Wednesday went by in a blur. All of Scootaloo's classes were boring and Mr. Kane was conveniently absent. A note from the office said that he was sick but would still make it to her flying lesson the following day. Soon the school day was over and Scootaloo was flying home.
Soon she was home and was immediately put to work cleaning the house (one of the many requirements of her two week long grounding). As she worked on her room, she finally got over frustrated at cleaning the several story house.
"Mo-om," Scootaloo whined, "do I have to clean the house every day?"
"Yes Scootaloo, your father and I went easy on you with your grounding," said Rainbow Dash, walking into her daughters room. "We feel like you need to learn from your mistake and cleaning the house is just one of the ways that you can spend time thinking about your mistake and ways you can improve in the future."
"Okay Mom," sighed Scootaloo, "I'm sorry for complaining."
"It's okay. Theres actually something I came up here to talk to you about," said Rainbow Dash, sitting on Scootaloo's bed and patting the sheets beside her.
"Um, okay?" said Scootaloo cautiously. She slowly walked over to the bed and sat down. "What's up Mom?"
Rainbow Dash breathed deeply, pondering how she wanted to say what was on her mind, "Scootaloo," she finally said, "I am going to be very blunt with you and I want you to answer this question honestly."
At this point Scootaloo's wingpits were sweaty and her frogs were clamy. What was it her Mom wanted to ask her? What was wrong? Was she in trouble? She had no idea.
"Um, what do you want to know," Scootaloo hesitantly asked.
Looking at her daughter, Rainbow Dash was having a hard time believing how much she had grown up. Scootaloo had gone from a little filly with stunted wings to a beautiful young mare with long, strong wings.
Rainbow sighed, "Scootaloo, do you remember who you were snogging at Diamond's party? I know you were drunk and probably completely inebriated, but I would like to know."
Scootaloo immediately had an answer although she didn't want to say. Thinking about the consequences of not telling the truth, Scootaloo pondered how to respond. What would her mother say if she told her that she had been snogging one of her teachers? The same teacher who was coming the very next day to teach her flying techniques.
"Mom," she began, "I was snogging Kane. He's my flight teacher."
Seeing her mom's shocked reaction, Scootaloo quickly continued. "But, he's only eighteen and I really like him. Even though he was drunk too, he stuck up for me at the party. There was a colt that I used to like who was making fun of me at the party and Kane helped me feel better after the colt stopped bullying me. Kane really is a gentlecolt and I believe that you and dad would really like him. He's a hurricane fighter and that's what he got his cutie mark in. I know he's one of my teachers and four years older than me but I want you to give him a chance."
"Scootaloo, I really appreciate your honesty. Your father and I have lot to talk about. If your description is accurate, we may allow you to continue being friends with this 'Kane'. I want you to get some rest tonight and your father and I will talk to you in the morning."
"Okay Mom," said Scootaloo quietly. "I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight, sweetie, get some rest, you still do have a flight lesson tomorrow, with this Mr. Kane. He can stay for dinner and your father and I can talk to him over some of your fathers hamburgers and fries."
Rainbow Dash walked out and closed the door behind her, leaving Scootaloo with her thoughts.
I wonder what my private lesson will be like tomorrow, she thought, I know Kane only scheduled it so I could technically learn to fly better, but I know he also wants to talk about what happened at Diamond Tiara's party. I wish that I was older, maybe then I could be allowed to date Kane. He's cute and really nice. I turn fourteen soon so maybe mom and dad would let me date him. Who am I kidding, he's eighteen! That's a whole four years older than me.
Scootaloo soon fell asleep wondering how her day would be while Rainbow Dash and Skeeter were having a very intense conversation downstairs.
Rainbow Dash soon explained the conversation with Skeeter, and Skeeter just shrugged it off.
"Skeeter, I don't know how I feel about Scootaloo liking a eighteen year old colt. It's not appropriate," said Rainbow Dash exasperatedly. "You already know what happened when he and Scootaloo were alone at a party. Them being drunk aside, I don't even know if I feel comfortable with this 'Kane' being her teacher. The way Scootaloo describe him, it's very obvious that it's more than a crush going on. Skeeter, she really likes him."
"Honey, I understand why you are so worried, but you did tell me that Kane will be staying for dinner after Scootaloo's flight lesson right? I can question and threaten him over dinner. I know the age difference may seem drastic but Scootaloo will be fourteen soon. That puts them about four years apart. Depending on this colt's character, I may actually prefer him to be older than Scootaloo. I myself personally know that I was pretty stupid up until I was older. The younger colts I see today seen pretty stupid and I just want the best for Scootaloo, just like you do."
"Oh, that does make some amount of sense. But you must realize the flip side of that. An older colt may try to take advantage of her. I know we were drunk and pretty much consented when we had her. I don't want Scootaloo to be forced to do something that she feels uncomfortable about," explained Dash.
"Tomorrow night we will see what this colt is really like, for now all we can do is sit and wait," said Kane, yawning. "I'm pretty tired, you want to hit the hay."
"Literally of metaphorically," smirked Dash. "But I'm beat too. Wonderbolt practice today was tiring."
Soon Rainbow Dash's family was sleeping soundly, all expecting different outcomes of the next day. None of them knew what could happen, or even what would happen. They could only sleep and wait.