Rainbow zoomed in through her non-screened window. She just got back from spending fifteen minutes hanging out with Soarin and Hoop, egging Barkling's house. She quickly re installed the screen and was greeted by a very happy winged dog.

"Hi, Skycatcher. That was fun." Rainbow chuckled.

An image of Soarin's face popped up in Rainbow's mind. His face was full of shock and pride. It was so funny looking. Soarin had thrown an egg and managed to hit the handle of Barkling's back door. Rainbow couldn't help but giggle again.

Rainbow trotted down the stairs, seeing her father, Rainbow Blaze, still watching TV.

"Hi dad." she said.

"Hey Dash. Wanna watch some TV with me?" he asked.

"Sure." she shrugged. She didn't really want to watch TV, though. She wanted to hang out with the other nine ponies she had spent the night with.

And she sat next to her dad, watching TV, but spacing out.

***

Soarin threw a mini basketball through a hoop attached to Hoop's door.

"What to do?" he asked.

"I don't know." Hoop replied.

Soarin shrugged, "We can always just knock on Rainbow's door and ask her to hang out with us so her parents aren't suspicious for why she's gone."

"No way, dude. Her parents would freak. She has older brothers, too, y'know?" Hoop remarked.

"She...has...older brothers?" Soarin asked.

A pang of fear went into his heart. Oh, what if they heard about his flank-grabbing? They would hunt him down and kill him for sure.

"Its worth a shot." Soarin told Hoop.

"You sure?" Hoop asked.

"Yeah." Soarin lied. He wasn't sure at all.

***

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Rainbow told her dad.

Rainbow trotted to the door, and was surprised to see Hoop and Soarin there.

"Oh hey, guys." then she called out to her dad, "It's my friends, dad. I'm going to hang out with them."

Her dad didn't question. "Okay. Bring your phone."

Quickly, Rainbow flew up the stairs and grabbed her phone.

"Bye." she said.

"Bye." he replied.

Rainbow closed the door behind her and Soarin gave a sigh of relief.

"What's so relieving?" Rainbow asked.

"I was scared your brothers were going to come and kill me." Soarin admitted.

"Nah, they sleep until like, twelve." Rainbow replied, "Anyways, where to?"

"Hoop's house." Soarin replied.

Quickly, the three pegasi flew above Rainbow's house and toward's Hoops, who only lived two houses behind.

The trio arrived, and walked in.

There, Rainbow saw a young colt; he looked like he just finished fourth grade. Rainbow remembered him from Hoop's ninth birthday party. The kid was only five years old at the time. He probably didn't remember Rainbow Dash.

Before they could trot into Hoop's room, the young colt came trotting up.

"Hi, I'm Shooter! Who are you?"

"Rainbow Dash." Rainbow replied blandly.

Shooter smiled, "You're really pretty, Rainbow Dash. Will you go out with me?"

Rainbow gave a look of concern to her friends.

"I can't. Sorry." she replied.

"Why?" Shooter asked.

"Because, um..." Rainbow started, "I have my coltfriend with me...uh, right now!" She grabbed Soarin and held him close.

"Soarin's your coltfriend?" Shooter cocked his head.

"Uh, yep! He's my coltfriend, um, isn't that right, Soarinpoo?" Rainbow asked.

"Right..." Soarin mumbled.

"Oh well...you'll be mine one day, Dashie. Just wait." Shooter warned, and trotted away.

Rainbow let go of Soarin.

"That was weird. Why would he ask you out of nowhere?" Soarin asked.

"I don't know. He's a kid." Rainbow replied, as the three made way to Hoop's room.

"Still-" Soarin began.

"Soarin, why do you care so much?" Hoop questioned.

Soarin thought about it. Why did he care so much? He shrugged it off, "Dunno. Whatever, let's do something."

***

After playing a couple video games, Hoop and Soarin both getting their flanks kicked, the trio decided to leave Hoop's room and go outside. They were making their way out the door when Shooter came running up, holding a rose in his mouth, and a box of chocolates in his hooves.

"Hello, my love." he told Rainbow Dash.

What the hell? Rainbow thought, Even when I was ten I didn't act this crazy.

She stared desperately at Soarin, in hope for him to take action.

"Oh, um...wait, uh, what the hay are you doing with my marefriend?! Back off." Soarin tried to make an angry growl.

"No, I can beat you up! She's mine." Shooter growled back.

Soarin gave a glare at Hoop.

"Just do it...don't hurt him to bad though. But still hurt him, that little brat deserves it." Hoop whispered in Soarin's ear.

Soarin nodded, and looked at Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah, uh, may the fight begin! Whoever wins gets my love, and no rematches are to happen! Whoever loses is never allowed to talk to me again." Rainbow finished quickly.

"Go!" Hoop shouted.

Then the brawl began.

Rainbow watched and almost laughed as Soarin purposely took it easy on Shooter, and Shooter giving it his all.

