"I'm breaking up with you,"
"You will do this with me,"
"No, Rarity! Let's do this."
These were Rarity's recent encounters with stallions. Somehow it went by the same little routine: Meet a stallion, instantly fall for him, start dating him, he does bad things to her, then they break up. And it happens every single time. She was fed up with it.
"How many times will this happen to me?" Rarity asked her cat, Opalescence (Opal for short).
Opal, who was really hungry at the moment, hissed in response.
Rarity sighed. "You don't know what it's like, Opal. Someday you'll meet a cat that you'll mate with and I'll be stuck here, dating mindless stallions that keep being bad to me!"
Opal hissed again. She didn't want to listen to her owner babble on about her non-existing love life; she wanted to eat!
Rarity groaned. "Fine! I'll get you something eat." She went to her kitchen to get some cat food for Opal. She was just about to leave when she went in the freezer and got 20 tubes of ice cream. I'll come back for the next twenty when I finish this bit. she decided.
When she got to her room, she gave the cat food to Opal, who purred happily. Rarity jumped on her bed, started sobbing very loudly, and ate the ice cream.
***
That night, Rarity checked her mailbox. She had nothing better to do. After all, she had finished all 80 tubes of ice cream she had. Inside the mailbox, she saw a letter. The envelope read, To: Miss Rarity. From: Fancy Pants.
Rarity squealed. She had gotten a letter from Fancy Pants! Then, she ceased her excitement. Be more calm, Rarity, she thought as she opened the envelope. The letter inside it read:
Dear Miss Rarity,
Remember me, Fancy Pants? The important pony in Canterlot? I am writing to you so I can invite you to dinner with me. Meet me in the Ponytalian restaurant in Ponyville.
From, Fancy Pants.
Rarity couldn't believe it. Fancy Pants wanted to eat dinner with her! She ceased her excitement. Would he do the same things to her as the other stallions did? She shook her head. No, he wouldn't. Even if he did, she wouldn't pass up an opportunity to go out with him. She dressed in a fancy red dress, dabbed on some makeup, and left her boutique.
***
Rarity walked elegantly to the restaurant. She saw Fancy Pants standing in front of it. "Rarity, jolly good to see you! Come on, let's find a seat."
The Unicorn mare nodded as she followed the stallion inside. They took a seat and the waitress took their order.
"We would like the Romantic Special, please," Fancy Pants said.
"Romantic Special?" Rarity repeated.
"Yes," Fancy Pants nodded.
The waitress nodded to both of them and went to the kitchen.
While they waited, they struck up a conversation.
"So, there's something I need to tell you: Fleur Dis Lee and I broke up last night," Fancy Pants said.
"You did?" Rarity inquired, trying to contain her excitement. Fancy Pants was available! She took a deep breath. Try to be more cynical, Rarity. Just because he broke up with somepony doesn't mean you should feel so happy.
"Yes, we did. Well, I broke up with her."
Rarity wanted to do her happy dance so badly. Fancy Pants broke up with Fleur Dis Lee! That meant he would be more willing to go out with her! She took another deep breath. Be more cynical!
"Really? What did she do that made you do that?" she asked.
"Well, you know how a few weeks ago it was the Canterlot Garden Party?"
The mare nodded. "Yes,"
"Well, Fleur and I were going to go together, but when I got there, she was already there - with another stallion. She was straightening his tie, dancing with him and everything. When I confronted her about it, I told her we were through and then I left the party."
Rarity, still trying to keep in her excitement, put on her best act and said, "I am so sorry about that," She was about to add in her feelings about him (despite what happened with the other stallions), when the waitress came back to give them their food. It was one plate of spaghetti. "Um, shouldn't there be two plates since there's two of us?" Rarity questioned.
The waitress shrugged. "Listen, honey, I just do my job. I advice that you do the same instead of questioning my hard work. Now, just eat, relax, and get fatter than you already are." The clearly snobby mare sashayed away.
Fancy Pants glared at her behind her back. "Well, that was simply vulgar!"
Rarity nodded. "Well, let's ignore her words and eat,"
They ate the spaghetti in silence. Rarity wanted to say something, but when she tasted that delicious pasta, the thing she wanted to say was shoved out of her mind.
Only one thought was left. She hoped that when there was one noodle left, they would both start eating it until they got closer, closer, and closer, until SMACK! Their lips met and they started kissing.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
When they finished the meal, Fancy Pants asked, "I heard there's this new dancing place across the street. Would you like to join me in a slow dance?"
"Yes!" Rarity hollered like he had just proposed.
"Jolly good! Let's go!"
***
Fancy Pants and Rarity went to the dance place. They paid their fee and went inside. "Get Your Pony On", a pop song by Sapphire Shores, was playing. Rarity swayed her hips from side-to-side while Fancy Pants slightly bobbed his head to the beat. When the song was over, "Love Will Find Me", a slow, love song by a singer named Lovey Dovey started to play.
Fancy Pants gently grabbed Rarity and started dancing with her. Everypony stopped what they were doing to watch them. "They're all looking at you," Rarity whispered. "Because you broke up with Fleur. They don't know that yet." Good job, Rarity! You're making him feel worse about the situation! You're being more cynical!
Fancy Pants chuckled. "Believe me," He dipped Rarity before continuing. "they're all looking at you. They're jealous that I'm with you now instead of them."
The song ended and Fancy Pants lifted up the Unicorn mare. Once he did that, he kissed her lips passionately. They did not care who was watching. At that moment, it felt like they were the only two on Earth. Rarity couldn't hold it in anymore. No matter how cynical she would try to be, she would always love him.
When they ended their kiss, Rarity inquired, "Is this all a dream?"
"Pinch yourself to see,"
"How? I have hooves; not fingers."
Fancy Pants chuckled again as his horn ignited. He lifted up Rarity's hoof and made his horn touch her hoof.
***
Rarity woke up with a gasp. After she finished those 80 tubes of ice cream, she passed out in an ice cream coma. In that coma, she had just had the craziest dream.
Her heart skipped a beat. Would that be what would happen in the future? Excited, she went to her mailbox. Inside, there was a letter. The envelope read, To: Miss Rarity. From: Fancy Pants.
She squealed as she read the letter. And this time, it wasn't a dream.