Twilight walked out into the early morning sunlight and let out a heavy sigh. She knew Scootaloo would be asleep for a few more hours seeing as she has not gotten a decent amount of sleep in a while, so she decided now would be a perfect time to go ask for some opinions on her situation. It had taken her a while the night before to narrow down who would be the best pony to talk to about the situation she found herself in. She had asked herself who would know the most about romance as well as social stigmas, and it wasn't until that moment that she knew exactly who to turn to. Rarity.

It didn't take long for Twilight to arrive at Carousel Boutique, especially since she was trotting along at a much quicker pace than usual. However as she reached her hoof out to knock on the front door, she started having second thoughts about bringing such a topic up to anypony. What if Rarity never wanted to be my friend again? What if she told the rest of our friends and then none of them liked me anymore? But as Twilight was considering calling the whole thing off, the door to the boutique was opened by her faithful purple assistant.

"Hey Twilight, what are you doing here so early?", Spike asked as he yawned and stretched. Twilight could tell he was tired from staying up all night helping Rarity just by how baggy his eyes were.

"Oh uh, hi Spike, i-is Rarity finished with her dresses?", Twilight asked with a hint of nervousness in her voice.

Spike gestured for Twilight to come in. "She's working on her last dress now as a matter of fact".

Twilight took a deep breath and tried to control her growing fear of the potential outcome that the conversation she was about to have would produce. Her stomach was churning with butterflies that made her want to turn and run away as fast as she could. But she kept walking through the boutique, guided by Spike as they made their way to the back room. As Spike opened the door to the back room, Twilight could see just how hard Rarity had been working all night long. There were random piles of cloth and fabric of all varying shapes and sizes carelessly strewn about the room, there was barely any actual floor visible.

"Rarity, Twilight's here to see you", Spike said.

"Just a moment dearest, I'm putting the finishing touches on the final dress and I want them to be absolutely perfect!", Rarity remarked from behind a giant pile of fabric and lacing.

Twilight wasn't paying attention to the other two in the room, her mind was racing with unanswered questions and she was visibly shaking. I wonder if this is how Scootaloo felt when she came into my room last night, Twilight thought to herself.

"Twilight, are you alright dear? You've been staring at the wall for a good two minutes", Rarity asked with a concerned look on her face.

"Huh? Oh yeah sorry I was just thinking about something", Twilight said with a sheepish smile.

"Well darling, who is he?", Rarity was practically on top of Twilight trying to contain her excitement.

Twilight was confused as to what Rarity had asked. "He?"

"Oh yes, your special somepony! Iv'e seen it before Twilight, you are sweating from head to hoof and your shaking like a leaf. Not to mention you were probably thinking about him just a moment ago when you were staring at the wall", Rarity pointed out.

Twilight blushed fervently, had it really been that obvious? "It's a little more complicated than that, and that's why i'm here", Twilight said as Rarity was beaming with glee.

"Oooh this is simply marvelous! Spike, would you please leave for a bit while Twilight and I catch up on some important business inquiries", Rarity said to Spike who was oblivious to the previous conversation as he was in the process of moving the finished dresses.

Spike took that as an opportunity to get some well deserved rest and ran out the front door of the boutique.

"So, who is the lucky stallion? I want to hear absolutely every little detail!", Rarity asked with a sly smirk.

"W-well, it's not exactly a he...", Twilight looked away from Rarity to try and avoid eye contact.

Rarity was finding it hard to control her excitement at this point. "Oh this is simply divine! I never would have expected you to be interested in mares...", she paused for a second before she formed the biggest grin she could manage, "Is it Rainbow Dash?".

Twilight was shocked and embarrassed at the thought of her and Rainbow Dash together. "No! I mean iv'e never given it much thought before, but she's not the reason i'm here."

"Oh? Then who darling?", Rarity asked.

Twilight sighed, she knew there was no turning back from this. With a deep breath, she blurted out every possible detail of her situation with speeds faster than a sonic rainboom.

"Well Scootaloo came over and asked me about her cutie mark and I agreed so we talked and talked for hours and then she said she wanted to stay the night and I agreed not thinking anything of it, I noticed she was blushing a lot and sometimes staring at me for no reason", she took another huge breath, "But I shrugged it off and figured it was nothing but when it was bed time I decided to have some private time to myself but Scootaloo came in with some questions and caught me in my most intimate of times", she took a final breath, feeling slightly dizzy, "and so she revealed to me that she kind of likes me and I was like WHAT, and then she kissed me and I think I liked it but I know I shouldn't have and then I said I need time to think about all of this and that's why I'm here now and please please Rarity, don't hate me!".

As Twilight struggled to regain her breath, Rarity stood dumbfounded at what she had just heard. There was a long, awkward silence and Twilight felt her nervousness well up once again.

It felt like a good five minutes before Rarity broke the silence, "Twilight dear, you know it's not illegal to like a filly right? As long as they have their cutie marks it's perfectly fine".

"B-but, what about you? What about our friends? You know how it's not ethically not accepted among a majority of ponies, don't you hate me for that?", Twilight was nearly in tears at this point.

Rarity gave Twilight a comforting smile and put a hoof on her shoulder, "That doesn't mean we can't respect your decisions, sure we may not see it as something that should happen, but we wouldn't let that tear our friendship apart".

Twilight smiled the best she could, "Are you sure? I mean this is all happening so suddenly, I only found out last night that she liked me".

"Then go on a few dates with her, make sure she knows that this is serious business, and she should respect that it shouldn't be taken lightly. If she truly has feelings for you, then ask yourself if you have feelings for her, only then should you make the decision to move forward with your relationship", Rarity said giving Twilight a heartwarming hug.

Twilight sniffed, "Thank you Rarity, it means a lot to me".

"Now go, she's probably wondering where you are by now", Rarity said.

With that, Twilight trotted out of the boutique and raced back to her castle.

Author's Note

I really struggled with this chapter. I do hope that I was able to deliver something decent, and that this chapter didn't ruin the overall story for anyone.

It probably sounded too easy for Rarity to accept it so fast, but I wouldn't have known how to take the story if she didn't accept it so easily.

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