After Lemon washed up and calmed down, she walked into the living room where Twilight Sparkle was waiting for her.

"Hey." said Twilight, sympathy on her face. "Are...are you okay?" she asked.

Lemon Zest sighed. "I'm sorry you had to see that, but..." she ran over to Twilight and gave her a big hug. "Thank you." she whispered.

Twilight returned the hug. "Hey, what are friends for?"

Lemon felt the tears returning. She sniffled. "You have no idea how much hearing that from you means to me, Twilight Sparkle." her voice cracked, and she started crying again.

Off in a corner, Citrus Splash and Florid Abundance watched Twilight and Lemon with tears of their own falling.

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After Lemon stopped crying, she looked Twilight straight in the eye.

"Feeling better now?" she asked.

"Yes. Thank you." said Lemon as she wiped a tear away.

The sound of someone clearing their throat caught the attention of both girls.

"Oh!" said Lemon. "Sorry about that. You can come in, parentals!"

"Parentals?" Twilight snickered.

"It's what I like to call my Mom and Dad." said Lemon.

Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled. "Obviously. I've just never heard anyone refer to their parents as 'parentals'."

Lemon's parents entered the living room.

"Well, you can refer to them as Citrus Splash," she gestured to her father. "and Florid Abundance." she gestured to her mother. "Parentals, this is Twilight Sparkle." she gestured to Twilight.

Twilight smiled shyly and waved. "Hi." she said.

"Nice to meet you, Twilight!" said Citrus, extending his hand. Twilight accepted and shook it.

"Lemon told us we might meet you some day, we just didn't think it would wind up being the day after she said so!" Florid laughed and hugged Twilight.

"Do your parents know you're here?" asked Citrus.

"They do, and they're just as ecstatic about my friendship with Lemon as you are. I normally keep to myself at Crystal Prep, but Lemon and I just kept on bumping into each other and pretty much decided, 'sure, why not?'" said Twilight, feeling more comfortable.

Lemon smiled. "Hey, can I get you something to drink?" she asked.

"No thanks." said Twilight.

"Well, we'll leave you two to hang out." said Florid, as she and Citrus left.

Once Lemon's parents left the living room, Twilight looked at Lemon. "So..."

Lemon sighed. "I'm assuming you want to know about my history with Sour Sweet."

"Not if you're uncomfortable talking about it." said Twilight.

"No, it's okay." said Lemon. "You trusted me with Spike. I can trust you with this...even though pretty much all of Crystal Prep knows anyhow." she took a deep breath and sighed. "When I was in my Sophomore year, I discovered I was bisexual."

Twilight nodded in understanding.

"I...had a crush on Sour Sweet. But I suppose you gathered that from my rage earlier today."

"Yeah, I did." said Twilight.

"Well...you know she does that back-and-forth thing from being nice one minute to totally bitchy the next?"

"...Oh." said Twilight, remembering the last few words of Lemon's rant to Sour Sweet.

"Yeah." said Lemon, quietly. "I'm still pretty sore about it. I mean, I could have taken rejection. I would have healed eventually...but that. That was something else."

"I can only imagine." said Twilight. "The heartache and pain."

Lemon laughed bitterly. "That was one of the things that Sour and I yelled about during our fight at CPA yesterday." she sighed. "But enough about me. What about you? I know you mostly keep to yourself, but surely you've found someone attractive, hmm?"

Twilight blushed. "No, I haven't. Like you and I have established, I pretty much keep to myself outside of my parents, my brother, and...his crush."

"Huh. Well good for your brother!" said Lemon. "Do you think you'll ever find the right person?" she asked Twilight.

"My parents keep telling me that I will one day, but I think they're just saying that because they're my parents." said Twilight, rolling her eyes and smiling. "I'm sure they told that to my brother, Shining Armor, but then he found Cadence..."

"Wait a minute." Lemon's eyes shot open in surprise. "'Cadence' as in Dean Cadence?!"

Twilight nodded.

"Wow. Does she know?" asked Lemon.

"I have no idea." shrugged Twilight. "I don't think I've even seen her outside of school before either. It's almost like she lives there."

"So hey, I noticed you play video games." said Lemon.

"Wait, how did you kno-" it was Twilight's turn to shoot her eyes open. "Zest_iz_best..." she laughed. "How did I not notice that until now?"

Lemon shrugged. "That was a tough match..."

Twilight smiled. "It was, but to be fair, I don't play video games all that often."

"That's kind of a shame. They're a blast!" said Lemon. "But, to each their own."

"Indeed." said Twilight, smiling. Her phone buzzed. "Oh! That's my...'parentals'." Twilight said, stifling a laugh. "They're almost here to pick me up."

Lemon smiled. "Want me to see you to the door, Twilight?"

Twilight smiled. "Sure."

They both walked outside, enjoying the fresh air. After a while, a car came to pick Twilight up.

"I promise I'll introduce you to my family someday." said Twilight.

"Sure it won't be tomorrow?" Lemon quipped.

Twilight giggled.

Lemon hugged Twilight. "Again...thank you."

Twilight hugged back. "Again...what are friends for?"

They broke the hug, smiled and waved their goodbyes.

Lemon closed the door behind her, smiling widely.

Her dad walked back into the living room.

"She seems like a really nice person." he said.

Lemon smiled. "That's because she is a very nice person. I couldn't have asked for a better first friend."

Citrus smiled. "However, I don't mean to break your friendship high...but we're still going to have to talk about all this fighting with Sour Sweet."

Lemon sighed. "I know. Something has to be done about it. I've never been so upset over something. I even told her I didn't want to hurt her..."

Lemon Zest's stomach growled. "Oh, crap. After everything that's happened, I totally forgot about breakfast!" she said.