Painting our Life - 6 Colors

   Ky waves goodbye and runs off to his classes, leaving me alone in the hall to wish we share the same schedule at all times. I pull out my schedule from my bag, take one look at it and stuff it into my binder. I don't think I'll ever be able to memorize that thing.

   Lucky for me, first period is Phys Ed. I grab my running gear and head for the girl change rooms. I enter and someone tackles me. Jane. Oh man, this girl can be so badass sometimes. Just not now.

   "Where were you last week?" Jane squeaks. I shrug.

   "At home."

   "Doing what?"

   "Nothing." She let's go of me and I make my way to a stall to change. Unfortunately for me, that doesn't stop her from talking to me while I change.

   "Rumours have been going around that you believe you're a cartoon horse from My Little Pony." I don't reply. "People have been gossiping none stop about it. I think it died over the weekend but now that you're back, it might start up again." She knocks on the door. "Shay? Are you in there?"

   "Jane, I'm naked and changing in here. Do you really think this is the best time to tell me people have been talking behind my back?"

   "It's always a good time to share gossip." Janes sneezes. I roll my eyes.

   "Gesundheit."

   I follow Jane to the gymnasium. Inside, I see the one person that I do not want to see ever again. Talk about bad luck! He still has his cast around his arm, and is sitting on the bench flirting with Carrie and Wendy. He immediately sees me and waves.

   "C'mon Shay, let's go to where Carrie and Wendy are." Jane stares at Jakob with a dreamy expression. Bleah. What does she think she's doing? This is... SO... NOT... COOL...

   "Uh, I think I'll stay here." That didn't do the trick. Jane grabs both my arms and drags me over. Or at least she tries to.

   "Oh no you won't. You MUST meet Jakob Wooding. He is just charming and totally hot." I grumble.

   "No Jane. I already met him. And I know him better," I pause to clench my teeth, "than I want to." Jane raises a brow, but doesn't let me go.

   "Hey Jakob!" Janes waves to him with her free hand. Jakob stands up and walks over to meet us half way.

   "Hello Jane." I can feel his eyes on me, looking me all over. What a creep. If the girls at this school think this guy is cool, that is just... not cool. "Hello... Rainbow."

   Wendy defends me, "Jakob, don't make fun of her. Those rumours can be hurtful." Jakob licks his lips.

   "It's not a rumour. It's a fact." My fists itches to meet his face, but I hold back the urge.

   "Shay isn't Rainbow Dash. Only some lunatic would believe that. Her hair is obviously dyed by a professional." Jane nudges me. "You still need to tell me where you got that dye though."

   I open my mouth to diss Jakob but he stops me and asks me the most outrageous thing.

   "So Shay, are you free this Friday? I figure we can go see a movie and have some dinner or something." Jane's jaw hits the floor along with Wendy's and Carrie's. Before I could decline, they grab me and pull me to the side.

   "Jakob Wooding just asked you out," Wendy squeaks.

   "This is the opportunity of a lifetime. No girl has ever had the glory of dating him!"

   "Shay, you lucky girl."

   I swallow and pull away from all three of my friends. I silently walk over to Jakob, and slap him across the face.

   "I will never go out with you. Ever." I emphasize the word "ever". If he thinks I would date him, then he needs some serious help. He does. He brings being creepy to a whole new level. "And I'm already with someone else. Someone who actually supports me."

   "Rainbow..." He slinks away to chat with two other boys. One glares at me, and one just stands and calmly stares. Our eyes meet and he turns away, face red and blushing. Uh oh.

   Mr. Jackson, the gym teacher, finally walks in. He's pretty cool. I mean, cool for someone who would probably recommend you speedos before a big swim race with a large audience. Swimming isn't something I'm very good at, but that's not the point here.

   As Mr. Jackson gave us some pointers for shooting hoops, I feel the eyes of a certain boy sitting on the bench giving me looks. Through my eyes, I shoot him a cold look. Seriously, what is up with this kid? I was almost SOLD to some slave driving creep because of him.

   And then, a memory washes over me. Memories.

   The boy freezes. He watches me with huge eyes. His small hands tremble. "Uh, hi there!" I break the silence and fly over to him. If I'm gonna reveal myself, might as well go all out. "I'm Rainbow Dash. What's your name?"

   "Jakob," The boy whispers, "W-what are you!" Heheh, this could be fun. I look away, and twist my face into the worst I could, making sure Jakob doesn't see. I suddenly flash my expression to him.

