Rainbow smiled as she took her milkshake from the counter.

She took off into the air while drinking her shake.

"Mmmm, nothing like a cold milkshake on a warm summer day." She said to herself.

She settled down on a tree branch and sipped the milkshake through the straw.

After she finished, she leaned back. Her eyelids drooped and she fell asleep.

~~~~~~~~~~~

The word quickly spread around the Elements Of Harmony (except Pinkie) that Rainbow had a crush on their pink friend.

"Oh my goodness, this is...... unexpected." Fluttershy said.

"But isn't it great?" Rarity asked.

"Yah, ah'm with Rarity on this one." Applejack said.

"Thank you, Applejack." Rarity said.

"I don't know, it seems a little odd." Twilight said.

"Whatever do you mean, darling?" Rarity asked.

"They're both mares." Twilight responded.

"Odd?" AJ asked. "ODD?!" She shouted. She stormed up to the princess and stuck her hoof at her chest. "Ah speak for all of us here, right?" She looked at Fluttershy.

"Oh, um, oh my." She said. Applejack shook her head.

"Anyhow, this is a great thing!" She explained. "These two could somehow become lovers one day, and ah bet ya it'd be beautiful!"

Twilight stepped backwards.

"Listen here sugercube, these two would be undeniably adorable together, don't ya think?" AJ asked.

"Yes, but what if they were to get married?" Twilight asked. "They would never be able to have children." Applejack smacked her head.

"How does that have anything to do with what we're talkn' 'bout?" She asked.

"Applejack does have a point." Rarity pointed out. "And anyhow, if they do get married, that means they truly love each other." She explained.

"And anyway, they could adopt a foal, and treat it as their own." Fluttershy said. "Oh! Sorry. Am I interrupting?"

"Naw, Fluttershy! Ya made a good point, too!" AJ said.

"I-I did?" She asked.

"Yes, of course." Rarity said. Applejack walked up to Twilight again.

"If ya wanna learn 'bout friendship, here's a lesson for you at write to the princess!" Twilight's ears flattened back. "If one of your friends likes another mare, no matter what, if she's your real friend, ya except who they are and support them!" Applejack snorted. Twilight sighed and looked down.

"You're right, Applejack." Twilight said. "I shouldn't doubt them."

"Anyway, the reason I've gathered all of you here is so we can bring with two together!" Rarity said.

"How do we do that?" Twilight asked.

"Well ah dunno, hint at it?" AJ said.

"Mmmm, we could try that." Rarity said.

"Alright, let's go find Pinkie." Twilight said.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Twilight was leading the her other three friends when she spotted a pink pony walking down the road.

"Pinkie!" Twilight called as she cantered over to her friend.

"Oh, hey Twilight!" She said.

"How have you been?" Twilight asked. "I haven't seen you in awhile."

"Oh, I've been just fine." Pinkie lied. Rarity cleared her throat from the back.

"Oh, um, do you know how Rainbow's been?" Twilight asked. Pinkie blushed and looked away as her ears flattened.

"Auhhhh...... I, auh, she's, um, she's great!" She stammered. "Yeah, she's great!"

Rarity raised an eyebrow at Applejack, and she smiled a cocky smile back.

"So, seen her lately?" AJ said as she stepped foreward. Sweat formed on Pinkie's forehead.

"Um..." She mumbled. "Yes...."

"What have you been doing? Twilight asked. Pinkie took a step back.

"N-nothing special!" She spat. "Ooohhhh, I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Pinkie shouted.

"What, exactly?" Rarity asked. Pinkie took a deep breath.

"Yesterday, Dashie might've kissed me...."

"WHAT?!" They all shouted.

Pinkie responded with-

"WHA!"

"Dear, what happened?" Rarity asked.

"I don't really wanna talk about it." Pinkie said as her cheeks deepened in colour.

"Oh dear, we won't pressure you more than we already have." The unicorn said.

"Thanks, girls." Pinkie said. "But thing thing is, I'm pretty sure she like likes me, but I don't know if I like her!"

"We've been down this alley before." AJ said.

"Y-you have?" Pinkie asked.

"Yes, Rainbow Dash came to me with the same problem." Twilight said.

"She did?" She asked.

"Yes," Rarity answered. "And Rainbow dearly cares about you in a marefriend kind of way."

"Do ya know how much her life would be complete if you were with her?" Applejack added.

Pinkie was silent for a minute before she spoke.

"Really?" Pinkie asked. "She really cares about me?"

"Go ask her yerself." AJ said.

Pinkie looked at the ground and frowned.

"Reach deep inside yourself and find the real Pinkie..." She mumbled. "That's it!" She said as her mane seemed a little bit more poofy.

"What's it?" Twilight asked.

"Reach deep inside herself and find the real Pinkie!" She beamed. "Before she left after she kissed me, that's what she said! The real Pinkie must like Dashie!" She concluded.

The four ponies gave confused looks at each other.

"How do you know that's right?" Fluttershy spoke up.

"Now that we're talking about it, I did seem a little nervous when she was around." Pinkie said. "My cheeks did heat up a lot." Rarity giggled.

"Pinkie, I think you have just figured out your answer." The white unicorn said. The party pony nodded with a brave face.

"Yeah!" She said. "Have any of you seen Dashie?" She asked.

"I think I saw her sleeping in a tree near the milkshake stand on the way here." Fluttershy said.

"Thanks, Fluttershy!" Pinkie beamed. "I'll be back." She said before she galloped away.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Pinkie was looking at all the trees around the milkshake stand when a multicolour tail caught her eye.

She cantered over and looked up.

"Hey Dashie!" She called.

"Mmmhhfff..." She mumbled as she woke up from her nap. "Oh, hi Pinks." She said with droopy eyelids. "P-Pinkie! You're...." She paused. "Back to normal!"

"Oh, yeah," she said. "Once I realized how much of mopey dopey pony I'd been for the past couple of weeks, I thought of all the fun times I've had!" She said.

"Really?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah, you do know how happy fun makes me, right?" Pinkie asked. The pegasus's eyes widened.

"Ooooohhhhh yes." Rainbow said, remembering the multiple Pinkies incident.

"I realized that it was silly to mourn over a death like that for two weeks!" She said.

"You did?" Rainbow asked.

"Of course, especially after what you said!" The pink pony said.

Dash blushed and looked away.

"Can you come down here?" Pinkie asked.

"Okay..." Rainbow replied as she floated down to the ground in front of Pinkie.

"Look, about that..... Thing you did that night...." Pinkie started. The blue mare blushed.

"That....." She said.

"I just want you to know, I-I love you too." She said.

Rainbow's eyes widened.

"Really?" Pinkie nodded. "Oh my gosh, I could just kiss you right now!" Rainbow beamed.

Pinkie smiled.

"Go ahead."

Rainbow looked around (making sure nopony was watching), before shrugging and jumping at Pinkie.

Pinkie was caught off guard as she was knocked onto the ground with Rainbow on top of her. Rainbow leaned in and their muzzles locked once more.

Pinkie cherished it this time, melting into her new found lover.

Across the street, their other four friends' mouths dropped open.

"Oh my Celestia!" Rarity beamed. "It's so adorable!!!"

"She really did it..." AJ said.

After they parted, Rainbow spoke.

"My life is complete..." She moaned. Pinkie giggled.

"Applejack was right!"

Rainbow chuckled and shook her head.

Author's Note

This is the second last chapter! If you want to end the story here, that's okay. You won't really miss anything.