Minutes earlier across the street
Rainbow Dash sighed as she sat at a table looking at her cup of coffee. She had one day to figure out how she was going to sleep in the same house with a stallion… while she was in heat. And only one thing can make her day worse….

"Hello Rainbows." A familiar voice called out.

Speaking of worse. "Hi Zephyr." Rainbow groaned. "Before you start. I'm not your girl."

"Come on Rainbows. We both know that you need help. And being a good friend. I want to be there for you." He assured, taking a seat next to her. "I can help make your heat pass much smoother if you give me a chance."

"Zephyr. I would literally fuck any stallion before I give your limp baby dick even a lick." She spat.

"You don't mean that." He replied with a mock frown.

"You want to bet?" She quickly looked around and pointed a hoof at mister Ritch's shop. "I saw about five stallions enter that place. And I'll be willing to date and fuck any of them."

"I didn't see any." He countered. Rainbow rolled her eyes figuring he'd say that.

"Fine. Then the next guy that comes out is the guy I'll have fuck me." She snapped. Zephyr had tried to get under her tail for the last time and even if this was a stupid idea. She didn't really care. She made the claim and wasn't about to back down now. "Next time you see me. I'm not going to be… well… as heated."

The two watched as the doors to the shop opened and Swift stepped out. Rainbow's jaw dropped as she realized what just happened. She had bet she could bed Swift. The stallion that was going to stay at her place tomorrow. She watched as he stopped at the corner and talked to Fluttershy.

"Well Rainbow? You going to go for it? Or are you going to take me up on my offer?" Zephyr asked eagerly.

With a huff, Rainbow got up and flew over as Fluttershy went into one of the stores. "Hay Swift… got a minute?"

"I need to get this stuff to my bar." He replied with a smile. "But if you don't mind a walk, we can talk."

A light bulb clicked to life in her head as she landed next to him. "Really? I take it you sell alcohol?" He nodded. "Would you mind if we hung out there after closing? There's something private I need to ask you."

Swift thought for a moment. "Well… Fluttershy asked if I didn't mind finding a different place to stay so she could help her brother. So I don't see why not."

Rainbow clenched her hind muscles at the thought of how smoothly things were going. She knew that if she didn't do something soon, she wouldn't be thinking clearly about her actions soon. "Thanks. And look. If you need a place to crash. I have a couch." Realizing what she said Rainbow gave herself a mental facehoof.

"Thanks. But I don't want to be a bother. I know we're supposed to do it tomorrow but-"

"You don't have anywhere else to stay." She quickly countered. "And you can always stay with Fluttershy tomorrow. Right?"

"Sadly her brother is staying in the room I was going to." He sighed as they got to the bar. "I'll understand if you-"

"Then you'll just have to stay both nights." She interjected. Again mentally facehoofing. Just then an idea came to her. If she was being honest. This worked out perfectly. "In fact. It'd give us that much more time to go over what I wanted to talk to you about."

They went inside and started for the back. Rainbow glanced over at the guard, who was trying to stay professional as drunken mares and stallions tried to hit on him. Rainbow briefly considered asking about him. If for no other reason but to delay what was to come. Until…

"Right in here. We can talk in private." Swift announced before stopping one of the passing employees. "It's getting late. Start closing shop. We don't want our first night ruined because a drunk got hurt walking home." The mare nodded and went out to pass the message to the other staff.

Stepping into the room Rainbow looked in wonder at how lavished it was. A couch that would fit two or three ponies, definitely Rarity's style. A table fit for a small banquet, looks like an Apple made it. And plenty of decorative lighting, somehow seemed more for setting a mood.

Rainbow gulped at the thoughts and ideas that slammed into her mind. The last owner definitely didn't use this room for work. At least it wasn't the only use. And if her body had anything to say on the matter, it wasn't going to be for work tonight either.

"You wanted to talk about something?" Swift asked as he sat on the couch.

"Yeah… you see… there's this stallion that's been pestering me for a very long time to go out with him." She explained as she moved over to the table and giving it an experimental shake. "Definitely made by an Apple. Damn that's sturdy." She thought.

"I take it he won't take the hint?"

Rainbow huffed. "If it was that simple. Every time I go into heat he gets worse. So I had enough and told him that…"

"You'd bang some random guy and I was it?" Swift guessed. "Then I guess us sharing a roof would help with your claim. Simple as that."

"Until he smells my heat or pushes that we're not a couple and he can do better. " She groaned. "Look. I get that you probably don't want to get mixed up in this. But I'm running out of options." She sighed, leaning on the table. "And if it helps. I had a protection spell put on me. So I should be good for a few more days."

"Should?"

"Unless you have the dick and seed of an alicorn. I'm not worried." She laughed.

Swift thought it over for a minute. "If what you send is true. Then a one night stand won't be enough to make him stop. Letting out a sigh, Swift smiled at her. "Good thing we'll be sleeping in the same house."

"Exactly!" She announced jabbing a hoof at him. "All we'd have to do is take care of my pesky heat and we can go our separate ways."

"Until he realized that you're still single."

Rainbow slumped. "Right…" She took a deep breath and sighed. "Hopefully by then I'll have a better idea. Or he'll be far far away."

Swift smiled and gout off the couch and quickly looked out of the room. "Looks like they already left…" He muttered. Turning back to Rainbow he asked. "Do you want to at least get started on taking care of your first problem?"

Rainbow's ears perked as her wings shot open. Looking over she gulped at seeing what he was offering. "Buck… me…" She muttered. This was going to be a long night.

Author's Note

Well. Rainbow is about to have her clouds cleared. And something tells me, it's not going to be a ten second ride. Can she ride these winds? Or will she crash before the finish? How many more puns can I come up with before you guys beg me to stop? Only Pinkie knows.