Rian was sitting outside. Students walking out of the school as he watched. Even minutes after the students stopped coming out, two girls were talking. "You can't tell him." Rian had heard this, and instinctively used his shadow spell.

"Trust me, I won' tell a soul."

"Good, 'cause if Rian found out why I did that... I'd die of embarrassment."

"I just don't see why you can't tell him, I mean seriously, thinking the fact that he is related to Starswirl the Bearded isn't too strange."

Rainbow face-palmed, "You don't have a clue at what I was trying to tell you, do you?"

"Not a clue."

"Alright, let me spell this out for you. I like Rian because I think he's cute, and how he knows so much about magic. His, beautiful green eyes could be as magical as his skills. Just, whenever I think about him, I can't help but want to be in his arms forever."

Rian silently gasped, knowing that even the smallest of words could blow his cover in this quiet setting. "Aha... Now I see," said Applejack, "You don't want me to tell Rian that you love him."

Rainbow's already red face grew brighter. She bowed her head, "Yeah, please don't tell him."

"Don't you worry, your secret's safe with me," Applejack smiled with a thumbs up.

Rian watched those two walk away as his spell stopped. He got up and started walking behind them.

A minute or two away, Rian spoke up, "How're you two doin'?"

They both jumped, looking behind them, "Jeez, when did you get here?" asked Rainbow.

"I've always been here." Rian smiled, the both of them looking at him like a creeper. "I just walked out of school."

"Ah..." said Applejack.

"You two wanna hang out or somethin'? I'm kinda bored after school with nothing to do."

"Uh..." said Rainbow with a blush.

"Rainbow'll go with ya! I gotta go help back at the farm anyway. See you two tomorrow!" Applejack raced off.

Those two watched Applejack, "Jeez, selling out her friend just like that?" commented Rian. "So," they looked at each other. "Do, you wanna come over?"

"Uh..." Rainbow stayed quiet while they continued walking.

Half an hour later, they arrived at his house, "So, do you want to come over, or not?"

Rainbow said nothing, but walked to his door. Rian took this as a yes and opened the door for her. She walked to the table and sat down, he followed with a, "You want something to drink or... somethin'?"

He filled up two cups with some juice, even though she was quiet. Setting the cup down, Rainbow immediately drank from it. Rian sighed, sitting across from her, "You know, if you're still freaked about the kiss on Saturday, I'm willing to move on if you are."

Rainbow almost choked as she set the cup down. Rian realized that the way to get someone to speak, is to make them think it's no big deal anymore. "I got embarrassed about that over, nothing really. It was just a spur of the moment thing right? So don't worry about it."

"It uh, wasn't a spur of the moment thing..." Rainbow said softly.

"It wasn't? What do you mean?"

"I meant to do that. I've wanted to do it for, so long now. I just could never get enough courage. Then, when you were just, right in front of me, I couldn't help myself."

"Really...?"

"Yeah, you're just... so, cute." She started blushing, "I just wish it was easier to say this kind of stuff."

Rian always knew the right things to say to someone, and how to say them. "I... I have to admit, when I first saw you, and you started talking to me; I couldn't speak. I wanted to tell you how I thought about you the instant you were over here the first time. I couldn't say it at all. I wanted to tell you my deepest of secrets, but I can't even say the most important ones."

"What are they?"

Rian looked around, "I don't want to say out loud, just in case somebody can hear."

"Then, why don't you just whisper it to me?"

"A-Are you sure?" Rian's mouth was slightly opened. As he spoke, he wasn't lying anymore. With lying, came his acting, but he could never act the truth. Why can I always lie to someone's face, but never tell them the truth? he asked himself.

"Yeah, it's fine." Rainbow slightly blushed as well as Rian stood up along with her. Rian walked around the table to her turned head. He got close, close enough that Rainbow felt his breath on her skin. He backed off slightly and turned her head with his hand, almost immediately kissing her softly.

This was the hardest thing Rian could do towards her, his chest was so tight it started to get hard to breathe. Lies, are easy. Saying - or doing - something that true, now that's hard.

XXXX

Rian walked into class, far before anyone else, except for one person, Twilight. Her little brother was with her. Spike looked at him and said to Twilight, "Give me a sec, okay Twi?"

He followed Rian to his seat, "Hey, how's it goin'?"

"Good?" Rian said, confused.

"That's good. How's it going with Rainbow?"

"W-Why do you ask?"

"Why'd you stutter?" Spike smirked.

"Why do you wanna know what's going on with Rainbow and I?"

"Considering how last I heard she wanted to speak with you was in your home. So I was curious. Anything special happened yesterday?"

"Well..." he chuckled slightly while looking down. "I uh, I kissed her."

"Judging by that smile, I'm guessing that's good."

"Yeah..." his smile slowly faded though.

Spike noticed this and commented, "What happened afterwards?"

"She uh, blushed badly and ran out of my house. Tough call on if she likes me or not due to that. However, resources say otherwise."

"Resources?"

