//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: "Tomboys Don't Fall in Love!" // by Luvbuttonmash //------------------------------// "What?! That's crazy!" Rainbow slightly yelled. But now that she thought of it, it could have been possible. "It's alright, Rainbow Dash. It's probably just a crush. And crushes come and go. You'll probably get over it in a few days," Rarity said calmly, which surprised Rainbow. Usually when her friend hears of a crush, she goes crazy to put the two together. But now, she's telling her that it would go away, as if she wasn't the correct match for him. "Wow, Rarity. Never seen you so calm for this. I'm shocked," Rainbow said. "My mom gave me medicine for stuff like this. After last time, she said it was for the best," she responded, twirling her hair. "What happened last time?" Rainbow asked. "Let's just say that Raindrops and QT are not talking to each other at the moment," she answered with a smile. "Okay...let's get beck to the game," Rainbow said, walking out the door. "Right behind you!" she said, walking out of the bathroom as well. Ugh, I can't wait until these wear off, she thought. "PARTY AT MY PLACE!" Pinkie screamed to the crowd. The Wondercolts had won 5-4, and the whole school was celebrating. Rainbow went to the locker room to congratulate her team. "Good job, guys! great game!" Rainbow said, giving each of them high fives. "Yeah, you guys were awesome out there. The Griffons never had a chance," Spitfire said. "Thanks guys," Thunderlane said, wrapping a towel on his neck. "Yeah, they were really hard to beat. Especially that teal one," Fleetfoot said, putting her regular shoes on. Rainbow went straight to Soarin to congratulate him personally. "You were...great out there. Good direction, nice aim and you got moves," she said, watching him put his shirt on "Thanks Dashie," Soarin said, smiling,"It's too bad you didn't get to play out there." "Well, I still got basketball and baseball, right? And we have two more games to win until we win the championship anyway," Rainbow said, lying on one of the benches. "I'm guessing Pinkie's throwing a party?" Soarin asked. "It's Pinkie Pie. I don't have to answer that," Rainbkw said, sitting up. "How's your head?" Soarin asked, putting his uniform in his bag and closing his locker. "It feels great! Still, I'm pretty pissed that I couldn't play, though. Nurse Redheart's prescription was wack to me," Rainbow said with a glum look on her face. "Hey, it's alright, Rainbow. You'll play next game, then you'll send us to victory, right?" Soarin asked. Rainbow stood on top of the bench."Right!" "I think this room is too small for your ego," Soarin joked, causing Rainbow to get down and in his face. "It is not," Rainbow said. "Suuure it isn't. C'mon, let's go to Pinkie's party before she gets mad at us for being late," Soarin said. "Or, what Rarity would say, 'fashionably late,'" She imitated Rarity's voice, causing him to laugh. "Let's just go," he said. When the team arrived to the party, the house seemed to already kick off with a big boom. You could hear music coming from a mile away. There were multi-colored lights coming out of the windows, and the house seemed tobshake with all of the noise. Spitfire knocked on the door once before being pulled in by Pinkie Pie. "Thank goodness you guys came!" Pinkie said, hugging each soccer player. She ran to the living room where the music was coming from and told Vinyl to stop the track. Everyone stared at the back of the room as Pinkie grabbed a microphone. "Alright, Everyone! If ya didn't notice, our guests of honor have officially arrived!" Pinkie said, holding her hand out towards the team. Everyone clapped and cheered for them. "Now this party has REALLY started! Turn the jams back up, Vinyl!" Pinkie yelled, and Vinyl raised the volume right back up, causing everyone to dance in the living room/dance floor. Pinkie walked through the teens towards her friend . "Is this party amazing or what?!" Pinkie yelled. "It's awesome, Pinkie. Where's Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy?" Rainbow yelled. "They're over by the kitchen. Meet you there!" Pinkie said, skipping inside of the kitchen. "I'll be right back, Soar," Rainbow said and walked away. When she went inside of the kitchen, it was almost as crowded as the dance floor. People were getting snacks from food trays and drinks from the cooler. She had to slide through the narrow entrances of teens in order to get to her friends. "Hey guys," Rainbow said. "Where were ya?" Applejack asked. "I was with the team. They wanted me and Spitfire to come with them," Rainbow said, grabbing a soda from the cooler. "Well, ya missed Rarity's little hissy fit over ya and yer crush. She couldn't stop talkin about how she just let ya go like that," Applejack said, taking another sip of her apple cider. "I don't have a crush on anyone. That's outrageous!" Rainbow said, looking the other way. Applejack looked at the archway to see Soarin with the team. She looked back at Rainbow Dash."Ya don't have to lie to me. Just go to him. Ask him to dance." "I can't do that! It's not me! That's Rarity!" Rainbow whined. "That is certainly not true!" Rarity pouted. Everyone looked at her. In the background, you could hear someone say 'seriously?' "What? It isn't," Rarity said, slightly embarrassed. "Whatever. Anyway, ya can do it and ya will. Go on, I'm watching ya," Applejack said, practically pushing Rainbow out of the kitchen. She tapped on Soarin's shoulder, and he turned around. "I'm back," she said nervously. "Cool. I've been waiting for you. This is one of my favorite songs. Let's dance!" He said, grabbing her hand and pulling her to the dance floor. "I don't-woah!" she said. He had twirl her around and pulled her against his body. She started to blush. "Everything okay?" Soarin asked. Rainbow shook her head. "Oh! Um, yeah, of course!" She said nervously. she could feel the blush of red on her skin sink deeper. She put her head to his chest to hide it. Now he was blushing. "Are you sure, Dashie? You're acting weird," he said. The song came off, and a new, slow song was played instead. Both of them looked at each other and slowly backed away from each other, but the bumping of teens trying to find a partner to dance with with pushed them closer together. "Uh, Dash-" "It's alright, Soarin. I'll dance with you," Rainbow said, hugging him tight and laying her head on his chest. He was blushing again, but decided to go along with it. He hugged her back and laid his head on hers. They were both rocking to the music.