Author's Note: Hello random viewers! :D Welcome to my first Fanfiction!

I have always wanted to write my own tale on one of the many fandoms I love & support but I was never inspired enough until I had read "The Party Hasn't Ended Yet" by Butterscotch Sundae (which, by the way, you ought to read before even considering reading this) and decided there needed to be more My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic stories centered on Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.

But, in no circumstances am I under any illusion that I am going to be an awesome Fanfiction author my first try or that this piece of Fanfiction is even worth your time.

I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic or Adam Lambert's song "If I Had You"

WARNING: This story contains femslash, a suicide mention, and singing ponies that may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer Discretion is Advised.

Chapter 1: Pinkie Pie's Confession

It should come as no surprise for anypony that knew her that most of Pinkie Pie's dreams consisted of delicious pastries alongside parties that lasted until dawn.

As for her nightmares, that was anypony's guess.

Under the covers, Pinkie Pie was deep asleep, trapped inside her own mind's visions…

~Dream Scene~

Pinkie Pie was hanging onto a cliff, with chunks of dirt up in her face and ticklish grass that mocked her position as they swayed with the breeze.

"Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down," Pinkie muttered to herself over & over to fight off the temptation to do so. She knew from past experiences that if she were to look down-and see a rapidly, flowing river & big, sharp, pointy rocks-oh, she would lose it.

So even though Pinkie had been holding on with sore hooves for what seemed like hours she kept holding on with all the strength she could muster out of her little pink body.

But it was starting to seem hopeless.

"Ooooh!" whined Pinkie when her hooves almost slipped, "SOMEPONY HELP ME!" she screamed out into the night.

The crickets kept chirping, the owls kept hooting, and the breeze kept blowing. And still there was nopony there to answer her desperate plea for help; the world just kept on turning without a care.

Pinkie sighed and in the corners of her eyes, tears suddenly appeared. She couldn't even remember how she got into this horrible situation! She must have done something stupid to try and impress somepony…or gotten herself separated from her friends. But for the life of her, she couldn't remember what it was. And her strength was fading faster & faster by the minute.

Pinkie realized she wouldn't be able to hold on much longer and so she sucked in a big breath to scream out her friends' names-"Twilight! Applejack! Rarity! Fluttershy!"

A moment passed…

"RAINBOW DASH!"

With that final cry, her endurance had depleted completely so that her hoofs slipped off with a jerk. And she tumbled down into the darkness below where she would hit-

~End of Dream Scene~

Pinkie Pie jolted awake, screaming into the confectionery Sugar Cube Corner's darkened rooms and hallways. Her eyes darted back & forth and she cowered under her covers, shivering. It would seem she hadn't woken up Mr. and Mrs. Cake, surprisingly. But then, suddenly, something pounced onto her which caused another scream to erupt out of her.

This scream didn't last long however when her gaze met her pet alligator's purple eyes, which normally had slits for pupils but, since it was night time, had expanded to absorb more light.

"Oh, Gummy!" she cried, hugging him to her. Gummy merely blinked but otherwise showed no reaction to her outburst. "I had such a strange and awful dream! I have no idea why-I stopped eating sugar cookies before bed a long time ago... And there wasn't any ghosties or anything…I was-"

Gummy blinked again.

"Oh, if you had only been there in the dream with me; you would have known what to do." She sighed, hugging Gummy tighter against her, if that were possible, while humoring herself with thoughts of Gummy acting out as her knight in shining armor.

And with her pet alligator's comforting green scales pressed up against her still shivering body, Pinkie began the same thought process she had gone through ever since-

Ever since-

Pinkie sighed dreamily.

Ever since she and Rainbow Dash started dating.

Squee!

She still couldn't believe it had happened to her-an ordinary earthy earth pony!

But Pinkie wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth; she knew better than to do that after a certain fashion show fiasco...

Anyway, it had happened after one of her trademark parties with all her bestie best pony friends. Everypony was heading for the door, congratulating her on the great party she had hosted and exiting. Rainbow Dash was the last to leave…

~Flashback~

Pinkie Pie shut the door with a righteous "WHOOP!"

"Gummy," she said, addressing the alligator whose head was stuck inside a popcorn carton. "I think that was our best party yet!"

Of course she said that at the end of all her parties but each time it seemed like the truth before she went to even more lengths to make the next one even better.

She then cocked her head laterally at the sight of Gummy struggling to get his head out of the popcorn carton.

