"Flitter Flitter Flitter!" Flitter smiled as she looked down at the foal running over to her and calling her name.
Flitter lifted her hoof to tousle Pip's mane. "Yes?"
"I heard you got married!" Flitter laughed and shook her head, there wasn't a weak that went by without the foals circulating some strange rumor. Pip was positively vibrating with excitement.
"Oh? And to whom am I supposed to be married Pip?"
"Rainbow Dash!"
"What?"
Pip nodded and smiled grinned up at her. "Yep! You moved into her house so you're married! Right!?"
Flitter's eye twitched and she needed to remind herself that Pip was a foal, it wasn't his fault he was drawing conclusions or repeating things he'd heard. "No, we're not married. We're just... I'm just helping Rainbow Dash for a while."
Pip frowned. "Aww! But then I can't make you a wedding present!"
Flitter smiled. "True, but you could make me a "it's Friday" present." Pip nodded enthusiastically and ran off to the crafts area. Flitter shook her head, the things that got into the heads of foals and continued her walk through the front yard of her daycare center. Fridays like today were usually pretty empty in the afternoon. After Cheerilee let the students out on Fridays only a few came to her center as many parents took early days on Fridays for the weekend.
Flitter waved a hoof at Berry Punch as she approached the gate, making her own way over to it only to hear a loud "Mommy mommy mommy!" as Ruby Pinch ran past Flitter and torpedoes towards her mother who opened the gate to give her daughter a hug.
Flitter leaned over the fence as she closed the gate with her wing as Ruby Pinch busied herself with unwrapping a small chocolate bar she'd been given by Berry Punch. "Flitter! I've been looking forward to getting a moment to speak with you." Flitter raised an eyebrow as Berry smiled at her conspiratorially. "Well, I was wondering how... Athletic Rainbow Dash is."
Flitter's ears instantly went as flat as her voice. "What?"
"Well my dear, when I heard that you'd moved in with Rainbow Dash I could only guess at what the most the first nights... Activities were. And I must say! I am offended that you didn't tell your good friend Berry Punch that you were seeing Rainbow Dash!"
Flitter would have yelled if it wasn't for the half dozen foals playing in the yard behind her, but her voice was painfully neutral and stilted as she held her temper in check. "I. moved. in. with. Rainbow. Dash. because. Cloud. Chaser. was. hurt. and. it. made. her. feel. better."
Berry Punchs eyes went wide. "Oh dear! I'm so sorry! I didn't have any idea! I... I must apologize for my... Assumptions... Really, I just... Didn't think that... I'm very sorry..."
Flitter rolled her eyes but waved a wing in dismissal, she supposed that Berry Punch hadn't meant anything by it really, but if that mare knew how to keep her tongue in check she'd probably actually have friends instead of just drinking buddies. How her husband put up with her was well beyond Flitter. "Don't worry about it."
Berry Punch was at least tactful enough to take the hint, nodding as she smiled and backed away slightly. "Oh do give Cloud Chaser my sympathies... I... Will see you Monday." She hurried, while Ruby Pinch, completely oblivious to the tension, munched happily on her chocolate and followed her mother away, waving at Flitter as she left.
The rest of the day went pretty normally, more helping the foals, playing with them, answering every random question they had until she had let Candy Mane go home as there was only Dinky left and Muffins was always busy on Fridays, she'd be late picking up her little sister. Flitter was playing inside with Dinky, stacking blocks when there was a banging at the door and Muffins walked in, smiling at them both as Dinky got up to walk over to her older sister. "Hello Flitter, I'm here to pick up Dinky"
Flitter smiled as she also got up, walking over to Muffins, a passing friend really. "How were your deliveries today Muffins?"
Muffins spoke in her slightly slowed down way. "Oh, they were good. I brought another package to Fluttershy. She's been ordering a lot of things. She brought tea out for me today, it was tasty. Fluttershy is very nice. We talked a lot."
Flitter grinned a bit and nodded, she knew that Fluttershy had a huge crush on the mail pony, and Flitter wouldn't be doing her due diligence as a friend unless she dug a bit more if she could. "Oh, I agree. She's also very pretty wouldn't you say?"
Muffins nodded absently. "Yes, Fluttershy is pretty. Pink is a fun color, that's the color of her mane." Not exactly what Flitter had been looking for but it was a step in the right direction. Flitter was planning on asking another question before Muffins interrupted her with a question of her own. "Do you like rainbows?"
Flitter raised an eyebrow but nodded. "Well... Yeah, who doesn't like a rainbow? They're quite beautiful."
Muffins nodded happily and smiled at Flitter. "Rainbows are the color of Rainbow Dash's mane." And with that, she turned around and walked out of the daycare center followed by Dinky.
Flitter sat down hard on the floor, blinking after Muffins with the door left open. Had Muffins just tricked her? Or had that been an accident? She was not interested in Rainbow Dash. So had that been Muffins point that she wasn't interested in Fluttershy? Or had that been independent and her pointing out that Rainbow Dash was pretty as well. Flitter growled lowly as she walked out the door and locked it behind her. She did not need to deal with this right now, she had visited Cloudy that morning and she'd spent the entire time cracking jokes about her and Rainbow Dash, then Pip, then Berry, and now even Muffins! This needed to be dealt with!