Always Smiling.

I woke up at the crack of dawn, possibly a few minutes before then. I was still a little woozy, a little sick, but I needed to make it to Ponyville and back before Kaleido noticed. Hopefully Pinkie is a good morning person...

Pinkie was setting up shop for the day, cooking, so that Mr. And Mrs. cake could have the shop for the day.

I burst in. I didn't care how rude I was, I HAD to talk to Pinkie.

"PINKIE!" Her back was turned away from me, she was taking a few cookies out of the oven.

"Dashie!" She turned around, platter steaming, with a big wide smile on her face. "You came alone! Is Kaleido sick with what you had yesterday? Weren't you throwing up?"

"Not to my knowledge!" I winced at remembering vomiting. Yuck. "But I need you to help me. Answer a few questions."

"Sure Dashie, anything! Well, of course within reason, I wouldn't--"

"Do you... Take a special interest in Kaleido?" Man, this was awkward, and hard. Never played matchmaker before.

"Dashie, I already told you! I don't know yet. I mean, he's kind of the best--" she quieted herself before saying anything more. She didn't want to spill too much, or let something happen to herself.

"Wait, so you like him??" Oh... This wasn't going to be good.

She took a deep breath in, set down the cookies, and readied herself for a VERY long rant.

"WellIjustdon'tknowrightnowbeacusehe'sfunnycuteattractivesweetandawesomebutIjustreallydon'tknowbecauseofmypastandIreallywanttotrusthimbutI'vehadotherguysthathaveruineditforhimbutsofarhe'sthegreatestbeinginallofEquestriaandgoshdarnit... I REALLY LIKE HIM!!!" She spun around twice and collapsed to the ground.

My brain was spinning. Halfway because of Pinkie talking a mile a minute, and the rest because they both secretly liked each other. 'Maybe Twilight can help me...' I thought to myself. "Hey Pinkie, I'm gonna go outside, I'll be back with him." I raced out of there.

Before returning to Cloudsdale, I wanted to ask someone. Maybe Twilight knew some psychology! Maybe this would give a brilliant reasoning on what to do.

"TWILIGHT!!!"

"Rainbow! This is a LIBRARY." She said in a hoarse whisper.

"Oh. Sorry." I whispered back. "I have an issue."

"Yes?" She looked eager to solve it.

"Pinkie and my best friend both like each other."

She nodded and smiled. "That's great, Rainbow! What's the issue with it?"

"Isn't it obvious?" I gawked.

"No, it isn't. You should explain it." She started sorting books and putting them back on the appropriate shelves.

"They're both my best friends! If I let them fall in love, I'll just be the pointless third wheel!"

"So you want to stop it?" She looked at me.

"Well of course! Who wouldn't?"

"I wouldn't! Com'on Rainbow, is there any legitimate reason behind you don't want your friendship to change that you aren't allowing this to happen?"

"Well, um..."

"And besides, if they actually wanted to be together, you wouldn't be able to stop it."

"Why not?"

"Love always wins. True love does, but do we really know if it's true love?"

"And it might not be, so why would we let them waste their lives on someone that doesn't matter?"

"Because Rainbow," She said matter-of-factly, "You should let your friends make their own decisions. And besides, they should always be your friend, no matter what.

That last one hit like a bullet. That isn't what I did the first time.

"Besides, is he really that bad? He'll treat Pinkie quite nicely, won't he? What does Apple Jack always say? Don't fix what isn't broken?"

Little did she know, I was already out of the door.

"Kaleido!" I jumped on him to wake him up. "What's wrong with you boy, get up!"

"Rainbow! You usually wake me up an hour after this! Why are you waking me up so dang early?"

"I don't know what to do..." I paced around his room. I wanted my best friend back. But I also wanted him to be happy, and make his own decisions.

"What's wrong?" He rolled out of bed.

"I don't know what to do about you and Pinkie."

"Do nothing! Heck, I don't care!" He seemed pretty awake, more awake than usual. Usually he doesn't get out of bed for awhile. Awhile being 45 minutes after I wake him up. And even when he gets out then, it's really reluctant.

I just kind of stared at him.

He noticed after about 3 seconds. "What?!?"

"You're up earlier than usual. Like, out of bed and talking."

"The same I could say for you. What time did you get up?"

Goodness, when DID I get up?

"A lot earlier than usual... I have no idea. Why are YOU awake??" The tone came out nastier than I had previously expected.

"The question is, why didn't I sleep?"

"You didn't sleep?"

"Not a wink."

This was ridiculous. "Stay home and catch up on your sleep, will ya?"

"Why? There's a world down there! Memories to be made!"

"And that world will be there tomorrow too! Go to sleep." This was out of hand. Seriously, he probably was doing his gross giggling thing all night.

"Rainbow Dash, can't I have a little freedom?"

"Well of course. I'm not constricting you!"

He glared at me.

I actually thought about it. So maybe I was being his mother. And besides... Twilight told me not to do that such thing...

The fact hit me like a train. "Well... I guess. I'm not your mother anyways."

"Yeah you aren't!" He smiled, and his old self was back again, even for the time being. He flew down, and I closely followed him.

Both of us went into Sugarcube Corner, once we hit the ground. It had become almost natural for us after about a month.

"Hey Pinkie!" A wide, almost natural smile came on Kaleido's face when he called her.

"Oh hey Kaleido! Dashie! You're back!" This almost seemed like it was written out in a script.

Kaleido gave me a weird look, mixed in with a lot of confusion. "Again? Wait-- there's something I'm missing out on. Again?"