The Cutie Mark Crusaders observed as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon sat together in school cafeteria, eating their lunches as they chatted about something that the three fillies, stealthily concealed behind their copies of this week’s Foal Free Press, couldn’t hear.
“Well?” Sweetie Belle asked. “Anything?”
Scootaloo cringed as she turned her attention to her paper, actually reading some of the articles inside in the hope of clearing her mind. “It’s kinda hard to explain… I’m not sure if I’m feeling anything good or bad right now, I just know that I’ve never felt it before…”
“Sounds like you’ve got it bad to me,” Sweetie Belle said. “Apple Bloom?”
“… Any of you ever notice that Diamond Tiara smiles to Silver Spoon the same way she does to us?”
The two fillies next to her raised their eyebrows at the strange reply. “Her smile?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“What, you mean whenever she picks on us?” Scootaloo added.
Apple Bloom nodded. “Ya’d think with her friend, she’d smile differently. Less… spitefully, ah guess.”
“Maybe it’s just her natural smile, and she can’t help it,” Sweetie Belle suggested. “Wait, why are we talking about the way she smiles? I thought we were trying to figure out if you two really do have a crush on-”
Both Scootaloo and Apple Bloom quickly shushed Sweetie Belle in unison, before looking around to make sure that nopony had heard that.
“Are you trying to let everypony in school know?” Scootaloo asked once she was sure that their secret was safe.
“S-Sorry,” Sweetie Belle said, her ears flattening against her head. “Anyway, what’s the deal, Apple Bloom?”
“Ah don’t know, ah just… noticed. Ah saw her smile, an’ just suddenly couldn’t take mah eyes off of it.”
Sweetie Belle giggled, drawing the attentions of her two friends. “Oh, sorry… I think we need to ask somepony else. Somepony with more experience in this area.”
“Like who?” Scootaloo asked.
“Who else? My sister, Rarity!” The other two fillies looked unsure. “C’mon, Rarity’s had lots of dates, and she’s always reading those romance books! We can totally count on her for advice.”
“Ah don’t know… Ah still don’t want anypony findin’ out, just in case Granny Smith hears about it.”
“Well, we could always pretend it’s a problem that somepony else is having. How hard could it be to make up a few names?”
“Good idea,” Scootaloo said. “And if she’s not much help, didn’t you just say she reads romance books?”
“Hey, yeah!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed cheerfully. “I bet we could get lots of good advice from those!”
“Well, ah guess it’s worth a shot,” Apple Bloom said, though she was still unsure. “As long as she doesn’t find out it us we’re talkin’ about.”
“Agreed,” Scootaloo said, and the three fillies then continued observing Diamond Tiara from a distance.
Apple Bloom groaned as she lay her head down onto her desk. The class was just starting their final lesson for the day, and the yellow filly was at the end of her rope right now. ‘Just one more hour… Just one more hour, then ah can get outta here!’
“Today, class, we will be reviewing correct punctuation usage. I have some sheets here with a number of sentences that have been written down incorrectly, and would like you all to go over them and correct them by adding the appropriate punctuation.”
Cheerilee picked up a pile of sheets from her desk, and split them into two separate piles. “Now since I don’t have enough for everypony, I want you to work with the pony sitting next to you.”
Apple Bloom’s ears shot up, soon followed by her head, as she stared at her teacher disbelievingly. ‘N-No way! That means-’
“Miss Cheerilee!” Diamond Tiara shouted, raising her forehoof. “Can I swap seats with Archer? I don’t want to work with Apple Bloom!”
Cheerilee gave the filly a disapproving frown. “I’m sorry, Diamond Tiara, but as I’ve told you multiple times before, the seating arrangements have been decided, and can’t be changed.” Diamond Tiara pouted and turned her head to face away from Apple Bloom, and the farm filly lowered her own head back to her desk, groaning into her forehooves.
‘This can’t be happenin’’
Cheerilee sighed as she saw the two fillies clearly upset with her decision, but she had to be firm. Although it’s true that she didn’t like alterations to her seating plan, there was an ulterior motive to putting Apple Bloom in-between Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. She hated to see ponies not getting along, and wanted them to at least finish school on friendly terms.
Diamond Tiara begrudgingly took one of the sheets from the pile given to her, and passed the rest to the colt sitting behind her. Then, ever-so-slowly, she scooted her desk closer to Apple Bloom’s, taking great care not to allow the two desks to actually connect.
