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With new information obtained from Coco's time with Suri, Rarity didn't know if she wanted to go to prison or put Coco in the psych ward in order to let Rainheart help her with her PTSD. Coco looked up at her and that was when Rarity's heart broke. Rarity hugged Coco closer to her. "Do you want to go into the psych ward?" Rarity asked her. She's a big girl. She can make her own decisions. Rarity knew that Coco was old enough to make her own decisions and so, she wanted to know her decision about this situation.

"Will it help me?" Coco asked both Rarity and Rainheart, but mostly Rainheart. Rainheart nodded her head and she turned to Rarity.

"It's your decision, darling. I will stand by your decision either way." Rarity tells Coco and Coco smiled as she went to hug Rarity.

"I want to stay here." Came Coco's answer and Rarity thought that Coco was very brave in saying that she would rather be in the psych ward in order to get better. Rarity whispered her words to Coco as she hugged the young girl.

"Like I said, I will trust your judgement. You know what's best for yourself." Rarity tells Coco. Rainheart frowned as it meant that Coco will be lonely in the psych ward. She then decided to talk to Rarity and she approached Rarity and when Rarity noticed the serious look on her face, she frowned as she knew that Rainheart was always serious about her patients. "We'll be back, Coco." Rarity tells Coco and the young girl nodded her head as she knew that the older people had to talk in privacy.

"Are you willing to let her stay here alone?" Rainheart asked Rarity. Rarity frowned as she did know that Coco will be alone.

"Will you check up on her?" Rarity asked her, her worry showing on her face. Rainheart smiled at Rarity.

"Of course. I know you worry about her and I worry about her as well. Suri could just walk up in here." Rainheart tells Rarity and the younger girl bristled.

"Let her try. I will kill her." Rarity growled out her true feelings about the woman. Rainheart felt the same, but she knew why Rarity gave her a questioning look. Rarity wanted to be the one to hurt Suri and Rainheart respected that.

"Don't worry. She can't just visit Coco. She needs to be a family member." Rainheart reveals to Rarity and she nodded. After their talk, Rarity had her goodbyes to Coco as she knew that she wouldn't see Coco for a while now.

"I will come to visit you. Don't worry." Rarity tells Coco as she reassures the young girl.

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When Rarity had arrived home, Applejack and Rara were already at her house. Applejack was confused as to why Coco wasn't with Rarity. "Rarity, where's Coco?"

"She's in the psych ward. Both herself and Rainheart decided that it was good for her to go in there." Rarity answers Applejeack's question and Rara was confused. Isn't Coco a minor? She thought. She had never met Coco, but she had heard stories and seen pictures of her. She thought that Coco was adorable, but she had never told anyone else that. No one else besides Applejack knows that Rara is interested in other girls. Applejack glanced back at Rara and she noticed her thinking. Applejack giggled at her friend. She thinking about Coco. She thought, teasingly. She wanted to tease Rara about it, but she thought against it as Rarity was protective over the girl. She decided to tease the girl later in privacy.

"Isn't she a minor?" Rara asked Rarity. Rarity had just remembered that Rara had never officially met Coco and so, she wasn't shocked at Rara's question.

"Yes. Well, she can make her own decisions about what she wants to do." Rarity answered Rara's question and Rara understood that, but she also noticed that Rarity was being very secretive with Coco's situation. Granted, she understood as she knew nothing about Coco, but it wasn't like that Rara was just going to tell other people. For goodness sake, she gets drunk at like 3 AM, she can't talk about people when she was basically an alcoholic in high school. Rara wasn't proud of it, which is why she wants someone to talk to about her problems.

"Understandable." Rara merely responded. Rarity wondered why she was being so quiet.

"Why are you so quiet?" Rarity asked Rara and Applejack winced at the question.

"Because I drink in early mornings?" Rara spoke back sarcastically and Rarity froze at her answer. She drinks pure alcohol?! Rarity wasn't expecting that from Rara, but she knew that people dealt with stress differently. She also knew that people who drinks alcohol only drinks to forget about the pain and the agony in their lives or they drink simply to drink. Applejack watched her childhood best friend and her best friend quietly stare each other down.

"One of you say something." Applejack was getting nervous about the situation and the quietness of the two people wasn't helping her case at all.

"Dearie, why do you drink? Is it because of stress?" Rarity asked. Rara giggled with no emotion in her voice.

"That's the right fucking answer." Rara answers Rarity's question and Rarity gazed at her with a sad expression on her face. Rara noticed the look of pity and despite not wanting pity, she knew that was only thing Rarity would give her. Pity is nice, when it's from a friend. Rara smiled at Rarity.

"Why are you smiling?" Rarity asked. Rara giggled, this time, the giggle filled with happiness.

"Because the both of you care." She answered like it was the most simple thing on the planet.

"Of course we care about you." Applejack spoke to Rara this time around. "You are our friend." She continued to speak to Rara as Rara listened intently to Applejack.

"But Svengallop is my manager and he doesn't show an once that he cares for me." Rara tells them both. Rarity wasn't shocked to hear about Svengallop to be the cause of Rara's crippling issue with drinking, but she was hoping that it wasn't because of Svengallop, but atlas, that was the wish that never came true. She sighed, running a hand through her purple hair. She didn't know what to say, which wasn't a first for her.

