Every pony in the room had a look of complete shock on their face. Rarity and Applejack both stood staring with their mouths gaping. A few of the staff even made sounds of disapproval. But Twilight didn't care. None of them mattered. Nothing else in the world mattered. Nothing mattered but the sweet embrace between her lips and Rainbows.

Dash pulled her closer, increasing the intensity of the kiss. Twilight closed her eyes as she was overtaken by bliss. The Pegasus's mouth opened and her tongue forced its way between Twilight's lips. The unicorn rushed to meet the intrusion, their tongues meeting. Both let out small moan.

They were interrupted by a small cough. Twilight brought her attention back to the room. Mostly full of the disapproving glares of doctors and nurses. Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy just looked confused. Applejack gave a small cough again. “Ahem, well. Maybe we should give them two some privacy y'all.”

She turned towards the door and began to usher ponies out. The gray mained doctor looked furious. “Filly foolers?! In my hospital? This is simp-”

He was cut off by a semi-violent shove from the farm pony. He continued to stutter in indignation even as he was forced out of the room. Soon though, his ranting and the sounds of the others were cut off as the door swung shut behind the last pony. Twilight turned back to the beaming mare in the bed.

Twilight just looked at her. At a loss of words. She began to blush at the intense stare and smile of the Pegasus. Rainbow flashed a sheepish smile before speaking. “So, Twilight. Ho- … Wha- … Hi?”

“Oh. Um. Rainbow.” She bit her lip, trying to keep the flood of emotions from rushing out. Unsuccessfully. She threw herself across the mares chest and began sobbing. “Oh thank Celestia you're alright. I was so worried. I thought you were gone for good.”

She looked up through teary eyes into the deep magenta pools regarding her. The Pegasus's face was one of care and understanding. Dash leaned down and placed a soft kiss on the end of her muzzle, wrapping her hooves around Twilight, pulling her into a warm embrace. “I, am not going anywhere. You think I could leave a world with you still in it?”

Twilight smiled despite the sob rising in her chest. “Bu-but, wait. You, l-like me? I thought you just thought of me as a friend?!”

“A friend? For as long as I've known you, you've been more than just a friend to me.”

Twilight sat up a little, though careful not to break the embrace. She dried her eyes on her hoof. She thinks the same way about me? Since she met me? “But, how? Why?”

The Pegasus looked unprepared for this question. “I don't know. But since I first laid eyes on you, I've felt more for you than just friendship.”

“But why didn't you say anything? All of this time and I never knew.” Twilight's eyes were dry now.

“Well, I didn't know how you'd react. I mean you were from Canterlot, the not all to liberal capital. For all I knew I could've been rejected and lost you as a friend. I didn't want to loose you from my life entirely. Hey! Not to mention you thought the same way! But you didn't say anything. Well, I guess you did but that was almost too late and you thought you were alone.”

She cast a devious grin at the last part. “Celestia only knows what else you do when you're alone.”

Rainbow winked.

Twilight blushed again. “You know about that?”

“Yep, it was quite maddening to have you that close and kissing me, but unable to do anything about it. I wanted to kiss you back, to tell you I loved you, but with the coma and all.” Dash finished quietly.

“So, you love me?” Twilight held her breath. Terrified of what the answer might be.

Rainbow pulled her closer and kissed the surprised unicorn again. “Twilight Sparkle?”

“Ye-yes Dash?”

“I love you.”

Twilight would have responded. But her mouth was quickly put back into use in yet another passion filled kiss. Their bodies were pulled as close as could be and theirs tongues danced back and forth. The Pegasus buried her hooves in Twilight's mane and began running them up and down her neck. Twilight let out another soft moan from the feeling. She was on the verge of seeing just how far they could take this when the door opened again.

“Oh for Celestia's sake, can you two keep your hooves off of each other for one minute? We haven't gotten to say hi to Rainbow yet.” Rarity said leading the group back into the room.

Twilight blushed heavily turning her gaze to her hooves. Rainbow just smirked replying. “You're just jealous you're not the target of my awesome affection.”

“Don't flatter yourself, dear. Even if I did swing that way, and I don't, you are hardly my type.”

“Now what is that supposed to mean? Don't swing that way. I have half a mind to take offense to that.”

“Oh shush Dash. I've know for years your interest in stallions was nonexistent and I've said nothing. Just because it's not my life choice doesn't mean I don't respect yours.”

Dash stuttered for a moment before replying. “Wha-? I don’t even- How- ... What do you mean known for years? I've never told anyone!”

“Well aside from your thorough disinterest in all of the eligible bachelors in town, there's the simple fact that every time Twilight here turns around, you can't keep your eyes off of her flank.”

Twilight wheeled angrily on the bed ridden Pegasus. “Rainbow Dash!”

