“You don’t stand a chance.”
“She’ll never like you.”
“Give up hope.”
“Just quit.”
Trey woke up from his nightmare. Voices were projecting in his head, his subconscious bereaving his conscious thought stream. He though he’d been over this. He had a bad habit of hanging on to the past longer than he needed to, and it was tearing him apart. Trey looked over at his clock, finding he woke up 30 minutes earlier than his alarm. Trey rose out of bed and put on a cheerful face, despite what raged on in his mind. Once he got an idea in his head, it wouldn’t leave. Today, that thought was Fluttershy. Trey had a bad habit of picturing himself with any attractive filly. He’d always wanted affection for so long, but was unsure how to act around ponies, fillies especially. So, for all those years spent in isolation from them, he’d had a lot of time to picture the perfect filly. His perfect, romantic desires. But, as always, they were dreams. He’d always gotten into the habit of automatically counting himself out, thinking he’d never stand a chance, hence the voices. Besides, he’d always had conflicting thoughts about being with somepony. He put those thoughts aside, not drifting into further contemplation.
That day was a good day for the band. In class, they got to the school’s fight song and school song, plus several stand tunes. After school, they learned all the show’s tunes, and started to put together the first movement for marching. All in all, it was a good day. “New beginnings” was the theme of this year’s show. Whether it was planned that way or just a coincidence of his arrival, he was unsure. Regardless, this show had a lot of potential. He planned to make it the best it could be.
“Alright, everypony! Hustle to the tower!!!” he shouted as practice ended. “There’s a lot of good work being done here. I may not know any of you yet, but I can honestly say that you’re possibly the best group of young students I’ve ever seen.” He paused, looking through the crowd. “Even you, Trumpetier!” he said, joking. Trumpetier was the class clown, and knew how to make-and take-jokes. He looked out at the band again, a smaller bunch than he was used to, only about 150 or so. “I’m proud of every one of you. Thank you for your hard work today. See you tomorrow! BAND!”
“MOVE!” they replied.
“BAND DisMISSED!”
“ONE, TWO!” they said, turning around with those steps. Trey smiled, and looked at them as they walked off, chatting with each other, putting their instruments in their cases. As Trey started to get down from the tower, a bright colored pony caught the corner of his eye. He looked over to see a tan pony, slightly resembling Fluttershy. Trey took another look. It WAS Fluttershy. Trey hurried down the tower and trotted towards her. Unfortunately, the tangled mess of kids kept him from moving too fast, and by the time he made it to the clearing, she was gone. Trey looked left and right, to no avail. He sighed to himself and went home.
Why was she there? Trey didn’t understand. Why did she just leave? None of this made sense to him. She took her own initiative to see him. He didn’t even think she knew he saw her. That made it even more mysterious. There was no possible way she could have been there on her own accord. Maybe she passed by on her way to buy some fruit or stuff. Trey’s opposing mindsets battled back and forth.
“There’s no way she came to see you. You don’t stand a chance!”
“But she still showed up...”
“That doesn’t matter. It was coincidental.”
“Well...maybe not...”
Trey grew frustrated with himself. Why did he have to be so terrible with social skills? Why couldn’t he simply accept a visit without trying to analyze the situation? Trey had a bit of a learning disability. He didn’t exactly understand social ques. As a result, he misread a lot of situations, especially this one.
“It was just a visit. Nothing more.”
Eventually his mind calmed down for the time being, though he did find it hard to concentrate on his work. He was desperate to know the truth. If he didn’t understand the situation, he was bound to make some conclusions that may not be conducive to him or a potential relationship with Fluttershy, whatever it may be. He put it on his list of things to do tomorrow and went to bed, drifting off to sleep. Tonight, however, he dreamed specifically about Fluttershy. When he woke up, he couldn’t remember a different night he’d ever slept that well.
awesome job, trey.
So..... Aspbergers? I got the whole freaking deal. Asp Syndrome, Autisim (High functioning) and ADHD.
