Going the Distance

"Oh no, I'm gunna be late! The first day and I'm gunna be late! Way to go, what an awesome first impression for the class!" I said to myself as I frantically ran toward the school house. I was rushing to get there so I wasn't too late to class. I had woken up late as usual but this time I was being just plain stupid. I could see the schoolhouse up ahead and the doors were closed. "Oh no, class has already started!" I said as I continued as fast as I could to the class. When I reached the door, there was the sound of voices on the other side. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door. The constant chatter was silenced and all attention was now on me. Even the teacher was looking at me.

"Well, you must be the last missing pony to my class, I was wondering where you had gone. Go ahead and take a seat in the back." The mare had said to me. I just walked over to the back seat while still breathing hard. I saw my friend Sun Blaze and sat by him.

"So what have we done so far?" I asked him. He looked over at me and let out a yawn.

"Nothing much, just talking. The teacher said we were gunna take role soon." He replied as I looked back up to the front of the class to see the teacher looking at a clipboard. I zoned out as she called out the names of everypony in the classroom. The memories of my hatred of school started coming back as I looked around the class and listened to the teacher calling names I really didn't care about.

"Not even the first day and I already want this year to be over." I whispered to myself as I slowly dropped my head down to the surface of my desk and stared at absolutely nothing. Then, as if it was automatic, I heard a name let out by the teacher that made my ears stand up and my head fling right upward. The name was so serene, it was full of bliss when I heard it smoothly fill my ears along with the rest of the class.

"Sweetie Belle? Are you here?" The teacher had asked. I quickly scanned the room and waited for a voice to respond to the blissful name.

"Here." She replied as I saw her hoof go up. I followed the hoof down with my eyes and there she was. Something about her seemed sophisticated, yet approachable. She seemed kind, yet majestic. I took a deep breath as I continued to look at what appeared to be an angel. She made me quickly forget about all the woes of school I was having at the moment. Before I knew it, the teacher was calling my name and I shook my head rapidly to stop my eyes from gazing upon her. I looked over at the teacher and raised my hoof.

"I'm here." I said with a shaky voice. I put my hoof down to continue looking at the mare who was giving me all these mixed emotions. Sadly, I came face to face with my friend, whom happened to be sitting in the same general area as she was. He scared me and I almost fell out of my seat.

"So, which pony were you having a total head over hooves moment with? Don't think I didn't catch that. You made it too obvious." He said to me as I sat upright in my chair again. I cleared my throat and looked around the room nervously. I really didn't want to answer him but I knew he wouldn't let me be if I didn't tell him.

"It was, well the one mare sitting over there, Sweetie Belle." I replied to him as I pointed my hoof over to her. I put it down immediately so she wouldn't see me pointing at her. Blaze glanced over at where she was sitting then looked back at me with a smile on his face.

"Sweetie Belle? She really isn't anything good but, if that is what you like then ok." He replied while tapping my shoulder with his hoof.

"What? You mean to tell me you don't think she is amazing? She looks just.....perfect to me." I replied as I started another staring session. It was abruptly ended with my friends hoof in my face and made me face him.

"Don't just stare! Go and talk to her when we get out of class, but for now if you keep staring like that, you can kiss your chances with her goodbye." Blaze replied as he quickly looked toward where she was sitting, then back to me.

"Oh, I don't think I could just go up to her and talk to her. I would be far too nervous. You already know how nervous I-" our conversation abruptly ended with the teacher noticing us talking while she was.

"Morning Mist, since you love talking so much, why don't you come up here and introduce yourself to the class and say what your favorite subject is?" The teacher said to me as my eyes grew wide. I felt my face heating up as I took the walk of shame to the front of the class. I took a deep gulp as I made it to the front and I could feel myself shaking.

"My name is uh Morning Mist, and my favorite subject is uh science." I said while still shaking in the front of the class and my heart thumping. I slowly walked back to my seat. I raised my head to look back at Sweetie Belle and she was laughing at my nervousness. Seeing her laughing made a smile appear on my face and I didn't even know it until I sat down.

