After a week that seemed to drag by for Moondancer, Saturday had finally arrived. As she woke up that morning she had both anticipation and nervousness running through her mind. While her friends had been giving her more encouragement than she had ever received in her life over the past few days, she still couldn't help but be nervous.
After having some breakfast it was still several hours before she would have to worry about getting ready and then heading out so she did what she had been doing a lot of lately, studying what to do on specific dates and what to do in specific situations. For the situation she was going into tonight, finding information on it would be much more difficult than it had been for earlier dates.
She was flipping through the pages and sighed, "Ugh, there is nothing in here at all about what to do when you are invited to supper at her place! Nothing, absolutely nothing!"
She was becoming a bit frustrated until she finally found something about the type of situation she was going into. She said to herself, "Alright, so I'm supposed to go in confident but not overly so, I'm not supposed to assume anything and keep my composure. I can do that."
Despite it seeming to take forever for her to find the information she was looking for, it was still only eleven when she was finished. Her excitement was building and she knew that she had to do something to calm herself down so she figured that a quick snack and then a nap may help calm her down.
After eating a small snack she laid down for a while but could not get to sleep. The only thing she could think about was Twilight and what might happen that night. She began playing so many scenarios in her head, both good and bad. She had scenarios of Twilight telling her she looked awful, scenarios of Twilight simply wanting to be friends and stop going for anything else and then she had a different scenario run through her mind, one that brought a smile to her face. She said to herself, "What if she was to ask me to be her marefriend tonight? What if my dreams of being hers was to come true?"
Those thoughts finally were able to get her to get to sleep for a while, longer than she liked. When she woke up she looked at her clock and it read ten till three. Despite her not having to leave for another couple hours or so, she couldn't help but be nervous. She hopped in the shower and decided to use soap that was a bit more sweet smelling, something that had a better smell than the odorless soap she usually did.
Once she got out of the shower and got herself dried off, it was still just 3:30 and she really didn't want to put her dress on that soon. She decided to do a final bit of studying about what to do in a situation if Twilight was to ask her to be her marefriend. As she read it she said to herself, "Ok, if she was to ask me to be her marefriend, she should be the one to initiate the kiss."
She continued to read forward about what to do afterwards and about what would be classified as moving too fast or moving too slow after the relationship began but unfortunately, it did not provide much of any useful information except that a couple shouldn't just go for it all immediately after committing. Moondancer couldn't help but chuckle, "Well of course not! It would be nonsense to try to be intimate that quick!"
Eventually enough time had passed that Moondancer figured she could get dressed. As she slipped into her gown she couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. She looked in the mirror and said, "Ok Moondancer, tonight could be the night. Tonight could be the night that the dream you've had for years will come true." She then became a bit nervous and continued, "Or it could be the night your heart is crushed."
She continued to stare at her reflection until the clock read a quarter after five. She looked at the clock and continued, "I better get to the train station before it leaves. The next train leaves in fifteen minutes and I can't be late."
Moondancer left her house and headed off to the train station. Many ponies couldn't help but stare as nopony else was wearing anything like that around town and among the ponies from the library that do know something about her, they never imagined she would be wearing anything like that.