A Dragon's Confession

After the baking the cake and eating it, the two decided to sit down in her living room. Celestia sat with Spike to feel closer to him.

"I just noticed something about you." Celestia said.

"Yeah? What is it?" Spike replied.

"You stopped blushing." she answered.

Spike was clueless at her statement. He looked away from her in embarrassment and asks,

"Why would you say that? I wasn't blushing."

Celestia chuckled and said,

"I was pulling your leg Spike. You weren't blushing but you're turning away from me. What's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" Spike asked.

"Well, when you came back, you were frowning. Something had to have been troubling you. What is it?"

"It's nothing I'd worry about. Don't worry."

"Spike, I'm your mother. You can tell me anything."

"It's just a little trouble I had with Twilight and Starlight."

"Really? What did they do?"

"It's nothing. I promise."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! It's just a little misunderstanding I had with them. That's all." he shouted.

Hearing this made her jump back a little. She knew that something was wrong with him. She couldn't stand by and let Spike go through some emotional crisis, but she didn't want to get in his way.

"Does it have anything to do with Rarity?" she asked.

"No. It's just a little lie they made up." he said.

"Are you sure? Because I-"

"YES! It's just a little prank they were trying to pull, now could you just lay off?!"

It completely shocked Celestia to hear Spike shout at her. They had many arguments and fights with each other, but he had never shouted at her like this before. It was like shards of glass were piercing her heart, hearing her own son yell like this.

"Do you love me...?" she asked in a monotone voice.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Do you love me?"

"Huh? What is this about?"

"Do you love me?"

Spike suddenly started to feel the heat surrounding the living room and it started to make him nervous.

"Celestia...?"

"Do you love me?"

"Yes! I do."

"Then tell me what the matter is. I will tell nopony about your secret. So please, talk to me."

"Okay. Okay... I thought that they were lying about Rarity dating somepony, so I just ignored them and left."

She was surprised by this. Not because of the fact that Spike lied most of the time about the things he did, but because he would never lie about what happened between him and Twilight.

"Why would she do that...?" she asked.

"Because I felt jealous." he replied.

"Jealous? Of whom?"

"Courtly Aristo."

"Courtly Aristo? The model that everypony flocks over?"

Hearing it just made Spike cringe in anger.

"They told me that they were dating, and I kinda snapped at them because of it."

"Because you thought they were lying to you?"

Spike nodded to her out of reluctance.

"I thought they were just trying to bust my chops at having no chance of getting with Rarity. Well they weren't for the most part, but it just felt like they were trying to pull a prank on me. I knew that it wasn't an exaggeration, but I was just so caught up in the moment that I didn't believe them, and I don't want to. I just wanna think that Rarity and that jerk are just good friends. That's all."

Hearing this made her feel a little troubled. Not because of the fact that Spike lied about it, but because she felt that Rarity was trying to steal him from her, and she knew that she didn't want to date Spike, but she didn't want to make Spike feel any worse than he is now. So she decided to help him out by giving him some advice of her own.

"Listen. I may not be an expert on romance, but you need to keep on your toes on the mare of your dreams, or she could be taken from you in one fell swoop." she said.

"How do you know about all of this?" he asked.

"Spike, I dated millions of stallions over the years, and very few satisfied me."

Hearing this raised more questions than answers for Spike. He wanted to be with Rarity, but he didn't know how. Instead of focusing on it, he said,

"I'm sorry."

"Hmm? For what?" she asked.

"I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. I was just so stressed on it that I couldn't think straight... I just..."

"I know. I'm sorry for invading your privacy about the issue."

Suddenly, Celestia felt arms around her and she looked down. She was shocked to see that Spike was hugging her.

"I have never been this happy to be with other than you."

Hearing it was so much for her that she bursted into tears.

"Oh, Spike..."

She hugged him back, finally feeling as if she had gotten to see the dragon that she adored and loved when he was still a baby.

"What time is it?" Spike asked.

Celestia looked at the clock.

"It's 4:00...", she replied.

"Do you wanna see the stars in a few hours?"

She looked down at him and said,

"I thought you would never ask..."

The two hugged each other for next three minutes before letting each other go. It all felt weird to both of them. In the morning, It was like they were complete strangers to each other, but now they feel like they have been reunited as a family. As mother and son.