"Another day bites the dust..." Cherry sighed as she crossed another day off of her calender for the summer vacation as she and the others would be back in school before they'd know it.
Rarity wandered around the front gate and looked over. "Oh, Cherry, it's good to see you." she then smiled.
"I guess everyone else is busy..." Cherry said as she walked over. "So, what do you need help with?"
"I just suppose I'm a little nervous without Applejack here," Rarity smiled nervously. "You always seem so calm under pressure, so that's why I asked you."
"I get it, you need a friend to help you through this." Cherry said.
"Yes..." Rarity grinned bashfully. "Thank you for coming."
"Let's go then." Cherry nodded.
They both walked inside and wandered around to find the person they needed to talk with about working here. It seemed to be another teenage girl, though slightly older than them.
"Is that her?" Cherry asked Rarity.
"I believe so..." Rarity nodded and walked with her to the girl.
"My name is Vignette Valencia, and to answer your first question, yes, I'm that 'Vignette', but no, I do not think I'm better than you just because I have 3,000,000 followers on SnapGab." The girl introduced herself.
"Whoa, that's a lot." Cherry said.
"More than you'll hit." Vignette replied.
Cherry glared at that slightly.
"You're up to 3,000,000 now?" Rarity asked in amazement before keeping calm. "I mean, yes, uh, yes, I-I am familiar with your online repertoire."
"I have a good feeling about you, Rare," Vignette told the fashionista. "Oh, you have to let me call you Rare, it's the perfect name for lead parade costume designer."
'She sure likes to talk.' Cherry thought to herself.
Rarity smiled as this was going well for her so far.
"Not a... Um, caramel apple girl," Vignette continued as she looked at a folder. "I don't even know why you applied for a job like that. Not with a SnapGab feed like yours."
"Oh." Rarity said as they walked.
"Obviously, I looked you up. Great pictures, by the way," Vignette smiled. "That gingham and linen sundress caught my eye, and your follower count is 'im-press-ive'. For someone just starting out, of course. But I can already tell you've got magique inside."
'Oh, you have no idea of how close you are about that.' Cherry thought to herself.
"Magi-You can?" Rarity gasped.
"The light parade is the most important event in the park," Vignette smiled to Rarity. "Over a hundred cast members, and you are gonna make them look perfect."
Rarity sighed happily to that.
"Oh. And before I forget, don't put anything on that table. Especially your phone. No reason," Vignette then said. "Just a super-important rule I made up, K? Have your assistant make note of that for you." She then added with a glance to Cherry who looked offended by that assumption.
"Assistant?" Cherry glared.
"Ooh, Cherry, isn't this exciting?" Rarity beamed as Vignette left them alone.
"Uh... Well... Um..." Cherry said as she wasn't the fashion type, but saw Rarity grinning and tried to smile back. "Uh... I like to see you happy."
Rarity soon saw the second Cherry with Thor and did a double take. Cherry muttered to herself before looking over and let out a startled gasp. The second Cherry smirked to her double and stuck her tongue out as she held hands with the warlock teen.
"Uh, darling, am I seeing double?" Rarity asked Cherry.
"Uh... I'll be right back..." Cherry grinned nervously before running off.
"I'm having a wonderful time, Thor, even if your uncle does cause my life to be a nightmare almost every single day." Cherry 2 smiled.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Thor smiled back sheepishly.
Cherry yelled out and soon went to tackle her double only to miss as they walked away.
"What was that?" Thor asked.
"Oh, nothing." Cherry 2 smiled nervously.
Cherry growled in defeat.
"Um, I'm glad you decided to come with me to this park..." Thor smiled. "I knew from the moment I laid eyes on you, you were something special."
"You did...?" Cherry asked, a bit softly.
"Yeah." Thor nodded.
"You're just so sweet and special to me..." Cherry 2 said to Thor. "I always love a gentleman who would do anything to make me happy and not worried."
"I'll always lift your spirits and cheer you up when you need it." Thor added.
'I feel like such a jerk.' Cherry thought to herself as she soon leaned against the wall.
Thor and Cherry 2 continued to walk off together to have some fun as she watched them go and have fun. Once they were far enough away, Cherry soon went back to Rarity.
"Are you alright, Cherry?" Rarity asked. "You look a little pale."
"I'll be fine... I just... I guess I just needed some fresh air..." Cherry said. "Sorry for suddenly leaving like that."
"It's quite alright, darling." Rarity said.
"By the way, I don't want to be called your assistant." Cherry told her.
"I know, I didn't mean for that to happen, I apologize..." Rarity frowned softly. "Vignette must've thought you were."
"And you didn't even correct her?!" Cherry replied.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry about that too..." Rarity smiled sheepishly.
"Let's just get to work." Cherry sighed.
"Erm... Right... Let's..." Rarity agreed.
"You're going to be fine," Cherry told her. "With or without Applejack."
Unfortunately, Rarity's work seemed much harder than anything else.
"Why did I come here again?" Cherry mumbled.
Rarity looked to her and Cherry forced a supportive smile to keep up her self-esteem. She soon decided to go and call Applejack. Cherry soon looked like she was worked to death as Rarity called the Apple farm.
Applejack was inside of a barrel with her siblings as they were working together. She soon heard her phone go off as she answered it. "Rarity!" The country girl answered in surprise.
"Applejack! Darling!" Rarity replied. "How's work on the farm?"
"Fantastic! Ah could not be happier... Makin' foot-stompin' applesauce the old-fashioned way with my family." Applejack replied with a hint of insecurity.
"Less chatter, more splatter." Granny Smith told her.
Applejack smiled nervously to her grandmother while working.
"Oh, good," Rarity smiled. "I'm so happy for you."
"And Ah'm happy for you and your new job, too." Applejack replied.
"Oh, yes, well..." Rarity replied with nervous laughter. "It's certainly a big job."
'She has to tell her the truth.' Cherry thought to herself.
"Ah'm sure you won't slip up." Applejack told Rarity.
"Well, I-I was calling, because, you see, well, it's not that I'm... Nervous or anything silly like that, but I-I-I was wondering if... If you and the others wanted to come on opening night to see the parade. VIP passes!" Rarity soon replied. "You can cut the lines!"
"Please just tell her!" Cherry begged.
Rarity put her hand up to make Cherry wait as she was on the phone.
"Rarity!" Cherry cried out.
"You bet yer britches, missy!" Applejack reassured Rarity. "Ah wouldn't miss yer big night for the world!"
"Applejack, please! Come! We need your help!" Cherry cried out.
"Applejack?" Rarity frowned. "Darling? Hello?"
"Did she hang up...?" Cherry asked.
"I... She just... I'm sure she's fine." Rarity smiled.
"Rarity, you can't procrastinate like this," Cherry told her before glancing away. "You have to use the direct approach with people, otherwise they're just gonna think they can do whatever they want unless you tell them no right away, but you can be nice about it without sounding mean..." Her eyes then widened as she remembered being told that about a certain warlock teen who would think she was interested because she didn't tell him no right away and just stalled.
"Is something wrong, darling?" Rarity asked.
"Uh... Let's just say I'm learning a lesson the hard way, and I don't want the same to happen to you." Cherry advised.
"I suppose you're right." Rarity sighed.
"I guess it's time to go back to work." Cherry said as she cracked her knuckles.
"Indeed." Rarity nodded.
