The following Monday, Skywalker and Fluttershy were walking hand in hand to school, sad that the weekend had ended so soon. The two had decided to let their relationship known to their friend. As they walked into Canterlot High, they immediately attracted looks from the other students in the school. The looks on their faces ranged from either "I knew it," to "Them? Together? Who knew?". Though neither of them really cared what others were thinking about them. As the two walked down the hallway to their lockers, they noticed some very familiar people talking to each other not that far from Skywalker and Fluttershy.
"I wonder how they will take the news." Fluttershy wondered, more curiosity than nervousness, but before Skywalker could respond to his girl, he was interrupted by a loud familiar voice, loud enough to be heard from the other side of the school. "Hey, look guys! It's Skywalker and Fluttershy!". Of course it was Pinkie Pie. Almost as soon as she says it, the rest of the gang had walked over to say good morning, but were surprised to see Skywalker and Fluttershy were holding hands and that Fluttershy was practically nuzzling him, unusual that she showed so much open affection.
"Well what do we have here?" Rainbow asked with cheeky grin, looking at their locked hands, some of the guys also looked interested. "I am curious as to what is going on as well...", Twilight said, a slight tone of jealousy to her voice, as she crossed her arms. Phoenix and Rarity let out a excited squeal, "Skywalker! Fluttershy! Darlings! Which one of you finally did it!?", Rarity exclaimed excited, before Phoenix added, "Yeah! Give us details! Did you do it, Messiah? Did you went on one knee and asked her?".
The new couple looked at each other for a moment before turning back to their friends, "Did what exactly?", they asked.
"Well, confess of course!", Phoenix and Rarity said at the same time, this left the others speechless for a few moments. Skywalker and Fluttershy look at each other, smiling at how Rarity and Phoenix were taking the news. "I knew it!", Sutakira said giving a fist pump. "McGrath owes me money now!"
The young couple gave them a puzzling look, making the brunette started to explain, "Sutakira and I had this bet going." McGrath explains. "I bet that you guys would get together after the Fall Formal, and Sutakira bet that you get together before Fall Formal. Just a little more, and I would have won.", he said with a slight pout, crossing his arms. "Took you guys long enough, though. My wallet has been dehydrated for who knows how long.", Sutakira said as McGrath handed him a undisclosed amount of money.
"Frankly, it was pretty obvious that you two would end up together.", Applejack said, giving Fluttershy a pet on the back as everyone else let out a hearty laugh, while Skywalker and Fluttershy give each other embarrassed looks.
After their classes, Skywalker and Fluttershy were waiting outside the cafeteria, snuggling a little around the corner. Looking into her eyes, he could see that she was thinking about something. "What's wrong?", he asked.
"Nothing," she responded, "Just thinking about what the others said. I had no idea that it was so obvious that we liked each other.", she was taken off guard by a sudden kiss he placed on his forehead. "Well, it doesn't really matter now." He said, now it was his turn to be taken off guard by her next question. "So, you wanna try kiss again?".
Skywalker blushed at this, looking around, they didn't had much privacy here, "Uhm, sure. We can go somewhere more secluded where nobody can watch us.", he suggested, but Fluttershy got a devilish smirk on her face, "Let them watch. I don't care," she stated. The two wrapped their arms around each other, leaned in closer and finally touched each others' lips. Unbeknownst to them, the entire gang had heard them and for the next five minutes, they were all admiring and snickering to what was going on.
Once they let go, their foreheads were touching as they got lost into each others' eyes. "I kept playing that scene through my mind so many times," Fluttershy said with a blush on her cheeks, "but I never imagined that it would be this perfect.".
Skywalker and a passive looking Flash Sentry were on the school roof, overlooking the town, "...I hated this place when I first came to Ponyville. You can tell how small the town is from up here.", Flash started, looking at the distance, "But looking at it now... It's a nice town. I wonder what'd be going through my mind if I was more like you.". Skywalker didn't respond but he sure was thinking something, "You would be annoyed that everybody thinks your a psychiatrist.".
