Rainbow Dash sped through the sky as fast as she could, which at the moment wasn't fast enough to suit her. She had to put as much distance between herself and Pinkie as possible. Faster and faster she flew. To where, she didn't know anymore. After passing her house she just kept going. She couldn't stop.
The faster she went, the more of a blur the surrounding world became. Soon she couldn't even hear herself think over the roar of the air sweeping by. Then it happened. Colors exploded outwards in brilliant rings, one after another. Rainbow Dash kept pushing onwards. Her wings began to strain under the intensity of her desperate escape. She was miles away from anypony when she finally slowed down enough to survey her surroundings. She scanned to the left and then the right and realized something.
'I have no idea where I am right now,' Dash groaned inwardly, 'but I need to take a break and think.' Rainbow Dash landed in a field and sat down. 'Why would Pinkie Pie do that to me? I mean asking me that in front of all those other ponies! What got in her hay?'
Dash stood and began to pace back and forth, 'Why?' she thought again. Dash saw a nearby stream and quickly trotted over to it. She wasn't gping to get anywhere asking these questions in her mind. She decided that she would ask the only other pony she could trust with such a situation.
"Hey Reflecto-Dash." she said as she looked down into the water.
"What's on your mind RD?" Reflecto-Dash asked with a smile.
"Pinkie Pie did something today." Dash said quitely.
"She does things everyday Dash." Reflecto responded.
"She told me she loved me... and in front of all the other heads of weather teams of all of Equestria." Dash clarified.
"Whoa."
"Yeah whoa. Why would she do something like that to me? Why would she embarress me like that?" Dash asked more out of anger than sorrow.
"Embarress you?" Reflecto asked.
"Yeah! I mean that was so totally not cool!" Dash said with a hoof stomp.
"And what did you do?" Reflecto questioned with a look of concern.
"I..." Dash started before a realization sank in, "I flew away." she said quietly.
"But yet you're upset that she embarressed you? You bolted on her after she had the guts to stand up in front of hundreds and throw herself at you. Even if you didn't feel the same way,"
"I never said that I lo... lo..."
"Say it Dash. You and me both know that you do." Reflecto-Dash commanded.
Rainbow Dash kicked the water surface as hard as she could, "Shut up!" she kicked it again, "Shut up! I do not!" she kicked at it again but slipped in the mud instead and found herself lying on the ground.
"Some... of... the... water... must have... gotten... on my... face." Dash rationalized as drops began flowing down her cheeks. "I never said I loved her." Dash's sobs were now uncontrolable. She cried tears over the one thing she never had the courage to do.
"I... never... said... I... loved... her."