First, I would like to say how truly sorry I am for not keeping up with writing new chapters. I used to write a new one every few days, but now a full week might go by! I will try to release some new chapters ASAP! Second, thank you for all of the kind comments, favorites and likes, you guys are what make this story great! Thank you again for the encouragement, support and kindness! Third, (I have a lot of stuff to say) I want to officially tell you that I will write an awesome sequel to this story. Sadly, I cannot disclose any information due to the fact that it would spoil it and you haven't finished reading the stuff leading up to it. I will post a link in the description once I have finished this story and submitted the second one.
About a year since the Rarishy ball. Rarity and Fluttershy have talked over the magic talking thing, but have not physically seen each other for a long time.
Rarity put on some strawberry chapstick, grabbed her purple, sparkly purse and headed out the door for work. She glanced behind herself at her 'home'. I miss the boutique. She stomped her hoof on the ground.
"I shall not complain about petty things like what my home is! As long as it's not gross or ugly it is my home!" Rarity went off to work without a second thought. She teleported to the studio and threw her bag onto a nearby chair.
"Hello, Liberty Bell. How was your weekend?" Liberty sighed. "Whatever is the problem darling?!" Rarity looked into the eyes of her friend.
"I- I... my..." She looked down. "Have you ever gotten somepony so upset that they hate you, maybe even loathe you?" Rarity lifted her friend's head up.
"Sit, I'm going to tell you a little story."
"Yeah." she said super enthusiastically! (NOT)
"Come one, cheer up. Okay, let's begin the story. When I was a filly I loved perfection, I loved beauty, but most of all I loved superficial things. I would spend my time on makeup and fashion. Now, I do still do that, but I care about loyalty, laughter, kindness, generosity-" Liberty cut her off.
"Yes, I get it. You're one of the elements of harmony. Friendship is power. Yada yada yada..." Rarity narrowed her eyes.
"You do realize that I am wasting my time telling this story for you, right?!" She sighed quietly.
"Go on."
"Ahem, as I was saying before you interrupted me. I now care about important qualities. Before that however I cared so much about these superficial things that I too became superficial. I was rude to my friends, I was dishonest and I was just plain oblivious to the others feelings. I prioritized my fashion career higher than my friends. Do you know what happened? I lost them. All of my best friends, gone. They got sick and tired of my terrible behavior. For the rest of my years at school I didn't have any friends as close as they were. It turns out that they didn't care for me that much, but if they were really worth fighting for, I would've in a heartbeat. If I was smart, I would've been a better friend, maybe then today they would by hanging out with me now. What I am trying to say is that it doesn't matter what you've done wrong because if you let them slip by like I did, you might miss out on a lifetime of friendship." Liberty was crying softly by this point.
"My best friend who's like a sister to me did something behind my back. I got mad at her and did something cruel. She was my roommate as well. She packed up her stuff and left without saying goodbye. Because of what you said, I am going to make thing right with her even if she doesn't want to stay friends. Thank you, Rarity. Oh, and by the way, I am taking the day off. Bye!"
"Wait-" Liberty Bell hugged her tightly and then ran out the door. Rarity sighed. "You need to tell Silver Glimmer..." Suddenly Silver Glimmer showed up with a worried look on his face. "Speak of the devil." His eyes widened.
"What?!"
"It's just an expression."
"There's no time for expressions!"
"Why isn't there-"
"Liberty Bell is missing!" Rarity frowned at him, but quickly regained her composure.
"Though you interrupted me-" She glared at him. "I shall still make sure that you don't go completely insane. Liberty Bell was dealing with a personal issue that she had to deal with. She was too busy to notify you."
"She never filed a proper paper saying that she could leave early!"
"WELL TOO BAD! SHE WAS UPSET AND CRYING! WERE YOU GOING TO BE THE ONE TO CHEER HER UP?! NO! I DIDN'T THINK SO! I HELPED MY FRIEND FEEL BETTER! SHE LEFT TO ATTEND TO THE SITUATION! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DENY HER OF HAPPINESS!" Rarity stared at him with eyes like daggers, cutting into his soul (I know, I'm super poetic). He shrunk down out of fear and then quivered slightly.
"I'm so sorry darling! Please, find it in your heart to forgive me! I snapped and for that I'm sorry, but I will not apologize for speaking up for Liberty."
"I respect you for your dignity, speaking to me that way, but I cannot say that I see you as professional as I did earlier. Somepony who speaks to me in a rude manner doesn't deserve to be treated as fairly." Rarity grabbed his fancy shirt and pulled him close to her.
