Weekends are too long

by Jeweled Pen

Weekdays are too epilogy

Rarity struggled to keep her eyes open as she created her newest masterpiece. The past week had been a marvelous but tiring struggle. The Cakes had been more than willing to give them alone time after the uhh... incident in the shop. Well, the adults had, the children thought it was a new form of peekaboo. However, after that night the parties had started. First the 'our first kiss' party. Then the 'we're an item' party. Explaining had at least been simple, most of her friends seemed to think she already went that way, though Twilight's request to write a research paper on all effects of friendship and... Well, that party had been the longest. Of course she had tried to attend every party Pinkie threw after that point, but how does one keep up with a pony that must have a built in sugar factory? She must have gained a good five pounds from the confectionaries alone, and her hooves ached from all the dancing.

Of course the worst thing was easily the wakeups. Four times in the last week she had woken up with Pinkie snuggled up to her in bed, usually in some strange contraption like a confetti shooting hat or an alarm clock wrist watch. One time she had stood in front of the window wearing fake pegasus wings. With the sun at her back she looked like the grim reaper... Fortunately she had just giggled at being tossed across the room wrapped in all Rarity's pillows, blankets, and top mattress. She really wouldn't have minded the wake ups, except she had laid traps so she wouldn't be started. She'd laid rattlers by the door, placed beads of string by all the windows, even covered every entrance with tape! And yet everytime, not a single trap had been triggered and yet the pink mare still got into her house!

It was... Well okay she did kind of enjoy waking up with the extra warmth, despite the excentric devices. But trying to explain to Pinkie why it was unrefined for the pink mare to keep sneaking into her bed at such a early point in the relationship was an exercise in futility. No matter how warm and snuggly she was.

Rarity quickly shook her head before staring at the blank tapestry. No! She needed to focus! She had a job to do, she'd even managed to get the night alone for some peace and quiet. And quiet was all she needed! She gently picked up the pen and began to draw once again... And soon crumbled the picture of Pinkie and tossed it away.

She was a professional. She had a job to do and she couldn't keep allowing herself to be distracted. She couldn't keep thinking of the way Pinkie's soft body felt molded to hers when they cuddled, or the way her lips moved when she was pouting, or the way her tail poofed up whenever Rarity showed her a new dessert that was all the rage in Canterlot, or the way she twitched and shuffled whenever she lied, or the way her eyes sparkled when- NO! Bad Rarity, bad!

She picked up the pen and stared at her work. Her blank work. She just needed some inspiration. That was all! Something to... Ah who was she kidding... She was lonely. She wanted her cotton candy mare... Maybe she should EEEK! "EEEK!" She nearly jumped out of her skin as something latched onto her from behind. "Pinkie! Where did you come from?"

"Pinkie sense." The cotton candy mare said as she nuzzled Rarity, nestling in close.

"I... I see. I was just... I have a lot of work to do and ummm..." She was never going to get her deadline filled...

"I'll be quiet! I don't mind as long as neither of us has to be lonely." Pinkie plopped down on the ground, nestled besides Rarity.

"Okay. That's fair..." She plopped down to nestle close to Pinkie as well. A small grin formed on her face. She did think this was quite nice. Her eyes went wide as inspiration struck, glancing at the mare besides her. The still, bottled energy, so alive... Her pens danced across the tapestry, pink, blue, even a little black. Soon the image was done and slid into a small folder. She would take it to canterlot tomorrow... But for now, she rested her head on her friend. Now she was kind of tired... And she had the perfect cushion.

"Rarity?"

"Yes, Pinkie?"

"When you go to Canterlot, can you drop off a letter to the princess?"

"Of course dear..." Rarity mumbled as she closed her eyes, listening to the heartbeat of her friend. It was quickly becoming her favorite way to drift off...

******

Dear Princess Celestia,

This week I learned that even if you have something you're afraid other ponies won't like about you, you can always tell your friends. Even if you're scared or worried or upset and think they won't like you if you're not always feeling the same. Cause being a friend is about accepting all thingies that make you, you. And nothing will help make you yourself again, quite as well as a good friend.

PS. Also never wake any pony up with big pegasus wings outstretched. Apparently it can look pretty scary.

Celestia grinned as she read the note for the third time, sitting at her sister's bedside. It was about time for her to wake up anyway, and it wouldn't do for the moon to rise late. Slowly she spread her wings out...

Comments

[Jeweled Pen]

And it is finished! I hope everyone enjoys reading it, I had a lot of fun writing it. Special thanks to HabitualHyperbole for editing the chapters so they are nice and pretty. Also, special thanks to Duelist925 for convincing me the story was good enough to post. Thanks to all my readers and I hope you find my future stories just as enjoyable.

[Cheer]

Dat ending

[Archivist Nightwatch]

I wanna see luna's response.

[14squarefeet]

Great raripie story, I'll keep an eye whenever you get some new stories. Also, keep writing! A few grammar errors can't stop you from writing excellent stories.

[Lunar Brony]

A wonderful tale!
Well done!

[fallen starr]

A great ending! I loved it.

[Kail]

Tres magnifique. Nice end.

[Zuabug]

LOL Why am I not surprised at the ending? Though I more pictured Luna doing it x3

Also, you spell it eccentric.

