The day after graduation marked the beginning of summer for Bow, he would mainly spend his days hanging out with his friends at the local malt shop, but while there he would constantly think to himself on what college to attend.
‘Hmmm, let’s see, Las Pegasus University sounds good, but so does Cloudsdale Tech, one even has an excellent buckball program, but only one trains you to be a Wonderbolt,’ he thought to himself as he sipped on a chocolate malt.
As he looks at the pamphlets the school gave him of various colleges that sent him a scholarship offer, he is brought back down to earth by a familiar voice.
“Hey there, Zippo, looking at some colleges?” Bow’s brother asked as he sat down at the booth.
Bow smiled as he went back to looking at the brochures. “I just can’t decide on which one to go to,” Bow said as he leans back in the booth and gawks at the ceiling.
Listening closely to his brother, Rainbow Blaze, just sipped his soda and nodded. “Yeah, I too had a difficult time deciding which one to attend,” he admitted as he looked down at the table.
Rainbow Blaze leaned back as he let out a sigh. “Don’t worry too much about picking one now, just enjoy the summer,” he said as he pat Bow on the back
“Yeah, I guess you’re right,” Bow said as he put his brochures away.
As the summer went on, Bow mainly spent time with his family, going to museums, enjoying time together, and going to sports games. One night, he and his dad held a barbecue where they made it an open invite. Almost all of Cloudsdale came and broke bread with their neighbors, as they all ate, Bow saw that Windy had come and decided to talk to her.
“Hey,” he said as he came up to her, a smile spreading across her face.
“Hey, Bow. This is some barbecue you and your pop put together,” Windy said as she bit into the hot dog. “These are really good,” she said as she wiped the condiment splatter off her lips.
“Thanks, I made those myself,” Bow said as he smiled.
“You made the hot dogs?” Windy asked, surprised a bit thinking he meant actually made.
“Well, I did get the dogs from a store, but I meant I cooked them,” Bow corrected as Windy giggled.
“The secret is to use a low heat so not to burn the dog, then to use a little salt for season,” Bow said, making Windy’s mouth water.
“Wow it sure sounds like you know how to cook,” Windy said as Bow blushes.
“Yeah, I actually do, whenever my mom works late, I chip in by making a meal, most usually vegetarian meatloaf made from nuts or I buy a pack of vegetarian ground beef,” Bow says as Windy smiles.
“I bet you beat your meat well then,” she jokes as Bow blushes bright red.
The barbecue continues with friends talking to friends, Bow watches as his dad knocks back a can. Once the barbecue finishes, Bow cleans the mess left behind, he hums to himself as he picks up copious amounts of plastic plates, cups, and cutlery.
“Hey, need a hand?” a voice called out.
Looking up to see who it was, Bow was surprised to see that it was Windy. “Sure, but I don't want you to get into trouble with your folks,” Bow said as Windy grabbed a garbage bag and helped him clean.
Silence washed over them like a wave, the only sounds that could be heard were those of crickets and whippoorwills, as they worked the yard became more and more clean until two garbage bags full of thrash sat on the lawn.
“Thanks for the help,” Bow says as he wipes his brow, sitting down to relax for a bit, Windy taking a seat beside him.
“So, have you decided where you want to go to college yet,” Windy asks as she sits with him.
“No, not yet.” Bow replies as he looks up into the night sky. “I really want to try and be a Wonderbolt, but at the same time I know I need a back-up plan.”
Windy listens whole-heartily as Bow talks, hanging on his every word. “I know how you feel, I want to be a meteorology expert, but I don’t know what else to do."
The two continue to talk well into the night, the moon shining brightly as they stare into the night sky.
Moments of silence passed before Bow broke it, “Hey, Windy?” he asked as her looked at her
“Yes,” she answered, meeting his gaze.
“I know we went to the prom as friends, but I am hoping we can be more, I really do like you and would love to spend time with you, Windy, would you like to go out with me,” Bow asked, making Widy blush bright red.
Windy smiled and gave a slight chuckle, “I would love to go out with you, I also felt the same way, but I didn’t want to get back on the horse just yet,” Windy admitted as she scooted closer to Bow.
Bow wrapped his arm around her shoulder as the two continued to watch the night sky. “Does us dating mean I can have some more of your delicious hot dogs,” Windy asked abruptly, making Bow blush deep red.
Windy giggled at his blush, knowing full well what she was doing, “If it does, maybe I can let you have some of my tacos,” she says as Bow begins to sweat.
“W-we are talking about food, right?” Bow asked as he started to stammer, his rod bulging from his pants.
Windy giggles as she backs down some.”Yes, I just had to tease you a bit,” she says as she leans her head onto his shoulder.
“That’s good, because I want to wait, at least for a while,” Bow said as Windy smiled.
“Same, maybe on our third date we can make the bed rock,” Windy suggests as a shooting star passed overhead and she planted a kiss on Bow’s lips, both embracing each other.