"Want to tell me why you are smiling bro, don't tell me you liked going up there?" Blaze asked me. I turned at him and smiled. He knew what it was right away and just laughed as he looked to the front of the class.

"Good morning students, my name is Ms. Cheerilee and welcome to another school year. Now we will begin with an easy assignment that will be due before recess." She said to the class. Nopony was really paying attention but we tried to do the worksheet anyways. I tried to focus on the work, but my eyes would eventually wander off and I would find them staring at the beautiful mare without noticing. I would eventually look back at my paper, but it wouldn't be for long. I finally just looked over at Blaze and asked him for advice.

"Well, I believe you should just go up to her after class and at least introduce yourself, you know? Get her to at least know who you are and that you want to be her friend." He replied as I listened in closely. It was making sense, I mean it wasn't like I didn't know how to talk to a mare, it's just that I was too scared to even go up to her. Never before had I felt this feeling for another pony. She was making school bearable for me.

"Ok fillies, time for a break, go ahead outside and get some water and relax for a while. We will meet again in about ten minutes." Cheerilee said as she sat at her desk. All the ponies walked outside and I was looking for Sweetie Belle.

"Hey, now is your chance. She is over getting a drink of water. Go up and talk to her!" Blaze said to me as he ran up to me and pointed over to where she was. I looked over where she was and I just took a deep breath and sighed as I gazed upon what was like an angel to me. My stare was ended when Blaze got behind me and nudged me over in her direction. I looked back at him and he smiled. I looked back at her and took a deep breath. I was slowly walking in her direction making sure she didn't know I was walking up to her. She was taking book out of her saddlebag and started flipping through the pages. As I got closer, I could feel my stomach turn and sweat starting to form on my fur. When I reached her, she looked over the book and saw me standing there awkwardly. say something stupid, don't just stand here! I was thinking. I cleared my throat and looked at her.

"Hello, I am Morning Mist. I uh noticed you are reading a book. May I ask um what book that is you are reading?" I slowly said as I tried my best to keep a smiled going. She turned the outside of the book towards her and looked for the title.

"Oh this old thing? It's just the English book for the class. I thought I'd flip through it to see what we would be learning this year or something like that." She replied with a smile. "My name is Sweetie Belle by the way." I just looked at her and smiled.

"That sounds interesting." I replied. I couldn't think of anything to say and I just smiled and looked down at her book.

"Yeah, hey Morning Mist is it? Where is your book if you don't mind me asking?" She replied as I looked back up at her. Just hearing her say my name made me want to smile stupidly.

"Well mine is at home, I didn't think we had to bring it." I said to her. She looked at the book again, then two other ponies walked up to Sweetie Belle and started talking to her. I wasn't really paying attention to what they were saying. The other two then randomly looked at me and I smiled and just felt like leaving.

"Hey Sweetie Belle, you gunna introduce us to your friend here?" One of them asked her. Sweetie Belle looked at them, then at me.

"Oh right! My bad. Morning Mist, this is Scootaloo and this is Applebloom." She said as she pointed to both of them. I waved at them both and managed to smile while I did so.

"It's nice to meet you Morning Mist." Applebloom said to me. Just as she finished saying that, the bell rang and it startled me. I jumped slightly and looked back at Sweetie Belle.

"Well, I should get back to class. I'll see you around Morning Mist." She said to me. I just stared at her and didn't realize she had said something. Quickly I snapped out of it and thought of something to say.

"Ok ill see you then. Bye Sweetie Belle, see you in class." I said as she left. I let out a sigh of relief after that and Blaze came over to see how I was doing.

"Well, how was it? Does she have a good personality?" He asked me as I watched her walk away.

"Blaze, I think I am in love!" I replied as he looked over at me in shock. I just sat down and thought of her. Just her.