-Soarin's Discovery-

There was no way. Nah, they were just friends. That's all. Competitive friends. Maybe they lost a bet or something. There's no way that Rainbow Dash and Spitfire were… no. I was just being crazy, right?

The two girls were as straight as a ramp. Just because they were holding hands doesn't mean they're dating or anything. I'm absolutely positive that they're not lesbians. They can't be. It wouldn't make sense.

"Hey, Soarin! You coming, or what?" Spitfire called over her shoulder as she and Rainbow Dash walked towards the cafeteria from the field. Or gym class had played soccer and those two were on my team. It wasn't really fair considering.

"Uh, yeah!" I called after them, grabbing my bag, "Just a sec!" I hustled to catch up to them, standing on the other side of Rainbow Dash, not wanting to get between the girls and their hands. But why? It's not like it mattered or anything. They probably wouldn't mind at all. Still, I learned to keep my mouth shut around these two bossy pants.

The cafeteria wasn't that busy yet when we got in, one of the great things about having gym class right before was that it didn't take long at all to get to our seats. The three of us took our usual table with most of the other jocks, a few breaking away to sit with their other friends. Usually Rainbow would go off to eat with the rest of her friends. Somehow, despite the six of them being from such different groups, they all managed to get along.

But today Rainbow didn't leave. She sat next to Spitfire, not releasing her hand. Were they playing a game? Seeing who could go longer without letting go? If so, my money was on Spitfire, she had taken a hold of Rainbow's right hand, so she was eating her yogurt with her left. Why was I so focussed on what these two were doing?

It was probably because I didn't have anything else to think about as I chewed my sandwich. Soccer practice had ended and since tests were coming up, I didn't have much homework to worry about. That reminded me, "Hey, girls, are you free after school today?"

"I'm studying with Rainbow," Spitfire said, nodding her head to the girl on her left, "Sorry." That was weird. Rainbow and Spitfire hated studying just as much as I did. In fact, the only time I had seen Rainbow Dash studying was when she wanted to get a pet.

"Why?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I just wanted to see if either of you wanted to go to Sugar Cube Corner."

"We went yesterday, you should've said something if you wanted to come," Spitfire said. It was her usual chastising, but the fact that they went alone bothered me a bit. Usually they would at least ask me. And then studying today.

"Thanks for the yogurt," Rainbow Dash said to Spitfire with a grin, handing the spoon she was using to Spitfire. She took it with a grin and opened up her own cup of yogurt.

"Sure thing, Dashie. It really helps with protein and stuff," Wait a second. Did she just say Dashie? Are they sharing spoons? And yogurt cups?

"Hang on, why'd you bring two yogurt cups?" I asked Spitfire.

She gave me a weird look and frowned, "Dude, I brought two lunches. One for me and one for her. Did you miss the part where I took the bags out of my backpack?"

I scratched my head. That was weird, "What bet did you lose to do that?" I chuckled, it wasn't often that I got to tease Spitfire, so I took the opportunity.

"I… didn't. I wanted to make her a lunch," Spitfire said. She gave me that weird look again. Why? It's not like they were…

"Hang on…" I muttered, glancing between the two as they started to giggle.

"He really doesn't know…" Rainbow snickered.

"Let's tell him!" Spitfire insisted.

"Nah," Rainbow said, shaking her head, "Give him a minute, he'll figure it out."

The giggling. The lunch. The spoon. The hands. No. No way. "Don't tell me you guys are… dating?" I said.

The two burst out laughing, drawing some attention from our neighbors, "Told you he'd get it!" Rainbow shouted loudly.

I turned to the guy sitting next to me and pointed at the two girls, "Did you know about this?"

"Yeah."

"No. No way," I said, turning back to the girls with a dumbstruck look on my face, "Does everyone know?"

"It wasn't exactly a secret, Soarin," Spitfire said, rolling her eyes at me.

"Hate to say it dude, but everyone knew except you." Rainbow said, patting my arm consolingly with her left hand. Her right was still intertwined with Spitfire's.

"Why am I always the last to know about this stuff?" I grumbled, crossing my arms and pouting.