After leaving the dentist's office, Fluttershy did not rush home to feed Angel, instead she headed over to Sugarcube Corner to tell her friends about the good news. She bounced in the door more like Pinkie would and when she saw her friends she exclaimed, "Guess what girls, I have a date tonight!"
All five of them gasped, "What?"
Fluttershy repeated, "I have a date tonight!"
The first one to give her a positive reaction was Rarity. She rushed to her and shouted, "Congratulations darling! So who is the lucky stallion?"
Fluttershy replied, "It's not with a stallion. Colgate and I are going out for supper tonight!"
Again they all gasped, "Colgate?"
Rainbow added, "Wait, wait, wait. Are you telling us that you have a date with Colgate, as in Colgate the dentist?"
Fluttershy replied, "Yes and she's going to pay!"
While Rarity still appeared to be happy for her, her other four friends couldn't help but be a bit concerned. Rainbow commented, "Something doesn't seem right here, the Colgate I know won't spend one bit on anything she deems unnecessary."
Twilight asked, "Fluttershy, what would prompt you two to go out on a date." Her eyes grew wide as she continued, "You don't owe her something do you? Is she making you do this to pay off a debt or something?"
Fluttershy replied, "Well I couldn't afford my bill today so she said if I went out with her, she'd write off the debt."
Rainbow had a scowl on her face and stated, "Figures." She then turned to Fluttershy and continued, "This is nothing to be excited about. She probably just wants somepony to eat supper with other than her sister and saw this as her chance."
Most of Fluttershy's friends had looks of doubt on their faces and this brought Fluttershy down but one would not. Rarity was not thrilled with their reactions and said, "Fluttershy, don't let them get you down. Colgate did offer to pay so she must want to get to know you better."
Fluttershy's eyes lit up as she asked, "You truly think so?"
Rarity replied, "Of course I do darling." She got up and continued, "Come on Fluttershy, we need to find you something appropriate for your first date!"
Fluttershy nodded and followed Rarity out the door. Once they were gone, her friends continued their speculation. Applejack asked, "I know Colgate said she would pay but y'all don't think she has other plans for Fluttershy, not so pleasant plans?"
Twilight replied, "I don't think she has any bad plans. I do have my concerns that Fluttershy is hoping for something special between the two but Colgate will simply take this as a favor, write off her debt and go on with her life."
Pinkie added, "Yeah, she doesn't remind me of the relationship type."
Rainbow finished, "Well if she hurts Fluttershy's feelings, we'll have to go and kick some serious flank!"
Twilight glared and Rainbow and replied, "No, we will not kick any flank but we will be there for Fluttershy, alright!"
Rainbow sighed, "Oh alright."
While their friends were speculating about why Colgate would take Fluttershy out on a date, Fluttershy and Rarity arrived at the boutique to discuss what she should wear for this. Fluttershy asked, "Rarity, you've been out on dates before, what do you wear?"
Rarity asked in return, "Fluttershy darling, now is this really just to clear off a debt or is this a legitimate date?"
Fluttershy replied, "She said it was to forgive my debt but there was something different about her. She gave me a smile and even said she'd come and get me so that we could walk to the cafe together!"
This surprised Rarity. She asked, "So let me get this straight, she's not going to make you pay, she is going to come and get you AND she gave you a smile even though you couldn't pay?"
Fluttershy blushed, "Yes, she is."
Rarity got a huge smile on her face and suggested, "You know, you might want to dress a little bit nicer because I have a feeling that she has a crush on you Fluttershy. The Colgate I know would frown and threaten to sue you over not being able to pay, not treat you to dinner and she certainly wouldn't come to get you."
Fluttershy asked, "So something like a nice shirt and a skirt?"
Rarity replied, "Actually yes. It says that you want to look nice but that you're not trying too hard." She knew that Fluttershy had nice shirts but had never seen her in any skirts so she decided to find out what kind of skirt would be the best. She continued, "Fluttershy, what color of shirt do you plan on wearing?"
Fluttershy replied, "Uhm, well I don't know what would look good."
Rarity led Fluttershy to where she had her skirts. She pointed to the black ones and suggested, "Well if you was to decide on a white shirt, I'd go with a black skirt."
Fluttershy asked, "Do you think I should go with that?"
Rarity replied, "Actually yes darling, I do. It would look nice and it wouldn't be screaming 'I'm desperate.'"
Fluttershy looked at herself in a mirror and tried to think of how she would look in what Rarity was suggesting and thought that she would look good so she decided to go with that. She asked, "Rarity, how much would I owe...."
Rarity interrupted, "Fluttershy darling, just take it! Don't worry about paying me and besides, I want you to look your best for your first date!"
Fluttershy hugged her and exclaimed, "Oh thank you Rarity! You have no idea how much this means to me!"
Rarity replied, "Oh no problem at all Fluttershy." She looked up at the clock and noticed that it was four in the afternoon. She pointed towards the door and continued, "Now you better get going so you can get ready! You want to look your best!"
Fluttershy nodded and headed out the door. As she headed home she was happier than she had been in a long time. For so long she had been a bit envious when Rarity would wind up going out on dates and wish she had somepony to go out with and very soon she would be the one going out on a date, her first date.