Okay new chapter, keep your Derp-detector handy…. Some of these are embarrassingly obvious but I can't just slip her in, there aren't any pictures :(

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Spike looked at the clock. "Seven Fifty-four, good I should have plenty of time to get Rarity." Spike had just taken a bath and wash finishing polishing his scales. He scrubbed each one with a special polish that Rarity had found during a trip to Phillydelphia.

He finished polishing and set the rag he used back under the sink with the polish. He paused for a moment and looked in the mirror. Flexing his arms he said, "Lookin' good Spike, lookin' good."

'It's too bad Twilight isn't here today,' he thought as he stepped out onto the street, 'I could've asked her to spiff me up a bit with her magic.' He began walking over to the boutique. He paused for a moment, seeing Daisy nearby with her flower cart. "Hey Daisy," he called, "can I have a few of those yellow ones please?"

"Sure Spike," she said handing him three small blooms.

As Spike reached out to take them he was suddenly thrown to the ground. "Whoops, sorry Spike," Derpy yelled as she picked herself up and started flying away, one eye still watching Spike.

Rubbing his head, Spike said, "Something is seriously wrong with that pony."

"Spike! What did I tell you about keeping a girl waiting?"

"Sorry Rarity, I stopped to get you these," Spike held out the flowers. He noticed that there was a digital clock nearby; it said 8:00:37.

Rarity was standing just inside the door. She was wearing a gown similar to the one she had made for the Gala, only this one was blue with silver lining. She had a small tiara one her head made of intricately molded silver and sapphires which matched her eyes perfectly. Spike saw that she had also worked small strings of amethysts into her mane which caused it to sparkle brilliantly without actually disturbing the color.

"Oh my," she said taking the flowers, "you are a little gentlecolt." She levitated a small vase over and set the flowers in it before returning it to its former position.

"Well Spike," Rarity said, flashing a dazzling smile, "are we going now?"

For a few moments, Spike couldn't talk, all he saw was Rarity's face with the lights sending little purple flashes out of her mane as she moved.

"Spike, are you all right?"

"Oh, umm, yeah. I mean yes, I am." Spike held out his arm and said, "Shall we go now milady?"

"Oh, you're so sweet." Rarity said, closing the door and allowing Spike to wrap his arm around her front leg. "Oh, by the way, have you seen Twilight Sparkle? She asked me to come over earlier and it seemed important, but she wasn't there. I nearly forgot after all the…. commotion."

"Oh, yeah," Spike blushed. "I think she was supposed to spend time with Pinkie today. They kinda saw me. I don't know what happened after that though. All I know is that I woke up when the door opened and you screamed."

"Oh, all right." Rarity said, steering Spike towards a nearby carriage. "I managed to get us reservations at La Hoof!"

"How'd you manage to get us in there?" Spike was amazed. Nopony could ever get into La Hoof. One meal cost as much as Twilight got from the Princess for a month.

"Oh it's quite easy. After Fancy Pants saw my work, everyone wanted an authentic Rarity design. I made the curtains and uniforms for them. They're actually still paying, so there letting us in for free." Talking about her recent success excited Rarity. She nearly began jumping around as she spoke of it, except she didn't want to scuff her shoes.

"Wow Rarity that's awesome!" Spike was genuinely happy for his friend. She may be a lot busier now, but she got to do what she loved and have everyone appreciate it. "I had no idea you got that much publicity for it."

"Excuse me mam," interrupted the stallion pulling the carriage, "but we've arrived."

"Oh thank you so much," Rarity said as she stepped out of the carriage.

Spike flipped him a few bits. "Here, a little something for yourself."

As the stallion trotted off looking for more fares, Rarity and Spike headed into the large expensively decorated restaurant. The hostess, a purple pegasus with a plum mane, approached them. "What name is your reservation under?" she asked, opening a large book on a nearby lectern.

"Rarity, darling."