Apple Bloom leaned over in her chair to move as far away from Diamond Tiara as she could. As the pink filly drew closer to her, the smell of perfume became even stronger, and her face started to turn a light shade of red. Diamond Tiara had clearly noticed this, but to Apple Bloom’s surprise, didn’t say anything about it. Instead, she simply turned away, placing the sheet in the middle of the two desks so that they could both see it.
As soon as everypony had arranged themselves into their pairs, Cheerilee gave everypony ten minutes to work through the problems on their sheets, and whilst everypony else began happily discussing with their partners, Diamond Tiara and Apple Bloom were content to just work through them in silence, causing Cheerilee to sigh.
It was an impressive feat, to be sure, but this was the one time that she wanted them to speak during class.
Apple Bloom ran her eyes across the first sentence. ‘‘The father mother and son all sat down together’. That’s an easy one! Put commas here an’ here…’
Diamond Tiara read over the same problem. ‘‘The father mother and son all sat down together’. Uh… is it one comma, or two?’ After hazarding a guess, Diamond Tiara wrote out what she thought to be correct.
Apple Bloom glanced over to Diamond Tiara curiously, and noticed the answer that she had wrote down. “Jus’ one?” Apple Bloom asked. “Are ya sure?”
Diamond Tiara’s eyes met Apple Bloom’s, and the two fillies quickly turned their heads away from each other again. “Y-Yeah, what’s it to you?” The two remained silent for a time, before Apple Bloom turned her attention back to the worksheet. “… By the way, why did you give me your answers earlier?”
Apple Bloom froze up. “W-What d’ya mean?” she asked, putting on the best innocent face that she could manage. It was clear that Diamond Tiara wasn’t buying it though.
“Well, for one thing, your hoofwriting was too scruffy to be Silver Spoon’s,” Diamond Tiara said. “And for another thing, Silver Spoon wouldn’t have gotten so many answers wrong. It had to have been you.”
“… Ah jus’… Ah don’ know, ah just did it.”
Diamond Tiara’s face brightened, and she tried not to look at the yellow filly sitting next to her. “I didn’t ask for your help, so don’t expect anything in return.”
“Don’ worry, ah wasn’t.” Another silence descended over the two, making Apple Bloom shift uncomfortably as she was once again assaulted by the smell of the other filly’s perfume. She could swear that she was becoming addicted to it. “S-So, what’ve ya got for the next problem?”
“Huh? Oh… Um, don’t we need to put a colon here?” Diamond Tiara tried to move her hoof over to the part of the sentence that she was referring to, but didn’t notice that Apple Bloom was also moving her hoof there. When the two hooves touched, the two fillies pulled back and yelped simultaneously, drawing the attention of the entire class.
“Girls, what’s wrong?!” Cheerilee asked, looking over at the two fillies with a look of concern on her face.
Apple Bloom noticed everypony looking at her, and her face turned beat red as she tried to think of something to say. “U-Uh, it’s nothin’, Miss Cheerilee! We just, uh…”
“A spider!” Diamond Tiara quickly shouted. “T-There was a spider on my desk, but it’s gone now!”
“A spider?!” the colt behind Diamond Tiara shouted, quickly bolting out of his chair and checking the floor. “W-Where?! Where is it?!”
Around them, various fillies and colts began jumped out of their seats, and started looking around for the spider. Whilst some were doing this out of genuine panic, others were doing it simply for the fun of it.
“Alright, class! That’s enough!” Cheerilee shouted, quickly calming her students down. “Back into your seats, now! Diamond Tiara, did you see where this spider went?”
Diamond Tiara pretended to think about it. “Um, I think it went out the window,” she said, before looking around to see that all of the windows were closed. “I-I mean, though the door! I-It went under the door crack.”
“I see,” Cheerilee said. “Then we can all get back to our work without any further distractions?” The two fillies nodded their heads, and Cheerilee smiled as she resumed the work that she was doing before the interruption.
“That was close,” Apple Bloom whispered as soon as the class had settled back into their work. “But, why did you react like that just now?”
“Why did you?” Diamond Tiara asked, trying to look and sound strong, despite how flushed her face was.
“W-Well, it just… took me by surprise, is all…” Apple Bloom wanted to change the topic quickly. “Um… H-Hey…”
“What?” Diamond Tiara asked in an annoyed tone.
