Author's Note

Heya! I'm back with another romance! This one is not Mane Six based though XD

Hope you enjoy it, and don't hesitate to tell me if you spot any grammar or punctuation errors. (When you are your own editor, mistakes get missed alot! )

Just a note: Fireblaze is my OC, and Summer Breeze is a pony made up off the top of my head.

Three Little Words

"Ooh...so she likes flowers! Writing that down!"

I was hiding well out of sight on a cloud that would have been deemed suspiciously placed had anypony bothered to look up. I was also peeking over the edge with binoculars in one hoof and a pen in the other, watching a certain pony below. A pegasus, like me, with a yellow coat. Only difference between us was she had a blazing orange mane and tail. Summer Breeze and I spent alot of time together, laughing and talking, and when we weren't together I was busy spy...er...conducting research, on her. I mentally slapped myself. Right, because calling it "conducting research" rather than "spying" was making this perfectly ok.

The two of us had been friends for a long time and were very close. Though I had, for quite awhile, had feelings for this sweet and loving mare. I just was too scared to say so. So instead, I had resorted to following her around. Yes, it was probably really weird, and yes, I'd probably get slapped if she caught me, but hey, it would be worth it. Really all I wanted was to spend more time with her....well, and tell her I loved her, but facing a dragon seemed easier than that.

"BOO!"

"Gah!!!" I stumbled back at the voice, falling right off the cloud i was hiding on. Righting myself, I flew back up and landed on it once more, a faint blush on my face. "Rainbow Dash! Don't scare me like that!"

The indignant reaction to her sudden appearance made her magenta eyes water as she burst out laughing hysterically, flopping on her back. "Oh your face! That was so funny!"

I huffed, waiting for the notorious prankster to finish laughing and compose herself. When she did, she sat up and rubbed a hoof through her rainbow mane. "So, whatcha doin' up here, Fire?"

I blinked. "Uh...um...napping?"

"With binoculars and a notebook?" She snorted. "Who you spying on?" She flipped the page on the notebook before i could stop her. "Whoa....Summer...? Wha...you're spying on Summer Breeze? Where she goes, what she likes....whoa."

"Give me that!" I snatched the book back, impossibly red.

Her eyes laughed merrily as they met my blue ones. "Why are you spying on Summer? Don't you guys like, hang out all the time?"

"Well yes but....i mean...I'm not spying!" I struggled to gain some control of this situation before it turned into an uncomfortable chat.

"Aw cut it, Fireblaze." She smirked. "I may not be the Element of Honesty but even I know a lie when I hear it."

"I'm...I'm..." My brain scrambled frantically for a plausible answer. "I'm conducting research!"

'Oh, wonderful reponse, Fireblaze!! She'll definitely buy that!'

"Nah." The mare leaned back on the cloud, grinning that insufferably cocky trademark grin. "That's not it either."

I sighed. I was screwed if this got out to certain ponies but...Rainbow was Loyalty after all so maybe she would keep it quiet. "If I tell you, will you swear not to tell anypony? Especially not Summer Breeze!!"

Rainbow's ears perked and she lazily waved a hoof. "Pinkie promise."

I groaned. "Ok. Uh....fact is I um...uh...well, I like her. I mean, I really, really like her..." i felt my face grow hot and knew I was really red.

She stared at me for a long moment and then she snickered. "You're in love with her."

I mumbled something about shoving her off the cloud if she mentioned it, and she laughed, giving me a tap on the head with her hoof. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna tell anypony. But why not just go tell her?"

I stared at her in shock and shook my head furiously, causing some of my gold and red- orange mane to cover my eyes. "No! I can't!"

"Why not? I may be not be all into the lovey mushy nonsense myself...." she made a face at that thought "....but seems to me if you love her, you oughtta tell her."

"But...but what if she doesn't love me back? What if this goes horribly wrong and she never talks to me again?? What if....GAH!!"

The last as Rainbow shoved me off the cloud with a roll of her eyes. I caught myself and flew back up, glaring at her. She shook her head.

"Look Fire, i'm no expert in this, but if you two are as good of friends as you seem to be, you got nothing to worry over! Tell her. Beats hiding up in clouds spying on her."

"No...that...no." I shook my head hard again. "There's too much that could go wrong! Everything could be ruined between us! Or super awkward. There's just no way I could-"

This time she didn't just shove me off the cloud; she grabbed me and threw me off. I let out an undignified yelp and did a twist, straightening out and then coming back to land once more on the cloud next to her. "Will you stop doing that?!"

"You worry too much, like Egghead does." she retorted, rolling her eyes in minor annoyance. "Look, just tell her. What's the worst she can do, throw you through a cloud wall?"

"Not helping." I muttered sullenly.

"My point is, she's not gonna leave you hanging just because of this. Best thing, she loves you back and you worried for nothin'. Worst thing, she doesn't love you back, you stay buddies, and you still worried for nothin'."

I glared at the smirking mare and tried to formulate an argument, but I failed. She was, aggravatingly enough, right. "Facing a giant, firebreathing dragon would be so much easier."

She snorted at that. "Not gonna suggest you try that, Fire. Been there, done that, and trust me, telling Summer you love her? Waaaay easier than facing a dragon."

Well there went that chance of escape. Not that I was really searching for an escape. If I was going to be totally honest, I really just wanted somepony to talk me into doing it. Give me the extra boost of confidence I needed to take that step.

"How about busting clouds?" I asked lamely, and was unsuprised by the shove off of the cloud. I righted myself, but stayed hovering in the air this time as Rainbow lifted off the cloud and looked at me.

"Mare up, Fire! Tell her!" And with that she flew off, leaving me alone.

Tell her, huh? Right, because walking straight up and saying "I love you" was soooo easy. I groaned.

"FIREBLAZE!"

The voice below made me shoot further up into the sky, then I looked down and spotted her looking up at me, one wing shielding her eyes from the sun. Sighing, I flew down to her, hoping I could just keep my feelings secret.

I glided in easily alongside her for a smooth landing, my hooves making a quiet thump in the dirt, and my wings immediately folding into place. I kept my gaze down for a second, brushing imaginary dirt off one foreleg. "Hey Summer!"

"Fireblaze, just the pony I wanted to see!" She sounded so happy. "I wonder if you could help me with something?"

I lifted my head. "Sure! Anything y-"

My words died and my brain refused to function as my gaze met those beautiful blue eyes staring back at me. She was smiling widely and at that moment all I wanted was to lean in and kiss her. My heart swelled even more with deep love for her.

"Fire, are you ok?" She was watching me with concern...mixed with confusion.

Without even giving myself a chance to think or hesitate, I simply blurted out three words.

"I love you!"

And then my face decided to imitate a stove as heat flooded it and crept slowly up to my ears. I was blushing horribly, I just knew it. She was staring at me, mouth agape.

"I...I...I mean I...I'm..."

I struggled to finish my sentence and failed, my brain in a panic and unable to pull anything intelligible from its vast stores of words. So I stood there, mouth opening and closing wordlessly for a moment, then I took to the sky and flew off as fast as my wings would carry me, leaving her staring after me in open-mouthed astonishment.