Ascentia pulled away from Pinkie, breathing heavily as she settled herself against her side, nuzzling her chest.

"Fucking christ, Pinkie. That was... oh that was the best I've had in a LONG time," she whispered.

"Hey, I try to deliver!" Pinkie giggled, nuzzling her hair, "Glad you feel better, Asy!"

"I feel SO much better," Ascentia whimpered, kissing along her neck, "God you're so beautiful, Pinkie..."

"Thankies!" Pinkie cooed, kissing her head, "You are too! Red hair is soooo pretty!"

"Eh, it's alright," Ascentia giggled, "Would've died it brown a while ago if Twi didn't love it so much."

"Hee hee! Whatever you say, Asy!" Pinkie kissed her forehead, nuzzling her.

Ascentia nestled under her chin and held tightly to her waist, smiling contentedly as she cuddled the fluffy girl.

"You are so cuddly! I like that, cuddly is good!" Pinkie said happily, playing with her hair.

Ascentia nodded, making a soft cooing noise as a warm, tight feeling welled up inside of her. Burying her face into Pinkie's neck, she snuggled her tighter.

It was right then that Sunrise started crying from the nursery, very loudly.

"Awww, poor Sunny!" Pinkie pouted, "I'll get her for you, Asy, you relax!"

"Thanks, Pinkie," Ascentia smiled as she let go of her, falling back against Rainbow's bed.

"Be right backies!" Pinkie pulled on her shirt and underpants, going out of the room to fetch Sunrise.

Ascentia looked up at the ceiling, sighing as she kept repeating the words "You are not falling for Pinkie" under her breath.

A few minutes later, Pinkie came in, holding Sunrise in her arms, "Here she is! The little angel wanted a diapee change! And now she wants to see her mama!" She went and lay Sunrise down on the bed next to her.

"Okay, come here, sweetheart," Ascentia smiled, taking Sunrise into her arms and snuggling her, "...AH! Sunrise, I'm not lactacting! Don't do that!"

"Awww, poor Sunny wants Mommy's milk!" Pinkie pouted, kneeling down next to the bed.

"Well Mommy isn't here and Mama isn't making milk," Ascentia groaned as she tried to pull Sunrise off her chest, "Oh forget it. She'll figure it out eventually."

Sunrise whimpered, beating her tiny fists against her chest, clearly disappointed.

"I'm sorry, sweetie. I don't have any milk for you," Ascentia cooed.

"Time to make some formula!" Pinkie said, getting up and going downstairs.

Babbling and making bubbles, Sunrise snuggled against her, nestling her head along her collarbone. Ascentia got up and followed Pinkie downstairs, forgoing redressing as she found Pinkie at the stove, making more formula.

"Hurry up, she's really hungry," Ascentia giggled.

"Almost done!" Pinkie said, whistling a little.

Ascentia sat down, looking at Pinkie with a feeling of immense affection welling up within her, "That's good. She's a ravenous little one. Every two hours with her."

After a couple minutes or so, Pinkie brought over the bottle of formula to Sunrise. The baby grabbed it in her tiny hands and proceeded to suckle the amber nipple greedily.

"Ooh, she sure is hungry, all right!" Pinkie giggled, sitting down at the table as well.

"She sure is," Ascentia said, looking at Pinkie again, "...Pinkie... would you like to be Sunny's godmother?"

Wide-eyed, Pinkie gaped, "Really?! Me?! Her Godmother?! Awwww! Sure! I'll be her Godmother! You got it, Asy! Godmother Pinkie Pie reporting for duty!" She gave a silly salute, grinning.

Ascentia leaned over and kissed her cheek, "Thanks. That means a lot to me." She looked up at her with gratitude in her eyes.

Pinkie giggled, poking her nose, "Anytime, Asy baby! And by the way, I know you've got a little crushie!"

Ascentia sputtered, nearly dropping the baby, "Wha-huh?!"

"Not just for me, but Dashie as well," Pinkie winked.

Ascentia blushed and looked away, "How did you..."

"I can tell these things sometimes," Pinkie giggled, "I understand! But um, you're a little... kinda rebounding Asy, you should be careful! It's been a tough and emotional time for you."

Ascentia sunk down in her chair a little as her face reddened, "I'm sorry... it's just that... it's been nice to have you and Rainbow being so... gentle. Twilight isn't like that at all. Even on a good day."

"Awww..." Pinkie pouted, giving her a hug, "It's okay, Asy! You're just having a little experience of something nice and you kind of, in a sense, mistake it for more. That's okay! No need to be sorry! I'm still here to help and take care of you!"

"Thanks," Ascentia smiled, still embarassed that she'd been caught on the rebound, "I appreciate it. And... I'm sorry I..."

