"Uggh, you really are an egghead."
"You read too, you know? Doesn't that make you an egghead too."
"But the only thing I read is Daring Do. This is way more egghead..ed?"
Rainbow Dash wondered if that was word but then quickly added it to her mental vocabulary list. She picked up the Spanish-Equestrian Translation Dictionary and started flipping through it. She looked at Twilight and gave her the "what the hay is this" look.
"It's a book that translates Spanish words to the Equestrian language. Actually, Pinkie pie donated it to the library." Twilight tried to keep her blush in while saying that name.
"So how does this help me ask Applejack out? There's no way I'm gonna memorize all these lines. I'm a world-class athlete. I don't have time to." Rainbow Dash slammed the book shut in an instant.
" And you won't have to. Trust me this is a great idea."
"Pfff, as if" the rainbow-maned mare stuck her tongue out.
"Trust me." Twilight said, looking at Rainbow Dash with hopeful eyes.
"Ughh fine. So what do I do?" Rainbow Dash said, with an annoyed voice.
"Hey Applejack!" Rainbow Dash waved, with the dictionary in her hoof.
"Well Howdy RD! What brings you here? Aren't ya suppose to be nappin' in one of ma trees?" A knowing grin was on the apple farmer's face.
"As tempting as that offer sounds, I'm gonna pass." Rainbow landed right in front of her crush. The orange mare was sweating from working on the farm. She was currently trying to shovel the pathway to the barn.
"Well listen Rainbow, ah need ta get back ta ma chores. So if y'all would excu-"
"Wait!" Rainbow said a little louder than she expected. "Can you read some of the expressions for me?"
"Umm why?" Applejack asked, with one eyebrow raised.
"Hehe...uh..well I uhh...can't read the writing. Yea that's it." Rainbow chose her next words carefully. She knew that Applejack could spot a liar instantly, being the bearer of the Element of Honesty and all. "Erm..the font is kinda small. So umm would you...?"
Rainbow Dash opened the book to one of the pages.
Applejack had no idea what Rainbow was up to, but couldn't resist helping her friend. She leaned down and looked at the book and tried very hard to pronounce the words. "Meh goosta two sonreesa. What in the world?"
"The translation should follow. Would you read that too please? I'm trying to say it to you" Rainbow gave an encouraging nod.
Applejack looked at the page again. "It means 'I like yer smile'." Applejack raised her head and did just that. "Well ain't that nice of ya ta say Sugar. "
Rainbow liked the way Applejack smiled. It gave her a fluttery feeling in her stomach. But she wasn't done. "Here read this one." Rainbow flipped to another page.
Again, Applejack looked into the book. "Tea enes o jos muy bone itos. It means 'ya have beautiful eyes'." her head popped up again. "Aw shucks Sugarcube. Stop it."
Ok one more. Time for the finisher.
Rainbow Dash flipped to the page and held it out shakily. The book was like jelly in her hooves and was slipping from her grip. She held it so tightly that she felt the pages crease. "Here one more".
Applejack started reading the words in front of her. "Tea enes un trace sero grandy." Then her eyes widened.
"Um Sugarcube..Ah...ah'm speechless".
"Well I mean I kinda wanted to do it for a while now..." Rainbow admitted.
"Wait, y'all we're lookin' at ma butt?!"
"Yeah....wait what!?" Rainbow's eyes widened and stared at the page. She had to squint so much her eyes started hurting.
"Y'all said that ah...that ah have a big butt!" Applejack's face flushed.
"No I didn't! Wait..." Sure enough, the translation that followed her last sentence was 'you have a big butt'.
"No, that's not what I meant. I mean you do but I wasn't looking. Wait I was-ughhh uh ok uhh wrong page." Stupid stupid stupid stupid!
"Will you read this one please?" Rainbow Dash frantically said.
"Dash, I think we should sto-"
"Just read it, will you?!" Rainbow Dash increased her voice. Her nervousness and her embarrassment caused her wings to spring right up.
Applejack slowly but carefully looked at the page. "Uh Rainbow? Don'tcha think that's a mighty big a commitment? Even for you?"
"W-what are you talkin' about?" Rainbow Dash was sure she got the right page this time.
"Ah'm sure that uh 'kee eres casarte con migo' means ya wanna marry me." Applejack's face couldn't have turned even more red.
Oh for the love of Celestia!
Rainbow Dash turned the page towards herself. "No-I didn't mean that one. Look, it's um actually the one before that. Umm please AJ?"
She turned the page towards the now slightly irritated-looking mare before her. "Alright alright. But this is the last one. Ah don't think ah can take anymore of these erm..lines of yers." Applejack glanced up at the book for the longest time. "Well it says-"
"Ohh Ohh I know that one" a familiar voice said.
No.
Rainbow Dash's face turned a pale shade of blue.
Oh Celestia please! Anything but that!
Apparently Princess Celestia was busy because a pink blur popped between the two mares, staring at the page. "Oh my gosh! Are you trying to say kee-see eh ras saleer kon meego, which when said faster is quisieras salir conmigo, which means that you want to take Applejack out on a da-"
"Ahhhhhhhh!" An animalistic war cry came from the cyan mare, as she quickly charged at the pink pony and covered her lips with a hoof. This was not how she wanted her crush to find out.
Applejack looked at her two friends and decided that her brief distraction from her work was over. The awkwardness earlier made her want to leave quicker as well. "Well see ya later RD! Ah've gotta sweep the barn. Oh almost forgot. Bye Pinkie."
With the wave of her orange hoof, she trotted away from the two mares and went towards the barn.
Oh horseapples!
Pinkie spit Rainbow's hoof off her mouth. "You like Applejack? Oh my Gosh! That's so sweet of you Dashie! Using the ol' dictionary trick. Do you want me to throw you a 'Rainbow Dash has a special somepony party!'. Oh wait, she's not your special somepony yet. I'm really really sorry. I just love Love LOVE to speak Spanish."
Rainbow Dash took her hoof and hit it against her forehead. However, it still had Pinkie's spit on it and well....it ended with Pinkie laughing hysterically.