"Aw, Gummy." She pitied. "That hat is much too small for your head!"

Suddenly, she heard a big yawn from behind her.

"Whaa-woah!" Rainbow Dash was resting on the confetti-covered sofa, much to Pinkie's surprise. She was sure that everypony had already left and couldn't remember Dashie stopping to take a nap. "Pinkie, what are you doing in my house? Y-you can't fly!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, sitting up from the sofa of which she had been dozing on not one minute earlier.

Pinkie Pie blinked once, twice-

She erupted into giggles. "Oh, Dashie!"

"What?" Rainbow Dash's eyes narrowed. "What's so funny? Did you prank me?"

"No!" denied Pinkie, still giggling like mad.

"Then how-"

"You fell asleep, Dashie!" explained Pinkie. "I guess you got partied out." She added, smiling.

Rainbow Dash yawned again and stretched her powerful, feathery blue wings.

"Well, great party, Pinkie-yada yada yada..." she started heading for the door.

"Wait! You're leaving?" Pinkie asked, struggling to hide her desperation. "Won't you stay just a teeny tiny while longer?"

Unbeknownst to Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie had been developing a very big crush on her over the time they had been bestie best friends. Maybe it was because of her dazzling rainbow mane & tail, complete with lively roseate eyes. Maybe it was because of her amazing talent in flying & lightning quick speed. Maybe it was her confident attitude with the way she walked like she owned the place. Maybe it was because of the ever faithful loyalty she had in her friends & awe-inspiring energy she had in everything she did.

Or maybe it was all of the above.

Either way, Pinkie Pie had fell hard for her and now she had a chance to have her all to herself! And just the thought of being alone with Rainbow Dash made her feel all kinds of feelings-she felt giddy, afraid, nervous, & determined- all at once! It was starting to make her mind dizzy trying to focus on just one feeling Rainbow Dash brought upon inside her. But she was sure of one thing-she couldn't hide her feelings any longer. She had to tell her. Scream it! GET IT OUT SOMEHOW!

"Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash poked Pinkie Pie in the side, which earned a surprised gasp that morphed into a giggle for her efforts.

"Huh? Oh hi, Dashie." Pinkie Pie replied, batting her eyelashes innocently after she came back to.

"Were you not listening to me?" sighed Rainbow Dash, annoyed.

Pinkie Pie frowned, "Oh sorry, Dashie; I guess I just zoned out." she giggled again.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, "So, can I go home now?" Not waiting for an answer, she started walking to the entrance to Sugar Cube Corner to take her leave.

Pinkie Pie gasped, "No, no, no, no, you can't! Not yet!" Pinkie sprung up in front of Rainbow Dash to block the exit, her eyes wide with urgency. "I have something SUPER important to tell you."

Rainbow Dash sat down on the floor, much like a dog would. "Well, spit it out!"

Pinkie Pie gasped melodramatically again, shifting her eyes around in faux anxiousness, "Spit out what, Dashie? I don't have any bubble gum, I swear! If you want some you could have just asked-"

Rainbow Dash let out a frustrated sigh, "No, Pinkie, I meant go ahead and tell me what is SO important that it can't wait until tomorrow." she explained, gesturing with a hoof.

"Ooh!" Pinkie said; her big blue eyes wide in understanding. "Okie dokie lokie!"

Pinkie Pie took in a big breath, her eyes closed in the process. You can do this Pinkie, she thought to herself. Just tell her! You've been waiting for a perfect opportunity like this.

"I-I-" Pinkie Pie stuttered, her eyes opening again to see Rainbow Dash's reaction.

Rainbow Dash looked none too happy at the moment, starting to tap one of her hooves.

"Uhh…oh…um…" Pinkie Pie struggled to find the right words to express her feelings. A confession seemed so much easier in her Pinkie head! But with Dashie staring at her like she had grown two other heads, she couldn't bring herself to even THINK.

"Well?" Rainbow Dash prompted, smiling nervously.

Pinkie Pie was in big trouble now. She had to think of a good excuse-and quick!

"I..I just…" Pinkie sighed miserably. "I wanted to thank you for attending my party." She muttered at last, hanging her head in the shame & disappointment she felt at herself.

And just like that, Rainbow Dash forgot all about her hurry to get home and looked at Pinkie Pie with genuine concern. "Is something wrong, Pinkie?"

