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// Prompt #383: That's Where She Gets It From 
// Story: Ponywatching 
// by ThunderTempest 
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Rainbow Dash flapped through the empty Boutique, carrying a plate of chocolate brownies. As she was exiting the kitchen, she saw Sweetie Belle sitting at the table, pouting for all she was worth. The younger unicorn’s eyes locked with Rainbow’s, then shifted to the plate, and she opened her mouth.

“You know those are Rarity’s super special Emergency Desperation Brownies, right?” asked Sweetie, “she hates it when ponies take them.”

“Pfft. She already knows I eat them. It’s annoying her because I can burn the calories off faster than she can, so you can’t use this against me to get me to help you get out of trouble with Rarity.”

Sweetie Belle opened and closed her mouth several times, as she tried to formulate a reply that didn’t confirm what was actually true.

“Well, maybe you can help with something else then. You know how Scootaloo’s over in Manehatten right now for the Extreme Sports Demo?”

Rainbow nodded, and took a bite from one of the brownies.

“Well, did you see how close Scootaloo and Babs Seed were standing to each other?”

“Sweetie, Scoots is staying with Babs while she’s there. That’s why Babs met us at the station, remember?”

“Yeah, but Scootaloo has problems hugging ponies. And she’s standing that close to Babs? No, there’s something else going on there.”

“Pretty sure there isn’t,” said Rainbow, finishing off her brownie.

“But they’re going to be living together for, like, a week. I can just imagine it. Heartfelt talks, late at night, in front of a fire. They’ll bare their hearts to each other and it will be beautiful.

Rainbow just stared at Sweetie Belle for a moment, while the unicorn rambled on about how Scootaloo and Babs Seed would be perfect for each other.

“Oh gods,” she muttered to herself, “She’s more like Rarity than she even knows.”

“So, what do you think?” asked Sweetie, her musings coming to an end, “don’t you think they’d be perfect for each other? I mean, they’re probably confessing their love for each other as we speak!”

Rainbow just stared at Sweetie for a while longer, before she turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

“Not dealing with this,” called back Rainbow, “Bother somepony else about it. Rarity, your sister’s been infected with your romance novel style crazy!”