Courage to Confess
Hugh walked to the school therapist office after school the next day and he had a sad look on his face.
"You can do this, Hugh, just talk about the problem and you should feel a lot better. Jacinto said that this was a good idea." he said to himself and he gave a deep breath.
He knocked on the door softly and after a moment, a unicorn mare opened the door and looked down at him.
"You must be Hugh," the mare said with a smile and she moved to the side and Hugh walked in slowly.
"You scheduled to have a one hour appointment with me until you are all better and I won't charge you."
"Thanks, doc, I hope this really helps with the situation I've been having ever since the first year of primary school." Hugh responded with a sad voice and he laid down on the chaise lounge.
The school therapist nodded her head and levitated a notepad and pen in front of her and she sat down on the chair next to the chaise lounge.
"Let's talk about your family first. What is your relationship with them?" the doctor said and she took the lid of the pen.
Hugh wriggled a little to get himself comfortable and gave a deep sigh.
"My twin brother, Jacinto and I are very close and our parents love us very much. We've never had any fights except really silly fights as siblings would usually have, like who should have the last biscuit and stuff like that." Hugh said a little faster than usual and he panted heavily then took a deep breath and relaxed.
"Very interesting, I usually have foals coming here, saying that they don't get along with one of their parents and such," the school therapist said as she wrote down notes on her notepad. "Tell me, Hugh, why are you here, exactly?"
Hugh looked at her with widened eyes and he took a deep sigh.
"I have a crush on this filly even though she's been making fun of me and my friends except Starshine since primary school. I don't know why I would have a crush on somepony that makes fun of me," Hugh explained with nervousness and the look in his eyes made it seem like he was going to start crying. The school therapist then put her hoof on his shoulder. "You won't tell anypony else about this, will you?"
"I assure you, Hugh, that I will not tell anypony this if you don't want me to. There is also nothing to be ashamed of," the school therapist replied in a soft and reassuring voice as she rubbed Hugh's back with her hoof. "To tell you, I had a similar thing happen to me when I had a crush on a bully but we never really got together." Hugh looked at her with surprise and gasped.
"Well, the whole thing started when me and my friends except Starshine, were in the first year of primary school." Hugh said in a calm voice and it turned into a flashback of primary school.
It was when all the fillies and colts were gathered round and put to their desks.
"Hi, I'm Hugh." four year old Hugh said to a filly with a bright red body, black mane and tail and dark green eyes.
She looked at him for a little then she turned away and faced the front of the room. When it came to breaktime, the Hugh and the others all sat at a wall with their breaks of snacks.
"What is that problem with that filly you were being so nice to?" Moonlight asked in annoyance and she took a bite of her chocolate biscuit.
"No idea, I just said hello to her and she just ignored me." Hugh replied with sadness and he took a bite of his shiny, red and delicious apple that his mum, Dahlia, had given him.
"I'm pretty sure that she is just shy." Jacinto responded and he took a bite of his green apple.
"Yeah, it is scary on a first day of school but I'm sure she'll talk to you at some point." Bubble said and she took a bite of her piece of chocolate.
The bell rang and the friends walked back to their classroom where their teacher told them that they were going to do painting. Hugh walked over to an easel and he got some colours of paint and got started. As he was painting a picture of his family, Poppy came out of nowhere and poured some water onto him and she giggled at him alongside Spar.
"Why did you do that?" Hugh asked in a calm voice and she looked at him with a sly grin.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you had something in your mane and I was trying to get it out." Poppy replied with a giggle and Spar gave her a wink.
"From now, we'll keep this up for the rest of your lives and make them miserable." Spar said and he and Poppy laughed, gave the high hoof and walked off to do the rest of their painting.
Hugh snapped back to reality and stared up at the school therapist. She wrote down the rest of her notes on her notepad.
"What do you think I should do, doc?" Hugh asked and he looked up at her with pleading eyes.
She tapped the pen on her chin a few times and gave a surprised look and smiled a little.
"I suggest that you go to Poppy and tell her how you feel and see what she says." the school therapist said with a smile.
"Thanks, doc, I'll try that right now!" Hugh said with a lot of confidence and excitement then he got off the chaise lounge and galloped out the door.
The school therapist gave a chuckle and gave a happy sigh.
"I love my job." she said with happiness and she got up to get a coffee from the coffee machine near her.
Hugh galloped through town and went to a small house that was near the exit of the town. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. It took a moment and the door opened and Poppy stood in front of him.
"What do you want?" Poppy asked in her usual annoyed voice, rolled her dark green eyes and whipped her black mane out of her face.
"I have something to tell you, Poppy, I have been hiding it since primary school. I just hope you understand and accept it," Hugh said in a breathless voice and Poppy's face expression changed to surprise and confusion then she tilted her head to the right. "I... I.. I have a crush on you and I've been too afraid to tell you."
Poppy's eyes widened and she stepped to the side and he walked into the house.
"Are you serious? After I did those things like pour water on you in the art class of the first year of primary school?" Poppy asked to make sure that her ears were not messing with her.
"I actually found it funny that you did it but I was trying to be mad that you did but I found it funny," Hugh replied with a nod of his head and he smiled at her. "I also thought that you had a thing with Spar."
Poppy threw her head back and laughed.
"I don't have a thing for him. I've only considered him a best friend and I like you too. When he said that we would keep on making your lives miserable, I accepted because I didn't want him to think I was stupid to make friends with you and the others." Poppy replied and she smiled.
Hugh then gave a deep breath.
"Can I... I... kiss you?" Hugh asked and she widened her eyes.
It took her a moment for her to give a nod and she walked up to him and had her face close to his. Their mouths then touched together and the kiss made Hugh get excitement rush through his body and it also did to Poppy. After some seconds, they stopped and looked at each other with love in their eyes and their breaths heavy.
"I will tell Spar the next time we are at school and I hope that he will accept and I think he might have a thing for Bubble." Poppy said and they both laughed.