'Nyaahhh-uhm' A cute little yawn escaped Twilight as she returned to the waking world, her first
few coherent thoughts being about why her bed felt so much warmer than normal, not that she was complaining.

"Morning, Beautiful." A voice she quickly recognized spoke up, followed by something soft and scaly touching her lips.

She opened her eyes and smiled when Spike's face entered her view, memories of last night flooding her mind, "Morning, Handsome." Came her sleepy reply, kissing his collarbone in return before snuggling against him.

The two lay in comfortable silence for a moment before Spike looked at her, "Twilight?"

"Hm?"

"Last night, when you said I meant everything.." He was silenced when she straddled him.

"Yes, Spike. And I meant all of it." You were there for me more times than I can count; and the idea of you not being in my life anymore.." She jumped when he abruptly gave her cutie mark a firm squeeze.

"I don't know what you drank last night, Twilight Sparkle," He said, slipping a hand behind her head, "But if you think I'm just going to up and leave like that, then you are very much mistaken." He pulled her in for a deep kiss, lightly running his thumb along her horn in the process, earning delighted shiver from her. "You're stuck with me."

Twilight smiled, feeling that particular weight fade and replaced by a rather enjoyable friskiness as her dragon continued stroking her horn, "Well then, guess I'll just have to make due it would seem." She purred as she began to slowly grind..

*RRRrrrrrhh*

And blushed when he looked at her stomach.

"Heh, I should probably take care of that before anything else." He said as she slipped off him, "Anything in particular you want today?"

"Mmm, surprise me." She said, watching Spike get up and head to the door, her eyes focusing on his rear as his tail swayed from side to side slightly with each step.

"Maybe I should make a cake for Pinkie later." He turned back to her, "After all, in a way she did have a hand in getting all this going." He chortled and headed downstairs.

"Heh, she'd definitely appreciate that." She said absently, her mind beginning to wander, "Pinkie's hand in this.." Those words bringing her back to the week before...

"You really are attracted to him?" Twilight asked, rather surprised to see THIS side of the party-loving mare.

"Why wouldn't I be?" She chirped, "Spikey's always been ready to help out when he can. He's nice, fun-loving, easy to get along with. Plus.." Her normally bright-eyed, smiling expression suddenly shifted to a rather seductive grin with half-lidded eyes, her voice taking a sultry purr, "These last couple of years, he's turned into a yummy hunk of dragon." Even her chuckle sounded erotic, "I know aside from me, at least one of us has a thing for him."

"It's safe to assume she meant one of the six of us." She surmised. Then her eyes widened when she remembered, "The sleepover!"

The last sleepover the six of them had had been just over a month ago. It had been fairly normal; joking, cutting up; their usual antics. Then one of Rainbow Dash's jokes brought up something Twilight had never really considered; had any of her friends ever really been in a relationship? So, out of curiosity, she asked.

Rarity immediately discussed her recent date that, in her words, was 'quite lackluster', but already had another one set for the coming weekend.

The others, however...

Dash put up an obvious front: "I just can't find anyone as awesome as me, that's all."

Applejack was her usual blunt self: Ah..Ah never really thought 'bout it...

Fluttershy, and strangely enough, Pinkie, both just clammed up

Even with all that, the sad and lonely expressions on the four of them were evident. It was disheartening, to say the least.

Though, that only lasted until Spike came in with the munchies they had asked him to get.

Even Twilight had to giggle at herself when she remembered trying to hide the blush she herself had gotten then, "Spent days wondering just why that happened. Now I know." She looked fondly towards the bedroom door.

She wasn't the only one, that much she knew as well, She was positive she saw flushes of pink on a couple of her friends cheeks, but couldn't be sure who.

And Pinkie wasn't saying anything:

"Sorry, Twi. Can't tell." She replied, shifting back to her normal perky self, "I Pinkie Promised not to say. If you wanna know you'll just have to use your own braininess."

Well, regardless of who it really was, one thing was certain; she couldn't just sit back and leave her friends like that. They deserved to be with someone, didn't they? Someone to love, to hold, to share their lives with...

Someone..

She was brought out of her thoughts when the smell of strawberries and chocolate wafted up from downstairs...and something in her mind clicked, a plan already forming.

Without hesitation, Twilight grabbed her bathrobe from the closet and slipped it on, tying it loosely to show off some leg and a bit of cleavage before making her way downstairs.

