The day was just like every other normal day in Ponyville.
Sun shone, but there were still some white clouds on the sky, that were moving slowly due a gentle wind. There were some darker clouds in the distance, but they were headed towards the local farms, where they needed rain to keep the crops healthily growing.
Thunderlane liked weather like that. He could spent the whole day flying around the clouds, practicing his skills as a flyer. He was up on the sky, gliding over the puffy clouds, but he wasn't training like usually, or at least yet.
He had to do something else first.
Thunderlane had a red tie hanging in his teeth, and he was flying towards Carousel Boutique. The tie annoyingly slapped him on the face while he flew, and he started to feel a urge to threw it away. He didn't do that though, because it belonged to a special pony.
"Well.. At least I got a good reason to visit her," Thunderlane thought, smiling a little. Then the tie slapped against his face again, making him grunt annoyed.
He started to see his destination. The round building living up to it's name.
Carousel Boutique was shaped like.. well, a carousel. It had three floors, and it was the most decorated building in Ponyville. It had renaissance style in it.
Thunderlane smiled subconsciously when he saw the building getting closer.
He didn't feel too nervous about going to Rarity's anymore. The strange feeling that didn't let him sleep at night had eased after he and Rarity had spent a night out, but it still was there. It was just much more discreet than before.
Thinking about it made Thunderlane frown. He looked at the round building closing in, and started his decent. He reached Carousel Boutique, and circled it once, before landing near the door.
He lifted a small cloud of dust into the air when he hit the ground, scaring some light green foal near him. He chuckled a little, when the foal looked at him with surprised and a bit scared expression.
The foal then started to laugh, and ran to his parents, who were close by.
Thunderlane smiled after him, and turned towards the door of Carousel Boutique.
He briskly walked to the door, and rang the doorbell.
There was a muffled chime heard from behind the door, and soon Thunderlane heard hoofsteps behind it. Door opened, and to Thunderlane's surprise, Rumble stood there. His little brother had a sly grin on his face.
"What's up Thunderlane?" Rumble asked and looked at his surprised brother, who soon took the tie from his mouth, and said: "Hi Rumble.. Just bringing this back to Rarity,"
Rumble looked at the tie, and then at his brother again.
"I presume that the night went well?" he asked with a mischievous voice. Thunderlane frowned at him, and shooed his brother out of his way with his hoof. Rumble just laughed a bit and said: "She's in her working room."
Thunderlane grunted something as response, and heard Rumble starting to climb the stairs behind him. He also heard how Sweetie Belle asked from top of the stairs: "Who was it?"
"Thunderlane," he heard Rumble answer, and then both of the teens started to snicker loudly. Thunderlane didn't mind about them, and continued to walk to the living room. He walked trough it, and came to a door that had 'Don't disturb' sign hanging from it. He could hear sewing machine's quiet humming from behind it.
Thunderlane heard the sewing machine stop running. Quickly after that frustrated looking Rarity opened the door. She had her red glasses on her muzzle and a measuring tape hanging around her neck, making her look somehow even more attractive in Thunderlane's opinion.
"Sweetie Belle, didn't I say.." she started, but stopped right when she saw Thunderlane.
He looked at the gorgeous mare in front of him with a apologetic look, and said: "Umm.. Well I guess I'll just drop this here."
Rarity's mouth turned into a smile, and she quickly said: "No no, I wasn't that busy."
She then opened the door more, and made room for Thunderlane to enter.
"Come in, I was just finishing here," she said to Thunderlane, who nodded happily and walked past Rarity.
He came into a big room. There were mannequins all over the room, and big shelves full of different kind of fabrics in them. There were coal drawings attached to the walls all around the room, and each of them had more and more amazing looking dress plans in them. On a table next to two big windows were scissors and other tools used by dressmakers. Next to the table was a mannequin with Rarity's latest creation dressed on it.
Thunderlane looked at the dress with interested look in his golden eyes. Even he wasn't much for the fancy dresses, that one was something different. He just had to take a closer look.
The dress was made from rose red silk, and under it was a lightly orange, frilled underdress. The dress's upper body was decourished with small yellow amethysts and ribbon on the lower back.