I got suspended from school for a week in 4th grade because I told this girl I liked she smelled pretty. I had no idea what the hell I was doing wrong - at the time. In 7th grade, I told a girl that I thought she looked cute in the shirt she was wearing. 2 weeks that time. Both cases for sexual harassment. I had given what I thought were compliments. I've gotten over that, but have come to the point where, if I like a girl, I'll try to befriend her before I start acting like my usual foolish self. Of course, I (for reasons unknown to my doctor, psychiatrist, aunt and I) just can't seem to ask a girl out after that. *sigh* My love life has been.... 1 date to this day. Woooo. It sucked, too. I was all awkward and embarrassed, and she did nothing but stand there and be all bitchy. So I walked over to where a lot of others were circling people so they could show off their moves. I'm still not sure if I gained a level of respect for the contortions and spasms that I call dancing, or if they were just laughing at me. But, wit those moves, I got the entire Girl's soccer team dancing after they kicked the XC team off the field. Being a freshman at the time, that made it even more fun. Of course, I almost got my butt kicked by some seniors after their girlfriends said I was "cute in a geeky way". But hell, that's life, eh?
I just thought of something: Trey is a Pegasus, yes? He could've just flown from the tower to where Fluttershy was. But, plot got in the way! Thank you, !
Holy crap. This Trey character is a whole lot like me. I even talk to myself too...
18368 I have similar medical problems too.I also have mental disabilities that make me a slow thinker, am not able to run long distances, and make me prone to sickness. On top of it all I've never lived anywhere more than 2-3 years. This past time was my official last move with my family. And with it found out a girl I knew since I had moved to the house I used to live in had a crush on me but was too shy to tell me how she felt. This story reminds me that no matter what just go with the flow, so have luck my friend and love will find you!
I was listening to a song that was perfect for this chapter It has a weird name though "Le Freak" it is weird because the song has nothing to do with the title.
Aspergers pony is best pony
but on a serious note. i understand the whole missing social ques thing and such as i have aspergers. so far i can relate with Trey's thoughts, feelings and such.
well, there goes anything i had planned for today, must read more, i must, i must, I MUST!
I don't have aspergers, ADD, ADHD, or anything like that, but I'm also HORRIBLE with social cues. I'm the one to tell a joke right when everyone goes silent, I say the wrong thing, that kind of stuff. I think that's why Fluttershy's my favorite pony: because we're both a level of socially awkward. Luckily, I've gotten a small but super close group of friends where I don't have to worry about being seen as weird or anything, just like how Fluttershy has her friends to keep her from feeling alone. I'm still struggling to fit in with everyone else, but I'm glad I will always have my closest friends
Moral of story: If you can just find a few people who accept you for who you are, you won't be alone
Hey I have to say this is really good man whoever says other wise don't read this then but the guy is awesome and so is his story
Didn't Rainbow Dash say he was a Pegasus? Why didn't he just fly over the kids?
I have ADHD and Tourettes and I avoid social events like the plague, I love animals and books, enjoy being outside surrounded by nature, act like I have OCD half the time, am a hard worker, extremely competitive, and haven't had a real friend since 8th grade because half-way through I had to leave all of my friends in Michigan and move to Missouri with my dad and I'm no good at making new friends (The friends I did have I had had since Kindergarten, girls and boys)(I'm a Junior in High School now), I have stage fright and a strange fear/love relationship with roller coasters due to my love of going fast and 'fear' of heights(As in I'm afraid of whatever I'm standing on falling(I'm fine with planes and anything else)).Don't ask why I'm writing this because I have no idea why. I've also had knee problems with my left knee ever since I fell while doing hurdles in 7th grade in track, even though I never broke my knee or anything like that I've had trouble running long distances before my knee starts acting up, and of course I'm one of those 'Tough it out and act like it doesn't bother me because of my pride' kind of guy, even though it also affected my long jump distance by a few feet, and made the 1 mile run take longer to complete than usual. I was also in a car crash(Just me, woods on both sides of the road, no other cars or people involved) because of icy roads and should have gotten at least a broken arm (Blazer flipped sideways 3 times before running the front end into a tree (Accelerator was stuck or something)) but only ended up with a couple of small cuts on my hand from the glass because I brought them up to protect my face as soon as i realized I couldn't stop it from losing control and had no problems walking even after the adrenaline wore off. and I'm rambling and have no idea why I just wrote all of this but I'll post it anyway.