   "I'm a demon here to gobble you up!" I boom. Jakob screams and jumps to his feet, making a full out sprint for the exit of the forest. Oops, might've overdid it. I stretch out my wings and in an instance, I find myself flying beside the terrified Jakob. He glances at me and continues to run. "Hey kid, I'm sorry, I was just kidding," I apologize.

   "You're a bloody monster! Stay away from me!" He shrieks. But due to his inability to watch where he is going, he trips over a root and the inevitable, he falls and of course gets hurt. "Ow! Ow!" Jakob grips his ankle, "Ouch! I think I sprained it!" I watch him with sympathy. He sees me settle down beside him and backs away, using his hands to drag himself.

   "Hold still, I'm not gonna hurt you," I reassured. "Get on." I offer him my back. Jakob pulls himself up, and climbs onto my back. He's not very heavy, weighs about 70 or 80 pounds. Very scrawny. With the boy holding me tightly, I take flight. He gasps, I think he's stunned speechless due to my awesomeness. Ha. I smile, and zoom back to Kyle's house. I spy through the glass door, Kyle isn't home yet. Good. I set the boy down on the couch, and leave to grab a box of cookies from the cabinet. Jakob is lying on the couch, he turns his head when I enter the room, and spots the cookies. His face lits up. I pass the box to him. He tears apart the packaging and scarfs down cookie after cookie. Seriously, he seems worst than Spike with ice cream, and he reminds me of Tank II eating his steak, my heart warms up. The whole box empties quickly. Jakob tosses the box to the side and looks my way.

   "Thanks I suppose, haven't eaten like that... in a... while." His voice shrinks to a small whisper. Aw man, don't go all Fluttershy on me! Great, that's the last thing I need. "What I wanted to say is, I don't get cookies very often." He grins. I don't know what to say. My mind acted on it's own, bringing this kid here.

   "Hey," I say, "Is your ankle any better?" He hops off the couch and stamps his foot around.

   "Doesn't hurt anymore," He says, "I have to go now, dad'll be mad at me if I get home while it's dark."

   "Oh... Before you leave, can you tell me why you were wandering this far?" I question, the boy looks confused. "You do realize that the forest and the field are private property."

   "No, dad just dropped me off here, he said I should find something to do instead of bothering him." I shake my head.

   "Tell your dad that the owner warned you off. And the next time you come back," I smirk, "I'll put you in my stew." Jakob gulps and turns pale.

   "Y-yes, Miss." His voice trembles and he runs out through the back door. I watch as the boy known as Jakob hurries to the road yards from the house and climbs into a white car. The car drives off, although he has left, I get the bugging feeling this is not the last time I've seen of Jakob. And hey, I'll give the kid credit if he's brave enough to come back.

Knock, knock, knock. Kyle isn't home, I hesitate, stuck between the choices of opening the door or leaving it be. My curiosity gets the best of me and I fly over to see who's at the door.

   The door opens and the boy from the day before waves. "Hi."

   "I thought I told you not to come back."

   "Yeah b-but, I was wondering if you want to come out and play?" He puts on a smile. There isn't anything to do than watch television anyways. I hover out and close the door.

   "Sooo... What do you want to do?"

   "Can I pet you?" Jakob looks up and smiles. I fly a bit upwards, away from the kid. No way. I'm not some animal for people to go around and pet.

   "No. I'm no human's pet." That would just be degrading. I mean, I'm a first class athlete in Equestria. I shouldn't be treated as some soft kitten. And Kyle doesn't treat me as a pet. We're equals. Or at least I think. Doesn't matter, if anything, I'm the best of the two.

   "So? You look cute now that I think of it." Cute... Cute... What the hay?

   "Cool, but not cute, kid." I begin to rethink about coming outside.

   "There's nothing to do except explore that stupid forest. And we've already done that."

   I fly down and land beside Jakob.

   "Can I ride you?"

   "No."

   "Why not? You let me yesterday."

   "You hurt your ankle yesterday. Don't expect me to be some taxi or some sort." I stretch my wings, which for some reason to him was an ok to touch them. He runs his fingertips across my feathers. His hand is sweaty. Very sweaty. I don't know what his deal is but I pull away, keeping the kid's hand off of me.

   "Can I have some cookies?" I grumble and bring the kid inside the house where I pull out a box of cookies from the cupboards.

   He had made himself home on the couch and is now watching cartoons on the television. I hand him the box of cookies and sit down beside him. It was strange it but felt more comforting to have company while Kyle is away at work. Maybe I should invite this kid over more often.