Flash then pulled something from his pocket, it depicted a smiling Twilight and Flash. "I took this with Twilight. When I first got here, she insisted on taking it, back then... somewhere inside me, I thought I was above this place. Nobody liked me because my dad owned the mega mall. But... when I met her, she told me, 'Parents are parents. You're you...'.".
He nodded, agreeing that does sound like something Twily would say. "It made me happy. Because of her, I started to think maybe this town wasn't all that bad. But then... I was living a boring life in the middle of nowhere. When you arrived and decided to dethrone Sunset Shimmer I got excited. I thought there was finally a point to me being in Ponyville. I thought I could forget and the fact that I was such a loser. I jumped at the chance to help you and never once thought about what I was doing. I... didn't even take the first step... I'm sorry... Jason.".
Skywalker patted him on the back, making his friend look up at him, "I understand, there is no reason to apologize.", but this only got Flash confused. "But... I got involved with you, and all I did was run away from myself. This morning, I went to tell Twilight something. 'That what's important... isn't where you are.' This town I hated so much? Now, I love it.". Skywalker was actually surprised at what Flash had said, "That's...
actually a good one.", he admitted earning a smile from him. "There's still nothing here, but I have family and friends... and you.", Flash said.
The amber eyed boy nodded, "The important things are never far off. They're all around you.", he said looking up at the sky.
"Yeah, I always wanted to be 'special'. I thought my life would finally have meaning if I was 'special' to someone. But I really didn't need it.", Flash continued as his friend listened, "It's not what you have or what you can do... Just being born, living your life. Before you know it, you're already special to someone.". Suddenly Flash became quite he started to rub his nose to hide his blush, "Yeah... Like you... You're special to me, you know?". He couldn't help but smile at the statement his friend just made about him, "Thanks."
During free period, Rarity asked we she could talk to him privately. Seeing no reason to decline, the two now stood in the dark janitor's closet. "H-Hey. Umm... Th-Thank you for that, last time...", Rarity said after a while. Remembering the event when Noteworthy and Thunderlane talked about her, he told her it was no big deal. "I was, you know, happy. I'm in a weird mood...", Rarity explained, "Every time I think about what happened, I can feel my heart beat faster, and I hardly sleep at night."
This made Skywalker remember what Twilight had told her, maybe there was a virus making its round that causes sleeplessness. "I think I'm... in love. D-Do you know if McGrath has a girlfriend?", she asked. He confirmed that he had not, making the girl in front of him perk up, "Really? Do you think maybe I'm his type? O-Or do you think he hates... people like me?".
"What? You think he hates beautiful people?", Skywalker said sarcastically, "Come on Rarity, have a little confidence.".
Rarity swallowed before nodding seriously, "I-I'm not used to things like this. You're the only one I can turn to...", she said, looking at him with pleading eyes. "Leave it to me.", he said giving her a smile, though she couldn't see it in the dark closet. "But we should get out of the closet now. Wouldn't want McGrath to think we're making out in here right?", he said giving a playful pat on the head.
"Or Fluttershy.", she added, giving him a playful tap on his arm him right back.
On their way home from school, McGrath decided to tag along with Skywalker and Fluttershy as they stopped for a snack. "Rainbow says the steak bowl here is great.", the green eyed teen noted. "And hey, she's the expert.", Fluttershy added.
Before they could enter,two police officers stopped them, "You're McGrath, right? I'd like to have a word with you.", the officer told him. McGrath gave him a suspicious look, informing him that he wouldn't. The officer tried to make McGrath come along with him, but Skywalker asked, "You got a warrant?", turning the attention from his friend to him. "Ah... You're one of the kids that McGrath has been hanging out with lately. I see. So you're in cahoots.", the officer said. His words annoyed Skywalker, what was so bad that he would hang out with McGrath?
"You know there's been a group of teenage bullies lurking around here, don't you?", the officer mentioned, Skywalker remembered the other day when another officer had mentioned it to him and Dashie. "We got a tip saying he's been threatening a young girl at the hill and the flood plain.", the other officer mentioned.
