As Twilight regained consciousness from her restless slumber she changed position to lie on her back. She slowly opened her eyes and brushed the few stray strands of hair which obstructed her view, even though she knew what time it was Twilight over to looked the clock and groaned, “Ugh 3am Again”. Twilight sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and let out a small yawn, knowing she would get no more rest this night she decided it was best to just get up.
Twilight quietly lowered her hooves onto the floor, since she didn't want to deal with a groggy Spike this time in the morning. She certainly didn’t want a repeat of the other night. As she crept across the room she grabbed her brush with her magic and headed for the bathroom, she repeated her usual morning routine which involved a shower, brushing her mane, then her teeth. However this routine took a lot more time because of the lack of sleep she had been getting these last few weeks.
“I should really go to the hospital and see a doctor, maybe he can prescribe me some sleeping pills” Twilight thought to herself. "It's about time i made my way downstairs, since i'm up I might as well make the most of it. As Twilight dragged her exhausted hooves down the stairs she tried to keep her mind off of one thing, the one thing that has been the cause of these sleepless nights, actually the Pony who has been the cause of them, and that Pony was a cyan mare by the name of Rainbow Dash.
“Ok all I need to do is create a list of the things I need and want to do today, that should keep my mind occupied and my thoughts away from her” Twilight tried to convince herself with this mental statement and levitated some parchment, a quill and an ink pot from her desk.
“Let’s see, what do I need to get done today” Twilight muttered as she tapped her hoof on her chin in thought “Well it is Mom’s birthday soon, so I should pick her up a cake, I can also have a little talk to Pinkie while I am there, to see if she can help me with my “problem”, considering she can keep a secret. Oh and I need some more parchment and ink (we always seem to run out quickly I wonder why), Oh and I should probably pick up some more groceries as well. well that’s all that we need item wise. I should probably start reading that latest Daring Do Book as well later this evening, I've been putting that off too long, Luckily Rainbow didn't take long reading it...”
And then Twilight's mind did exactly what she didn't want it to do. It thought about Rainbow Dash, suddenly Twilight's mind was filled with memories and what ifs. She imagined all the great times she has spent with Rainbow. Thoughts of her beautiful eyes and her toned body, Imagined flying high in the clouds with her arms wrapped around that strong neck, Twilight quickly shook her head to try and rid her of her wandering thoughts.
Twilight moaned in anger and grabbed her list, rolled it up and placed it on her desk for later. Even though it had only been about an hour since Twilight had awoken she decided she couldn't ignore her stomach’s occasional growling, so instead of waiting for Spike to wake up and cook Twilight decided to make her own breakfast.
After about 15 minutes of fiddling around in the kitchen and Twilight had finished making her breakfast, it was nothing special just a simple bowl of oatmeal, she then proceeded to enter the main room and sit on her couch to eat it, Before she sat down she turned her record player on and listened to some DJ-PON3 (She has all her albums, most people wouldn't expect Twilight to be into this sort of music, but ever since she heard it at one of Pinkie’s parties she was hooked).She made sure to keep the music on low volume though since she didn't want to wake Spike or the rest of the town.
After finishing her breakfast her thoughts slowly wandered back to Rainbow.Twilight sighed, a lone tear ran down her cheek, “It’s no use, i can’t stop thinking about her” Twilight looked up to the right to her mantelpiece at a photo of all her friends, a small smile pulled at her lips but it slowly faded “She’ll never go for a Mare like me,Pfft can you imagine it the jock and the nerd hah, hay i don’t even know if Rainbow even likes mares, i don’t have a chance with her even if she did.”
Twilight levitated over the book she started last night and began to read in hopes of finishing it and for the book to distract her from her stray thoughts.
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“Hey Twilight you’re up early,well earlier than usual. Did you not get much sleep again” Spike said with a hint of concern in his voice
“Huh?” Twilight said as she came out of her reading trance “Oh hey Spike sorry i was just finishing that book off, what did you say?”
“I said did you not get much sleep again last night?” Spike repeated
“Oh no i didn't, i was thinking about picking up some Pills from the hospital later on to try and help with that” Twilight replied while Finding the shelf where the book was supposed to go.
“I’m going to make breakfast Twilight, what do you want today?”
“Oh i have already eaten Spike so don’t worry about me” Twilight spoke and slightly raised her voice as Spike was in the other room, Spike poked his head around the door frame with one eyebrow raised.
“You made breakfast for yourself already?” Spike questioned, slightly surprised since Twilight hardly ever cooks for herself.
“Yeah i was too hungry to wait for you to wake up and cook me anything so i decided to cook something for myself,what’s so surprising about that” Twilight queried
“Oh nothing, it’s just that you usually let me do all the cooking”
“That’s because you’re a better cook than me, you know my skills in the kitchen are very limited” Twilight spoke matter of factly.
“Yeah Yeah, you know sometimes i feel i'm like your personal slave.” Spike deadpanned.
Twilight just rolled her eyes and started tidying up the rest of the library.
Spike walked back into the main room of the Library with a bowl of cereal sprinkled with emerald dust, “So, what have you got planned for today?” Spike mumbled through a mouthful of his food
Twilight cringed a little at the sight Spike don't talk with your mouth full. I just need to head to the market to pick up some groceries and stationary, then i need to head over to sugar cube corner and ask if they can make a Birthday cake for Mom, since her birthdays is coming up soon” Twilight said half her mind focusing on talking to Spike the other half levitating stacks of book and placing them onto the appropriate shelves.
