-What's Wrong With You Two?
It felt like years were passing right before Scootaloo's eyes as she continued to stare back into Sweetie's shimmering green eyes. Her heart was still on fire as she asked herself over and over what was taking Applebloom so long.
It had only been mere moments ago that Sweetie Belle had what seemed to appear to have tried to make a move on Scootaloo. Those few moments had flew right passed Scootaloo as if she had been sitting there for days watching Sweetie Belle as she stared straight back at her with no expression on her face. What was she thinking right now? What was she thinking moments ago when she.....when she......
Scootaloo stopped herself from thinking it. She didn't really want to think about it, but then again she did. She had mixed feelings about the whole situation and she didn't know what to do or say about it.
What was she going to do from now on? Just simply ignore that it ever happened?
No. She knew she couldn't avoid it forever, something in her gut was telling her so, but she felt as if for the time being, she could let it slide.
Her heart slowed down as she heard somepony climbing up the latter right outside of the clubhouse. She jumped up from Sweetie's menacing glare and jolted over to the entry to let Applebloom in.
"Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle! I'm back, and I may....need a bit of your help..."
The two heard Applebloom call to them from outside. Scootaloo opened the door to see Applebloom with an armful of food. Where did that even come from? Scootaloo was sure the Apple family didn't have that much junk food laying around the house considering they had acres of apples and other fruits and vegetables to live off of.
Either way, Scootaloo was glad that Applebloom needed her help. She was dying to get away from Sweetie Belle at the moment. Not because she hated her for what she....almost did, but because she was afraid of her, or she was afraid of what would come from it all...
"I got ya!" Scootaloo ran out without another thought and took an armful of bags.
"Thanks!" Applebloom let out a deep breath as she felt a great deal of heavy weight being taken from her arms.
"Where....uh...did you get all of this?!" Scootaloo wobbled as she tried to keep everything steady that she was carrying. She was caught back onto her balance as she noticed Sweetie Belle had grabbed on to the other side of the mountain she was holding. Scootaloo's heart began to race again and without thinking, she jerked it away from the unicorn.
Scootaloo felt bad about it, but she tried to hide her feelings from both Sweetie and definitely Applebloom.
"Well, I was goin' home to get a few things, but Applejack was already on her way to town, so I went with her and she got me a few groceries." Applebloom answered as she popped her head over the side of the food so she could face her friends.
"A few?" Sweetie Belle's voice rung through Scootaloo's ears. She winced at the sound and soon she began making her way swiftly through the door of the clubhouse, trying to escape something she knew she couldn't.
And of course as she knew, Sweetie Belle followed.
Scootaloo couldn't stand hearing her anymore right now. She wanted to get away from her, but she didn't know how she could without telling them why. Well, Sweetie Belle would probably know, but then it might make her think that Scootaloo didn't like her....and Scootaloo....never said she didn't like her....
With a sigh, Scootaloo set the bags on the ground and gave up on it. She knew she had to stay unless out of nowhere, Celestia were to save her from this mess, or Rainbow Dash, but she knew that wouldn't happen. It would be too good to happen.
"Don't be shy now! I got all this for us to eat, and there is definitely plenty to eat!" Applebloom set her own bags down to join Scootaloo's pile. She turned to her friends who were standing somewhat apart from each other in silence.
Appleboom waited patiently for them to reply, but all she got was nothing but an awkward silence from them. She stared at the two with a slight bit of curiosity in her eyes. The twinkled as she raised an eyebrow to her friends.
"What...in the name of Celestia is going on?" Applebloom smirked as if she thought it was funny that they were hiding something from her.
"W-what do you mean?" Scootaloo fake giggled as she scratched the back of her head with her hoof.
Applebloom recognized Scootaloo's behavior as the same when they all went camping that one time and Rainbow Dash was telling them scary stories. Scootaloo was a really bad actor.
The farm filly stood their for a few more minutes without responding. She just stared back at the two with her golden eyes and decided what she was going to say next.
"....nothing." Applebloom turned around and began going through a few of the bags.
Scootaloo sighed with relief. She was glad that Applebloom didn't seem to suspect anything yet. Maybe if she just acted normal the rest of the day, Applebloom would forget all about it, and hey, maybe Scootaloo would too.
The pegasus turned to Sweetie Belle who was standing to her left. She was planning on smiling and asking her is she was hungry, but as soon as their eyes met, Scootaloo's heart shattered and she quickly turned away from Sweetie's eyes. She couldn't do it. She just couldn't act normal right now. It was impossible! Not with Sweetie Belle looking at her like that. She just couldn't focus on having a good time.