“Ah was jus’ wonderin’… about what ya told me before, back in Manehatten, about how those two colts insulted Ponyville, an’ ya didn’t like it…”
“What about it? Am I not allowed to defend the town I live in?”
Apple Bloom quickly shook her head. “I-It’s not that. Ah was jus’ surprised is all. That you would actually fight somepony over it…” Apple Bloom shot a smile to Diamond Tiara. “Ah like that. Ah guess ya aren’t as bad as ah first thought.”
Diamond Tiara swallowed hard, and tried to back away from Apple Bloom’s gaze. She could feel her heart racing, and her temperature rising quickly. “Uh, well… I never thought you would stick up for me…”
“Doesn’t matter who it is, ah hate seein’ stronger ponies pickin’ on weaker ones.”
“… I’m not sure if that should make me happy or angry,” Diamond Tiara said, letting out a slight giggle against her will. Apple Bloom joined her, and the two fillies laughed together for all two seconds, before they realised what they were doing. They quickly stopped, and resumed working in silence, both trying to act innocent and pretend that nothing had just happened.
“… Um, that perfume ye’re wearin’,” Apple Bloom started. She couldn’t hold it in anymore. She had to bring up that intoxicating scent. “Aren’t ya a lil’ young for stuff like that?”
“Maybe you’re too young,” Diamond Tiara said with a grin, “But that’s where we differ. Well, that and our flanks.”
Apple Bloom glared at the pink filly as she waggled her flank, putting emphasis on her Cutie Mark. “Really? Ah thought it was that ah’m not all suck up and spoiled, like you.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah!”
The two fillies butted their heads together, eyes narrowed as they growled at each other. Soon, Apple Bloom realised how close their muzzles were to each other, and quickly pulled back. Diamond Tiara noticed it too, and turned her attention back to her work.
‘Hurry up and end this day already!’ Apple Bloom prayed in her mind.
‘T-This can’t be happening… Not just one, but two blank flanks?’ Diamond Tiara put her head into her hooves, and closed her eyes as she tried to think about something else. But the thought would always come back to her, and she would be haunted by it each time. ‘Why? Why is this happening?’
Apple Bloom noticed that Diamond Tiara wasn’t actually working anymore, and that the pink filly was refusing to raise her head for any reason. She wanted to make sure that she was okay, but before she could do anything, Cheerilee announced the end of the ten minutes, and began to go over the answers on the board.
Apple Bloom nudged Diamond Tiara to get her attention, but it didn’t work. She tried again, but the filly just groaned and pushed Apple Bloom’s hoof away, refusing to lift her up.
Behind them, Scootaloo was glaring at the two fillies out of the corner of her eye. ‘What’s wrong with her? And what were they talking about just now?’ An uneasy feeling passed through Scootaloo as she watched Apple Bloom trying to get Diamond Tiara’s attention, and for a brief second, Scootaloo actually hoped that her friend would only succeed in angering Diamond Tiara. She didn’t want the two getting along.
“Remember class, if you didn’t understand anything today, I will be here for-” Before Cheerilee could finish, practically the entire class was out of the door and making its way out of the schoolhouse. She sighed as she sat at her desk, and looked over the three foals still inside her classroom: Twist, who was simply gathering her notes together and organizing them, and Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara, who were both chatting together about something.
“You’re staying behind?” Silver Spoon asked, an incredulous look on her face. “Why?”
“I… just have something I want to talk to Miss Cheerilee about. Something I didn’t understand about the lesson.”
“But that’s never bothered you before.”
“Well, it bothers me now!”
“Okay, okay!” Silver Spoon threw her saddlebag over her back. “Then, I’ll see you later, I guess?”
Diamond Tiara nodded, and the two initiated their ‘secret hoofshake’. “Bump, bump, sugar-lump rump!”
“See ya, DT.”
“Later,” Diamond Tiara responded as she waved her friend goodbye. Twist left the classroom shortly after Silver Spoon did, and, after waiting a few moments to make sure neither of them would come back in suddenly, she walked over to Cheerilee’s desk. “Miss Cheerilee?”
The teacher looked down at her student, a smile covering her surprise that Diamond Tiara, of all ponies, was staying after school to ask her something. “Yes, Diamond Tiara?”
