Twilight had never gone shopping just for the sake of it, until she met Rarity. She’d never had someone her own age who had wanted to do something like that with her before, as friends.

Assuming, of course, that Rarity was even her friend. She still wasn’t entirely sure of that, and she wanted Rarity to be her friend, even as a small voice whispered in the back of her mind with discontent at the label for some odd reason. It would be okay to consider her a friend, right?

8/22/2017: Now with cover art designed by the very generous Novel-Idea! Thank you so much!