My friends had wasted no time in launching into embarrassing stories once they all settled down. They remembered things even I had long forgotten, or pushed into the dark corners of my mind with the hope of one day forgetting it. Soarin didn't seem to mind though, he had laughed at the right moments, and cringed when a cringe was called for, he was utter perception at managing my friends.

"And she got pie everywhere." I tuned back in reality just in time to hear the end of Applejacks latest story. I couldn't remember when this story took place, or they I had gotten pie everywhere, but I found I didn't care much. I kept getting lost in Soarin's laugh, it was clear, and bright, the kind of noise that you know you will never get tired of.

All of my friends were perched at various points of Twilight's living room, she had put out snacks and no one showed any sign of leaving anytime soon. I was distinctly worried that we would be trapping in this story telling hell all through the night, and maybe the day after.

I guess I should be said that I didn't mind too much, it could have been worse, and at least everyone but Pinkie had realized that Soarin and I were not dating. "So, Rainbow, darling, when is your first Wondershow? I simply must have tickets." Rarity drawled in her high-class voice.

"I don't actually know." I admitted to the room.

"I do!" Soarin shouted. "It's the he day after tomorrow. Spitfire told me when you were being evaluated."

"That soon?" Fluttershy echoed aloud what I am thinking. I hadn't heard anything about my first performance, but I was willing to guess it may have slipped Spitfires mind, she had talked about sponsors a lot lately, that must be distracting her a bit.

I will be prepared though, I am always ready for anything at a moment's notice, and I have quite a few moments until the show. Still it would have been nice for Spitfire to take a little more care in her managing skills.

"I'm sure Rainbow can handle it." Soarin said with a hearty voice that reassured me. He nudges me with his snout. "You flew a storm like no one's business; one show will be a breeze." I laughed and brushed the complement away, then turned to face my friends only to find them shifting on the spot awkwardly blushing.

I had let the awkward silence they are causing drag on for a few minutes before I broke it with a question. "What's with the weird look guys?"

No one answered and I looked to Soarin for an explanation, but he had none to offer. "Are you'll sure you aren't dating?" AppleJack said.

When were they going to let that go, I couldn't very well date someone and not know, could I? "Yes, guy, come on. I don't go on about you guys and whether of not you're dating friends that just happen to be colts. Fluttershy, I don't just assume that you are dating BigMac, do I?" I tried to explain myself, but it backfired quite badly.

"Actually rainbow, while you were at the Wonderbase, I started dating BigMac." Fluttershy explained with a pink blush on her face. Confirming that she did not lie, everyone around her nods. Fluttershy and BigMac, I never pictured them together.

"Well. We aren't." I huffed at everyone. After that I just sat in the background and let everyone finish with Soarin. We did actually get out of the library before midnight; Soarin was utterly exhausted from all the attention he had been on the receiving end of. We flew back up to my sky house with lazy flaps and tired droopy eyes.

We piled into my house and blundered down the hallways, too tired to keep out eyes up for more than a few seconds. I managed to make my way into my bed room and flopped on to my bed, it felt off though, as if there was an extra weight on the mattress. I didn't dwell on it though, I was simply too tired to stay awake another moment longer.

I wish I had investigated the extra weight though, because when I woke up I almost had a heart attack when I saw a pair of closed eyes inches from my face. I screamed of course, it was the only logical thing to do. The eyes flew open and promptly fell off my bed along with the body they were part of.

It was Soarin, why he was in my room, I had no idea. "Rainbow, why are you in my bed?" He asked from the floor.

"Your bed, this is my bed." I retaliated.

"No its not-." Soarin shouted back at me, right before actually looking around and noticing that it was in fact my room. "Oh god, I'm sorry Rainbow, I didn't know, I was so tired last night I must have gone through the wrong door."

I mistake, of course, we all make them, but I had almost wished for a second that we hadn't been so tired and had made the decision on your own, intentionally. "Don't worry Soarin, I won't beat you up or nothing, just warn me next time you're going to sleep with me." I'm joking of course, and Soarin chuckles nervously, but I get the feeling that something else should have been said.

We ignored it though, we ignored the fact that we had both just had our best night's sleep in a long time, and we especially ignored the fact that we had woken up cuddling. We ate breakfast and then wasted away the day. We joked around, and we played games, we even went round to SugarCube corner for more pies.

Then after a full day worth of time wasters it was night. As we said out goodbyes I noticed he lingered longer than usual, longer than was friendly. It wasn't offensive in the slightest though, it was warm and it was comforting. I didn't want him to leave me, I wanted it to be Soarin and me in my bed together, cuddling.

It wasn't though, it was just me.