"Pbbbbtttt!" Pinkie laughed, "That's nothing, silly! I've seen way stronger! It's okay! There's nothing to be sorry or worried about, you silly goose!"

Ascentia leaned forward and kissed her cheek again, "Thanks. You really are the nicest girl in the world."

Blushing a bit, Pinkie giggled and kissed her cheek too, "Nooooo, I'm just me!"

"No, you're beyond you. You put everything on hold to come look after my neurotic ass and you'd do the same thing for anyone in a heartbeat," Ascentia kissed her cheek again, "You're the best. Really."

"Awww, thankies! Just doing what I do!" Pinkie hugged her, patting her back.

The phone then rang, to which Ascentia looked at it with uncertainty. Pinkie patted her shoulder, going to the phone and picking it up.

"Helloooooo! Dash residence, this is Pinkie Pie! Oh, hello, officer! Hmm? Ohhh, okay. Okay! Yeah, she is indeed still here for a bit! Hmm? Ohhhh, oh, okay! I see, okay! I'll let her know, okay, bye!" Pinkie hung up the phone, "Well, that was Shining Armor! He had a little bit of news!"

Ascentia looked up, "What news?" she asked, looking eager.

"Well, Twi-Twi's bail was..." Pinkie did the math in her head for a moment, "Oh yes, it was about ten grand! I think her buddy was bailing her out, but she refused to take it! She said she wanted to stay in jail a little longer, and just wasn't ready to be out again!"

Ascentia looked down at the table, "I don't have that kind of money..." she whispered.

Pinkie patted her shoulder, "I'm sorry, Asy."

"Did... did he do that on purpose? Put it too high for me to get her back?" Ascentia asked quietly as Sunrise fussed in her arms.

"I don't think that's it, but who knows," Pinkie said honestly, sitting down, "They don't always take spouses as co-signers, though."

Ascentia sniffled and sat back in her chair, "H-how long is it going to be before I h-have my Twiley back?"

"I think her court date is in... two weeks," Pinkie said, "So if they let her out after that, you might see her then! I think Shining Armor said you could go visit her at the jail, but you'd have to have supervision from a guard. I don't know if they declared her violent or not, though!"

"I don't want to visit her!" Ascentia barked suddenly, slamming her fist on the table, "I want her home!"

Sunrise began to cry a little, squirming uncomfortably. Pinkie gently took her into her arms to soothe her, patting her back, "I know you do, Asy, but unless you can come up with the ten grand, she's going to be there until she has to go to court."

Ascentia stood up, tears glistening in her eyes as she turned around and stormed upstairs, slamming the door of her room shut with enough force to echo throughout the house.

Sighing softly, Pinkie soothed a whimpering Sunrise as best she could. This was going to be a long evening.

"Never... again..." Rainbow groaned as the three of them slumped back through the door two days later, "...Never... again..."

"Whatever, Negative Nancy!" Cielle blew a raspberry, slapping her back, "You'll be fine!"

"You don't feel pain," Rainbow groaned, flopping down on the sofa, "I am so sore I can't even move..."

"Nursie!" Cielle called out to the hallway as Fluttershy was bringing their bags upstairs, "Dashie is hurted! She needs help!"

"I'll be right there," Fluttershy replied, "Cielle, can you find a pillow for her?"

"Pillow!" Cielle grinned, and hurried off to the closet. She pulled out a pillow, then came back to the living room, "Ta-da! Here's a pillow, Dash! Anywhere you want it? Under your head? Knees? Butt? Feet?"

"My back will do just fine, thanks," Rainbow sighed, stretching out.

Cielle nodded, tucking it under her back, "There we go! You'll be good as new in no time flat! If we had Vicodin, I'd give you some."

"I don't think I'm allowed to have Vicodin," Rainbow sighed, rubbing her sore muscles, "Mixes with my meds, ya know?"

Fluttershy came into the room with a glass of water and a pill tablet in her hand, "Who's taking Vicodin?"

"Nobody, I was just saying I'd give her some, but she might not be allowed to, yadda yadda," Cielle said dryly, scrunching up her nose.

"Silly," Fluttershy giggled, "Here Rainbow, you can take this."

Rainbow popped the tablet into her mouth and down the water in one gulp.

"...You're just gonna take something when you don't even know what it is?" Cielle asked.

Rainbow gave her a deadpan glare, "It's Fluttershy."

Cielle shrugged, "Good point."

"Would you like anything else?" Fluttershy asked, nuzzling her cheek and kissing it.

"Nah, go check on the basket case, would ya?" Rainbow groaned, rolling onto her side.

"Of course," Fluttershy nodded, going to the stairs.