Applebloom turned around and tossed each of them a bag of hayseed chips. Scootaloo looked down to the bag that she caught and she tried to smile at the thought of her successful catch, but the thoughts of Sweetie Belle instead caught up to her.
"Come and sit!" Applebloom fell down on the ground and tore open her own bag of chips. She then popped one in her mouth as she waited for her friends to join her.
"Mmm. It's been a long time since I had these!" Applebloom said as she ate another.
Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle both sat down. Scootaloo in front of Applebloom and Sweetie Belle in front of Scootaloo. Just great! Now Scootaloo was forced to look at her...
"Are we going to talk like you said?" Sweetie Belle turned to Applebloom as she opened her own bag.
"Oh yeah, I did say that! Is it okay with you Scootaloo?" Applebloom's eyes fell on the pegasus, Sweetie's did likewise.
"Um...sure..." Scootaloo tried to smile, but it ended up being more of a grimace.
"Okay, good! Because I got something to tell you guys!" Applebloom seemed to be getting excited now. She set down her bag of chips next to her and positioned herself laying on her stomach with her hooves to her face.
"Ooooo." Sweetie Belle chimed as she awaited the juicy story that Applebloom had.
Scootaloo wasn't the least bit interested, but she still seemed as if she were listening.
"Remember how I said me and Applejack ended up going to town to get some groceries?" Applebloom tried to refresh their memory on her visit to Ponyville earlier.
They both nodded their heads. Sweetie's nodded with more gusto than Scootaloo's, but they both nodded. Sweetie Belle's green eyes were glued on her friend as Applebloom tried to put her words together in her mind before she spoke them out to the two.
"Well....this involves you more Sweetie Belle." Applebloom stopped again to look at the unicorn who smiled largely. Scootaloo rolled her eyes slightly at her friends....or her friend and Sweetie Belle that is....
"Well anyways, we....or I mean, Applejack ran into Rarity while we were up there." Applebloom grinned as the story started to get to the point.
"Really?" Sweetie Belle looked confused as to where this was going.
"Yeah, really. I'm not sure if it was accident, or if they intended to meet, but that's beside the point. The point is, they ran into each other." Applebloom waved away all the small details as she tried to regain her way back to the main plot.
"I was at one of the food stands while it happened, but I saw. I don't think either of them knew I was close enough to hear them, but they talked for a good while. I stayed at the stand to keep my distance because I felt something was up between them." Applebloom giggled with her hoof over her muzzle.
Sweetie Belle was the only one listening now. Scootaloo had already lost interest in this "talking".
"Well? What happened?!" Sweetie Belle tried to rush Applebloom back to finishing her story. The farm filly glared at her for a moment before she continued.
"As I was sayin'...."
"Come on!!" Sweetie Belle felt a bit uncomfortable now that Rarity was being dragged into this. She just wanted to know what happened.
"I was just about to tell ya!" Applebloom shoved a hoof in Sweetie's face.
"Well like I said, they were talking for a while, but soon I could tell Rarity had to get going somewhere, but before she did, I heard her say I love you to mu sis!" Applebloom threw her arms in the air.
Sweetie Belle's mouth dropped open as she heard those words. What did this mean again?!
"Wait....What?!" Sweetie Belle screeched.
"Yep! And Applejack said it back! It was....awful!" Applebloom smiled. She turned on her back and started laughing up a storm after she saw the expression on Sweetie's face.
"But....it's not funny! But....it's not awful either.... Maybe they meant it in a friend way?" Sweetie Belle tried to make up excuses for the two.
"Definitely not. No friendship there. More than that." Applebloom smiled again.
"But....Rarity couldn't have a special somepony and not tell me!" Sweetie Belle sounded as if it were the end of the world hearing these things coming from Applebloom instead of her sister herself.
"Well Applejack didn't say anythin' to me either, so don't feel too bad." Applebloom laid a hoof on Sweetie's mane, this caught Scootaloo's attention. She wasn't sure why, but she didn't really like it...
"Was that all?" Scootaloo said with a sarcastic tone.
"Well..yeah." Applebloom answered as she looked over to the pegasus who she had almost forgotten was there.
"So? Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy say that stuff all the time." Scootaloo waved her hoof in the air as she pointed out that her "mothers" were together too.
"Yeah....but you knew that already. They told you themselves." Sweetie Belle looked at Scootaloo with hurt eyes.
Scootaloo felt the need to comfort Sweetie Belle too, but she just couldn't. All she could to was act cold towards her and turn her eyes from Sweetie.
"Not exactly..." She mumbled under her breath.
"I'm going to kill Rarity for not telling me!" Sweetie wined as she threw her head back and put her hooves over her eyes.