"Ah, Mrs. Rarity; I heard we could be expecting you tonight. The new uniforms are simply divine." The hostess waved a hoof at the gem studded black evening gown she was wearing. "I had no idea that such fine cloth could be woven by pony hooves."

"Oh it's nothing really," Rarity said as they were seated in a private booth near the entertainer, a brown stallion playing soft music on a large piano. "I simply could not stand to see such a fine establishment go on with such awful attire."

Once the hostess had left, Rarity sat down next to Spike. "So, how is your evening so far?" she asked, a smile still playing across her face from the compliments on her style; all the serving ponies kept coming over to personally thank her for their different outfits.

"It's amazing," Spike answered, placing a claw on the table near Rarity's hoof, "I'm so happy that you're doing this with me."

"Well you are such a dear. I figured it couldn't hurt."

Just then the server came over, a white unicorn with his mane slicked back. He wore a monocle and a deep black velvet tuxedo. "May I interest you in our selections of wine and perhaps a plate of gems for the young sir?"

"Oh yes please," Spike said excitedly.

"No need for the wine selection though, Sebastian, you always know what suits everypony the best." Rarity said, glancing at the menus the fancy stallion had set down.

Spike glanced out the window and saw a grey pegasus fly by. She was dropping a lot of letters from her saddlebags and didn't seem to notice. He pulled away from the window and tugged the curtains closed a bit, trying to avoid the strange yellow eyes.

After they had ordered and Sebastian had left with the menus. A small white mare whose dress perfectly matched Sebastian's tuxedo came over and poured two glasses of deep purple wine and set a plate of gemstones down in front of Spike. There were many different kinds and they had been arranged into a small rainbow of color.

Spike sighed sadly before picking apart the rainbow.

"What's the matter Spike? I thought you loved gems?"

"I do, it's the rainbow."

"Ah, you miss Rainbow Dash too don't you?"

"Yeah, it just stinks that she left like that without even telling anypony." Spike began chewing at a few emeralds.

"Well I'm sure that she had her reasons and wouldn't want anypony to be upset."

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Spike stopped chewing on the large gem and looked at it for a second, an idea forming in his mind. He began nibbling at random places on it and then made little scratches with his claws.

"What's that you're making Spike?" Rarity asked, leaning in to look.

"Here," he held out the emerald. He had carved it into a perfect replica of a rose, complete with tiny thorns and small wrinkles in the petals.

"Oh my Spike," Rarity said, amazed. She had never seen anypony create such a detailed work so quickly, especially not out of a single gem. She placed the green sculpture in her mane just behind her ear as if it was a real flower. "It's beautiful!"

"Aw, shucks" he said, turning darker, "It's not much compared to you."

"Awww," Rarity cooed, her eyes moistening a bit. She levitated the embarrassed dragon up a little and kissed him on the forehead. "You are a little gentlecolt aren't you?"

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After they had eaten and left La Hoof, Rarity and Spike walked along in the nearby park.

"Thanks for such a wonderful time Spike," Rarity said, leaning in close to Spike as the stars twinkled overhead. "I don't think I've enjoyed myself that much for quite a while, especially not in that stuffy place."

"Thanks for going with me," Spike said, hugging Rarity around the neck. Pulling away he laughed, "I still remember the look on the chef's face when he uncovered the platter."

"I had no idea you get like that after a few glasses of wine," Rarity smiled, "I also didn't expect you to fit that entire watermelon in your mouth."

"Oh, ha, yeah," Spike said rubbing his head as they came to a stop near a bench, "usually dragons have a bigger resistance to stuff like that than most ponies; I can't even take medicine because for it to work I'd have to take the entire bottle and Twilight says that's dangerous."

"I'd imagine so."

"I think it has something to do with my size, usually dragons take everything so they get really big so they can keep it, but I share everything so I stay little."

Sitting down on the bench Rarity said, "Well, at least you're still cute, not like those horrible monsters that are usually flying around."

