Spike had always loved Rarity, from the day he first saw her. There were always reasons why it would not work, why he should just give up his crush and move on. He was too young, he was a dragon, he had never caught her eye the way she caught his. Spike had planned around them all, after all what great romance is complete without a few obstacles? But when Rarity says she will be opening a boutique in Manehattan Spike finds that this is one obstacle too many.