"Hey! What am I, chopped liver?" Cielle pouted, "What am I supposed to do?"

"You give the pink basket case a call and ask her how the weekend was," Rainbow said without looking up.

Cielle grinned widely, "I missed her awesome ass and thighs...." She hurried off to the kitchen.

Then came back two seconds later.

"I have no idea how to use a phone." She admitted.

"Scootaloo, go teach Aunt Cielle how to use a phone," Rainbow groaned.

"Sure thing!" Scootaloo said as she came into the room, taking Cielle to the kitchen.

Upstairs, Fluttershy softly knocked on Ascentia's bedroom door, "Ascentia? Are you okay in here?"

"Come on in," she said quietly from the other side, as Fluttershy pushed the door open and saw her curled up in a chair, with Sunrise held to her chest.

"Hi," Fluttershy said as she came in, smiling at the sweet sight, "How are you both doing?"

Ascentia looked up as Sunrise giggled and latched her mouth onto Ascentia's jacket, "We're doing okay. Pinkie left a few hours ago."

"Hi, Sunny," Fluttershy cooed as she gently stroked the baby's thin head of hear, giggling, "So you all had a nice time while we were gone? Any problems?"

Ascentia shook her head, kissing Sunrise's cheek, "No problems. Pinkie was a darling, and she was great with the baby," she said, her voice sounding tired.

"Awww, that's great to hear," Fluttershy kissed Sunrise's head, "Would you like me to bring you something?"

Ascentia shook her head, leaning against Fluttershy's shoulder, "No... we're fine..."

"All right," Fluttershy gave her an affectionate nuzzle.

"...Can I ask you something?" Ascentia asked, "And... can you be completely honest with me?"

"Of course. What is it?" Fluttershy looked at her attentively.

"Do you think I should leave Twilight?" Ascentia asked quietly.

That was an incredibly hard question to answer. Yet also seemed to have an obvious answer. The last thing she wanted was to be dishonest to spare feelings, but she also knew how Ascentia would feel with the truth. The entire ordeal that had gone on months ago only proved it. Nonetheless, Fluttershy placed a hand on her shoulder and sighed softly, managing to answer, "Yes, I do."

Ascentia bit her lip, making a small sniffling sound as she held Sunrise tighter to her chest, as if afraid someone would take her from her, "...Why?"

"You two need some time apart, and she needs to get help," Fluttershy said, looking her in the eye, "But I think you two can work this out, too."

Ascentia sniffled and kissed Fluttershy's cheek, "...Thanks, I guess..."

"You're welcome. I really do hope you two can work things out somehow, and we'll all support you along the way," Fluttershy gave her a gentle hug, "But for now, you just focus on keeping yourself and Sunrise safe."

Ascentia nodded and settled back in the chair, holding Sunrise against her as the girl gave her a big, sloppy kiss.

"Have you talked to the others about this?" Fluttershy asked.

"Just Pinkie... Gonna ask the others eventually," Ascentia murmured.

"Would you like any help with that?"

Ascentia shook her head and nuzzled Sunrise, "I think I can do it... thanks, though."

"No problem," Fluttershy kissed her on the cheek, then kissed Sunrise before she stood up, clutching her rounded belly as she gasped lightly, "So you let us know if you need something, okay? I'm going to go get started on dinner."

Ascentia nodded and laid back in the chair as Sunrise started chewing on her hair, a tiny giggle coming from her as her baby clambered all over her shoulders to get at her sweet-smelling hair.

Giggling at the sight, Fluttershy gave a little wave and then left the room, closing the door behind her.

Ascentia nuzzled into Rainbow's lap as she half paid attention to the movie Rainbow had put on, the others having taken Sunrise out to the park, "Why do you like this again? Is the lanky guy supposed to be scary? He's just... kinda cute."

"...Cute? Explain why that's supposed to be cute," Rainbow said with a weirded out look.

"Well... it's the face and the voice," Ascentia said softly, "It's too soft spoken, and the face is too round and warm. I'm sorry, but this is the King of Halloween? I'm not buying it."

"Well, duh. He doesn't exactly stay scary 24/7," Rainbow said with a teasing eye roll, "And ya know Halloween's meant to be fun."

"So... Haloween is just... his day job?" Ascentia asked.

"Yeah."

"Does that mean the movie is about mid life crisis?" Ascentia asked.

"Well, kinda sorta. He's pretty much feeling like there's no challenge, y'know?" Rainbow shrugged a bit, looking back at the screen, "It's the same thing over and over, nothing goes wrong. You're bound to get pretty bored after a while."

"...Let me know when the big, black pillow case is gonna kill Santa," Ascentia said, nuzzling against Rainbow's lap and closing her eyes.