"YOU LISTEN TO ME AND LISTEN GOOD! YOU DARE TO SPEAK OF OTHER PONIES IN SUCH A WAY! PONIES ARE NOT SICK, LITTLE PAWNS IN SOME GAME! WE ARE IMPORTANT! JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE RICH AND FAMOUS DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TREAT OTHERS LIKE DIRT! YOU SIR, DESERVE TO BE KICKED IN THE ASS! I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FREAKIN' DAY OFF AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT!" She pushed him to the floor.
"WHISPER WAVE!" The mare turned around.
"Yeah?"
"WE'RE OUT OF HERE! I'M GOING TO GO VISIT PONYVILLE! YOU IN OR OUT?!" She jumped up happily.
"I'm stoked! I'm totally in! I miss Ponyville so much!" She turned around. "Oh, and Silver Glimmer, go sit in a corner and think about what you've done." She laughed and brohoofed Rarity. Rarity peeked her head out the door quickly.
"You can't fire us because you can't afford to lose your lead stylist, lead fashion designer and coolest model." Whisper Wave smiled. "Thanks~!" Silver Glimmer looked at the two of them.
"Just leave, please." They slammed the door and teleported to Ponyville.
Whisper Wave looked at Ponyville with the sun in her eyes and a light breeze blowing her cerulean and royal blue mane. "Rarity, thank you for bringing me here, but I have to split for a bit. Ponies to see, places to be and I think that somepony really wants to be with you." She pointed a hoof out at the timid, yellow pegasus looking at Rarity with eyes filled with wonder. Rarity smiled.
"Goodbye, dear! Have fun!"
"Same to you!"
Fluttershy walked closer to her fillyfriend. Is it really you? I mean, nopony has the same sparkle and grace, but I haven't seen you in so long! You've been so busy! I've missed you! She looked at Rarity. I have to stop being a wimp. Fluttershy, walk up to Rarity! Don't get scared! She slowly flapped her wings towards her.
"H- Hi, um... Rarity, I've m- missed you!" Rarity's eyes lit up and she grabbed Fluttershy and pulled her into a tight and long kiss.
"The boutique is-" Her lips were once again covered with Rarity's. "Doing fine." Rarity beamed.
"HI~!"
"Oh, um, hello..."
"I've really missed you!"
"I have missed you too."
"I just couldn't stand being away from you any longer! I don't want that to happen again! I don`t want to ever be away from you for longer then a few hours or days! That`s why I wanted to know if you would like to live with me."
"Y- You want to live with me?!" Rarity nodded. "Of course I will!" They wrapped each other in a tight embrace.
"Should I move back to Ponyville or do you want to come with me? Wait! I can`t move here! I`ll have to leave my job, my new friends and my luxury apartment! But, you can`t move there because this is your home and your animals couldn`t handle it in Canterlot! THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE PREDICAMENT!" Fluttershy put her hoof on Rarity`s shoulder.
"I can move there."
"NO! This is where you belong! I will have to work something out! Darling, forgive me, but I must leave! I will be back in a little bit! Let`s go out to dinner tonight! Let`s go to that fancy restaurant around the corner, on me!" She kissed Fluttershy on the cheek.
Fluttershy sighed and then started trudging back to the cottage when a little, fluffy paw landed on her shoulder. "I know Angel, my fillyfriend is weird, but that`s why I like her so much. Well there are many reasons, but you know what I mean. She`s unique. You know what it`s like to have somepony/somebunny, to you they are perfect." Angel smiled and then started thinking about Buttercup and felt quite content.
Rarity started pacing back and forth. What to do? What to do? I want to be close to Fluttershy and I want to live with her, but so many things keep us apart. It`s probably why we haven`t talked about this before. "HA~! I could find a place in between! No, that wouldn`t work either. I can`t live far away from my work and I can`t expect Fluttershy to pack up and move to some place that she`d never been to!" She sighed, but then quickly threw her head back up. It had suddenly dawned on her. Her horn glowed and then *POOF* she was gone.
"Whisper Wave!" She shouted desperately everywhere. She walked up to random ponies.
"Has a white mare with a blue mane walked by recently?"
"You mean Vinyl Scratch?"
"No! She`s her cousin!" The stallion shrugged. Rarity ran up to another pony.
"Have you seen a pony with a cutie mark of gentle waves?" The pony shook their head no. Rarity ran up to one more pony.
"Has a pony named Whisper Wave walked by?!"
