That's Showbiz!

Pinkie Pie flung open the window to her room apartment above the Sugar Cube.

"Good morning, Pony-Ville! Or what's better known as Twilight's kingdom!"

She rushed down the steps and greeted the Cake family. She then walked out the door onto her morning stroll and looked around to see Rarity checking the fabrics, Apple Jack by her cart selling apples, Rainbow Dash moving clouds above, Fluttershy helping ducks walking across, and Twilight and Spike going over check lists. She sighed, knowing that she herself had to get ready for a party this afternoon.

As much as she got to spend time with the girls in the castle working as the Court of Friendship, it seemed they were spending less and less time as of late. It was getting pretty lonely. For rest of the morning, she gathered up her needed party supplies as she went to set up the birthday party for a young colt.

When the party was in full swing and the games had been played, Pinkie knew it was time to bring out the cake, singing, "Happy, happy, happy birthday to yooou!" She set the cake in front of the birthday boy and he was about to blow out his candles when out of nowhere, a giant four layer cake came rolling in. This surprised Pinkie, since she did not plan for that to happen at all.

Just then, "Surprise!" out popped Cheese Sandwich, "Happy Birthday!"

"Whoa!" said the birthday colt, "It's Cheese Sandwich! This is the best birthday ever!"

Pinkie felt her heart pounding with joy, "Cheese! You're back in town?!"

"Sure am!" he said as he threw goody bags to the kids.

"But I thought you only get your cheesy sense whenever there's a huge, mega, awesome party that's about to happen?"

"You're right, but as I was traveling along, my cheesy sense had pulled me in back into Pony-Ville, leading me to you…"

"Really?"

"Yeah, it was weird."

"Well, as long as you are here, think you can help me with a few more birthdays until the cows come home? Seriously, they haven't come home yet…"

"Sure could!"

And that's how it was for the next few days: Pinkie and Cheese would make super duper birthday parties all around Pony-Ville. They were an unstoppable team. The girls noticed this and were quite pleased as to how it was turning out.

"They make such a perfect couple!" said Rarity while meeting the girls at the spa for the usual hangout day; they were all there except for Pinkie, who was running late.

"They do," agreed Twilight, "they've been spending time with each other more and more."

By then, Pinkie raced in, "Sorry I'm late! The party went over after it was supposed to end."

"Hey, no biggie," said Rainbow Dash, "what with you and your coltfriend doing all that party planning, it only makes sense."

"Coltfriend? What coltfriend?"

"Duh! You and Cheese Sandwich! It was bound to happen!" Rainbow ruffles her hair.

"Me and Cheese?! Oh, no, silly. We're strictly professional party planners. Unless…" getting in her face with hopeful eyes, "Did he say something otherwise?!"

"Why don't you ask him yer self?" asks Apple Jack.

"Think I should?"

"Absolutely not!" pointed Rarity, "He needs to make the first move!"

"Pssh, like that even matters anymore," said AJ, "Girls can ask guys out on a date if they wanted to!"

"But true gentlecolts always ask the lady out. That shows they have a sense of commitment!"

"You're living in the olden days, Rarity!"

"That's saying a lot coming from some pony living on a farm!"

"Stop this!" shouted Twilight and they both turned to her, "Need I remind you that we are the example of friendship all of Equestria? If our friendship gets broken, then all of Equestria will pay…"

Both the city and the country gals felt guilty and shook hooves.

"I'm sorry…" they both said.

"Now…" Twilight said calmly then turned to Pinkie, "It's your decision on what you want to do, and do you like him, as in like, like him?"

"Oh, yes! He's super fun and funny to hang around! I can't imagine being with any other pony than him…" giving a loving sigh.

"Oh, yeah, she's got it bad." said Rainbow.

"Well, you could ask him, or wait and see if he'll ask you, but I'm pretty sure you're the type of pony who doesn't like to wait around." said Twilight.

"You're darn right!" Pinkie puts her hooves together, "I'm going to ask him out!"

"Hee-haw! Atta girl!"

"Go, Pinkie!" cheered Fluttershy.

"And I'm going to tell him…right now!"

"Now?!" they all said.

"But our day at the spa!" said Rarity.

"Sorry, girls, but this is something I have to do right now!" She put on a determined face and marched off.

"Gotta give her credit; she certainly knows what she wants." said AJ with a stunned face on still. The others had the same face and simply nodded.

Meanwhile, Cheese was looking all over town for Pinkie and was rehearsing lines as to when he found her, "Pinkie, I um… Pinkie! What up! No… Say, how about this weather? Nah-uh…" He put on sunglasses and said, "Pinkie, you, me, movies?" He took them off when he felt hopeless. He sighs, "What can you say to a girl who's as fun as you are… and what if she says no?! And if she says no, I… I… I'm not sure what I'll do." Then, he saw her up ahead, "Here she comes!" He licked his hoof to smooth down his hair to look slick, but to no avail, as it poofed back up.

