Dear Diary,

Despite all the shenanigans and crazy stuff that Steely and I did over the past years, I never thought a day like this would come: a day where he finally asks someone out.

It was the day that Sunshine and I had to present our project, which in itself is another story for another day plus the weird envelope Prof. Skull Mustache gave us. I noticed he was acting a little weird but I didn’t ask him anything until lunch time, where he mentioned his problem.

“Uh, Flame …”he said, I looked at him. I knew it was serious when I saw he hadn’t eaten his sandwiches. “There is something I wanted to tell you.”

“What, exactly?”

“Well, I sort of need help.”

“Help for what?”

“Uh, I … I don’t know how to tell you that, actually.”

“C’mon, what is it?”

“Well,” he blushed, “Prof. Skull Mustache partnered me with this … girl ...”

I just cut him off there. “Who? Who? What’s her name?”

I was so surprised! I’ve known him for ages and he is so shy, like he’d get embarrassed as soon as he saw a girl near him, not to mention how he hid when a girl saw him. And now he has a crush on one. Obviously our other friends are girls, too, but it seems he sees this relationship a little more as friendship than romance. And of course it all happened in a way that drove those thoughts from his mind and to stick with magic theories and that sort of stuff. It’s his comfort zone.

“Wallflower Blush.”

“Where is she?”

“She sits right in front of you in history class, next to Micro Chips in science class, behind Rainbow Dash in math and calculus, right next to Fluttershy …-“

“Ok, Ok, I got it.” It seemed that he was really into her, though I imagine it’s a little hard not to follow your crush if you had eyes everywhere. “So, what does she have that got to you?”

“Well, she’s very clever, and smart, also kind and…” he blushed again.

“Cute?”

“What! Uh, uh, NO! Maybe.” He turned his face away from me. Things were getting interesting.

“So let me guess. You wanna know how to impress her?”

“Yeah, and maybe even …”

“Ask her out? No problem. I’ve got you, buddy!”

Author's Notes:

Make sure to cheek out other chapters too.

Special thanks to my editor Daniel Drazen.