[Spice of Life]

That was a fantastic lil RariPie story with a huge amount of Dawwwwwwwwwww.
I did think though that you went a lil overboard with Pinkie, really we only see her do that totally once and that is at the Gala, well, go nuts in a place that isn't appropriate or wanting it. Plus I thought that Rarity's reaction to it actually wasn't angry enough considering how she was woken up with a gong and having stuff splatted on her face.

But I've got a weakness for Pinkie ships and Rarity is my favorite pony so keep up the great work.

[silveredchaos]

Ok, thumbs up for the comedy, but the romance was background mostly. Cant get behind this romance, very little build up and when you have the issue actually confronted it was out of the way in a paragraph. Also no climax of the story, it really seems like a long rolling joke, and while funny the romance felt like filler.

[StormHoof32]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! omfg!! dat ending! lolololol. Dude, u are amazing! i laughed until my stomach hurt and I couldn't breathe and I had tears coming from my eyes and i just wanted so much more to read and...." Pinkie comes out of nowhere and places hoof over my mouth. "No! That's my job!!!!"

[Rhythmic Gravity Chance]

Cast in the name of Pinkie, ye not guilty!
So silly and Rarity is a single nerve of romantic impulse.

[FromTheMoon]

Now this was a well written story
I tip my imaginary top hat to you.

[DarthLena]

Fantastic story! Though I'm not sure why its rated teen, but whatever. Fav'd!

[Rinnaul]

While I liked the story well enough, two things really kept it from being a favorite for me.

First, the actual ship has no development. We see that Rarity finds Pinkie attractive, yes, but there's nothing to suggest that they're closer to each other than any of their other friends. You can't just add physical attraction onto friendship and get instance romance - the romance itself needs to grow as well.

Second, the story puts Rarity solidly in the wrong for some reason, even though it constantly sets Pinkie up for a lesson. The pattern goes: Pinkie is the source of a problem for Rarity, Rarity gets justifiably angry with her, Pinkie gets upset at what her antics caused, and then Rarity forgives everything.

The story would be so much stronger if, in addition to Rarity learning to accept Pinkie's eccentricities and stop holding others to impossible standards, Pinkie in turn learned that sometimes she comes on too strong and doesn't need to be so aggressively cheerful at all times. Developing that mutual understanding would also give a good place to work in the missing relationship growth, and would help separate the story from is similarities to "Sisterhooves Social".

You still got an upvote for Rarity and Pinkie each being well-written and in-character individually. It's just their interaction that could be improved.

[KibaWR]

Also never wake any pony up with big pegasus wings outstretched. Apparently it can look pretty scary.

When did that happen? Did I miss anything? or is pinkie just being Pinkie?^^

[Jeweled Pen]

3545895 She did it to Rarity with the big fake wings. Scared the bejeepers out of her.

[KibaWR]

3548810 really? Must have somehow missed that part^^;

[Brohgue]

This is a cute story. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

[Voidwalker]

I can't join the mass that up-voted, thus, apparently, liked this story. There were some sweet little moments, yes, but the downsides were just to much.
First off: That letter at the end. A really nice idea, but it should be italic. The way it is now, it's really hard to read and nearly hurting the eyes. My eyes, at least. But that's just a minor thing.
Not minor, but also not that major too, was the portrayal of Rarity. At some points - plural - I wanted to slap her. Out of desperation and hope, that some reasonable mind would return to her. There were a few times when she just acted like... yeah well, like a jerk. She is, after all, the spirit of generosity. Yeah, she doesn't like getting messy and physical and all, but as a good friend and a truly generous spirit, she wouldn't abandon a friend in need. Ever. The point when she shoved Pinkie out of her house and when she turned away from peeking through the guestrooms door was the 'highlight' of that.

What really, really disturbed me, was the way Pinkie was portrayed. She has her antics, yes. She can be hilariously random, yes. And she has an innocence and naivety, that can only be rivaled by foals. But she isn't stupid. And that... was the point where I think, you messed up. Cannonball in the mud-bath? Building an endless-smore? Bath time with Opal? She was horribly annoying and downright stupid at quite a few points.
Apparently, that's just my impression, but I can't help it. Your Pinkie felt stupid. In my opinion, she's actually the opposite. Naive, random, but pretty clever.

The build-up of their romance was... awkward, somehow. Rarity wondered what was happening to her now and then, but she didn't seem to give it actually much thought. And we didn't read anything about Pinkies side at all - besides that she craves for an end to her loneliness. Actually, given how everything was set, I can't see their relationship work. Not in the long-run. In this portrayal, Pinkie has problems. Serious, downright frightening problems and she should be treated in some way, any way. Rarity may be able to support her, but that won't end those problems and they won't magically disappear into thin air ether.
Given those circumstances, this relationship seems doomed from the start.

Maybe I'll give the sequel a shot. Don't know yet.
I'm sorry.

[Lore Horse]

PS. Also never wake any pony up with big pegasus wings outstretched. Apparently it can look pretty scary.

Celestia grinned as she read the note for the third time, sitting at her sister's bedside. It was about time for her to wake up anyway, and it wouldn't do for the moon to rise late. Slowly she spread her wings out...

Trollestia strikes again!