“Wow it's her birthday already? don’t forget to pick up a card as well Twilight”
“Wow thanks Spike, you just saved me a second trip out to the market” Twilight panicked and grabbed her list to add the card onto it.
“No Problem Twilight, that's what i'm for” Spike announced in a smug voice with a pose.
Twilight rolled her eyes at the sight of Spikes pose, “thanks number one assistant, what would i do without you” Twilight managed to say while giggling .
Twilight glanced out the window and saw the first set of ponies on their way off to work, she then proceeded to look at the clock and noticed the time announced “The market will be open in about a half hour Spike, which means you have to look after the library until i come back, okay?”
“Sure thing Twilight” Spike barked in his military voice while saluting “I won’t let you down”
Twilight left the room and headed to the bathroom to freshen up before she left the house.
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Twilight left the library and started the small trot to sugarcube corner, greeting ponies as they went off to work or other activities, a small smile graced Twilight's face when she saw sugarcube corner.
Twilight approached the door and opened it, she immediately Jumped back and screamed in surprise “Gaah Pinkie what the hay are you doing, you scared the hell out of me”
“Hey Twilight, Oh i saw you coming while i was by the window so i thought i would come and greet you at the door” Pinkie said with her usual cheer.
Twilight, who was currently lying on the floor looking at the sky, stood up and brushed and herself off “well i appreciate the thought but can you try not to scare me to death next time i visit?”
“Sure thing Twilight” Pinkie said with her grin never leaving her face “Come on in, so what brings you here today?”
“Oh, well it’s my Moms birthday soon so i was wondering if you could bake her a cake” Twilight gleamed all hostility leaving her voice from earlier
“Well good thing you came to me, since baking is what i’m best at! well actually parties are what i’m best at but baking is a close second! or maybe third since i’m pretty good at making ponies smile...”
“Yes” Twilight deadpanned as she raised a hoof to silence Pinkie “That’s exactly the reason why i came here, now how much will a custom birthday cake cost me?”
“Oh, for you nothing! since you’re one of my bestest friends in the whole of Equestria” Pinkie beamed with excitement
“Oh no no no. Pinkie i couldn't do that, how much?”
“Fine, a custom birthday cake costs 20 bits” some excitement leaving Pinkies voice
Twilight hoofed over the correct amount of bits “Well, um Pinkie there was another reason i came to see you” Twilight’s voice acquired a more serious tone.
“Is it about your crush on Rainbow Dash” Pinkie blurted out a few decibels below that of a shout
“Pinkie” Twilight practically screamed “How in Equestria did you know that?! I haven't told anypony about this! anyways you can’t just go shouting that out in a public place it's supposed to be a secret!” Twilight’s voice took on more of a panicked tone than an angry one
“Well that's an interesting story! the other day when i was baking I got a mane poof then a tongue itch followed by a warm feeling in my heart, and that usually indicates that somepony has the hots for another mare, I finally figured out it was you after i talked to Spike, he said you had been acting a bit differently than usual, so i just put two and two together!. Oh and i'm sorry Twilight i didn't know it was a secret” Pinkie whispered
Twilight let out an exasperated sigh. “Sometimes Pinkie you give me a headache and I don't even want to ask how you knew it was Rainbow, so let's just drop it. Look can we go somewhere more private to discuss this” Twilight questioned in a hushed voice.
“Sure thing Twilight, we can head up to my room for some privacy. let me just write your order down to make sure that i remember”
“Thanks Pinkie” a small smile returned to Twilight as she turned and walked towards the stairs.Pinkie soon showed up at Twilight's side and started bouncing up the stairs, Twilight followed Pinkie to her room.
As Twilight entered the room she was assaulted with confetti, streamers and other various party accessories “Woah Pinkie, i expected your room to not be as neat as mine but... this is a tad overwhelming”
“Really? you should have seen it before i tidied it!” Pinkie beamed
“Wait, Before you tidied it?! you mean this is tidy to you?!” Twilight’s OCD was going into overdrive, a slight twitch appearing on her right eye.
“Uhhuh, so let’s get down to business, what’s been bothering you Twilight” Pinkie spoke in the most serious tone Twilight had ever heard from her.
Twilight took a deep breath and explained the situation she was in, she explained how she felt about Rainbow, how she can’t stop thinking about her, how she has been losing sleep for the past couple weeks and how she doesn’t know what to do about the situation.
“Well in my opinion, you should throw a party for her! a ‘I secretly have feelings for you party’!” Pinkie was practically jumping for joy at the thought of another party
“I’m not throwing a party for her Pinkie” Twilight deadpanned
“Aaaw too bad it would have been a super duper awesome party!. Twilight i’m not really the pony to be talking to about this sort of a thing, since i don't have much experience but i am glad you decided to come to me with this first”
Twilight sighed “well thanks anyway Pinkie, can you please keep this a secret for now? i don’t really want anypony else to find out at the moment”
“Of course i’ll keep your secret Twilight I Pinkie promise. Cross my heart, hope to fly,stick a cupcake in my eye” Pinkie recited while going through the motions
“Thanks Pinkie” Twilight said a little disappointed with the fact her problem wasn't anymore solved than before.
“Oh Twilight, before you leave i suggest seeing Rarity for this sort of problem, it seems more of her area”
“Thanks Pinkie, i will head over there as soon as i have finished visiting the market” Twilight smiled as there was still hope in solving her problem by the end of the day.