>be anon a week later
>go out to your bike as is routine
>fuel, choke, helmet, gloves, killswitch to center
>*dweee*BRRRBRPRPRPRPRPRPR
>sit there for about 60 seconds so she warms up, and...
>you have a blue visitor hovering behind you
>hit the killswitch, work can wait
>"whats up dash?"
>"nothing..." shes trying brush off the fact she followed you out here just to stare at you
>"you want a ride?"
>her eyes light up
>"yeah!"
>aw shit, you just remembered
>"ill take you, but i gotta get you a helmet"
>"pfft, as if i need one, i can just fly away if we crash"
>"youre right, theres only feathers in that head anyway"
>marescrunch.png
>she walked right into that one
>"ill tell you what, lemme run by the bike store tonight and well go for a ride soon, kay?"
>"okay!" dash beamed back, and a rainbow trail shot up into the sky
>you swing your leg over and restart your thumper
>its been a while since you had someone on the back of this thing, but never somepony
>or a girl for that matter...

>roll in about 6 that night, but still the first one home
>well, aside from twi and rarity
>twi's been in full moondancer mode trying to negotiate with celestia
>your attempts to get her to open up are met with cold, administrative amicability
>she has a job to do after all, being princess of friendship
>raritys been getting slammed with her etsy shop since before she moved in
>she sleeps the least out of anypony
>AJ went to home depot not 24 hours after moving in and got picked up as a farm hand
>according to dash shell be back on weekends as part of the deal is room and board during the week
>also through dash is how you know what fluttershys up to
>shes been putting in some serious hours at the animal hospital
>being able to understand exactly what they want earned her many hats
>pinkie, you have no idea
>but she comes home every evening with the most gas pastries youve ever had and a saddlebag full of cash so shes doing something right
>like right now
>"Hi Everypony!"
>"Hi Pinkie!"
>"'Ello!"
>"whatsup ponk"
>"hi anon! i brought some guayaba pastries!"
>theyre still hot too
>you chow one down from the metal tin she offered
>"where did you go today?"
>"welllllll i went to this one street corner in the city everypony there was like in suits so no one wanted any. but then i went to this OTHER corner on the other side of the river and everypony was like *yelling and gruff* but the second they saw what i was selling it was like we were the bestest of friends!"
>you know exactly the area shes talking about
>"and then one of them was like '¿porquetomanelcaballonaranjoalsucampo?'" she imitated an old hispanic guys accent
>holy shit she knows spanish?
>"and then i was like 'THATS APPLEJACK!' so then we went insiiiiide... we got some coffeeee..."
>last thing this mare needs is caffeine
>"and i went to a few more spots and now im here!"
>"well sounds like you had a productive day" you bounce your hand up and down on the top of her poofy mane, earning a few giggles
>"whats in the box anon?" she said, stretching her head and neck toward it
>"is it one of those hats you wear when you ride your uhh, whats it called?"
>you pull the blocks of styrofoam out and pull your prize out of the sheath
>rarity gasped in shock
>did i mention she was spectating

>"in case any of you little ponies want to hop on the back you can protect your noggins"
>"highlighter yellow!? ugh, and what are those childish letters on the back?"
>reffering the cartoony red, blue, and yellow letters of 'THE DOCTOR" on the back
>"hey dont disrespect the GOAT"
>"well alex barkov at least knows how to color coordinate"
>she did 'hmph' and a sassy mane flick to top it off
>but you know deep down she would be ecstatic to ride up to the stadium for a hockey game
>dashie bursts in, full of bravado
>"hiya dashie!" ponk waves
>"hey pinks, hey rarity
>"'ello dashiekins"
>she knows dash hates when rarity calls her that
>"you nap too long?" you ask
>"naaah i had to push the showers down south, applejacks gonna get soaaked-whats that!?"
>"thats the helmet i got, here" you toss her the helmet
>"'the... doc...tor? why is it yellow?"
>"hes a goat, and they dont like getting disrespected!" ponk loudly whispered
>"only the fastest man on 2 wheels." you chime in
>"so saturday night. me. you. ride." you do a hang loose between you and dash to lock it down, and cool guy walk away to your room
>dash was starstruck, ponk was in awe, and rarity tried to hide her jealousy