“There’s something I want to talk to you about…” Diamond Tiara looked around the room, to make absolutely sure that they were alone. Her face turned red, and she scuffed her hooves against the wooden floor as she tried to find the right words to say. “Um… it’s about what you told before… about how we change when we get older?”
Cheerilee’s eyes widened, and she quickly rose a hoof to silence the filly. “Hold on. If this is a sensitive topic, perhaps you would like to discuss it in private?” Diamond Tiara nodded, and Cheerilee climbed out of her seat and trotted over to the classroom door to close it. She then wandered over to the filly’s desk, and motioned for her to sit down.
“Um, actually,” Diamond Tiara said, starting to lose her confidence, “Maybe I shouldn’t waste your time like this. I-”
“Diamond, sweetie, this is what I’m here for,” Cheerilee said in a reassuring tone. “Come on. Tell me what’s troubling you, my little pony.”
Diamond Tiara nervously made her way over to her desk, and took her seat beside Cheerilee, who was sitting down in Apple Bloom’s seat. “I-It’s kind of complicated…”
“Take all the time you need to think about it.” Diamond Tiara took full advantage of that offer, spending a full five minutes in silence as she tried decide where to begin. Cheerilee tried not to let her annoyance show, but at the same time, she knew that she had to correct what she had said. “Um, perhaps you should start from the beginning?”
Diamond Tiara nodded. “Well, first of all, it’s not about me. I’m just asking on behalf of a friend.”
“I see,” Cheerilee said. ‘It’s always a friend…’
“My friend, who’s the same age as me, knows this filly who she doesn’t usually get along with. Like, they’re always at each other’s throats…”
‘So it’s something that happened between Diamond Tiara and one of the Crusaders…’
“But, recently, she’s been having these weird thoughts about her. Like, she pictures her in a whole new way. For some reason, she can’t speak or act properly around her anymore, and when she thinks about her, her head feels funny, like all dizzy-like, and there’s a strange feeling in my-her, stomach… Does that make any sense?”
“Um, I think so,” Cheerilee said, taking a moment to go over what the pink filly had just told her. “So, basically, your friend has a crush on this filly?”
Diamond Tiara’s face turned red, but she acted as if nothing was wrong. “S-She doesn’t know, That’s what I want to talk to you about… How do you know when you… have feelings… for somepony?”
Cheerilee had to resist the urge to giggle as her student’s face turned progressively redder, and she shifted about nervously in her seat. “Well, that’s not something that I can tell your… friend. It’s something she has to find out on her own. But from what you describe, it’s clear that your friend feels something towards this other filly, and the only way to find what that is, is to confront the filly directly.”
“You mean… spend more time with her?”
“That’s right. Talk to her, find out more about her, and see if you have anything in common. If you do, you may find out what you like about her, and you may find that you enjoy spending time with this other filly.”
“You mean my friend, right?”
Cheerilee rolled her eyes. “Uh, yes. Your friend.” Diamond Tiara smiled for a second, but then frowned again and let out a sigh. “What’s wrong? Is there something more?”
“… Well, it’s not quite so simple…”
“Relationships never are, but I can assure you-I mean, your friend, that not pursuing this problem now might come back to haunt her later.” Cheerilee placed a hoof on Diamond Tiara’s shoulder. “And you can tell your friend, that if things don’t go so well, I’ll always be here for an hour after school, so she can always come to me if needs somepony to talk to. And whatever she says to me, will remain between the two of us. Okay?”
Diamond Tiara nodded, but still didn’t seem to be any more at ease. “But… But…”
Cheerilee was concerned now. It almost looked as if the filly was resisting the urge to cry! “What is it? What else could possibly-”
“There’s another!” Diamond Tiara shouted, startling her teacher. “… My friend… she has these feelings for two fillies, at the same time.”
“O-Oh… I see…”
“B-But, she’s a nice pony, really! Please don’t judge her because she-”
“It’s alright, Diamond Tiara,” Cheerilee interrupted, still smiling at the panicking filly. “There’s nothing to worry about. I’m sure your friend is a lovely pony, and this doesn’t change things.”
“But… But I thought that only bad ponies go after two ponies at once! Dinky’s mum chased out her husband because he cheated on her, and Sweetie Belle’s sister had that fit last week when she found out her coltfriend was seeing somepony behind her back!”
“Yes, well, it’s one thing to be unfaithful to your special somepony, whilst you’re actually dating them… but there’s absolutely nothing wrong, with having feelings for more than one pony at the same time. And I assure you, your friend is perfectly normal to be having these feelings.”
