From Bumps and Bruises

Rainbow Dash woke up to find herself in her own house. "How did that..." she looked around. There was no pony in sight. Rainbow Dash opened her door to see the other pegasi ponies flying about. Then she woke up. "My dreams are getting too close to reality." she murmured.

"Hey Rainbow!" Thunderlane said walking in.

"Oh, hey..." Rainbow Dash said groggily. Then she noticed a cloud wall, cloud everything. She opened her mouth but no words came into mind.

"We decided you might want to spend a day a week in your own home." Thunderlane said half laughing at her gaping mouth.

"Th-Thanks!" Rainbow Dash said with real gratitude,"But... How did I get here?"

"Easy, I just bent all my legs inward and up we went!"

Rainbow Dash shifted uncomfortably thinking about how close she would have been to his stallionhood. "Okay, thanks." she said. And Thunderlane walked out of the room. The more she thought about it the more she felt sick,"His..." she couldn't even finish the sentence. Rainbow Dash got up and searched for Thunderlane. "Thunderlane?" She called

"Yeah?"

"Do I have any mail?"

Thunderlane looked at her,"Yeah, an invitation to Party Pops party, why?"

"It's today, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Could you take me?"

"Well..."

"Please?"

"Sure."

Rainbow Dash gave a yip of excitement. Party Pops parties were always crazy. There were so many cool stallions with large Stallionhoods. Thinking about that she took a small peek at Thunderlane's. It was giant, about the size of a tomato in thickness and the length of a hot dog.

"Errr..." Thunderlane said uncomfortably,"Why are you staring..."

Rainbow Dash blushed and apologized, not realizing how much could happen in one night.

The party was over, Rainbow Dash was wasted, and Thunderlane had to bring her home. He looked at the moon, it shone directly on one large cloud. He decided he would land and enjoy , his wings were a bit tired anyway. He put Rainbow Dash down and sat down himself. He took out a small breath tester, she was pretty much completely sober.

"Thunderlane?" Rainbow Dash asked

"Yeah?" Thunderlane replied, wondering what there possibly was to talk about.

"The view is so pretty."

"Oh, yeah, I guess it is." The moon was large and shining directly on the cloud they were sitting on, giving it a peaceful glow. Rainbow Dash looked at him with big eyes.

"Thunderlane." She murmered

"Yeah...?" He looked around, noticing she was leaning towards him.

"Can I tell you something?"

"Sure." She was only an inch away from his nose.

"I like you." And with that she leaned in for a kiss, to be met halfway there by Thunderlane, who after a while ended it. "This isn't right." He said turning his head away.

"What do you mean?" she asked

"I...I like you and all..."

"And?"

"But you're drunk."

"Thunderlane, you can check me, I'm not drunk."

"Yeah, it's either your drunk or..."

"Thunderlane, why would you think I'm drunk?"

"Cause, you're Rainbow Dash and I'm Thunderlane."

"Thunderlane. I might not have known you long, but you helped save my life, and, you're so damn cute." Rainbow Dash trotted over to where him face was and gave him a passionate kiss with so much power she knocked him over. Thunderlane felt like he was in a boiling river, and was swelling in a very peculiar spot.

"Rainbow Dash!" He said pulling away,"Stop. Or I won't be able to stop myself."

"What do you... Oh." She grinned, now instead of a tomato hot dog, it was a potato ruler.

"You know, you don't have to control yourself." She smiled and nuzzled him,"The night is young and so are we."

End of Chapter 3