Rarity's P.O.V.
Three months later…
Autumn isn’t my favorite season, but I didn’t hate it either. The breeze was nice. Although the sight of naked trees wasn’t appealing for everyone, I was glad I didn’t have to dodge the leaves so my hair doesn’t get ruined.
I wasn’t having problems with my studies anymore. Thanks to Trixie’s help, my biology grade was acceptable. I’m not the student of honor, but that was never my aim.
Halloween was around the corner. Everyone were placing decorations for the holiday. This holiday wasn't for me, but one of my friends, Pinkie Pie, loves it. I was spending time with my friends at Sugarcube Corner.
“I can’t believe you don’t get a stomach ache after eating all that candy.” I commented as Pinkie Pie kept eating candies.
“I would be on the bathroom by now if I ate everything she did by now.” Rainbow Dash said.
“You have some in your chin, sugarcube. Will you clean it up?” Applejack asked.
“Yuppers! Thanks, Applejack.” Pinkie Pie said, before cleaning her face with a paper napkin.
“So, I was thinking…” Rainbow Dash spoke before getting interrupted.
“Well, that’s new.” Sunset jokingly said.
“Shut up!” My athletic friend said with a smile. “As I was saying, how about if we all gather at my place for Halloween and watch some horror movies? My parents won't be home.”
“You know, that’s not a bad idea, RD.” Applejack said with a smile.
“I’m in!” Sunset was next to answer.
“C-Can’t we watch something else…?” Fluttershy said. She was sitting next to Sunset, so she grabbed into her girlfriend’s arm when she spoke. Sunset finally got enough courage to tell Rainbow Dash they were dating a few months ago.
“It’s Halloween, Fluttershy. We’re pretty much obligated to watch horror movies.” Rainbow Dash said, sounding slightly annoyed.
“B-But…”
“Actually, darling, it’s not necessary to watch horror. Halloween is mostly about monsters, witches and candies. We could watch Adam Dirtler’s Hotel Rumania, or Mel Broker’s Young Frankesteen. They are good and funny movies with monsters in it.”
“Oh, I would love to watch those movies instead.” Fluttershy commented with a smile.
“Good idea, Rarity. It actually sounds more interestin’” Applejack said.
“I’m down for comedy!” Pinkie Pie said with excitement.
“Seriously?” Rainbow Dash asked and everyone nodded. Our athletic friend crossed her arms and looked away. “Fine! We’ll watch the movies you want.” I noticed that Fluttershy avoided Rainbow Dash’s gaze. She was probably feeling guilty for speaking out.
“We can watch the movies you want another day, Rainbow.” Sunset said after she noticed the tension as well.
“Hmph!” Rainbow Dash didn’t say anything else and our friends soon changed the subject. Even though she looked annoyed, I know she still cares for Fluttershy. She just refuses to admit it sometimes, but she shows it often.
After parting ways from my friends, I went to a convenience store to buy some treats for me and my sister. While I was browsing one the candies and chocolates shelf, I picked up a marshmallow bag. I stared at it, deciding whether I should buy it or now.
“You should buy this one. It’s cheaper and more delicious, in my opinion.” The voice was familiar. I turned my head to my side to find Rosemary smiling at me, while holding a marshmallow bag of a different brand from the one I was holding.
“Rosemary, hi! It’s good to see you.” I said as I hugged her.
“The feeling is mutual.” Rosemary replied, hugging me back.
“I’ve never seen you here before. How are you?” I broke the hug before speaking.
“I’m good. Just shopping for some ingredients for a dessert I’m planning to make.”
“I didn’t know you liked to bake.”
“I’m no professional, but I can prepare one or two delicious recipes. You shop here often?”
“Yes. It’s closer to my house. I want to spoil my little sister, and myself.”
Rosemary giggled. “That sounds nice. I never had any brother or sister, actually.”
“Really? That’s a shame, darling. I can’t possibly imagine my life without Sweetie Belle.”
“Being a lone child has its perks, though. I was spoiled to no end.”
I giggled at her statement. “My parents are not at home much, so I’m the one who spoils my sister. She gets stains on my clothes, burns breakfast and sometimes tags along with her friends to cause problems at school. They still haven’t fixed the lab they destroyed due to insufficient funds. But, I still love her. She’s my little sister, and I’ll be by her side no matter what. I can be strict, but I can love too.”
“Sounds like you’re a great sister. Sweetie Belle must really adore you.”
I sighed happily and smiled. “She looks up to me. I try to be a good role model to her.”
“And you’re accomplishing it. Based on what I know, you seem to be a great person. You have many friends; you’re nice to them and support what they do. Like helping two of your friends go on a date?”
“How do you know about that?” I was confused. Rosemary smiled warmly before speaking again.
“Isn’t it obvious? Trixie told me. She admires you.”
I blushed and placed my hand on my chest in surprise. “S-She does?”
Rosemary nodded. “Of course! I don’t know why you’re shocked. I thought it was obvious.”
“I’m sorry, it’s just… she doesn’t talk much about my friends. She only befriended a close friend of mine last summer and has shown no interest on anyone else. So, yes, I’m surprised to hear that she admires me for supporting them.” Trixie still doesn’t want to meet my friends. For a while, I didn’t mind much about it. But it has been bothering me lately. I can’t stand not being able to tell my friends about the relationship I’m in. One of these days, I'll have to…
“Rarity?” I blinked several times, waking up from my trance. Clementine’s girlfriend was puzzled. “Is everything alright?”
“Oh? Y-Yes, don’t worry, darling. I was thinking what else I need to buy.”
“I see.” Rosemary smiled. “You should take one of these too.” She said as she took a small package of candies from the shelf. “They have a good variety of flavors. None of them are mint, which is why I like it so much.”
“Not a fan of mint?” I asked while I took the package. Rosemary shook her head, visibly disgusted.
“Yuck, no! Not at all! I instinctually spit whenever mint touches my tongue, except for toothpaste. The funny thing is, Clem once bought me chocolates with mint in it. I ended up splattering him after giving a chocolate a bite.”
“Ouch! How did he react?”
Rosemary laughed softly. “He apologized for days. He knew of my distaste of mint but he forgot. He really felt guilty.”
I giggled. “How long did you take to forgive him?”
“I forgave him right away, but he still kept apologizing. I knew it was an accident. I wasn’t going to get mad at him for something so trivial.”
“Everyone makes mistakes.”
“Exactly.” Rosemary smiled. A flash of light hit my eye. I blinked and looked at the source. Rosemary was wearing an expensive ring. I never saw it before.
“What is that?” I said as I kept staring at the ring.
“Oh, this?” Rosemary said as she raised the hand with the ring. “It’s… umm…” She blushed visibly. “I was hoping you would miss it. I wanted Trixie or Clementine to give you the news, but, I’m engaged!”
“Y-You are? So, Clementine…” Rosemary nodded, smiling. I squealed and hugged her. “Congratulations! I’m happy for you both! When did this happen? Have you set a date? Where are you going to get married?”
“One question at a time, Rarity.” Rosemary said as she giggled. “He proposed to me last night. We still don’t have a date nor a place to get married. We are in no rush.”
“Oh, I agree. Weddings must be perfect! You’re doing the right thing by planning it carefully.”
“That’s correct. First, I need to move in with Clem and Trixie. We’ll worry about the rest later.”
“I’m glad to hear I’ll be seeing you more often.”
“Same here. Trixie is delighted to have me around. She’s the one who pushed Clementine to propose to me.”
“Is that so?” I smiled. Seems like I’m not the only one who enjoys playing cupid. “That’s my girlfriend.”
“She loves her brother. Apparently, she has been pushing him for months.”
“That’s definitely her. Stubborn until she gets what she wants.”
“Yup! Anyway, I hate to say goodbye, but have to be home in an hour. I’ll continue shopping.”
“Yes, me too. It was nice talking to you, Rosemary.”
“Please, call me Rose.”
I smiled. “Okay. Goodbye, Rose. I’ll be seeing you later, and congratulations again!”
“Looking forward to! Thank you very much!” Rosemary waved at me and walked away. I turned around and headed to the dairy section. Sweetie Belle wants chocolate milk. I couldn’t stop smiling. I’m happy about Clementine and Rosemary, and Trixie… she pushed her brother to propose for months and she didn’t tell me? Bad girl.
Two days later…
I had a great time with my little sister the day before yesterday and another nice day with my friends yesterday. Today is Trixie’s turn. After school, my girlfriend invited me to her home. I headed there as fast as I could.
“There’s my beautiful Gem!” Trixie said before softly planting her lips on mine.
“Hello, darling.” I said after returning the peck. “It’s always a delight to see you.”
“Of course. Trixie’s charm does that.”
I giggled. “You’re silly. Is your brother here?”
“Nope! He’s out with Rose.”
“Tell him I said hi when he returns.”
“I will.” Trixie had a wide smile on her face the entire time. It was normal for her to do that whenever she saw me. She’s very cute. I adore her so much. No, more than that. ‘Adore’ no longer properly describes how I feel about her. My feelings for her are deeper than that. Only one word is appropriate to express my feelings, but… I can’t use it. Not until Trixie finally decides to…
“Mmm…” I awoke from my thoughts when Trixie put her arms around my waist. I looked at her. She had her eyes closed and was smiling cutely.
“Darling?”
“I just wanted to hug you.” I smiled at her words and hugged her back. We remained in silence until, at one moment, Trixie raised her head to gaze into my eyes. “Can you believe how close we are from our six months anniversary?”
“Of course I do. You can't believe it?” I commented.
“Well, it’s just I was sure I would do something to ruin everything by now.” Trixie chuckled. “That’s how much I trust myself.”
“But you have been doing fine. My family loves you, Sunset is happy to be your friend and Fluttershy doesn’t get so nervous around you anymore. You made good progress.” I smiled warmly at her. It’s true that I’m happy with all the improvement she made, but our relationship being a secret intrudes me too much. I need to get that thought out of my mind… for now. “So, Trixie-Pixie… I stumbled across your soon to be official sister in-law a couple of days ago…”
“O-Oh… sh-she told you…?” Trixie smiled awkwardly as she looked at me.
“I saw the ring.” I said as I broke the hug and crossed my arms. “When were you planning to tell me all of this?”
“Th-they got engaged a few days ago…”
“But you pushed your brother to propose for months.” I frowned.
“Y-You learnt that too, huh…?” Trixie chuckled nervously.
“You should know women talk. I especially get excited about weddings, which you should know by now.”
“I know you do! I just… uhh…”
“You just what, darling?”
Trixie took a deep breath. “I wanted to find the right moment. Wait for everyone to be present. I wanted to surprise you, so, I was going to wait until Rose moved in…” My girlfriend looked away. Poor Trixie. Now I felt bad for playing the angry girlfriend card.
“Oh, Trixie…” I placed a hand on one of her arms. “I-I’m sorry for ruining your moment…”
“It’s okay. I should have known this could happen.” Trixie looked at me and smiled. “After all, it will take some time until Rose moves in here. It was obvious you would eventually find out. No harm has been done.”
“I’ll make sure to congratulate your brother as well the next time I see them.”
“Okay.” Trixie used a hand to caress my cheek and hair. I closed my eyes to enjoy the touch of her soft hand. I just adored the way she stroked my hair.
“Oh, Trixie…” I didn’t want her to stop.
“Do you wish to go to my rooftop, lady?”
I nodded. “In a few minutes, please…” right after I said the last, Trixie removed her hand from my hair. “Hey, that’s mean!” I pouted angrily at her.
My girlfriend chuckled. “Come on, you baby. Upstairs can be more… romantic.”
I smiled lovingly. “Let’s check it out, then.” Trixie took my hand and led me upstairs, to the rooftop. As I walked in, I looked around to check the view. There were various buildings around, but nothing was blocking the sight to the park far away, in which Trixie confessed her feelings on me. I wasn’t sure how to feel looking at it. On one hand, I found out Trixie felt the same way about me, but on the other, I ruined the moment and almost destroying our friendship. I shook my head, not wanting to think about it anymore. I need a distraction! I looked over at Trixie, who was by the railing, contemplating the view. I walked towards her and embraced her from behind, placing my arms around her belly and my head on her shoulder. Trixie gasped of surprise and turned her eyes to look at me.
“Enjoying the view?” I softly asked as I snuggled against Trixie.
“The one I’m viewing right now is much better.” I blushed and kissed her cheek.
“Charmer.”
“I try.” Trixie focused attention on the park I was just staring at. “You know, we should return there one day.”
Why…? “A-Are you sure? Trixie, I have bad memories of that place, and so should you.”
“I do have bad memories, yes. But I don’t care anymore. I stopped being affected by them when we started to date. It’s a beautiful place. We can’t waste it. You loved the flowers, didn’t you?”
“I did…” I remained staring at the park. If Trixie doesn’t feels affected by it, why should I? Breaking Trixie’s heart was one of my greatest regrets, and Trixie forgave me completely.
“But if you don’t want to go, then…”
“No…” I interrupted my girlfriend and looked at her. “L-Let’s go… one day.”
“You don’t have to do it for me, Rarity. I understand.”
“You’re right, it’s a beautiful park and we can’t waste it. You forgave me. Maybe going one more time will help me to forgive myself.”
“If you really feel that way, then, alright.”
“Thank you, darling.” We both enjoyed the view in silence for a long time, until Trixie spoke again.
“So… what have you been doing?”
“Oh, nothing special, really. One of my friends wants to do a movie night to celebrate Halloween.”
“Like, monsters, horrors and stuff?”
“That was her idea, but Fluttershy didn’t like that part. We’re watching comedies and animations involving monsters instead. It will be fun.”
“I imagine it will. I might do the same thing with Clem and Rose.”
“Or… you could join us…”
“What? But, Rarity, you know that…”
“Yes, I know…” I said with annoyance as I broke the embrace. I was fed up with the whole secrecy thing. It was time to put an end to this. I didn’t give Trixie a friendly look, which worried her. “Trixie, I’m done…”
“Y-You’re done…? What do you mean…?” Trixie was confused, scared and looked slightly sad as well. I was not enjoying it.
“I’m done with keeping this-” I said as I pointed her and myself. “-a secret. I just can’t do it anymore. I’m tired of lying to my friends. I despise doing it.
“But you were fine with it when we started dating…” Trixie’s confusion was even clearer, so was her sadness.
“Yes, four months ago. Trixie, what we have is amazing. I adore being your girlfriend. You make me happy. But I want a serious relationship.”
“But we have one! We go on dates, we flirt, and we kiss. We care for each other!”
“But as long as I can’t tell my friends about my girlfriend, it can't be considered a serious relationship. You have no idea how hard it is to me not to tell them anything about you, about the wonderful person you’ve become, about the person who makes me so happy. About the person I lo-” I stopped mid sentence and crossed my arms, before looking away.
“About the person you… what?” Trixie’s voice was breaking. It was breaking my heart to do this, but I felt I had no choice.
“That’s the thing… I can’t even say it… Those words are meaningless unless I feel our relationship is real…” My eyes were becoming wet. I dared to gaze at Trixie. She was at the verge of crying too. “T-Trixie… you have to make a decision. What’s more important? What other people think of your change? Or what I feel? You're hurting me by making me stay quiet. Until you decide…” I had to wipe my tears, but they kept coming like small waterfalls.
Trixie started to sob. Her legs were shaking. “A-Are you… b-breaking up… w-with m-me…?”
Hearing those words shattered my heart completely. I really didn’t want to end our relationship, but I can’t keep dating her in secret anymore. If Trixie doesn't decides, then... “I-I would make up my mind if I were you… g-goodbye, Trixie…” I walked downstairs, hearing Trixie collapse in tears as I closed the door. I wanted to burst in tears too, but I needed to remain my composure. I headed to the kitchen to look for the apartment’s keys. However, just as I was about to grab them, Clementine arrived.
“Hey, Rarity! What a pleasant surprise. Woah… is everything alright?” As expected, he noticed my gloomy mood.
“Trixie’s on the rooftop… sh-she needs you…” It was all I said before leaving the apartment. Clementine didn’t stop me nor said anything else. He closed the door behind me and I walked towards my home. I somehow managed not to burst into tears until I locked myself in my room.