As he finally woke up, Lightning Dasher turned off the alarm. It being nearly 7:55 AM. "Good thing I set my alarm earlier..." he said drowsily to himself.

He walked into the bathroom, splashed water on his face and fixed his hair. He walked out of his bathroom and started saying, "Alright, so now..." there was a knock at the door, "oh, yeah."

He walked to the door and opened it, "So you ready?"

"Yeah. What am I going to have to do first?"

"Well first, I'll need to give you a tour of the weather factory, then I'll tell you your first job."

The weather factory, the 'rainbow' factory, "Think we can skip the weather factory tour?"

"You wanna go straight to work uh? Well it's mandatory for the tour, come on, follow me."

Lightning sighed and flew after Rainbow..

As they landed outside the weather factory, Lightning looked over the entire thing. Rainbow started the tour, and Lightning, not wanting to, followed.

As the tour ended Rainbow asked, "Any questions?"

"No, not really."

"Alright, well I have a question for you."

"What is it?"

"Why did you want to skip the tour?"

"It's nothing, I just heard something about it, most likely a tall tale."

"What have you heard?"

"Nothing. Relax."

"Tell me, please."

"Look," he sighed, "it was nothing. It was, some rumor from this old stallion. Something about the rainbow portion of this factory being dangerous."

"Dangerous? How?"

"If you really wanna know, it was something ran by you, that took fillies and colts that failed the flying exam, and, hmm, turned them into rainbow particles that, made the rainbows."

Rainbow looked at him like he was somewhat crazy, after a second she start laughing. "That's a nice horror story, you should tell that the fillies next time we go camping."

He wasn't 100% sure that the creepy-pasta was real, but 'you never know'. Lightning laughed it off, like he was joking the entire time. "Alright, so what do I do?"

"Through-out the day, it will be cloudy skies. Meet me here at 7:30, there's going to be rain at 7:40 and I'll need your help to set it up."

"You'll need my help? A pony you just met, and just gave a job to, and you're making him your right hoof stallion?" He didn't say it to be mean, but in a question-full tune.

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?"

"No, not at all. It's just very questionable about your actions. You barely know me, and now I'm already at your beck and call. It seems something else is involved with your actions, and not just that of a work buddy."

"What are you getting at?"

"What I'm 'getting at', is that the only reason why you need 'my' help, is something far past because I'm a new worker, maybe even something a bit more personal than that."

Rainbow seemed a bit shocked, "Did Twilight tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"That..." Rainbow didn't want to accidentally tell him anything, so she quickly made up a lie, "I'm looking to see how hard you will work."

"That, was a pretty long 'that', and it took you a second to say the rest."

"Alright, tell me, what are you saying?"

"Twilight, she accidentally said 'she has a' after asking me questions about liking you. So what I'm wondering, is do you have a crush on me?"

Rainbow was blushing, her eyes wide. She then soon shook her head, "What? No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no. I don't have a crush on you." sure she was lying, but she didn't want him to know she had a crush on him.

"Well then," he whispered into her ear, "why are you blushing?"

That comment made Rainbow blush even more, she turned away, "I'm not blushing." she didn't look at him and said, "Maybe you should, just go back home or something. Turns out I don't need you after all."

"You sure? I could still help you."

"No, it's fine."

"Well, alright then." Lightning flew off.

Rainbow slightly turned and watched him fly off. She put her hoof up to her cheek, her face as hot as a lightbulb.

"Why did I tell him to leave...?" she asked herself, now upset with herself.

She quickly flew down to Twilight's. Once there she knocked on the door, once the door opened, Twilight asked, "Rainbow? What are you doing here?"

Rainbow quickly walked in, "Has Lightning come here?"

"No?"

"Good, I need you to tell me, yesterday, what did you get from him?"

"Well he said he liked you as a friend, he might or might not have a crush on you."

"Might or might not? That doesn't help, what else?"