"YES! She just stopped by to visit me! She said that she was going to go see Pokey Pierce." Rarity grabbed the kind mare and pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you~!" Rarity teleported over to Pokey Pierce`s house, how she knows where it is, I`m not sure.
"Rarity?"
"Whisper Wave! I need you to quit your job and move to Ponyville!"
"Um... SURE!!! I hate my modeling job and Ponyville is great! Not to mention that my coltfriend Pokey lives here."
"That`s gre- Wait, Pokey is the coltfriend that you told me about? That makes sense. Either way, you are one of my best friends so I need you to move here. I also want Liberty Bell, but she has a really close roommate back in Canterlot." Rarity hugged her friend and then teleported back to Canterlot.
"...and that`s why I have to quit."
"But, I thought that you loved it here?!"
"No, I liked my friends and the idea of this job and Canterlot. Canterlot is stuck up and this job is not as good as being with my friends back in Ponyville. Oh, and Whisper Wave has also moved to Ponyville, she quits. Also, tell Liberty Bell that we`ll miss her. I will miss you too Silver." She hugged him and then teleported back to the boutique.
Rarity looked at the boutique. I missed this place. WAIT! Does she move here or do I move there?! Double wait! Now we can find somewhere in between! Her pets can live in the cottage, like an animal sanctuary job and my boutique can just be my boutique. We can find a nice home. Oh! I saw a nice little house for sale in a great part of the town! I have some bits saved up from my Canterlot job, it paid well, but love pays so well! I will go buy now! I can surprise her with it at dinner!
"I MUST GO NOW!" Rarity galloped as fast as she could towards the house.
Later at the restaurant
Rarity smoothed her red dress. This was an important night. She had three surprises for Fluttershy. First, a new home. Two, their stuff is already there. Three, Opalescence is now officially also Fluttershy`s pet and she may keep Angel in their new home. She looked at the door. Open, open, open. Then, the door opened and in walked Fluttershy (the door must have heard her= stupid pun).
"Hello Fluttershy, darling!"
"Hi Rarity."
"I have many surprises for you! First, I will start with something little. You get to meet Whisper Wave tomorrow! I might be able to get Liberty Bell to come as well!"
"That sounds lovely Rarity! I just hope that the other surprises aren`t startling."
"They won`t be silly!"
"That`s nice."
"The rest will be revealed later. Right now, let`s order some food. I`m starving! I haven`t eaten all day so I am ravenous!" As if right on cue, the waiter walked over to them.
"May I start you off with some wine and fresh bread?"
"Yes! That sounds delightful!" Rarity grabbed Fluttershy`s hoof and looked into her eyes. The waiter smiled at the lovey dovey sight and then walked over to get the appetizer.
"Fluttershy, I haven`t seen you in forever it feels like! Tell me, what have you been up to? Any juicy gossip? How`s the boutique? How are the Cutie Mark Crusaders doing now that they have their cutie marks? How are Aloe & Lotus? How are your animals? How are the mares?"
"Um... I will just answer every question in order. I have been picnicking a lot because of the warm weather. I have read many good books recently. I painted a picture of you and I would love for you to see it-" That`s what was under the sheet! I just put the whole thing in the house. I new that it was a surprise!
"Well, mayor mare still dies her mane and Rainbow Dash beat her old speed record, she will also be competing in a pegasus race soon, the winner gets to race against Spitfire. The boutique is doing well, it`s been getting steady bits. The CMC have been using their talents all over the place, they keep getting steady jobs with Pinkie Pie`s parties. Stunts/Dancing, singing and decorating talents are needed at parties. Aloe & Lotus miss you, but they are still doing well. They recently became friends with Flitter & Cloudchaser. My animals are fine, one of my squirrels got sick though, he`s fine now. The others are great, Twilight wrote a few letters about your job and how she misses you to Celestia and Applejack has made a few jokes about you being girly."
She spoke for a long time, a lot longer than usual. So long, in fact that the waiter had already brought the appetizer, they finished it and he was now walking over to take their orders.
"What would you like?"
"A garden salad please, dear."
"I would like the um... fruit and yogurt special."
"Be right back with your food." Rarity smiled at Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy, I have something to tell you. I`m moving back to Ponyville!"
"OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!"
"I bought us a nice house right here in Ponyville and I moved our stuff there! Your animals can stay at the cottage like a job and my boutique can become just my job! We can live together happily! We can redecorate! Also, I have decided that Opal is also officially yours as well and Angel can live with us! This is a huge step for us!"
"RARITY! OH RARITY! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOU!" They began crying happily. The stallion brought over their food and then the two of them began eating and laughing. They were about to start a new part of their lives together.