Nervous, that's how I felt as I made my way slowly towards the only girl I've ever had a crush on; Scootaloo. I've had a crush on her since I first met her in school. Whenever I'm near her I get a feeling of happiness and trust and well, love. First, let me tell you a little about myself, I'm younger than Scootaloo by about a year. I'm 13 and she's 14. My name is Turner, Jake Turner. I'm funny, at least I think so, and i have a natural talent at video games . I'm good at sports, and I'm really good at doing tricks on my bike and riding it and stuff. I'm also schizophrenic. I hear things, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but It's been like that since I was 7. I take medicine, and it helps but it makes me feel like there's something wrong with me, like I'm 'broke'. The kids at school have mad fun of me for a long time because I talk to myself a lot. Sometimes I yell out loud at random objects and the kids will see me and call me names. I get beat up a lot at school because I scare the kids. It really hurts my feelings, I just wish they would listen and try to understand.
Scootaloo was the only one who ever stood up for me, she was there whenever I got beat up or whenever the other kids would make fun of me. She actually listened when I explained my odd behavior and would be empathetic towards my feelings. She never got scared when I would yell at the voices or talk to myself. The only time she seem truly nervous was when the voices began talking to me all at once, and I would stay in the courtyard talking feverishly to myself, trying to calm the people in my head. But even with all my imperfections, she still stayed with me, always helping when I needed a friend. So it was today that I decided to confess my feelings towards her and ask her out. I was walking towards her, feeling nervous, and getting really sweaty. She was talking to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom, thinking up new ideas to get their cutie marks. I asked if I could join once, but she said it was only for fillies without their cutie marks. I have no idea what she meant by that, and I don't know what a 'cutie-mark' is. Must be an inside joke.
“How about we try programming?” said Sweetie Belle.
“No, we tried that last week, and It's WAY too complicated.” Apple Bloom replied.
“Yea, but I think I almost got the hang of it.”
“How about we try piano tuning?” Asked Scootaloo. “We've never tried that before.”
“Sure, lets meet up at the clubhouse tomorrow.”
“OK! It's a plan.” Said Sweetie Belle. “Allright, I gotta go. See you then!” Scootaloo said.
She turned around and bumped into me. “Oh, I-I'm sorry Scootaloo, I didn't mean to bang into you, but I needed to ask you a question.” I said, feeling extremely nervous. It was now or never. Time seemed to stand still and everything was quiet, even the voices were being quiet. “Sure shoot, but be quick about it, I gotta be home by 5:00” Scootaloo said.
“Uh well Scoots, um uh, well I uh...would. You. Go out. With me. I've had a crush on you for like 3 years, andyou'rejustthemostamazinggirlandIreallylikeyou, but you probably don't like me and that's ok I understand so never mind this was stupid, I'll just leave, goodbye.” I turned around to leave and felt a hand on my shoulder.
“Hey wait up! Don't leave, It's ok. I like you too, A LOT. And uh I'm glad you asked because I've had feelings for you for a while, but I didn't know you felt the same way.” Scootaloo stated, smiling sheepishly. “Really, you do?! This went way better then expected. So uh, I don't really know how this works, are we like, boyfriend and girlfriend now?” I asked, wanting to jump in joy and scream.
“Well I guess so Jake, I think that's how it goes. Hey wanna walk home with me? We can tell my parents the good news when we get home.”
“Uh, sure, I'd like that. But let me go get my stuff from my gym locker.” I told Scootaloo.
“Sure but be quick, remember I gotta be home soon.” Scootaloo replied. I turned around and ran down the corridor, taking a left at the corner, and opened the gym door. And that's when I saw him, Featherweight, the biggest bully in school. He was also the strongest kid in school. He and his two goons, Snips and Snails, have beaten me up and harassed me for as long as I've known them. And lo and behold, there he was blocking the path to the gym locker room. I was just gonna leave and tell Scoots that I'd get my stuff later, but when I turned around I saw Snips and Snails were blocking the exit. “Uh hey guys, could you uh please move out of the way so I could leave?” I asked hopefully.
“Nah, we're pretty happy right where we are, aren't we Snails?” Snips said, grinning stupidly. I had to get out of here before things got bad. And that's when the voices started getting talking to me.
“Hey listen up Jake, calm them ugly names, say they need to move their asses out of the way or you're gonna beat the living hell out of them. Come on, you can take them.” “No I don't want to do that, don't you know what happened the last time I tried to fight them, I woke up in a ditch.” I spoke.
“There he goes again, talking to thin air,” Featherweight said. “You ever gonna act like a normal human Turner? Or do I need to beat some sense into you again?” Featherweight grinned. He might not be good when it came to schoolwork, but there was one thing Featherweight was good in, and that was anything that involved brute strength.
“Haha yea Turner, are you gonna act like a normal human Turner?” Snips repeated. “Yea or do we need to give you the 'specialty' again?” Chimed in Snails.
“Uh that won't be necessary fellas, I'm just heading out, so let's just act like this never meeting never happened and we can get on with our lives.” “That's just like you Jake, running away, what would Scootaloo say? She'd probably be like 'OMC what a loser, I can't believe I ever had feelings for a wimp like you.' Fight them, beat them till they run home crying.”
“No way am I fighting these losers again, no thank you.” I replied angrily. Sometimes the voices can be pretty stupid.
“Huh, who the fuck are you calling losers Turner. That's it, you creep me out you little freak.” Featherweight started walking towards me and I panicked and that's when I blacked out.
When I woke up I saw Scootaloo looking down at me, smiling sadly. “Hey, you ok boyfriend?” She said. “You took a long time so I walked down here wondering what was taking you so long and that's when I saw Featherweight and his goons laughing and giving each other high-fives so I knew something bad must've happened to you. I ran in here and saw you on the floor so I thought maybe they beat you up again.”
“No, not this time, I passed out before they did anything.” I looked down in embarrassment. “Hey that's ok sweetheart. Come on, let me help you up.” Scootaloo grabbed my hand and then pulled me up on my feet. I looked at my watch and saw that it was 4:45. “Oh no, It's almost 5, and it takes like 30 minutes to get to your house from here, you're gonna be late. I'm sorry.” I said feeling upset that I made her late.
“Don't worry we can explain the situation to my family, they'll understand. OMC I can't wait for you to meet my family and tell them that we're dating!” Scootaloo squealed in joy. “Come on Jake, lets get going.” We exited the gym and walked out of the school, hand in hand, and I began to sweat up a storm in anticipation of meeting her folks.