelled, stepping closer to her.
Pinkie set the ball on the ground and grinned. "Hehe. I had a hunch that both you and Lightie would be here, playing in a football match. And then Lightie got a whole gigantic team, which made you feel lonely, so you took Soarin, forced him to join, and here all of you are, ready to have a whole match! So I decided to come in and join in with the fun, since Rainbow didn't have any other teammates." Pinkie ranted, already kicking the ball towards Soarin.
"Hey, that's cheating! We weren't ready!" Lightning complained as she ran after Soarin.
Pinkie jumped up and down continuously as she smirked at Lightning. "Stop complaining and start playing!"
"We're tied up." Rainbow said as she gasped for breath. "One more point and we win, come on!" She tried to yell, but she couldn't. She was too tired. She turned to Pinkie Pie and Soarin, who were both drinking water.
After a few minutes, the three were back on their feet, ready to win. Soarin was especially focused, but he didn't know why. Perhaps he just really wanted to win.
As soon as Lightning started kicking the ball with Rainbow following her, Soarin came and kicked the ball away, making Rainbow stop. "Huh?" She asked herself. She never saw Soarin so hyped before.
Soarin ran as fast as he could and kicked the ball over to the enemy team's goal. Rainbow's team made a loud "Woohoo!" while Lightning angrily kicked the ground.
Rainbow noticed this and gave her a smirk. "Heh, what's the matter?" She asked, grabbing the soccer ball.
Lightning glared at Rainbow and looked away. "Whatever. You won, I lost. That's it, and I don't care anymore." She said, pretending that she wasn't upset. Although it was quite obvious.
"Of course you lost, I'm awesome." Rainbow muttered as she stepped closer to Rainbow. She then walked away towards Soarin and Pinkie.
"WE WON!!!!" Pinkie excitedly yelled as Rainbow came over. "Yeah! All thanks to Soarin! You better thank him, Rainbow." She patted the two of them on the back and giggled. She then made a quick escape before Rainbow could yell at her.
The two of them were blushing, and Rainbow's face was even redder due to anger at Pinkie. She tried to calm herself and turned to Soarin, but didn't look him in the eye. "Well, thanks. I owe you one." She mumbled very quickly.
Soarin raised his eyebrow and snickered. "What was that?" He asked, even though he heard her the first time.
Rainbow blushed and looked at him. "I said thanks, alright!?!" She shouted. She then relaxed herself and placed her hands on her hips. "Well, I owe you one, so...........a-are you free tonight?" She nervously asked.
Soarin jumped a little, his face dyed with different shades of pink. They always hung out, but this time sounded like something different. "Uh..........well, I...........................'m free tonight, I guess. Why?" He said as quick as he could.
"Haha, well...." Rainbow laughed. "Let's go to the bowling alley. I heard that you're pretty good..............at bowling. You're not a chicken, are ya?" She teased as she raised her eyebrow at Soarin.
"Huh? Are you kidding me?" Soarin moaned. "There's no way you're gonna beat me at bowling. My friend's call me the Ultimate Bowling Champ." He boasted.
Rainbow snickered and walked towards the girl's locker room. "Are you sure about that?" She said in a deep voice before entering it.
After the match, Lightning went home without another word to anyone and banged her fists on the table. "Why the hell does Rainbow get all of Soarin's attention!?!" She shouted as she turned around and continuously punched her punching bag, which had a picture of Rainbow Dash taped on it.
"That's because Soarin always sees her 'aura of nonexistent awesomeness'. What gives!?! Plus, that pink-headed nuisance is always there. If they weren't there to do anything, I would've had Soarin all to myself!" She huffed, punching the bag one last time and then punched the wall. She fell to her knees and drank the last drops of water from her water bottle and groaned.
Getting up, she suddenly remembered; there was somebody who confessed to Rainbow. Somebody who could help her get rid of Rainbow so she could be with Soarin. It was the perfect plan. With an evil grin, she walked over to her bed and closed her eyes. "Now, all I have to do is ask him to help me. I have to do it real quick though, Ditzy Pie or whatever her name is might get in the way. I have to do it when she's distracted....." She paused as an idea came to her mind.
"Perfect."
To be continued...