Pistachio and Pommel

-years ago-

Rarity beamed in excitement as she gazed upon the interior of the newly refurbished "Rarity For You" boutique. It was beautiful and more importantly chock full of some of her latest and greatest designs that she knew New Yorkers would be dying to try out and buy. However a thought occurred to Rarity, while she was incredibly organized when it came to fashion, she was still just one woman and couldn't run three boutiques all on her own, especially when she kept most of her work at her very first boutique and home base, the Carousel boutique. She had hired a regional manager, Sassy Saddles, to take care of Canterlot Carousel but it seemed like she was in the rather unfortunate position of needing to hire yet another person to help her out. Despite her success, she didn't think she would be able to afford two regional managers and it would be unfair to ask Sassy to split her attention between Canterlot Carousel and Rarity For You. What could she do?

She decided that instead of hiring a regional manager she could instead hire a part-time assistant to help her out with her schedule, keep things in order and most likely keep "Rarity For You" running when she wasn't around to do it herself. She racked her brain trying to think of who she could hire, Fluttershy perhaps? She had some limited knowledge about sewing, but not particularly about fashion, she also figured that she would be too shy to talk to customers. What's more is that Fluttershy was a rather insatiable woman when it came to sex, she didn't want Fluttershy to become distracted or simply close the boutique for a day or two just so that she and Applejack or whatever animal she was in the mood for had a secluded private area to fuck, that might be bad for business. Maybe she could ask Twilight? She was always very organized, then again she already had her hands full studying at college, not to mention she had her dog Spike to look after and she didn't want animals of any kind living in the boutique, she already had enough trouble getting rid of the raccoons that had somehow snuck in.

Rarity took a deep breath in and then out, she had to brainstorm this strategically. She needed someone who knew about fashion, who didn't have anything to distract them, who didn't have commitments that would stop them from working efficiently. Of course she couldn't ask any fashion critics or people of prominence to do it, they were far too busy it was almost ludicrous, then she had a thought... Suri Polomare? Of course she and Suri weren't exactly on good terms, besides which she was only in the world of fashion thanks to her stealing from other more talented designers and... of course! Coco Pommel, the creator behind the con artist. Coco was steadily making her way up in the world of fashion, though not quite as high as Rarity. She was meant to attend the grand opening of Rarity For You but was unable to due to a fashion competition, but surely she had enough time to spare, after all it was only a part-time position, she got out her phone and immediately gave Coco a call.

Coco was just putting the finishing touches on a dress she was intending to wear to an upcoming Canterlot garden party, she was hoping to make some connections while she was there that might hopefully give her a boost in her career, not to mention a little bit of free publicity. As she hung up the dress she heard her phone ring, odd since she wasn't expecting any calls, she picked up the phone and said "Hello?"

"Coco darling! So good to hear your voice after all this time! How are things? You still wowing people with your incredible designs? Oh I can't wait to hear all bout it!" It was Rarity, that was the least person she was expecting a call from

"Oh Hi Rarity! I wasn't expecting you to get in touch! I've been doing great thanks, in fact I just finished up a rather stunning little number, if I do say so myself, it's for personal use however. I'm hoping to draw some eyes at the Canterlot garden party next weekend"

She heard Rarity gasp before saying "Miss Pommel, you cheeky little woman! You don't seem the kind of girl who goes to such a formal affair looking for a boy to take home!"

Coco panicked and said "No no no! It's not like that! I'm going there for business reasons!"

Rarity blushed and said "Ah my apologies dear, I shouldn't jump to conclusions like that but I do so love a bit of gossip. I assume you already have a boyfriend?"

Coco sighed "No actually, besides you do know I'm into guys and girls right?"

Rarity mentally chastised herself for being so assuming "Sorry dear, I didn't know. Well, since we are both friends connected by fashion, why don't I come along as your date?"

Coco's eyes widened, was Rarity asking her out? "W-What do you mean?"

Rarity confirmed "Oh no no, not romantically you understand, just as a friend or even a fellow fashionista if you prefer".

Coco let out a sigh, though she wasn't entirely sure herself if it was a sigh of relief or disappointment, Rarity was quite a catch after all. "That sounds great Rarity, I'd love it if you came along with me"

Rarity smiled "Excellent! However dear I believe I have become rather sidetracked but our lovely little chat, you see the main reason I've called you is to offer you a job"

A job? Now that was interesting. "What kind of job?"

Rarity said "Well as you know, my New York boutique "Rarity For You" is now open and ready for business. However I just can't handle three boutiques all on my own, so I need a part-time assistant who may be able to assist me and you seemed like the perfect candidate! I do only hope it doesn't get in the way of your fashion career, I would so hate to be responsible for you having to quit the industry for my sake."

Coco thought for a moment, she could use the extra money, after all her designs weren't exactly flying off the shelves just yet and she knew Rarity would be a much more generous and fair employer than Suri Polomare was. She knew she had the time to spare, so it wouldn't hurt to take Rarity up on he offer, especially since she had also been kind enough to go to the Canterlot garden party with her, which would certainly help build up her image. It was a no-brainer "Rarity, I would love to be your part-time assistant" said Coco.

Rarity couldn't be happier "Oh thank you ever so much Coco! Honestly I didn't know what I was going to do if you declined, really you have no idea how much this means to me. Tell you what, after the Canterlot garden party next weekend we can go over the specifics of the job and take it from there, how does that sound?"

Coco nodded despite Rarity not being able to see her do so and said "Sounds perfect"

Rarity went "Excellent! I'll see you next weekend!" She put down the phone and went about her day.