Well, now what?

I started to aimlessly walk through town and enjoyed my surroundings. I still had a lot of my day left and I had already lost both of my friends to their dates. What to do next. I should probably go check up on Rainbow Dash. Hope she's not worried. Maybe next time I should tell her before I leave.

I started worrying so much about Dash, then I remembered why I left in the first place.

I headed toward the weather ponies building to pick up my pay from yesterday. When I arrived, the sign about Bright Light's lunch break was gone.

Looks like she's finally back.

I opened the door to be greeted by Bright Light, who was sitting at the greeting desk rather than the usual mare that sat there.

"Hey there, White Flash."

"Hey, Bright Light." I greeted.

"Yeesh. How's your nose?" She asked, pointing to my wrapped snout.

"Well, it's fractured, but it doesn't hurt as much as it did yesterday." I said.

"Gosh. Well, I hope you get better soon."

"Trust me, I'm trying."

She chuckled. "I would hope so. So what was it you needed?"

"Oh yeah, I'm here to pick up my pay for yesterday." I said.

"You're a little late, kiddo. She already came by and picked up both of your pays." Bright Light said.

"Oh, okay. How long ago did she leave?" I asked.

"About ten minutes ago. She was looking for you." After learning this, I felt pretty bad.

"Do you know where she could've went off to?" I asked.

"Well, she said something about going to see one of her friends to see if they knew where you were."

"By any chance, do you remember which friend she said?" I asked, hoping it wasn't who I thought it would be.

"I think it was somepony named Shutterfly or something. That's all I remember." She said.

"Okay, thanks." I said quickly, and took off out of the building. I flew as fast as I could toward the path to Fluttershy's cottage.

Oh man, oh man, oh man! I have to get to Rainbow Dash before she gets to Fluttershy's! I don't want her to interrupt Blaze and Fluttershy. This could be his only chance!

I finally got to the dirt path and slowed down.

If I'm gonna find Dash, I need to not speed past everything.

I flew through the air and looked around for her, with no luck. Eventually, I saw Blaze trotting down the path, but still no Rainbow Dash.

She's probably there by now if Blaze is on the path. I flew faster down the path to Fluttershy's, making sure Blaze never saw me on the way. When the cottage was finally in my sight, I saw a rainbow colored pony come out of the front door, her back facing me. I slowly flew toward her and landed behind her.

"Alright, well thanks anyway, Fluttershy. I hope you have fun." She turned around and jumped in surprise.

"Hey, Dash. I heard you were looking for me." I said with a smile.

I was suddenly enveloped in a strong embrace. "Oh my goodness, Flash. I've been looking all over for you!" She said. When she finally let go, she asked, "Where were you? I didn't even hear you get out of bed."

"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you. I went to-"

"Hey, Flash." I turned to see Blaze. Well crap.

"Hey, Blaze." I said. "Dash, have you met my friend, Blaze yet?"

"I don't think so." She said, walking over to him. "I'm Rainbow Dash. Nice to meet you." She extended her hoof and they shook.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Blaze." Blaze said, a little obviously.

"So are you that stallion that Fluttershy's been talking about?" Dash asked.

"I-wait, she was talking about me?" Blaze got really hopeful.

"Oh yeah, she-"

"Alright, Dash, I think we should go!" I suggested, and flew into the air.

"Already?" She interjected, "I only just got acquainted with Blaze."

I gave her a pleading look that said, Please, we should go.

Rainbow Dash sighed in understanding. "Alright. See you later, Blaze."

"See ya." Blaze said. He looked up at me and I mouthed the words 'good luck'. He turned and knocked on the door to Fluttershy's cottage, and then Dash flew up to me.

"So where were you this whole time?" She asked.

"Oh yeah, I was with Blaze and another one of my friends, Spark." I said. "Blaze and I were helping Spark with a little date he had."

"Ohh. So are these the same friends that you said helped you on our first date?" She asked.

"Yeah. I just thought I'd return the favor."

"Well, that was nice of you. But next time, do you mind at least waking me up and tell me you're going somewhere first? I was worried sick about you."

I put on my best impression of puppy dog eyes. "You're not mad at me are you?" I said playfully.

She just smiled. "Well, I was," She hugged me and rubbed her muzzle into my neck. "But I can't stay mad at you."

I smiled and put my arm around her. "So now that you found me, whatt'ya want to do now?"

She looked up at me. "I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"Well, are you hungry? We could go get some lunch. I'll pay." I said.

She smiled brightly. "That sounds perfect." She let go of me and brought out some bits. "You'll probably need this first though."

"Is this my pay from the job yesterday?" I asked.

"Yep. We both made 250 bits. Not bad for your first job, huh?" Dash said.

"Definitely." I said, and took the bits.

We flew together toward town. We flew a lot slower than we usually did, just enjoying our time together.

"So, about your friend, Blaze." Dash started.

"Yeah?"

"Was he there to visit with Fluttershy?"

"Uh, yeah. How did you know?" I asked.

"Well, when I went to ask Fluttershy if she knew where you were, she was cleaning her house really frantically. She said it was because somepony she liked was coming over, and she didn't want it to be a mess."

"Really? Well, I guess that's good news for Blaze." I said. "Because he likes Fluttershy."

"Huh. I guess that's good news for Fluttershy too."

Well, I guess Blaze doesn't need my help after all. Assuming he's brave enough to ask her.

Blaze knocked on the door of Fluttershy's cottage.

