>>18834265>He back down giving her an almost concerned look. “I never thought you were an anxious weirdo.”“I’m not a weirdo! You’re the weirdo. Weirdo!”
>Dammit Dashie shut up! She blushed and began to panic. “Sorry! I uh… Horseapples!”>”Is everything okay?”>She shook her head and began to feel tears well up in her eyes from embarrassment. This was going so horribly.>Anon was going to hate her and never talk to her and she’d end up dying alone and forgotten!“N-no I’m just…”
>She took another deep breath and wiped her eyes.“I’m really nervous about this date because I’m not the best at dating and the offer was kinda sudden but I sort of wanted to go one this so I showed up but I have all this advice from earlier stuck in my head and it doesn’t seem to be helping or maybe I’m just misinterpreting it or something so I’m sorry!”
>She took another deep breath and gave a sheepish grin.“If you want to blame somepony, blame Rarity!”
>He nodded in understanding, giving her one of his warm smiles that always made her feel better. “I get it. Trust me I’m nervous about this as well.”>She smiled, relaxing a bit and sitting more comfortably, kicking her hooves idly. “Thanks… Also why’re you nervous?”
>”Because I don’t know anything about dating ponies. I don’t know if it’s like dating other humans or what!”“Hmm… Well so far I mean this is kinda nice.”
>”Thanks.” He stood up and took both bowls, filling them with stew. “I thought you knew a lt about dating? Rarity said you’ve been on a bunch over the years.”>Dash choked on her drink. 