Diamond Tiara seemed to ease up a bit, bringing a feeling of relief to Cheerilee. “Are you sure?”
“Positive. With all the ponies that there are in the world, it’s impossible for you to have feelings for just one. But you must understand, even if you have feelings for two ponies at once, you should only pursue one of them.”
“H-How do I-How does she do that? How does my friend… choose which one I want to-”
Cheerilee shook her head, and cut the filly off. “I can’t answer that. Your friend must decide that for herself. She must decide which of the two fillies she likes most, and she has to do that on her own.”
“… I see… Thanks, Miss Cheerilee. I’ll make sure to tell my friend that.” The pink filly rose out of her seat and picked up her bag. She shot one final, nervous glance towards her teacher. “Um, you won’t tell anypony about any of this, right?”
“You know that I won’t, Diamond Tiara,” Cheerilee answered, drawing a smile from her student. “Now, if your friend ever needs some more advice, I’ll be happy to help further. And don’t forget that your parents are also there for you, too.”
“Uh, yeah…” Diamond Tiara looked up at the clock behind Cheerilee. “I should probably get going. Silver Spoon’s probably waiting for me to meet up with her.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow then. And make sure you get that homework done this-” Before Cheerilee could finish, Diamond Tiara was out of the door, leaving her all alone, sighing to herself. “-Time…”
“Thank you for your business! Please come back soon!” Rarity waved goodbye to her latest customer, and sat back in her chair as she relaxed from a long day of working on dresses. “Finally, a little time to myself. I think I’m going to close the shop for a little while, and pay a little visit to the spa.”
The sound of the boutique’s front door slamming open, followed by a very familiar high-pitched voice, shattered Rarity’s dreams in an instant. “RARITYYYYY!”
‘Oh well. It was a nice dream while it lasted.’ Rarity put on her best smile as she approached her sister, who was being accompanied by her two friends, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. ‘Oh no. They’re all here.’ “Sweetie Belle! How nice of you to drop by! How was school today?”
“It was great! Well, mostly…”
“Mostly?” Rarity raised an eyebrow and approached her sister with a concerned look on her face. “Are you alright? You didn’t get into trouble again, did you?”
Sweetie Belle shook her head, and looked offended by her sister’s question. “Of course not! It’s just… Hey, can we ask you something? Something important?”
“Important? Sweetie Belle, if this is about your homework again, then as I said last time, I will certainly help you, but I am not going to simply give you the ans-”
Sweetie Belle quickly cut her sister off. “No, no! It’s not that this time! It’s something really, really important!”
Apple Bloom walked up next to Sweetie Belle, and gave her sister an apologetic smile. “It’s alright, Rarity. If ye’re busy, we can go ask somepony else.”
Rarity noticed the nervous look and the lack of energy on the usually hyperactive farm filly’s face, and suddenly grew interested. “No, no, I’m not busy at all. In fact, I have just finished my last dress of the day.”
Sweetie Belle’s face lit up. “Then, you’ll help us?”
“Of course! As your sister, you and your friends are always welcome to drop by when you need help. But first, why don’t I go and pour us all some tea?”
“Actually,” Scootaloo said, “I’d rather just get this over with quickly. Dad’s ill again, and I wanna get back home and help him out.”
“Oh, I’m terribly sorry to hear that, deary,” Rarity said, shooting the Pegasus filly a concerned look. “Well, I do hope he gets better soon.” Scootaloo showed her appreciation in a warm smile, and then the three fillies followed Rarity inside the boutique, after she had flipped the sign on the door to show that it was closed. “Now, what exactly is troubling you three?”
“It’s nothing to do with us,” Apple Bloom answered quickly. “It’s about, uh, some friends of ours.”
“Oh, is that so?” ‘It’s always a friend…’
“Yeah,” Scootaloo said. “Our friends, two of them, are kinda… They’re um…”
“They’re in love,” Sweetie Belle said flatly, causing her two friends to quickly cover her mouth with their hooves.
“Love?” Rarity asked, her interest growing when she saw how the two fillies reacted. ‘So Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are… Oh, this is marvellous. But then, why are coming to me, and not Applejack?’
“W-We don’t know that yet!” Apple Bloom shouted. “It could be anything!”
