"And then I realized I had mixed the green and red potions!"

"Oh darling, you have always been terrible with color combinations!"

Rarity and Twilight shared a laugh.

"I was planning on continuing the experimenting tonight, maybe after dinner?" Twilight asked, placing her hoof over Rarity´s. Her friend blushed and leaned closer, both unicorns closing their eyes in anticipation for the kiss, when Rarity noticed the clock.

"Oh goodness, I must go! Bye darling!" and she ran off.

"Rarity left? Oh and I just baked this cookies for her," Spike complained.

"Don´t worry Spike. I´m sure she´ll be back soon."

"She is staying here again? Woah third night in a row! She must really like me!"

"Umh yes about that, we need to talk Spike."

Over at the spa, Fluttershy was concentrated in her newspaper and the sudden outburst of Rarity crashing in made her jump to the ceiling.

"I´m terrible sorry darling!"

"Don´t worry Rarity. Umh can we have the usual?" she asked the spa ponies.

Once they were sitting in the hot tub, Rarity finally relaxed. Fluttershy repeated in her head her assertive exercises and moved closer to Rarity.

"Rarity, these past weeks have been wonderful and I think I´m finally ready to..."

"Oh my heavens, I completely forgot it! Have to go!"

Fluttershy opened her eyes, finding that she was kissing thin air.

"Rarity?"

Galloping at full speed, Rarity finally arrived at her destination, Sweet Apple Acres.

"I´m...here."

"Apples in a row, girl! Why do you look like a cat that just climb out of the well?" Applejack asked.

Rarity realized she was still wearing a towel in her head and dripping wet so all she could was sheepishly smile.

After being handed a towel, Rarity sit in the kitchen table watching Applejack get some plates and napkins.

"You didn´t need to come in such a hurry sugarcube. We still have a few hours until dinner and I still need to make the apple pies. My aunt and uncle won´t be arriving until eight but I want everything ready by then." Applejack said.

"Your aunt and uncle?"

"Yeah, all the way from Manehattan. I took the liberty to invite since this is the night we´ll tell the whole family about our business."

"The whole family?"

"Uh yeah. I know you wanted to keep this private Rares and I respect that, but after what happened the other night I figured the cattle is out the fence, so to speak."

"Yes, cattle. Would you excuse me a second?"

"Do you need any more...towels? Rarity?"

Rarity basically collapsed once she entered Sugarcube Corner and had to drag herself to the back room.

"I´m...so...sorry...for...my...lateness...darling."

"And I´m so sorry I got so hungry waiting that I ate all of our meal," Pinkie said, her face not really showing her remorse considering all the food still on her lips.

"I´ll make up for you...promise."

"If you want to make up..." Pinkie said, cleaning her lips and leaning closer to Rarity. "What do we said we skip dinner and head straight for dessert?"

"Dinner? Dessert? I just...one moment." and she took off again, leaving an empty space, causing Pinkie to fall the ground.

"Hey!"

Rarity rushed back to the library, so tired and confuse that she was actually going in circles. All of a sudden she felt like she was trotting in the air. It took her a second to realize Rainbow was holding her.

"Have been looking for you all morning, gorgeous," she said. "I know we said we´ll take the train to Canterlot this weekend for the Derby but I just couldn´t wait to sample those diamonds like a hungry dragon."

"Rainbow Dash! Put down Rarity into the ground right now! And wipe that grin out of your face!" Applejack demanded from the ground.

"Rarity! Why did you leave before dessert?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Dessert? Rarity, what is going on?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

Rarity looked at her friends gathering below them and her face somehow managed to turn whiter. Fluttershy hovered next to them and took Rarity from Rainbow Dash´s arms.

"Uh care to take your hooves out of my girlfriend?" she asked.

"Excuse me, but it´s you who should take her hooves out of my girlfriend," Fluttershy replied.

"Hey, Rary is my girlfriend!" Pinkie shouted.

"I beg your pardon, Pinkie?" Applejack asked, looking very angry.

"What? What is going on in here? Rarity sweetheart, what is happening?" Twilight asked.

"Sweetheart?" all her friends asked.

Rarity sighed and with a gesture asked to be put down. Once all the mares were in line, Rarity gave them an explanation.

"I...lied. I lied to all of you. For the past few weeks I´ve been deceiving you, dating the five of you at the same time. You never noticed because at first it was simple to adjust my schedule but as time went by, and intimacy increased, it became more difficult to maintain this charade. The moment of truth has arrived. I´m so so terribly sorry. I should have said something, do something but instead I acted like a criminal, lying and conspiring against you. You deserve better than this, you deserve better than me. I´ll leave," she turned around, dramatically.

"Rarity, wait. Why did  you keep it a secret? Why didn´t you said something?" Twilight asked.

"Because, I couldn´t choose. I realized that I love you, all of you. I couldn´t give my heart to just one of you, knowing that it will hurt the feelings of the others."

Rarity hung her head, waiting for the inevitable yelling and fighting. Instead, Twilight approached her and touch her shoulder.

"Rarity, you don´t need to worry about our feelings," Rarity looked up at those comforting and wise eyes. "Because all you need is organization!"

"...what?"

"Yes, just a simple schedule for the six of us. Let me see, taking into account your work in the Boutique and our own duties I can set a day for each of us. Of course, weekend we´ll spend it the six together."

"Hey I already made plans for saturdays!"

"Don´t hoard her, Dashie!"

Rarity sighed, this time it was a sign of relief. She looked at her wonderful friends and wonder how she could have possibly thought they will ever abandon her. She then heard the sound of two carriages landing next to her.

"Dearest Rarity, we are ready for our evening of...Celestia. Dear sister, whatever are you doing in Ponyville?"

Defeated at last, Rarity magically pulled a couch and fainted.

(I don´t know if feel sorry for Rarity or jealous she got both Celestia and Twilight :P )