Smidge was leading the rest of the Snack Pack in a wing workout as the sun shone brightly in Castle Park. Everybody but the pixie, was a bit worn out but Rose felt like she is losing more pounds from her wings and her body in every second.
"Smidge is so intense." Branch panted while trying to do a double loop de loop with his wings.
"And this isn't recovery day." Poppy panted more.
"Hey!" Smidge yelled. "Cut the gum and burn the flab, you two. Don't get distracted from giving your wing workout a smackdown."
As they flew back to the ground, Smidge notices a male sprite with butterfly wings based on a milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly. He is wearing a yellow t shirt with a blue hooded jacket, khaki pants and brown shoes. She felt google eyed when she saw him kiss a bird and flap his wings gracefully until she snapped out of it when Poppy called her.
"Smidge!" Poppy shouted.
"Where...where am I?" She asked.
"At boot camp, remember?" Rose said, wiping sweat from her forehead.
"You blanked out for fifteen minutes." Branch added.
"Again!" Smidge fumed. "Argh! It's because of that guy, he's always messing with me!"
"Milton Moss, Biggie's coworker in Everwing Veterinary and Animal Rescue?" Poppy asked. "But he's the best and gentlest sprite in their facility."
"I'm telling you, he's messing with me." Smidge denied it. "He makes my palms sweat, then, my heart skips a beat, then the earth moves slowly."
"Uh, Smidge." Branch said. "That doesn't happen because he's messing with you."
"Yeah, it happens because you have a crush on him." Poppy added,
"I can hear wedding bells in a minute!" Rose squealed.
"OH! That makes way more sense and it explains my uncontrollable urge to hold his hand." Smidge shuddered. "Well, there's one thing I will do, storm over there and he'll him how I feel and grab that hair."
She opened her wings and start flying towards Milton but Branch, Poppy. Guy Diamond and Rose grabbed her with their magic powers.
"Smidge, calm down, easy." Poppy panted. "If you come out strong like that, you'll scare someone like Milton off."
"Yeah, you can't be so intense." Guy Diamond added.
"Do you think someone like Milton would want a pixie like me?" Smidge asked.
"No, no, no, he's gonna think you're amazing." Poppy said. "We can help you smooth out some rough edges."
The Snack Pack tried to teach Smidge how to be a proper lady while Rose listed down each of the lessons, from introductions, balancing books on the head, petting pretty animals, small talks, tea parties in the cafe and the pinky gesture when holding a cup. Each of the lessons got out of hand with Smidge's intense manners, like balancing more than one book with heavy things on her head, wrestling arms, scaring the birds, sweaty underarms, and burping.
"Well, let's call it for the day." Poppy said. "Everybody, we'll meet back here in the cafe, tomorrow morning and we'll help Smidge talk to Milton."
"What!? No guys, I still need work." Smidge cried.
"Don't worry Smidge, it will go great." She assured her. "All you need is to ease up a bit."
"Yeah, besides, we taught you everything we can." Branch said.
"For a sprite like you but me, I'm not sure." Smidge said. "You all stop yourself from doing embarrassing."
"Sometimes, there are embarrassments in first time dates." Rose said.
"You have embarrassments in your dates?" She asked her.
"Yeah, like when Jonquil fell into the unicorn corral when we went dating in the unicorn rescue center." Rose sighed. "But you're going to be fine."
"How can I be sure?" Smidge asked her.
The next day, Smidge was sitting with the rest of the Snack Pack in the employee's lounge.
"Okay, this is your practice run." Poppy said.
"Hello, Milton Moss, please to meet you." Smidge practiced her lines. "I'm Smidge."
"It's not an interview." Branch nodded in disappointment.
Smidge tried to introduce herself with each introduction but most of them fail so Poppy tried different flairs for Smidge, from sassy mermaid, charming princess, feisty pixie, and silent, mysterious butterfly, until Smidge went back to normal.
"Guys, this isn't working." Smidge sighed.
"This isn't working because it isn't you." Violet said. "You should be yourself."
"You're right, Violet." She sighed. "I'll try."
When Milton Moss passed by her, Smidge started talking to him. The other members of the Snack Pack watch them date. The two started walking around the place and Smidge felt more lady-like when she's with him as they had small talks. Smidge was doing the lessons she was taught. It went well until they got cornered by a pair of changelings who try to beat up Milton Moss. They try to attack him but Smidge had enough of this so she punched a changeling with her fierce strength and rescued Milton from them. The changelings try to attack them but Smidge used a fire spell to protect her and Milton but it burned the changelings so hard that they flew away, now covered in ash and burns. Milton was blushing hard when he saw Smidge, now in her true self.
"That was amazing, Smidge." Poppy said when she and Branch caught up with them.
"Milton, I realize that you might not wanna be with a pixie like me." Smidge said. "But that's okay, Smidge is gonna be Smidge."
She gave him a fist bump, which got him tripping backwards. He was so mesmerized by Smidge's rough edges that the sight of her made him blush harder but Smidge helped him get up. The two continued their date as they, along with Poppy and Branch flew back to the cafe, now knowing that Milton Moss loves Smidge for being herself. It was silly to change the wings of a butterfly but being yourself is the best thing to impress someone he or she loves.