The same scenario was playing through Tail's head again, like it had so many times in the past 10 years. He still remembered it like it was yesterday. Tails, just a five year old two tailed fox, was playing on the monkey bars at recess when he noticed a little girl crying. He had seen her a few times in the hallway but wasn't sure what her name was. She had blonde pigtails with blue beads and a light blue dress with a black belt. Tails thought she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. Tails nervously walked up to the crying girl and asked her what was wrong. The girl, sniffling, told Tails that her sister, Buttercup, had broken her chalk that she was using to draw pictures on the cement. He looked down and saw all of her chalk broken into little pieces on the ground. Tails told the girl to wait right there while he ran to his classroom and grabbed his pencil bag. He came back out and used his tape to fix all the pieces. When he was done, he looked up at the girl and she was beaming back at him. He stood up and she gave him a giant hug and kissed him on the cheek. Blushing, Tails turned to walk away. As he was leaving, the little girl called out, "Thank you so much. By the way my name is Bubbles. You are my hero." Even though he was only five, Tails fell in love that day. For the next ten years, his crush on Bubbles only grew. There was only one problem, they were in completely different groups at school. Bubbles was the most popular girl in the grade and almost every guy in school had a crush on her. Tails on the other hand, was kind of a nerd. He had a small group of friends, but he was so quiet and shy that he spent most of his time working on his inventions. Whenever he saw Bubbles in the hall he would look down and pretend he didn't see her because he was so embarrassed. Realizing that Bubbles was way out of his league, he had started dating a pony named Fluttershy a year ago. She was sweet and kind most of the time but he couldn't get Bubbles out of his head.
One day at school, Tails was at his locker, grabbing his Microbiology book when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and was shocked to see Bubbles standing right in front of him. "Sorry to bother you Miles, but I was wondering if you could help me out. I'm really struggling in science class and since you are the smartest boy in school I was hoping you could be my tutor." Tails felt himself blushing. For one thing, he had no idea that Bubbles even knew his real name. For another, he couldn't believe that she called him the smartest boy in the school. He was about to reply when Fluttershy pushed her way in front of him. She got right into Bubbles face and screamed "What are you doing talking to my boyfriend Bubbles?" Tails mouth dropped open. Fluttershy was always so quiet and nice, this was completely unlike her. Bubbles on the other hand, didn't seem as taken back. She stared Fluttershy straight in the eye and yelled back "You don't own Miles, he can talk to whoever he wants." Fluttershy, filled with rage, screamed "You're just a dumb bimbo, Tails wants nothing to do with a stupid girl like you. Why don't you go comb your hair or paint your nails or something." The next thing Tails knows, Bubbles slaps Fluttershy right in the face. With a single tear streaming down her cheek, she then turns away and runs towards the bathroom. Tails stands frozen in the hallway, not quite understanding what just happened. Fluttershy then turns her attention to Tails. "Why didn't you stand up for me? You just let that dumb girl hit me and you didn't do anything to stop her." Tails, angry, replied "First, she's not dumb and second, you were really rude to her. I can't believe you'd treat someone like that. She was just asking me a simple question and you totally attacked her." Fluttershy's face was red with anger. "I'm your girlfriend, why are you standing up for that idiot? I'm so sick of you being such a baby." Sighing, Tails replies "I'm done with you Fluttershy. You're not the girl I thought you were and I should have done this a long time ago. Please leave me alone from now on." Tails then turned and started walking towards class with his heart pounding. Fluttershy screamed down the hall "You'll regret this Tails. No one else will ever want to date a nerd like you."