Mannequin had a pair of long boots, that were also rose red. On the mannequins head was a crown with two artificial roses, that looked just like their real counterparts. It.. Well.. It crowned the whole thing.
"This is really cool," Thunderlane said, while Rarity was folding his tie, and placing it to one of her shelves. She then turned towards him, and said proudly: "I've spent last two weeks with it."
Thunderlane looked at the dress, and couldn't find words to describe it. Rarity stepped next to him, and took a needle in her magical grasp. She then levitated a spool of thread to her, and slipped the thread from the eye of the needle. She then became working on the dress, while chatting with Thunderlane.
"Thanks for bringing the tie back," she said to Thunderlane.
"I thought that it would leave a bad impression of me, if I would have just kept it to myself," Thunderlane said, while watching Rarity's accurate needlework.
"I knew you would return it," Rarity said, and smiled a bit. She used the scissors to cut the thread, and moved to the other side of the mannequin. She then continued her sewing in silence, while Thunderlane examined the pictures on the wall.
After a while, Rarity announced: "Its done!"
Thunderlane turned towards her, and saw her beaming at him. She then turned towards the dress, and looked at it proudly over her glasses.
"To who is it going by the way?" Thunderlane asked, when he realized that he didn't know who was going to wear it. Rarity looked at him happily, and exclaimed: "To me of course!"
"Should have known that," Thuderlane thought to himself, and smiled at exited Rarity. They then glanced between each other and the magnificent dress.
"Well?" Thunderlane asked, looking at Rarity with one eyebrow raised.
Rarity just looked at him with strange expression on her face, and asked confusedly: "Well what?"
"Aren't you going to test it?" smiling Thunderlane asked, tilting his head a little. Rarity's expression turned into a surprised, and she asked: "You mean.. put it on.. like right away?"
"Yeah! I bet you would look really amazing in it," Thunderlane said, and looked at her in the eyes. Rarity felt a bit hot on her cheeks, and muttered: "Well.. If you put it that way."
She then undressed the mannequin, and levitated the dress behind her as she walked behind a dressing curtain. Thunderlane waited for a minute and heard Rarity pulling the dress onto her, and soon he heard Rarity say: "Okay.. I'm ready."
She stepped from behind the curtain, with the rose red dress on her. Thunderlane's jaw instantly dropped, and he looked at the beautiful mare in front of him.
The dress was perfect on her. I made credit for her body, and highlighted her mane and tail. She had also managed to pull a pair of red diamond earrings from somewhere. She still had the glasses on her muzzle, but they too seemed to match well with the outfit.
Rarity looked at Thunderlane a bit shyly, and asked: "How do I look?"
Thunderlane snapped away from his trance, and started to smile at Rarity, making her smile too. He slowly stepped closer to her, and admiringly said: "You look Beautiful."
That made a small blush appear on Rarity's cheeks, and she said warmly: "Thank you,"
Then the pair just stared at each other, smiling gently. Rarity felt the tug in her chest again, and stepped closer to the smiling stallion. She had to look up at him when she got closer.
They both stood there, waiting for something to happen. After couple of seconds they started to lean closer to each other, their lips getting closer. Rarity was almost taken over by that strange feeling she had in her chest again, but she still managed to think: "No! Don't rush this!"
Just before their lips met, Rarity turned her head a little so that Thunderlane's kiss landed on her cheek. She did the same to him, and felt Thunderlane's rough lips brush against her fur. It made jolts of pleasure run trough her brain, and Thunderlane too seemed to get the same effect from her lips touching his cheek.
Both of them leaned back quickly, and looked at each other nervously and blushing. Rarity felt her heart racing around her chest, and she asked sweetly: "Are you free tomorrow?"
Thunderlane scratched his mane nervously, and said: "For you, yes."
Rarity giggled a little, and asked with her sweet, tempting voice: "Would you like to go out with me again?"
"Hell yes," Thunderlane exclaimed, but immediately lifted his hoof over his mouth, and looked emmbarassed. He looked at Rarity with a sheepish and apologetic smile. Rarity looked at him a bit disapprovingly, but giggled at the same time.
"I'ts settled then."