Chapter Two: I Think I'm in Love with Twilight

They used to call me anal girl.

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Day (008)

Sunshine poured through the wall of intimidatingly high windows that loomed over the busy room. Ponies bustling about, party hats, juice, streamers, and plenty of warm smiles for everypony. The air was filled with a happiness that seemed to fill everypony to their core, leaving grins on all of their faces. It was a long time employee, Cheerilee's engagement party with Big Macintosh.

Rainbow Dash weaved in between office cubicles and partying ponies with a tray of drinks in her mouth. Finally she spotted who she had been looking for. Twilight Sparkle. Her lavender coat was shimmering in the soft glow of the warming sunlight. Twilight turned to see Dash approaching her and smiled. Dash set the tray down and pushed one of the drinks over toward her.

"Got you a drink. I saw you standing over here by yourself. You're the new girl right, Twilight Sparkle?" Dash tried to convince that he wasn't sure of her name or if she was the new girl. She had easily known all he could about the beautiful mare.

"Yes, I am Twilight Sparkle. Just moved here from Canterlot, wanted a change a scenery." She levitated the glass up as she spoke, and took a sip after she was done.

"Canterlot, I hear that place is pretty high class. So you just came here.. out of boredom?"

"Yeah. We're young yah know? I want to travel and live life." She took another sip and then smiled. That smile was enough to melt Dash on the inside. She loved it.

"I completely agree. So you escaped boredom by coming here.." She looked out into the room and waved a hoof at all the button down boring ponies scattered about. "You've clearly come to the right place."

Twilight laughed and rebuttaled "It's a change of scenery!" Her laugh subsiding she leaned against the nearby wall and questioned "So how long have you been here?"

Dash took another sip of her drink, almost finishing it. Her head went back and she rubbed her chin with her hoof in thought. "I've been here pretty much all my life. I grew up in Cloudsdale but ended up coming here soon after. All of my memories are here." She looked to Twilight and laughed "I've always been content here."

Twilight nodded, obviously seeing the city meant a lot to her. "So, did you always want to be a weather pony? You said yourself this place is kind of boring."

Dash sighed and groaned before she answered. "I practiced to become a Wonderbolt.. It's really my dream. To fly with those amazing ponies, soaring through the open air and not a care in the world. Free from the slavery of a nine to five job."

"What happened? Why didn't you chase it?"

"Oh you know. Life happened. I need an apartment, bits to buy food. Next thing you know, how many years later and I'm still here." A pang of regret coated every word she spoke while her face was doused in it.

The two began to walk down a set of stairs as they conversed back and fourth. Both of them totally engaged in their conversation, seeming to each other to be the only ponies in the room. They reached the bottom floor and ended up at Dash's desk.

"Well you're a perfectly adequate weather pony!" Twilight said jokingly as she smiled at Dash.

"Oh yeah, that's what they called me in Flight School. Perfectly Adequate weather pony." Dash laughed at her sarcastic remark and began to take the last sip.

"They used to call me anal girl."

Dash spit out the apple juice everywhere choking on it at her response. She coughed a little and set the drink down as she looked over at Twilight, juice dampening her cyan coat.

"I was.. very neat and organized.."

"Oh yeah!" Dash said trying to play it off.

"Well I better get back to work, it was nice talking to you Dash, bye!" With that Twilight walked away back to her desk in front of Cloudkicker's office and quickly got back to work.

Dash wiped away the apple juice from her mouth and coat and sat back in her chair. She looked at the picture of the Wonderbolts doing amazing tricks, gliding through the air then to the picture of her practicing flying. She could feel that pang of regret in the pit of her stomach as a single tear began to roll down her face and onto the desk before her.

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Day (154)

Rainbow Dash and Applejack were walking down the busy Manehatten street. Ponies in suits and dresses were walking past and soared overheard. Applejack was biting into a fresh apple she just purchased at a nearby stand as Dash began to speak.

"It's official. I think I'm in love with Twilight."

Applejack spit out the delicious apple chunk she had just bit off and looked at the lovestruck Dash walking beside her. They both came to a stop and Dash look at Applejack as she continue.

"I love her smile.
Those slender legs.
Her sparkling cutie mark.
The way she licks her lips before she is about to talk.
Her laugh.
The way she looks when she's sleeping.
This song I hear in my head every time I'm with her."

She's like the wind through my tree
She rides the night next to me
She leads me through moonlight
Only to burn me with the sun
She's taken my heart
But she doesn't know what she's done

"And how.. when I'm with her, everything feels okay. Like.. life is worth it." Rainbow Dash began to walk ahead leaving a stunned Applejack behind her.

"This is not good."

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Day (011)

"I'm telling you Scootaloo, we talked about the Wonderbolts for like twenty minutes, and she's a unicorn! It was totally compatible." Dash said as she laid on the ground, sprawled out looking up at the white puffy clouds above her. The cool summer air brushed her chromatic colored mane across the grass.

"Look Rainbow. Just because some unicorn has the same bizarre interest in the Wonderbolts as you does NOT make her your soul mate." Scootaloo was nimbly making circles with her scooter around the lounging Rainbow.

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Day (022)

"It's off."

Rainbow Dash, Derpy, and Applejack were sitting in a Victorian styled cafe waiting for the drinks to come. Applejack and Derpy were both playing checkers while Dash watched.

