Snow Daze

6:01 P.M.

Knock, knock, knock

Rainbow Dash was sitting at her dining room table munching on a daisy sandwich that she had fixed for herself before hearing a knock at her front door.

Rainbow Dash took one last bite of her sandwich before getting up to go answer her door.

She walked to her front door and turned the knob while still chewing on the last bits of her meal.

She opened the door, revealing a pale blue Pegasus stallion with a goofy smile wearing a navy blue scarf with blue and yellow tassels and a winged lightning bolt embroidered on the bottom end.

Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened and she quickly swallowed the remains of her food then coughed and cleared her throat.

“Soarin!” Rainbow Dash raspily and cheerfully greeted the stallion with a humongous grin and shimmering eyes.

“Hey Rainbow! Nice to see you again!” Soarin greeted her back with a smile and threw his arms around her in a tight hug with no restraint.

Rainbow Dash tried to suppress a blush; she knew that Soarin had admitted to having the same feelings towards her, but the thought of it made her feel so happy on the inside that she couldn’t help herself. No she did not go to bed every night thinking about him, or would hug her pillow pretending that it was him, or waking up to find herself smooching on her pillow only to find her pet tortoise looking very worried about her, because of course Rainbow Dash, the most awesome pony in Equestria, didn’t do any of that.

Soarin let go of the hug.

“Here, this is for you.” Soarin said as he lifted his left wing up and grabbed something from underneath it with his mouth.

Soarin pulled out a crushed, red rose.

Soarin spat out the rose and grabbed it with a fore hoof and gawked at the crumpled up flower.

“Oh… Well it wasn’t flat when I got it, heh.” Soarin chuckled at the disfigured rose.

Rainbow Dash looked at the rose, just when the stem flopped down.

Both Pegasi looked at the rose, then up at each other, and began to share a moment of laughter.

“Pfff, gee Soarin, when did you get so sappy?” Rainbow Dash chuckled.

“Hah, well I didn’t want to come empty hoofed.” Soarin replied.

Rainbow Dash shook her head as she chuckled. “Heheh, here, come inside.” Rainbow Dash moved aside and invited him in.

“Thanks.” Soarin smiled and trotted inside.

Rainbow Dash closed the door and both Pegasi went over to her couch in the living room.

“So what brings you here?” Rainbow Dash asked as she took a seat.

Soarin sat down beside her.

“Well remember when I asked you if you wanted to do something when winter started?” Soarin reminded her.

Rainbow Dash’s ears perked up when she remembered.

“Oh yeah! So what did you have in mind?” She asked excitedly.

“Well first, I wanted to ask if we can go back to that bakery with your pink friend who works there, that pie I had was amazing!” Soarin beamed.

Rainbow Dash chuckled. “Heh, alright that’s fine by me–OH NO! I FORGOT!” She suddenly exclaimed.

Soarin was startled by her sudden outburst.

“Uh, what’s wrong?” He asked as he tilted his head to the side.

“My friends and I are having a sleepover tonight and I completely forgot!” Rainbow Dash replied as she facehoofed.

Soarin looked down at the floor with a sad expression since he was hoping to be able to spend a little more time with her, but he didn’t want her to ditch her friends just so she could hang out with him.

Soarin sighed and drooped his ears. “Oh… Well I guess I’ll just go then; we can hang out some other ti–”

“NO WAIT!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she held up her hooves.

Soarin gave her a puzzled look.

“I can just head over to my friend’s place and tell them that I’ve got other plans.” Rainbow Dash said.

Soarin felt a rush of happiness go through him, but didn’t show it.

“Yah sure?” He asked, trying to sound as if this wasn’t what he wanted to happen.

“Mmhm.” Rainbow Dash smiled and nodded.

“Heh, alright, if that’s okay with you, it’s okay with me.” Soarin smiled, on the outside he was calm, but on the inside he felt like getting up to do a celebratory dance.

“Alright then, come on, let’s go!” Rainbow Dash told him as she got up from her couch and swiftly flew out through the front door, leaving a rainbow trail behind.

Soarin chuckled as he shook his head and cantered towards the door; before he left, he looked around to see if Rainbow Dash was far away enough before he proceeded to do a little joyous dance and whinny before he casually flew off after the speedy Pegasus.