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// Secret Admirer 
// Story: All Coupled Up 
// by tomColt15 
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	Rarity trotted down her stairs. Her whole house resembled a dark ally way, however, this was how Rarity wanted it. It expressed how she felt inside. Perhaps she should talk to some pony, in fact at this point, she would like to talk to any pony. Maybe she should've let Rainbow come in to talk the other day, but alas she felt dead inside. Not the kind of emo kill-myself way, but the my-heart-was-broken-and-I-don't-know-what-to-do kind of way. Silence was the only element that possessed her house as she sat in the kitchen. Her shop had been closed for a while and her friends didn't know that she was like this. She suspected no pony would want to see her, apparently that was a false statement. There was a knock on her door. It was similar to the one she had heard yesterday and Rarity wondered if that would be Rainbow Dash again. Rarity chose to ignore the knock on the door. There was another couple of knocks on the door, a southern accent accompanied the knock.
“Rarity, please, can ya come out for a while!” AppleJack yelled over the sound f the pattering rain. Rarity picked up a mug that was filled with some sort of liquid. She forgot what was in it, so she pondered in order to keep AppleJack out of her mind. Maybe it was hot chocolate? Or did she make coffee? She couldn't remember, and her mind was going blank. There was nothing more for her to distract her mind with and she could hear AppleJack at her door now. “Rarity, Ah know yer in there. Can ya at least let me in, Ah jus' wanna talk to ya,” AppleJack pleaded. Rarity set down her mug and listened to the loud bangs on her door for about another minute. The banging stopped, and Rarity sighed and trotted slowly to her door. 
AppleJack slammed her hoof on Rarity's door hoping she would open her door. AppleJack was still a bit confused on why Rarity would be at the farm or why she would be crying. She yelled for her friend to come out, but alas the white unicorn hadn't shown. She kept knocking, and kncocking, but eventually her arm grew tired and she stopped. Just as she trotted away from the fancy looking door, a small squeak was heard. AppleJack turned back round and in front of her was a unicorn coming from behind a half opened door. Rarity stuck her head out to see AppleJack, and Macintosh was correct. Rarity's face had marks from her eyes that clearly came from dried tears. Her coiffure was tangled and messy, it reminded her of the time Rarity made all their gala dresses.
As Rarity stepped out into the rain, AppleJack only stood staring at her. Even when Rarity was messy at the time, she was still really pretty. Her eyes sparkled in the rain and her mane flowed with the wind, perfect as always. Her coat was bleach white and always shined in any light, elegance was one of the few words strong enough to describe the mare. AppleJack always thought Rarity was really pretty, but she never really liked her in more of a romantic way. She never actually payed much attention to Rarity as much, but whenever she did the same word popped into her. Beautiful. 
“AppleJack, dear, I-I wouldn't mind if you would like to stay and talk for a while,” Rarity finally spoke up breaking AppleJack's trance.
“Uh, yeah, um, that would be real nice Rarity. Ah've been meanin' to talk to ya,” AppleJack said while trotting into Rarity's abode.
Inside everything was quiet and dark, but AppleJack didn't expect it to be happy and cheerful in the first place. Rarity lead AppleJack to her living room and turned on a light while AppleJack took a seat on a maroon sofa. Rarity took a seat on the other side of the sofa and an awkward silence drifted between the two for a while.	
“So, uh, AppleJack. What was it that you wanted to talk about?” Rarity said halfway knowingly.
“Well Rarity, Ah heard that ya were on the farm two days ago,” AppleJack started. Rarity looked down to the floor and nodded slightly. “And Ah jus' wanted to know, well uh, whatchu saw there.” Rarity swallowed her spit and breathed before making eye contact with AppleJack. Once she looked into AppleJack's emerald eyes she couldn't stop staring. Luckily, neither of them really wanted to look directly at each other at the time. They both looked back down at the floor before Rarity spoke.
“I, uh, saw you and Rainbow Dash near a hammock,” Rarity said. AppleJack licked her lips and tucked them in through nervousness. “You two were, uh, talking and then I saw some more things,” Rarity said avoiding the rest of the story. This time both of them looked straight at each other, they both knew what happened. They just didn't want to reenter the past event.
