The Cafeteria
Rainbow Dash sighed as she closed her locker. It had been a long day. All the Wonderbolts (not the Reserves) had been reviewing the basics: flips, rolls, starting positions, etc. She was rather pleased with her performance, but knew she had plenty of things to brush up on.

Walking through the cafeteria door, Rainbow grabbed a tray off of the rack by the door and jumped in line. After getting her food, she headed over to the two long tables. One was for the Reserves, the other was for the Wonderbolts. With a hesitant glance at the Wonderbolt table, Rainbow walked over to the Reserves table. She hadn’t made any friends in the Reserves, and she still felt really awkward around the Wonderbolts.

As she started eating, she heard a voice behind her. “Aren’t you coming over to the ’Bolt table?” It was Soarin. Rainbow had only met him a couple times, and both times they both left soon or talked to somepony else.

“Er… I’m okay here,” she replied, feeling a tad uncomfortable. Seriously, Rainbow! What is your problem?! You’re a Wonderbolt, too, remember?

“Come on!” Soarin pressed. “You’re a Wonderbolt now. And the newest one at that. We want to know you better!”

“I-I don’t do well in crowds,” she responded. Not a total lie, she thought. I don’t like crowds.

“Aw, I’ve seen you do just fine with crowds before,” Soarin laughed. Rainbow blinked, his voice was a bit deeper then the last time they had talked….of course, that was almost a year ago.

“Really, Mr. Soarin, I’m fine here.”

“Mr. Soarin?” Soarin grinned. “As much as I like that, we’re pretty close in age. Soarin is fine.” When Raimbow didn’t respond, he cocked his head to one side. “Are you nervous around us?”

“What?! Uh, er, no! Not at all!” Rainbow lied, caught off guard. Soarin raised his eyebrows.

“You are! Why? ‘Cause we’ve been Wonderbolts longer?” he asked. Rainbow paused.

“Well, yeah. You guys are so much better then me.” Soarin looked confused.

“So?”

“So, I’ve always…you know… looked up to you guys, studied your tricks…” Boy this is SO awkward! Rainbow groaned in her head. “I’m not really ready to just jump in and be BFFs with them all… I mean! Not that you guys aren’t nice or anything, just-” she rushed. Soarin cut her off.

“No, I get it. It felt really awkward for me to when I first joined,” he told her. “I had to force myself to be extroverted and make friends, but now I’m glad I did,” he said, looking over at his friends and smiling. “The ‘Bolts are some of the best friends I’ve ever had.” He looked back at the newbie. She didn’t look convinced. He huffed. “Fine. If you won’t come over to the ‘Bolt table…” he trotted off and returned with his tray, “I’ll come to the Reserves.”

“No, Soarin, please don’t leave the other table for me. Gr! This is so embarrassing!” Rainbow buried her face in her hooves. Soarin grinned.

“Well, I enjoy embarrassing ponies, so, it’s all good!” He bit into his hay burger. “Besides, I sit with the ’Bolts every day. They can survive one without me.”

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Done with Sombra x Luna ………..ON TO THE NEXT SHIP!!!

Yes, I put a gotee on Soarin. I wanted to make him a little less baggy and more muscular looking (I HATE the bags under his eyes!)

Anyhoo, if you didn’t understand the story, RD feels awkward around the Wonderbolts becasue she’s looked up to them her whole life and suddenly she’s one of them and they expect her to be pals with them and becasue she’s worried she’ll make a fool of herself. Can you imagine how embarrassed you would be if you said something REALLY humiliating in front of your hero?

Anyway, tell me what you think! 🙂

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