//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 // Story: For the love of Sweetiemash // by Luvbuttonmash //------------------------------// "I just don't get it! How can I like any of these people!" Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were looking at pictures of their boy classmates. They all weren't good for Applebloom. "Maybe you could go with my friend Pipsqueak," Sweetie Belle said, stacking up the pictures. "Maybe...how old is he?" she asked. "Um..twelve?" Sweetie replied. Applebloom lightly punched her in the arm. "Really? That's cold," Applebloom said. "You hit really hard," Sweetie said, rubbing her arm. "But that was light," Applebloom said, holding her hands out to examine them closely. "Nevermind that. You still need a date to the dance. It's less than a week away. How about First Base? He seems like a nice guy," Sweetie said, holding out a picture of him. "Flash's brother? I don't know, Sweetie Belle. He seems like a nice guy an' all, but-" "He's cute," Sweetie said, looking at the picture. "Hey, you already have a date. Don't try to steal mine," Applebloom said, snatching the picture out of Sweetie's hand. "I meant for you! Just give him a chance," Sweetie said. She then felt a stinging pain in her finger. She looked at it, and it was a little bit of blood on it."And I think you just gave me a paper cut. I'll be right back." Sweetie Belle left the room to get a bandage, leaving Applebloom to ponder about First Base as her date. "Hmm..he is kinda cute," she said to herself."Hey, Sweetie, ya sure he doesn't have a date?" "Probably not," Sweetie said, coming out of the bathroom. "Okay Sweetie. I'll ask him. He's probably at the park practicin' for an upcoming game," Applebloom said. She placed the picture down and started to head out to the park. "I'll come with!" Sweetie said. She started to follow Applebloom, but she stopped her. "Stay here, Sweetie. I'll do this by myself," Applebloom said. "Okay, fine. Good luck!" Sweetie said. "Don't need it!" Applebloom walked out the door to go to the park. "As if I'm going to listen to her," Sweetie said after she left. After waiting for a few minutes, she was out the door as well. Applebloom was kicking a stone on her way to the park, thinking about what she would say to the baseball player. "I don't even know if I want a date. Maybe," Applebloom said to herself,"No. I do wanna date. But him? He's cute, but I don't really know him." She stopped at the entrance of the park, looking at the light brown sign that said "Canterlot Park." "Welp, here goes nothin'," Applebloom said. She walked inside of the park and started to search for him. "First Base! Where are ya?" Applebloom called out. She found him on the bench, conveniently, watching a video on his phone. Applebloom straightened her bow and started to walk over to him. She leaned over the bench to see what he was watching. "Hey Base," Applebloom said, and First Base slightly jumped. "Applebloom? Oh, hi," First Base said, looking up from his phone."What's up?" "Oh, um.. I was just," Applebloom walked to the front of the bench and sat down,"I was just, you know, if ya don't have a, um." "A what?" he asked. "Date," Applebloom said quietly. "Huh?" First Base asked, not hearing her clearly. Applebloom cleared her thrroat and said those two wonderful words. "A date." "Oh! Um, no. Why? you wanna go to the dance with me or somethin'?" First Base asked, a smile forming on his face. "Yeah. Since, ya know, I don't have a date, I was thinkin' of askin' ya," Applebloom said, slightly blushing. "Well, I WAS just going to stay home and watch the news for the countdown," he put his arm around Applebloom,"But I guess I can go to the dance with you." "Really?" she said, her eyes beaming. "Yeah," First Base said. "Oh thank goodness!" Applebloom gave First Base a tight hug and kissed him on the cheek. She then rose up from the bench and walked away. "See ya tomorrow!" Applebloom yelled out. First Base waved at her, and then she was out of the park. Before she moved any further, she soon realized what she just did. "Did I just..KISS SOMEBODY?!" Applebloom asked herself. As soon as she said those words, she blushed even harder. "You sure did!" she heard two voices say. She turned around to see Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looking back at her. "I told ya to stay home, Sweetie!" Applebloom yelled. "Applebloom, I am the sister of a professional matchmaker. It is my duty to practice what she does. And she spies on her friends and interactions with boys. So it is my duty to do the same, with another friend," Sweetie grabbed Scootaloo's hand and held it up high."See?" "This is even more embarrassing," Applebloom said, her voice starting to crack. "It's okay Bloom. We won't tell anyone," Scootaloo said. She looked at Sweetie Belle. She was holding her phone out, getting ready to text her classmates details of what she had just seen."RIGHT, Sweetie Belle?" she said through her teeth. Sweetie looked at Scootaloo and saw that she meant seroous business. She put her phone back in her pocket. "Um, right," she said, smiling.