Pink and Purple

Twilight wiped her clammy hands on her skirt. Biting her lip, she picked up the phone and dialed Pinkie's number.

"Yello?" a voice on the line answered.

"Hey, Pinkie, it's Twilight."

"Hey Twi-Twi! What's up?"

Twilight took a deep breath. "Erm, I was wondering if we could...see each other again. You know, hang out."

"Uh, sure! When do you wanna hang?"

"As soon as possible." Twilight said without thinking. Quickly she added, "I'm super bored, Pinkie, and we had so much fun yesterday."

"Well...wanna go see a movie? The new Ghostbusters movie comes out on Friday."

"Oh, yes. I would love to go see that. Would...you like to get dinner before or after?"

"Sure thing. I'll pick you up at...seven?"

"That sounds great, Pinkie. Okay, see you at school tomorrow."

"See ya later!" They hung up.

Twilight sighed with relief. I did it! Twilight cheered herself as she pranced around her bedroom.

"You invited...everyone?"

Twilight's heart fell down to her toes when she saw the crowd before her. All of Pinkie's friends, even Sunset Shimmer, had tagged along on their date.

"Yup! Isn't it great?" Pinkie asked.

Twilight wished she had changed. Pinkie had suggested that they all go to Hayburgers' (the best humorously named restaurant in Canterlot), while Twilight was obviously overdressed, thinking they could go somewhere more romantic.

"It's...awesome, Pinkie. I'm so glad everyone could make it," Twilight said, through gritted teeth.

The pink girl squealed happily. "Ooooooh! This is gonna be so fun!"

Dinner went okay, Twilight thought. Everyone talked and laughed, even Sunset. But Twilight was worried about the movie. She was fine seeing the new Ghostbusters (although she had thought about different movies that might have been a teeny-weeny bit more romantic), but now that the rest of the girls were there...there was no way that Twilight could use her secret weapon.

She'd thought about it all Friday afternoon. Twilight blushed every time she thought about how Pinkie had kissed her, and wanted playful revenge. Finally, she decided that later in the movie, she would lay on Pinkie's shoulder. It wasn't as big of a move as Pinkie's, but she hoped Pinkie would get the message that Twilight would try to send. It's alright, Twi thought at dinner, I may still be able to make my move.

Twilight was relieved when she was able to get a seat right next to Pinkie, but a bit terrified when Sunset sat on her other side. How am I supposed to use my secret weapon now? Twilight thought, her stress levels rising a bit. And another thing...why is Sunset still so mad at me? We went on one date.

Pinkie tapped Twilight when she had been zoned out, biting her nails and trying to think without overheating in her dark purple dress. "Hey Twi-Twi," she said. "Do you want to share popcorn?"

Does it mean I can touch your hand, maybe accidentally? "Sure Pinkie. Here, it's on me."

Pinkie shook her head. "No no, I insist. On me." She hopped off.

Twilight tried to sit normally. Sunset seemed bored, her head resting on her left hand, her left arm very close to Twilight. Finally, Twi couldn't take it anymore.

"What is your problem?" Twilight whispered.

"What?" Sunset sat up and looked Twilight in the eyes.

"I said, what is your problem? We went on one date, Sunset. One date. I thought we could be mature about this."

"We can!" Sunset hissed. "Excuse me for having extra emotions. Maybe I like you more than you realize."

Twilight bit her lip. "Huh?"

"Like I said, you're really cute. And really smart. And I just wanted to hang out with you." Sunset passed a glance toward her giggling friends. "I hang out with them 'cause they hate me the least. All they do is make fun of me, but if I tried to join another group, I'd never get in. You're like me, Twilight. Shy, didn't know about friendship, just wanted to understand it." According to Principal Celestia and the other Twilight, that's not really how that went for you, Twilight thought. "I...I just thought we'd get along better, that's all. I didn't mean to make things so...weird."

Suddenly, Twilight felt pity for Sunset. But deep in her heart, she knew who she really liked. "I'm sorry too, Sunset. But it's not gonna work."

Sunset said nothing, only nodded.

Before anything else could happen, Pinkie returned with the popcorn and the previews started.

When the Stay Puff marshmallow man emerged, Twilight thought, Okay, here I go.

Before she could overthink it, she yawned and delicately placed her head on Pinkie's shoulder.

Her heart raced, and she heard Sunset gasp. All outside thoughts and noises faded, however, when Pinkie lay her head on Twilight's.