“Eh heh heh. I like, totally did not do that.” Rainbow countered entirely unbelievably.

“Ahem, sorry to break up this fascinating discussion regarding Rarity's sexual preferences.” Rarity turned her nose up. “And Twilight's flank.” Twilight shot Applejack a glare. “But some of us would still like to say hi.”

With that everypony began slowly filling up one by one and giving Dash a hug and a few warm words. Fluttershy took a particularly long time saying her piece and comforting her long time friend before everypony was done. Applejack looked around at all the faces before giving a small cough and speaking up. “Well, I reckon we might as well address the elephant in the room everypony's tip toe'n round.”

“Heh heh silly, there aren't any elephants in this room. Maybe in the next room, but I think we would know if their was one in this one. I mean, unless that's a fat joke, in which case I don't think it's very fun, and I'm sure Rarity doesn't appreciate it.”

Rarity reared on to her back hooves, a look of complete outrage on her face. “Pinkie! Did you just say I was fat?!”

“Well,” The pink earth pony began to unwisely reply. “Yes, but I was defending you from meanie pants over there who called you an elephant!”

Rarity looked to be on the verge of attacking Pinkie, who was saved by Dash's interruption. “Pinkie, I think AJ meant a metaphorical elephant.”

A look of understanding dawned on her face. Rarity still looked murderous but remained silent. Applejack chuckled and continued. “Yes, Rd, I did mean metha- whatever-ly. Though, now that you mention it, she does look like she's put on a few pounds.”

“I'll kill you!” Rarity screamed as she leapt across the room at the farmer. Just as her hooves started closing on the mare's neck a purple aura surrounded her, stopping her in her tracks. She struggled uselessly against Twilight's magical bonds for a moment before she dropped all of her limbs and hung her head in defeat.

“Fine, she lives. For now.” Was all she said as she was set back down as far from the earth ponies as possible.

Applejack began cackling like a mad pony. She wiped a tear from her eye and brought the laughs to a muted tone as Fluttershy began to speak. “So uhm, you two are … uh, together?”

Twilight cocked her head at Dash who just shrugged. She turned back to the yellow Pegasus. “Well we haven't really talked about it, but I think so.”

“Oh wow. Well, uhm, that- I. Well.”

Twilight looked at her a little confused. “Is everything okay Fluttershy?”

“Yes- I mean no. Wait no- I think yes. No. If that's okay with you ...”

Rainbow Dash groaned. “No Shy, not you. I always thought you were open minded!”

The pink maned Pegasus hung her head and covered her eyes with her bangs. “I am, I mean I think. But filly foolers are just- … just wrong. Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.”

Dash jumped up in bed. The wing that could extending out from her side. Pure rage seeping from her expression. “Don't use that word!”

Fluttershy cowered down on the floor. Rainbow Dash continued. “After all the times I stuck up for you, helped you out, made you feel welcome, you have the audacity to say this is wrong?! I've spent years trying to come to terms with this, and the one pony I thought would have my back is the one who won't support me!” Dash dropped back into the bed, looking like the most heartbroken pony in the world. “After I accepted you for all you were and weren't, I had hoped you could accept me too.”

Fluttershy's eyes welled up with tears. “Das- Dashie I do … Ju-just not in this.”

Rainbow folded her legs across her chest and turned her head, her owns tears dotting her cheeks. She whispered her next words through a half concealed sob. “Well, this is who I am now, and if you have a problem with it, than buck you.”

Fluttershy looked for a moment like she was going to say something else, but she turned and fled from the room in tears. The room was silent except for a few sniffles from Dash. Twilight couldn't believe it, Fluttershy, of all ponies, was against same sex couples. The fool! How could she be so ignorant? She will pay for hurting Rainbow! Twilight turned to look at the mare. Dash's was openly crying into her hooves. Twilight felt tears return to her own eyes. She reached forward and put a hoof on Dash's shoulder to comfort her. Rainbow looked around to the unicorn. She smiled in a halfhearted way and placed her hoof on top of the lavender mares.

After a few minutes Dash became silent and still again. She looked up at Twilight and smiled. The unicorn returned the smile before turning to the remaining ponies.

“Anypony else got something to say?” She said a little more aggressively than she intended.

Rarity and Applejack shook their heads. Pinkie Pie spoke up however. “Yeah, I do! What's a fillyfooler?'

Rainbow growled at her. “Pinkie...”

Rarity however, saved her the trouble. “Darling, that is actually a fairly offensive thing to say. So in the future a term like 'lesbian' might be a little more suitable.”

The pink mare beamed. “Okay! … What's a lesbian?”