Upon hearing that, McGrath realized who they were talking about. "Hmph, so you admit it. Not a shred of remorse, either.", the first officer said. This made Skywalker snap a little, sure his friend was no saint, but they had no idea what he was doing with Sweetie Belle.
"What was that? You wanna say that again!? You wanna repeat that!? You wanna starts something? You fucking prick!", Skywalker shouted,
actually managing to scare the police officers. One of them tried to calm him down but Skywalker merely snapped at him, "Shut the fuck up! Two on two! Teenagers verses adults! No camp kills! I'll fuck you up!".
The two officers started to become genuinely frightened as one managed to get out, "Y-You two are going to have to come with us down to the station!". Skywalker took off his jacked, "We are all pumped! We're ready to go! Let's fucking go! Let's do this! Come at me bro!", he spread
his arms but McGrath quickly stood between him and the officers. "Now wait a sec! Jason has nothing to do with this!", McGrath told them and at that moment Sweetie Belle walks by.
"Oh, McGrath. What are you doing?", she said before noticing the Police Officers. "You know these boys, girl? Can you tell me how you know them? I don't think they're being straight with me. And I think one of them is on drugs.", one of the officers said, at that last part he eyed Skywalker. "McGrath isn't on drugs!", Skywalker shouted while Fluttershy tried to calm him down. "Did this boy ask you for anything? For instance, did he claim he lost his money?", the other officer asked.
Sweetie Belle looked shocked, turning to McGrath looking worried. "You lost your money, McGrath? You can have some of mine!", she offered. At this the officers came at the wrong conclusion. "Oh, but I came today to give you the cookies Mom baked as thanks. I was going to sneak in and leave them at your house, but here you are.", she said handing him a bag, confusing the officers even more.
Sweetie Belle explained that McGrath as been tutoring her with Math and other school work she had trouble with. "What a load of... There's no way you're getting me to believe that.", the first officer said. All Fluttershy's work to get Skywalker to calm down was for nothing as he started to shout again, "Believe it! Tell him, McGrath.".
McGrath looked at his two friends then at Sweetie Belle, "Jason... I get it now. What I need to do. Yeah, Skywalker. I got it!", McGrath said, pumping his fist. "Go for it. We got your back!", Fluttershy shouted suddenly, earning a chuckle from her boyfriend. "Alright, listen up, punks... There ain't any lying about it. I helped Sweetie Belle and her friend with their homework. I am a straight A student as well as one of the schools best athletes . So what, you want me to teach you?", the two officers looked stunned as McGrath continued. "Your about to say that ain't like me, right? Go ahead and laugh! Like I care. I'm used to being pointed at. And what's most important is, I ain't gonna make Sweetie Belle or Skywalker a liar!".
Then someone Skywalker had never seen, the woman McGrath addressed as 'mom', walked by. "Officer?... What are you doing with my David?". The officers started to explain about the several cases of bullying around the area but she cut him off. "David had nothing to do with
them.", she said taking everyone a back, "He would never do such a thing. He may be stupid and short-tempered, but he's a strong and gentle child.".
The two officers quickly apologize before walking off. McGrath turned to his mom, he couldn't believe that she would believe him over the police. She confirmed that she believed that he would never do such a thing, that a mother knows, before telling him not to go stuff himself because she was making dinner. After she said that, McGrath started to cry a little. "McGrath... Are you crying?", Fluttershy asked in shock, in all the years she had know him, she had never seen him cry. "N-N-No! I ain't crying! This is... snot! I got a cold!", McGrath said trying to wipe his tears away.
After waiting for McGrath to calm down, the two walked him to his house before the young couple walked to Fluttershy's house. "Sorry I lost my temper back there.", Skywalker muttered as he walked her up to the door. "Don't worry. It's fun watching you shout.", she assured him as she planted a kiss on his lips. "Hey, your coming right?", he asked, she smiled. "Well, my boyfriend is giving a party at his house. Of course I will come.", she placed one more kiss on his lips before entering her house.