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// Prompt #333-Is It A Triangle? 
// Story: Ponywatching 
// by ThunderTempest 
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No one had ever said that love was easy, and no one knew that better than Rarity. She couldn’t honestly say what had attracted her to the pegasus...maybe it was the attitude. Yes, it was probably the attitude. Nothing sounded better than a mare who was confidant. Despite knowing next to nothing about the Wonderbolts, or flight, or the mechanics behind the many tricks that Rainbow Dash constantly talked about, Rarity could honestly say that she could listen to that voice forever. The day that she could count the weathermare among her friends was one of the best days of her life. And the Sonic Rainboom was perhaps the most beautiful thing that Rarity had seen in years, far more wondrous than any dress she could create. But yet, she knew it was never to be, as she doubted that Rainbow would ever be ready for a full relationship, let alone with somepony that couldn’t fly. But she could wait. Yes, she could wait until Rainbow Dash finally slowed down.

Love is kinda stupid. To Rainbow Dash, this was a pure and simple fact of life. Hearts and Hooves day was pure proof of that for her. Why should she spend the day being all smoochie and sickening, when she could spend it being awesome? Still, the mare was not completely without feelings, and that if she was completely honest with herself, there was a mare she thought of as possibly being more than friends with one day. There was a mare whose awesomeness would stand up to being with the Dash, but even Rainbow knew that it probably wasn’t going to happen. It had taken Rainbow a long while to admit that yeah, Twilight Sparkle was kind of awesome. After all, how many non-alicorn ponies could teleport? Not many, that was for sure. And she’d introduced Rainbow to the second best thing in the world: Daring Do. But Twilight was speeding away from Rainbow, with her coronation and preceding ascension into an alicorn, and who knew where the mare would go next. So Rainbow resolved to not be left behind, and promised that she’d only get faster.

Socially awkward she may have been, but even Twilight Sparkle knew about love. She’d never had to do anything about it before this, though. Everytime she looked at her, her heart felt like it was in her throat, her thoughts turned to mush and her vision seemed to go rose-tinted. Pinkie Pie was just a marvel, in Twilight’s eyes, and not just because of all her little impossibilities. The pink party pony always had a smile on her face, and always had time for everypony, no matter how busy she was. It was an attitude that Twilight had tried her best to emulate. She was so giving that it was impossible for anypony to dislike Pinkie, and an inevitable conclusion that Twilight, so unused to any kind of affection, would fall for her. But yet, Twilight knew that because she was a princess now, that a lot of things would change. She probably wouldn’t get a chance to act on these feelings, but honestly, just being around the party pony was enough for Twilight. So she put on a smile, and promised that she’d try and make time for Pinkie when she could. And maybe things could go from there.