They sat there for a few minutes watching the stars. As they sat there, a star flew by.

"Make a wish," Rarity said, pulling Spike a little closer.

"It's already come true," Spike said looking into the white mare's eyes.

"Oh, you're so cheesy," Rarity said, poking his nose with a hoof. As he turned his face away she said, "But maybe I like it like that."

They sat there a little while longer. "You know what I think I like most about you Spike?" Rarity asked, still watching the twinkling stars.

"What?" he asked, hoping to find some advice to make this happen again.

"You aren't like the stallions I usually end up with. You aren't worried about just yourself and how you look. And you aren't just with me because of my body or connections."

"Wait, there are stallions who try use you like that?" Spike asked getting angry.

"Yes, they're commonly quite shallow, but I can usually weed out the worst offenders before we go out."

"You know what I like most about you Rarity," Spike said, feeling like he should say something after that, "you're more than just beautiful, you like to help everypony a lot too"

Rarity turned towards Spike. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. For a second, Spike was unsure of what to do. Closing his eyes, he began running his hands through Rarity's mane. He could taste the sweet hay she'd had with her dinner. She broke away, Spike leaned forward and tried to start again.

Rarity pushed him back with a hoof, "don't be greedy Spike, too much sugar could ruin your appetite." She had a devious smile on her face. "Besides I think it's getting a little late and it I should be heading home."

Spike stood up, disappointed but still the happiest he'd ever been. As he and Rarity began walking towards the park entrance he saw a sliver of light coming up over the horizon and noticed that the stars were fading.

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The sun was rising when they got back to Rarity's house. "Good night Spike," she said, giving him a light peck on the lips, "or rather good morning. We have to do this again sometime."

Spike began trudging home, suddenly too tired to keep his eyes all the way opened. He heard Sweetie Belle's voice behind him yelling something. He turned to look and saw her in the window of the room she stayed in when she was with Rarity.

"Hi Spike!" she yelled, "where were you guys?"

"Oh, we were….." he paused uncomfortable at telling his little friend that he was dating her sister, "out."

"I know that but where?" Before Spike could answer she said loudly, "did you kiss?"

Spike began very embarrassed, a feeling that wasn't helped by Sweetie Belle giggling and making kissy faces at him.

He hurried home and closed the door quietly, knowing if Twilight was home she'd probably be exhausted from spending time with Pinkie for so much of the previous day. He left all the curtains closed and the lights off and climbed into his little bed. He fell asleep with memories of his night with Rarity playing through his head and listening to the morning birds sing.

Rarity climbed the stairs to her bedroom and heard her sister yelling to Spike below. 'That filly is going to be such a gossip someday,' she thought, hearing Sweetie ask if they kissed. She slipped a note down a small tube that she had made when they were younger so that they could send notes. It big letters, written in lipstick it said 'yes'.

As she took of her gown and climbed into bed she heard her sister giggle and saw Spike's scales darken through the window. 'Well, at least Sweetie is fine with it; I'd hate to make her angry by taking away her friend. I just hope Twilight will feel the same way about it.' Rarity fell asleep thinking of the magic of the previous night and listening to Opal purr as she curled up in Rarity's mane.

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Okay, this is very different from the previous chapter, I know. I wanted the thing with Spike and Rarity to go somewhere and for there to be more than just two ponies being shown as alive at one time. I hope the whole dating thing turned out okay, I've written stories before so I was fairly sure of my ability to write this fanfic, but I've never done love scenes of any type. Also, this probably isn't going to have any clopfic sections…. 98% sure of that.

Anyway, Twilight will be back in the next chapter. It'll probably take a while to write though, there's still so much Pinkie has to do. Also, Derpy sightings; not as many as I hoped, nor as subtle but it's harder than I thought to sneak a pony in while writing… and I dint think it would be easy.

One more thing, Nyancat was going in the background the entire time I wrote this /)^3^(\ I luvs

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