Derpy said curiously "What Dashie?"

"Me and Twilight.."

Applejack quickly chimed in with "Was it ever even on?"

"No. Well, maybe in an alternate universe where good things happen to me it might be."

Applejack quickly delivered the finishing blow and took the last of Derpy's checker pieces. "Ahright! Ah told yah you can' beat me!" Derpy's head dropped in sadness before looking back up at Dash and saying "Well.. what happened?"

Okay so there we were in the elevator with ten more floors to ride.

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Rainbow Dash looked over at the lavender mare next to her. "Hi Twilight!" Twilight smiled back and said her hello with a tiny wave of her hoof. "So how was your weekend?"

Twilight stopped and looked up toward the ceiling in thought. A smile grew on her face as she then began to speak. "It was GOOD."

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"Can you believe that shit?"

Just then the waiter mare walked over using her magic to levitate a tray of apple juice down to the three ponies. Then smiled and walked away back to do her job.

Applejack looked completely dumbfounded at the mare's story and response. "Uh sug.. what shit?" Derpy looked over toward Applejack to see she was just as confused as she was.

"She said good. Emphasis on the good. She basically just said she spent the whole weekend fooling around with probably some macho type stallion. It's fine though. I'm over, I don't need her." Her friends faces were in shock. "You know.. being by yourself is underrated. Loneliness is a virtue."

"What in tarnation is wrong with yah hun?" Applejack responded after a small moment of silence.

"Look she's just not into me. There is really nothing I can do about it AJ."

"Yah know ah hate that name.. but are you crazy?" Applejack quickly retorted.

Derpy decided to chime in with "You know.. if she say's hi instead of hello, that mean's that she's really a stallion right? Or if she says hey inst-" Before she could even finish Applejack couldn't hold back her laugh anymore and was rolling on the ground.

"Look I gave her PLENTY of chances.."

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Twilight through the crowded room toward Rainbow Dash and Applejack's desks. "Hey Rainbow Dash, I was going into the back room.. did you need anything?"

Rainbow Dash put on her sunglasses, despite being indoors and said in her coolest tone yet "I think you know what I need."

The most awkward of silences fell over the area as Applejack tried to hold her laughter in but let one slip. Rainbow Dash took off her glasses and looked at the dazed Twilight. "Uh.. just some paper.."

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"It's whatever guys, I'm fine. It's not like I NEED a drop dead gorgeous mare like her in my life. Like I said, loneliness is overrated my friends." Dash said with a sigh as she looked toward the floor.

"But Dashie.. you could just ask her to go out with you-" Applejack didn't give Derpy a chance to finish before chiming in. "Ask tha girl out on a date sug!"

Rainbow slowly looked up from the ground and scoffed. "Don't be stupid.."

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Day (027)

Rainbow Dash sat at her desk with headphones on listening to Octavia's beautiful classical masterpieces. They always put her in a calm and relaxed mood even though it totally wasn't her style. She saw the music as sort of a guilty pleasure. It wasn't long before AJ jumped on onto her chair and flailed her arms in front of Dash to get her attention. Finally she slid the headphones off. "What Aj?"

"This Friday.. all yah can karaoke at Vinyl's Club!" Apple said, her voice filled with joy and anxiousness.

"No!" Rainbow Dash said while laughing. "They're not going to let you back in the place after last time."

"Awh come on sug, I wasn that bad.."

"Applejack.. you got way to drunk. You tried to fight the bartender, broke countless numbers of cups, threatened to burn the place down, and got us kicked out." Fond memories of Applejack falling all over herself and singing Hush Now, Quiet Now replayed themselves in her mind. It brought a smile to her face.

"Yah see! Ah threatened to.. ah didn actually do it now."

"We are not going back there Aj." Dash said firmly to her friends pleading.

"The whole office is going though!"

"I said no Appl-" Dash didn't even get to finish before Apple cut her off mid sentence.

"Ah don think yah understand sug.. the WHOLE office is going." Her extra emphasis on whole and nod over in Twilight's direction finally got the message through to Dash.

"I love you Aj!" Dash said practically jumping out of her seat.

"Ah know hun, ah know."

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Day (028)

Rainbow Dash walked into the dimly lit club known as Vinyl's Bar. Vinyl was the most famous DJ in all of Equestria and his clubs were known to be the best places to party with the best ponies. As she walked in the smell of sarsaparilla filled the air along with the chattering of a couple dozen ponies. She quickly noticed Applejack was on stage singing Every Apple Has It's Core, one of Aj's favorites. From the slurred speech Dash could already tell Aj was already well on her way to being like she was last time. After seeing her walk into the bar, Aj quickly threw the microphone down and ran over to her gleefully.

"Dashie you made it!" She slurred as she threw her arms around her and smiled.

"Whoa, think you've had a little much to drink there Applejack?" Dash managed to say before the drunk Aj squeezed the life out of her.

"Nuh uhhh. I has had just enough little Missy!" Her tone was playfully and this caused her to squeeze Dash even harder.

"Okay okay! Let go already!" Just as she finished pushing Applejack off of her and down into a nearby seat, that is when Dash spotted her. Twilight Sparkle. The most beautiful mare in all of Manehatten. Before she knew it the mare was walking over toward her with a smile on her face.