Scootaloo stretched out on the bed as the first rays of morning kissed her face. It was nice and warm under the blanket she was in, and the skintight suit of Rainbow’s old Wonderbolt’s track suit kept her at just the right temperature. She wondered what time it was, and reached into one of the few, hidden pockets on the outfit to pull out her phone. She saw it was almost Nine o’ clock.

Two hours after school started.

“Fu-” She sprang up from the bed, on her hooves in about two seconds… before coming back down with a crash in another one. This time, she finished her curse, her head throbbing like it was in a church bell for six hours. Black spots even began forming in her vision, and she clutched her skull for dear life.

Now, her memory started coming back. Yesterday, she had cut out of her last few classes, unable to get the image of Diamond Tiara kissing Button Mash out of her head. Even now, it… She blinked a few times as a red haze pushed her along, causing her to instead think of grabbing the tracksuit and checking herself out in the mirror, before deciding it would go well with the rest of her plan.

Then, there were the two cases of beer, finishing one off, and… well, not much past that actually. She could remember blurred images of her going up to Button Mash, feel the warmth of his crotch as it touched against hers. For a moment, a bolt of fear, shame, and panic passed through her as she wondered if she really had gone and fucked Button last night.

The pounding of hooves, and consequently her head too, stopped her train of thought as she looked to the door, wondering who might be coming. First, familiar, brown hooves stepped through, and she smiled as Button knelt beside her. The stallion grabbed her hand and squeezed it, and, as she was looking into those dumb, innocent, orange eyes of his, she felt her fears melt away. Button wouldn’t have fucked her, not like that.

Then, there were the pink hooves, and the squatting mare that came with it.

Scootaloo put a hand to her forehead, rubbing it as her skull throbbed. “Oh, please, no, I already have one headache today, and I think it’s going to kill me already.”

Diamond pouted, before handing Scootaloo a glass of water. “Here, idiot, drink up, and it should help you.”

“Is it poison? I could really go for some poison right about now.”

Button chuckled at that as he pecked her cheek, leaving a wave of warmth to spread over her body as he stood. “I’m happy to see you’re not hurt, but I have pancakes to go finish.”

“Pancakes?” Scootaloo almost hummed as she thought about how good they might be, before remembering that they all had school today, unless something had happened. She looked to Diamond Tiara, before clutching her head. “Ow, thinky not good for the hurty.”

Even Diamond couldn’t help but chuckle at that one, before she laid down beside Scootaloo, and sighed. “Here, let me fill you in then. I got a call at about six this morning from Button asking for me to tell Cheerilee that you and him weren’t going to make it to school, because he had to make sure you were okay. Seeing as you’re so stubborn and,” a flash of red went over Diamond’s eyes, and she looked down, “...well, one of the few mares that terrify me, especially when it comes to him, I couldn’t let you just be with him, so I, um, you know, came over and stuff.”

Scootaloo glanced to the side, shocked by the words, before some of the fog in her head cleared. Vividly, she could remember him telling her that Diamond and him weren’t a couple, at least, not technically, and she could hear something that was all too familiar as of late for Scoots. The same sorrow that led her to get utterly wasted was at the fringes of Diamond Tiara’s voice. She was actually scared. “You really like him, don’t you?”

Diamond looked to her hands, trying not to cry as she felt a tightness in her chest. “I… I do. Even if I had to give up my riches, if it meant somehow being with a knight like him… it just might be worth it.”

Scootaloo reached over and grabbed Diamond Tiara’s hand, squeezing it as she smiled. “You’ve been spending too much time reading romance novels if you’re calling him a knight.”

She blushed and turned her head from the stupid pegasus. “Well, what would you call him?”

Scootaloo bit into her lip, before a red haze filled her lungs, and forced her to speak her mind. “The best stallion in Equestria would probably be more fitting.” Her cheeks immediately turned bright red, and she tried moving away from Diamond Tiara, only to start clutching her head again. “Ow, ow, o-” She stopped as she felt hands brush against her mane.

Diamond Tiara swallowed, hard, as she looked into Scootaloo’s eyes, her face far more red than pink. “Look, I… I want to get better, so I deserve him, and I want him also to be happy. As much as I always tried denying it, and wish I didn’t now have to admit to it, but...” she bit into her lip to pause for a second, before simply slamming through her pride to say, “you make him happy. So, if you’ll give me one more chance, can we…can we try to love Button together?”

Scootaloo blinked, and in that moment, knew she was in the wrong. She wanted Button, there was no doubt about it. Out of the stallions her age in Ponyville, Button was the only one she hadn’t written off, but if she ever had to, she would be okay finding somepony else.

Diamond Tiara didn’t seem to have that option. If either of them should have been asking to be a part of the other’s relationship, it should be Scootaloo, and she now knew that. She grabbed one of Diamond Tiara’s hands, and gently pecked the other mare on the lips. “You know what? Yeah, I think I can do that, even if it’s with you.”

The pink mare kept her hand to her lips for another few moments, before tears came to her eyes, and she tackled Scootaloo. The two held each other, Scootaloo hating the high pitched, but low volume crying her new… acquaintance was doing, as it was like nails on a chalkboard for her skull, but suffered through it, because of Button Mash. It was the same excuse as to why she tried absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. She had given her friend enough hell, and watching Diamond Tiara not only be civil, but also make him at least as happy as when he was with Sweetie Belle, was worth not trying to mess anything up. At least, for that day.

Author's Note

I saw a trend happening in the comments, and what better time to have everything becoming better than right before the weekend? This was Friday, they skipped school, so tomorrow is Saturday for Button, and there are all sorts of opportunities just waiting for him.

Also, I updated fast enough to still be in the update cue.