"No…it's nothing." Pinkie Pie answered, shifting her front hooves uneasily. "Sorry for wasting your time." Pinkie Pie started walking to the stairs, ready to curl up on her bed in defeat.

Rainbow Dash stared after Pinkie for a few moments and then, before she could convince herself not to, clamped her mouth on Pinkie's tail, tugging gently. "Hey!" she mumbled around Pinkie Pie's tail, which she couldn't help but notice had a distinct smell of chocolate cake frosting.

Pinkie Pie gasped, wide eyed. "Huh?" she said inanely, turning around.

Rainbow Dash released Pinkie's tail, smiling slightly. "We're best friends, right? Now you tell me what's bothering you."

Pinkie Pie bit her lip nervously. "I don't know, Dashie. What I tell you could change our bestfriendship-forever! And I don't know what I'd do if you hated me."

Now Rainbow Dash was really confused…and curious. But she wouldn't let Pinkie know this. "Oh, come on! Nothing you say could ever change our friendship." Rainbow Dash reassured her, using her hoof in a "Pssh!" gesture.

Pinkie Pie perked up at this, "Nothing?"

"Nothing." Rainbow Dash nodded, smiling & imploring Pinkie with her rose colored eyes to tell her what it was…and then…

"Nothing…even if I said I had an enormously huge crush on you?" Pinkie slapped her hoof across her mouth as soon as she said the words; oopsie.

Rainbow Dash blinked.

"Wha-what?"

Pinkie Pie could feel the tears forming already and she told herself to hold them in until she could finish her confession properly. Since their friendship was surely ruined now, she couldn't do much more damage, right? She sighed in resignation.

"Dashie, I…I really like you. More than a bestie best friend should...and I've been meaning to tell you for awhile now." She started shifting her front hooves around nervously again, staring down at them as if she had never taken notice of them before. "Soooo…" Suddenly, Rainbow Dash could hear music. A steady techno beat was playing; where was it coming from? Oh no, she wasn't ACTUALLY going to-

"So I got my party hat on, got the right 'mount of confetti,

And I'm tryin' to ignore how I've suddenly got sweaty,"

Rainbow Dash groaned inwardly. She IS.

"And I'm workin' my strut but I know it don't matter,

All we need in this world is some love." Pinkie Pie sang while strutting and then made a heart shape with her forelegs, grinning.

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow at this.

"There's a thin line-" Pinkie Pie ducked under the counter so she couldn't be seen, "'tween the dark side" Pinkie Pie popped up again with a paper bag over her head that had deranged eyes and a malevolent grin drawn on it, like a Jack O'Lantern. "And the light side, baby, tonight." She then lifted up the paper bag with a charismatic grin and proceeded to prance around again.

"It's a struggle, gotta rumble, trying to fiiiiiind it." Pinkie Pie continued on, swaying back & forth. It was quiet for a few seconds and then Pinkie Pie burst into song again.

"But if I had you!"

Rainbow Dash eyes widened in surprise while Pinkie Pie thrust herself into her personal space, practically just under her nose. "That would be the only thing I'd ever need!"

Rainbow Dash smiled hestitantly, backing up ever so slightly from the singing pink pony.

"Yeah, if I had you! Then money, fame, and fortune never could compete." Pinkie Pie informed Rainbow Dash, while she frolicked around. "Yeah, if I had you! Life would be a party, it'd be ecstasy!" she sang, throwing colorful confetti up in the air to prove her point.

"Yeah, if I had you," Pinkie Pie kept popping up everywhere unexpectedly inside the gingerbread house, whether it was behind, above, or under Rainbow Dash. "Pinkie Pie," Rainbow Dash began but was tuned out.

"If I had you." Pinkie Pie finished.

Rainbow Dash waited with her eyes closed & then, cautiously, peeked out one before going slump with relief and saying, "Oh thank-"

Pinkie Pie immediately started up the song again in full swing "From Manehattan to Canterlot, getting high rock n' rollin'," while Rainbow Dash deflated in disappointment and pinned her ears back in annoyance.

"Get a room, trash it up 'til it's ten in the mornin',

Mares in pretty dresses, stallions pulling in carriages,

What they need in this world is some love." Pinkie Pie lightly bumped butts with Rainbow Dash who gave an indignant snort but Pinkie Pie had already trotted off.

