My Big Human Brother

Chapter 6: Colt Crush

Will sweeps the floors of the barn, gathering up all the hay and dirt. He has been doing this for hours, keeping an eye on me as I stare dreamily at a certain colt. He has orange fur, and purple-ish blue mane! And the best part, he dances! We practice every weekend, but this weekend we practice at my house! Will silently sneaks over beside me to see what I've been staring at. He looks at me and scoffs.

"You got a crush!" He says. I turn beat red and swiveled around.

"No! He's just a friend! Not like one of you colts can understand it anyway," I say, turning around.

"I'm not laughing at it, I just think it's cute that my lil' sis has a crush. Now, just do me a favor and never talk to that pony again okay?" He asks. I look at him with a confused look.

"Why? He's not a bad pony," I say. Will scoffs again.

"Please, I don't know this guy, for all I know he's a serial killer in a bakery or something!" He exclaims.

"A bakery? Really?" I ask. He nods,

"Yep!" He says.

"Well, his name is Tender Taps and he's cool!" I say. Will stares at me.

"Tender Taps? Is he like a massues or something?" He asks.

"No, he dances! He's a great dancer and you don't even compare to him!" I yell getting angry at my adopted brother. He stares wide eyed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean any offense," he said.

"Then you should have thought better!" I exclaim. Will sighs, leaving the room.

Will sits on his bed, trying to figure out what to do with this situation. He's the big brother, he should worry about this! Will sighs again, trying to think of a complicated way of getting me to forgive him. He smiles suddenly, hatching a terribly planned idea.

I sweep swiftly along the barn after Will left to plan out his, well, plan. I wonder if my dream colt likes me too! I bet he doesn't even remember my name. Tender Taps is so like able, from his adorable shyness to his awesome dancing. After I was done in about ten minutes, I look out the window in time to see said pony, leaning on the frame of the window, waving.

"Hey Applebloom!" He said. I yelp, jump, and hit my head all at the same time.

"Owww," I said, rubbing my sore head. "H-hi Tender Taps, how's it going?" I ask, trying to keep my cool.

"Well, I met your big brother Will, and he said you would like to talk to me," he says, smiling. "So, what do you want to talk about?" He asks. I felt my stomach do a complete flip. My idiot brother just told my dream colt to talk to me. I smiled nervously, trying to think of a conversation when I saw Will in the background, holding a card up. It said, 'Tell him now.'

"Well, I was wondering what shoes we need for the next dance rehearsal," I said. Will face palms and picks up another card. 'Just tell him.'

"I think we're supposed to wear the same shoes as always?" He says questioningly. I start sweating a little. I can not believe my brother is doing this to me. "Anything else?" Tender Taps asked. Will gets another card that says, 'Do it do it do it do it do it'. He quickly changes it with a card that says 'Don't let your dreams be dreams'. He switches again 'Yesterday you said tomorrow'. He switches again, 'SO JUST DO IT!!!'

"Well, I was wondering if you, um," I look around quickly for an excuse. I see a poster stapled to the wall and I ran over to it. "Come with me to do this!" I said quickly. Tender Taps stared.

"I thought you said you hate roller coasters," he said. I look at the poster and tried not to scream when I saw that the carnival was coming here next week. As well as the scariest roller coaster ever. The Dropper of Doom. As cheesy as the name is, it's true to its word.

"Well, I can be very dangerous when I want to be, you know, dangerous," I said awkwardly. Tender Taps smiled brightly.

"Wow, you're brave! Braver than me! Normally I wouldn't go on roller coasters like that one!" He said. I mentally sighed in relief. "But since you're asking, I'll go with you," he said. I mentally screamed. "Uh oh, I got to go, my parents don't like it when I stay up too late, bye Applebloom!" Tender Taps said, waving bye. He trots out the door of the barn and down the dirt road, smiling. I stood still for what seemed to be hours when Will walks over.

"What mess did you get into-" he pauses looking at the poster. "Oh wow, this is funny!" He says.

"No it's not," I said. He scoffs.
"You're right, it's hilarious! Good thing I don't have to come!" Will said happily. I smirked.

"That's where you're wrong, Granny Smith isn't gonna come because she has to go shopping that day, and I always take someone with me to the carnival!" I said in a sing song voice. Will loses all the color in his face as I told him. Next week is gonna be a wild ride.