“I wanna feel!”

“Me too!”

“Oh my gosh! It’s kicking again!”

“It’s buckin’ like a colt, tee-hee.”

“Or maybe she’s having a good dream.”

“I like the idea of it being a filly, myself…”

“Oh, I wish I could have one.”

“As if, dude!”

A round of laughter.

Rainbow lay on her side, blushing with a frown, as everypony at the party touched, nuzzled, and waited to see the baby move. She was used to being, or trying to be, the center of attention but now it wasn’t her they were paying attention to. With a defeated sigh she propped her head on her elbow and began to skim a book she’d found.

Nearly half an hour passed before she was almost asleep and a party cannon ended that. With a startled leap she flew up and slammed her head into the ceiling and returned to the floor with a thump on her haunches.

“Did that wake the baby?” Pinkie asked as she pushed the cannon aside.

“Pinkie?! Okay,” Muddy started, “where’d you get the idea that was a good idea and where the buck did you get that from?!”

“Duh, it was a gift,” Pinkie rolled her eyes and grinned, “besides, she’s fine,” she pointed to Rainbow, “she’s Rainbow Dash, just lookit her, she’s happy as ever.”

Rainbow’s eyes rolled in opposite directions as she grinned awkwardly for a few seconds. Shaking her head she looked at Pinkie and stuck out her tongue. “You keep doing that and Ah’ll have somepony else do the baby shower.”

Pinkie covered her mouth with her hooves in sudden pained fright. “Y-you wouldn’t… Would you?”

“Not a chance, Pinkie,” Applejack said, taking a stand next to Rainbow, “yer parties’re the best; we wouldn’t have anypony else do one.”

“Yeah, besides,” Rainbow smirked, “who else’d do it? You’re the only Party Pony we know.”

“Yeah,” Pinkie nodded, “but there are others out there; far, far away,” she gestured to a wall as she swept her forelimb. “And right now there’s a space battle with lasers and plasma cannons and fighters… Ooo, ‘X-Wings’...”

“Ugh, Fluttershy, she’s all yours,” Rainbow mumbled as she got up and stretched her legs. “Ah swear, layin’ like that gets me cramped somethin’ fierce… What?! Why’d’ya’ll keep lookin’ at me funny?”

“Rainbow,” Quill said as she draped a wing across Rainbow’s back and pulled her close, “it’s nice you’ve fallen for such an amazing mare; one that holds your heart and all that quotable stuff. But, maybe you’re trying too hard with the accent.”

“Huh? Ah don’t have one,” Rainbow said with a sniff. Another sniff led her to Quill’s neck, then mane. “Mmm, yer wearin’ lavender? Ah have a thing fer-”

With a light tug and a firm glare, Applejack took Rainbow to her side again. “Now, Quill. It’s nice’n all ta have ya back, but this’ the real Rainbow now. She’s just taken kindly ta the way mah family’n me talk is all. If it bothers ya, we’ll work it out, but Rainbow is as Rainbow is, right?”

“Oh, don’t get me wrong, ladies. I believe in you and your love, it’s just that sometimes it’s not so easy to understand Rainbow and why she does what she does.

“It just kinda feels like a prank or something. Just, I never took you for a country gal.”

“Ah never took me for a mare who’d fall for her second best friend, but here we all are,” Rainbow said, nuzzling Applejack’s neck.

“Awe,” Quill chirped, “okay! Next secret and one more game… then it’s time to call it a night. I may love mares but I’ve got a toy that needs some-”

“Okay! Sheesh, I’ve got another,” Rainbow added.

“Rainbow squirts,” Applejack shouted, stunning the room into silence before the room broke down into laughter, except Quill and Rainbow, who both blushed and looked to the floor.

Davenport was the first to compose himself and notice the pegasi. “Darlings? What’s wrong?”

“Eh… It- it’s… Embarrassing,” Quill stuttered.

“N-no, Quill, I’ll tell them,” Rainbow said through a strained voice. “Pegasi have a gland in the back of our mouths for preening our wings… uh,” she poked the floor lightly with her hooftip, “and if we come, and our mouths are open it,” she cleared her throat, “squirts out… It’s not like unicorns who squirt from their horns!”

The room erupted into laughter after Rainbow’s attempted redirection, even Quill giggled cutely. “Or how earth ponies squirt from their vaggies.”

“Hey,” Muddy added, “we squirt too!”

“But everypony knows about that.”

“Well, we still squirt.”

“Oh, darling, let it go.”

“Oh, I wish I was a mare…”

“Is that why you’re-”

The next half hour was spent in good spirits as they teased and joked. “Sadly, ladies, time ta go,” Quill finally said as the group had settled into good natured joking about the weather.

“Oh, fine,” Muddy sighed, “I guess my secret’s out anyway, right girls?”

“You’ll be one of us no matter what, Muddy. And you’ll make a great sire someday, Dav. Just, get over your fare of mares’ vaginas and you’ll get a step closer,” Quill hugged the stallions as they left. “Fluttershy, you were quiet and timid, as usual,” Fluttershy blushed, “and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Pinkie,” Quill pulled Pinkie and Fluttershy into a hug, “be a good puppy, now, okay?”

A wet panting sound tickled Quill’s ear from Pinkie’s side.

A wave goodbye and only Quill, Rainbow, and Applejack were left.

“So, should we mosey on home?”

“Wait a minute, AJ. I’m not ready and Apple Bloom and Scoots are having some filly time at home,” Rainbow pouted.

“Well, what’d ya have in mind, Sugarplum?”

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