Twilight sighed as she watched the raindrops pound at her window. She shuddered as she heard another crack of thunder and the flash of lightning that accompanied it. The castle felt incredibly empty with Spike away in Canterlot and her only company a gray comforter and a book. She shuddered again, wrapping the comforter tightly around her. Why couldn’t she sleep?

She closed her eyes and, for a moment, she felt soft pink hooves wrap around her waist and the smell of vanilla frosting. Snapping out of her reverie, she closed her book suddenly and shook her head. What was wrong with her? For the past few months she had been having strange thoughts about her bubbly pink friend. She hadn’t shared her feelings with anyone, not even Spike. Twilight had waved it off as just being tired or needing somepony to cheer her up or even help her relax. Pinkie would’ve thrown her a party just for that. Just for anyone.

Suddenly a loud knock echoed through the castle. Twilight stood up suddenly and frowned. “Who could be out in such a storm?”

When she opened the door she found a soaked and shivering pink mare. “H-hey T-twilight! W-what’s up-p?”

Twilight stared at Pinkie, wide-eyed. “Pinkie!? Come in, it’s pouring out there! Maybe after you take a nice warm bath you can tell me what in Equestria you were doing out in the rain so late at night.” Pinkie stepped into the castle and collapsed in a heap on the floor, unconscious.

The alicorn sighed and summoned a towel. “Now how is she going to take a bath? Would it be wrong for me to do it for her? She wouldn’t mind right, since she’s always invading other people's personal space? Well for ME to do it would be even worse since I have feelings for her. The question is should I?”

Twilight thought for a while and decided to dry her off and then put her to bed. “When she wakes up I’ll ask her what she was doing outside and if she wants to take a shower” she smiled at her perfect planning. The lavender mare threw the towel to the side and used her magic to dry Pinkie which was faster and far more effective.

Getting to work, she levitated the snoring party pony onto her spare bed and tucked her in. Then, she filled the bathtub with boiling water and some of Spike’s bubble bath soap. The water should have cooled off by the time Pinkie woke up. The last thing to do was bake some cupcakes!

Pinkie would want some when she woke up, and since this wasn’t Sugarcube Corner, Twilight would have to make do with the supplies she had here. After taking out all the ingredients to start, she heard a moan come from the guest room. Twilight frowned, how had she woken up so quickly? The princess rushed to her friend’s room.

“Pinkie Pie! What are you doing out of bed?” Twilight cried.

The still groggy pink mare perked up at the site of Twilight. “Oh hey Twi! I just woke up and you were all like ‘I should take a bath’ so I’m going to go do that. ”

Pinkie started to move towards the bathroom but Twilight’s purple magic stopped her. “If you remember, I also said you would tell me what you were doing outside in the cold.” She said sternly.

Pinkie smiled sheepishly. “Haha about that…..” Twilight tapped her hoof and raised an eyebrow. “Well?”

Pinkie smile vanished and her ears drooped. “I was lonely” she confessed.

Twilight looked confused. “What about the Cakes?”

Pinkie shook her head. “They’re in Fillydelphia preparing for the annual Equestrian Baking Competition! They took the Baby Cakes with them. I got super-duper lonely so I locked up the shop and came here. I thought about going to Sweet Apple Acres but I remembered that Spike was off in Canterlot for dragon-y business so you must be lonely too. I thought we could be lonely together.” She offered a small smile at that last sentence.

Twilight smiled back. “Okay. How about you take your bath and then come downstairs and help me make cupcakes?”

Pinkie grinned. “Oooh! I love cupcakes.”

“I know” the other mare chuckled.

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In the kitchen….

“Okay, so the first ingredient is one cup of flour.” Twilight read aloud from her cookbook.

Pinkie was hopping around the kitchen humming pleasantly. “Okey dokey lokey!” she said. The bouncing baker opened the crystal cabinet for a measuring cup. “You forgot the measuring cup, silly!” she sang.

After all the ingredients were in, Pinkie waved her hoof around frantically. “TwilightTwilightTwilight! Can I mix? Please??” A purple hoof handed her the electric mixer, which Pinkie slapped away. “You gotta use a spoon, missy! The old-fashioned way is the best way.”

Twilight rolled her eyes at her friend’s antics, but on the inside she thought those antics were adorable.

Pinkie rummaged through another crystal drawer and found a big wooden spoon. “Found it! Now we mix!” she quickly and furiously mixed the ingredients together, splattering the batter everywhere.

By the time she was done, Twilight had batter on her face and hooves while Pinkie remained spotless. “Okay! It’s all done.”

The pink mare looked at the pony standing next to her and giggled. “You have batter everywhere. Even on your muzzle! Here let me get that for you.” Pinkie leaned in and licked the batter off. “There all clean.”

Twilight blushed. “Pinkie!”

Pinkie Pie turned red as well. “Sorry, sorry, sorry! I need to work on personal space and stuff. Mrs. Cake says I can’t go around hugging random ponies but you just looked so cute with the batter on you and the batter looked so good on you I mean—” Pinkie’s incessant blabbering was cut by a lavender hoof on her mouth.

Twilight looked straight into Pinkies eyes. They were baby blue like the sky and glittered like diamonds in the sun. Then she kissed Pinkie. Twilight's lips pressed against Pinkie’s soft, cake batter- tasting lips. For the first time since Twilight had known her, Pinkie was completely still.

Twilight stepped back, ready to apologize and come up with some excuse. Pinkie simply stepped forward and kissed her in return. Now it was her turn to be shocked. She liked her back!

Pulling away, Pinkie grinned. “You silly filly. You should’ve told me sooner! Now how will I have enough time to get all the stuff for the ‘Me and Twilight Finally Got Together ’party tomorrow?”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “I think you’ll manage.”

Author's Note

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