“Except… we kinda do know,” Scootaloo said, sighing as she released her friend. “Yeah, they’re in love alright… I mean, what else could it be?!”
“Now hold on a second there, Scootaloo,” Rarity said. “Why don’t you start from the beginning? Why exactly do you think that these two friends of yours are in love?”
Apple Bloom shifted uncomfortably on the spot. “A-Ah don’ know. Ah mean, it doesn’t make sense! For one thing, fillies can’t love each other, right?”
Rarity waved off the notion. “Don’t be silly, darling. That kind of talk is from the dark ages! Now-a-days, same-sex couples are more common than you think!” The three fillies giggled together, causing Rarity to frown when she realised what word they were laughing. “Girls, do you want to have a serious talk, or not?”
“S-Sorry, Rarity,” Sweetie Belle said, calming down. “It’s just, we never thought we’d hear you of all ponies say a word like that.”
“Well, I am a lady, but even a lady can say such things when it is appropriate. But let’s not get off-topic here. So your friends are both fillies, I’m assuming?” The three fillies nodded. “Well, there’s really no problem with it at all. Why, when I was your age, I don’t mind admitting that I myself had a crush on a particular filly in my class. Though it ended suddenly when she had to move away…” Rarity let out a sad sigh as she recalled her first ever crush. “… Oh! Terribly sorry, girls! Now, back to my original question: what sort of hints are there that these two friends of yours are in love?”
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo exchanged glances for a second, and then turned back to Rarity.
“She keeps dreaming about her,” Scootaloo said.
“She can’t speak properly ‘round her,” Apple Bloom added.
“She keeps feeling light-headed and dizzy around her.”
“Her stomach feels weird when she’s nearby.”
“She wants to hear her voice more.”
“She suddenly wants to be kind ta her all the time.”
“She gets jealous when she sees her around others.”
“She can’t get the smell of her perfume outta her head.”
“Really?” Scootaloo asked, giving Apple Bloom a strange look. Apple Bloom simply blushed and turned her head down to the floor.
“I-I see,” Rarity said, surprised by just how much information the two fillies were giving her. ‘I didn’t know Scootaloo wore perfume… I certainly can’t smell it.’ “Well, it certainly does sound like your two friends are in love.”
“AGH!” Scootaloo shouted, slamming her forehooves into the floor below her. “I don’t get it! Why, of all ponies, is it her?!”
“N-Now, now, Scootaloo dear. There’s no helping who you fall in love with. These things just… happen.”
“So, what do you do when you get these feelings?” Sweetie Belle asked with innocent curiosity.
“Well, there are really only two things you can do,” Rarity said, and almost immediately, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo moved in close to make sure that they could hear her clearly. “You can either ignore these feelings, or you can act on them.”
“You mean like… confess?” Scootaloo asked. “And start dating?”
“The first one sounds easier, if ya ask me,” Apple Bloom said, frowning down at the floor.
“Well, at the end of the day, it is your friends’ decisions. But, whilst running away may seem like a good solution at first, let me assure you, it is not good in the long run. The feeling of knowing you may have given up the chance to be with your perfect partner… the sadness you feel when you see them with somepony else… and the endless nights you spend awake, wondering what may have been.”
“Rarity? Are you okay?” Sweetie Belle asked, walking up to her sister as she saw tears falling down her cheeks. She reached up to nuzzle her sister’s cheek, and Rarity responded by pulling her sister into a hug.
“I’m fine, Sweetie Belle… Like I said, it’s up to your friends to decide, but it is not a decision that they should take lightly, by any means.”
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom exchanged a nervous glance. “It’s… a little more complicated than that, though,” Scootaloo said. “Our two friends, they-”
“They love each other?” Rarity guessed, smiling at the two fillies. “Yes, love between friends can be difficult, but-”
“What?” Apple Bloom asked, cutting Rarity off. She exchanged glances with Scootaloo again, and the two fillies immediately cringed and backed away from each other. “EWWW! No way!”
“You gotta be kidding me! No offence, Apple Bloom, but there’s no way I could see you that way! You’re just too good a friend!”
Sweetie Belle laughed at the awkward situation, whilst Rarity’s face turned red as she realised that she had been mistaken. “Then… what is the problem?”
Apple Bloom swallowed the lump in her throat, and looked up into Rarity’s eyes. “They’re… in love with the same filly…”
“… Oh.” Rarity said. “Oh… my…”