"What do you want me to say?" Rarity asks Applejack as the country girl looked at the fashion designer. "I would tell you to talk to Rainheart, but Rainheart is taking Coco's case and she will be busy with Coco." Rarity tells both Applejack and Rara. Rara sighed as she thought that was Rarity's answer was finished. "Relex, dearie, I never said I couldn't help you find a therapist." Rarity tells Rara. Rara perked up at Rarity's response.

"You know someone?" She asked the young woman. Rarity nodded her head.

"Yes. She is a bit hard to get an appointment with because she's very busy and famous. Her name is Maramel." Rarity tells Rara. Rara 'hmm' for a bit. She knew who Maramel was. She was a very modest woman and she was a reserved woman most of the times, so Rara wondered how Maramel was a therapist. "Coco tried her out and while she liked her methods, they were too similar in personality. That's why I had her change to Rainheart." Rarity explains to Rara and the other girl smiled at her.

"I'll try her out. If she doesn't work for me, I can always find another therapist?" She asked Rarity. Applejack sighed as she had already told Rara that.

"Yes, of course. Not all first sessions with their therapists will work for everyone, dearie." Rarity tells Rara. Rara smiled at Rarity and she nodded her head in understanding.

"Thank you, Rarity. Thank you, Applejack. I know what I have to do now." Rara tells them both.

"What?" They both asked her. Rara smiled at them.

"Admit myself in a psycho ward because I'm not doing that." Rara tells them. Rarity gasped in shock at Rara's answer while Applejack was appalled by Rara's behavior.

"Rara, what the hell?" She demanded of Rara. Rara then turned to give Applejack a tired stare.

"Look, getting an session with Maramel is impossible. I checked her out and she is booked. Booked all the way!" Rara shouted at her two friends. Rarity was shocked at the fact that Rara checked beforehand, which is good, but Maramel isn't open for at least one session? Even Rarity thought that was strange.

"That's strange. She always has an opening somewhere." Rarity tells Rara.

"How would you know?" Rara asked her with a sad face. Rarity gulped as she knew that she had never told Applejack this before. Actually, she haven't told any of her friends this.

"Because I book her at least twice a week. Maramel is my therapist." Rarity revealed to Rara and Applejack and she wished that she had a camera to take a picture of how shocked they were. Especially Applejack. "Why so shocked, darlings? That's why I had to cancel out on some of our plans. I didn't know how to tell any of you so I never did say anything about having a therapist."

"Is that why you use the excuse of 'being busy'?" Applejack asked Rarity. Rarity nodded her head.

"Not my proudest moments to lie to my dear friends, but I never knew how to tell you all about me having a therapist." Rarity tells Applejack, who understood Rarity's logic, but she still wondered why Rarity needed a therapist, but she knew not to ask that as Rarity wasn't telling them why she was going to a therapist. Applejack knew that some people keep their business to themselves and she was one of those people unless it was needful for her to tell her friends.

"I can't believe it. I thought that you were canceling out on me because you couldn't deal with me." Applejack reveals to Rarity and guilt flowed through Rarity's chest.

"That's not true. I never get tired of you. We're different, yes, but that's why we make such great friends." Rarity tells Applejack and she smiled at the purple-haired beauty.

"I''m glad that you've told us, Rarity." Applejack tells Rarity and the whole group smiled at one another. Rarity glanced at Rara.

"I will see if I get Maramel on a free day for you." Rarity tells Rara. Rara was shocked by Rarity's offer.

"You'd do that for me?" She asked. Rarity showed Rara a sad smile.

"Of course, I would." Rarity was honest in her answer, Applejack knew that, but she also knew that she was being generous. While it wasn't hard for Rarity to be generous, her generosity has to have a chance to come out and this was one of those times. Applejack wondered if Rarity was going to sacrifice one of her meeting with Maramel to give Rara the chance to talk to her. "Give me a couple of days and I will let you know on the update." Rarity tells Rara.

"Thanks, Rarity. I really appreciate this!" Rara was happy that Rarity was willing to help her out and Rarity smiled at how happy Rara was at her offer. If it makes anyone happy, I will cancel my meetings with Maramel. Rara need her most of all right now. She thought as she watched Rara act like a child that had just received a birthday present. Rarity enjoyed making other people happy, even when it means that she will have to sacrifice her own plans. That was why she was the embodiment of Generosity. Rarity was used to not caring for herself on days on end when she has to take care of other people, which was why Coco takes care of her when she's not suffering from nightmares. Coco had warned Rarity that she will be worn out to even help out if she doesn't take care of herself, but Rarity knew that she haven't been able to take Coco's advice in mind because of everything that has been happening.

When Rarity remembered that she was tired, she had suddenly passed out in front of Applejack and Rara. "Rarity!" Applejack shouted out her name as she caught Rarity before she had fell to the ground. "What's wrong with her?" Applejack asked herself out loud. Rara checked over Rarity and she sighed in relief.

"She is just exhausted. All she needs to do is sleep." Rara tells Applejack and the girl sighed. This gal work my worry nerves. She thought.