In the kitchen, Spike was focused on his cooking, so he didn't notice her when she came down and watched as he grabbed a few things out of the fridge, wearing his old heart apron...and nothing else.

"Mmm..Twilight like.." She purred, getting him to turn around in time to see her licking her lips.

"Maybe I should dress this way more often." He smirked, watching her tug at the robe's belt as she sauntered closer.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"Horsefeathers!" She muttered, cinching her robe back up to fully cover herself, "I'll get it."

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"I'm coming!" She said, grabbing the door, "What is...R-Rarity!?"

"Oh, Twilight! There you are!" The white unicorn exclaimed, a sense of urgency in her voice, "I simply must talk to you about our little Spikey-Wikeee--ee-eh-ho-oh..oh my!" Her voice faltered as she looked at Twilight's face, then her robe, "Why-why Twilight! I didn't know!"

"Wh.what are you talking about?"

Rarity gave her a chiding smile, "Come now, Darling! You, Twilight Sparkle of all ponies, answering the door in a bathrobe, and with a smile I can see you fighting to keep down! Not to mention that you are positively glowing!" She finished with a giddy squeal. "I read enough to know what the signs are! Ooh! Is he still here??"

"Look, Rarity, can't we talk about this later..?" Wrong thing to say...

"He IS, isn't he!?" She wagged her eyebrows, "Twilight, I never thought you would..give..in...." Rarity's voice trailed away, the look of excitement replaced with shock and growing outrage.

Twilight turned to see Spike through the kitchen entryway, with his back to them.

"Twilight Sparkle!" She snapped in a harsh whisper, "What! Was!That!"

"Hmm..?" She said, absently enjoying the view, a hint of lust in her voice, "Oh...that...that was just Spike fixing breakfast."

"I can see that; but, WHY is he NAKED!?"

Twilight had the decency to blush, "Well, Spike and I..we were together last night."

Rarity looked at her blankly "All right, but that still does not explain THAT." She pointed to the kitchen.

"No, Rarity. We slept together."

".....Come again?"

Resisting the urge to say 'Indeed I did.',she repeated, "We slept together last night."

The white unicorn frowned, "If this is some kind of joke, Twilight, it is NOT funny!"

"It's no joke. Spike and I...we're together now."

"W-WHAT!? You-you and...and Spike!?"

"Yes." She answered, hoping to stave off Rarity's shock, "Look, I know this is unexpected..."

"'Unexpected'!? This is positively inconceivable!"

"What's THAT supposed to mean!?" She said indignantly.

"Come now, Twilight. The very notion is so..so outlandish! There's no possible way you two could have feelings for each other in THAT manner!"

"And just who are you to say whether or not we should feel that way, Rarity!?" Twilight snapped, staring her right in the eye, " We KNOW we love each other, When I realized my date last night-yes, I went on a date-" She continued before Rarity could say anything, "He turned out to be a scumbag, but Spike...Spike was there for me. Now, I know I'm not as busty as Fleur-de-Lis or Sapphire Shores, but you know what Spike called me last night? A goddess. Me; average little Twilight, and he said I looked like a goddess!" She could feel the rising blush from remembering how he looked at her then, but she carried on, "When he kissed me, I went weak-kneed and his arms were the only thing keeping me up. He means everything to me and I made sure he knew. So yes, I'd say it's love."

"But..but Twilight...!"

"No, Rarity. Look, I suggest you go home and maybe think about just why he's dating other mares now." Twilight then lowered her voice to a whisper, but keeping her tone firm, "But, I will say this; I intended to make sure my dragon gets the PERFECT herd. And as of right now, the odds of you being anywhere near the list are very, very low."

It was somewhat cruel, yes. But twisting the knife a little felt satisfying. Plus, hopefully it would help drive the point home.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to have an enjoyable breakfast with my dragon." Her voice turned coy, "In more ways than one."

With that, she closed the door, leaving an amusingly shocked Rarity outside.

Back in the kitchen, Spike was setting a couple stacks of chocolate pancakes with caramel syrup on the table. He glanced up when she neared, "What'd Rarity want? I could hear her squeal something from here."

"She just wanted to talk about something real fast." She eyed the food, "Ooh, that looks tasty." Before setting her gaze on him, using her magic to toss the robe and his apron aside, "But there's something else I want to enjoy first."

Author's Note

Woo-hoo! Another chapter down!

Oddly enough, Rarity strikes me as just the kind of gal who gets a little too caught up in corny romance novels.

And before I forget. More large props to DragonPony for helping with this chapter.