"Bye, girls! See you later!" Rainbow called as she flew off. She grumbled.

"Where's Pinkie Pie?!" She asked herself while her back leg sliced through a cloud.

"Down here." Rainbow's ears perked up. She looked down.

"Pinkie! Why weren't you with the rest of us?" Rainbow asked. The pink pony shrugged.

"I dunno." Rainbow groaned.

"Y'know 'I dunno' isn't an answer, right?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh." Pinkie mumbled.

Pinkie had gotten better. She was out and about all the time again, but it wasn't to cheer anypony up.

She walked around town for a little bit and then disappear back inside Sugarcube Corner.

"I hate how things are running here." Rainbow said. "If everything went back to normal, I would be reaaaallllllly happy."

Pinkie looked down.

"C'mon, it's been a week!" Rainbow exclaimed. "You need to smile!"

"I don't know if I can." Pinkie mumbled.

"Yes you can! You were able to smile on your birthday party!" Rainbow said. "You laughed and smiled in the face of danger!" She floated down and put her hooves on her shoulders, still hovering in the air.

Pinkie just sighed.

"I-I know you're right, Dashie. I'm trying, I really am, but... I just can't get him off my mind." Pinkie replied. Rainbow grounded herself.

"And you know what?" Rainbow asked. "I can't get you being sad off my mind! It's driving me crazy!" She said.

Pinkie blushed at that.

"C'mon, let's to something you absolutely love to do." Rainbow said. She gasped. "We could talk!" She said. Talking was a good way to get Gummy off her mind.

"Ok, but what are we gonna talk about?" Pinkie asked.

"I dunno," She answered. "How about.... We talk about all the fun parties you've thrown." Rainbow suggested.

Pinkie's ears perked up. This is how she cheered her self up and got her pride back, after Cheese Sandwich had taken it.

"O-okay." Pinkie replied.

Rainbow nodded like she was insisting that Pinkie went first.

"Uh, oh, well, there was um... Oh! Twilight's welcome to Ponyville party." She said.

"There we go." Rainbow smiled. "That one was fun, except for the fact that Twilight didn't actually attend her own party." She smirked.

"Yeah, but I guess she was trying to find a a way to stop Nightmare Moon." Pinkie responded.

"Mhm, oh!" Rainbow blurted. "Remember how happy she was, all of us were, when she realized that we were her friends?" She asked.

"Yeah, I remember I was so happy that day that I threw a party just for them." Pinkie said.

"Yeah, I'll never forget that day." Rainbow said. "Exhibit A, as AJ would call it." She smirked.

Pinkie giggled. Giggled.

"That's your key word." Rainbow said. "Happy."

"Yeah, I guess." Pinkie said. "I'll try. I really will." Rainbow smiled.

"That's the spirit!" She beamed. "Hmm..." She said as she tapped her chin. "Wanna go swimming?" She asked.

"Sure." Pinkie said. It wasn't very enthusiastic, but she could tell Pinkie wanted to.

"Ok, let's go!"

Okie dokie lokie." Pinkie mumbled.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Rainbow and Pinkie were having fun at the swimming hole.

Pinkie was indeed, having fun. Not the kind of fun she used to have, but it was good enough at the rate they were improving at.

Pinkie still hadn't said anything in an excited tone.

Rainbow was doing back crawl with her wings when Pinkie jumped on top of her.

"Wha-*garble* the?!" Rainbow shouted. Once Rainbow surfaced, she looked at Pinkie with angry face. "Pinkie! Why'd you do that.

Pinkie whimpered and she looked down.

"I-I'm sorry Dashie, I just happened to land on top of you w-when I jumped off the swing..." Pinkie said. "Please don't be mad at me..."

Rainbow cursed herself and smiled. She swam towards Pinkie.

"Oh, Pinkie, I'm not mad at you, I was just surprised." She said. "Nopony could ever stay mad at someone as cute as you." Rainbow wrapped her arms around Pinkie.

The pink pony blushed at the complement her best friend had just given her.

She hugged back, and her straight hair draped over Rainbow's blue coat.

Rainbow's heart started beating and adrenaline shot through her veins. Her cheeks turned a dark shade of red.

"Well, ahem, now that that problem is solved, we can, um, get back to swimming..." Rainbow stammered.

"Yeah......." Pinkie answered with an unsure tone, her cheeks burning too.

Not now, Rainbow! Wait, what's wrong with me?! the pegasus thought.

Why are you so nervous?! I'm never nervous! Pinkie thought.

"I-I-I have to go." Rainbow blurted as she darted away.

"Dashie?" Pinkie mumbled.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Rainbow landed on a cloud, her heart beating like a hummingbird's. She bit her lip.

"What is wrong with you!" Rainbow shouted at herself.

She laid down on the cloud and put her hooves over her head.

"Stupid, stupid." Rainbow mumbled. "I can't go back now, she probably won't want to see me." She said to herself. "You're such an idiot..." Rainbow muttered.

She frowned and took off into the air.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Rainbow landed on the front porch of her cloud mansion and pushed the door open.

Tank walked up to Dash and nuzzled her, but she pushed him back, making him spin in a circle on his shell.

"Not now, Tank." She mumbled, heading straight for her room.

Once she was there, she flopped onto her bed and a tear slipped from her eye.

Again, why did she care so much that she left Pinkie in the dust? She had done it before, so why did it matter so much now?

Author's Note

Here you go! Let me tell you right now, this is gonna be quite a bit longer than all my other stories.