Guilty fantasies, guilty actions

The alarm clock went off. Scootaloo was the first to hear it. She stopped it before it could wake Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo had a more tender way in mind to wake her up. Rainbow was still covered by Scootaloo's wing. Both of them were sweaty from last night, but Scootaloo didn't mind. The moment was beautiful.

"Good morning, Rainbow." Scootaloo said and then pecked her on the cheek.

Rainbow Dash's eyes opened and stared at the wall for a while.

"Scootaloo, do you remember what you promised me last night?"

"Of course! Nobody is going to call you names. You think I'd let anyone bully my special somepony?"

Dash sighed deeply.

"No, you said that everything would go back to the way it was before. That'd we'd pretend that this never happened. You're not my special somepony, Scootaloo."

Scootaloo couldn't deny that stung. But she was right. Scootaloo knew she had to keep her promises. She got out of bed.

"Thanks for a great night, Rainbow. I'll see you." she said, hiding her disappointment as well as she could.

She then just exited the house. She didn't even bother to clean up. Scootaloo had showered before at Rainbow Dash's house, but now it didn't feel right to stay any longer. She'd have to go to her own home in Ponyville first and freshen up, meaning she'd be late to work even if she skipped breakfast, but Sweetie Belle and Applebloom knew very well that she wasn't a slacker. They'd rightfully assume she had a good reason.

When she got in her own bathroom and the warm water flowed over her, she started to reconsidered what had happened. She should be grateful. One of her childhood fantasies had finally been fulfilled. Who was she to question if Rainbow Dash didn't want to be with her? But there was something else she regretted. She might lose Dash as a friend. Scootaloo had to fix that at least. She knew both her and Rainbow Dash wouldn't want to fully lose each other.

Only when Scootaloo got out of the showed did she realize she had left her white coat at Rainbow's. She made her way to her office. There were already voices coming from therapy room. Scootaloo entered. A gloating stallion was sitting on the patient's couch. A helmet was sitting next to him.

"They allowed me back into the guard!"

"Good job!" Applebloom said exited "Did you speak with Licorice?"

"She... she had gotten remarried after the divorce apparently. But she's allowing me to see the children! I'm not touching that damned fruit brandy ever again!"

"Okay, mister Lancer. Just to be sure, do you mind coming back in a month?"

"Anything for you, Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

Chainmail Lancer then put on his helmet and proudly stepped outside. This was a sharp contrast to the half-corpse that had walked in the when they started his treatment.

"Sorry I was late." Scootaloo apologized.

"That's not like you." Applebloom noticed.

Scootaloo had considered sharing her troubles with her fellow crusaders, but the idea of doing that felt like betraying Rainbow Dash.

"I had a rough night. Sweetie Belle do you have one of those white coats to spare?"

"Sure."

When Scootaloo got a coat, she fully put out the personal troubles out of mind and lost herself in her work. This time they had to help a milder case. Hard Hat, a roofer who had developed a fear of heights after he fell and broke a leg. They talked for hours. Only at noon did she realize how hungry she was. She decided to get something at Sugarcube Corner.

When she got there, she saw Rainbow Dash moping in front of a muffin. Pinkie Pie had tied a balloon to her chair in an attempt to cheer her up. Pinkie herself was acting weirdly, but that was par for the course from her. Still Scootaloo felt a bit uncomfortable because of her this time. She got a piece of cake sat down on Rainbow Dash's table.

"Hello, Rainbow."

"Scootaloo, what are you doing here?" she replied nervously.

"Can't I sit with my friend?"

Dash had no answer to that question. She just stared in silence at the half eaten muffin.

"I'm willing to pretend last night didn't happen, but that'll only work if you are able to do the same."

"I... I thought that pretending that would make me stop feeling like a cra..."

A cough and angry look from Scootaloo kept Rainbow from fully saying that word.

"...instead I feel like a traitor as well."

"You are neither, Rainbow, regardless of what you decide to do now."

An awkward silence broke out between them. Scootaloo distracted herself from it by eating her cake. Afterwards, Rainbow Dash offered her to finish her muffin.

"How about we go for a walk? Maybe it'll clear up your head, Rainbow."

Both of them started walking through Ponyville. The town looked picturesque and its inhabitants happy as always. Still, Rainbow Dash looked sad. When they walked through a quiet alleyway, Scootaloo covered her with her wing again.

"It's okay, nobody can see us here and friends do that to each other as well." Scootaloo assured her before she could could protest.

Rainbow Dash looked more at ease afterwards. Once they had walked though the alleyway, Scootaloo removed her wing. They kept walking until they got to the town square. There Pinkie Pie jumped out in front of them wearing a red hat.

"Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!"