"There's a thin line 'tween a wild time," Pinkie Pie started dancing around in a circle and then doing somersaults, causing everything around her to be thrown in all directions due to her outstretched limbs, including Gummy. "and a flat line, baby, tonight." Pinkie Pie ceased her somersaults at her full height, her eyes going 'round and 'round in their dizziness but her singing never stopped. "It's a struggle, gotta rumble, tryin' to find it."

Rainbow Dash just gaped at her, not that Pinkie noticed. Like, seriously, did she plan doing all this? It seemed choreographed...

"But if I had you, that would be the only thing I'd ever need,

Yeah, if I had you, then money, fame, and fortune never could compete." Which was a silly thing to say, according to Rainbow Dash. Money? Fame? Fortune? I'd be SO there.

"Yeah, if I had you,

Rainbow Dash sighed, here she goes again, she thought.

"If I had-"

Then, startling Rainbow, the lights in the room started flashing, turning different colors-blue, yellow, purple, green, red, blue, yellow, purple-

"The flashing of the lights," Pinkie Pie sang, while said lights were just about giving Rainbow Dash a seizure. "It might feel so good."

The lights stopped their erratic flashing of colors, of which Rainbow Dash was grateful for up until Pinkie Pie was up in her face again. "But I've got you stuck on my mind, yeah!" Pinkie Pie sung to Rainbow Dash, throwing her forelegs out in a flaunting manner with a silly smile upon her face.

After that, it seemed that Pinkie Pie had calmed down a bit and she stood there, starting to lower her little pink head full of crazy curls. "That would be the only thing I'd ever need." She now sang solemnly. "Yeah, if I had you, the money, fame, and fortune never could compete…" She said all of this softly. But then the music picked up speed again and she raised her head high to sing louder than ever before, "IF I HAD YOU!"

Pinkie Pie moved around so fast Rainbow Dash's eyes could barely follow.

Pinkie Pie stopped to stand face to face with Rainbow Dash, her sky blue eyes beseeching Rainbow Dash's roseate and she brought their hooves together. And then, still holding hooves with Rainbow Dash, she took a big breath, pouring her heart and soul into the final verse. "That would be the only thing I'd ever need. Yeah, if I had you, then money, fame, and fortune never could compete. Never could compete with you." And this time, Rainbow Dash felt something inside of her stir as Pinkie Pie sang-it was warm and fuzzy. It was weird. But she ignored it and just let Pinkie Pie continue the song to get it over with.

"If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy. It'd be ecstasy with you. Yeah, if I had you." Pinkie Pie's eyes started to water and she whispered one last time, "If I had you."

With that final note hanging in the air, Pinkie Pie stood there to wait for Rainbow's response. She bit her lip nervously and shuffled her hooves in anticipation. Now what?

Her thoughts barely had the time to form when Rainbow Dash started to laugh. Wait-SHE WAS LAUGHING? Pinkie Pie couldn't have imagined a worse rejection than this. She was laughing at her! Why would she-

"Oh, Pinkie Pie; you're so random!" Rainbow Dash managed to say between her fit of raucous laughter. "Best prank yet!" Rainbow declared, nodding her approval. "I almost ACTUALLY believed you-"

"That I have an enormously huge crush on you?" Pinkie Pie was hurt. It seemed not even her bestie best friend could take her feelings seriously; all this time, she thought Rainbow Dash was different from the other ponies. "It's the truth, Dashie."

Now Rainbow Dash was speechless; her face a mixture of feelings.

Seeing that Rainbow Dash was not going to answer anytime soon, Pinkie Pie turned tail and ran up the stairs as fast as she could in her current state.

Once Pinkie Pie had left the scene, Rainbow Dash stood there gawking at the empty place she had been.

But-how-what...?

Rainbow Dash had never felt so tangled up inside. Her feelings were pulling her in two different directions. One part of her heart screamed at her to rush upstairs to Pinkie Pie and the other demanded she fled and pretend the whole musical number & following confession never happened.

Except that wouldn't make her a very good friend then, would it? Not a loyal friend either, for that matter. And she couldn't just ditch her after a performance she'd probably been working on for months. Although, knowing Pinkie, she might have just improvised it all.

Rainbow Dash sighed, letting her good conscience win this battle.

As Rainbow Dash climbed up the stairs, she contemplated how she could comfort a crying Pinkie while still not leading her on.

"Gee, I'm flattered, Pinkie Pie. But..."

"Listen, Pinkie, I'm a mare, right? And YOU'RE a mare. It just wouldn't work-"

"I just am not ready for a relationship."

