Sugarcube Corner

Meanwhile, Rarity was having cake over at the best spot for sweet treats in Ponyville. All around her, others had similar ideas. From Ponyvilel's chief mechanic Silver Spanner hanging out with a purple coated pony with a brown mane and glasses to Bon-Bon and Lyra out on one of their weekly dates (Rarity smiled at this, she hoped whoever her baby sis had a crush on would make this a thing) pretty much everypony Rarity knew was there.

Rarity smiled and sighed wistfully, it was a week before Hearts and Hooves day and already she could just feel it in the air. She just hoped whoever her sister had a crush on, she'd confess to right on that very date as it would be just soooo romantic. From another table, Rainbow Dash who was nibbling on a bit of spongecake saw Rarity's wistful sigh and smile and walked over. She placed the cake on the counter and waved a hoof in front of her friend's face. No reaction.

"Eh, you alright Rares?" Rainbow asked in concern. Again no reaction, so Rainbow decided it was time to resort to drastic measures. She really hated to do this, but she obviously wasn't going to get Rarity's attention in any normal way so desperate times called for desperate measures. With a mischievous smirk, Rainbow pulled out a airhorn and blew it right in Rarity's ear.

The sheer sharpness of the blast knocked Rarity right off her chair and into the floor. As she rubbed her ears and tried to regain what was left of her hearing, Rarity (Along with pretty much everypony else) was glaring right at Rainbow Dash.

"Now really Rainbow, was that actually needed?" Rarity huffed.

"Weeeeelll, I tried to catch your attentions in other ways." Rainbow replied as she helped Rarity back up into her chair.

"But they were all no goes. Now what's got you all happy? Last time I saw you this happy you were in love with that Trenderhoof dude." Rainbow mused before a thought struck her.

"Wait, don't tell me he's coming back to town? I'd just love to show him that shrine you built!" Rainbow laughed and Rarity quickly shoved a hoof into her friend's mouth before she exposed anymore of her secrets to the townsponies, who were already snickering at the unfolding scene.

"No, it's not that. It's my sister, she's gout her first crush!" Rarity squealed. Now Rainbow looked really interested, and pulled up a chair.

"Oh, really? Who's it with?" She asked and Rarity replied in a embarrassed tone. "Now that's the thing, I... I don't know actually."

Rainbow was about to bust out laughing, Rarity, the gossip queen of Ponyville not knowing something? It was hilarious just by concept alone. But before she could do so, the pegasus was interrupted by a voice from behind.

"Well, Ah thank Ah can answer that." Apple Bloom's voice said, and both older ponies turned to face her with confused expressions that were rapidly changed to ones of realization once they'd heard the youngest Apple's tale.

"So that explains Scootaloo's behavior a few days ago... She was acting kinda funny." Rainbow mused, and now Apple Bloom and Rarity were the ones with confused expressions. And so Rainbow explained...

Two days ago, with Scootaloo after leaving the CMC Clubhouse...

(This scene was inspired by Twi-Fi so credit to him.)

As Scootaloo zoomed through the streets of Ponyville on her beloved scooter to where her adoptive older sister would pick her up to take her back to Rainbow's home just as she always did, her thoughts ran wild on what had happened at the Clubhouse. "What was that all about?" She wondered. "Why was Sweetie acting so totally strange, with the blushing and everything?"

Then Scootaloo remembered something, she too was blushing and felt her heart beating faster. She hardly noticed a thing or pony as she whizzed through the streets, almost knocking ponies down and making them shout angrily at her.

"No, it can't be... I just can't have a crush on one of my best friends. I know Sweetie's cute and all, hay pretty much everypony thinks she's cute. Hey, all fillies are cute, even me!" She argued back to her brain before she realized what she'd just thought. "...Cannot believe I just said that. Calling yourself cute is so uncool." Scootaloo mentally grumbled before another problem hit her.

"She's a filly, and I'm a filly. Can that even be a thing? I don't even know if two ponies of the same gender can "Like" each other like that." Scootaloo wondered her mental ramblings making her feel more stressed and confused by the moment before she let out a small "Gah!" in frustration with herself and her thoughts and shook her head to clear them.

"A-After all, I don't even know if Sweetie shares my feelings, n-not that I have any to begin with so what's the freaking point in thinking about this?" Scootaloo told herself as the final words to finish her mental argument although even if she didn't want to admit it at the time her problem with Sweetie Belle was still nagging at her in her brain.

To be honest, Scootaloo never felt more relieved then she ever had been before when she saw her adoptive sister on the soccer fields, and pulled her scooter into a halt right besides Rainbow.

"Hey squirt, ready to go back home?" Rainbow asked before she noticed Scootaloo's expression. It was the exact same type of expression Twilight had whenever she was completely freaked out about something or other, more often then not a book going missing from the library. (Rainbow often did this just to mess with her.)

"Something wrong Scoots?" Rainbow asked in concern to the younger pegasi, who shook her head rapidly in denial.

"N-No, nothing's wrong! Nothing at all!" Scootaloo said rapidly in denial. "A-And even if there was it's nothing you need to worry about!"

