//------------------------------// // Give it a Go? Chapter 3 // Story: Give it a Go? // by Venatus75 //------------------------------// Spike began to crawl out of bed, moaning and groaning as usual. He hated mornings. “Ugh… I’m so… hungry.” Spike said to himself, nearly crawling across the ground to the stairs. As he finally reached the bottom stair, he found a note from Twilight. It said; Hey Spike, I went to Rarity’s, I haven’t talked to her since the party and I though I’d just go say hello. I’ll be back around noon. Start getting a few chores done please. Feel free to wander town for a while, but don’t make plans. We’ve only been doing a little bit lately, and I plan to do a lot when I get home. “Aw, come on” Spike muttered to himself. “I gotta work all day? That sucks…” Spike said as he continued to talk to himself. He tidied up a bit around the library, picking up a few books, making his bed, and sweeping before heading back upstairs. He decided to take a shower before going out, on the off-chance Rarity wouldn’t be playing dress-up with Twilight all day as they caught up with each other. Afterwards, Spike headed outside, not an idea in his head as to where he could go or what he could do. He decided to just wander until something came to him. So as he walked about randomly, his thoughts began to come back to Rarity again and again, until he finally decided to sit on a bench and just think. ‘I kissed Rarity… And she enjoyed it just as much as I did. And she said she loved me… But when Rarity first gave me a chance, she said she didn’t want anypony to know. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but why? Was she embarrassed by me? No… she loves me. She said so. Well… I don’t know… Wait a second, how ridiculous do I sound here? This is absurd, she said she loves me. And that’s not something somepony would lie about…’ Spike began reassuring himself, though he wasn’t sure still. After realizing how much time had gone by, about a half hour, Spike got up and started heading back to the library. Maybe Twilight was back, and he could go see Rarity. When he arrived back at the library, Twilight was not yet home. Spike, feeling a tad tired, decided to take a nap for a while. As he pressed his foot upon the final stair, he heard the library door open. “Great...” Spike muttered to himself before heading back downstairs to greet the guest. “Hello? Is anypony here?” said a familiar voice. “Spike? It’s Twilight, I just got back from Rarity’s.” Spike’s heart jumped a bit as he began thinking to himself, walking towards the stairs, ‘Awesome, now I can go see Rarity! Well… Twilight might be suspicious if I leave the second she gets home. I’ll just have to wait a while.’ “Okay Twilight, I’ll be down in a second!” Spike said quickly, realizing he hadn’t answered Twilight yet. “Okay Spike! You ate breakfast, right?” Twilight asked up the stairs as Spike walked down them. “Oh, sorry, I thought you were still upstairs.” “It’s okay Twilight, and yeah, I did eat. How was Rarity?” Spike asked, not ashamed as he had asked things of the sort even before he started dating Rarity. “She seemed a little… off,” at this Spike panicked a little, but quickly it subsided as Twilight continued, “but other than that she was great. Apparently the Boutique has had a bit of a boom and she’s starting to get loads of orders.” “That’s cool, maybe I’ll stop by later to help her out.” Spike said, again not worrying, for he had done that several times before dating her. “I’m sure she’d appreciate it Spike, but there are a couple things I thought of that we need to do.” Twilight replied, already starting to pick up a few things with a glow of magic from her horn. She then explained the chores they would be doing for the day, leaving to get started on her chores afterwards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It took nearly forever to get the chores done, or at least it seemed like that. Spike finished sweeping moments ago, leaning the broom up against a closet wall before saying “Well, assuming I have time left I think I’ll go help Rarity.” Technically, he wasn’t lying. He would probably end up helping Rarity fill a few orders as they talked. “Okay Spike, but it’s already seven-o-clock so don’t stay too long.” Twilight said with a glance at a clock. “Fine Twilight, I’ll be back by four…” Spike replied slyly. “Don’t worry, I won’t be terribly long.” Spike added after seeing a look of both discomfort and laughter on Twilight’s face. “Thanks Spike, have fun… helping Rarity… or whatever.” Twilight said, but it was for naught as the door swung shut the second she finished speaking. When Spike arrived at the Carousel Boutique, he knocked on the door lightly, waiting for an answer. A few moments later, Rarity opened the door, but she looked… off. Like Twilight said. Spike then noticed her mane was a little frizzy, and for Rarity that was like getting the entirety of your hair raised in static for most people. “Hi Rarity, is something up? Your mane… it’s kinda…” Spike stumbled, both at nervousness for being with Rarity again and for trying to keep it nice so Rarity wouldn’t go into an absolute rage. “Oh hey Spike… Yes, my mane is a bit unkempt, I’ve quite a few orders to fill and it's rather stressful…” Rarity said, brushing her mane a bit with her hooves. “Yeah, Twilight said so, I thought I’d come and help. What do you need me to do?” Spike asked, stepping inside as Rarity retreated