“No!” Rarity gasped in playful shock.

“Yup!” Twilight giggled cheerfully, a bit of an embarrassed smile stretching her cheeks.

“My, my, MY! Celestia knows that a Princess having a lover is gossip worthy on it's own, but to have started dating? Twilight Sparkle, you are quite the scandal you!” Rarity chuckled herself, playfully teasing at Twilight's newly acquired love life.

“Oh hush!” Twilight playfully scolded Rarity back. “Big Mac is a truly wonderful stallion. I feel so comfortable with him, I really couldn't have asked for a better coltfriend.” She grabbed the cup of tea in front of her, taking a sip from it happily.

“Oh I wouldn't dream of saying anything bad about Big Mac's character darling, but you have to admit it was one juicy story. It almost feels like it came straight out of one of our romance novels.” Rarity giggled at the idea for a moment, before pausing and putting a hoof to her chin. “Actually, that's not a bad idea at all. I bet it could become a best seller.”

“Rarity...” Twilight pouted, pursing her lips as she looked dismayed at her friend. “You are not selling a story about my first time. That'd be so embarrassing.”

“No one would know it's you darling! Just think of all the extra money we could generate.” Rarity heartily laughed.

“I would know! And that'd be enough!” Twilight huffed, feeling her cheeks burning just from the thought of that story getting out already.

“Oh very well, I suppose your love affair can be our little secret for now.” Rarity chuckled again, lifted up her own tea cup to take a sip of it before looking at Twilight with a raised eyebrow. “Though you will have to tell AJ at some point you know. It's not very behooving to keep secrets from friends, especially involving their siblings.”

“I know, I know.” Twilight let out a sigh as she twirled a spoon in her tea. “We just started dating though. We promsied we'd sit down and talk about what that meant and where we were going to go from here but... We'll tell everyone once we're ready. But for now, just help me keep it under wraps, okay?”

“But of course darling. Helping keep whirlwind romances alive is a Rarity special.” Rarity flicked her mane dramatically. “...Of course this would be the first time I've done it, but never-the-less I will continue to do everything in my power to make sure your romance blossoms.”

“Thank you Rarity.” Twilight replied with a happy chuckle.

“No thanks are necessary darling.” Rarity tittered with a smile as she took another sip from her tea. She glanced up at a clock on the wall before realizing the time. “Oh dear! We've gossiped a bit longer than I expected, I promised Spike I would meet him in a few minutes.” Rarity explained, quickly putting her cup down. “We'll definitely have to catch up further once you've had more encounters with Big Mac. Do keep me informed darling.” Rarity quickly picked up her scarf and glasses, quickly adorning herself with the objects.

“Sure, it's the least I can do for you.” Twilight smiled, walking with Rarity to the front of the castle.

“You have a wonderful rest of your day darling.” Rarity hummed as she opened the front door walking out. To her surprise, a familiar red stallion was making his way towards the castle entrance. With a wry smile on her face, she greeted the stallion with a knowing look. “Good afternoon Mr. Big Macintosh.”

“Howdy.” Big Mac responded with a nod, a little confused by Rarity's look. Rarity countered with a chuckle of her own before moving on, Big Mac watching her walk away with a confused look.

“Oh! Big Mac, you're early!” Twilight exclaimed from the front of the castle with a big smile on her face. “Did work finish up early for you?”

“Eeeeyup.” Mac smiled as he came in closer. “Ah got ya somethin'.” He said as he reached the door, leaning over to the saddle bags he had brought with him.

“Oh! Big Mac you didn't have to get me anything...” Twilight blushed, not having expected anymore gifts. A grin formed on Mac's face as he undid the latch before reaching in and pulling out a series of black straps.

“This is the 'advanced' version of the restraints I showed ya before. Ah was thinkin' ah could show how they worked.” Mac said with a raised eyebrow and that plastered grin on his face. Twilight's eyes opened wide as her face became as red as a tomato.

“Ah-hah... Well... Um...” Twilight raised a hoof up to her mouth and coughed, before looking over her shoulder. “The castle is empty until tonight... And I supposed we could go up into my room...” Twilight's own smile began to form on her face as she looked back at Mac from the corner of her eyes. “Come on in sir.”

Big Mac chuckled at the remark, gently slipping the straps back into his bag and stepping into the castle as the door closed behind him.

Author's Note

I'd like to say there's a good excuse for why there was such a long gap between the last chapter of the story and the rest of it, but there really isn't. It was just life and a lack of inspiration getting in the way, even though I told myself I would eventually update this story.

But better late than never right? And hopefully it was a somewhat satisfying ending as well. I could have done a bit more with the story over all, but who knows if it would have been another year or two before I actually finished it, so at least I got this out.

I hope it was worth the wait for those who had been waiting, and enjoyable to anyone reading it for the first time. Thanks for reading everyone!