Then Pinkie said when she got to him, "Cheese! I've been looking for you!"

"You have? I've been looking for you!"

"Really?"

"Really…"

Then both said, "There's something I want to ask you- What?!" both laughed.

"You go first." she said.

"No you."

"You!"

"You!"

Then the both of them said together, "Ugh! I'm trying ask you on a date!" both blinked, "Wait, come again?"

Finally, Cheese had to cover her mouth to get a word in edgewise, "I think we asked each other out on a date. Did you?"

Pinkie nodded her head and he let go.

"So it's a yes?"

"Of course!"

"Alright!" he fist-pumped, "So… where would you like to go?"

"I know just the place…" She led him off.

The first thing they did was having a milkshake together at the Sugar Cube. Next, they watched a movie while playfully playing with the popcorn. Then, after getting a couple of cupcakes to eat, they took a walk in the park and told each other funny stories. By then, it was about sunset, with nighttime making its way in.

"Looks like Princess Luna is right on time." observed Pinkie.

"This was the best day of my life… Well, next to the day you inspired me to get my cutie mark…"

"Aw, how sweet!"

"That's twice now you've been in special moments of my destiny."

"You too! I hadn't felt this happy in awhile now… All those days watching from the windows… All those years, outside looking in… All that time, never even knowing… Just how blind I've been… Now I'm here blinking in the starlight… Now I'm here, suddenly I see… Standing here, it's, oh, so clear… I'm where I'm meant to be… And at last I see the light… And it's like the fog has lifted… And at last I see the light… And it's like the sky is new… And it's warm and real and bright… And the world has somehow shifted… All at once, everything looks different… Now that I see you…

Cheese smiled, "All those days chasing down a daydream… All those years, living in a blur… All that time, never truly seeing things the way they were… Now she's here, shining in the starlight… Now she's here, suddenly I know… If she's here, it's crystal clear… I'm where I'm meant to go!"

Both sung, "And at last I see the light!"

Cheese singing, "And it's like the fog has lifted…"

Both singing, "And at last I see the light!"

They moved out of the park where nearby, a traveling road show was being settled. A green nerdy stallion was busy stacking boxes when he heard Pinkie sing.

"And it's like the sky is new!"

When both were finishing the song, a green mare with bright pink hair was coming out when she mostly heard Pinkie's voice.

"And it's warm and real and bright… And the world has somehow shifted… All at once, everything is different… Now that I see you… Now that I… See you…"

They moved away from the road show when the mare said, "What a voice!"

The stallion said, "Mama… I'm in love…"

Pinkie and Cheese were laughing when they made it to the Sugar Cube.

"Oh! We're here already!" said Pinkie.

"I had a great time."

"Me, too… Wanna do it again tomorrow?"

"Alas… I have to get going. That's why I had to ask you out before it was too late."

"Oh… Well, if you have to…"

"I promise, though, I won't stay away for too long this time."

"Pinkie promise?"

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye…"

She hugged him and he returned the embrace. He put on his hat, tipping it to her and went off as she was going in; both stole last-minute glances before disappearing from view. She turned on the lights and there stood five mares and a dragon with smug looks on their faces.

"So…" Rarity started, "How did it go?"

The questions then piled from each pony as they asked things like, 'Where did go you go', 'Did you kiss?', or 'What does he like?'.

"Wait! I'll tell you everything!"

About after an hour of storytelling, Rainbow says, "So, he's gone already?"

"How awful!" said Rarity, "And without a second date!"

"But he'll be back soon…" She took out a framed photo of Cheese Sandwich and said while looking at it lovingly, "He pinkie-promised."

"Whoa!" pointed AJ, "He must love you then if he did that!"

"Okay, girls…" said Twilight, "We got our answers, so now we should go home and let Pinkie enjoy the memories of something amazing…" She thought back to when she went through the mirror and met the human Flash Sentry. She remembered how he helped her out of trouble and then seeing him back in Equestria just as handsome as ever…

Pinkie was waving her hoof in front of her, "Twilight, yoo-hoo."

"Oh, sorry. I was… thinking…"

"Thinking of a certain guard?" AJ asked slyly.

"Just never mind! We have to get our rest; we have to power the beacon tomorrow."

RD yawned, "Sure do… Night, Pinkie." She flapped out.

The rest said their good nights and goodbyes while Pinkie said good night and shut the door behind them. She went to her upstairs apartment and crawled into bed, patted Gummy's head from his bed, and then went to sleep. She was unaware that a certain mare had followed her home…