back into her shop. “Well… it’s a bit of a one-person job at the moment. I’d love some companionship, however. Sweetie Belle is spending the night at one of her friend’s house.” Rarity said, returning to her desk where incomprehensible gibberish was written among scattered papers along with some numbers that Spike assumed were measurements. “Oh, cool. So… do you want anypony to… know?” Spike asked. “Well that was rather fast don’t you think Spike? Well, you are right. It must be hard to keep it to yourself. Honestly, I think I’ll stick with what I told you last time. For now, no… Maybe eventually. But there is a bit of a problem.” Rarity said, still staring down at her desk full of papers. “And what might that be, my dear Rarity?” Spike said, trying to cheer Rarity up, who looked mentally exhausted. “You know my sister? Sweetie Belle? She… she kind of… eavesdropped on us yesterday. I had no choice, as she’d already heard too much. I told her the whole story. She took it well though, and even promised to get out of our- well… my- mane if you ever decide to come over and it’s not too late.” “Oh that’s it? I thought it was something bad!” Spike said, laughing a little from Rarity’s concern. “Well, I appreciate you not minding, but I still do.” Rarity said, so caught up in her work that she didn’t even realize what she’d said. It wasn’t that offensive, but it still hurt Spike a little. After shrugging it off, Spike started over towards Rarity. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anypony. As for you though, you need to take a break. Look at yourself!” Spike said, hugging Rarity as he did. “I don’t look that-” Rarity started as she levitated a mirror in front of her face. There was a bit of a silence, and then Rarity continued in a monotone voice, “I’ll be in the shower. Help yourself to what’s in the fridge… I may be a while.” She then drifted towards her bathroom. “Okay Rarity, thanks” Spike replied, holding his laughter until she was out of earshot. He then went into the kitchen to see what Rarity had to eat. After looking though the fridge, Spike picked out an apple and sat down to snack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An hour or so later, Rarity came down to a sleeping Spike. “Oh, he’s just so cute when he’s like that…” she said to herself before heading into the kitchen to wake him up. “Hey Spike! Wake up, Spikey!” Spike woke up nearly instantly at the sound of his nickname, but was at a loss for words when he opened his eyes. Rarity, standing in front of him looked absolutely gorgeous. “Whoa… Rarity… you… uh… look… You look gorgeous!” “Thank you Spike, I aim to please. You were absolutely right, I need a break. Turns out those orders aren’t due for another week! And I just got more than half of them done! At least I’ll have a lot of free time this week.” Rarity said, smiling as she realized how true the last part was. “Yeah, that’s true… God, Rarity. You just look… just freaking amazing...” Spike said, standing up from his chair. “Thank you Spike... It means a lot, after such a tough day.” she replied “Sure thing Rarity” Spike said back, leaning in for a hug, which Rarity happily accepted. Spike gazed at her face, deep in thought but without thought at the same time. He started to lean in… “SPIKE? ARE YOU IN THERE? IT’S ONE IN THE MORNING!” At this, Spike and Rarity jumped away from one another, frightened at the sudden noise. Their lucky they did so, because just then, Twilight came in the door, staring Spike down like a bull. “Sorry for the lateness of the hour, my dear. Spike was being ever so helpful! Could he stay the night and help me finish up?” Rarity replied, quickly regaining her poise. “Yeah, sorry Twilight… Could I please stay the night?” Spike said, ready to beg for it after being so close to Rarity’s lips yet again. Starting to calm down, Twilight started to reply back, “Are you sure Rarity? You have Sweetie Belle to-” “Oh, Sweetie Belle is at a friend’s house tonight, its fine. Besides, he was making my work go by so much faster I wouldn’t mind putting up with him” Rarity interrupted, pushing Twilight back towards the door. “Okay… just have him back by two tomorrow, okay?” Twilight said, giving up and starting to walk of her won accord towards the door. “Sure thing Twilight, ciao!” Rarity said, closing the door as Twilight stepped out. “Whadda’ya mean, ‘put up with me’?” Spike asked. “It was an act, can’t get Twilight suspicious now, can we?” “I suppose, but Rari-” Spike began, but was cut off from kiss from Rarity. “I know it may not seem like it with all the hiding, but Spike… I’m beginning to like you quite a bit.” Rarity said, joking and being serious at the same time. “Thanks Rarity. I’ve always liked you like this, it’s like a dream come true haha!” Spike said as he sat down on the couch, patting the spot next to him. “Come on, let’s… try that again.” AUTHOR’S NOTE: I know I don’t get many comments, but those of you who are superawesomazing enough to do it, could you tell me if you want me to describe the make out scenes or just kinda imply them? I’m 99.999999999999999% sure I’m keeping this at a teen rating, so no clop stuff, but would you like me to go into detail like last chapter, a bit more detail, less detail, none at all and just imply it? I’m not gonna do less than imply it, cuz it’s a freaking romance story though haha. Anyways, please leave some feedback in the comments, and thanks for reading!