Girls Night Out

She heard Parish laugh. "You're kidding, right? I wouldn't date him if he were the last stallion in Equestria. Besides him being a complete bore as well as a slick talking horndog, he's simply not my type."

Luna and Celestia shared a hushed chuckle, but Alister withdrew his hoof from her waist and pointed it at her. "How dare you! I- uh..." He withdrew his hoof and rubbed his chin, "Meh, you know me so well." He winked at her and laughed.

"I know I do, but I'll forever know Trixie’s better than you would be." She teased him with a kissy face.

His face turned red realizing what that meant for him. "That's something you should have kept to yourself, Parish."

"What? That thought turn you on?" She chuckled at his reaction.

He started laughing and tried to hide his face by looking away from the three mares. "That's it, where's my drinks!" he shouted towards the bar.

All the mares broke into a fit of laughter as a bartender appeared with drinks. "Here are your drinks, sir. Two Everfree Fantasies, and two Star Blasts." He levitated the drinks to their spots and left without another word.

"Finally!" Alister said as he dropped his strawberry slice into the drink. "Sweet Celestia, I love these enchanted strawberry drinks."

Celestia laughed, "You're quite welcome."

Luna busted out laughing and Parish just shared a look with Alister before laughing too. "Why not “sweet Luna”? It's not alway Celestia who deserves praising," said Parish with a grin.

"Eh, I guess you got a point, Celestia's a bit of an attention whore. Luna probably has better things to do, besides Luna has much more beautiful sky. I mean when was the last time Celestia gave us a meteor shower to watch, or a shooting star to wish upon," said Alister without missing a beat. “The only stars Celestia has are the ones on her butt.”

Celestia shook her head, "Please don't talk about Celestia that way..."

"Why not? It's true, ever since Luna returned, the night has been so much better. Why else would so many ponies sleep through the day and work or play at night? It's just better."

"Well still, no need to call Princess Celestia an attention whore," said Luna from her side of the table.

Celestia bit her lip and looked down into her drink, she could feel the tears rising behind her eyes. She sniffed and pushed the strawberry into her drink to watch it fizzle and darken in color.

Alister wrapped his hoof around her again. "C'mon Sunshine, no need to be upset. Aren't you enjoying this night?"

Celestia took a large gulp of her drink before scooting away from him and towards Luna. "I suppose... But it saddens me that you can insult your princess like that."

Parish leaned forward and sipped at the rim of her glass. "Ignore him. He can be a bit of a spoilsport.”

"Parish, don't even try to play innocent, you're just as much against daylight hours as I am." He sighed. “Fine, fine, I’m sorry for what I’ve said… There now, can we please get drunk and have fun?”

Parish took a drink of her Star Blast and laughed. “And exactly what sort of fun do you mean?”

Luna leaned towards her, “Sunshine? Should we maybe leave, we’ve got other places to go… the night’s running short by now, I’m sure.”

Alister quickly choked down his drink. “You can’t leave yet! I mean, we’ve only just begun to drink…”

Celestia gave him a wink, “Don’t worry, we’ll see you again tomorrow before we leave town.”

Alister frowned and scooted out of the booth. “But we didn’t even get to know the two of you.”

Parish also stood up to allow Luna to wiggle out of her spot. “That’s fine, leaves a mystery for the next time we four speak.”

Celestia bowed her head slightly, Luna followed suit. “Thank you for your time, and for the drinks. I’ll see you tomorrow,” said Celestia with a wink.

Luna flicked her tail anxiously. “We’ll see ourselves out, thank you.”