Soarin held the little squirmy pegasus down.

"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN!" Hoop counted, and when he was done counting, Shooter was still pinned by the older colt.

"SOARIN WINS!" he announced.

Soarin let go of the little pegasus and was given an angry glare.

"I'll still get your love, one day, Rainbow Dash." he grumbled.

"You're not allowed to talk to me, remember?" Rainbow remarked.

Shooter just gave another growl, but then flew away, off into some part in the house.

The trio left, satisfied.

They arrived at the nearby park, where Rainbow gasped and flew away to try and hide, but it was too late. A mare saw her. Not Northway- thank Celestia- but rather BusyBay. She was a nice little mare, who was three years behind Dash (just finished fifth grade), but was too young to partake in the interests and activities that Dash and her nine other friends were. (No, not what you're thinking, silly.)

"Hi Rainbow Dash!" BusyBay cheered. She was at the park with her younger brother, NightFlight, and his three other friends. They just finished second and third grade.

"Hi, Busy." Rainbow said, nervously.

"Who's that?" Soarin asked.

"A neighbor..." Dash sighed.

BusyBay trotted up.

"Hi, Hoop! I've seen you around, but I've never really talked to you! And who's this? Is this your coltfriend, Rainbow?" she asked, excited to meet more ponies.

"N-no." Rainbow Dash stammered, trying to hide the obvious blush on her cheeks. Soarin had one, too.

"Oh, then what is he?" BusyBay asked, examining the nervous and confused colt.

"I can't have a guy friend?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh, well, I guess that's true! Hey Rainbow, are you going to Six Ponies this summer?" Busy asked, "I am, on June tenth! I'm going to ride the new roller coaster!"

"Yeah. I was planning on going on the seventeenth." Rainbow replied, "Also the coaster looks awesome."

"Six Ponies? I love that place. Haven't been there for two years, though." Soarin said.

"Me too, I haven't been there in a LOOONG time." Hoop added.

"Well, I don't know for sure, but maybe I could bring you guys." Rainbow said, now getting an idea.

"Oh, that's such a good idea! I'll ask my parents to change the date so we can all go together!" Busy asked, and ran off.

"I wasn't talking to her..." Rainbow sighed.

Suddenly an idea hit Soarin, "We can go to my house! I have air hockey and other stuff to do."

"Sure, why not?" Rainbow added. She always wondered what Soarin's house looked like.

***

The twelve years and one month old pegasus sat in her room, sitting with her friends. She had similar looks to Soarin; the light blue coat, the green eyes, but her mane had a stripe of yellow in it instead of pure navy blue. She also had a different mane style, of course. It was with no doubt she was Soarin's younger sister. Her name was GlidingSea. Most just call her GS, though.

GS squealed, "And he was like, super cute! And he talked to me!"

Then the front door squeaked open, "Ugh, Soarin must be back. He still has to give me back my ear buds! I'll be back, girls." GS said.

She trotted down the stairs and then her eyes widened at the sight. She saw Hoop; it was normal to have him over, but there was another pony. A mare. She couldn't of have been no more than two years older than GS.

GS smiled. Oh, she was so going to embarrass the crap out of Soarin.

She trotted back upstairs, and into the room.

"You'll never guess what I just saw!" she giggled in an evil-like tone.

"What's it, GS?" one of her friends asked.

"You'll never believe it...Soarin brought home a mare!"

***

Rainbow Dash was talking with Hoop and Soarin while drinking a can of soda. She loved soda, and obviously Soarin and Hoop did, too, because they were on their second can.

The oven beeped.

"That must be the pizza." Soarin said, and began to fly over.

"Soarin! I have your lipstick and eye shadow, stop leaving them in my room!" GS shouted.

Rainbow gave Soarin a confused look. Hoop was confused as well, and Soarin was confused the most.

***

"Do it!" a friend of GS's said.

"I don't know..." GS said as she looked down the stairs, "I think that's a bit too mean..."

"Oh come on, just do it!" another friend urged.

"Okay..." GS said, and then shouted, "And Soarin, why the buck is there a box full of condoms under your bed?!"

***

All three pegasi's mouths dropped.

"S-Soarin?" Hoop stammered.

"I swear to Celestia, she's lying! I-I'm a virgin! Don't listen to her!" Soarin cried.

Rainbow didn't believe it. "I can't believe I'm friends with a horny motherbucker. Is that why you're friends with me? So you can buck me?!"

"No, Rainbow, I swear, please-" Soarin began, but Rainbow got up, and flew out of the back door.

He galloped outside, "Rainbow!" he called, but the rainbow pegasus was already far away.

Hoop walked up to him, "Be honest with me, 'Soar. Do you really have a box of condoms under your bed?"

"No!" Soarin screamed, "Why would you even think I would, Hoop? Especially when it's from my sister?"  

But Soarin didn't want to admit what is under his bed.

Something he stole from his brother.

Y'know, those magazines.

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