Twilight was walking down the road towards the train station, she hadn't heard from her brother for a while. When she arrived she bought a ticket to the Crystal Empire and rode the train there. When she arrived she was surprised at the commotion in the middle of the town by the castle. She rushed over there just to catch the end of a performance by the Wonderbolts.
"Ok everyone, if you want to see us perform again, we're heading over to Ponyville, goodbye!" Soarin announced as Shining Armor walked up to him.
"Thank you guys for coming over and performing." he said and coughed before proceeding. "Come back again soon please."
"We'll try." Soarin replied then he and the Wonderbolts darted across the sky. When they left, the crowd cleared out quickly. Twilight ran up to her brother.
"TWILI!" he exclaimed with a very hoarse cough.
"Brother, are you ok? I haven't heard from you lately." Twilight said.
"Yes, I just have a bad cold and ran out of paper, so I couldn't mail you." he replied.
"Well good, well, I mean not good you're sick, but, oh I'll just shut up."
"Ok then. Anyways, do you want anything else while your here?"
"No, I'm good, I guess I'll just head home now."
"Well, bye." he coughed a few times and walked away slowly. Twilight watched him for a couple of seconds then headed back to the train station to ride back to Ponyville.
When she arrived she headed home ignoring the excited Rainbow Dash who flew right up to her and had basic fan girl hype about the Wonderbolts arriving. When she got to her tree house Spike handed her a letter from Nurse Redheart.
"I regret to inform you," Twilight read out loud to nobody in particular, "but your brother's 'cold' ended up being an unknown disease, it is now very contagious and we can not allow you to visit him. We will do our best to cure him. We will send you reports on him and how hes doing. Have a nice day. From, Nurse Redheart."
Twilight looked at the letter again, balled it up, and threw it in the trash. She went over to her bed and lied down to watch the Wonderbolts through her window, she wasn't surprised to see a certain blue pegasus flying above the crowd to get a better view.
"Spike, get me some ice cream." she demanded.
"What kind?" he asked.
"I don't care."
Spike left the room and came back a few minutes later with a tub of ice cream and a spoon.
"Thank you Spike." Twilight said and started eating it all.
After the performance she was surprised at the knock on her door. She walked up to the door and looked through a crack to see who it was. Twilight was even more surprised to see that it was Soarin. She quickly tidied up and let him in.
"Hello Twilight." Soarin said, "I heard about your brother and I have to say, I'm very sorry, if there's anything you need, anything at all, just tell me."
"Thank you Soarin, please come in and sit down." she said gesturing towards a chair.
Soarin sat down, "Is there anything you need right now?" he asked.
Twilight stopped for a second to think, "Can you get me a bag of potato chips?" she asked.
"Sure." he responded before flying off.
"SPIKE!" she shouted. "How does Soarin know where I live and about my brother?"
"Well, Soarin and Shining Armor are very good friends, so your brother probably told him." Spike answered.
"Oh, well, you learn things every day."
"No, I don't, you do."
"You know what I mean!"
Soarin entered the room again with a bag of chips.
"Soarin? Back already?" twilight asked
"Sorry it took so long, couldn't find the grocery store." he answered not hearing what Twilight asked. He handed her the bag of chips.
"Wow, umm, thank you Soarin."
"No problem."
The two of them chatted for a very long time. Eventually the sun began to set.
"Twilight," Soarin said, "I like you. Will you...
Twilight took a quick sip of apple juice and did a spit take. "Sorry, continue." she said.
"Will you, go out with me?" The second he said that they both heard a gasp from Twilight's window and they looked just in time to see a rainbow tail flash out of sight.
"Well Soarin, I, its just, you, yes, I will go out with you." she finally said. She looked into Soarin's eyes and they both leaned in to kiss.
"Ahem" Spike said. "I'm still here you know!"
"Spike shoo!" Twilight shouted. With this, Spike ran out of the room as fast as he could.
"Well, that was awkward." Soarin said.
"Yes, very." Twilight responded. "Now, shall we continue?"
The two leaned in to kiss again when someone knocked on the door.
"Wow, perfect timing." Twilight said using magic to open the door. "Rainbow Dash? Why am I not surprised?"
"I just came to tell you, I saw you ask her out Soarin, and her say yes, and you know I'm bad with secrets so..." Rainbow Dash said
"Oh no, please tell me the whole town doesn't know." she said cutting Rainbow Dash off.
"Oh, not the whole town, I couldn't find Pinkie Pie anywhere." she added the last part quietly, but Twilight heard.
"Wow, just wow, I can't believe you Rainbow Dash."
"I'm sorry Twilight, I'll just go now." she said as she slowly walked out the door and shut it.
"Twilight looked at Soarin. "Rainbow Dash, what are we going to do with her?" they both laughed.
"I don't know." Soarin looked into Twilight's eyes. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Twilight nodded and the two finally kissed. The last bit of sadness in Twilight's eyes melted and they continued to kiss. When they finished neither had anything to say. After a while they eventually both climbed onto Twilight's bed and fell asleep together.