Secret Crush

The window was being washed by the rain that now poured from the sky. “Figures” Scootaloo muttered as she looked out the window and watched the thunder clouds pour out rain and thunder.

“Joe please if you have to mess around please do it productively” the math teacher pleaded and Joe sighed. Joe pulled up a picture of a pony getting zapped by lightning and the cross eyed mare known as Derpy stomping on the cloud producing lightning. Several snickers came from other students and Scootaloo rolled her eyes, even though she had a huge crush on him she still found his everyday behaviour to be rather immature.

“Yes Joe… we all know you’re an artist” the teacher sighed, “So like I was saying the exponential relation between X and Y can be explained through the formula…” the teacher continued but Scootaloo trailed off into her own little world and drifted off into a day dream. She daydreamed about a beautiful summer day and about how her and her two best friends would go on adventures through the meadow fields and play like little fillies again.

Joe nudged her and Scootaloo quickly came back to reality. “Huh… Joe?” Scootaloo asked confused as to why Joe was now sitting beside her. “Teach took away my crayons so now I have nothing to do so I figured I’d talk to you… you always seem to have something to talk about… if you’re not dashing away with your heart racing a million miles an hour” Joe chuckled. “Oh sorry about that… I just had a quick morning was all and I didn’t have a lot of… shit” Scootaloo swore quietly and Joe raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?” he asked and Scootaloo sighed as she remembered that she had forgotten to put her laundry in the dryer before she left, “I forgot to put my laundry into the dryer before I left” Scootaloo groaned.

“Oh yeah… I know that feeling, you get home and your laundry stinks of dampness and you have to wash it again” Joe chuckled and Scootaloo face hoofed. “Well listen, lunch break is in like 10 minutes, I was gonna hit Sugarcube corner on lunch… if you want I can give you a ride?” Joe offered. Scootaloo’s heart skipped a beat and she tried to respond but just ended up stuttering out a phrase “I… uhm you… the thing… I uhm” she stuttered and Joe raised an eyebrow.

Scootaloo took a deep breath “Don’t worry about it, I can just fly” Scootaloo said and she felt like face hoofing again. Joe had just offered her a ride and she turned him down. Joe looked out the window “You sure… it’s raining” Joe replied and Scootaloo remembered the thunderstorm outside. “Oh right… would you please, I live in Ponyville” Scootaloo replied and Joe shrugged “That’s why I offered” he chuckled.

The class ended shortly after and Joe stood up and stretched. “See yah later, teach” Joe said to the teacher with a wave and walked out of the classroom. Scootaloo waved goodbye to the teacher and followed Joe out into the hallways. “Uhm… so I don’t know if you need to like go to your locker first or something?” Joe asked and Scootaloo shook her head, putting her books into her bag. “Okay… to the car” Joe said and Scootaloo gave him a curious look. “What’s a car?” she asked and Joe looked back to her “Trust me… you’ll love it” Joe replied and led her out of the school.

It was raining heavily and the streets were starting to build up with puddles. “Here uhm just stay here and I’ll pull the car up so you don’t get wet” Joe said and walked casually out into the pouring rain and around a corner of the school. Tiara stepped up beside her “Well hey there Stutters” Tiara teased and Scootaloo groaned as she turned around to see Tiara along with Silver Spoon and two new coltfriends, it was like they had new coltfriends every week or something.

“So Stutters what are you doing this lunch… I guess nothing because you aren’t with your only friends you have” Tiara laughed. “Hey I have lots of friends” Scootaloo argued, Tiara laughed “Yeah, imaginary friends” Tiara taunted. Scootaloo tried to think up some other good friends she had, “Yeah what about Babs Seed… she’s my friend” Scootaloo argued and Tiara snickered. “Yeah, one you barely see” Tiara taunted, ‘Goddess why does she have to be such a bitch?’ Scootaloo thought to herself but her thoughts and Tiara’s insults all halted when a squealing sound came from around the corner and some sort of contraption came drifting around the corner.

The motorized machine chugged and rumbled as it parked up beside the front of the school and the passenger door opened. “Hey Scootaloo hope in… unless you changed your mind” Joe called out and Scootaloo dashed towards the car. Tiara’s jaw slung wide open as Scootaloo hoped in the vehicle and closed the door. “She… Joe and Scootaloo… no way, not even a chance” Tiara gasped as Joe pulled away in his car.

“What is this thing?” Scootaloo asked as she sat herself comfortably down into the leather seat. “Well back in my world there were these things called cars, anyway when I got here there wasn’t such thing but there was these two brilliantly minded brothers called Flim and Flam who specialized in motor carriages but couldn’t get them to work right” Joe began to explain as he shifted the gear shaft into third gear. “Anyway so I showed them the way to make a vehicle work and what not: the camshafts, the combustion chamber etc. so thy make their first vehicle then I show them blueprints for a car that I had loved since I was a kid, the 1967 Shelby Cobra GT500” Joe said then sighed as he shifted the car into fourth gear.

“Bloody cost me a fortune for them to make it but they made it” Joe said. They car didn’t look exactly like a 1967 Shelby Cobra, there were a few things that were changed like the mirrors and the bumper but the overall shape was undeniable, it was a Shelby Cobra, painted blue with two white racing stripes down the middle of the car and magnum 500 rims.

The car left the city limits and Joe put the accelerator to the floor. The car’s engine roared and Joe let out a ‘Whoop, Whoop’ for victory as the car began to accede 120Mph. “Wow… well this sure beats walking” Scootaloo replied as the car continued to pick up speed, Joe had the windshield wipers on and it splashed the oncoming raindrops off the window but it was still somewhat difficult to see.

Suddenly Joe caught sight of two mares standing in the middle of the road with umbrellas. Joe slowed the car to a stop and waited for them to move but they didn’t, Joe grunted and rolled down his window, “Excuse me, ladies would you mind moving to the side please?” Joe asked politely but the mares paid no attention. Joe sighed to himself and called out to them again but once again they ignored him.

He sat down in his seat and rolled up the window, pressing on the steering wheel, he blared the horn but the mares simply shook their hooves at him. Joe rolled down his window “Hey ladies, move it” Joe yelled out. “Pedestrians have the right of way, you’ll have to wait” said the snobby mare and she continued her conversation with the other mare. Joe sat back down and rolled up his window again and let out an irritated sigh.

Joe revved the car and the two mares looked at him and laughed, Joe slammed the car into first gear and cranked the steering wheel, the car went up to the curb of the road and splashed through a massive puddle, dirt water splashed up in a mini tidal wave and drenched the two snobby mares in dirty street water.

Joe chuckled as he drove the car back onto the road and continued on. Scootaloo let out a small giggle, “Yeah I know right. Now what I did was terribly rude but I mean come on all they had to do was move four feet to the left but they refused to cooperate so I say screw em” Joe laughed. The car entered Ponyville and Joe slowed the car down, “Okay which house is it?” Joe asked and Scootaloo pointed to her house.

Joe drove up to the house and pulled up beside the house, Scootaloo looked to him. “Uhm… do you want to see the place?” she asked and Joe shook his head “Nah, it’s okay. I’ll just wait here” Joe replied and Scootaloo opened the door and looked back. “I might take a few minutes… you sure you don’t want to come inside and see the place?” Scootaloo asked and Joe shut off his car. “Alright… let’s see the place” he muttered as he got out of his car and closed the door behind him. ‘He’s coming into my house… just me and him… could this be it?’ Scootaloo thought to herself