Baby Steps, Spike...

"Whoa!" I scream when I trip over a stack of books.

"Careful Spike! These are very important books!" Twilight snaps at me.

"Like all the other "important" books in this library" I mumble to myself. Twilight groans and stomps away. A few hours later, Twilight bursts in.

"Alright, we're ready!" she shouts,

"Ready for what?" I ask. Twilight shows me a book called, Capes: A Complete History. I stare blankly at the book.

"And we need this, why?" I ask curiously,

"For Rarity silly! Who else would want to read a book about boring capes?" she replies. I suddenly found interest in this uninteresting book.

"L-Let me hold it! I'll carry it the whole way" I shout with no hesitation. Twilight giggles and hands me the book,

"Alright, Lover Boy!" she winks at me. I growl, how come she hasn't forgotten yet? I told her about my crush a month ago!

We walk over to Rarity's house, and see Applejack and Rainbow Dash playing with a ball of yarn. Rarity skips by them holding tons of different fabrics,

"Will you two stop acting like fillies? Grow up!" she snaps.

"Says the pony who plays dress-up all the time" Applejack sneers to Rainbow Dash, and they both start snickering. I run up to Rarity with the cape book.

"Rarity, Here you go" I shout handing her the book,
"Why, thank you Spikey-Wikey" she replies in her sweet little voice. I do have to admit, I felt my purple scales turning red. And I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed my color change. Applejack and Rainbow Dash started laughing. (I think Applejack was laughing so hard, that she was crying).

"Wh-What's so funny?" I ask them quivering,

"Looks like a purple dragon has a crush on a purple haired pony" Rainbow Dash scoffs. My scales went from blushing red to burning rage. Then I got a little idea

" Funny for you to think that Rainbow, but I do not have a crush on Twilight" I respond so very clever. Except, I wasn't as clever as I thought I was.

"That's not who we're talking abou-" Rainbow begins to mutter, but Applejack covers Rainbow's mouth with her hoof,

"It's called sarcasm Rainbow Dash" she groans annoyingly. Applejack was sadly right, I was kidding. My real crush was on the Element of Generosity. Ever since the day we first came to Ponyville, I had loved that purple haired unicorn,

"Anyway Spike, everypony knows about your crush, all but one" Says Applejack.

"Who?" I ask, even though I already know the answer.

"Her name starts with a R and ends with a Y, she makes clothes and dramatically cries. Who could see anything in that mare? Spike the Dragon certainly dares!" Rainbow Dash and Applejack chant.

"Wow, catchy" I reply annoyed.

"Came up with it myself" Rainbow brags. I was getting annoyed with these two cheer ponies, so I walked out of Rarity's house to go eat at Sugar Cube Corner.

Pinkie Pie wasn't there because she got to ring the school bell again (oh no). So I sat down to eat at a table, but saw that two strangers with hoods over their heads were already sitting there.

"Oh, sorry gentleponies. I didn't know you were sitting here." I stammer.

"Well partner, we didn't know that you had a crush on the fashion designer in Ponyville" one stranger mutters. I stare at him confused,

"But, I thought everypony knew already."

"All but one" the other stranger replies.

"Who?" I ask, then I found out who these two strangers were.

"Her name starts with a-" one begins, but I stop her.

"STOP! OH, FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA, LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" I finally shout. One stranger takes her hood off revealing Applejack underneath,

"Alright Spike, while stop... if you admit you have a crush on Rarity" Applejack answers. I try to find words, but I can't. My body starts going out of control. My heart is pounding, my spine is tingling, and I'm sweating a waterfall! You wouldn't think that admitting your crush could make your body go crazy, but it does. Then I finally get a hold of the words. The same words I had spoken to Twilight and Pinkie Pie on that day, the same words I wished I would never have to speak again. Then the words spill out.

"I have a crush on Rarity"