III
SPIKE
"Rarity?" I ask.
"Yes, darling?"
"There's something I need to tell you." I tell her.
"What is it, sweetie?" Rarity questions.
"I've always kinda had a crush on you."
She doesn't say anything nor does she look at me. She simply continues to walk beside me, looking straight forward, her expression blank. I'm not sure whether she's shocked, confused, or both. After we walk about half a mile in silence, Rarity finally breaks the silence. "I don't know what to say to that."
"I didn't expect much of a reaction." I comment.
"Oh, Spike," Rarity says and kisses my cheek. "You've always been the sweetest dragon ever. It's just, well..."
"I'm not your type."
"Well, if that's how you want to put it." Rarity comments.
«Did I just get friend-zoned?» I think. "Yeah..." I mumble.
"Hmm?"
"Well Rarity, I don't know how to respond to what you said." I say. "When I first saw you, well, let me just say it was love at first sight. I thought you were the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. Ponies and dragons alike. I've heard it takes a moment to like somepony, an hour to have a crush on them, a day to love them, but a lifetime to forget them."
"Spike darling, I never said I didn't like you." Rarity explains.
"You said I wasn't your type." I point out.
"You're the one that said that!" my crush exclaims.
"You agreed, though." I add.
"Spike, stop."
"All I ever asked was to be more than a friend to you." I say. "Guaranteed, it might be awkward since I'm quite a bit younger than you, but I still thought of you as more than just a friend."
"Spike, darling, I-"
I lean over to Rarity and kiss her. "That's my goodbye." Then I take flight and fly back to library.
When I get to the library, Twilight was quietly reading a book of magic spells. She must've been finished with her royal duties. I run up to my room and slam the door shut. That got Twilight's attention.
"Spike? Are you okay?"
I ignore her and don't reply.
"Hello?" Twilight asks.
"I'm not in a good mood to talk about it." I say.
There was a pause. "Whatever you say. I'll bother you later."
I rummage through a bookshelf in my room until I find my photo album. I page through it, remembering the moments I had actually enjoyed with Rarity. "It would've been better if I didn't tell her I liked her." I mumble.
About an hour later, I belch a letter and green flames. The letter had a baby blue satin ribbon tied around it. It resembled the one I got from Rarity earlier, which made me not want to read it. After the disappointment of today, I have tried to get Rarity off my mind for the past hour, but I couldn't. The letter won't help that fact. I unroll the letter. Not wanting to, I read it, then re-read it again. The letter read:
Dear Spike,
I know you've liked me more than just a friend for a while. You made it a bit obvious, darling. Though I know you liked me more than a friend, I don't believe you know that I have similar feelings towards you. Yes, it is true what you mentioned today that I am quite a bit older than you, but I don't feel that matters. You're the sweetest, kindest, funniest, and most adorable dragon I've met. In fact, you're more generous than most stallions I know. I hope you can forget our little argument on our walk and move on. For your information, I have decided to forget the whole event and restart our outing. Would you care to come over to the Carousel Boutique for a spot of tea? Anytime and any day is fine for me. I hope you can make it.
Love,
Rarity
I'm not exactly sure how to react to the letter, but I get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. I'm sure if I'm happy I can forget the argument, or just relieved Rarity won't make a fuss about the whole thing.
The next morning, I get dressed and head downstairs. I simply wore a red t-shirt that reads 'EVERYDAY I'M PARTYING!' and torn denim jeans. When I get downstairs, Twilight has set up a table full of mouth-watering pastries for breakfast.
"Why so fancy?" I ask.
Twilight looks up from her book, takes a bite of a cinnamon roll and says "Pinkie Pie said saw you and Rarity at Sugar Cube Corner the other day and she said she was happy to see, and I quote, you two together. So she put together a whole basket of sweets and pastries for you and Rarity and sent them out this morning. Hope you don't mind that I started eating without you. I didn't want to wake you."
"It's fine." I say. My stomach growls. "Looks like I'm hungrier than I thought."
I grab a slice of key lime pie and start eating.
****
Time came when I set off to Rarity's, I'm not to thrilled because of what happened the other day, but hopefully I'll be able to forget that argument. As I walk, I notice the sky is getting darker and darker. I'm sure it'll just be a little rain.
When I arrive at the Carousel Boutique, I start to shake as I knock on the door. Sweetie Belle answers with a blank look on her face. She sighs and calls for Rarity. When Rarity get to the doorway, she hugs me.
"Oh, Spike!" she beams. "I'm so sorry about yesterday. I never meant to insult you."
"That's nice." I gasp. "But you're kinda cutting off my air circulation. I can't breathe."
Rarity backs away. "Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry, darling! Are you alright?"
"Fine. I guess."
My crush gestures for me to follow her. She leads me to a small, round table off to the side of her work area. There she had tea set up and everything. We sit down and Rarity serves herself some tea then asks if I want some. I nod. Heck, I could use a hot cup of tea to get rid of some of the crap on my mind.
After a moment of silence, I ask "So...Rarity...I've been meaning to ask you...well you know that I've liked you more than just a friends for some time...what I've been meaning to ask you is, what do you think of me?" I pause and take a deep breath. "It sounded like I wasn't your type. But then again, I said that and you somewhat agreed..."
She sighs. "Spike, I never said I didn't like you."
"That doesn't mean-"
I'm interrupted when Rarity pulls me closer to her and kisses me, full on the lips. When I snap back from that shock, I'm a little confused. Earlier it seemed as if I was just a friend or like a brother to the unicorn, but she just kissed me.
"Spike, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me." says Rarity.
"Holy shi-"
Rarity glares at me.
"-take mushrooms." I say. "Yeah. Shiitake mushrooms."
Thunder booms outside. Rain pours down from the darkened sky all of a sudden. Gallons after gallons of rain water floods the now not-so busy streets of PonyVille. My crush turns on her flat-screen TV and watches the weather. The connection is terrible, but I'm able to make out what the weather pony is saying.
"It's raining cats and dogs." says the weather pony. "Severe flooding alerts for those in PonyVille. We suggest that nopony goes outside for the next day or so until the storm has stopped. It's thundering and lightning out there, everypony. Stay indoors."
"Well Spike, looks like you'll be spending the night here." Rarity comments. "Do you want to send a letter to Twilight?"
"I suppose." I mumble and grab some paper and a quill that was on a nearby table.
I'm not entirely sure what to tell Twilight. But the results is this.
Hey Twilight.
The storm is really bad so I'm gonna have to spend the night at Rarity's place. Yeah I know it's only like 11:30 A.M., but the ponies on the weather said it's not gonna stop raining 'till tomorrow and they advise staying indoors. So yeah. Hope you get it, and stay cool.
Spike
With a breath of fire, the letter is sent off to Twilight.