Pinkie says she saw us
by the park behind an
old building. Rainbow
denied it, of course.
I find lying to my friend
an exercise in failing
oneself. I wanted to
call out, in front of all
our friends. Yes, it’s
all true. I was kissing
Rainbow Dash behind
Quills and Sofas, where
I found out just what
kissing feels like. I
wanted to tell all of
them how much I was
so impossibly in love.
what Rainbow tastes like,
that look in her eyes when
I can see she is deeply in
love.
I love her, too, more than
I love books and that’s
saying something.
That feeling in my chest
when she looks at me
fiercely and intensely
I know she is thinking
about kissing and
other things. My heart
wants to beat out of my
chest. I don’t tell them.
It must have been
another pony, I say.
Rainbow breathes
a sigh of relief.
I feel a hoof touch me
under the table.
It’s not so bad having
a secret.