Secret Crush

Scootaloo looked to her clock over the stove and realized it was 7:20 and that she’d be late for school if she didn’t hurry up. “Shit” she muttered and quickly grabbed her tooth brush and brushed her teeth over her kitchen sink. Quickly washing out her mouth she simply tossed the tooth brush into the sink, figuring she’d put it back in the tooth brush holder later.

She grabbed her school bag as she dashed out the door, not bothering to lock her house. Ponies in the streets of Ponyville watched as Scootaloo zipped along through the town and waved to the young mare as she hurried along.

Deciding it would take too long to walk she took to the air and began to fly towards the high school.

As she continued to fly along she spotted her 2 friends, Sweetie Bell and Applebloom, trotting casually along the road to Oxton. Scootaloo swooped down and landed beside her friends. “Hey Sweetie Bell hey Applebloom” Scootaloo said as she swished her long mane out of her face. “Oh hey Scootaloo” Sweetie Bell replied then turned back to Applebloom “So anyway what were you saying?” Sweetie Bell asked and Applebloom continued her story.

“So like ah was sayin, Applejack invited Joe tah stay fer supper again cause he never accepts pay fer the work he does and Applejack is always worried he ain’t eatin right so he agreed tah stay fer supper” Applebloom told her friends as they trotted towards the town of Oxton.

“Anyway so we’re all havin supper and we’re goin on about the farm an what not an Applejack asked Joe about the contraption he’s drivin and he says that he had the Flim and Flam brothers make it fer him… can yah believe that!” Applebloom told them. Sweetie Bell gasped, “How did Applejack take it?” Sweetie Bell asked and Applebloom shrugged. “Surprisingly sis was alright with it” Applebloom replied.

“So Scootaloo what happened with you last night?” Sweetie Bell asked and Scootaloo remembered what she did last night “Oh just did some homework and went to bed” Scootaloo replied, not adding in the other things she did.

As they entered the town of Oxton things became more crowded, ponies scurried along the streets, teens trotted along to get to school. “Morning rush” Scootaloo muttered and the trio trotted up to the massive high school. Sweetie Bell sighed “I’d almost agree to go shopping with my sister for the day to get out of having to go to school” Sweetie Bell groaned. “Wow really?” Applebloom asked, Sweetie Bell gave her a humoress look “No… are you kidding me, I’d be up until 3am the next morning with her looking at stupid diamond dresses” Sweetie Bell laughed and the trio burst into laughter. Despite Rarity coming onto the age of 38 she still was trying to be a fashion model or something along those lines.

The trio began to walk around aimlessly through the hallways of the school and ranted on about random things. “Oh there’s Pipsqueak… sorry girls but I’m gonna go talk to him, see you girls later” Sweetie Bell replied and dashed off over to Pipsqueak and his group. “Well I guess that just leaves you and” Scootaloo began but Applebloom looked over to see her coltfriend Bane, despite his masculine name her was rather on the scrawny side, “Oh shoot, there’s Bane… sorry Scootaloo but ah’m gonna go talk to him” Applebloom told her friend and dashed off towards Bane. “Oh well see yah” Scootaloo said as her other friend dashed off.

She sighed to herself and figured she’d just trot off to class and she did just that. As she trotted trough the hallways to her class she once again heard the cursing and irritation of Joe as he tried furiously to bust open his lock.

Scootaloo walked up to him, “Hey Joe… Need any help?” Scootaloo asked and Joe rolled his eyes. “Yeah… Why do I even bother with this locker?” Joe asked rhetorically and Scootaloo shrugged as she spun the combination and opened his lock for him.

“That’s two” Joe muttered and Scootaloo gave him a curious look. “I owe you two times now” Joe replied and Scootaloo gave him a friendly punch to the shoulder “Don’t mention it Joe” Scootaloo said with a wink and trotted off. Her heart started to race, did she just wink to Joe? And on top of that he didn’t really seem to mind. As Scootaloo rounded the corner of the hallway her breathing became heavier and more erratic as she tried to concentrate on other things but couldn’t.

He mind finally was set to rest as she entered her classroom early and sat down. She slowed her breathing and calmed down. Mr. Cotton looked to her, “You feeling okay Scootaloo?” he asked and she nodded her head, Mr. Cotton walked over and sat down beside her “Are you sure because you were breathing pretty heavily when you came in” Mr. Cotton said worriedly.

Scootaloo shook her hoof “It’s nothing, just a long fly over here is all and I was almost late this morning so I had to really push it to make it on time” Scootaloo lied and Mr. Cotton nodded. “Well you’re a whole 5 minutes early Scootaloo, if there’s anything you ever need to talk about just ask” Mr. Cotton replied as he stood up and trotted back to his desk.

Scootaloo put her hooves on her desk and laid her head between them, why the hell was he being so kind to her, sure teachers were supposed to be nice but she was only breathing heavily it wasn’t like she was coming in with a black eye or anything. She quickly began to fade out and passed out before class started, figuring that she’d simply get up when the bell rang.

She slept peacefully and didn’t dream about anything in particular. Suddenly a slight nudging woke her up and Joe was giving her a waking nudge. She shook of her sleepiness off and looked up to Joe. “Morning… you gonna get up or what?” Joe asked and Scootaloo shook her head, “I think I’m just going to sleep this class” Scootaloo yawned and Joe chuckled.

“Yeah well that’s exactly what you did all period, I told Mr. Cotton that you stayed up late last night doing the history assignment and that you needed the rest so he let you sleep during class” Joe replied and Scootaloo gasped as she looked to the clock and realized it was the end of class.

Scootaloo sighed to herself and got up. “Damn you must have been up late last night” Joe replied and Scootaloo nodded “Yeah I was watching The Fall” Scootaloo informed him and Joe chuckled. “Man that movie was so gay, I mean like the story line was good but I don’t understand why the fuck they’d put that pointless sex scene in it” Joe laughed and Scootaloo blushed at the comment, quickly nodding “Yeah it was kind of stupid” Scootaloo agreed. “Well I gotta get to Math class” Scootaloo replied and Joe rolled his eyes “I know” he chuckled and Scootaloo felt like face hoofing. Of course he knew, he was in all of her classes.

“Well I’ll see you in class then” Scootaloo replied and trotted off leaving Joe in the classroom with Mr. Cotton. “Joe? Can I talk with you for a quick moment?” Mr. Cotton asked and Joe shrugged. “Are you good friends with Scootaloo?” he asked and Joe simply shrugged again, “Not really… a few times we’ve seen each other in the hallways but other than that we don’t talk much” Joe informed him and Mr. Cotton nodded.

“Well if you could, can you make sure she’s okay… this morning she came in huffing like she had just run a three day marathon” Mr. Cotton informed him and Joe chuckled “Yeah she gets like that sometimes” Joe laughed and Mr. Cotton nodded his head. “Well Joe I just thought I’d ask, I don’t want her to have a heart attack and die in my classroom… too much paperwork you know” Mr. Cotton joked with a wink and Joe nodded.

“Well Joe… you best be getting to class… see you tomorrow” Mr. Cotton replied and Joe nodded “See yah around Mr. C” Joe replied back and walked out of the classroom with a sigh. Joe muttered to himself as he walked down the busy hallways of the school “Man I hate history”.