Chapter Three: Laughter is the Best Medicine

Pinkie stood by her bench, apron on and ready to cook. All accept the fact that she hadn't been picked for a partner. She sighed and got her ingredients, ready to just cook the food and see her friends later, but perked up as she heard the cookery teacher send over somebody to work with her.

He seemed nervous "H-hi, my name's Eli…"

"Hiya! I'm Pinkie Pie, it's great to meet you Eli! So you're my cooking partner right?"

"Sure am," he said, warming up.

She got out the recipe she had picked and showed it to the scarlet haired boy "See? We're making an old family recipe, mascarpone meringue madness! Or at least a smaller version"

"Sounds awesome," Eli said with a bubbly smile. Pinkie shrugged "Yeah, it is. Well, I'll get started on the batter. Do you wanna make the icing?" she asked. The scarlet haired boy nodded excitedly "Yuppie duppie!" and grabbed the bowl, putting in the icing powder and adding the water.

She smiled at the boy and he smiled back.

"So Eli, are you new here?" she asked, mixing the ingredients together with a wire whisk. He nodded "Yeah, I moved here from Manehattan a week ago. It's really nice to meet you Pinkie, I mean, I never really had any friends before. We're friends aren't we?"

"Of course silly billy! You're my friend forever!"

He seemed taken aback by her statement, but shrugged it off. He laughed "Well the icing's done, what now?"

She put the batter into a greased pan and put it in the oven, setting the apple timer "We wait".

"It sucks, but still! We get time to talk. What's it like in Manehattan?" she asked. "Umm… well it's really big there, and being a city boy, I'm used to it. You can't call a cab without expecting a LOT of traffic and missing whatever you called a cab for" he said.

She nodded "Uh-huh, so any way-"

The timer went off and she grabbed the cake out of the oven with the mitts, setting it down on the cooling rack. He grabbed a tea-towel and gently removed the cake from the tin and put it on the plate. Pinkie grabbed the piping bag and iced the cake, garnishing it with little candy rosebuds and fruit pieces.

"Wow… that looks yummy…" Eli said.

"I know right? It's a miniature version of the MMM," she said.

"MMM?"

"MMM-Hmm!"

He grinned "Alrighty then,"

Pinkie felt a tap on her shoulder and smiled as Principle Celestia stood there, jaw agape, staring at the cake "I think we have a winner," she said, handing a blue ribbon to the pink haired girl before Eli cut her a slice. Pinkie was ecstatic to have won, and hugged Eli tightly "We won! We won!"

"You sure did Pinkie Pie! All thanks to…"

"Us!" the pink haired girl said. "Pardon?" he asked. She smiled "Silly, we BOTH won! Not just me,"

He nodded "Of course we did, but you did all the work". She shook her head, her pink afro bouncing "Nuh-uh, we both won!" she said stubbornly, putting her arm around Eli's shoulders and hugging him tightly. He felt warmth rush to his cheeks and hugged her back, realising her hair smelt like bubble-gum.

"So Eli, want a slice?" she asked, grabbing the cake slicer and a plate. He shrugged "Why not?"

She cut a slice and gave it to him, cutting herself a piece and gesturing for them to go sit at a table in the next room. They sat and ate, talking about everyday things like favourite colours and favourite clothing, and for once Eli felt at home with the strange pink haired girl.

"So Pinkie," the scarlet haired boy began, looking to his half eaten cake "do… do you have anything planned tomorrow evening?"

Pinkie finished her mouthful "Nope! Why?"

He shrugged "Dunno… just wanted to know if you'd like to, y'know, get a smoothie afterschool".

She looked at him with wide blue eyes "Huh?"

"I thought you might want a smoothie after school," Eli said, cheeks flushed. She looked at him and thought "Well, I don't see why not, you seem cute" Pinkie blushed. He smiled widely "Yay! So, umm… by the way, you have really pretty eyes. Like a blue sky".

The pink haired girl flushed "Aww stop it you,"

"No I mean it Pinkie, such beautiful blue eyes…" he said, staring into her eyes deeply. From cyan to green and back and forth, the pinkhead was hypnotised deeply. She felt dizzy, and barely noticed her strength weakening every moment she looked into his eyes.

"No I will not reveal my lies, for my heart is bound by ties, but I still want the crown to be all miiiiiiiiiiiine!"