Chapter 2

The only light coming into Sweetie Belle’s room was the dim glow of a full moon.  Spike tried frantically to dry his eyes when he heard a gentle knock on the door.  “Spike?”  It was Rarity speaking in a soft tone, “May I please come in?”  The door eased open, letting some light in when there was no reply, and Rarity stepped in closing the door back behind her; she was wearing a beautiful purple nightgown.

She sat down on the bed very close to Spike and placed her hoof lightly on his back, rubbing it affectionately.  “I’m truly sorry Spike.  If I had known it would make you this upset I would never have…”

She was interrupted as Spike sat up and joined her, letting his legs dangle from the bed; he couldn’t look her in the eye.  “No Rarity, it’s nothing to do with… that at all,” He said.

Rarity asked gently, “Then what is it?  Did I do something wrong, or something to upset you?”

Spike only shook his head. “I shouldn’t have run away like that, I was just so nervous and surprised.”  Rarity only smiled her understanding at him and continued to run her hoof up and down his back in a motherly way.  “Hey Rarity, can I tell you something?  I… I don’t want it to make you mad, or change your opinion of me.”

Rarity picked his head up gently with her hoof, looked him in the eye and said, “Anything Spike.  You can tell me anything, I promise that it will never make me think less of you.”

He smiled at her, and she smiled back at him, knowing that he could trust her with his secrets.  “OK, here it goes.  I’ve been waiting for that kiss from you ever since the day I first met you.  I thought that I would have to wait for a very long time to get even a kiss on the cheek, let alone from somepony as… as beautiful as you.  I think that you are the most beautiful pony in all of Equestria, inside and out.  Your personality… it’s so kind and sweet and generous; you really care for all the things around you, and I could look into your eyes for hours,” he said rather hurriedly.  Spike closed his eyes and hunched his body, ready for a hard smack across the cheek.  But instead, he heard silence and then even a sniffle or two.

Rarity had tiny drops of tears coming down her cheeks as she said quietly, “S…Spike.  That is the sweetest thing anypony has ever said to me.  I… I had no idea that I could mean so much to somepony, especially you.”

Spike looked at the gladly surprised Rarity and said, “Well, of course Rarity.  You… You mean the world to me.  As... As a friend!”  Spike tried to hide his point, but it was all to clear to Rarity that he was lying about her just meaning the world to him as “a friend”.

“I… I have something to confess too Spike.  It won’t change your opinion of me… will it?”  Rarity asked.  She fluttered her eyes at him.

Spike shook his head and replied, “Of course not Rarity.  I could never think anything else but good and beauty of you."  He smiled at her to show he was telling nothing but the truth.

Rarity cleared her throat quietly and began her confession, “I… I’ve been waiting to give you that kiss Spike.  I always did know that you liked me, I just feel so foolish and angry at myself for not returning my feelings sooner.  I… I always have liked you.  Can you ever forgive me?”  Both her statement and question was answered with a swift, albeit surprising altogether kiss on the lips from Spike.  “I… I’ve always wanted someone to kiss me.”  She wrapped herself around him tightly; Nopony had ever had the guts to just come up and give the beautiful and majestic Rarity a kiss.

A new look was in each of their eyes as they stared at each other.  Spike cleared his throat “Rarity?  I was wondering if… maybe if you’re not too busy one day… if you’d maybe like to go have a picnic in the park with me?” he blushed.

Rarity giggled, “It’s a date.  But only if you come to visit me more often."

Spike smiled at her and replied, "It's a date then".