//------------------------------// // Those Three Words // Story: Rainbow Dash and Soarin: Wingbeat // by Pimped Kiwi //------------------------------// "I hope you're not looking for some kind of promotion with a performance like that Soarin" Spitfire called jokingly as she entered the Wonderbolt HQ Cafeteria, Soarin sat alone in a remote corner of the empty room lost in thought until finally looking over to his friend and then letting his gaze drop to the floor ashamedly, Spitfire approached the silent stallion and sat opposite him, "I know that look y'know.." She said laughing slightly, Soarin looked at her with a confused expression, "Aw don't try n' hide it, haven't seen that look in a while...so who is she?" Spitfire asked inquisitively. Soarin looked up at her with a slightly more serious look on his face, "...You know who she is..." He said slowly looking back down at the table, "That's why you suggested Ponyville to me isn't it? Because you knew she lived there?" Spitfire remained silent but held the stallions gaze, they both sat there for a moment in silence, Soarin thought about the week he spent in Ponyville with her, the mare of his dreams, It had seemed like years since he saw her yet it had only been a few days. "I saw how you looked at her at the Gala..." Spitfire began slowly, "It was the same way you looked at me back when we... y'know..." Spitfire trailed off and dropped her gaze to the ground, "Thank you..." Soarin said smiling at his friend, Spitfire nodded in response before putting a hoof on his shoulder, "You didn't tell her... did you?" She asked slowly, Soarin looked up at his friend "Well... Kind of... He said slowly, Spitfire looked at him inquisitively, "I... asked her to be my date for hearts and hooves day but... I just.... I never told her exactly how I feel..." Soarin found himself looking past his friend and staring of into the distance, a saddened look plastered on his face, "It's not like I don't know how I feel but... It's like...every moment I'm not with her just..." Soarin trailed of and dropped his gaze again. "I get it Soarin... honestly I do... but you need to tell her!" Spitfire said supportively, Soarin looked up at her and nodded slowly, "Next week in Las Pegasus... you gave her tickets to the air show didn't you?" Spitfire continued, Soarin nodded again remembering the Cyan mare's excitement as he gave her the tickets a few days earlier, "Well there's your chance..." Spitfire continued, Soarin smiled at her as she nodded once more before turning to leave, "I still mean what I said earlier y'know..." Spitfire continued with her back to Soarin, "I DO know loads of mare's who would go crazy for a stallion like you..." She paused causing Soarin to look over to her, "... And Rainbow Dash is one of them..." She finished smiling as she walked toward the door leaving Soarin sitting in silence. ---------------------------------------------- Meanwhile in Ponyville ---------------------------------------------- "OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh!!" Rainbow dash screamed as she flew around her friend Twilight's house, "Only three more Days until the Air show in Las Pegasus!!" The mare flew around the room frantically in anticipation, "It was very generous of Soarin to get tickets for all of us" came the response from a purple unicorn in the corner of the room without looking up from the book she was reading. "Uh... Twilight? Can I ask you something?" Rainbow dash hovered above Twilight attracting the mare's attention, "Sure Dash, what's up?" Twilight asked standing up as Rainbow Dash landed on the ground in front of her, "Well... uh... Me and Soarin... kind of..." Dash began slowly, "You love him don't you?" Twilight asked seriously looking into Dash's eyes as she began to blush, "What!? Love him? I.... Is it really that obvious?" Dash asked staring at the ground, "It's... fairly obvious..." Twilight responded smiling as she put a hoof on her friends shoulder. "I'm happy for you Rainbow" Twilight said supportively, Rainbow Dash continued to stare at the ground, "What's wrong?" Twilight asked, "Well..." Dash began, slowly lifting her head, "I... I don't know if he.... Loves me too..." Dash finished dropping her head to the floor again, Twilight looked at the saddened mare but smiled down at her, "I'm sure he does Dash" Twilight assured her friend,"I've seen the way you look at him, and he looks at you the same way..." Twilight continued slowly. Dash slowly lifted her head again and smiled at her friend, "Thanks Twi, you're a good friend" Dash said pulling the unicorn in for a hug, "Did you... tell him?" Twilight asked slowly, Dash shook her head, "How am I supposed to know if he feels the same way? I mean we... we spent Hearts and Hooves day together but... what if that was just a one time thing!?" Dash said dropping her gaze to the floor, "I.... I understand Dash..." Twilight said slowly putting a hoof on her friends shoulder, "Maybe you should talk to him... in Las Pegasus" She suggested, Dash looked up with a slightly happier expression, "Maybe I will..." Dash said looking over to her friend, "Thanks Twi...". Rainbow Dash sat on her cloud bed later that evening thinking about everything Twilight had said, she thought about the week she had spent with Soarin, their first kiss, and how they flew together, It didn't feel like flying with a Wonderbolt, after she had realised how she felt she was finally able to look past what he was to see who he was, a handsome, down-to-earth stallion who she was hopelessly in love with, and she hated knowing that she let him get on that train without telling him how she felt. After Hearts and Hooves day Soarin and Rainbow Dash spent most of their time together, flying around the town and watching the sunset together, she had introduced him to her friends, Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack who he had already met at the Gala, and before he left he had given Dash tickets for her and her friends to the Wonderbolts air show in Las Pegasus. Dash still remembered their goodbye, As much as She knew Soarin couldn't stay she still wanted him to, she wanted them to be together but she could never bring herself to say the three words that might have made him stay. Dash looked over at the emerald green eyes of the poster on her wall, they seemed much brighter in person, she found herself staring at the stallion on the wall before looking over to the wilted flowers in a vase on her bedside table, she picked up the greeting card again "To Dash, happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Love Soarin", the card's message was etched into her mind, "Love Soarin" she repeated the words in her mind as she had done before, "Love Soarin...." Dash laid back in her bed and closed her eyes, still lost in thought about how she would tell Soarin what she felt and how he would react. "Maybe he does feel the same way..." Dash thought to herself reassuringly, Dash was overwhelmed with a mixture of emotions, sadness because of Soarin's absence, excitement of seeing him again in three days, anger at herself for not telling him sooner, but most of all love, love for the handsome, down-to-earth stallion who stole her heart.