Soarin sat on the edge of his bed, Celestia's light shining through the windowsill onto his floor. He looked at the clock. "5:30... Might as well get ready.." He sighed. He felt.. Strange. Like something wasn't right. He stared as his Cheerios.  He mostly just felt.. Like there was something wrong with him. He had been bottling up his feelings for Rainbow Dash for a year now. He sighed and set off to work. Keeping his feelings in check were  hard, but Wonderbolts were expected to always keep their cool. And they usually did. Everypony looks up to the Wonderbolts and because of that, they've gotten a humongous reputation. When famous ponies show things happening in their lives, ponies mistake of for "Stupid celebrity drama" and start hating on it. Take the Sapphire Shores Scandal of last year. Sapphire was cheated on by her boyfriend and at a public event, she saw Everypony kissing their boyfriends and next thing you know, she started to cry. People mistook it for her being a drama queen, and then bam. A bunch of people stop listening to her music. That's just how being a celebrity is. One wrong word, one no-filter moment, even a joke somepony misinterpreted, it can ruin your entire reputation that you've worked so very hard to build up. You either give up entirely of just start from scratch. It's sad, but it's how the life of a star works. He arrived at the cloud stadium, looking at Rainbow who was already there. His heart beat a bit more quickly. "Mornin' Soarin. You look tired. Woke up on the wrong side of bed?" "Uh, yeah, whatever. That's all." He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "So are... You doing anything after practice?" "I gotta go with Rarity to YakYakistan, but after that I'm free. Wanna go grab a coffee?" "Sounds uh, sounds great! I'll -I'll see you there!" "See you too." Rainbow flew off smirking at Soarin. Soarin knew he had to tell her soon, as his emotions were getting to their limits.

He stared at the mirror. Tell her. The phrase repeated. Tell her. Tell her. Tell. Her. He blushed and rubbed his eyes. He stared at the floor, sighing. "Why can't I tell her..? It's just 3 words... 'I like you.' How hard is that to say?!" He banged his head against the mirror, cracking it a little. He kept banging his head against the mirror. "I like you! I like you! Rainbow dash, I like you-!" He turned around to see Spitfire standing in the changing room with him, giggling. "So, you got the hots for Crash? Why am I not surprised?" "S-Spitfire! Please don't tell anypony please, i-i have a reputation to uphold and everybody will tease me and la-laugh at me and what'll happen then? I'll be a out-casted m-member of society, and-and-" "Don't worry Clipper, I'll keep your little crush a secret." She walked off, chuckling. Soarin stared into the cracked mirror. He knew he would have to tell Rainbow Dash sooner or later.