Vying for Her Love

After a long Monday the rest of the week seemed to crawl by for all three of the ponies. Things just didn't seem right at the palace for Lemon Hearts, Colgate had several more troublesome patients and Twinkleshine's days home alone seemed almost unbearable knowing what Celestia's views on plural marriage is. Finally Friday evening arrives and the first to arrive home is Lemon Hearts and then later than normal Colgate got home.

When Colgate got home she was more tired than normal. Many times when she gets home late she is in an extremely bad mood but this night was different, she was simply too tired to be angry. Lemon Hearts noticed how tired she was and asked, "Colgate honey, are you ok?"

Twinkleshine added, "You look awfully tired."

Colgate yawned and replied, "I am very tired. It seemed like today just crawled by and it doesn't help when your last patient of the day takes a lot longer than normal."

Lemon Hearts asked, "So what should we have for supper tonight?"

Colgate yawned again, "I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's just go out."

This of course brought out a lot of excitement from the two. It wasn't every Friday night that they went out nor did they go out all that often to start with. They were also happy because they just loved the attention they got being with their beloved Colgate when they were out and about. Of course Colgate did not care for such attention but she simply didn't feel like cooking that night and figured the unwanted attention would be worth it.

Twinkleshine rushed to Colgate and hugged her, "I would love to go out!"

Lemon Hearts hugged her as well and said, "I'm so happy we're going out. I love you so much Colgate!"

Colgate replied, "I love you too girls. Let's get going before the cafe gets too packed. I don't feel like having to wait for a table."

They headed out the door and headed to the cafe and much to Colgate's liking, they arrived immediately before the rush arrived. They were seated immediately and the waitress was a bit surprised to see them there. She smiled and said, "Wow, I'm surprised to see you three here. You usually aren't out on Friday nights."

Colgate yawned, "I know but I had a long day at work and I am simply too tired to cook."

The waitress knew of their living situation and knew that Twinkleshine was the one who stayed at home all day while Colgate and Lemon Hearts worked. She asked, "Twinkleshine, you're home all day. Why don't you cook supper for these two instead of having Colgate do it after a long day at work?"

Twinkleshine replied, "Well you see, neither Lemon Hearts or I can cook very good." She pointed her hoof at Colgate and smiled, "That is why she does the cooking and it is always so good!"

The waitress asked, "Well that's good. What do you three want to drink?"

Colgate replied, "I want a large cider and a large water."

Twinkleshine said, "I would like some cider as well."

Lemon Hearts finished, "I would like apple juice."

The waitress nodded and the three began to talk. Lemon Hearts asked, "So girls, what should we do this weekend?"

Twinkleshine beamed, "Well maybe we could just spend our time together and immerse ourselves in one another."

Despite being tired Colgate said, "Well, I'm thinking that we could spend a lot of time doing things that shouldn't be discussed in public."

Her marefriends knew exactly what she was talking about and immediately got huge smiles on their faces. Twinkleshine replied, "I would love that! It would be my dream come true."

Lemon Hearts was shaking her head in approval to Colgate's suggestion as their drinks had arrived. The waitress asked, "So what would you like to eat?"

Colgate replied, "Well I would like your one pound steak, RARE, with corn and mashed potatoes."

The waitress asked, "Rare? Are you sure about that?"

Colgate glared at her and replied, "Yes. I wouldn't have asked for it had I not wanted it."

She looked at the other two and asked, "What about you?"

Lemon Hearts replied, "Well I would like a hay burger with a side of fries."

Twinkleshine added, "I would like a Caesar Salad with extra dressing and some mashed potatoes."

The waitress nodded and headed back to the kitchen. Lemon Hearts looked at Colgate and asked, "You want your steak rare? Aren't you worried it will make you sick?"

Colgate smiled, "Oh don't worry about me. I've eaten raw meat my whole life and it's never made me sick. When I was growing up there was a power outage that lasted for several days and we had to hurry up and eat the meat we had in the freezer before it went bad. We had no way to cook it so we ate it raw."

Lemon Hearts asked, "Colgate, I haven't seen many ponies other than you eat meat. Are there any other ponies you know of that eat it?"

Colgate replied, "Yeah. When I was a very young filly there was this pony who was a close family friend that would eat with us quite often because the meals at the palace would never fill her up. She was one of Celestia's proteges if I remember correctly, well before Twilight came along. She always seemed a bit quirky but we loved her none the less."

Lemon Hearts asked, "What was this pony's name."

Colgate replied, "Starlight Glimmer. I'm not sure what ever happened to her but last I heard she had moved somewhere back east."

Before they could continue their discussion their meals arrived. Colgate looked down at her meal and licked her chops at the bloody steak. She said, "Oh this looks so tasty!"

Before her marefriends could say anything she began to dig in on her meal. While they did not say anything about it, it kind of bothered Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine seeing blood running down Colgate's face as she ate. While they ate their meal slowly, Colgate had her's downed in fifteen minutes and let out a belch when she was finished. Lemon Hearts said, "Colgate honey, you could have at least said excuse me."

Colgate replied, "Well I was about to but you interrupted me!" She paused for a second and continued, "Pardon."

The rest of their supper went by normally but when the bill arrived Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine were a bit nervous. They knew that with what they all ordered that it would be fairly expensive but they breathed a sigh of relief when Colgate looked at the bill and didn't react negatively. She said, "Hmmm.....sixty five bits." She smiled and continued, "Well I think it was well worth it. I feel so refreshed now and I was able to treat my two sweeties to supper." She gave her marefriends a smile and said, "Which will help out a lot tonight!"

The two smiled and realized that a truly wonderful night awaited them. Colgate noticed that they had finished eating and asked, "Well, shall we pay and head home?" She gave them a seductive look and continued, "After all, I was thinking that we could get an early start!"

The enthusiastically agreed and they got up to pay. Colgate was in such a good mood that she left a twenty bit tip that night, which is very unlike her as she normally only leaves a tip of five bits at most. Her marefriends could tell that she was not her normal self that night but to them that was a good thing because the normal Colgate would not be giving them seductive looks nor would she be wanting to go to bed early on a Friday night.