Chapter 4: The Race

After you were quickly run through the course you and Rainbow would be flying through you headed off to the starting line. As you flew over you noticed that there were quite a few ponies gathering around it. As you got closer you heard Pinkie shout your name, "Choco! Come over here, I want to tell you something!" You quickly change course towards the party pony, with an odd feeling that she was the reason there was a crowd.

"What is it Pinkie?" you ask when you glided down to her side.

"Well, I wanted to let you know that I kinda heard that you and Rainbow were going to race here today..."

"So I was right in guessing that you were behind the crowd that's still growing?"

"Yeah, I kinda got excited and told everypony, and then they showed up here"

"Wonderful..." you mutter, now realizing what that could mean.

As if on cue you saw 2 Pegasi fly down towards you, one was light blue with a slightly darker mane, and the other one was golden yellow and had a very distinct two colored mane...

"Fuck, why is she here?!" you say under your breath, hoping she wouldn't see you. then you realized she was here to watch a race, your race...

"Hey there Rainbow" you hear Spitfire say a few feet away.

"Oh, uh, hi Spitfire!"

"Soarin told me you were racing a new Pegasus in town, where is he?"

PLease don't point at me, please don't point at me

"He's right there"

FUCK!

Next thing you knew you were being pushed away by Spitfire, much to everypony's confusion.

"What are you doing here racing Rainbow Dash?!" Spitfire whispered angrily.

"She challenged me since Soarin had to let them know about how you wanted to recruit me"

"Oh that moron! Wait, please tell me you didn't tell them about, well you know..."

All you did was nod, and prepared for the worst, but you were suddenly hugged by Spitfire.

"So have you reconsidered?"

Your brain slowly lurched back into action. She still wants to date me, even after I tried to run from her?! Before you could manage to mumble out a response your vision was suddenly filled my Spitfire's closed eyes, and you felt something soft touch your lips...

OH SHIT! WHY THE HELL IS SHE KISSING ME?! you yelled inside your head, trying to pull away, but your body didn't let you for some stupid reason.

"Sorry, I just had a sudden urge to do that, and since you seemed to be thinking really hard about my offer, I thought I might as well try to give you an incentive." she said with a giggle, "Guess I went a bit overboard, huh?" Then you realized that wasn't a normal kiss, there had been some tongue play involved...

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make things awkward, it's just, well, uh..." she said when she noticed how shocked you were. Before you could say anything to her she flew off, trying her hardest to not cry. You swear you felt your heart break ever so slightly, you've never wanted to hurt a girl like that, but it looks like it just sort of happened and nothing you could have done would have prevented it.

Sadly you didn't have time to chase after her, as you had to go get set up for the race, but there wasn't any reason you couldn't find her after the race. You quickly set up and noticed Pinkie was setting up some cannon looking thing, and just as you got into position...

BANG!

With the firing of Pinkie's party cannon the race began, and you quickly saw a rainbow colored blur shoot past you. Obviously Rainbow was going for an early lead, little did she know that you knew ways to pick up speed without wasting energy...

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"HOW THE HELL DID YOU BEAT ME?!"

"It's all about pacing, you had to slow down quite a few times to catch your breath or to take a turn properly, I on the other hand was pacing myself, and I know how to take sharp corners easily" you responded with a sly grin.

"Yeah, but!" she tried to retort, but she was quickly shushed by Soarin flying over to you.

"That was amazing! I've never seen anyone manage to take corners that way before! Too bad Spitfire wasn't here to see it" Soarin said, oblivious to what had happened between you and her.

Although after he mentioned Spitfire you remembered that you were going to go find her and try to talk to her. While the two blue Pegasi talked you bolted off vaguely in the direction you had seen her fly off in. Hopefully you weren't too late to fix this...

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The following paragraph is in Spitfire's mind

As Spitfire flew off she heard the cannon go off, signalling the start of the race. She admitted that she wanted to watch, but she couldn't dare to see him right now with her emotions going crazy. She just confessed to him again, and he still couldn't give her a straight answer. She even went so far as to kiss him, with tongue no less. How stupid could she be?!

Back to the main story

Before she could come up with some other derogatory term to call herself, you showed up, only to her further torment. Before you could say anything she flew away, but she forgot you could fly just as fast as her, maybe even a bit faster. You used this to your advantage as you used your speed to bring yourself close to to her, and you pulled her into a hug.

The two of you both froze there for a few moments, with her trying to figure out what was going on, and you trying to slow down so you could have a calm talk with her. Although apparently your message was taken the wrong way, as she gave you a quick kiss and then nuzzled herself against your chest. Her actions caused your brain to shut off just long enough for the two of you to crash into the library, of all places.

"AH!" you heard Twilight scream as you and Spitfire came tumbling through her roof.

"Sorry about that, I was caught of guard by this troublesome mare!" You say while playfully shoving Spitfire.

"Well, that's okay, but next time try to act like love birds when you aren't in the air" Twilight said with a grin.

"WHAT?!" You yell quite suddenly, surprising both Spitfire and Twilight.

"Where not dating, it's just, uh..." you begin

Time to try and work your way out of yet another hole you've dug yourself into...