“I-I-Its OK I guess. You did say that you were sorry and I'm sure you didn't mean to do it on purpose” She blushed a little and then took a bite right next to mine “there now we are even” she then broke the cupcake into two pieces keeping the smaller one giving me the bigger piece.
“Not quite” I said taking a small portion from my piece in hoof and held it toward her “you gotta eat it just like I ate from your hoofs you have to eat from mine” I said jokingly.
She either didn't know I was joking or she really wanted to show me that she was willing to do anything to make me happy and she ate it. The bell rang and I was ready to shoot out into the hallway until Velvet tugged my leg.
I landed “what’s wrong Velvet?” she wiped frosting off my face with her hoof and chuckled.
“Non’t want to look like a doofus with frosting on your cheek do you?” she said and then licked off the frosting.
‘Why the hell do you have to be so damn cute?’
“Thanks” I said scratching the back of my head blushing a bit. “Hey, Caleb, Red and me we are going to play hoofball today you wanna come?”
“Sure but I think I’ll watch. You guys hit the ball really hard and I don’t want to make you feel bad if I hurt myself playing against you.”
“One day I want to play just me and you so you can enjoy the game just as much as I do.”
“Don’t make a girl a promise you know you can’t keep.”
After leaving the school I went to the courts by myself today and warmed up a bit. Then checked my watch. ‘five more minutes till my friends get out’ I thought to myself. The park was completely empty to I figured I could try and get a quickie in.
I launched into the sky flapping my wings hard and fast I launched higher and higher into the sky. Instead of breaking through the cloud in front of me I tried to not imitate what I had done last time, when I smacked into the floor.
I did a backflip off the cloud and went into a nose dive seeing my shadow getting bigger I pulled up from the ground closer than ever before, I could have sworn my face was only inches from the ground off the ground. Heading back toward another cloud I grabbed on its edge and let it rotate me so I could launch myself in the opposite direction. I began to do corkscrews then tucked my wings in to start barrel rolling while plummeting down. I opened my wings to stabilize myself as I came in to make sure I could skid when I land and let my momentum take me. This time I actually did what I meant to unlike last time when I slammed into the ground.
“AWE YEAH” I shouted aloud in the empty park, or so I thought. Red, Caleb and Velvet were sitting off in the corner where I put my saddle bags and were clopping their hooves when my routine came to a finish.
*Whistle* “dang Chach, you getting real good at flying now man.” Red said “ I thought you were going to smack right into the court floor when you came down that first time, but then you pulled up so fast that ... I don't even know what to say.”
“Thanks Red just trying to keep myself prepared for when the Wonderbolts ask me to join the academy.”
“Nice moves Chach. How many time did you smack into the floor until you got that trick down?” Caleb added trying to make my confidence falter. It didn’t work.
“I’ll have you know I only slammed twice trying to perfect that trick, but I’ll tell you one thing. I never came that close to the ground doing it before. I thought I was a goner when I pulled up I actually closed my eyes and braced for impact.” I let out a small chuckle which elected some small snickers from Red and Caleb.
Red said “Alright me and Caleb are going to play two quick games so you can rest up a bit.”
“Alright no problem” I replied.
So I trotted over to Velvet and opened my saddle bag to get a water bottle out before guzzling it I offered Velvet some but she kindly denied it. So I drank greedily finishing the entire bottle in a matter of seconds. After that I let out a thirst quenched sigh.
“So how about that game I promised you. Want to play just me and you?”
Velvet just blushed a bit then finally spoke up “Sure, but I don’t know how to play. I have only watched you play once”
“Don’t worry I’ll show you how and then we can play a game without any real rules.”
I started to teach her how to play. There weren't many things to teach really just hit the ball with your hoof and make sure it hits the wall between the lines close to the edges, but then i started to tell her about the official rules which included: blocks which is when a player ‘blocks’ another player from hitting the ball, ‘Wall’ which is when a player is hit by the ball before it either hits the wall or before it can reach the other player, Long and short were terms used only on serves there was a line that marked both, and finally ‘isol’ only used in a games of triangles or ‘doubles’ its when the server is at the last point and basically calls for a singles match with both opposing players for only one point. she seemed confused at the rules but she caught on quickly to the actual game.
“Yay. I did it Chacho, I did it!” Velvet exclaimed in joy.
I cannot lie I had the most goofy grin on my face when she said those words. I felt like I was building such a great friendship, no I was building a genuine friendship. I started thinking.
‘I feel at ease around her like I could be myself and she wouldn't care. She seems to like hanging out with me and soon she’ll be comfortable enough with me to talk to me in class like good friends. Today we even shared a cupcake. That reminds me I should probably repay her for that. Maybe I’ll take her to Sugar Cube Corner for a milkshake or something.’ My thought process was cut short by a ball which had hit me square in the nose.
“Nice catch Chach. You good?” asked Red
“Yeah I’m fine. Lets get a triangles game in I gotta go in an hour.”
“Alright you get first serve seeing as how you and the ball can't seem to keep away from each other.” he said jokingly
“Lets get it then. Game eleven or twenty-one?”
“Twenty-one just so we make it interesting, and lets play with official rules: blocks, wall, short, long, and ‘isol’. By the way I’m not gonna hold back Chach so i think you should pull out all stops as well.”