"You have no taste in movies."

"Bite me," Ascentia giggled.

"And by the way, he's gray-ish brown, dumb-dumb," Rainbow stuck out her tongue, poking her nose, "Or green in that one scene with the blacklight."

"Listen to that singing voice again," Ascentia said, batting her stomach with the back of her hand, "He is black."

"Yeah, I know he's played by a black guy," Rainbow snorted, "He's pretty much the Boogeyman, how does that give him racial colour?"

"Because black guys sound awesome in movies," Ascentia remarked, "You know what I mean, anyway."

Rainbow blew a raspberry, "Whatever you say, Asy. Whatever you say."

Ascentia didn't respond and nuzzled back, curling her knees up to her chest as she gave a comfortable coo, "You're comfy..."

That was what she was afraid of. Rainbow Dash could feel it then, the crawling in her pants, the urges deep inside that were demanding satisfaction. It would be a while before Fluttershy and Cielle got home, and waiting until then was usually torture. Somewhat, anyway.

She exhaled, trying to relax herself and pay attention to the screen. At least it didn't stimulate her in that regard. But Ascentia's shifting head certainly did.

'Damn it, it'd be easy to just ask her to suck me off to hold me over 'till they get home! But I can't do to that to her, not like this! Twilight's in the can, she might be leaving her, or whatever's gonna happen... Yeah, I'm sure she'd LOVE to hear how much I'm horny and need to be sucked off.' She thought.

Ascentia shifted slightly, her hand coming up to rest on Rainbow's knee.

'Oh come on. She's a pretty open girl. You did it with the both of them before, and how is this any different? Besides, if she's leaving her wife, I'm sure she'd love to shack up with the three of you.'

Rainbow took another breath, completely at a loss for what to do. She looked down at Ascentia once more, then up at the ceiling to try distracting herself, clearing her mind somehow.

"...You okay, Rainbow?" Ascentia asked, "Your heart's racing."

"I'm fine," Rainbow said dismissively, "I'm just thinkin' about stuff, that's all. No worries."

"Okay," Ascentia shrugged, nuzzling back down, her chin absently brushing the bulge in her shorts.

'Okay, seriously. She had to have done that on purpose. Just go for it, RD!'

She didn't.

Rainbow instead shifted, "Hey, you mind getting up? I gotta take a leak."

"Oh, alright," Ascentia said disappointedly as she pulled up from Rainbow's surprisingly comfortable lap.

"Gee, thanks. What am I supposed to do, piss my pants? Hope you like the smell of piss," Rainbow teased, snickering a bit as she headed to the bathroom, "I'll be right back. You just sit tight."

Ascentia nodded, sitting with her hands folded in her lap as she took another glance at the TV.

'What are ya doing, RD? She'd totally suck it like a kid with a popsicle!'

Closing the bathroom door, Rainbow exhaled and sank to the floor, trying to relax again. At least now she could freely take care of it without worry.

'Yeah, but just because we did it before doesn't mean she wants to right now. And don't ever make that simile again!'

'Oh please. You have no way of knowing that. Why else was she lying in your lap, huh?'

'She was comfortable, duh,' Rainbow rolled her eyes, then stood up to pull down her pants and boxers, freeing her erected member, 'Now go away. This is what masturbation is for.'

'You're not supposed to masturbate when you've got a hot girl downstairs who's always snuggling up to you. What, are you blind? She's got such a crush on you I'm surprised her panties aren't on fire!'

'Give me a break. Sure she thinks I'm sexy and hot, but newsflash, she's kinda emotionally messed up right now and might be thinking it's that. So shut up and let me jerk off already. I'm not gonna impose on her.' Rainbow groaned, grasping her shaft and running her hand along it repeatedly. Of course it wasn't the same, not when she was way too used to a talented mouth or two, and sometimes another hand.

'It's not an imposition when she already wants you, dorknob.'

'Yeah, and just 'cause Flutters and I are married doesn't mean she wants to all the time. Shut up already, I'm not listening anymore.'

'Whatever.'

It took a little while to feel satisfied enough, but Rainbow soon came out after she also washed her hands. She returned to the living room, opting to sit on an easy chair to avoid temptation.

"Sorry about that, had to take care of some stuff," Rainbow said, stretching a bit.

Ascentia leaned against her shoulder, kissing her cheek, "If I was making you uncomfortable you could have just said so..."

"It's no big deal. I just wanted to take care of it, that's all," Rainbow said as she waved it off, "But okay, I'll say so next time."

"Okay..." Ascentia said softly, "Next time." Next Chapter: You're On The Rebound Estimated time remaining: 12 Hours, 41 Minutes