Tuesday, January 12, 2016

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Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Make yourself available to your friends today. A friend may need a sympathetic ear.

After School

Music Club is lively as usual. Vinyl Scratch has joined the club; I spend most of the afternoon chatting with her, Octavia, and Trixie.

Evening

When I get back to the dorm, I run into Rainbow Dash, who's just on her way out. She has a sports bag in one hand and a bat slung over her shoulder.

"Hey, Flash," she says. "Wanna do a little practice with me?"

I shrug. "Sure, let me put away my stuff."

A short while later, Rainbow and I are taking turns pitching and batting. I've never played softball in my life. I'm not especially good at it...

Rainbow's honestly not great at it either, but she's a lot better than I am.

After spending about an hour practicing pitching, batting, and catching, we go for a little run around the field. After half an hour of running, we sit down to rest.

"I just barely made the team," Rainbow says with a grimace. "If anybody who tried out had actually been any good, I wouldn't have made it."

"Well...it's not your sport, right?"

Rainbow shrugs. "Yeah, but still."

"The important thing is, you're getting exercise." I look at her leg. "How's the leg?"

"Hundred percent," Rainbow says with a grin. She takes a deep breath. "Hey, Flash?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks," she says. "For everything. This year...it's been rough, huh?"

"Yeah..."

"I don't know if I'd...if I'd have made it this far without your support," she says. "If you hadn't encouraged me, I might...I might've given up on everything." She laughs. "Me, give up..."

"You don't give up," I say. "It's not who you are."

"Yeah..." Rainbow sighs. "I mean...I guess Dad woulda talked me down from, y'know, all the times things have sucked lately, but..." She shrugs. "It's good...havin' a friend who's got your back."

She still looks down about something...

"Is anything wrong, Rainbow?"

"Huh?" She shakes her head. "Nah. Just thinkin'..."

We sit quietly for a few minutes.

"I just...I kinda wonder if maybe I am gay, like the rumors say..."

I stare at her. "Uhh...Rainbow? What other people say about you doesn't affect who you are. You know that, right?"

Rainbow frowns. "Yeah, I know!" She looks down. "It's just..." She wrings her hands. "You know how Principal Celestia's been wearing short skirts an' sexier shoes an' stuff lately, right?"

"Yeah...it's kinda hard not to notice."

"Yeah..." Rainbow blushes. "I've just...been havin' some really weird thoughts about..."

I stare at her. "You've got the hots for Principal Celestia?!"

Rainbow ducks her head. "Kinda...maybe..." She sighs. "I dunno..."

I take a moment to think about that. "But...you're not attracted to other girls normally, right?"

"No," Rainbow says immediately. "Then again, I never paid much attention to guys either..."

I shrug. "Then maybe it's just a special case," I say. I give her a smirk. "And besides, it's kinda hard not to have pervy thoughts about Celestia, you know?"

Rainbow snorts. "Better not let Twilight hear you say that."

We get a little more practice in, then grab some burgers before heading back to the dorm.