We were sitting together, laughing our flanks off at whatever joke he cracked. He smiled at me and wiped a tear from one eye, focusing it directly on my own.
"I love you Scootaloo." he said. I found myself looking back into his eyes and smiling at him. Feeling the same words pass my lips.
He leaned in and shut his eyes, like when I was sick in bed. Only this time, I brought myself closer as well, and before he could rest his lips on my own, everything stopped.
I woke up in a flash and found sweat on my face. I rub a hoof over it to get rid of the precipitation and find moisture in my eyes. I stare at the at my hoof, now with a drop of salty tears on the tip.
"What?" I ask myself. I find more dripping down my face. "Why am I crying?" I ask. Was it because I didn't get to kiss him in my dream? It was just a dream, though it felt so real to me. I plop my face back onto the pillow and ball myself up. Trying to decipher what my tears meant.
"Hey Scootaloo." Sweetie Belle waved, Scootaloo smiled and waved back. Yawning as she came in and sat on the floor.
"We haven't seen you all day." Apple Bloom said. Scootaloo looked down. She felt a bit guilty for avoiding everypony. She was pondering all day about telling her friends about the dream. But she finally decided when she sat with Rumble that day without uttering a word.
"Is something wrong?" Sweetie Belle asked. Scootaloo sighed and hugged her arms to her chest.
"Uh-oh, that's never a good sign." Apple Bloom turned to Sweetie Belle worriedly.
"I guess that I should've told you earlier, but you know how I've been hanging out with Rumble all of the time?"
"Yes." Sweetie Belle said.
"Well, I'm, kind of dating him."
"Finally!" Apple Bloom said out of nowhere.
"What?" Scootaloo asked, perking her ears up and looking at her friends, who had big grins on their faces while she blushed a bit.
"We've been waiting for you to tell us that for weeks!" Sweetie Belle piped in.
"You mean you knew?"
"Of course we knew," Apple Bloom said with a roll of her eyes. "it's so obvious that you two like one another."
"What gave it away?"
"You two are always leaning in when you're talking at the table, you're always in the park together, we've seen you laugh and blush around each other between classes, and we saw him put his wing around you during the assembly the other day." Sweetie Belle ranted.
Scootaloo blushed. "Are you...mad?"
"Why the hay would we be mad?" Apple Bloom asked.
"It's just, that, I thought that you'd be angry if I didn't tell you about us dating."
"Ta be honest, we were only upset that ya waited this long. We knew you'd say so eventually. Don't think we couldn't tell you were makin' things up the other day when you told us you were going to be a bridesmare." Apple Bloom beckoned.
"I'm so sorry."
"Don't be Scootaloo, I would do the same with Pipsqueak." Apple Bloom said, waving it off while Sweetie Belle shrugged.
"You guys know me so well."
"Just like you know us so well." Sweetie Belle piped in.
"Now tell us what the problem was," Apple Bloom urged her.
"Well...." Scootaloo said. "last night, I had the weirdest dream. I was hanging out with Rumble, and then he leaned down to kiss me."
"Did you not want that to happen?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"The strange thing is that I actually did." She rolled her eyes as her friends grinned and squealed like mice.
"So did ya?" Apple Bloom asked.
"That's the thing, we never got to. The dream just cut off there. And I woke up crying."
"You were crying?" Sweetie Belle said in a softer tone. Scootaloo made a small nod as she looked down at the floor.
"My question is if you want to actually kiss him." Apple Bloom said.
"I don't know! I did in the dream, but I don't want to kiss him on the lips." Scootaloo said. 'yet.' she thought, blushing a bit at the last word.
"Have you kissed him before?"
"Other than the cheek? No." Scootaloo said.
"I remember the first time I wanted to kiss Button Mash," Sweetie Belle said, sighing and looking to the ceiling.
"Here we go," Apple Bloom said with a roll of her eyes and looking to Scootaloo.
"I was itching to do it, at least once. We were on our date, and he told me how much he like being there. And I was so happy that I was there too. By the end of it, he set his hooves on my face and slowly drew me in. And then I kissed him, right on the lips. It was so magical." Sweetie Belle said the last sentence as though she was about to melt.
"That's sweet and all Sweets, but how's that going to help Scootaloo?" Apple Bloom asked.
"The point is, if you feel it's the right time to, go for it. If he kisses you first-" she smiled at how red Scootaloo's face turned once she said the last sentence.
"Then just let it happen, go with the kiss, and it'll be much better."
"You say that as though you're an expert." Scootaloo said.
"I'm definitely not," Sweetie Belle giggled. "I'm just sharing my own experience. But do whatever works for you. And when the time comes, I'm sure that it'll be perfect for you two."
Scootaloo smiled a small smile.
"Thanks girls."