Yeah! I'll go with that, Rainbow Dash thought, proud of herself for coming up with something so simple and straightforward yet tactful. And totally reasonable.

Rainbow Dash at this point was patting herself on the back when she finally arrived at the door to Pinkie Pie's room.

Rainbow Dash gulped, mentally preparing herself for a hysterical Pinkie Pie. Should I knock first? She wondered to herself.

After a few hesitations, Rainbow Dash gave a soft knock on the door, half hoping Pinkie wouldn't answer.

When she didn't receive an answer, she knocked again.

And again, there was no answer.

"Pinkie! It's me." Rainbow Dash called out, starting to get worried. She leaned her ear against the door but didn't hear anything on the other side. Not a good sign.

Wouldn't she be like, crying? Rainbow Dash mused. But she could detect no crying, sobs, or sniffling on the other end.

Rainbow Dash took a breath and opened the door slowly. She peeked inside, her eyes immediately resting on Pinkie's very pink & fluffy four poster bed. But it was empty!

"Ah, ponyfeathers." Rainbow Dash muttered, her ears drooping. She gazed around at all the candy themed furniture, looking for places Pinkie could be hiding. Then she noticed the open door to the balcony…

"She wouldn't." Rainbow barely breathed out the words before she was cantering out the door to see. And her fears were confirmed.

There she was; that silly little pink party pony out on the balcony in the glittering moonlight, settled against the railing.

Her eyes were closed, as though she were in great concentration. She was definitely thinking hard over something, considering…

For some reason, that scared Rainbow Dash.

"Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash called out meekly.

Pinkie Pie's beautiful blue eyes opened but something was off about them. They weren't filled with the same exuberance as they usually were. They were devoid of any life. They were…empty. Listless. Hopeless.

Dead.

Pinkie Pie turned her head to look back at Rainbow Dash. "Hi, Dashie." She offered a weak smile.

"Pinkie, what are you doing out on the balcony like that?" Rainbow Dash demanded, hoping she was wrong about the whole situation. Maybe she wanted a closer look at the moon, stars & constellations? Find some deeper meaning behind the sky?

"I-I don't know. I was thinking-"

"Thinking about what?" Rainbow Dash cut her off, rosy eyes narrowed in anger. "Jumping off the railing?" she blurted.

"Uh…" Pinkie Pie trailed off, her eyes still looking bleak.

Now Rainbow Dash knew she was serious and she felt her heart beat faster.

"Pinkie! How could you-why would you even CONSIDER-this is ridiculous!" Rainbow Dash couldn't believe it. Pinkie Pie, the most cheery & life-loving pony she had ever met, was contemplating SUICIDE? Over HER?

At that moment, Rainbow Dash decided something. Something that would change her life forever.

And so before Pinkie Pie had the chance to reply, Rainbow Dash quickly took matters into her own hooves.

"Pinkie Pie? I came here to ask if you'd…if you'd want to go out with me…" It took all of her willpower but Rainbow Dash managed to say it, even if she slightly mumbled the last part while blushing.

Pinkie Pie perked her ears up at this, not believing what she was hearing. Was she dreaming? Was it really RAINBOW DASH speaking to her right at this very moment?

"Uh-" And with that, Pinkie Pie let go of the railing and fainted onto the balcony's floor.

~End of Flashback~

And so that was how it had happened. It had been the happiest day of Pinkie Pie's life. (So far)

With all that in mind, she pondered over whether she should ask Rainbow Dash-again, mind you- if she would consider staying at Sugarcube Corner with her. Isn't that the sort of thing lovers would do? Sleep together? Pinkie Pie giggled at the thought. Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself. Pinkie Pie knew that if she were to ask Rainbow Dash of this, she should also be prepared to tell their friends of their secret relationship. But THAT thought made Pinkie nervous. And how she hated being nervous! The sweat, the dizziness in the head, and the worried thoughts swirling around in a torrent-what if they didn't approve? What if they were disgusted? What if they wouldn't be their friends anymore?

Pinkie Pie moaned in frustration. She wasn't used to this feeling of anticipation! She usually faced everything head on with a smile. She was like Rainbow Dash, in that aspect. But her friend's thoughts & feelings meant a lot to her and it would absolutely devastate her if they were to turn on her.

Then Pinkie Pie thought back to Rainbow Dash. If our friends were to ever betray us, I'd at least have Rainbow Dash, in the end. With that thought in mind, Pinkie Pie smiled, releasing Gummy from her hooves.