"Just a minute!" He heard a quiet voice from inside. He sat there patiently, waiting for Fluttershy come out and greet him.

Oh man, oh man, butterflies. He took a deep breath. Relax. Don't think about it. Just do it. Act natural and feel comfortable. Act like you know what to say to everything. Act like you're not a nervous wreck. Act like you're not afraid of absolute rejection. Blaze gulped nervously. Oh god, this seemed like such a better idea ten minutes ago. He looked around and saw White Flash and Rainbow Dash in the distance. That could be us. I just half to be cool. Don't muck it up. Remember Flash and Spark. I can do this.

Blaze heard the door start to open.

Oh God, I can't do this.

"That was fun, Sparky!" Pinkie Pie said gleefully as her and Spark walked out of the theater.

"It sure was." Spark said, still with a look of absolute joy plastered on his face. "And the movie wasn't half bad, either."

Pinkie giggled. "You are too sweet! Like a cupcake! And I love cupcakes!" She said excitedly.

Spark laughed. "Well, I think you're sweeter than any cupcake I've ever seen."

Pinkie gasped. "You think I'm sweeter than a cupcake? And cupcakes are really sweet! And you like cupcakes?"

Spark nodded.

"That is too sweet!" Pinkie went into a fit of giggling, and Spark couldn't help but join in. The way she giggled made him smile every time.

Holy shit, here I am again, sounding like a fucking pussy. Goddamn, it's a good thing my thoughts aren't written down somewhere where people can see them. Spark thought, but continued to laugh.

"You know, you still haven't asked me out yet." Pinkie chimed in after her fit of laughter.

Well shit, I'm fucking stupid.

"Oh. Uh, well, Pinkie, do you want to-"

"Of course, silly!" Pinkie said with the brightest smile. Spark suddenly felt himself in the middle of a giant Pinkie hug. Spark looked more surprised than he did in the theater.

A hug. From Pinkie Pie. All those shitty times in my life. When my parents died. When I was put in a shit hole orphanage where no one gives a fuck about you. When I got rejected by the only people I called friends. I always thought a hug from Pinkie would make it better. Just seeing that bright smiling face in my arms would make me forget the pain in my horrible life. Just for a moment.

He hugged her tightly closer to him, with tears threatening to flood down his face.

Best fucking day of my entire goddamn life...

"Well that was really good." I said as Rainbow Dash and I walked out of the restaurant.

"Now you see why it's my favorite place to go." She said.

"Definitely." I said. "I'm stuffed."

Dash leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek and smiled. "Thanks for taking me out."

"Anytime, Dash!" I said with a cheerful smile. It felt great to make Dash happy.

We walked through town together, making jokes, talking, and speculating how Blaze and Fluttershy were doing.

"I'm sure they're fine." Rainbow Dash said. "Fluttershy seemed to really like him."

"I'm worried about Blaze. I think he'll be too shy to tell her." I said.

"He'll be fine, Flash. If he can help you on a date, surely he can handle his own date."

"That's what I'm afraid of."

"I mean, I didn't ask for nachos, I said it's 'not yours'!" Blaze said, finishing an incredibly lame joke.

What is wrong with me? That joke sucks!

He was amazed when Fluttershy started giggling.

"You're pretty funny."

Blaze laughed nervously. "Uh, thanks. I try."

They smiled at each other.

Oh god, that adorable smile. Blaze thought. I don't think I can handle getting rejected by that wonderful smile.

"Is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked.

Oh no! Did I do something? What did I do?

"N-no. Why?" Blaze asked.

"You seem like you're worried about something." She said.

"O-oh, um, w-well..." I can't even talk without stuttering!

Fluttershy came closer to him. "What is it? You can tell me."

"Well...I don't know if I can..." Blaze said. What to do, what to do...

She came even closer and smiled sweetly. "Of course you can! What's troubling you?"

If I'm ever going to do it, this is my chance.

He looked up into her reassuring eyes.

"I...u-uh...I..."

Spit it out!

"I like you..."

Fluttershy leaned in and raised her ear, signifying that she didn't hear.

"I think you're cute."

She raised her ear higher.

Blaze took a deep breath.

"I think you're really adorable and I like talking to you and I like spending time with you and I like the way you flip your mane when you're nervous and I like your sweet voice and I like how you always care for others and I like how you are always nice and I like your wonderful personality and I like your eyes and I like your cute smile and I like you!" Blaze said in rapid fire.

He suddenly went to the floor and put his hooves over his eyes.

Why did I say that? Why couldn't I stop talking? Why am I such an idiot? Why am I so stupid? Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stup-

"I..." Fluttershy started.

She hates me, she hates me, she hates me. Ugh, I'm so stupid!

"I don't know what to say..." Fluttershy said. Blaze still laid on the floor with his hooves over his eyes, not moving. She reached down and took his hoof off of his eye. He looked up at her smiling face.

"Except...I like you too."

Oh. My. God.

Blaze took his other hoof off of his eye while Fluttershy still held the other.

He got off of the floor and smiled nervously at her. Before he realized what he was doing, he leaned in and gave her a long lasting kiss on the lips.

Like I said. He thought. Don't think about it. Just do it.

Author's Notes:

Welp, this was a chapter. I know the whole romance thing is WAY overdone so far in this story (Hence the chapter name) and I think this will be the last of the big romance scenes for a while because I completely suck at writing them and I don't enjoy it as much as the actual adventures. But anyway, I felt like writing and I wanted to get this part out of the way to set up for future stuff.