Secret Crush

That was over 3 years ago, now Scootaloo was in the beginning of grade 12. At first she hadn’t thought anything of Joe but it seems that fate had it set and every semester of school she had Joe in at least 1 of her classes. Within the 2nd week of high school she really felt strange around him and began to have dreams about him, Joe however paid no mind. Somehow the young man seemed to pass school with exceptionally high grades, ranging from high 70s to low 90s even though the majority of the time he slept through classes and screwed around.

Despite her obvious liking for Joe she never had the courage to ask him out for a date, simply because he never showed much interest for her. Even when he had stayed at Sweet Apple acres for dinner one night, at Applejack’s request, he didn’t pay much mind towards her. She quickly found her name on the listing page, 198, “Oh yippee its history” Scootaloo whispered to herself, she absolutely loved history because she was so good at it and the history of Equestria fascinated Scootaloo.

She made her way quickly through the hallways towards her class. She had never told any-pony about her crush on Joe, not even her best friends or even Rainbow Dash. As she passed through the hallways she heard the familiar voice of Joe as he swore constantly and then a SLAM was heard.

She quickly raced forward only to see that Joe had punched his locker and left a dent in it as he fumbled with his lock. “Son of a bitch… open god dammit” he cursed to himself then kicked his locker. “Fucking Chinese shit…” Joe muttered as he pulled out a multi tool from his pant pocket. “Hey Joe… need any help?” Scootaloo asked helpfully, Joe rolled his eyes “Yeah well if this stupid locker didn’t have my stuff in it I wouldn’t mind but the lock doesn’t open” he muttered, Scootaloo took hold of the lock and looked at it.

“What’s the combo?” Scootaloo asked, “12, 22, 36” Joe replied and Scootaloo quickly spun in the combination and popped the lock open. “Holy shit kid… you must be like my guardian angel or something” Joe muttered and grabbed his school books from the locker and closed it. “Thanks kid, guess I owe yah one” Joe said and locked his locker, walking down the hallways.

Scootaloo lost herself in her train of thought, Joe had just said that he owed her one. She wondered if she asked him out if he’d say yes but quickly shook the thought off, lots of mares had tried their hoof at becoming his marefriend simply because he was popular due to him being so strong and he was also a star high school football player. Yet everyone he turned down, apologizing and simply saying that he just didn’t think it would work, so how would she be any different.

Her mind quickly raced back to reality as she realized that she would soon be late for class, she shook of any thoughts and trotted off to class. Finding her classrooms had become as easy as walking, just took a bit of getting used to the new school. As she walked to her class her thoughts returned to Joe, he had become even stronger and bulkier than before after beginning work at Sweet Apple acres. Applebloom once talked about how she accidently walked in on Joe having a shower at her house before he went home and how lucky Scootaloo thought she was.

Again she shook off her wandering thoughts about Joe and focused on getting to her classroom. The bell rang and Scootaloo cursed to herself as she rushed towards her classroom.

Finally reaching the classroom she looked inside to see that the history classroom was almost filled with students talking about their summer holiday and about social issues. She looked for one of her friends but couldn’t see any but he view quickly turned to that of Joe who sat in the corner, alone and by himself.

Scootaloo gulped and shyly walked over to Joe. “Uhm hi Joe… is anyone sitting with you?” she asked and Joe looked to her and shook his head. “Uhm do you mind if I sit with you… I mean beside you” she stuttered and Joe shrugged, “If you want… I don’t see why not” he replied casually as he fiddled with a pencil.

‘Smooth one’ Scootaloo thought to herself ‘now he’ll think you’re strange’ Scootaloo thought. Scootaloo turned to Joe “You don’t think I’m strange do you?” Scootaloo asked and Joe turned to her with an odd look. “Well… in my world you’d be considered strange but here in Equestria… no I don’t think you’re strange, why do you ask?” Joe asked curiously.

Scootaloo shrugged “Just wondering, sooo… how was your summer?” she asked trying to make small talk. Joe sighed and stretched his arms forward, “long, hard and filled with work” Joe replied and yawned to himself as he leaned back against the wall behind him. Scootaloo had forgotten that Joe worked all summer and didn’t go out much.

“How bout you?” Joe asked and Scootaloo turned to him, “huh?” she asked confused, still lost in her train of thought. Joe leaned forward, “How was your summer? Fun? Boring? Average?” He asked and Scootaloo shook off her train of thought, “Oh… uh it was fun” she replied hastily and Joe nodded. “That’s good” Joe yawned and leaned back again.

The teacher walked up to the front of the class, “okay children settle down… welcome to grade 12 history, I am Mr. Cotton but you can call me Mr. C if you like” the teacher began and the class went quiet. “I hate history” Joe muttered quietly and Scootaloo leaned over, “then why’d you choose the course?” she whispered. Joe leaned over to her and whispered back “because it was either this or dance… and quite frankly I don’t want to be dancing the whole semester”. Scootaloo blushed at the thought of Joe dancing, and once again her mind trailed off.

Joe waved his hand in front of her face and she returned to reality. “Hey kid you okay… you’re giving me a strange look” Joe said and Scootaloo forgot that she had been looking directly at Joe when she began to day dream. “Sorry… just got lost in a train of thought is all” she whispered and Joe shrugged and whispered back “Guess we should hear what Mr. Lamb has to say about class” Joe said, making a bad joke about the teachers name.