"Well I kept trying to see what he'll tell me by implying he had a crush on you, but didn't say anything. Why, what happened?"

"I think he has a clue that I have a crush on him, he even saw me blushing."

"And... what's so bad about that?"

"I don't want him to know I have a crush on him."

"Why not? You're trying to find out if he has a crush on you."

"But I don't want him to know, I'm not even 100% sure I'm ready for a relationship with him. I want to ask him when I'm ready, I don't want him to ask me."

"I thought you were the 'fearless' Rainbow Dash."

"I am."

"Then why aren't you sure, and afraid to ask him?"

"Well, I..."

"Remember, there are a lot more mares than stallions in Ponyville, and I'm sure some are even looking for somepony to be with. So if you don't ask soon, somepony else may, and you'll be too late."

"But."

"No buts, if you want him, go ask him."

Rainbow nodded and flew to Lightning's house and knocked on his door. A few minutes passed so she decided to fly to Ponyville to search for him.

When she found him, he was talking to another mare. "Hey Lightning!" she yelled out, a few yards away from him.

"Hold on a second." he said to the mare, he then walked over to Rainbow, "What is it?"

"Who was that?"

"Who? Roseluck?"

"Why were you talking to her?"

"She first asked me directions to Sugarcube Corner, then we just started having a conversation. Why, are you jealous?"

"Jealous? What? Why would I be jealous?"

"Alright, well, why did you call me over here?"

"I, um, wanted to ask, if you wanted to, um..."

"Hey Rainbow?" he didn't want to interrupt, but he wanted to tell her something.

"W-What is it?" afraid he was going to ask what she was going to.

"You're blushing again."

Rainbow quickly flew off, embarrassed even more now that Lightning saw her blush.

He walked back to Roseluck, "So anyway, like I was saying. I actually finished loading all my stuff into my house today."

"That's nice, look, I have to go tend to my roses. Maybe we could meet at my place tonight at 7:30, talk more then?"

"Um..." he glanced to where he saw Rainbow fly to, then back at Roseluck, "Sure, I'm free."

"Great, talk to you later." Roseluck left to her house.

As Rainbow busted into the library, "You won't believe what happened."

Twilight looked at her, "You couldn't ask him?"

"Well he told me I was blushing before I could say it, but that's not the point!"

"Alright, then what is the point?"

"He was talking to another mare."

Twilight did a fake gasp, "No, I don't see the problem there."

"He said that he was just having a conversation, but I don't think that's the whole truth."

"Really? You're not serious are you? He has no reason to lie to you, and even if he did, what would he be lying about?"

"I think he was flirting with her."

"Flirting, with her, after he already has suspicious that you have a crush on him?"

"Just because I have a crush on him doesn't mean he has one on me. If he had a crush on me he wouldn't be talking to other mares."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really."

"So he wouldn't talk to, I don't know, me? Fluttershy? Applejack?-" Rainbow cut her off.

"Alright I see your point, but I need to find out what he was talking to her about."

"I never took you for a jealous type."

"I'm not jealous, alright?!"

"Alright, alright. Well, when do you know for sure you're going to see him next?"

"In like a few hours, at 7:30."

"Then you can ask him about it then, get more information about the mare."

"I guess you're right, thanks for the advice."

"No," Rainbow quickly left to her house in Cloudsdale, "problem..."

As it neared 7:30, Rainbow was waiting at the weather factory, wondering where Lightning was.

She gave up waiting and did the job herself, then started flying around, looking for Lightning.

"Did that really happen?" asked Lightning.

"Yeah, a stampede of bunnies, running through Ponyville." responded Roseluck, both of them laughing.

Rainbow was outside, glancing in the window. She then knocked on the door.

Roseluck said, "I'll get it."

After the door was answered, Rainbow asked, "Hi, is Lightning Dasher here?"

"Um..." Roseluck looked back at the stallion sitting on her couch. "Lightning, it's for you."