"I'm going to ask her! Tomorrow!" Pinkie Pie declared to Gummy with her forelegs spread wide in her newfound enthusiasm. Gummy, however, was already curling up on the comforter to go back to his sleep. Following suit, the pink pony with the wild hairdo settled back in to drift off into a, thankfully, dreamless slumber.

~Morning~

It was turning out to be a very promising summer day. The sun was practically smiling down on Ponyville in all its bright & shining glory. There was no breeze and not a cloud in sight!

This liberated the pegasus ponies to some break time up in the clouds, catching some extra z's while down below in Ponyville, every other pony was out doing activities with their friends in the perfect weather.

One pink pony in particular was skipping along a path that would lead her to Rainbow's floating house, as she did just about every day of every morning. At last she had reached her destination and she sat back to start pulling in as much air as she could to scream: "RAINBOW DASH!"

She waited for the response, which usually took a while since Rainbow Dash tended to be a lazy pony. Sometimes Pinkie would visit in Twilight Sparkle's hot air balloon or with a bundle of balloons cinched at her waist as her lift-she even would have used her crazy, flying contraption had Gilda not broken it beyond repair on her first and last visit to Ponyville.

But it was such a bother to do all that, so she had resorted to walking there and waiting on Rainbow Dash to fly down to her level.

Just when Pinkie Pie was preparing herself for another shout out, Rainbow Dash swooped down in her usual impressive fashion.

"Hey, Pinks." She said, flashing a quick smile. Pinkie Pie practically tackled Rainbow Dash, almost knocking her over, like she did every time she greeted her. But Rainbow Dash had learned to be prepared for it every time.

"Rainbow Dash!" she cried lovingly.

Pinkie Pie absolutely loved mornings for this reason alone: she could be the first pony to see Rainbow Dash right after she woke up. So, Pinkie Pie had started waking up earlier and earlier, sometimes even at the crack of dawn, just to make sure she was ready to go meet & greet Dashie.

She did, of course, asked if Rainbow Dash minded this to which she had replied "Nothing you can do or say would bother me." with an unnaturally cheesy smile.

Pinkie Pie had practically swooned.

"What's up?" Rainbow Dash asked, as she usually did.

"The sky, the sun, but no clouds today… ooh! And I can see your house from here, too!" Pinkie Pie went on to list everything that was "up" like she usually did, which earned a smile from Rainbow, like it usually did.

"It looking' to be an awesome day, isn't it?" Rainbow Dash speculated, still drinking in the scenery.

Pinkie Pie nodded and then remembered what she had planned to ask today. "Ooh! Dashie! Dashie! Dashie!" she enthused, bouncing up and down. This usually meant she had something very important to ask or say.

"Yes, Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow Dash said tolerantly, with a half smile.

"I was wondering-" and just like that, Pinkie Pie had turned as timid as Fluttershy and started to talk as soft, too.

And THIS usually meant she had something embarrassing or sentimental to say or ask. Ah yes, three months dating and Rainbow Dash could now read Pinkie Pie like a open book. Well, maybe not a book-that would be more like something Twilight the Egghead would say.

Rainbow Dash waited for Pinkie Pie to get on with it, but being patient wasn't one of her many talents. "Mmmhmm?" she prompted.

"About-you know-"

"No, I don't know."

"Oh. Well, remember when I asked-you know-"

"Pinkie!"

"If you would stay over at Sugarcube Corner with me!" Pinkie Pie finished in a rush, her eyes automatically closed as if Rainbow Dash would explode in rage.

When she didn't receive a response right away though, she popped one eye open to see Rainbow Dash's reaction.

Rainbow Dash was staring at the ground, solemn.

It was silent.

Pinkie Pie hated silence so she continued on talking, "I know it would be weird if our friends found out so I am prepared to tell them finally, about our relationship."

It was still silent, minus the birds chirping in the distance, likely the work of Fluttershy.

"Are you?" Pinkie Pie probed.

Rainbow Dash heaved a long, regretful sigh.

"Pinkie, I-I can't." she finally replied, refusing to look up. "I'm sorry." she added, as an afterthought really.

She hoped Pinkie Pie might walk away-maybe even break up with her?- so she wouldn't have to see the disappointment & rejection written all over her pink face. Rainbow Dash honestly hated to do this to Pinkie-but she had to. She wasn't ready yet.

She wasn't ready to tell Pinkie that she didn't see her that way.

And that she wanted out.