Sunset slowly woke up. Her head was groggy from the wine she and Adagio drank last night after they had come home. Sunset wasn't a drinker but did keep a few bottles around (mostly for cooking). The two were in such high spirits that she had decided to bust one out as the cherry on top of an amazing night. The two drank and talked, drank and sang songs, drank and, well, things got blurry from there on out. Sunset was many things but a drinker wasn't one of them.

As she shifted her weight, she felt something on top and behind her. Curiosity trumped fear and she tried to figure out what it was. As she moved a bit more, she realized that what was on top of her was an arm. From there she deduced the thing behind was the person who owned the arm. As the rest of her brain came online, she realized that person was Adagio who had apparently not only slept in the same bed as Sunset but had spooned up tight against her.

Sunset was surprised but not alarmed. In Equestria it was common for friends to lie next to one another or even in the same bed if it was a sleepover. It was humans that over sexualized everything. Even after three years, she still found their use of clothes to be a bit silly; but to each species their own she supposed. Still, it would be nice if they could pull their minds out of the gutter every once and a while.

Sunset had planned on going back to sleep when she realized she needed to take a much needed trip to the ladies room. "Dag, Dag, wake up," she softly said as she gently nudged Adagio.

"What is it darling?" Adagio mumbled halfway conscious.

"Darling? What are you?-Rarity now?" Sunset laughed.

Adagio fully awoke then and realized with embarrassment both her position to Sunset and what she said. She quickly rolled back and then regretted it when the headache kicked in. "Ow. Sorry," she said in too much pain to be embarrassed anymore.

"It's ok," Sunset laughed. "I just need to pee that's all and I couldn't get up with you on me." She then pulled back the covers and headed to the bathroom.

"Please bring back aspirin," Adagio moaned. It had been decades since she last had anything alcoholic to drink. Any tolerance she had was long gone.

"Will do," Sunset called out.

Adagio laid on the bed, her hand over her eyes. Her head throbbed but still she smiled. Last night had been wonderful. She finally got to experience joy that didn't come from making others suffer. It was the beauty of the experience that had made it so great. Of course the bitter that went along with the sweet was knowing that it was a one off and that Sunset would never be hers but even that only seemed to make the good parts even better.

"What are you smiling about? I thought you had a hangover?" Sunset said as she walked back over to the bed with some aspirin and a glass of water.

"Last night stupid," Adagio teased. There was no malice or condescension in her voice. "You have no idea how badly I needed that." She sat up, took the pills and water, swallowed and laid back down. She looked at Sunset, smiled, and realized they were both naked.

"Wha . . ." she tried to speak but words seemed to lock in her brain and failed to make it to her mouth.

"What? Oh, yeah. A bit strange" Sunset said looking down at her own nude form. " I figure we were just too ripped to try and get into our pajamas. Besides, where we come from, were naked all the time anyhow. Well mostly."

"Uh, true," Adagio stumbled at first before she was able to think coherently again. "Remember though, I've been here for about a thousand years. After that long you start to go a bit native."

"I guess so," Sunset laughed.

Adagio looked up at Sunset and just started to smile again. "I want to thank you Sunset. Thank you for being my friend. After all that time with Aria and Sonata, I never considered them my friends. Underlings, not friends; certainly not equals. I consider you my friend and my equal. The first. And I thank you for that."

"Dang it Dag," Sunset said as she wiped away a tear. "You're going to make me cry." She then crawled back in to bed and hugged Adagio. "So, what do you want to do today?"

Adagio had to bite her lip from saying what she really wanted to do but she did realize she had to say something. "Sunset, I, I met your counter part." She spoke slowly and a touch apologetically.

"What? When?" Sunset was surprised, curious, and a bit concerned Adagio hadn't told her earlier.

"At work. She came into the store. Sunset, she knows about you. She just transferred here from New York. She goes to Crystal Prep. That's how she found out about you."

"Oh." Now Sunset was just curious. "How'd she know to talk to you?"

"That's one thing. She's you, but not exactly you. She's, well, she's a lesbian. She started talking to me because she was attracted to me. That was the only reason." Adagio was slowly teasing everything out not sure how much to exactly say.

"Of course she would be. Heck, I'm straight and I find you attractive," she said in a no duh voice.

"So you're not concerned or bothered . . ."

"She's a version of me but she's not me. All our doppelgangers vary slightly from each other. Besides, love is love Dag. I keep telling you, I don't get hung up on who people decide to love or have sex with."

"Me either. I'm just glad you're not," Adagio said all the while thinking you find me attractive?

"So, how did it go? Did you let her down gently?"

"Actually, we exchanged phone numbers. I also told her about you and she wants to meet you this Sunday."

"WHAT? Why? Why would you do that?" Now Sunset was getting upset.

"Because," because I'm falling in love with you and was going to use her as a substitute but then felt guilty because I suddenly developed a conscious thanks to you she thought to herself but said, "I think it might be important."

Sunset got a look on her face that said she was deep in thought, as if trying to work out an extremely complex math problem. Her face lit up and she squealed in delight and excitement. She then grabbed Adagio's face and kissed he own the lips. "Dag, that's it! Of course we're supposed to meet. It all makes sense now. Her transferring here?, now? - there is something larger going on. I got to tell Twilight tonight!"

Adagio wasn't listening at first. She was too caught up in the joy of the kiss. Slowly she came back down form her high. "So you want to meet her?"

"Yes. Call her and tell her Sunday is a go. I have to meet Twilight tonight and talk about plans. I was supposed to meet her last night but I cancelled to take you out."

Adagio was taken aback a bit. "You cancelled on Twilight for me?"

"Yes. I couldn't stand seeing you sad. It paid off as well. You telling me this, now, is great. I have new information to give her. We can work something out now and then on Saturday, when we all get together, maybe we can really wrap this up and take this monster down!"

Sunset radiated joy and enthusiasm. Adagio looked at it with a mixture of love and sorrow. She loved seeing Sunset happy but sorrow because she could easily tell Sunset who it was that crossed over but she wasn't going to. Even in her honesty, Adagio was a betrayer.

Sunset snuggled up close to Adagio. "Hey, how about we just stay in today? We'll have a quiet, chill day. You and me. We can talk, read, watch TV, just you and me. Sound good?"

"Very," Adagio said. She held Sunset for a bit and cursed herself.