I looked over to Apple Jack who sat at her table staring seriously at a paper infront of her. She was tapping her pencil on the table, probably thinking of something.
Pinkie told me she's going to set up the table. Which means she'll probably need to make a lot of hard decisions. And I'd be happy to help her out with that. And maybe, after I helped her with that, I can assist her in actually making it.
Having made my choice, I walk over to her table. "Hey Apple Jack!" I get a chair and sit next to her.
She looks up from her paper a bit suprised before giving me a smile. "Oh, howdy there." She greets me before turning back to her paper.
Curious to what she was doing, I take a look at her paper. As I do so, I see a lot of quick sketches of different looking tables. Some had wooden structures next to it and others had modifications. It all started with a simple table sketch so I imaged she was upgrading the table in one way or another.
I also saw some coloured pencils next to her. And I could see she already used some of them to colour the sketch. She also had multiple drawings of the same table to probably colour test.
"Those look pretty cool. I really like the colours on that one." I point at one of the designs with lots of warm colours.
"Thanks." She continues while coloring the next one. "Ah'm still deciding on somethin' tho. Even if the designs are good, if the colours ain't, no one's goin' to see what we got."
"I see.." I look back at her. "That's what the copied designs are for right?"
She responds with a nod. "Yea. If ah like the design, ah'll copy it and only change the colours to see what fits best." She stops drawing and just stares at the paper infront of her.
"What is it?" I ask her after noticing.
"Ah just.." She pauzes before continuing. "Ah can't decide on anythin'."
I look over to her a bit confussed. "Can't you just choose the one you like best?"
She looks back at me and shook her head. "It's not just what ah like. It's supposed to represent our club as a whole. So ah'll need somethin' everyone can like. And Rarity wanted to know the plan before the bell so she can start her part. Not to mention how picky Twilight can be about it all. Ah get she's tryin' to get things perfect, but we're on a very tight schedule." She quickly explains in one go.
I understand why she finds it so hard now. I could imagine deciding something as big as things would put someone under a lot of presure. Especially if it's for something as big as the festival.
I give her an understanding nod. "That does sound pretty hard.." I show her a smile. "But I'm willing to help you out. If you want my opinion on anything I mean."
She shows a small blush and returns me a smile. "Ah'd like that." She moves the paper a bit to my side. Now that it's inbetween us, we both lean in a bit to see it more clearly.
Thanks to that we also sat a lot closer to eachother. But I decided to ignore it and looked down at the paper like I was going to before. I just needed to keep my head at where it was supposed to be. Her colour choices and helping her pick one.
"We can start crossing out the ones you like the least. It's easy to keep track that way." I got a red pencil and continued. "We can start with the design ones."
She gave me a quick nod before looking over the many designs she created. She eventually stopped at one of pointed her finger on it. "Ah'm not likin' this one. It's way to cluttered."
I gave her a nod and put crossed it out. "Now, the others." She returned me a nod and looked back at the paper.
The few others after that were easy enough. There were a lot more designs to choose from and compare to better ones. But after there were only a few left, the decision kept getting harder. We had three left when both of us shut quiet.
"Uhmm.." Her eyes moved across the designs a few more times before she let out a sigh. "Ah got nothin'. How 'bout you?"
I simply let out a shrug. "No, sorry. They all look good." I remembered something and looked back at her. "Sorry I can't help you further with this.."
"It's fine." She showed me a smile. "You shouldn't think of it like that. Ya still got me further than I would've been able to do myself." She showed a some blush.
I did too before responding. "It's nothing, really. But we still have to choose one."
She looks back at the paper and gets a smile. "Ah think ah know what to do."
"What is it?" I ask curiously.
Instead of a response, she gets a pencil and starts drawing on the paper. I take a look and got an idea of what she was trying to do.
As I watched her draw, I noticed she took some bits and small details from the other designs and making it into one. I really liked the parts she added and left out and had a smile on my face while she drew the final piece.
After she finished I saw her with a proud look on her face still looking at the design she just created. "Ah think we have a winner."
"I think so too." I agree giving her a smile. "It looks great Apple Jack." I feel myself blushing a bit at the end.
She shows some blush too before returning me a smile. "Thanks, but I couldn't have done it without ya."
I feel our elbows touching. It's only now that I notice how close we sat to eachother. We must've been leaning into eachother more over time for it to get to that point.
Both of our cheeks get redder as we make this realisation. I let out a nervous laugh before giving her some space. "S-Sorry, I didn't notice.. Sorry."
"No need to apologize." She shows me a smile. "Ah don't mind."
I showed her a smile again, both of us still blushing a bit. That was, until we heard the school bell ring and the other club members starting to pack their things.
We do the same and I see her crossing out the other three designs before picking up the paper. "Ah'll get this over to Rarity. Thanks for helpin' me out today."
I get my bag and get off my seat. "It's nothing, really. I'll be happy to do it again."
I see her stop before looking back at me. "You mean, you'll be helpin' me with the rest too?" She asks curiously.
"Yea, that was the idea. If you don't mind of course."
She quickly shows me a smile. "Of course not. See ya tomorrow."
"Sure thing!" I see her walk over to Rarity as I turn to the door. Pinkie is there already waiting for me. As we walk home together, I'm already thinking of tomorrow and whatever we'll be doing together.