“Ya saw the kiss didn't ya,” AppleJack said. Rarity nodded in response. AppleJack didn't know what to do now. Why would Rarity care if she kissed her? AppleJack just kept pondering, but she was confused at the time.
“Well AppleJack, I have some uh, work to do. I think I just need some time alone for a while,” Rarity said after a few minutes of silence. AppleJack didn't respond, she only got up and trotted out of Rarity's boutique. Rarity sat in silence and heard as the door closed behind AppleJack.
AppleJack left the boutique still pondering why Rarity would care so much. She knew Rarity liked helping with things and that she was more of a romantic type of pony than any pony else in Ponyville. Something was different about her and that was all AppleJack knew at the time. She wasn't as elegant.


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This was about the last time Rarity was going to take it. Ponies have been knocking on her door all week and her temper couldn't take it anymore. She stomped to her front door and was just about ready to scream when she opened her door. No pony was there. She stuck her head out and looked around, still no sight of any pony. Great, some pony must've pranked her, probably Pinkie Pie. She looked around once more to make sure nothing was there. The unicorn began to close her door when she heard the crumbling of paper under the door. She glanced down at the letter that was set in front of her house and picked it up with her magic. It was quite peculiar for her to get a letter from any pony to send a letter like this, she usually got her mail from the mail pony Derpy. She levitated the letter, closed her door, and trotted to her favorite sofa. As she sat on the maroon sofa she chuckled at herself, for she'd pulled this same sofa up many times for a few of her melodramatic scenes. Her magic tore open the letter and she began to read it.
Dear Rarity,
Please meet me at the Four Season's restaurant near the library at noon.
From,
Your secret admirer
Rarity read the note, honestly quite surprised at it. She hadn't known she had a secret admirer. She hoped it would be AppleJack, or maybe one of the other elements. Maybe it wasn't one of her friends at all. The suspense was killing her, and there was only one way to find out who it was. Rarity sighed and glanced at her analog clock. She then sighed, two hours to get ready for her meeting.
AppleJack had once again been given the day off by her older brother. She knew her brother was a kind pony, so every time she even looked the slightest bit down, she'd be given the day off. As she trotted down the stairs to retrieve a small snack her ears perked up at the sound of something peculiar coming from her door. She glanced at the wooden door and saw that some pony had slipped a letter right under it's crack. AppleJack blinek a few times before actually retrieving the suspicious letter. She picked up the note in her mouth and began opening it with some difficulties. It took her a while, being and earth pony and all, to finally open the note and read it. 
Dear AppleJack,
Please meet me at the Four Season's restaurant near the library at noon.
From,
Your secret admirer
AppleJack rubbed her eyes with her foreleg and blinked a couple of time before reading it again. She mouthed the words she was reading about three times before actually taking the letter seriously. She wanted her admirer to be Rainbow Dash, but the more she thought of Rainbow, the more she realized how foolish she had been. They were rivals till the end, how could they be marefriends? Sure Rainbow was really similar to AppleJack, but they were too similar and it was hard to respect each other at times. Respect. Everytime AppleJack thought of that word an image of Rarity would pop in her head. Did she, maybe, begin to like her? AppleJack shook her head in order to get it out the gutter and waved a hoof. No way, they were totally different ponies. Either way, AppleJack was anxious to know who her admirer would be and there was only one way to find out who.
The clock struck noon and two ponies were on their way to Ponyville's most famous restaurant. Four Season's was always known as a good place to meet up with ponies. Rarity was the first to arrive, for she was much more interested in learning who actually liked her. She sat down at a table outside under an umbrella. Rarity tapped her white hoof on the table impatiently as she awaited the mystery pony. When AppleJack showed up to the same table, Rarity almost flipped out. It was like adream come true, only something wasn't right. AppleJack looked just as confused as Rarity did and when their eyes met, an awkward silence fell upon the two. They stared a t each other for a while, then blinked a couple of times before realizing something definitely wasn't right.
“Wait, so you're mah?”
“Secret admirer?”


A/N; Gasp! What is this? A plan I smell? Or just more drama! Only one way to find out... Beg me to write some more cause this is all I have so far ^_^