Rainbow didn't believe her for even a second and extended a wing around Scootaloo in a comforting motion.

"Hey listen Squirt, if there's ever anything you need to talk about, just come to me okay?" Rainbow reassured, and Scootaloo nodded before replying nervously "L-Let's just go back home okay? There's a new episode of Supernatural on tonight and I don't think you'd want to miss the adventures of Calm Trooper and Hot Head Windchester."

Rainbow laughed. Scootaloo was certainly right about that, those two stallions were sexy alright and that wasn't even counting that trench coated pegasi who showed up every so often...

Back in the present...

"So that's that." Rainbow finished, with Rarity and Apple Bloom having listened to the story with increasing interest all throughout.

"Knew it. Ah just knew it." Apple Bloom murmured, happy to have her suspicions proven right while Rarity let out another loud squeal of excitement.

"Oh, this is so wonderful. Two best friends, having crushes on one another? It's just like out of one of those books I've read!" Rarity exclaimed with a clapping of her two front hooves. Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"You mean those exceedingly crappy romance novels that only barely pass for "Books"?" Rainbow asked in disbelief. Rarity glared at her.

"Please, I know you watch that gory show of yours only just to see those stallions." Rarity retorted with a smirk, and Rainbow's own amused expression was quickly wiped off her muzzle before she quickly tried to regain ground.

"H-Hey, I don't watch it just for that! T-The fight scenes are cool, and then there's all that classic rock!" Rainbow put in stammering slightly. Sensing the argument that was about to develop, Apple Bloom quickly changed the subject.

"Sooooo... When do y'all think those two friends of mine will admit that they like each other?" Apple Bloom asked, and Rainbow and Rarity gained thoughtful expressions.

"Hmm, I bet that Sweetie will confess right on Hearts and Hooves day. Best day of the year to do it, after all." Rarity mused to herself, and although Rainbow had to admit she made a well thought out point (Even if it wasn't aloud) she had her own thoughts on the matter.

"Puh-leeze!" Rainbow exclaimed, waving a hoof in dismissal. "Scootaloo's so exactly like me, she'll probably admit she likes your sis as soon as she figures out she loves her!"

Apple Bloom quickly shushed them both by planting hooves over their mouths and giving them serious looks.

"Will y'all shut it? Ah don't want it getting back to Scootaloo nor Sweetie that we're betting on their love life!" Apple Bloom hissed to the two older ponies.

"So what? Maybe more ponies will join in on this little bet of ours, and I'll get quite rich from all the bits I'm sure to win when Scoots confesses!" Rainbow said arrogantly. At this, Apple Bloom slammed her head on the counter. Sometimes you just couldn't win...

Rainbow Dash's Cloud Home: Cloudsdale

That night, Scootaloo tossed and turned as she had a dream of her own. In it, she found herself at a fancy gala in Canterlot. She, like Sweetie in the dream of her own was older, if her longer mane and more developed wings were to be evidence of that. All around her, higher class ponies chatted with each other over wine and small nibbles of cheese platters handed out by waiters. Even Luna herself was there. Scootaloo sighed, what the hay was she doing here? This was FAR from her kind of place. If anything, she'd be dreaming she was at a stunt show, preforming awesome tricks on her scooter while Rainbow Dash cheered her on.

It was then she noticed the stage and catwalk connected to it with various ponies in fancy and in some cases almost seductive outfits strutting their stuff. Scootaloo groaned, this just kept getting worse and worse. Imagine, if any of her friends or Celestia forbid Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon saw her here. Then she'd never hear the end of it.

"Hey, shouldn't you be paying attention?" A very familiar snotty voice asked, and Scootaloo whirled her head around to see a slightly older Diamond Tiara sitting beside her at the table they were at, which was very close to the catwalk.

"Please, all this fancy dress and high class snobbery? Not my kind of show." Scootaloo replied. Diamond raised a eyebrow in confusion.

"But I thought you were here to support Sweetie?" Diamond stared at her in shock before continuing as Scootaloo only grew ever more confused by the moment.

"Hmph, some marefriend you are..." Diamond grumbled, and Scootaloo gaped in shock. Marefriend? Since when had that happened? But sure enough, there was Sweetie clad in a simple black dress that yet somehow still managed to be enticing. Sweetie saw her, and winked, before grabbing Scootaloo with her foreleg and drawing her into a steamy kiss...

Then, Scootaloo awoke and felt her sheets. Like Sweetie before her, she found that was DEFINITELY not water on them. Scootaloo sighed, this just confirmed it didn't it? She had a crush on her best friend. Scootaloo groaned as she hugged a plush of Spitfire to her chest, what the Tartarus was wrong with her?

Author's Notes:

Welp, Scootaloo's stopped denying it, but the question is what is she going to do about it? Meanwhile, the betting war between Rarity and Rainbow has begun. This cannot end well, can it? Anyways, now we know both Sweetie's and Scootaloo's perspectives on their shared feelings, all they just have to do now is admit they like each other somehow, which is always the hardest part. Oh boy...

And now, I have a request of you guys. I actually kinda need help on building up to the point where Scootaloo and Sweetie admit their feelings and still keep things in a dramatic but funny way. Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated.