Twilight made sure that the three embarrassing books were tucked away in her saddle bags nice and neat. That way no wondering dragon eyes would catch a glimpse of their titles. She then perched Owlicious on her back. The owl was in the middle of taking his mid-morning nap. He was perfectly content to go on a little ride. She teleported herself and her owl back to her castle's main door in an instant. The resulting flash startled her companion.

"Gah!" Spike yelled. "Man, it still scares me when you do that." Spike headed out the door with a scroll in his hand.

Twilight stifled a giggle. "Sorry, Spike."

It was another warm sunny day in Ponyville. The morning air was brisk and refreshing. Ponies could be seen galloping here and there, to various locations around the town square most definitely fulfilling their individual daily to-do lists. Birds sang new songs to their young in the tree tops and critters scurried here and there. Ponyville was alive and seizing the day in its proverbial hooves. Why, it was barely even 9 in the morning and the streets were crowded full of business. Thankfully Fluttershy's cottage could be commuted to apart from all the traffic. Spike and Twilight idly enjoyed their stroll to Fluttershy's as the quake of ponies resounded in the distance. Twilight couldn't help but notice the absence of even just one cloud. The sky was completely barren of the fluffy white matter. She pranced delighted at how amazing the weather team was that cleared the sky. She wondered what her friend Rainbow Dash was up to.

But as she was ruminating- "Twilight look out!"

*Crash!*

Twilight smacked right into a passing unicorn. A very familiar one at that.

"WHO." Owlicious hovered above the incident unscathed.

"Oh my, I'm terribly sorry," the white unicorn began clamoring to gather her things. "I wasn't looking where I was going. I was just noticing how the sky was the most dapper shade of blue and- Twilight?"

Rarity, upon dusting herself off, noticed her princess friend a bit incapacitated on the path below her. "Oh my, your things!" Rarity began encircling Twilight's belongings in a cloud of magic. Unfortunately for Spike this included the books. Twilight was still recovering from being blindsided and wasn't yet aware that the books were in plain sight for all to see.

Rarity read the title of the book aloud "Nocturnal Enuresis: Stages, Development, and Treatment?" She seemed worried.

Why? Why that one? Why could it not have been either of the other two? Twilight thought as she desperately regained her stamina to put a hoof up to Rarity's muzzle.

But it was too late. Spike was already in ear shot of the pretty unicorn probably as a force of habit. And now the little dragon just had himself the start of a terrible day.

"Twilight darling why ever do you have this book?" Rarity placed it in Twilight's bag with the hair brush and owl snacks. "And these two?" Rarity read their titles quietly to herself for fear of causing another panic attack from her friend.

Spike was standing there frozen, unsure if what he was witnessing and hearing was real or not. Was he still dreaming a nightmare asleep in the castle? No, couldn't be. The taste of gemstone pancakes in his mouth told him this was indeed a terrible reality.

Twilight saw no point in lying to her friend. She collected herself, and her things, and knew just what she had to say.

"Well-" she began. "You see Spike's been having some problems keeping his bed dry at night and I asked Fluttershy for some help in solving the problem." Rarity's eyes shot up. "In addition to taking Owlicious in for his monthly preening I was going to deliver these books back to Fluttershy's seeing as how I'm done reading them."

Spike couldn't believe what he was hearing.

She lied to me? But when? Why would she tell somepony even after I told her not too!? Spike started getting emotional again. He didn't want to be seen. His boyhood crush was standing right in front of him painfully aware of his "nocturnal enuresis" and there was nothing he could do except stand there. The tears began flowing and Spike felt his knees grow weak. The torment overcame him effortlessly.

Twilight could sense Spike's discomfort. She turned to him after addressing Rarity and nuzzled his cheek. "Spike, I'm so so sorry. I never meant for anypony else to find out, honest." She tried to wipe the tears out of his eyes but they just kept flowing. "I only did it because I have no idea how to solve your problem and I thought Fluttershy might be able to help." Spike understood. But that didn't make it any less painful to hear.

Rarity chimed up. "Spike, darling, let me just say that you have nothing to be embarrassed about." Twilight withdrew from Spike to let him listen in to her more closely. "You're still a baby dragon and these things happen. You have nothing to feel ashamed about. It's not your fault and it's nothing you can help." Rarity offered Spike a sincere warm smile and put a hoof up to his cheek to make sure that he was looking into her eyes.

"Just because sometimes you wet the bed at night," Spike cringed from the words 'wet' 'the' 'bed'. "It doesn't make you any less of a pony. Twilight was right to ask for help you know. These things happen in phases and take time to overcome. It isn't something you can just wish away with magic. Believe me." Rarity felt like maybe she was about to say too much.

Spike sniffed and wiped his eyes. It made him feel a little better to hear Rarity say that. But he still was feeling downright miserable.

"How can you be so sure?" Spike asked.

"Because..." Rarity reached for the back of her neck. "Because I knew somepony who wet the bed when they were younger too. It's really quite common." Rarity would never tell a soul.

"That's what Twilight says," Spike wiped his nose on his arm, disgustingly. Then he turned to look directly at Twilight. "I asked you not to tell anypony Twilight. So why?" Spike wanted to know.

Twilight and Rarity both exchanged looks of sympathy.

"Spike you needn't fault Twilight for looking out for you. She did the right thing by asking Fluttershy for advice. She's only trying to help you. You'll see." It really tugged at Rarity's heart strings to see her Spikey-Wikey so upset.

"Thanks Rarity but I think I got it from here." Owlicious rested back down on her back between her tucked wings. "I'll see you later?" Twilight put her saddle bags back on.

"Oh I don't suppose so. I was just dropping Opalescence off at Fluttershy's for her weekly grooming but I barely have time to pick her back up this afternoon. This big, big order from Manehattan arrived and I have to fill 2 large carts full of hemmed tuxedos and matching bride's maids dresses for this hoity-toity wedding by the end of the week. It was really quite last minute."

There was a pause.

"Oh, it's quite alright Spike. I don't need your help or-" But Rarity cut herself off from completing her unprovoked statement. Usually Spike would offer his services upon hearing of Rarity's work load. No such luck given what had just happened to him. Rarity felt bad for Spike. "Oh, Spike. I'm so sorry. Please don't beat yourself up about this. It's really not so bad darling."

Not so bad? Not so bad!? Spike mused to himself as he looked at the ground to hide his tear stained cheeks. You're not the one whose crush found out they wet the bed!

"Well erm- I must be off. Those orders aren't going to fill themselves!" Rarity let out a nervous laugh. Something she did when she didn't quite know what to say.

Spike slowly took to walking ahead towards Fluttershy's cottage while Twilight and Rarity both exchanged another look of sympathy. Rarity motioned for Twilight to go after him.

"Spike? Spike? Come on don't be like that!" Twilight called after him.

But Spike wasn't stopping.

Oh, the poor dear... Rarity thought before turning around and walking in the opposite direction.

Author's Note

Poor Spike. :,(

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