"Oh don't be too hard on her. Don't you love somepony too?" Applebloom tried to calm down her friend, but that question got the attention of both Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle at the same time.
The two shot looks at Applebloom. Scootaloo looked more frightened than anything. Was Sweetie Belle going to answer that question or was it just....rhetorical or something? There was one side of Scootaloo that wanted her to, but the other didn't. Scootaloo was just so confused. Sweetie Belle on the other hoof just quietly looked at Applebloom as if she were considering it. Her eyes stared directly at Applebloom's.
The farm filly didn't really mean anything by the question, she just said it so Sweetie would give Rarity some slack, but she kind of liked where this was going.
"So?" Applebloom looked at Sweetie Belle again. She was going to make it seem as if she really did want an answer after all.
Scootaloo's heart raced. Applebloom was serious. She wanted to know, but which part of Scootaloo's mind did she want to choose in this situation. Did she want her to answer or not?
Scootaloo couldn't choose. If Sweetie did answer, but her answer wasn't what Scootaloo wanted to hear, then she would be devastated, but if Sweetie didn't answer, then Scootaloo would never know! Both could end up bad, but there was only one way that the possibility could be good. If Sweetie answered, then there was a possibility that it would be the one that Scootaloo wanted to hear. So with that....Scootaloo made up her mind. She wanted Sweetie Belle to answer it.
"She asked you a question, Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo shot Sweetie a cold look as she tried to urge Sweetie to answer. But she was acting sort of mean, would Sweetie change her mind now because of Scootaloo's attitude?!
Mentally, Scootaloo wanted to hit herself, but she instead tried to cover up her bad behavior with a half smile. Sweetie Belle, however, didn't seem to buy it as she looked over to the pegasus with a frustrated look.
"No. I don't." Sweetie Belle looked back to Applebloom as she answered. Applebloom seemed a bit surprised at first, but she then looked to Scootaloo who seemed to look half dead.
"What about you, Scootaloo?" Applebloom now was directing the same question to the pegasus.
Scootaloo's eyes shot up at Applebloom. She now knew what she was doing. She was trying to make them confess. Oh, Applebloom!!
"Gross! I would never like anypony! I get tired enough watching Rainbow Dash get all mushy with Fluttershy." Scootaloo turned her head swiftly away from her two friends. She opened one eye and shot a dirty look at Sweetie Belle who seemed to look a bit hurt by her answer. But with Scootaloo's glare, Sweetie Belle stuck out her tongue and turned her head away too.
Applebloom looked at the two. She looked at Sweetie and then Scootaloo and back to Sweetie again.
"What is with you guys?" Applebloom was getting a little bit tired of this game now. She wanted to know, but not this bad. Her friends didn't seem to like each at all, let alone love each other. Applebloom must have been wrong about that too, but now she just wanted to know what was making them so angry towards each other all of a sudden.
"Nothing! I'm perfectly fine! I just think love is pointless and gross!" Scootaloo shoved her hoof in the air to emphasize her fake feelings.
"Me too. Who needs that anyways?!" Sweetie Belle agreed with the pegasus. Her voice squeaked in anger.
"Ah see..." Applebloom looked around as she tried to come up with an excuse to leave.
"I'm out of here!" Scootaloo beat her to it.
"Why in such a hurry?" Applebloom tried to hide that fact that she too was about to do the same thing.
"I got better things to do then sit around here....with Sweetie Belle..." Scootaloo turned her back to the two.
"Funny! I was about to say the same thing...except...about you!!" Sweetie Belle tried to come up with a clever comeback. She got up from where she was sitting and headed towards the door as well.
The two tried to squeeze by at the same time, but instead, they both tumbled out at the same time.
"Watch it!" Scootaloo growled as she turned her head to Sweetie Belle.
"I....I'm...." Sweetie Belle's voice vanished as she looked at the ground.
Scootaloo lifted an eyebrow at her sudden change in tone.
"I'm sorry!!!" Sweetie Belle burst into tears and before anypony could say anything, darted as fast as she could away from the clubhouse.
Scootaloo's heart stopped again. She had to think for a moment about what had just happened. Did she just....hurt Sweetie Belle? That wasn't really her intentions at all. She just didn't want everypony to know....her feelings....that she....really....truly.....
Scootaloo blocked the thought from reaching her head. Before she could think about it again, she raced down the clubhouse and out in the direction of Sweetie Belle. She couldn't let her get away. Not like this! Not now!!
Applebloom looked around at the empty clubhouse. She turned to the still large pile of food behind her. With a sigh, she picked up another bag of chips and began to eat them.