//------------------------------// // Sir Button Mash // Story: Love games // by Digiquill //------------------------------// The next day before Sweetie Belle left for school, Rarity decided to help her with her perceived "unnoticed" problem. Rarity took Sweetie Belle into the bathroom and began applying makeup to her little sister. "I wanted to make you an outfit, Sweetie Belle. But here in ponyville dresses and many other articles of clothing are considered appropriate only for special occasions. Not like Canterlot, where clothing is worn everywhere but then again it is the fashion capital of Equestria." Rarity felt herself beginning to rant, and refocused, "but at any rate a good makeover will serve just as well." She said as she began to curl Sweetie's eye lashes. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Button sat in his desk at school, playing a game on his joy boy as usual, when he heard the sound of a voice that maked his heart want to leap out of his chest. He looked up to see Sweetie Belle; she looked absolutely stunning "Wow Sweetie Belle, ya'll sure do look done up real fancy," Apple Bloom said. "What's the occasion?" "Occasion?" Sweetie asked in mock confusion, "Why would I need an occasion to want to look good?" "Are Y'all sure it's got nothin' to do with this mysterious special some pony of yours ?" apple Bloom asked slyly. Sweetie Belles eyes got as wide as dinner plates and she jumped nearly her entire height into the air, in shock at her friends unexpected comment. "WHAT? HOW DID YOU KNOW? (cough) (cough)I mean what are you talking about." She exclaimed. "According to Applejack Rarity came over to the farm yesterday and was going on and on about a drawing of a brown colt she found in your room. Applejack wanted to know if I had any idea who it could be, so that's how I know," Apple Bloom explained, " you should have told us you had a crush, we could help you" she said. Button's heart raced, she has a crush? Maybe its me, he thought excitedly, but his heart sank at the onset of another thought, but what if it isn't me? What if she's in love with a different colt? After all I'm not the only brown coated colt in the school. He regained control over his emotions and anxiety, get it together Button, just play it cool. "So who is he?" Scootaloo asked shouting excitedly. "NOPONY! JUST DROP IT" Sweetie Belle shouted, determined to put an end to the conversation. The bell rang and fillies and colts filed into class and took their seats. Sweetie Belle took her seat next to Button Mash. Okay Button you got this you can do this, Button thought to himself. "Hey I'm Button Mash," Button said, looking at Sweetie Belle, and while trying to hide his nerves behind a kind, charming smile. Sweetie Belle looked at Button Mash, obviously taken aback by his forwardness. "S....Sweetie Belle" she said, trying to sound calm and keep her heartbeat under control. She could hardly believe it, here she was trying to think of a way to get his attention, and he just introduces himself. Rarity was right. This makeover thing does work, she thought to herself in amazement. Button had noticed that she looked slightly different than usual. He remembered that his mom usually puts stuff on her face when she and his father go out on "date night" and that the stuff makes her look different, but still the same; like Sweetie Belle looks. He remembered that she called it makeup. "Are you wearing makeup?" Button asked, sounding confused. "Yes," Sweetie Belle answered, not sure if the fact that he could tell was good or bad. "Do.....Do you have a date or something?" Button asked, still confused and now a little worried. "NO....I mean, no I don't. Why?" Sweetie Belle answered equally as confused. "I just put some on to look good My sister said it would be a good idea," she answered "Oh," Button said in comprehension. "You don't need it, you look good normally," he said looking forward as if talking to nopony in particular. Regardless Sweetie Belle assumed the comment was meant for her. "Thanks," her face was bright red and she struggled to keep her voice from becoming shaky, as her heart raced so hard it felt like it was trying to escape the confines of her chest. "Huh? OH NO UH I MEAN" Button sputtered in panic. He had not realized that he said that last statement out loud. He looked again back at Sweetie Belle, she had stopped blushing and now looked confused and saddened by what she took to be a retraction of Buttons previous statement. Button remembered what his brother told him. He refocused and cleared his throat "I mean, uh do you want to hang out later? I'm hoping to make some friends this year." He said, recovering from his slip up. By this time Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, who had been listening to the two talking from their seats on the other side of Sweetie Belle, had begun to catch on to what was happening even better than Button Mash or Sweetie Belle and decided it was time to try being Cutie Mark Crusaders Machmakers, despite the disastrous outcome that resulted last time. "Sure y'all can." She interrupted before Sweetie Belle could respond. "Y'all can sit with us at lunch, ain't that right Sweetie Belle?" She continued, now putting Sweetie Belle on the spot. "Um well, I guess I mean?" Sweetie Belle said shyly. She was unsure as to whether backing her friends offer was smart. She was afraid Button would say no. "OF COURSE YOU CAN!" Scootaloo jumped in for her uncharacteristically coy friend. "There's always room at the Cutie Mark Crusader's table for another pony. And in the Cutie Mark Crusaders for another blank flank," she said winking at Apple Bloom. "Oh yeah, I forgot y'all was a blank flank, Button Mash" Apple Bloom said,"we could definitely use another pony for the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Especially a stallion." She said slyly. "Ain't that right Sweetie Belle?" She said nudging her friend. "Uh.... yeah" Sweetie Belle said regaining her confidence. "Well great, I'd love to sit with you guys. And hang out with you guys after school to try and find my cutie mark. Say have you guys ever tried video games?" Button Mash said deciding that moving forward was the best thing to do from here. One row down Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon looked at each other and grinned. "Did you hear that?" Diamond Tiara asked Silver Spoon. "Sure did," said Silver Spoon "Let's crash a Dinner party," Diamond Tiara snickered maliciously the two bad fillies then sealed there plan with their signature hoof shake "Bump bump sugar lump rump" _____________________________________________________________________________________ At lunch Button Mash sat down with the CMCs. Apple Bloom sat next to Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle sat alone on the other side of the table, the implication was obvious and he sat down next to Sweetie Belle. Before anyone could say a word Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon trotted up to the table. "Well well well, what do we have here?" Diamond Tiara said smugly. "Looks like the Cutie Mark losers got another member," Silver spoon interjected in a snide tone. "Go away you two, this is none of your business," Sweetie Belle spoke up in a harsh tone. "No there's more here Silver Spoon," Diamond Tiara said, still grinning and snickering in her smug tone. "Sweetie Belle has a little colt friend." "Leave us alone," Scootaloo said, sounding very annoyed and hostile. Diamond Tiara ignored the remark and continued to verbally assault Sweetie Belle. "Why don't you have your colt friend stand up for you?" She asked, relishing in the embarrassment she was causing Sweetie Belle. Button Mash looked at Sweetie Belle. She was looking at the table, her face was bright red with embarrassment and her eyes were welling up with tears. Button looked back at his own food tray and closed his eyes to focus and come up with an idea. "Deme Ek Dunki" he muttered to himself. Then he grabbed the cup cake from his lunch tray and hurled it at Diamond Tiara. It hit its target, and the frosting exploded in her mane. Diamond Tiara screamed in horror and anger. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH MY MANE!!!!!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT YOU LOSER" she shouted before running off with Silver Spoon in tow. "BUTTON MASH, THAT WAS AWESOME!" Scootaloo shouted excitedly. "Yeah Button Mash, y'all are a hero for that," Apple bloom said. Button Mash looked over at Sweetie Belle. She wiped a tear from her eye and smiled at him, blushing.