Chapter 6

I stood, considering the things that had happened to me. I had only been in Ponyville for a few days, and my life had already started to resemble some sort of lame romance drama. If somepony could even call it that. I continued to write my story, and yet, my thoughts still lingered on Twilight. I may have been close to finishing my novel, but when somepony has feelings for a mare this bad, its kinda hard to concentrate.

After finishing the page I was on, I paced my house again, thoughtfully chomping on an apple. I had thought I heard my window creak open, but then I shrugged it off. I sighed. "If only I had the courage to tell Twilight about what happened." He thought about in his head; Crusher has a crush on Twilight. Indeed, I started to remember why I was given such an odd name.

My parents had noticed that as a baby, I had a tendancy to stomp and break things with my hoofs. Since they were, well, "crushed", that's what they decided to name me. Lame, right? But either way, I was content with my name, even if I would have preferred a different one. If they had known back then that I was going to be a writer, they probably would have changed my name in an instant. My thoughts then started to dwell on Fluttershy. I had been seeing her recently, and again, she was kinda like my confidant, in a sense. I could talk to her about anything, and she would intently listen to whatever I had to say. But I noticed that whenever Twilight came up, she seemed to back down, and put on a more solemn face. Sure, she would still listen to me, but she didn't seem nearly as adamant to learn what I had to say. I took a glance at the calendar, and realized tomorrow was Hearts and Hooves Day. While considered rather unimportant in Manehatten, I had heard that hear it was considered a celebration that ponies celebrated throughout the whole day. I was considering today whether I should ask Twilight if we could do something together tomorrow or something like that. Just then, I heard a knock on the door. I turned to open it, and there was Fluttershy. "Oh, hey Flutter'," I said.

"Hi, Crusher," She walked inside, and I closed the door behind her. She sat down on a couch, and I sat down next to her. She moved a little closer to me in a way that felt a little odd. She realized my reaction, and quickly moved back. "Oh, um, I'm sorry, it's just, I feel safe when I'm close to you, and well, I…"

"No, really, it's fine. You can do that if you want. Besides, it kinda feels nice having some mare as pretty as you." Suddenly realizing the misconceptions that could lead to, I recovered. "I mean, it's just nice to have somepony be with me in my house, ya know? Just because, it gets kinda lonely in here."

"Oh, it's like you've told me, you'd like to talk with ponies more, you just have a hard time conveying your feelings?" She sounded like a psychiatrist at that point.

"Basicially, I mean, most of the ponies in this town are very inviting and all, but, sometimes I feel, out of place. If you catch my drift."
"Mmmhmm, I kinda feel the same way about myself sometimes. I have a hard time conveying feelings I have for others as well." The air in the room was starting to feel awkward, but before I could change the subject, she said, "Is it okay if I tell you something?"

"Oh, of course it is. You can tell me anything." I said that with a little more confidence than when I normally talked.

"Well, its just, uh…" She was starting to stutter.

"What's she trying to tell me?" I thought.

"I have a crush on you, and I was hoping we could maybe do something on Hearts and Hooves Day?" My eyes widened, and she put her hoof on her mouth, obviously embarrassed of the way she had said that. So soon? She wanted to go out so soon? She had feelings for me, but ones I sadly could not say I reciprocated. I didn't know what to do. If I dismissed her, I'd make her feel bad. But if I said yes, I'd have to deal with this problem another time. I heard a knock on the door just then.

"I'll be back in a minute." I told Fluttershy as I opened the door. There, I saw Twilight.

"Hey, Crusher, I came back to tell you I am very impressed with this first copy of your novel, and…." She then noticed Fluttershy. I felt sweat trickle down my mane, and she said,

"Oh, do you have company?" I tried to stay calm, but it was nearly impossible. I tried to come up with an excuse, but before I could speak, she said,

"Oh, I guess you two are busy, so, I'll come back in a few minutes." I shook my head frantically. I was almost surprised Twilight would come up with such a conclusion. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Fluttershy blushing bright red.

"Oh, no, no, no, nothing like that. Fluttershy was just, ya know, well, um, visiting me."

"Oh, okay, why didn't you just tell me that?" I tried to look for another excuse.

"Well, I mean, I, well, uh…."

"It's because Fluttershy was just telling him that she had a crush on him, and the fact that you, the mare he had a crush on, was here, it kinda made him flustered." I recognized the voice as Spike, and turned to see him climb through my window to see the situation. Spike's bluntness probably ruined everything I had cared for. This was not good.

I swear, if Spike was not Twilight's friend, I would have strangled him to death.