Button glanced at each of the mares present before settling back to Sweetie.  "Then, I heard you sing one day.  You still didn't have your cutie mark, but I knew as soon as I heard those first few notes what your special talent would be.  I think that was probably when I developed a crush on you.  At first, I didn't want to admit it, but it just kept pestering me from the back of my mind.  About a month later you sang at a Hearth's Warming Eve performance.  The whole time, I couldn't take my eyes off you.  Your voice was so amazing and you looked so beautiful under the lights.  I couldn't look away.  To me, you were the only one there."  Button blushed at the confession, noticing a slight crimson tint on Sweetie's face as well.  "After you got off stage, it took me a minute to recover, but at that moment I decided that I was going to ask you out.  I didn't care if you turned me down.  If you had, I'd have probably tried again a week later.  All I knew is that I just wanted to get to know you as more than a friend, and that I just wanted to be near you."