"She's asleep." Soarin said to himself, looking at how peaceful Rainbow was. She fell asleep about an hour ago and it was almost 1:00, two hours until the performance. She looks so cute, uh... I mean... well, she can't hear me say it. Soarin thought. After making sure that Rainbow had everything she needed, he heard hoofsteps come into the room. Fluttershy walked up next to Soarin and looked at Rainbow Dash with him.

"Aw, she looks so calm now. I didn't know what to do when she started getting upset because she wanted you." Fluttershy looked at Soarin and Soarin looked back with awe on his face.

"She wanted... me?"

Fluttershy nodded. "Why so surprised?"

Soarin sat down on the other couch that Fluttershy had in that room so that he wouldn't wake Rainbow Dash. "It's just... I didn't think she thought much of me. I thought she was thinking of me as just that 'side friend' when I thought of her as so much more."

"What do you mean?"

"Rainbow Dash is so inspiring." Soarin said softly. "She's inspired me to carry on everyday, to get back up after being pushed down. Without her, I wouldn't still be a Wonderbolt."

"Hm."

"I know... I know I as a Wonderbolt before she was, but... as a Wonderbolt, I've been through soooo much and have been thinking about quitting but when Rainbow came... it's like I have another reason to keep going. I- I know this may sound crazy to you and-"

"Oh no! No it doesn't... not at all." Fluttershy said with the sweetest smile on her face. "I think it's great that you love Rainbow, but have you told her?"

Soarin hesitated. Fluttershy let the silence carry on so that Soarin could gather his thoughts. "I haven't really told her but I feel like she's noticed it."

"Why do you say that?"

Soarin thought back to what Rainbow Dash said yesterday. "Well, come on. Let's go before Spitfire yells at us for 'flirting' Ha!"

"Oh," Fluttershy said.

"Rainbow Dash has never given up. She's so passionate about what she does. It's truly inspiring and it keeps me going. She's also so nice to other ponies, like her fans... me... she took Scootloo under her wing for goodness sake! It's like she believed in everypony, it's like she trusted everypony. I've never met a pony like her."

Rainbow Dash moaned in her sleep and she moved slightly. Fluttershy and Soarin turned when they heard her.

Fluttershy walked towards Soarin. "I think you should tell her. All that you have told me, it seems like you really love her. So... just tell her how you feel."

Soarin hung his head low, he didn't know how to tell Rainbow Dash. What if she didn't feel the same way? What if she will never feel the same way?

"You might as well wake her up now though..." said Fluttershy. Soarin nodded and got up. He walked over to Rainbow, stuck out his hoof, awkwardly trying to reach out and tap her. Then he tapped her and she opened her eyes.

"Hm? *yawn* What's going on?"

"Hey Rainbow. How are you feeling?" Fluttershy asked.

"I feel a little better." she said to Fluttershy. She turned her head to Soarin.

Soarin blushed, he blushed a lot. Fluttershy gestured him over telling him 'go on, don't be scared'. Soarin sat on the couch with Rainbow Dash. He took in a few silent breaths, then took a big audible breath and exhaled. "Rainbow... Dash?"

"Yeah?"

Soarin started to shake. His hooves became sweaty and his eyes darted off to Fluttershy's direction. Then he turned back to Rainbow and saw her beautiful, shining Red eyes, she had a friendly and adorable smile and a look of listening on her face. "Uh... Rainbow..."

"You alright, Soarin?" Rainbow asked, slightly worried.

"Yeah! Yeah! I'm- I'm all good, I'm fine. I was just wondering..." Soarin breathed in. "Iwasjustwonderingifyouwantedtotrytodotheperformance?"

"Huh?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to try to do the performance."

"You know what Soarin... I think I can."

Fluttershy held her head down, disappointed. Soarin looked to Fluttershy and nervously smiled, then back at Rainbow. She smiled at him and got up. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's get ready." Rainbow still didn't seems or sound like herself but she thought she would be okay.

"I'm glad you're okay, Rainbow." Said Fluttershy. "Are you feeling any pain at all though?"

"Uh, not right now. I feel a little nauseous but I can fly through that! Don't worry Fluttershy, I'll be alright!"

"Are you sure, Rainbow?" Soarin asked.

"Yeah. Its just a five minute performance."

"But Rainbow... You'll be there for about an hour, greeting fans, practicing and stuff like that... if you don't feel up to it-"

"I'm. Fiiine. Come on let's go." Rainbow Dash trotted out of the door and Fluttershy and Soarin followed after her. Then they flew up to the academy and got there right on time. Spitfire caught them back up.

She stopped them. Rainbow Dash got nevervous but Spitfire greeted them in a nice way. "Hey Rainbow looks like your better. Are you?"

Rainbow chuckled nervously. "Heh, yeah I'm fine."

Spitfire nodded. "Soarin where have you been?"

"With Rainbow and Fluttershy."

"Mmkay. Well both of you go get ready. Meet me out here afterwards." Soarin and Rainbow Dash walked in and got ready. Fluttershy walked to the stands and sat where Scootaloo was waving her over.

"Hey Fluttershy!"

"Hey Scootaloo!" Fluttershy sat next to a very excited Scootaloo and they awaited for the performance. Scootaloo knew Rainbow worked hard on the performance with her other partners.

It was 3:50. Ten minutes till the performance. In the separate bathrooms, Rainbow Dash and Soarin where doing something to get themselves pumped up and to atop themselves from getting nervous.

They told their reflections:Stay Strong, Stay Strong. something that Rainbow Dash said often, Soarin decided to do the same thing and it helped. Once they were done they smiled and back away from their reflections. But that's when things got bad.

Rainbow Dash had that nauseous feeling come back to her again, but this one felt powerful. She felt it creep up but she tried to keep it down. "No! Rainbow Dash... you can't let this happen, once you start, you won't stop. That's how you are with everything." Rainbow Dash fought herself to keep it down but that's when a stricking pain struck her and struck her HARD. She couldn't do it.

Outside of the bathroom, Soarin heard the noise once more. He had a faint image if Deja Vu, that's when he got nervous. "Rainbow Dash?"

Then there was the noise again, but louder. Soarin got really worried this time and he took a risk to go into the mares bathroom. He opened the door. He didn't see anypony until a light blue mare popped out. Well, she wasn't that blue anymore .

Soarin ran over to her. "Rainbow!" He put his hoof on her shoulder but Rainbow brushed it off.

"I'm fine, Soarin. Lets go."

Soarin blocked the door. "No... I'm not letting you go."

Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to speak. But Soarin interrupted. "I thought you said you felt fine earlier."

"That was earlier but I still feel fine. Its not that big a deal. Now let me get out there! Its time for us to go."

Soarin looked at her with the most serious face.

"Soarin... Look at me! I'm fine, it was just a short relapse, I GOT THIS!"

"You should have told us the truth. You lied to all of us."

"No I didn't. I said I felt a little nauseous that's all!"

"A little nauseous?"

"*sigh* Let's go Soarin." With that, Rainbow Dash scooted pass Soarin. Soarin chatted his teeth in nervousness. "Oh, Rainbow..."

Author's Note

Oh No! What's gonna happen next!?