Purrs, Paws and Collars

The bodies of Apple Bloom Sweetie Belle and Rarity lounged about on blankets, occasionally licking the backs of their hand's while surveying their surroundings with a nonplussed uncaring expression and a false sense of superiority.

They picked grapes and bits of cheese and nibbled on them with some 'mewing' in-between every other couple of bites.

A few feet from the 'Cats' were the 'Dogs' and their owners; Applejack was in a fierce tug of war with Pinkie as they both grabbed tightly onto the rope and pulled in their respective directions.

Usually, the farmer's constant manual labour helping her build muscle gave her the edge over most other people regarding strength tests.

Still, Pinkie was surprisingly on par with her having some extra height over the rest of her friends gave her more leverage, and she was able to use a wider stance and was nearly impossible to move.

'Wooosh'

A tennis ball whizzed through the air as Rainbow ran after it as fast as she could, sprinting to the max.

Soon enough, it dropped to the ground, and Rainbow lunged towards the ball, grasping it securely in her hand's. She then turned toward the one who threw the ball and ran back. She skidded to a halt and dropped to her knees, and held the ball out in front of her.

Twilight retrieved the ball from Rainbow's hands and stroked Dashie's hair before leaning down, kissing her.

"Good girl Dashie...shall I throw it again?."

Rainbow thought for a second but decided she would rather relax instead. Rainbow rubbed her hands together and blushed slightly.

"Twi, would it be ok if we just cuddled over by the blankets...please?"

Twilight extended her hand, helped Rainbow to her feet, and suddenly scooped her up into a bridal hold. She began to walk back.

"Oh Dashie, of course, you can. You are my precious girlfriend, after all."

Rainbow, with a now deep blush gracing her cheeks, leaned her head against Twilight's shoulder, smiling warmly at the affection and gently grabbed a strand of Twi's long hair bringing it to her nose to sniff and so she could fiddle with it.

"Twilight..."

There was a pause and then a response.

"Yes 'Cool, Breeze."

"I just wanted to say that...I love you."

Twilight stopped and looked down at her.

"What brought that on."

Rainbow kept fidgeting with Twilight's hair.

"Well, I don't think I say it enough...and because it's true, I do love you so much."

Twilight kissed Rainbow on the forehead.

"I love you to Dashie also very much."

They arrived where everyone else was and sat down. Twilight lowered her girlfriend onto one of the empty blankets, then sat down behind her, so Rainbow's back leaned against her front. Twilight pulled Rainbow in close with a firm hug around her midsection.

"Hey, Twi, can I ask you a question."

"Hm? what question is that, Dashie?."

"Will...we ever get married?."

Twilight's response to this question was tightening the grip on Rainbows midsection and giving her sensitive ear a little nibble; Rainbow Dash shivered at the feeling.

"Would you like to marry me, Rainbow?."

Rainbow sat up a little and looked at Twilight.

"Yes, I would...I."

Twilight felt the telltale shakes of her Dashie as she tried to finish her answer, prompting Rainbow to turn around and face her entirely. They sat cross-legged, knees touching. Only one pair of knees were moving as Rainbow tried her best to hold her tears back. Still, it was a futile effort; soon, enough tears were flowing down the face of the suffering and love-struck girl.

Twilight grabbed Rainbows hands with her own and rubbed them in a soothing motion. This gave her the confidence to carry on with her answer.

"I want to be a good wife for you. I want to wake up next to you every morning...I...I want you to know that I truly love you and want to be with you...well...forever."

Twilight was wiping away the tears as they fell during Rainbow's confession, and upon hearing the last of it, Twilight wrapped her in the most loving hug she could muster.

"Oh Rainbow, what am I going to do with you? I'll gladly marry you...but for now, let's enjoy what we have at the moment, yeah?."

Rainbow smiled and nodded as she snuggled up next to Twilight, both now lying on the blanket.

Fluttershy was playing with Scootaloo scratching her stomach, feeding her sweets in exchange for performing simple tricks.
Spike was sitting with Apple Bloom hand feeding her grapes and chocolates while trying his hardest to keep the blush off his face; Apple Bloom was also trying to fight back the heat in her face. They did not like each other like that, nope, not at all.

Time flew by quickly, and it got late somewhat sudden. Everyone helped pack everything away into suitable bags and picnic baskets. After saying their goodbyes, the three groups went their separate way's and headed home for the night.