Lightning stood up and walked to the door, Roseluck walked away saying she was gonna refresh the drinks. Lightning saw Rainbow and said, "Rainbow, what are you doing here? How did you know I was here."

"I was searching for you after you didn't show up to help me with the rainclouds at 7:30."

"Oh, dang. I completely forgot about the rainclouds. Thing is when I first thought about it, I remember when you told me that you didn't need my help with the clouds earlier. So that's why I didn't show up too. Please don't fire me, I swear it was a one time thing."

"Relax, I wasn't going to fire you, I actually had a question."

"Yeah?"

"Well..." she caught a glimpse of Roseluck, "I'll uh, ask you later. I don't want to, interrupt anything."

"Okay... well, Rainbow?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you have a fever or something?"

"What? Why?"

"Because your face is red again."

Rainbow flew off fast once more, never knowing what to say to Lightning. Roseluck walked up to him "What was that all about?"

"I... don't really know. She keeps saying she has a question, but when she tries, before she finishes she flies off."

"Well, let's not let that spoil our night."

Busting into the library once again, Rainbow said, "You won't believe what I saw."

"Well, besides the fact that you must have messed up asking him again, what did you see?" asked Twilight, getting tired of Rainbow just busting in.

"That mare Lightning was with earlier, he is now at her house."

"Okay, so? Maybe they're just talking, who is this mare anyway?"

"I believe he said her name was Roseluck."

"Roseluck? She's actually a really nice mare. Anyway, they're probably just talking about plants or something."

"I need to gather more information." she quickly flew off back to Roseluck's.

"Rainbow wait!" Twilight sighed, "When will she ever learn?"

"So, Lightning, have you ever kissed anypony before?" asked Roseluck.

"No... Why do you ask?"

"I was just wondering, because I never had either."

"Really?"

"Yeah..." after a few seconds she asked, "Would you like to have your first one... with me?"

"Well..."

Roseluck started leaning in closer, and so did Lightning.

As their lips touched, Rainbow's jaw dropped. "I... I thought he liked me..." she said to herself. She hung her head and walked to Twilight's. Just to her luck, the rain started getting harder.

As the door opened, Twilight look towards it. "Rainbow, you're walking in here. That's new."

Rainbow sat on the couch, Twilight noticed her head was hanging low. "Rainbow, what's wrong?" she walked over to her.

"They... I..." Rainbow started to lightly cry, "I saw them kiss."

"Well Rainbow, didn't I warn you, that if you don't ask him you'll lose him?"

"You did, but I never thought that it would actually happen."

"If you're going to want him, you're going to have to show him you actually do. By that, I mean actually asking him out on a date."

"But I can't, whenever I get near him, I just get scared, blush, then fly away."

"If you want, I can ask him for you."

"You'll, actually do that, for me?"

"Sure, it won't be a bother on my part."

"Well, can you ask him tomorrow at 8 at the new restaurant downtown?"

"Sure, next time I see him I will."

"Thanks." Rainbow flew off to her house.

After about an hour, Lightning walked into the library, "Hey Twilight, I was just returning this Daring Do book, there's no reason for me to have it, I don't have time for it."

"Alright, I'll just put it back." Rainbow returned the book to it's proper place. "Oh by the way, Lightning?"

"Yeah?"

"Rainbow wanted to know if you'd meet her at the new restaurant downtown at 8 tomorrow."

"Was that the question she was trying to ask me all day?"

"Yeah, it was."

"Well, tell her that I'm sorry, but I can't make it."

"Why not?"

"I already made plans with Roseluck then."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I'm sure she'll understand, but one question, since I know she'll ask too."

"What is it?"

"Is there anything between you and Roseluck?"

"What? No, nothing between us. We aren't dating or anything."

"Alright, I'll be sure to tell Rainbow."

"Alright thanks, goodnight."

"Night."

Lightning flew home, un-set his alarm and went to bed.