Vying for Her Love

The following morning arrived and Colgate got up before Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts, much earlier. She wanted to read about the erupting volcano without any interruptions. She opened the door and grabbed the newspaper with a smile. She said to herself, "Hopefully they won't get up for a while, I want to read as much of the biggest news stories as I can."

She headed back in and went to the dining room where she spread the paper out and began to read. While she was in the middle of reading the story about the volcanic eruption, she felt sucking on her ears. She thought to herself, "Oh wonderful, I'm not even going to be able to finish this article."

In unison Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts said, "Good morning sweetie!"

Colgate replied, "Good morning girls."

They took turns kissing her and sucking on her horn. While most unicorns find having their horn licked or sucked on wonderful, it felt a bit uncomfortable for the blue unicorn. She shied back and said, "Girls, that feels really weird. Please don't suck on it hard like that until I get used to it."

Twinkleshine asked, "How does it feel weird?"

Colgate replied, "It sends warm shivers up and down my body and quite frankly, it feels uncomfortable."

Lemon Hearts said, "You'll get used to it and grow to love it eventually. After all, it is what all lovers do........."

Colgate wanted to change the subject in a hurry. She interrupted, "So, what do you want for breakfast?"

Twinkleshine suggested, "I think we should go out for breakfast to celebrate our new relationship."

Lemon Hearts added, "And then we can go get a new bed!"

Colgate wasn't exactly thrilled about going out for breakfast when they had plenty to eat there at home but eventually caved in, "Ok, we'll go out and then we'll head to the furniture store."

As they headed out to the cafe, Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine had huge smiles on their faces while Colgate had a more neutral look on her face. Her new marefriends saw this and wondered why. Twinkleshine asked, "Colgate sweetie, why the glum look?"

Lemon Hearts added, "Yeah, aren't you happy that we are an item now?"

While Colgate was happy that they were an item she always tried to keep a more professional attitude out in public, even when she was just on a social outing like this. She replied, "I'm just tired. I'm sure once I eat I'll be more with it."

When they arrived at the cafe, the place went silent. It wasn't so much because it was the three of them together, it was because Colgate was actually out on a Sunday morning. It was well known in Canterlot that she normally spent her Sundays at home resting her mind so she would be fully rested for the next day.

They were promptly seated and like they always do when they go out, Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine ordered oats and carrots. When they did this Colgate gagged, "Ew, how in Equestria can you stand carrots?, much less at breakfast time?"

Lemon Hearts replied, "We just like it. Not everypony is like you and eats meat."

Colgate said, "I'm sorry for the reaction, I thought you two would expect that from me." She looked at the waiter and continued, "Oh, and I would like eggs, bacon, oats, milk, orange juice and water."

The waiter nodded and headed off to deliver their order to the kitchen. Lemon Hearts wanted to know more about what kind of bed they would be getting. She asked, "Colgate, Twinkleshine, what kind of bed will we be getting?"

Twinkleshine replied, "Hopefully one that is big enough to accommodate all three of us, one that will be just right, one that we will have to be cuddled together to fit in without falling out."

This wasn't exactly what Colgate had in mind. She added, "Well I'm thinking that we should get one that is comfortable in the opinion of all three of us but also one that will give us a little bit of space in the event we don't feel like having to wrap ourselves together just to fit."

Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts gave Colgate puppy dog eyes hoping to get her to change her mind but when Colgate makes a decision on something, it takes a lot to make her change her mind. She continued, "Girls, I want to get one that we will all feel comfortable in and I would feel more comfortable if we each had a little more space just in case we don't feel like cuddling."

They decided to drop it when their meal arrived and while Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts talked and casually ate their meal, Colgate remained quiet and ate her's more quickly. Her new marefriends hoped that they could change her eating habits to more closely resemble theirs, but Colgate is like like the rest of her family, she puts satisfying her appetite above conversation. After finishing her meal Colgate let out a belch and said, "Damn that was a good meal. Maybe we should eat out more often!"

