Silver Marriage

by cdcdrr


Special Somephoney

Chapter 21: Special Somephoney

"Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Silver Spoon!" Said Diamond as she shoved a gift box in her wife's hooves.

"Thanks sugarlump, you to." Silver said as she proceeded to remove the wrapping. Beneath it was a familiar box she'd seen displayed at the Ponyville spa several times, giving her an inkling what Diamond had bought her. "Mint Fresh perfume! How did you know that is my favourite?"

"Because you, like, put it on all the time." Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes, be reciprocated the hug Silver gave her.

The couple's business life had improved greatly over the past weeks. The opening of their jewellery store before Hearts and Hooves Day was not purely accidental. Diamond had a keen eye for that sort of thing, and as she expected all the money that ponies would otherwise spend up in Canterlot rolled into their cash register. Enough that she was pursuing a new venture already. She had pooled her resources with her dad and some other ponies and was now just a few percentages away from becoming the majority shareholder of the Ponyville Express. She'd been playing it subtle, letting her daddy buy up at least twice as much as her because he was not going to arouse the same suspicion from the mayor. But as soon as they'd acquired the majority combined, she'd have her dad transfer them all to her name, and the Ponyville Express would be hers once more! Only now she could lay back and allow Featherweight to run things as Editor in Chief, while she would be the owner instead of Ponyville's local authorities.

But her private life had not been so fortuitous. Her separation with Silver Spoon was felt deeply, even if their love and marriage endured. Not being able to go to bed with her spouse by her side left a hole in Diamond Tiara's life though. And though she was glad her Silver could feel at ease staying with Bon Bon and Lyra, it just wasn't the same anymore. She'd wandered by their home yesterday night for the first time in weeks, and been taken aback at how neglected and dilapidated it looked to her. There were weeds growing in the small front yard, and the building facade just didn't look as vibrant and homely as when they'd lived together. With such a shocking symbolic deterioration, Diamond was glad their Hearts and Hooves Day would be together still.

"Here, I should probably not give these because they'll go straight to your rump, but Bon Bon insisted and I know you would hate me if I withheld these from you." Silver Spoon told Diamond as she shoved a box of Hearts and Hooves chocolates in her hooves.

"Ooh, does it have those pralines in them? I always loved Bon Bon's Hearts and Hooves candies." Diamond opened the cover quickly to check which flavours were inside.

"Don't I know it. I remember our last Hearts and Hooves as fillies, and how we shared these same chocolates." Silver Spoon reminisced with a sultry voice and half-lidded eyes as she withdrew one of the chocolates she knew Diamond liked so much.

"Those were good days. Everything was so much less... complicated." Diamond reciprocated by feeding Silver a hazelnut candy. Silver liked those the way Diamond liked praline.

"Happy Hearts and Hooves, Diamond." Silver Spoon wished.

"I know we can't leave the store today, but I was hoping after business hours we could have a nice dinner." Hearts and Hooves Day was when jewellery stores practically had to be open, so Diamond Tiara was bracing herself for a flood of customers. But that didn't mean she didn't want to take time for herself and Silver Spoon to enjoy this special day of celebrated romance.

"Did you get reservations? You know what it's like on days like these." Silver Spoon attended her.

"Not yet. Don't worry, we have plenty of bits nowadays even if they fumble their prices. But I guess I should see to making reservations for two then now before everypony's booked their tables." Diamond planned out.

"I'll handle sales while you're gone doing that. I'm starting to like get good at showing confidence at that." Silver Spoon offered.

"Yeah, you're gonna sell all our top of the line wares by the time I get back. See you in a bit." Diamond gave Silver a kiss before walking out the store.

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The local eatery establishment wasn't far, but Diamond didn't get far before being sidetracked on her way. The town square was not crowded, so it was easy to notice the glum form of Scootaloo crossing its length.

"Happy Hearts and Hooves Day." Diamond Tiara wished her as if she was oblivious to her former classmate's sullen mood.

"Oh, it's you." Scootaloo replied, not slowing down even as Diamond Tiara tried to catch up.

"What's the matter with you? Somepony left horse apples in your coffee this morning?" She wondered, just a little annoyed Scootaloo was being stubborn.

"Maybe that would have cleared the bad taste in my mouth." Scootaloo muttered in return.

"Don't be like that, this is the part where you tell me your problems and I give you some advise and we come out as better friends." Diamond explained how she was expecting this to go, but found herself hitting a brick wall.

"We were never friends, Diamond Tiara. Just because we're not bringing the past back up doesn't mean I like you. I'm still waiting for that article in the Ponyville Express by the way." Scootaloo reminded her, which caught Diamond of guard, who hadn't been quite that serious about it.

"Eh, I've been rather distracted from the Ponyville Express lately and it completely slipped my mind. Remind me, when is the Young Flyers competition? I might be able to cover that." Diamond suggested. She'd be back at the helm of the Ponyville Express soon enough for-

"That was weeks ago." Scootaloo dissuaded her curtly.

