What is Love?
Chapter 1
How do you tell someone you love them? Sure you can say it, but what if you can't say it or rather you don't know what'll happen if you do? Will that person accept it, will they reject it? This was the case for Fluttershy. She never really knew what it was like to love until she saw him, Big Macintosh. Sure he was Applejack's older brother, but that didn't change the fact that she liked him or at the very least liked needed to know if he shared the same feelings as her. But how, she couldn't tell Applejack, what would she think? She couldn't work up the nerve to ask Macintosh himself. She didn't know how to deal with these feelings she was feeling. She looked at herself in a mirror, was only in a bra and panties as she looked herself over. 'I don't see why he wouldn't like you. You're pretty, you're friendly, and you have friends that like you.' she thought to herself.
She sighed and decided to go to bed 'I'm sure he'll like. But what if he doesn't? What if you ask him out and he has a girlfriend, or doesn't want us as his girlfriend?' she thought. She shook her fears off only because she didn't want to stay awake. So she did the only thing so she could do, dream. In said dream, she was being held by Macintosh, his strong arms felt so warm and safe. She just smiled at him and he smiled back.
Her alarm went off sounding for her to get ready for school. She got dressed and grabbed her lunch money from the kitchen counter. "You have everything?" her mother asked. "Yes Mom." Fluttershy answered. "Alright, have fun at school." her mother said kissing her forehead. "Mom, how do you know if you're in love?" she asked. "Well...you get this warm tingly feeling inside you when you see the person you love." she explained. "Why...honey are you in love with someone?" she asked. "Um...maybe." Fluttershy mumbled. "Oh honey that's wonderful!" her mother said. "Mom, I don't want to be rude, but I don't want to be late for school." Fluttershy said. "Oh right, sorry. You have fun and you tell me about this boy you love when you get home." she said. "Okay." Fluttershy answered quietly and headed out the front door.
She walked to school like she always did. It was a nice enough day, the sun was shining and it was cool out. She liked days like these, days that weren't too warm, but not too cold out. Yes today, was a beautiful day out and she felt like nothing bad would happen today. That was until a car drove by and honked it's horn frighting her. She dropped her bag and her papers and books flew out on the sidewalk. She got to her knees and started putting them back in her bag. "Ya need help Miss?" someone asked. "Yes, please." she said not looking at the person. They crouched down and helped Fluttershy pick up her things. "Thank you for helping me, I don't think I would make it..." she began, but got quiet when she saw who it was, Big Macintosh.
"No problem, say haven't ah seen ya before?" he asked. "Um...um..." she answered. "Wait, now ah remember ya're mah sister's friend Fluttershy right?" he asked. "Yes..." she answered softly. "Mind if'n we walk together?" he asked. She didn't say anything, she just nodded her head and kept her eyes to the ground. "So, how are ya?" he asked. "Fine..." she mumbled. "Not much of a talker, huh? Ah understand, ah'm not much a talker either." he said. 'Come on Fluttershy, say something! You might not get another chance like this.' she thought. "Wou...yo...g...ut...me?" she stammered. "Ah'm sorry?" he asked. "Woul...go...me?" she stammered again. Big Macintosh was confused. 'Is she tryin' ta tell me somethin'?' he thought. By the time he could ask her what was it she was trying to say they reached their school. "Well it was nice seein' ya, hope ta see ya soon." he said leaving her. 'Oh Fluttershy, why didn't you ask him?' she thought mentally kicking herself.
She got to her locker and started putting her stuff in it, when she was done she was startled by Rarity. "A little birdie told me you were seen walking into school with a one Big Macintosh." she said. "W-who told you?" Fluttershy asked fearfully. "Well actually it wasn't anyone, I just saw the two of you walking in together." Rarity explained. "Oh..." Fluttershy said. "So why were you two walking together?" she asked. "Well, I dropped my bag and all my stuff fell out. Then he came by, helped me, and offered to walk with me." Fluttershy explained. "Ah, how romantic the gallant knight rushing in to save his maiden." Rarity said wistfully. "It wasn't like that." Fluttershy protested. "Really? Then why protest so quickly?" Rarity asked with a sly grin. "I...I...please Rarity don't tell anyone, especially Applejack. I don't know how she would react to this." she said. "Have no fear, your secret is safe with me. But you do realize if you make your feelings known to Macintosh, she will find out." Rarity said. "I guess." Fluttershy mumbled. "Plus, I'm sure she'd be understanding of it. She usually is about these kind of things." Rarity pointed out.
The bell rang shortly afterwards. "Well I must be off to class. We'll talk later, alright?" Rarity asked. heading off. "Alright." Fluttershy said. Later, Fluttershy got to science class. Although, this was a hard class for her to get through, not because she didn't understand, she could at the best of times, but because she also had this class with Big Mac. But she never really interacted with him, but that was about to change. "Alright class, today we're doing something differnet today. We're going to have you split into pairs and work on a project for the next three weeks. This project with count for 40% of your grade, so make them good." their teacher said.
'Oh no, what do I do? I can't ask anyone here, I can't talk to them. Big Mac could be my partner, but I can't talk to him either...what do I do?' she thought. Luckily, she didn't need to answer that for Big Macintosh sat down next to her. "Howdy, ah hope ya don't mind if'n we be partners." he said. Fluttershy didn't say anything she just nodded her head. "Ah know this might seem a little off topic, but ya were tryin' ta tell me somethin' this mornin', what was it?" he asked. She couldn't answer, heart was beating like a drum and her face was getting hot. "I was...I was...asking if uh..." she mumbled. "Well, ah suppose if ya don't want ta talk about it ya don't have ta." he said sensing her discomfort. Fluttershy nodded sadly. 'Don't worry, you still have time to tell him. You can do this, just try and get comfortable around him.' she thought.