"Yeah, I heard her speaking to Applejack herself, and told her that she had a crush on me."

"How'd you hear that?"

"Well I-"

"Were you spying?"

"I wouldn't say spying. I was just there, and they didn't notice me. Besides, I don't think I should really have a girlfriend to begin with."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, if someone gets to deep into my life, my secrets will get out."

"What secrets?"

"They're secrets for a reason."

"So what if you tell one person your secrets?"

"Besides the fact that I don't want anybody to know my secrets? Just the fact where somebody gets told 'Hey, blah blah blah' then they scream it as if it was the secret word of a game show."

"True, I've heard Twilight do that quite a lot with half the stuff I tell her, and they aren't even secrets."

"Yeah, it'll be the end of my life if those rumors get out."

"Well, if you don't want her to date you, then tell her 'Hey, this ain't happening.' and if you want her to date you, keep the track you're on now, or even ask her."

At Spike's last words, he realized Rian was off in another place. He followed the gaze and saw the rainbow haired girl sitting down, front row. "I'll let you do this, I gotta get to class anyway," Spike walked out of the classroom.

As Rian watched this, he noticed Rainbow quickly glance out him, and even faster look back at her desk. He sat at the desk behind her, talking in his most honest, sweetest tone of voice he could, "Hey, what happened the other day? You ran out."

Rainbow hadn't spoken for a minute, then finally, "I-I'm sorry about that." She wouldn't look back at him.

"I'm sorry if that was uncalled for or something, I just figured... You know, after you, kissing me after the bowling. I thought you liked me that way. So uh, it's cool if it was just a misunderstanding on my part." Rian got up and walked back to original seat.

Minutes had passed, and the bell had rung to begin class.

XXXX

After school, Rian was walking out with Applejack. "So, speaking of living on a farm," Rian spoke his mind, "Have you lived there you're whole life?"

"Yessiree. Ever since I was little girl."

"Cool," Rian smiled as he nodded slightly. He had gotten an idea that might help him out with Rainbow. "So... How long have you known Rainbow?"

"Uh, ever since middle school I believe, why?"

"Because I have a question about her, that I can't ask her herself."

"What is it?"

"Do, you know if she likes me or not?"

"Why d'ya ask?"

"Remember the day we went bowling, and Rainbow went into my house?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Well uh, something kinda happened in there, and I think I saw a spark between us. But I don't know for sure. Every single time I try to talk to her about it, I either can't speak, or she won't answer me truthfully and straight out."

"Well uh," she thought for a moment, "I won't lie, I do know if she likes you or not..."

"But she asked you to keep it a secret?"

"Eeyup, I will tell you something that I'd tell anyone in your situation. Just keep tryin' on the road that you want, and ya might get there eventually."

"Well, I'm not gonna lie either. I've caught up on what most people say due to my observations during conversations... and just because you said that you know if she liked me or not, makes me think that she does like me. Now all I have to do is just keep flirting with her."

Applejack chuckled, "If you think so."

"I first have to know how to flirt..." they shared a chuckle together.

XXXX

Rian was sitting at his kitchen table, writing in a notebook. When his door got a knock, he stood up to answer it.

Surprisingly, Rainbow was on the other end, "Rainbow, what are you doing here?" he didn't try to sound mean when he asked, but a slightly different tone then he wanted came out.

"Why? Don't you want me here?"

"N-No, that's not it. I was just, I was just wondering."

"Well, I was wondering if we could hang out?"

"I... guess, I was kinda busy right now, so um..."

"I could come back later."

"No, it's cool. Just come in." Rian walked back to the table as she followed him.

"What're you writing?"

"Just... stuff." Rian was in the middle of a thought for his romance story he was - currently - writing.

"Mind if I check it out real quick?"

"Uh, sure, I guess," Rian didn't even speak before she started taking the notebook.

Rainbow hadn't known what was written; the worse part being that she didn't know it was only a story. Looking at the current page, she read.

"I... I love you, very much. I-I can't imagine how my life would be without you," started Rian, "If I had only one choice on who I spend my whole life with, within a split second I would tell the world I'd be with you. You can't believe the things going on in my head right now as I talk to you. I can't believe that for once, I have no clue what to do. But I do know this... Will you, go out with me?"

Rainbow blushed as she read this. "So you, what do you think about it?" asked Rian.

"O-Of course I would," Rainbow said quickly and quietly as she smiled.

"Would what?"

Rainbow turned the book around and pointed at the last sentence. Rian slightly blushed, realizing what Rainbow was commenting about, "You know, this is just a story right?"

Her smile slowly faded, "So, you didn't, just ask me out?"

"What I wrote down was just a part of a story."

Rainbow sat there, feeling like her heart had been broken before somebody was even there to break it. She threw the notebook at Rian and ran out of the room with a tear.

Rian ran up to the door saying, "Rainbow what the-" she was too far to hear him. Rian went over what just happened, he realized he should have just went with it, instead of commenting about the story.