"Oh. Now I see why you don't want to talk."

"It's not about that. It's that today- nevermind. It's not your business." Scootaloo tried to drop the issue, but Diamond wouldn't let it go.

"Wait, is this about Hearts and Hooves Day? Didn't you say you were trying to get Rumble to notice you?" She recalled.

"Yeah, and I was going to tell him later today until he said he's off to Cloudsdale to see this filly he met at the Young Flyer competition." Scootaloo's wings flared up in anger. "I waited too long. I should have known he'd be fighting off the mares on Hearts and Hooves day like his brother."

"He doesn't really do that nowadays. Back when I was a filly, maybe." Diamond shuddered as she thought about Thunderlane. "Not that he's such a great role model for his brother."

"Why? What do you have against Thunderlane?" Scootaloo wanted to know.

"It's just, before he was going from cloud to cloud if you catch my drift." Diamond reminded her.

"Your puns are not very funny, Diamond Tiara." Scootaloo rained on her joviality like the symbolic rain cloud over her head.

Diamond made no apology "Now he's shacked up with those floozies."

"You mean Cloudchaser and Flitter? What do you have against them?"

"You know what. Their relation. It's unnatural." Diamond grimaced in disgust.

"Ehm, you are married to Silver Spoon." Scootaloo reminded her.

"I'm not talking about that. I mean that they're sisters. Twins, even." Diamond threw up her forelegs in dramatic fashion. "And they don't hide it either." Diamond Tiara considered herself to be fairly progressive, but she drew the line at some point. "And Thunderlane wants to get into a threesome with that?"

"Hey, it's not your business if two pegasi want to be intimate even if they're related. Flitter and Cloudchaser get way too much flak from ponies like you!" Scootaloo defended the twins. "In fact, ponies like you, Apple Bloom and Mayor Mare should mind your own business instead of always politicizing the issue."

"I'm not politicizing. I'm not even a politician." Diamond Tiara denied, but Scootaloo didn't flinch.

"I've read a Ponyville Express article that was none too subtle in its implied target. Don't tell me you don't politicize anything when everything that gets printed in the paper goes past your desk!" Scootaloo accused her, not knowing the current situation at the newspaper.

"Has something come up in my ab- nevermind that. Scoot, maybe it slipped my memory but I don't recall rubber stamping any attack on Flitter or Cloudchaser. Even though Celestia knows I think what they do is disgusting."

"Why? It's not like they're having inbred foals together. I don't see what the big deal is with loving a sister then."

"I think it sets a bad example for couples who can have a foal in spite of family bonds." Diamond explained her position. "It's also why you shouldn't think to lightly of being promiscuous, or cheat on- on your special somepony. It's just moral standards, you know?"

"Huh. Cheating. Is that what you think Thunderlane does by dating both? They're both right there with him. He's not hiding the fact they're all perfectly fine being in one open relationship."

"Then why doesn't he marry one? Start a family? Give at least some semblance of living up to the Equestrian Magical Family?" Diamond wanted to know.

"He's not marrying one over the other unless they'll legalize bigamy. And because I don't see that happen because ponies like you think they're scum, I'm guessing Thunderlane will stay a bachelor for them." Scootaloo turned up her nose at Diamond Tiara.

"Don't be like that. Can't we agree to disagree? I'm not being grossly unfair here compared to what someponies say."

"Yeah, well 'someponies' can take a ten feet walk off a five foot cloud. I may be just a bit angry at Rumble right now, but I'm not gonna stand here listen to you slagging off his brother. We're pegasi, and maybe we don't do things the way earth ponies want them. But we're not listening to what they have to say about us. Not you or Apple Bloom for that matter."

"Alright, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sheesh, don't make this a racial issue." Diamond calmed her down. "Apple Bloom must be really getting under your feathers with that. I was trying to help out with Rumble. Can we talk about that instead of getting worked up over this?"

"Right. Well, I don't think there's much to say anyway. He got a letter that he's been accepted into the Wonderbolt Academy. Now he's going to fulfil his dream, and I'm still stuck on the ground without him to help me. I guess I need Rumble more than he needs me." Scootaloo ducked her head. "What would a guy like him see in a pegasus who can't even fly anyway? You were right back during the flag carrier audition, I'll never be a true pegasus without flying."

"Ugh, why are you taking that seriously? I was an immature, jealous filly holding up shallow expectations that are quite frankly untrue." Diamond didn't expect herself to say that out loud without so much shame. Even if she had admitted to herself it was wrong, admitting as much publicly had always been awkward.

"Even a broken clock is right twice a day." Scootaloo muttered dismissively.

Diamond opened her mouth to try and tell her she was wrong, and maybe dig into her for taking a mile of wrongfulness when she was only willing to admit to an inch. But she was stopped by a different kind of drama running the length of the public square, making a scene and evoking her pity.