Rarity faltered her words a little. “I uh- what? You don't know? Oh well, ahem. See, sometimes a mare can develop feelings of the romantic nature for another mare, instead of a stallion. And the same goes for stallions, only than we would call it 'gay'.”

“Oh, but then why does Fluttershy have a problem with it? She likes mares doesn't she?”

Rarity shook her head. “Apparently not.”

Pinkie looked confused. “But then why did she kiss me that one time?”

“WHAT?!” Every pony in the room said as one.

Pinkie jumped straight up in the air from the sudden out burst. Landing and regaining her composure she continued. “Yeah, at Applejack's New Stetson Party a few weeks ago. She got really bucked up on cider then kissed me!”

“Now hold on there sugar cube. What kind kiss we talkin' bout? Quick peck or what these two were doing a minute ago?” Applejack hooked her hoof over her shoulder and RD and Twilight.

Pinkie tilted her head in deep thought. “Well, it was kinda like this.”

She reached over and grabbed Rarity by the shoulders and swooped her backwards off her hooves into a deep kiss.

Every jaw (including Rarity's occupied one) dropped. Pinkie returned the mare to her previous standing position and broke the kiss. Rarity looked beyond lost and confused. “But- you- Pinkie- Me? Wha-? H-how? Why? … Huh?!”

Rainbow Dash and Applejack erupted into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Twilight just stood staring, mouth still hanging open. Pinkie smiled at her. “What? You want some too?”

She made a move towards Twilight but was blocked by a rainbow blur.

“Hooves off my marefriend if you want to keep your flank.” Rainbow muttered, her face pressed right up against Pinkie's.

Twilight put a hoof on both ponies chest and separated them. “Easy there Dash, I'm sure just she was just playing around.”

Rainbow got back in bed, but she still eyed the pink mare suspiciously. Twilight made sure she was going to stay there. Than the realization hit her. “Wait, marefirend?”

Rainbow finally took her gaze of of Pinkie Pie, who was currently having a heated discussion with Rarity, and set them on Twilight. “Well yeah, I mean if you want that is ...” She said, sounding for all the world like Fluttershy. Not exactly like Fluttershy apparently.

Twilight pondered it for a moment. Did she want that? I mean sure, I do love her, but I've never been in a relationship before, it's a really big commitment. Oh shut up you big baby. Say yes! Take her! Make her yours! Take her right here on this bed! Ooh that would be so hot if you just- She squelched the highly inappropriate thought and brought herself back to reality.

“Twilight? You still with me?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, okay. Well, do you have an answer?”

“Yes.”

“What is it?”

Twilight shot an exasperated look at the Pegasus but kept her mouth closed. “Well? Are you gona- … wait. Oh. OH!”

Twilight grinned at her. Rainbow gave her a big dumb smile. The two leaned into each other and again their lips met. Twilight immediately opened her mouth and her tongue was met with an equally eager opposition. Her heart beat a rapid fire beat against her chest. I'm kissing Rainbow Dash! Again! My marefriend! I'm kissing my marefriend! Rainbow Dash is my marefirned! She let out a happy squeal which quickly turned into a moan as Rainbow began running her hoof down Twilight's chest. Yes, yes I am kissing her. Now about this whole 'make her mine' business, maybe if I-

There moment was interrupted by another awkward cough from the farm pony. “Well I think you two seem a might rushed to get started there so I think we'll be stepping out now.”

Rarity nodded. “Yes, we'll be seeing you two. Come along Pinkie.”

Pinkie Pie let out an exasperated sigh. “Aww, but I wanted to stay and watch the clop with the bronies!”

Applejack turned back from the door. “The what now?”

Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes.

“The bronies! Them, right there!” She gestured at the screen.

“Uhh. Right. I think you need a bit'o rest there sugar cube. Come on now.”

Pinkie Pie turned and followed them out of the room. She could be heard muttering as she went down the hall. “Fine. I didn't much like this fic anyway.”

When the door finally closed the two lovers returned to their embrace. Dash planted a quick kiss on Twilight's muzzle. “So Twi, what do you want to do now?”

Twilight turned her thoughts to the idea she had earlier. She gave a devilish grin and placed a hoof on the bed sheets relatively low on the mares body. “Oh, I don't know. But I think I have a pretty good idea.”

Rainbow gulped.

Authors Note

Voila ! Have a chapter ! And I'll be taking your fourth wall now. Forewarning, prepare for clop. You have been warned. The rating is Mature. So I don't want to hear any complaining. Unless it's over the quality in which case please do complain. As always any problems or questions, marriage proposals and the like can be commented or PMed to me. Special no thanks to Paradox for NOT helping edit. I am disappoint. But, special thanks to Doctor Strangelove for your help editing, proof reading, and the like. If you liked, a thumb, watch, or a fave is appreciated. And last but not least, I hope you enjoyed.