Lemon Hearts replied, "I would love that!"

Twinkleshine added, "Yeah, we could eat out every Sunday morning. It would be so wonderful if we could start something special like that, something that would become normal for us."

Colgate replied, "Well it will depend on the money situation. I don't want us to spend too much."

Lemon Hearts pouted, "What do you mean? You alone bring in more than enough money for us to pay all the bills and splurge every now and then!"

Colgate sighed, "Oh alright, we'll make this a regular thing."

The two cheered, "Yay!"

After breakfast they headed to the furniture store and headed to the section where the beds were. They were immediately greeted by the clerk, "How may I help you today?"

Colgate replied, "Well I need to get a new bed."

The clerk said, "Well we have a huge selection of beds." He led them over to the medium sized beds and continued, "I'm thinking one of these would be to your liking. They aren't so small that you will be squished but they provide more than enough room for a single pony to be com........."

Lemon Hearts interrupted, "Well we are wanting to get a larger one, one that can accommodate all three of us."

Colgate put her hoof up to her face in frustration as she did not want their new relationship being advertised all over town but the fact that she said this to the clerk with several other ponies in earshot, would make this impossible. Unfortunately for Colgate, Sea Swirl, the town gossip was nearby and asked, "Wait, did I hear that right, are all three of you going to sleep in the same bed?"

Lemon Hearts happily replied, "Yes, we are!"

Sea Swirl asked, "So are you three an item now?"

Twinkleshine giggled, "Yes, isn't it wonderful? The three of us are so happy."

Sea Swirl jumped up and down exclaiming, "I can't wait to tell my friends that you three are together." She calmed down a bit after the clerk told her to calm down and continued, "I always had a feeling that you and Lemon Hearts were an item but I never imagined Colgate would be part of your relationship."

Colgate interrupted, "Sea Swirl, could you do me a favor and please not tell anypony about this?"

As she was saying this, Sea Swirl was already heading to the exit. Colgate thought to herself, "Oh great, by the end of the day everypony will know about this and my patients will all be asking me about this tomorrow."

After an hour of looking, the three finally found a bed that met all of their expectations. It was comfortable for all of them and it was large enough for the three of them to fit in and still give each pony a bit of space in the event they didn't feel like cuddling. The clerk asked, "Do you three need somepony to deliver it to your home or can you handle it."

Twinkleshine began, "It would be nice if you could......."

Colgate interrupted, "We can handle it. Besides, it's not like I have to levitate the display model up above my head."

They paid for the bed and began to head home. Ponies were staring at the three as they took it home as normally mares, even unicorns, have larger items such as beds delivered to their home. One pony asked, "Dr. Colgate, why didn't you just have the bed delivered to your home? Why are you levitating it yourself?"

Colgate grumbled, "I am handling this on my own because I have strong magic and the delivery fee is FIFTY BITS! There is a lot that can be done with fifty bits, such as paying a utility bill."

Twinkleshine added, "Or we could go out to eat with it, twice!"

The other pony just nodded realizing that Colgate isn't the kind to spend money on things that she can handle herself. Once they got home Colgate took the bed up to her room and sat it up against the wall. She then took her old bed down and set the new one up. Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine were with her smiling. Twinkleshine said, "I can't wait until Friday night when we'll finally get our first night together!"

Colgate commented, "Oh horseshoes, I forgot to get sheets big enough for this thing. Well I guess we better head out, again." She mumbled to herself, "Damn it, I'm not even going to get any time to relax today now am I?"

While Colgate wasn't overly thrilled to go out again, her marefriends were much more excited. They loved the three of them going out and really loved everypony seeing that they were an item. They knew that Colgate would be really angry if she found out they felt this way but they wanted Sea Swirl to tell everypony in town. They absolutely loved the attention and wanted everypony else in town to know that Colgate was theirs', they did not want anypony else trying to go after her.